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Star Fox is Available in Starlink Exclusively On Nintendo Switch
The game itself allows you to customise your toy ship which will be reflected in-game, as you explore exotic alien worlds and engage in space battles. The title will release October 16.
One of the biggest highlights at last year's E3 was Ubisoft's Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle.
We know that the content will at least include Fox McCloud himself and his signature Arwing, but it's unclear how numerous original crew will be available in the bonus content that's coming to the Nintendo Switch. The Arwings will be a physical starship that you can play with in the game. During the announcement, Ubisoft Co-founder and CEO, Yves Guillemot, brought out Shigeru Miyamoto to hand him a prototype replica of the Arwing, Star Fox team's iconic spaceship from the Star Fox series. | {
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Arduino testing 2000 Saturn Idle Air Control
This is a small example of using an Arduino
as an inexpensive auto repair tool. Diagnostic OBDII adapters
that work with smart phones and tablets have become quite
inexpensive. But such adapters that can also do in circuit
manipulation of components are still expensive. This workbench
demo is testing and controlling the Idle Air Control valve
while unplugged from the car's wire harness.
This IAC valve is a small stepper motor.
During this repair the valve was removed from the throttle body
so a considerable carbon buildup could be removed. The IAC was
cleaned with enough throttle body cleaner to probably remove
any lubrication from the movable shaft. The plunger shaft or
"pintle" seemed to have a lot of end play and so a replacement
IAC (BWD 21819) was installed. You can test the coils with a
digital multimeter -- in this case 50 ohms each. You can plug
the valve back into the harness and toggle the ignition key to
check for pintle movement. If the pintle comes too far out or
perhaps all the way out and separates while you toggle the
ignition -- or the new valve arrives in the package with the
pintle too far extended -- the problem is how to retract the
pintle enough to mount or remount the valve. BWD suggests that
pressing the pintle back into the valve with the mounting bolts
will damage their replacement valve.
This project then uses the Arduino to bench
test the IAC valve by moving the valve pintle in and out by
either pressing an "In" or an "Out" button or by an "i" or "o"
command sent over a serial connection to the Arduino.
Here is the test setup with the valve and
buttons and a detail shot of just the motor shield. The
Arduino is powered by either a 9 volt battery or the USB serial
connection. The motor shield is powered by a car battery, or
in this case a Radio Shack 3 Amp supply made for testing things
like car radios, or even a smaller supply since the average
current draw during this experiment was less than 50mA.
The 125 steps per revolution was from a
random IAC valve that happened to have specs available.
So how close was the guess? Holding down the "out" button
pops the pintle out for examination: The base is a 3.5mm
screw with a 1.0mm thread pitch. Pressing a button 10 times
(100 steps) moves the pintle an average of 4.15mm. So using
interactive Ruby:
Looks like a 24 step or 15° stepper would be a far better
estimate. Then we can change the steps from 125 to 24 and
increase the rpms to 50 to keep the pintle movement speed about
the same. Running 240 steps then moves the pintle about 1.0cm,
better! Maybe making the default number of steps be 24
instead of 10? Then each button push would move the pintle 1mm.
Adafruit and Sparkfun have quite a number of
different boards that are shields (or wings in Adafruit's
overly cute feather line of boards) that use I2C to make
stepper control easy. Here is one such setup with a tiny
display and built in buttons that is mounted on a Adafruit
Feather M0. | {
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Werewolves….two legs far more terrifying than four
Is it the fact that they are slobberingly single-minded beasts that want nothing more than to munch on your tastiest of organs and gnaw on your bones? Perhaps it is their lack of inspirational fashion choices, the shredded shirt has yet to be discovered by a fashion icon. Then again it could always be that this is the one ferocious film monster that can have it’s savagery rendered impotent when you picture him curled up in a corner licking its own wobbly bits or be easily distracted by a squeaky chew toy. See you’re probably sat there imagining the Wolfman bounding up and down and back and forth with its tail wagging furiously as the beastie waits for you to hurl that ball into the distance for the umpteenth time, not daring to admit that you arm is so tired that it might fall off due to the distinct possibility that if you were to stop your arm might be the only part we’d find.
Lon Chaney Jr – The Wolf Man
Hey! I heard that. That dreamy sigh. We’ll have none of that sort of thing here. You don’t think I know what you were thinking? Oh I know what you were thinking you saucy devil. Werewolves and Vampires and an overrated teen franchise that is just…well it’s just….ah they’re not supposed to sparkle dammit. It’s not like they were proper Werewolves either. They could just turn into wolves and that is such a disappointment. You see all these classic horror films; The Wolfman, The Curse of the Werewolf, The Howling, all films with proper Wolfmen and Wolfwomen. The horrific sight of their bones breaking and their jaws dislocating. The skin ripping apart to reveal the powerful torso underneath. The blood dripping from their fingertips as the claws breath through the skin. Hair sprouting from places so unusual it makes puberty seem like a happy memory. All culminating in a towering creature with fangs like railway spikes and razor-sharp claws. Oooh terrifying.
Oliver Reed – Curse of the Werewolf
Let us compare that horrific transformation with that of the Wolf Werewolf. You know the ones; Sparkly Vampire films that shall not be named. True Blood, Blood & Chocolate. Aww look at the cute little puppies they turn into with barely a pang of pain to account for that foul mood they’re always exuding. Of course there’s a good chance these Wolves will rip out you favourite body parts and turn them into dinner but at least they’ll look adorable while they do it as long as you find dripping red faces to be just the most delightful thing imaginable. They just don’t have that stature, that beastly monstrousness. Actually, you know what it is? They’re ordinary. They may be of a supernatural nature but the Werewolf form is just far too mundane to hold any interest. You could picture them happily rolling about in their own poop and eating their own vomit like all the other canines of less than stellar intelligence. There’s nothing that would reach down into the dark corners of your soul where you feel safest and drag your more terrifying fears out and then shred them to pieces along with your dignity as you fill your pants with…um…we’ll just leave that one there.
The Howling
It’s the two legs and the opposable thumbs. It’s long been said in hushed tones around the world that if more animals evolve thumbs we shall be doomed. It’s not only the thumbs there’s also the aforementioned statuesque height that would be the envy of many a short person, there would be no hiding behind doors, locked or otherwise. Those handy thumbs and accompanying fingers would make it all the easier for Wolfman to grab that knob and give it a thorough turning. Something a Wolf Werewolf would have great difficulty in doing. They’d be frantically scratching at the door and chewing on the handle, yet again giving rise to a sympathetic “Awwwww it thinks it’s people”. No, no, no, it’s a creature of the night and it should be treated with the respect that title deserves otherwise it’s just a really enthusiastic guard dog with nothing to guard. That’s just not going to do. You wouldn’t catch a Vampire fumbling at the door while having no idea how the knob works. Of course not. A Vampire is far too suave, too sophisticated, too pretentious for that sort of carry on. They’d be turning to smoke or a bat or a smoky bat though most likely just slipping in through the window in the creepiest of manners. They really do have to work on that stalkeresque behaviour.
Dog Soldiers
The Werewolf would never do that. It has far too much self-respect to go around pretending you’re not going to be dinner. None of this faux romancing rubbish or mesmerising people with a glamorous gaze. No the Wolf is far more honest with a howl that says “I’m going to eat your little innards” and a ravenous stare that tells you it’s not going to be pleasant. Yes it’s true, not only is the Werewolf more terrifying than the Vampire but it also holds you in far higher esteem. It knows that you’re intelligent enough to understand that you’re probably not going to make it out of this unscathed. Most likely very scathed. There wont be a part of you that will have been neglected from a thoroughly intense scathing. You’re really going to end up as a pile of bones and a future bowel movement. It’s not going to be pretty but then again the truth never is and you have to be thankful that the Werewolf doesn’t feel the need to shield you from it.
So next time you’re out of an evening and the moon is full and the wolfsbane blooms remember that even a good person may succumb to the bloodlust that befalls the poor cursed soul that has the lycanthropic burden but if they’re aiming to do ill to your very precious personage….chin the bugger. | {
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Saturday, November 19, 2011
I know you're out there. You browse the photos, the recipe names, and the little stories ... but you don't make any of the recipes. You want to (you really do!), but you find you don't have the time or the energy, and organic stuff is just too expensive.
Right?
You *can* do this. If you want to change the way you - and your family - eat, it's not that hard ... but it does help to know where to start.
Here are some of my favourite recipes that are easy on time, energy and budgets!
Breakfast
1. Make your own toasted muesli. You can cook up a batch on the weekend, and have it all week long. Homemade toasted muesli/granola is fresher, you can add whatever you like best, and it's probably got a lot less fat than the store-bought stuff.
2. One of my favourite things to do in the morning is make myself a cup of coffee and enlist Nelle to help make muffins. This is a great way to not only have a yummy breakfast but also have some parent/child activity time first-thing.
If you haven't tried getting the kids to help out in the kitchen, then making muffins is a good place to start. You can even get all the ingredients sorted the night before if you like, so in the morning the kids can assemble ... you put the muffins in the oven while everyone gets dressed and ready ... and then voila!
Lunch
1. School lunches can be tricky, because you want to find that balance between stuff that's going to give the kids good energy and stuff that they'll actually eat. My tip is small amounts of lots of different things, which is why I use a craft box for Nelle's lunch.
But whatever you do, I recommend trying to include a variety of colours, flavours, textures - and in general trying to make lunches look as pretty as possible. Because like Paula commented recently, 'we eat with our eyes first'.
Dinner
This can be the trickiest meal of the day, because who isn't tired after a day of whatever constitutes work for you personally. To be honest, the days I have Nelle for the whole day can sometimes be the most exhausting - and by dinnertime I'm so uninspired I feel like ordering pizza.
So here are some time-and-energy saving ideas for great dinners:
1. This is a great sesame pasta dish that takes 10 minutes and is a great veggie-sneaking device. Heh heh.
2. One of my favourite pasta dishes is so elegant and so yummy, you'd never guess how easy it is. I make pasta with pepitas (which takes about 10 minutes) every week or two.
3. Who didn't grow up with tomato soup (and toasted cheese sandwiches)? It's comfort food for cool weather or days home from school. My version takes only about as long as it would to warm up a can of the stuff we grew up with ... but uses tomato puree instead.
4. These are a staple for my little one, and the homemade version of baked beans (with rice/potato/or toast) can be made in 10-20 minutes with a fraction of the salt etc in the canned version.
5. Pizza was meant for cheating. Even if you buy premade crusts, top them yourself, and bake, you'll have a much better pizza than takeaway ones. If you have some naan breads on-hand (and you *should*), you can have a delish garlic naan pizza in less than 15 minutes.
Because I've got a sweet tooth, oh yes indeed. And so does my daughter. But I don't want her sugared up to the eyeballs, so these are some of the goodies we make most often in our house. My stipulation is that food (even dessert) should have *some* nutritive value ... and all of these recipes do.
1. This is why you should *always* have frozen bananas in your freezer. Buy up when they're on special, or turning brown, and you'll be happy you did. Especially when you make your first batch of frozen-banana ice cream
3. Most families of young kids will have applesauce in the fridge ... a really simple dessert (that seems far more extravagant than it is) is this deconstructed apple crumble.
4. Cookies are great because they're quick to mix up and quick to bake and they satisfy all those sweet cravings. My favourite cookies include more healthy stuff, yes, but the kids won't notice. (My dad didn't)
5. How can you pass up some fresh fruit in season?
6. And last but not least, if you keep puff pastry in your freezer, you are only about 20-30 minutes away from a beautiful super-quick pastry using the fruit (or veggie) of your choice.
Hopefully this will inspire you out there to *get started*! Let us know if you give any of these a go this week, or if you have any great go-to recipes to share. We all love hearing from you!
Amanda xx
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Gorgeous meal & snack ideas...please come to my house and make all of the above for me! :)Seriously though...I am going to pick up some dried fruit this week and make your muuesli.I love making a pot of home-made beans (in the oven not a crock-pot) and usually have them with a little ham for dinner with home-made bread (toasted). Then I love them for breakfast with some fried eggs. We just had a pot earlier this month. I've got a box of puff pastry in my freezer and I just may make your emergency breakkie but I'll probably ruin it with Nutella slathered all over it :)
Hi Amanda I'm a new reader of your blog and its so helpful. I love all the healthy delicious recipe ideas as I'm keen to include more vegetarian meals in our diet and always trying to reduce processed stuff. I'm dying to try the pepita pasta but have to wait til shopping day for Parmesan! I got some lovely organic roadside produce today so I'm busy in the kitchen :-)Natalie | {
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Penthouse Hives
Honey Harvest at the Waldorf Astoria’s Beehives
Three years after New York legalized beekeeping, hives are everywhere, including on the roof of New York’s iconic Waldorf Astoria hotel, where Josh Dzieza helped out with the honey harvest.
It has just begun to rain on a gray Thursday morning when I step out onto the 20th-floor terrace of New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel, where a half-dozen people are eyeing a row of six squat beehives lining the northern balcony. Patrick Cote, the young bleach-blond nephew of Andrew Cote and a fifth-generation beekeeper, is walking between the raised-bed gardens, puffing smoke out of a tin-can-and-bellows censerlike contraption. Andrew explains that the smoke blocks the pheromones that the bees will use to raise the alarm that we’re breaking into their hives and stealing their honey.
David Garcelon, culinary director at the hotel, is up here, too, clad in his white chef’s coat, overseeing the first honey harvest of the year. He came to the Waldorf two years ago from a hotel in Toronto, where he ran a similar rooftop garden and apiary. New York had just legalized beekeeping, and hives were popping up around the city—on the roof of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Resources Defense Council, and in backyards around Brooklyn. Garcelon contacted Andrew, who wrote the best-practices guide to New York beekeeping and founded the New York City Beekeepers Association, and the two of them set to work building hives on the roof of the iconic hotel.
At 20 stories, it was the tallest project Andrew had worked on, and he worried initially that high winds at such a height might be a problem. But he says the Waldorf’s project worked out better than many of his other hives in the city. Andrew is in his early 40s, tan, with short-cropped gray hair. He’s here with his nephew and his dad, Norm, a former firefighter whose hobby, in his words, “got out of control.” Andrew started beekeeping when he was 10 years old, and now tends about 50 hives in the city, on rooftops, community gardens, and balconies in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan, selling the honey at farmers markets in the area. As New York’s native bee expert, he also gets called in to wrangle roaming swarms—it’s easy, he says: just capture the queen and the rest will follow—and to help places like the Waldorf get their apiaries started.
Last year the Waldorf harvested 125 pounds of honey, and expects more this year. Each week, Andrew, Garcelon, or members of the kitchen staff check in on the hives to make sure the bees are happy, which for bees means well-fed, hydrated, and ventilated. The honey is used in the hotel’s kitchens, in dishes like a lemon-and-thyme-infused honey glazed fried chicken, or a habanero and honey scallop sauce.
A hive in Brooklyn suddenly started producing bright red honey after the bees discovered a maraschino cherry factory in Red Hook.
After the harvest on Thursday, we try a series of dishes using the rooftop honey, some of which use it in unexpected ways—like a strawberry, honey, and goat-cheese soup—and all of which are delicious. Of course, six hives can’t supply the Waldorf’s three restaurants with all the honey they need, but they’ve become an extremely locally sourced supplement to the kitchen’s stock, as well as a stop on the hotel tour.
In some ways, Andrew says, urban bees are luckier than rural bees, which have been devastated nationwide by colony collapse disorder. Since 2006, 30 percent to 50 percent of the commercial beehives in the U.S. have collapsed, devastating some regions so badly that bees had to be trucked in from other states to pollinate crops. But city bees don’t encounter the pesticides and fungicides that scientists believe weaken bees’ immune systems, leaving them susceptible to parasites and disease. They also have a greater diversity of plants to feed on than a hive placed near, for example, a giant crop of corn. “Living near Central Park is a smorgasbord,” says Andrew.
City bees do face some uniquely urban problems. Andrew says there may not be enough plants to keep up with the city’s sudden surge in hives, and New York’s bees could start to go hungry, as they have in London, which never outlawed beekeeping. When bees get hungry, they can seek out less traditional sources of food. In 2010, Andrew was called in when a hive in Brooklyn suddenly started producing bright red honey. It turned out the bees had discovered a maraschino cherry factory in Red Hook and started bringing the syrup back to the hive. Right now Andrew has a hive in Brooklyn that’s producing blue honey. “I don’t know what they’re eating,” he says.
The bees on the Waldorf are set, though. In addition to Central Park, they have new raised bed gardens on the rooftop with basil, sage, thyme, tomatoes, and squash. “They like to say the Waldorf has a 92 percent occupancy rate,” says Andrew. “Our hives are about the same.” Each hive contains about 60,000 bees.
And right now they’re all home. It’s raining, so all the bees that would normally be out foraging are waiting in the hives, which makes it a less-than-ideal time to steal their honey. “They’re going to be cranky because of the rain,” he says.
Andrew lifts the roof of the first house and his dad uses a small metal hook to pry the first wall of honeycombs out of the hive. He hands it to me. It’s surprisingly heavy, and covered in bees. Norm takes it back and bangs it against a cart that’s been brought up for the honey until the remaining bees take off and join the gathering cloud buzzing above us.
Caring for bees in New York City is especially challenging. (Josh Dzieza/The Daily Beast)
Hundreds of bees are whizzing circles around the Cotes as they stack honeycombs on the trolley. Every couple of seconds, one pings off the front of my mask. I would maybe call the behavior cranky now, but when Andrew comes over and drops a writhing mass of bees in my hands, they just crawl around industriously. It tickles even through the heavy rubber gloves. Then my ankle starts burning.
“Hey, I think one stung me.”
“Yeah, they’re mad,” says Andrew, who, by the end of this will have been stung 30 times—more than usual, on account of the rain, but he says after three decades of beekeeping your body doesn’t react as strongly to bee venom.
“What do I do with all these bees?” I ask, holding out my handfuls of swarming insects.
“Clap your hands,” says Norm.
“Do a bee dance,” says Andrew.
I do what I think is a bee dance, which is to wave my hands around and hop away on my unstung leg. Garcelon says I should stand a bit back now, because when bees sting, and die, they release a pheromone that tells other bees to come “finish the job.” I stand back.
The honey cart full, Andrew puts the roof back on the hive and we take the elevator down to the second-floor kitchen. Norm takes an electrically heated knife and slices off the top layer of honeycomb, the wax caps that hold the honey in, and places the tray in a centrifuge. It takes about half an hour of spinning, first in one direction and then another, before the honey is whipped out of the wax combs and drips down the walls of the centrifuge and out a spigot at the bottom, where it’s strained again for any wax chunks. “We have to be sure to remove all the wax, so it’s kosher,” says Andrew. “It’s almost Rosh Hashanah.” According to the Talmud, honey is kosher because it’s nectar that’s never digested by the bee, while wax, because it’s produced by the bee, is not.
Chef Garcelon and several members of the kitchen staff are standing around, watching the honey sluice out of the centrifuge. The honey is pale and bright—Norm compares it to champagne. The second harvest, in the fall, will be darker, because of the different flowers in bloom.
Garcelon dips a spoon in and tastes. “Very herbal, minty, some thyme, rosemary, lots of linden,” he concludes. Andrew tastes and agrees—“Lots of linden”—before returning to the roof to continue the harvest.
I have no idea what linden—the tall, bushy trees with yellow-white flowers that fill Central Park—tastes like, but the honey is delicious: tangy, a little savory and bittersweet. Really, the idea of a honey palette had never occurred to me, but apparently there’s a National Honey Board, an official panel of honey tasters, and they’ll be brought in this September to appraise the New York Waldorf’s product against the Hawaii Waldorf’s. Garcelon is confident his team will win. | {
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Thursday, December 1, 2016
1016. Fish Fillets with Tomato Cream Sauce
Quick yet nutritious meals are necessary to have in one's repertoire for when the need strikes. Completed in less the time it takes to get a food order placed and delivered, and way more nutritious too. This is a standard white fish fillet, breaded and lightly fried to a crispy crunchy finish, and topped with a creamy pink tomato sauce. Saute up some vegetables or boil up some pasta, and there you have it: a complete and highly nutritious meal in less than 20 minutes.
Make the sauce first: Saute in 2 tablespoons olive oil the grated garlic until fragrant. Add the halved cherry tomatoes and saute a few minutes more until blistered. Add the cream, reduce heat to a slow simmer, add 1 teaspoon of salt and pepper, and let simmer about 15 minutes while you prep and fry the fish.
To make the fish, it's standard breading procedure. Mix the parmesan and breadcrumbs in one plate; put the flour in a separate plate, and the beaten eggs in a third plate. Rinse and pat dry the four fillet halves, coat in the flour and shake off excess, dunk in the eggs and shake off excess, the press into the parm-bread mixture to coat both sides. Repeat for all fillets. Fry fillets in about a centimeter of oil over medium heat for about four minutes on each side until golden and cooked through. Drain from excess oil on a paper towel.
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What do I know? (Or, why I’m giving up post-modern poetry to live an irony-free life.)
One theory holds that Northern Irish poets ‘share elements of an outlook – ironic, stylish, suspicious of obvious sincerity’ (Martin Mooney’s words, in the book of interviews with poets In the Chair), but in fact when I was growing up, all the best culture was like this: ironic, referential and – God help me – ludic. In the 1990s, the films of the Coen brothers and Quentin Tarantino played in multiplexes as well as art house cinemas, and I can’t have been the only one who was too young to appreciate their references and flirtation with pastiche, but enjoyed them anyway. The novels I read likewise borrowed their plots from other novels, or contained real historical characters, or flagged up their status as fiction. On TV, the most popular programmes were The Simpsons, all witty self-consciousness and game-playing with genre, and Friends, which – as with the later, delightful British series Spaced – centred on characters who had been adrift from familiar reference points, recognising cultural authority only by way of an in-joke or parody. Such ‘post-modernism’ then, was far from an academic adventure, and its modes were also those of the poetry I wanted to read – and wanted to write. My exit from school had coincided with the 1994 ‘New Generation’ Poets promotion in then UK (which with hindsight sometimes seems the poetic equivalent of Friends: jokey, full of impersonation and cut loose from its Oxbridge-educated parents), and the poetry I instinctively liked at twenty-something shared some of its attitudes. It was not magisterial. It suspected authenticity – but it perhaps also set its poetic sights a bit higher. It ‘preferred enigmatic surfaces’ and was ‘suspicious of the self’ like Elizabeth Bishop’s work, or like John Ashbery it was all motion and ‘deferred meanings’. Or, as with the Northern Irish poetry I eventually began reading, it was defiant, and tongue-in-cheek, irreverent towards its elders and mercilessly indirect.
To discover Paul Muldoon, Medbh McGuckian and Ciaran Carson, whichI did quite belatedly, was to find (not to paraphrase Frank O’Hara for the sake of it) poetry that was actually better than TV. Muldoon was already highly acclaimed, and I loved his poetic leaps from filthy bedroom antics to quasi- serious posturings on philosophy and language; from cowboys and Indians to art and politics. McGuckian’s Venus and the Rain and On Ballycastle Beach also seemed enormous achievements. Her poems were gorgeous patterns in sounds and images that daringly, provokingly, implicated their linguistic experiment with gender (was it a parody though?), but also felt sublime and inspirational. Carson’s Belfast, encountered last of all in The Ballad of HMS Belfast was more alive and full of possibility than the city in which I incoherently lived, and found incoherently refracted through the news. It was the formal brilliance of these writers that thrilled. Paul Muldoon’s poems seemed to possess the capacity to endlessly proliferate and generate new forms. He spoke of his interest in ‘structures that can be fixed like mirrors at angles to each other . . . so that new images can emerge from the setting up of the poems in relation to each other: future ironies are possible, further mischief is possible . . .’ And it was all too stylish, done with such virtuosity – from dismantling and renovating traditional forms, to his now semi-famous system of substituting words in a fixed pattern of 90 end-rhymes. So an endless proliferation of further poems seems invisibly to hover, a half-rhyme or ‘click’ away around the Muldoon poems on the page. Carson’s repeated little squares of violent narrative likewise drew attention to their own artifice – while in a totally different way (a way more like Ashbery) McGuckian’s poems unfolded under their own steam, threatening all the while to fall to bits, but ultimately hanging together, just, on the level of syntax. Then they finished and started up all over again. Such repeated patterns appealed to a scepticism about the individual or anthology-piece poem (I was rigorously, though inconsistently, ‘against’ free-standing poems that didn’t flag up their own phoniness, or seemed guilty of an impossible sincerity). They also suggested a right-minded preference for art over life, and the pursuit of structure into which all might be subsumed. In their achievement of this they were as defiant of the reader as they were of Northern Irish elder statesmen.
More pretentiously, sure, I sometimes seem to have liked stuff on the wilder shores of poetry too. Or so I presume, since I find I have annotated a comment by Edna Longley in Poetry and Posterity, ‘Who would want to go to bed with a Language poem? A masochist possibly’, with the ‘hilarious’ remark, ‘It depends whether you want a meaningful relationship?’. Yet, if this suggests that poetry, for me, was encountered through an academic filter I would argue again that the refusal of ‘meaningfulness’ actually chimed with an experience of life at the time. As Frank O’Hara’s poems seemed in-the-moment, or ‘in process’ (pre-empting tweeting?), and the better New Generation stuff referenced music lyrics and pop-culture, or like some of Denise Riley’s poems seemed caught up in a mesh of quotes and different technologies of communication, this was exciting because this was how life was. Approaching the end of the millenium, it did not occur to me to feel anything other than a bundle of different, fragmented selves. The situation was perhaps exacerabated by my being female (and studying ‘feminist theory’ – though not, it should be said, very competently, or necessarily with a view to writing poetry or writing about poetry). Accustomed to the cognitive gap between ‘women’ as the word was bandied about in various political and literary contexts, and a sense of who I was or might be that – though shadowy – balked at being represented by this dubious category, I decided to embrace the disconnection. ‘Women’, I was persuaded, was a kind of fictional identity multiplied across different surfaces and throughout different discourses. It was liberating in a way, I suppose. At any rate, my thinking in this vein was entrenched enough for me to be mystified by the discourses of identity- politics when I encountered them in the context of Irish writing. Or rudely to scorn them. Later, reading Eve Patten’s review of Irish women’s writing 1985–1990 in Krino, I remember barely relating to the terms of her argument when she wrote of the ‘identity-quest’ which was becoming conformist and formulaic in women’s writing. Why would anyone seriously seek to engage with their identity – as a woman or as a person at all – in writing?
All this now seems a rather bizarre set of ideas to take as a starting point. If McGuckian et al reacted, brilliantly, against the authority of their forebears (and Heaney, of course, believed that poetry could be a ‘revelation of the self to the self’), in what way could one react to the authority of their poetry? What could impressionable readers do with a half-grasped appreciation of parody (I also liked Frank Kuppner), or playfully mixed-up registers (and John Berryman). With poetry which witholds its truths and is sprawlingly non-linear, oblique and de-centred and a bit ‘quotey’? Vitally, the generation of Northern Irish poets I admired all turned out to be prophetic. All laid a path, in one way or another, into the future. Ciaran Carson reimagined Belfast before it began (more commercially) to re-imagine itself and his work was invoked, rightly, by critics rethinking the city’s identity. Medbh McGuckian’s poetry should have midwifed a discussion about women, poetry and tradition; about feminism and aesthetics – if anyone could have been bothered to have it sensibly. And Paul Muldoon, of course, invented the internet. Critics have been sceptical about the extent to which the poet’s arbitrary links and lateral‘rhymes’ shadow a ‘hypertext’ which was developing at the same time – but if his excessive allusiveness didn’t prefigure Google, Google certainly helps reading, say, ‘Yarrow’. Now, however, technological communication has speeded up and expanded so it seems ever more open-ended and without centre. Now arguably the teaching of creative writing has generated networks of writers in which a top-down authority on what’s good – or even what’s teachable – is not always evident. (Coincidentally, it’s notable that Muldoon’s work has closed down at the same time as the internet has become less serendipitous and more channelled through coercive engines; Muldoon even has his own website, which is less a link in his work’s open-ended network, than an anxiously comprehensive database into which it has been collected.) The dialogue between the ‘post-modern’ poets I first read and their predecessors has, of course, worked both ways, as something like Michael Longley’s The Weather in Japan shows. But recently I began to wonder if it wouldn’t have been more constructive to start with something a bit more real, a bit more in touch with life or the self. Something that doesn’t just present a flat avatar of the self or filter everything through B movies and song lyrics but wonders who we are? Maybe even a bit of an ‘identity quest’ . . .
At any rate, the fact is that after falling for Larkin (not magisterial), then avidly reading Armitage, Duffy and Paterson (not magisterial either – or not initially), a sense of authenticity or sincerity was entirely absent from the poetry which, formatively, I thought was good and worth emulating. The first poems I wrote that I liked and later published, which were mostly written in a top floor flat in Edinburgh over the course of a year – the selfsame year of supposedly studying, but actually more or less abandoning, cultural theory (not Edinburgh University’s fault, needless to say) were still circumscribed by a forceful adolescent intensity. But they also sought to be arch and oblique. They tried to remember, until they forgot, to be fragmentary and ephemeral and not to say ‘I’. And in later work any kind of personal experience or suffering was to be referred to only in the most elaborately circumspect, mediated way. Later (for which a massively discontented Ph.D. thesis on Medbh McGuckian, rather than millennial disaffection, might be blamed), it’s clear I only wanted to understand community or tradition in terms of half-parodied forms, or blunt superficial Wikipedia-style factoids about other writers. A disconnection existed – not merely between my sense of myself and some welcome fictional or elliptical version of it – but between the vague, emotional impulse to write poems and any sense that they might be meaningfully directed outwards towards people who could understand. There was no audience. I was not trying to communicate with anyone, and I was not trying to communicate with myself. In fact, I seemed actively to be trying to avoid some sort of conversation with myself by endlessly changing the subject. And tellingly, when I couldn’t write, I could only remember the idea or attitude of the poetry I wanted to write, and this was, loosely speaking, indirect or tongue-in-cheek. So there it was: poetry, the most intimately personal form of writing, and I couldn’t even think in terms of what I meant any more. An appreciation of post-modern Northern Irish poetry had left me supposing it wasn’t supposed to mean anything or be in touch with anything.
This is not to say I don’t like this work now. I do. I think there is genius in the (say it) ludic work of Medbh McGuckian. In the games her early work plays she shows one way – maybe the best way – for a woman writer to approach the problem of authority and tradition. (Though I also think that if there were a charge for wasting readers’ time, as for wasting police time, she should be prosecuted.) Nor is it to blame a particularly brilliant generation of writers for their shiny surfaces. It was just easy to think that the best poetry did not prize sincerity – and now, belatedly, I find I don’t fancy formal experiments any more unless they rise out of some encounter with life.
Rather than figuring the endless textual networks with which we have all become so familiar, I want to stop clicking, scrolling and speed-reading and shuffling on to the next song, and instead focus on poetry which stays still and feels something. And this is what I want to write too. Not unmediated self-expression, of course, but not pre-emptively cut off with a glib reflex. The old disconnection, between inner whirring cogs and outside world, have to engage somehow – and for this reason, I don’t think that the teaching of creative writing is necessarily a bad thing, as long as the students have something ready to work with. (God knows it’s better than encouraging them to be also academic critics). Above all, I have recently come to think that it is essential to think that among the tiny, fragmented audience for poetry, and perhaps even among those who just use the language, there might be some with whom I might communicate sincerely – or reasonably sincerely. Amid all the other kinds of technological communication, both shockingly intimate and weirdly superficial, I have to think that poetry can do something unique. That – perhaps because it doesn’t have an easy brand to sell, and will almost certainly not be trending any time soon – it can communicate something a bit more complex and lasting. But then a lifetime of defensive irony is a hard habit to break so, yeah, like, what do I know? | {
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You might look at the header photo and think, “It‘s sad that the Today show has to resort to doing interviews with 40-year-old hookers. It‘s morning television, after all.” And then you understand – this is Lindsay Lohan, with her t-ts out, letting her skirt ride up, staring out from underneath that hideous white-blonde wig. Yesterday, we discussed the rumor that Lindsay Lohan was going to do a “no holds barred” interview with Today’s Matt Lauer. Well, it’s already gone down – Today released this photo plus a partial transcript of this mess, with the actual interview to air on Thursday, tomorrow. Here’s what Today is shilling:
In an exclusive interview set to air on TODAY Thursday morning, Lindsay Lohan tells Matt Lauer that she is “clean and sober” and she wants “to continue to move forward and in the right direction.”
The actress, who will host “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, also told Lauer, “I still need to go through the process of proving myself.”
Lohan, 25, is one court appearance away from putting her legal troubles from a 2007 drunken driving case behind her. Lauer asked her if, when they spoke last, the actress was in denial.
“Definitely,” Lohan said. “And I think it was — it’s a scary thing to have to kind of express to people … I wasn’t as comfortable with myself then. I think it was a fear factor that I had about what was really going on. And, you know, I had to get that wakeup call.”
Lohan also told Lauer that the temptation of night life and parties is something she’s avoiding.
“That’s not my thing anymore. I went out, actually, a few months ago with a friend. And I was so uncomfortable. Not because I felt tempted, just because it was just the same thing that it always was before. And it just wasn’t fun for me. I’ve become more of a homebody. And I like that.”
It may be that change in lifestyle, or at the least the perception that there has been a change, that will help the actress get back to work.
“Do you think people have gotten back, or can get back to the point where they trust you?” Lauer asked. “In other words, professional people? You know, if they say to you, ‘Come host ‘Saturday Night Live’,’ that’s a big commitment. And do you think the producers and directors of movies and television projects are going to get back to the part where they can go, ‘You know what? Yeah, we can count on Lindsay. We can bank on her?’”
“I think that that’s gonna take — I think that takes time,” Lohan said. “And I think that it’s actions. Because people can say things all they want, but I think I still need to go through the process of proving myself, you know, with ‘SNL,’ being on time, being, you know, keeping my — can’t say the word — but stuff together.”
Lohan offers details on reports that she’s set to play Elizabeth Taylor in her next project.
“We’re in the middle of casting and figuring — we start production soon,” Lohan said. “I’ve been doing tons of research. But I’ve always kind of researched her. She’s always been a fascinating woman to me. So I’m really honored. And I will not let anyone down, especially myself.”
Asked about that need to qualify her commitment, Lohan says she understands how it might be scary for people to invest in her.
“I don’t want people to have that reason to be scared anymore. So being able to have this opportunity with ‘SNL’ and the film, I’m gonna do what I’m supposed to do, and enjoy doing it, and do it as best as I can.”
OMG. BITCH PLEASE. Same crack lies, same crack hustle, different g–damn day. “I had to get that wakeup call” – which wakeup call? Which trip to rehab? Which arrest? Which jail sentence? There hasn’t been ONE wakeup call. There is only a series of crack shenanigans which never, EVER serve as a “wakeup call” to this dumb crackhead.
But the most ridiculous thing is – “That’s not my thing anymore. I went out, actually, a few months ago with a friend. And I was so uncomfortable. Not because I felt tempted, just because it was just the same thing that it always was before. And it just wasn’t fun for me. I’ve become more of a homebody. And I like that.” Says the girl living at the Chateau Marmont. Says the girl who gets blitzed and takes off her clothes for Terry Richardson every week. Says the girl who went out partying with her mother AFTER her court date last week. Says the girl who started throwing drinks AND punches during last fall‘s NY Fashion Week. And what’s worse is that she thinks it’s working. She thinks we’re buying it. THIS is why I’ll never say “Oh, poor Lindsay.” She’s a liar, a user, and a terrible person. She’s a violent sociopath.
Usually those who are actually in recovery can name exactly how many days that they’ve been sober. She probably didn’t do anything before the interview and that makes her sober, yeesh. I saw the snippet on the Today Show. I felt like you foolish, lying young girl (kept it clean
The whole no holds barred interview? It look like Lauer wasn’t questioning anything she said such as in well Lindsay here are photographs of you leaving such and such. He’s softballing her.
She looks awful-she needs to get rid of the hair and not have her boobs hanging out.
I may be taking my rep in my hands here but I like that coat. On her it looks dirty and haggard. On someone else, like ME or you know, perhaps Demi or Julia Roberts or … someone with a bit of presence.. they could pull that off.
Raise of hands, how many people think she is F.O.S????? I know I do. I would have cracked (no pun intended) up, if I were the person interviewing her, because it is clear that every word out of her mouth is a bold faced lie!!
I cannot understand why she is still relevant? Why would anybody want to interview her. In my opinion, she is a worthless P.O.S.
I just wish someone would confront her about her stupid hair!!!! What is up with that??? I mean it is not stylish in any sense, it looks awful, and it ages her. I wonder if she pulled a Brittney and shaved her head to avoid drug testing??
Seriously, what pisses me off isn’t that she lies with every smoky breath she takes–she has always been a liar and been caught in more lies than anyone can count. What pisses me off is that the press is suddenly on this “Lindsay is making a comeback! Lindsay is clean and sober!” as if they all believe this crackshit she’s pushing. Other than a few key bloggers (MichaelK from DListed being one, and thank God for him), everyone is kissing her ass!
I watched Mean Girls last night for some odd reason.
There’s really no accounting the distance she has traveled! It’s like I can’t believe what I was seeing. It’s a throwback, made me all nostalgic and stuff. And she’s really not half bad actress actually.
Britney cleaned up okay. but then, I heard somewhere that her parents played an active role in turning her around.
Crazy Angie cleaned up rather okay. but then she allegedly has the UN and a horde of other people to help be the catalyst.
lots of bad people clean up real good (see all those sob/empowering stories on Oprah for example), but they do have some strong guiding figure to help them make the about turn.
I hope Lindsay finds that person too. Could be anyone. And she’s still young. So not all hope is lost.
I really, really hope that she can pull herself together and sort herself out. Hopefully the abovementioned wakeup call is really THE wakeup call.
Interview my ass. I’ve seen pics here, not two weeks agp, where she’s so F’d up she wasn’t sure where she was. She’s just gonna lie about everything, what about Fashion Week? She throwed down pretty good then, and I don’t believe that was “months” ago…..she’s a lying crack-ho. Stupid Fire-crotch, she looks like dammit sittin’ across from Matt, Bitch still needs a good scrubbin’ IMO.
Wow, I actually think she’s been doing the best she’s done in years. I always held out hope that she would turn things around, and I’ve (obviously) been disappointed numerous times, but I really do think she’s been making great strides. She’s doing all her probation work, going to therapy and she actually has two credible projects coming up! This behaviour from Lindsay is astounding! I think if she can pull this off she will be on her way to a comeback. Of course she needs lots of improvement but I wish her well, it is no easy task to get over the problems that she faces. I feel especially sorry for her due to the family she has been subjected to, clearly she has learned a lot of this behaviour from her own mother and father, let alone being a young impressionable star in Hollywood. The lies, the using, everything is just a result from her being a drug addict, and I sincerely wish her well.
Playboy, December 2011: “My stubbornness at 18 and 19 years old got in the way,” she told Playboy. “During the past five years, I’ve learned that time flies faster than you think, and because you only live once, you have to learn from your mistakes, live your dreams and be accountable.”
Some Australian talk show, May 2011: As for her recent run-ins with the law, Lilo adds: “I had to grow up and be accountable.” So what has the actress been doing when she’s not in court or on a movie set? Linds tells the hosts, “I do cook a lot … I paint, I write. I watch a lot of TV.”
E!, May 2011: “”I am glad to be able to put this past me and move on with my life and my career. I support the judge’s decision and hold myself accountable for being in this situation,” Lohan says.
Jay Leno, April 2011: “But I’m a big girl and I’m going to do what I’m told to do and that’s what I’m going to do to continue on with working in my life. I’m taking responsibility.”
Vanity Fair, August 2010: “I don’t care what anyone says. I know that I’m a damn good actress. … And I know that in my past I was young and irresponsible—but that’s what growing up is. You learn from your mistakes.”
On her Myspace, December 2008: “I think that people go through a lot in life. And the things that we go through simply just make us stronger in the long run. If we actually take what it is we have learned from our mistakes and teach ourselves what NOT to do in the future.”
Exactly: same old lies. She hasn’t changed, grown, evolved, matured. She’s the same self absorbed, lying, using person. Even if you didn’t listen to her (full of it) words: look at her! That is not a healthy, happy person.
I just can’t believe her because she pulls that “Im a changed person, and I’m trying to prove myself again” schtick ALL THE TIME. It’s like the boy who cried wolf.
If I were in her shoes…and I honestly wanted to make a comeback. I would have quietly disappeared for awhile, while working on getting myself clean. I would have then done a movie without making a big deal about it and wow everyone when it comes out. And if people questioned where I had been for the past year. I would smile and say that I had been working on me and getting sober, and that I had been staying away from the whole “Hollywood” scene. It would look a lot more believable. I’m sure it would still take some time to convince more people…but if you followed the same formula…I think it would be easy to do.
She thinks she’s so smooth and that we’re idiots to believe the same cr@p again and again. I have no hopes of the SNL stint being as open and daring as she claims its gonna be if the Today interview was so soft-hitting.
She has no remorse or awareness. And she loves the spotlight too much to go away ever. When the paps are snapping pics of her double chin she still loves it.
Lindsay has slowly poisoned herself for years and she’s malnourished. We see her and our brains short out with “does not compute” error. I think aging her 20 years is how we close that mental gap. But however she looks outside is going 10x worse on the inside.
Gawd! Why Lindsay? Why do you persist in doing interviews and lying, you know its going to bite you on the ass. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. See Lohan lie, see Lohan say she has work and that she has changed. Rinse, repeat.
i agree kaiser, with every single word in this post. she is a violent narcissistic sociopath who doesn’t care whom she hurts to get her way-and frankly this is why i won’t mourn, and i won’t pretend to mourn if she o.d.’s. not wishing her to o.d. at all, but if it happens, i won’t say omg genius actress passed away so tragically young and all that b.s. because you know that 1.)she had to many 2nd chances thrown her way, when the average joe would have been doing time for far long and far sooner before 2.)she’s a thief, liar, racist, showing no remorse, respecting nobody else’s rules, she even hit a baby stroller, not giving a damn if the baby would be hurt or worse! 3.) she’s not a talent, not a genius like amy or whitney, let’s be real. some people hold on to their memories of mean girls when she wasn’t even good… even back then. she’s just nasty inside and out. i hope nobody will pretend to mourn if she were to pass. much better people than her passed away tragically young and they’re not properly mourned enough. | {
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Apparently among the fans pining for a glimpse of Muhammad is rock musician Flea. The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist was on hand to play the national anthem before the Bruins faced Indiana State at newly renovated Pauley Pavilion.
Flea displayed a message for the NCAA on his T-shirt, which read "Free Shabazz Muhammad."
Muhammad, the prized recruit in a UCLA class that many ranked No. 1 in the nation, was declared ineligible for an undisclosed number of games after the NCAA determined he "accepted travel and lodging during three unofficial visits" to two schools during his recruitment.
Flea's motives for the shirt are unclear, but he wouldn't be the only person upset by the NCAA's ruling.
UCLA athletics director Dan Guerrero sounded off earlier Friday.
"We are extremely disappointed that the NCAA has made this determination," Guerrero wrote in a statement. He added, "We believe the decision is incorrect and unjust to Shabazz."
In a statement Friday, the NCAA said Muhammad was ineligible for the season opener, but the statement made no mention of further games. | {
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I am only going to respond to half a sentance of Dita De Boni's ridiculous article about slutwalk, because life is too short to pay attention to the rest. She says:
I can't see the value in putting yourself out there to complete strangers as a sexual object - especially in social situations where alcohol blurs the ability of people to moderate their behaviour.
Actually I'm ignoring the second clause in the bit I quoted too - because it's stupid. And I've been a feminist blogger too long to have new ways to say "That's victim-blaming nonsense and if you don't mean to victim-blame then you should stop talking."
No the bit I'm interested tonight is the idea that you can put yourself out to strangers as a sexual object.
You can't - it's nonsense. If you are putting yourself out there you are the subject in that sentence, not it's object. This is a really important and basic point, which can very easily get lost. You can't objectify yourself - it's not possible. If you are acting then you are the subject of that action - you can't act to make yourself acted upon. Because in everything you do, even things that people suppose take away your agency, you are using your agency.
I keep saying the same thing, but getting increasingly more convoluted in saying it, because it's a really simple grammatical point.
But it's also an important political point; you can't present yourself as a sex object. Objectification is something that is done to you, it is not something you can do to yourself. Without this understanding any attempt to talk about the politics of objectification descend into gibberish.
I also think that many women (and certain male populations of gay men) do self objectify - specifically from an objectification theory framework. (In which self-objectification is described as occuring in a society which forces women to look at themselves from the viewpoint of another.) It underpins the experiences of body shame, eating disorders, appearance anxiety etc.
But self objectification in the context of objectification theory occurs because of sexual objectification within a culture in the first intance. It's an outcome.
It's been an interesting few weeks for me - reading the different perspectives towards the Slut walks. For me, in the context of the Slut walks, I don't equate dressing in a way that aould be percieved as slutty as wanting to be seen as a sex object. I thought of it as theatre performace as protest. Particularly when there was such a mix of how people dressed. From everyday wear to PJ's, to fishnets. And that was the crux of it for me. Ultimately, whatever anyone wears can be construed as slutty by another person. It's a judgement placed on another person and as such is completely subjective.
We'll have to disagree again; I do think that you can use your agency to deny your own agency. People are pretty good at, well, being dicks to themselves. If that wasn't the case, there wouldn't be so many self-harmers.
Scar, as a woman who has struggled with self-harm I think your characterisation of me as "a dick" is really harmful and hot helpful. I am not "a dick", I don't even have a dick. I am a woman in pain who is struggling to overcome it in a world that is very thoughless and unfeeling towards my identity and problems. Finding comments like yours in what is intended to be a safe space doesn't help.
I also self harm and live with a reformed self harmer. I feel that when I self-harm that I -am- being a dick to myself and that I really shouldn't. I regret every time I have self harmed - especially when I've thrown boiling water on myself or put my head through a wall.After each instance, I've felt shame and hurt; there is nothing good or empowering about it and it leaves only sorrow.I have the deepest sympathy for other people who self-harm and I most certainly wouldn't want to make you feel bad or unsafe.I'm happy to delete my comment if it offends.
I'm not sure what the angle of the 'I don't even have a dick' comment was; would you care to explain? | {
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A Clint in His Eye – Harry Callahan’s Best Movie Quotes
American movie legend Clint Eastwood made fictional San Francisco police detective Harry Callahan a legend himself when he starred as Dirty Harry in a collection of five great films. Some of Harry Callahan’s quotes were as hard-hitting as his tough talking, no messing style of police work.
Eastwood made Inspector Harry Callahan a film icon with his great portrayal of the tough San Francisco cop in Dirty Harry(1971), Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983), and The Dead Pool (1988). All were box office hits, and today still make big bucks in home entertainment revenue.
Here’s some great quotes by Harry Callahan that helped Dirty Harry cement his place in Hollywood history.
Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry movie quotes
“When a naked man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher’s knife and a hard-on, I figure he isn’t out collecting for the Red Cross.”
Harry Callahan: We’re not just going to let you walk out of hereCrook: Who’s “we”, sucker?Harry Callahan: Smith, Wesson and me.
“Well, opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one.”
Chief: Callahan?…you willing to take the money to him?Harry Callahan: When are you people gonna stop messing around with this guy. He’s gotta be stopped now.Mayor: He’s got a bus load of kids and I can’t take that chance. I gave my word of honor on it, and he will not be molested…and that’s a direct order, Callahan!Harry Callahan: Well, you can just get yourself another delivery boy.
“Listen, punk. To me you’re nothin’ but dog shit, you understand? And a lot of things can happen to dog shit. It can be scraped up with a shovel off the ground. It can dry up and blow away in the wind. Or it can be stepped on and squashed. So take my advice and be careful where the dog shits, ya!”
Chief: Have you been following that man?Harry Callahan: Yeah, I’ve been following him on my own time. And anybody can tell I didn’t do that to himChief: How?Harry Callahan: Cause he looks too damn good, that’s how!
“I know what you’re thinking. “Did he fire six shots or only five?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?” | {
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Go Deeper
THE
BOOK OF GOD'S PROMISES
Overcoming the Fear of Death
By
J. Stephen Lang
CBN.com
-- Most of us fear death, don't we? We may say we believe in eternal
life, in a heaven that is a life of bliss, a life much better than this world.
But we act as if we fear death, and our actions speak louder than our words.
We act only slightly different from people who claim to have no belief at all
in heaven and hell.
Isn't it amazing that, centuries ago, Christians sometimes
celebrated a believer's funeral as his "birthday," the person's entry day into
heaven? They celebrated because they really believed it was so.
We need
to go back to the Bible. It reminds us many times that nothing, not even death,
can snatch God's people from him.
Even when I walk through the dark valley
of death, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me.
Psalm 23:4
As
for me, God will redeem my life. He will snatch me from the power of death.
Psalm
49:15
He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign LORD will wipe away all
tears.
Isaiah 25:8
"God blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted."
Matthew 5:4
"As to whether there will be a resurrection of the dead -- haven't
you ever read about this in the Scriptures? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
had died, God said, `I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob.' So he is the God of the living, not the dead."
Matthew 22:30
"Humans
can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives new life from heaven."
John 3:6
"All who believe in God's Son have eternal life. Those who don't
obey the Son will never experience eternal life, but the wrath of God remains
upon them."
John 3:36
"I assure you, those who listen to my message and
believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for
their sins, but they have already passed from death into life."
John 5:24
Can
anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves
if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or are hungry or cold or in
danger or threatened with death? No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory
is ours through Christ, who loved us.
And I am convinced that nothing can ever
separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels can't, and
the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the
powers of hell can't keep God's love away.
Romans 8:35, 37-38
Let me tell
you a wonderful secret God has revealed to us. Not all of us will die, but we
will all be transformed. It will happen in a moment, in the blinking of an eye,
when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, the Christians who
have died will be raised with transformed bodies. And then we who are living will
be transformed so that we will never die. For our perishable earthly bodies must
be transformed into heavenly bodies that will never die.
When this happens
-- when our perishable earthly bodies have been transformed into heavenly bodies
that will never die -- then at last the Scriptures will come true: "Death is swallowed
up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"
1 Corinthians 15:51-55
To me, living is for Christ, and dying is even better.
Yet if I live, that means fruitful service for Christ. I really don't know which
is better. I'm torn between two desires: Sometimes I want to live, and sometimes
I long to go and be with Christ.
Philippians 1:21-23
Because God's children
are human beings -- made of flesh and blood -- Jesus also became flesh and blood
by being born in human form. For only as a human being could he die, and only
by dying could he break the power of the Devil, who had the power of death. Only
in this way could he deliver those who have lived all their lives as slaves to
the fear of dying.
Hebrews 2:14-15
I saw a great white throne, and I saw
the one who was sitting on it. I saw the dead, both great and small, standing
before God's throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And
the dead were judged according to the things written in the books, according to
what they had done. The sea gave up the dead in it, and death and the grave gave
up the dead in them. They were all judged according to their deeds. And death
and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death -- the
lake of fire. And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life
was thrown into the lake of fire. | {
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Tuesday, 7 March 2017
Watch Journalists in the 90s Freak Out Over the Destructive ‘Michelangelo’ Virus That Wasn’t
More than 25 years ago, the world had a major freak out about a computer virus called "Michelangelo," after the famous Italian genius. The virus was programmed to delete all files on an infected computer on March 6, the artist's birthday.
At a time when a relatively small number of people had personal computers, the media flipped out.
"It's the day the dreaded Michelangelo virus is set to attack our computers," says a TV host.
During an interview, another TV journalist seemed stressed. "So it can shut things down, all the stuff you got in there, that you may really want, it's just gone?!?"
Michelangelo, which spread via floppy disks, was supposed to wreak havoc on people's computers and delete everyone's files. But it didn't. Despite the collective hysteria, the malware spread to very few computers. In the video embedded above, YouTuber danoct1 relives the hysteria and shows us what the virus actually did to a computer. | {
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Northeast Georgia has scanty drug treatment options for abusers
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When parents determine that their child has a substance abuse problem, they’ve just taken the first step on what could be a long and difficult road.
Some families discover that it’s not easy to find affordable, effective treatment close to home.
"There’s not a lot of options locally," said Betty Guilfoile, area services director of Avita Community Partners in Gainesville.
Her agency, formerly known as Georgia Mountains Community Services, provides mental health treatment with some funding from the Georgia Department of Human Resources.
Though there are private treatment programs in metro Atlanta, for many families in Northeast Georgia, Avita is the most feasible choice.
Guilfoile said Avita’s child and adolescent services office, located on Interstate Ridge Road, provides individual, family and group therapy, along with an intensive outpatient substance abuse program.
"It’s based on a program called Seven Challenges, and it gets kids to take a look at their lives," she said.
Teens attend sessions from 4 to 6 p.m. three days a week and stay in the program for an average of 12 weeks.
"It’s all about changing behavior," Guilfoile said. "We work on their life skills, assertiveness, making good decisions, setting goals."
Thanks to state subsidies, payment is on a sliding fee scale based on income. The program also accepts Medicaid and PeachCare.
"We never turn anyone away for inability to pay," Guilfoile said.
Avita also operates a group home in Gainesville for adolescent boys with substance abuse problems.
"It’s for kids who are in an unhealthy home environment," she said. "The average stay is about six months."
In order to get sober, many teens need to be removed from the circumstances that led them to abuse drugs in the first place.
"It can be hard for kids to go back to school, where they’re known as a drug user," Guilfoile said. "They have to find a new peer group, but the nondrug kids may not accept them. Sometimes it helps to hook them up with a church. A lot of churches are offering recovery programs now."
Some teens need more than just "talk therapy," she said.
"A lot of kids who use drugs also have underlying mental health problems that need to be addressed," Guilfoile said. "We have a psychiatrist on staff full time (who can prescribe medication). But we don’t prescribe drugs that people tend to get addicted to."
Avita does not provide inpatient treatment. For that, the only local option is Laurelwood, the mental health unit of Northeast Georgia Medical Center. The program accepts children ages 12 and older. But most people need inpatient treatment only if they are psychotic, suicidal or experiencing severe withdrawal symptoms.
Dr. Jeff Black, a psychiatrist at Laurelwood, said kids who stop taking drugs usually don’t go through the agonizing withdrawal that adults do, possibly because they haven’t been using for very long.
When hospitalization is required, the stay is typically brief. Laurelwood is not state-funded, and families usually either have insurance or pay the bill out of their own pocket.
After being discharged, teens are referred for outpatient therapy. Black strongly recommends that they enroll in a 12-step program such as Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous.
"Twelve-step programs are the most effective, in my opinion," he said. "It’s a very powerful therapeutic tool. And there’s accountability. It requires people to make a commitment. Continuing to go to meetings prevents them from returning to old patterns of behavior."
Black said patients are most likely to relapse when they revisit the friends and locations where their drug abuse occurred.
But he said parents should not despair if their child has a relapse.
"The average person (recovering from addiction) has about four relapses over a lifetime," he said.
If the family is paying for treatment, relapses can be frustrating, because it may seem as if money is just being thrown down the drain. But Guilfoile said each round of therapy is a step toward success.
"Most people in recovery will relapse a number of times," she said. "But each time they go through a program, they learn something new."
Black said the key is to permanently change the person’s focus in life. He believes "Just Say No" programs, which merely tell teens what not to do, are worthless.
"It’s better to help kids increase their sense of self-worth, find out what their passions are, get them involved in doing things for others," he said. "The kids who make it are those that had an adult who took an interest in them, even if it wasn’t a parent." | {
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Recap
'Breaking Bad' Recap: Hazard Pay
Nobody tells a story like Vince Gilligan and his team. This week’s Breaking Bad, titled “Hazard Pay” for reasons obvious to anyone who holds attention past the first scene, is an especially proficient example of the show’s consistent triumph in furthering plot, building character, and establishing reality — something you won’t find to this same degree on any other program on television.
“Hazard Pay” offers progress to a few different plot structures. On the forefront — Walt, Jesse, and Mike in their new operation: the post-Gus crystal meth creation/distribution business. Via Saul, the team goes on a house-hunting expedition for the perfect venue for their illegal entrepreneurship. Fully armed with excuses on behalf of each, Saul takes his clients through factories and warehouses, even a laser tag emporium (director Andrew Bernstein does not forego his comedy background in this episode), until Walt has the brilliant idea to cook in fumigated houses… working in line with the exterminating company, and getting in and out of the tented homes before the poison is pumped in. Inconvenient, but feasible, and their best option.
But nothing can be simple smooth sailing for this team. Another standing issue is the line of former Gus employees who Mike now has to make sure won’t spill the beans on the dead boss’ secret operation. To do this, he has to continue their “hazard pay” — the profits Gus supplied in return for silence. Walt is none too pleased with this, as some of the money comes out of his shares; more than this, he’s never thrilled with being shifted back in the line of authority. This jar to Walt’s pride even commands a lapse in strategic poise from the chess master: at the end of the episode, Walt, beady eyes and all, implies to Jesse that Mike needs to be killed. Whereas most of Walt’s words are very carefully crafted and placed, he seems to be forgetting just how much Jesse cares for and looks up to Mike, and just how recently he escaped Jesse’s wrath in regards to the near death of Brock. But Walt’s pride often makes him blind. It makes him blind to the sick horror on Skyler’s face whenever he walks in a room — let alone when he tells her he’s moving back in at the beginning of this episode.
We see Walt take a few new plunges, in fact, this week. We see Walt betray Skyler’s secret affair to Marie in an effort to keep his own secrets more firmly hid: Marie wonders why Skyler breaks down and throws a fit at work — Walt credits the episode to Ted Beneke’s hospitalization, revealing that Skyler had an affair with him a few seasons back (he obviously doesn’t say “a few seasons back,” although that’d be pretty funny if he did), and swearing Marie to secrecy. We see Walt in his first interaction with Brock: Andrea and Brock drop by Jesse’s while Walt is over; the quiet young boy is duly ill at ease around the strange man, who unbeknownst to him, almost killed him. Walt telling Brock how brave he was in the hospital, sitting side by side with the boy on the couch, and calmly explaining that he has “two of his own,” reassures the viewer that we’re dealing with a monster. Still, there seems to be some discomfort in Walt when Brock is around. So much so that it might even contribute to his wry manipulation of Jesse that leads him to break up with Andrea — although, this could be fueled entirely by the interest of keeping Jesse’s loyalties dedicated to the job.
The show drops a few other hints in the episode that Walt’s darkness is all-encompassing. He chuckles when he comes across a copy of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass — a nod to his victory over Gale Boetticher and the law enforcement’s pursuit of “Heisenberg”… and also a nod to one half of Bryan Cranston’s character’s namesake, (with the other being Mr. White from Reservoir Dogs). Also in the meta-references department, a late scene has Skyler walking in, grief-stricken, to Walt and Walter, Jr. (when is he going to start going by Flynn again? Does anyone else miss that?) heartily enjoying a viewing of Scarface. Fans know that Vince Gilligan’s M.O. for the character arc of Walter White was to turn him “from Mr. Chips into Scarface.” Obviously, this is a nod to the end game being right around the corner.
And that’s apparent by Marie’s mention of Walt’s upcoming birthday. The opening scene of this season’s premiere episode depicted Walt as a lone drifter, scruffy beard and full head of hair with a fake ID in tow, eating in a Denny’s on his 52nd birthday, just before purchasing a gigantic gun from a shifty character. Granted, Walt is presently 50, making the Denny’s scene over a year away — a fact I hadn’t truly recognized until Marie’s comment about his upcoming birthday. Seems to me that Denny’s felt much closer to the present action.
As mentioned above, “Hazard Pay” is an extraordinary case of the establishment of Breaking Bad’s world, both tangibly and in the realm of mood. The illustration of this interconnected world, wherein Saul knows all of these crooked businessmen, wherein hired muscles like Mike and Huell cross silent paths, wherein the people we haven’t seen in ages are still proven to exist — the triumphant return of Skinny Pete and Badger earns this episode so many points — proves just how much Breaking Bad cares about its reality. Furthermore, “Hazard Pay,” and every Season 5 episode so far, proves that Breaking Bad is invested in making its story feel as much like real life as possible. Even in a world of deceit, drug theft, and murder, there can be laughs. The show is never exclusively dedicated to one mood or another. It’s not a strict thriller or a strict drama insofar as being unwilling to become something else entirely for a line, a scene, or even an episode. The show knows that life is extremely versatile, and so it becomes such.
“Hazard Pay” is a near perfect episode of television. With the exception of some of the dialogue delivered by the inmate visited by Mike (a little hokey), and the heavy-handed delivery of the Scarface scene, everything feels organic, emotionally dense, and exquisitely enjoyable. | {
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A prolific songwriter for nearly twenty years, Laura Veirs proves the depth of her musical skill on her tenth solo album, The Lookout. Here is a batch of inimitable, churning, exquisite folk-pop songs; a concept album about the fragility of precious things. Produced by Grammy-nominated Tucker Martine, Veirs’ longtime collaborator, The Lookoutisa soundtrack for turbulent times, full of allusions to protectors: the camper stoking a watch fire, a mother tending her children, a sailor in a crows nest and a lightning rod channeling energy. DzThe Lookoutis about the need to pay attention to the fleeting beauty of life and to not be complacent; it’s about the importance of looking out for each other,dz says Veirs. DzI’m addressing what’s happening around me with the chaos of post-election America, the racial divides in our country, and a personal reckoning with the realities of midlife: I have friends who’ve died; I struggle with how to balance life as an artist with parenting young children.dzWritten and produced on the heels of Veirs’ acclaimed album with Neko Case and kd Lang (case/lang/veirs), The Lookout integrates the fluency of collaboration with Veirs’notorious work ethic.The twelve songs on the album are the result of a years’ worth of daily writing in her attic studio in Portland, Ore. DzTwenty years ago when I was just starting out with my punk band, it never occurred to me to write five versions of a song,dz says Veirs. DzI’ve learned to see how malleable lyrics and melodies can be. I have more tools as a musician so I write many versions of songs until I find the right fit.dz Such range is demonstrated on the operatic vocals of DzThe Meadowdz and the intricate finger picking on DzWatch Fire.dzDzThe Lookout,dz the album’s title track, is an ecstatic anthem to trusted relationships. The Lookout draws on the talents of a time-tested crew of musicians: Karl Blau, Steve Moore, Eli Moore, Eyvind Kang and Martine. Says Veirs, DzThese guys are a good hang, ego-free and wonderful players who just want to serve the songs.dz Sufjan Stevens and Jim James provide guest vocals. For Martine, who fell, almost two decades ago, for Veirs’ unique sound after listening to a tape cassette she’d sent him in the mail, this album reflects a bar that keeps getting raised. Both familiar and strange, The Lookout gets better with repeated listens, warming to the skin like a cherished saddlebag, critical for the journey ahead. | {
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Sense of 'mission' may keep young women from risky behaviors
Having a sense of purpose in life might help young people avoid sexually risky behavior, a new study suggests.
"When I was in clinic seeing teenagers, there was something intangible about a kid who had a sense of purpose in life, saw life as having some kind of meaning beyond their immediate pleasure," said Dr. Nancy Dodson, who led the study while at Boston Children’s Hospital.
"I felt like those kids tended to protect themselves from a lot of risky behavior and there are other kids who are sort of (just) interested in feeling good for the moment . . . those kids tended to gravitate towards risky behaviors," Dodson said in an email.
Even with improvements in preventive care and screening, young adults could be at risk for sexually related health problems, Dodson and her co-authors point out in the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.
Previous studies have shown that adolescents who feel competent, have spirituality and are connected to their families are less likely to start having sex early or unprotected, they write.
For the new study, the researchers defined a sense of mission or purpose as having far-reaching goals, wanting to make a difference in the world and making progress toward that.
The research team analyzed data from the “Growing Up Today Study,” which followed the children of adults participating in the large, nationwide Nurses Health Study II. Between 1996 and 2001, the kids filled out yearly questionnaires covering topics including their nutrition, health status, risk behaviors, body image and stressful life events. After 2001, participants got questionnaires every other year.
Dodson’s team analyzed responses to the 2007 survey, from 5,624 women whose average age at that time was 23.
The researchers focused on questions about how strongly the young women felt a sense of mission, at what age they started having sex (early was considered 15 or younger), how many sex partners they'd had and any history of sexually transmitted infections.
Based on the responses, 28 percent of the young women had a strong sense of mission, 55 percent had a moderate sense of mission and 17 percent had a low sense of mission. Nearly 83 percent of the women had sex, averaging about five sexual partners.
Women with a low sense of mission were about 35 percent more likely to report a history of sexually transmitted infections than those with a high sense of mission and were also likely to have had higher numbers of sex partners.
Women who went to religious services less than three times per month were nearly three times as likely as young women with high attendance at religious services to have started having sex at an early age, and 33 percent more likely to have a history of sexually transmitted infections.
The study is based on observing these kinds of associations, at a single point in time, and cannot prove that a high sense a sense of mission protects young women against health problems.
The authors also acknowledge that the study population of nurses’ children was 93 percent white and not necessarily representative of the broader population.
Britney Blair, a psychologist at Stanford University School of Medicine in California, said the study could have a religious bias.
"When combining these particular outcome variables with the question ‘sense of mission’ in life I fear the results of the study may reflect more of a sex-negative or religious bias than any true and helpful finding," Blair said in an email to Reuters Health.
"The authors suggest that religious affiliation is a protective factor against sexual risk yet make no mention of the incredibly negative effect religion can have on a woman's sexual health," said Blair, who was not involved in the study.
She also pointed out that the number of sex partners did not necessarily mean risky behavior and having sexual relations at an early age could depend on developmental maturity. Blair added that sex education for young people is important in preventing sexual risk.
"We do not mean to imply religious teens are healthier, but that's just one example of being part of something greater than yourself and feeling like you could contribute something bigger than yourself," said Dodson, an assistant professor at Montefiore Medical Center’s division of Adolescent Medicine in New York City.
Dodson said mentoring and other volunteering could help young adults, and that doctors could screen for sense of mission as part of a sexual risk assessment.
“I think it’s also a call to parents to be active in their parenting and help foster a sense of self-worth, sense of purpose and sense of the larger world around them,” she said. | {
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How to move to sustainable consumption?
How to move to sustainable consumption?
Agenda 21, the programme of action adopted at the 1992 "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro, noted that "Achieving the goals of environmental quality and sustainable development will require efficiency in production and changes in consumption patterns in order to emphasize optimization of resource use and minimization of waste. In many instances, this will require reorientation of existing production and consumption patterns that have developed in industrial societies and are in turn emulated in much of the world" (para. 4.15).
However, much remains to be done to understand the respective roles of public authorities, market actors, and consumers, in driving this change. Markets are increasingly demand-driven: producers shape their products in accordance with the changing expectations of consumers, for whom environmental and social considerations play an ever greater role. Price remains, nonetheless, a determining factor in the everyday choices of consumers, suggesting a need to better align economic incentives with sustainability.
More fundamentally, much of what we consume remains fueled by status competition and the quest for social recognition and acceptance: this suggests that in order to make progress in curbing excessive consumption and its impacts on sustainability, we may need to reconceive consumption not merely as a matter of individual choice but as one of social norms that is tied in with broader efforts to achieve social justice.
The "desires" of consumers, as distinguished from the "needs" that must be satisfied as a condition for a decent life, are largely shaped by the structure of markets, by technological change, by advertising, and by the physical environment, all of which are beyond the ability of the individual consumer to change. This calls into question the idea that sustainability can be advanced simply by changing the "values" consumers adhere to, or by improving awareness about the impacts of individual choices.
If social norms are such a big driver of consumption, how can these norms be made to evolve?
How can technological change be reoriented around sustainability, instead of the never-ending quest for economic efficiency, increased labor productivity, and profit maximization for technology owners?
How can markets be reshaped in order to favor the shift to more sustainable consumption patterns, sometimes referred to as "voluntary simplicity"?
How can governments, businesses and households contribute to the shift to greater resource efficiency and a "circular economy", and how can a better alignment of these efforts be achieved?
Roadmap to a resource efficient Europe, European Commission, Communication of the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, , COM(2011) 571 final of 20.9.2011. | {
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The Progeny: Justice William J. Brennan's Fight to Preserve the Legacy of New York Times v. Sullivan Ebook
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, credited with defining the central meaning of the First Amendment, has protected the freedom of expression for the past 50 years. This compelling work of historical non-fiction focuses on the progeny of that decision examining how Justice Brennan nurtured and developed the constitutional law of defamation and related claims from this important milestone.
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, credited with defining the central meaning of the First Amendment, has protected the freedom of expression for the past 50 years. This compelling work of historical non-fiction focuses on the progeny of that decision examining how Justice Brennan nurtured and developed the constitutional law of defamation and related claims from this important milestone.
The book draws on the previously unreported papers of Justice Brennan and several of his colleagues and, through them as well as author Stephen Wermiel's private interviews with Brennan, provides the authoritative historical account of how an important body of constitutional law came to be. In so doing, The Progeny offers fresh insights with respect to both what the law means and the process by which it was formulated. This text tells a compelling story in which the Brennan and his fellow justices are the lead characters. It is your window into a process that has rarely been open previously. The authors deconstruct the internal machinations that resulted in the historic line of cases that now governs the law of defamation as well as closely related claims such as invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress. In addition to New York Times v. Sullivan, this work examines the following well known cases: • Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.• Hustler Magazine v. Falwell• Bartnicki v. Vopper• and many more!
Given Sullivan's enormous impact on the development of our rights to freedom of speech and press, this book is a must read for Supreme Court watchers, journalists, fans of legal history, constitutional scholars and, of course, First Amendment enthusiasts. | {
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Shredded Pork Fried Rice(With Egg)
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Prepared over a carefully controlled flame, this golden fried rice is light and fluffy with an enticing aroma of fried egg and cooked rice. The addition of tender shredded pork only increases the appeal. | {
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Tee Time: High Vista surrounded by vistas
The fairways at High Vista are surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains.
HIGH VISTA CC
By TOM AND SONJA HORANTimes-News Correspondents
Published: Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, April 12, 2013 at 10:20 p.m.
Tucked away in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, midway between Asheville and Hendersonville and only five minutes from the Asheville-Hendersonville airport in Mills River, you’ll find one of the area’s best-kept secrets, High Vista Country Club.
High Vista Country Club offers a par 72, 18-hole championship course designed by Tom Jackson that winds through mature pines and towering oaks, past vibrant flowers and around tranquil ponds. The scenic Chestnut Mountain ridge provides a scenic backdrop with views that will take your breath away.
Fairways are always in impeccable shape and fast greens with considerable break will have you flexing your best golfing muscles.
“High Vista offers a true scenic mountain golf experience with five sets of tees to suit players of all levels. It’s really hard to keep your head down during your swing due to all the scenic views around you,” said Patrick Warren, General Manager and PGA Pro at High Vista. “We put more than $125,000 into course improvements last year and the greens are in great shape going into the season.”
Warren provides PGA Certified Instruction to juniors and adults. He was honored in 2005 with the Tri-State PGA Junior Golf Leadership Award and is also a two-time winner of the President’s Council Award for Growing the Game. Individual and group lessons are offered along with computerized video analysis, club fitting and club repair.
Besides the Junior Olympic size pool and lighted tennis courts, High Vista offers a very active social calendar year-round to its members. Also on site is the Robinson Pub overlooking the golf course and a formal dining facility, the Laurel Room, that can accommodate up to 150 seated guests plus a veranda and deck with exceptional 180 degree mountain views. Here you have the perfect setting for a wedding ceremony, party, business or corporate event. And, if you are considering a golf outing, High Vista is the perfect venue. Tournaments are greatly encouraged and an experienced staff is there to assist you with your planning.
While many people think that you must live inside the gated community of High Vista Country Club in order to join or even play golf is just not the case. The exclusive, semi-private club offers a variety of membership levels with many amenities for golfers and non-golfers, residents and non-residents alike. Public play and use of event space is welcome.
Available until April 30, two golfers can play 18 holes of golf and have lunch* on Tuesdays and Thursdays for $70. (*Mention this article. Choose from select items on Turn Menu. Tee times are required and this offer is not valid with any other offer).
For information contact High Vista Country Club at 828-891-1986 or online at highvistagolf.com. For tournament info, ask for Patrick Warren. Membership offers are currently available, and you can contact Natalie Kramer for that information. High Vista is located at 88 Country Club Road in Mills River.
Escape to one of WNC’s best kept secrets and enjoy a true mountain golfing experience.
<p>Tucked away in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, midway between Asheville and Hendersonville and only five minutes from the Asheville-Hendersonville airport in Mills River, you'll find one of the area's best-kept secrets, High Vista Country Club. </p><p>High Vista Country Club offers a par 72, 18-hole championship course designed by Tom Jackson that winds through mature pines and towering oaks, past vibrant flowers and around tranquil ponds. The scenic Chestnut Mountain ridge provides a scenic backdrop with views that will take your breath away. </p><p>Fairways are always in impeccable shape and fast greens with considerable break will have you flexing your best golfing muscles. </p><p>“High Vista offers a true scenic mountain golf experience with five sets of tees to suit players of all levels. It's really hard to keep your head down during your swing due to all the scenic views around you,” said Patrick Warren, General Manager and PGA Pro at High Vista. “We put more than $125,000 into course improvements last year and the greens are in great shape going into the season.” </p><p>Warren provides PGA Certified Instruction to juniors and adults. He was honored in 2005 with the Tri-State PGA Junior Golf Leadership Award and is also a two-time winner of the President's Council Award for Growing the Game. Individual and group lessons are offered along with computerized video analysis, club fitting and club repair. </p><p>Besides the Junior Olympic size pool and lighted tennis courts, High Vista offers a very active social calendar year-round to its members. Also on site is the Robinson Pub overlooking the golf course and a formal dining facility, the Laurel Room, that can accommodate up to 150 seated guests plus a veranda and deck with exceptional 180 degree mountain views. Here you have the perfect setting for a wedding ceremony, party, business or corporate event. And, if you are considering a golf outing, High Vista is the perfect venue. Tournaments are greatly encouraged and an experienced staff is there to assist you with your planning. </p><p>While many people think that you must live inside the gated community of High Vista Country Club in order to join or even play golf is just not the case. The exclusive, semi-private club offers a variety of membership levels with many amenities for golfers and non-golfers, residents and non-residents alike. Public play and use of event space is welcome. </p><p>Available until April 30, two golfers can play 18 holes of golf and have lunch* on Tuesdays and Thursdays for $70. (*Mention this article. Choose from select items on Turn Menu. Tee times are required and this offer is not valid with any other offer).</p><p>For information contact High Vista Country Club at 828-891-1986 or online at highvistagolf.com. For tournament info, ask for Patrick Warren. Membership offers are currently available, and you can contact Natalie Kramer for that information. High Vista is located at 88 Country Club Road in Mills River.</p><p>Escape to one of WNC's best kept secrets and enjoy a true mountain golfing experience.</p> | {
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Why a home treadmill is a huge safety risk for your kids
Treadmill burns rated second only to hot stovetop burns for kids. (Image: iStock)
The rate of treadmill-related injuries for kids is rising at an alarming rate.
It's the most-used piece of fitness equipment on the face of the earth, but having a treadmill in your living room could put your kids at risk.
New research from Nationwide Children's Hospital in the US has revealed the shocking toll home treadmills have on children, with more than 12,000 kids admitted to the ER with injuries every year.
The vast majority of injuries came as a result of children falling off the back of the treadmill – but there's also been an alarming increase in skin burns where kids have gotten their hands caught between the belt and the machine.
"We were alarmed by the number and severity of treadmill-related burns that we encountered in our outpatient burn clinic," said Dana Noffsinger, who authored the study.
"We were also alarmed by the fact that these treadmill burns appeared to be deeper compared to other contact hand burns."
Treadmill burns were so frequent that they rated as the second leading cause of hand burns – only losing to contact hand burns caused by touching things like a hot stovetop.
"Our study found that treadmill hand burns accounted for four percent of our total burn population while contact hand burns accounted for 12 percent," explains Noffsinger.
If that wasn't enough to have you install a child-proof fence around your home gym, the researchers found that, unlike the shallow burns caused by touching something hot, treadmill burns were much more likely to be deep and long-lasting.
On average, a child with a treadmill burn required 51 days of care, versus a child who had a contact burn from a stovetop, which required just 11 days of care.
Here in Australia, an average of 107 people turn up at local hospitals every year with treadmill-related injuries in Victoria alone, with children making up most of those numbers.
Just last year, David Goldberg Survey Monkey CEO and husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, reportedly died as a result of injuries he sustained when he fell off a hotel treadmill.
To minimise treadmill-related injuries by both kids and adults, the researchers recommend reminding everyone in the household that a treadmill is a potentially dangerous object.
"We can ensure a safer environment for children by helping caregivers recognise that a treadmill is a piece of heavy machinery," says Dr Huiyun Xiang, who also contributed to the study.
"We also recommend the use of baby gates or play pens, to not leave a running treadmill unattended, and to have caregivers position the treadmill to face the room." | {
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It was good to meet with you again at the block grant meeting last Monday, February 24, 2003.
As was the case the time before when we attended a block grant meeting, I complained to you about the inability of the DBS (Department of Building and Safety) to eliminate, let alone control, the illegal vending problem in Los Angeles, particularly where I live in Van Nuys. While your department gets a "C+" grade for the enforcement of building codes by harrying stable tax paying property owners, it gets an "F" in the enforcement of zoning codes as applied to illegal street (sidewalk) vendors, in particular, when it involves immigrants, most who cannot be cited because they do not carry IDs. Yes, I know you are supposed to fingerprint and take a photo of violators who do not carry IDs, supposedly, so that you can arrest them if caught again. But when I went on two ride-alongs to observe the sweeps that the LAPD and your department laud as the solution to this problem, no one took pictures or fingerprints -- it is just DBS talk (no pun intended).
While controlling illegal vending is a quality-of-life issue, it has now, since 9/11, also become a matter of life and death.
When I brought up the possibility that a terrorist could pose as an illegal vendor and disseminate anthrax through the sale of un-inspected food which could kill thousands of innocent people, this brought some chuckles from you and some of the listeners. While I generally have a good sense of humor and I appreciate your sense of humor, this is no laughing matter.
Since the enforcement of the law against illegal vending is primarily the responsibility of the LAPD, it seems illogical that the responsibility has been passed to the DBS. The LAPD says that since illegal sidewalk vendors are violating zoning laws, the DBS must do the enforcing. The DBS says they can't do effective enforcement because they don't have "arrest" power. Moreover, when the illegal vending involves the sale of food, both the LAPD and the DBS want to pass the buck to the County Health Dept. And if the vendor decided to operate alongside the sidewalk in the street, it now becomes a matter for Department of Transportation because the vender is now committing a parking violation. Sound crazy? It is!
As a result, enforcement of the laws against illegal sidewalk vending can only be carried out when all three departments (LAPD, DBS, & City Health) working together, conduct infrequent coordinated sweeps involving the DBS to handle the zoning violation, the health department which must bring along a trash truck to dispose of the un-inspected food, and the LAPD to protect the other two department's personell. The coordination and logistics involved in the sweeps are so complex, that it makes one think of the coordination and logistics of the three branches of the military before they launch an attack on a foreign enemy. But at least the military works every weekend. Not only are the sweeps totally ineffective in stemming illegal vending, they are very expensive. A far cry from yesteryear when an illegal sidewalk yo-yo vendor went scooting at the mere sight of a LAPD beat-cop several blocks away.
WHY THE DEPARTMENTS CAN'T ENFORCE ILLEGAL VENDING:
NO PUNISHMENT
Anyone operating an illegal sidewalk vending operation can do so with impunity. No one is punished for illegally vending, albeit, the DBS thinks the confiscation of the vending carts and equipment is punishment. It's not, because most vendors operate with someone else's equipment which may include stolen supermarket shopping carts easily replaced. Of course, it's not a problem to whip up a new batch of un-inspected food. So the illegal vendor is back in business the next day.
NO ID AND WALK
All city and county departments have a de facto policy of allowing illegal vendors to "walk" when they cannot produce any domestic government issued identification such as a driver's license. Illegal vendors know this, so they intentionally carry no form of identification. However, anyone operating a business in Los Angeles, must be able to produce some form of identification showing the legitimacy of the business, but the DBS does not involve itself in business licensing -- only zone violations. In some cases, illegal vendors are issued a citation and then allowed to walk.
NO CITATION FOLLOW-UP
What the DBS considers to be enforcement, is the issuance of citations. In some cases, when a violator has some form of ID the DBS may issue a citation. But this is little more than an inconvenience for illegal vendors and a waste of time for the DBS because there is absolutely no follow-up -- the illegal vendor simply ignores the citation and continues to carry on illegal vending. No one at the DBS knows how many of those cited, ever showed up in court, and what the outcome was of those who did show up in court. Of course, the DBS cannot do any more than give out citations because it does not have arresting power.
HOW POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IS UNCHECKED ILLEGAL SIDEWALK VENDING?
How about anthrax laced food sold to school children, to people in recreational places, and on city streets.
Couldn't happen you say? Just keep this in mind: To anyone smart enough to learn to fly an airliner into a high rise building, masquerading as an illegal vendor in Los Angeles to disseminate anthrax is a piece of cake.
We hear the mantra all the time from the DBS, the L.A. County Health Department, and the LAPD: "we haven't got the resources nor the manpower." Really? Why not ask the Burbank PD why they have virtually no illegal sidewalk vending. Could it be because they have a zero tolerance policy on this issue? Quite candidly, the community is getting fed up with the your excuses.
After ten years of pleading, writing letters, and taking former Police Chief Bernard Parks to small claims court (for devaluating my property), illegal vending is still alive and well. Thus, I do not hold out much hope that this letter will result in any meaningful action. But at least I will get the satisfaction of saying to you and the others, "I told you so" when in the future, some thousands of people die at the hands of a terrorist anthrax disseminator because you and the others didn't have the manpower nor the resources.
Many politicians and bureaucrats are quick to act when there is public outrage. To generate public outrage, I am asking anyone who reads this email to RESPECTFULLY send your email letter of outrage to the following persons (please copy me):
David Keim, Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Dept of Building and Safety <[email protected]>
To the appropriate L.A. council member/s <http://www.lacity.org/council.htm>
To the appropriate L.A. county supervisor/s <http://bos.co.la.ca.us/>
Cordially,
Hal Netkin
CC: Chief Bratton; County Dir of Health, Jonathan Fielding; all of the L.A. City council members; all of the county supervisors, the L.A. Daily News, other unnamed recipients, and posted on website <www.LAwatchdog.com>
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Just after sending the above email letter, I made the recipients aware that the FBI Warned: "...Among the [terrorist] group's methods are what is called "prolonged static surveillance," in which people are "disguised as panhandlers, demonstrators, shoe shiners, food or flower vendors, news agents or street sweepers..." | {
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There is a popular saying, “As above so below, as within so without”. This adage is said to have its origins from the Greek, Hermes Trismegistus, also known as Thoth in ancient Egypt and acknowledged as a ‘scribe for the Gods’. Hermes was credited with thousands of writings of high standing, reputed to be of immense antiquity.
This principle of correspondence speaks to the mirror-image relationship between all cosmos. It simply says that the greater and the lesser are alike. The universe and Earth are of the same pattern. Nature and man reflect each other. By observing one relation you gain knowledge of the reflected whole.
To put it another way, the meaning of ‘as above so below’ is that everything is a microcosm of the macrocosm. We see the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the cosmos, from the largest scale all the way down to the smallest sub-atomic substance, including the metaphysical. Contemplate the macrocosm as the universe and the microcosm being you. Deeper inquiry into this idea can bring some pretty potent revelation.
The universe is part of ‘All That Is’, which is the same as God, the ultimate creator entity. Everywhere there is conscious life, all made from the exact same core substance. This substance is vibrating through patterns of energy, of light and of sound.
This core vibrational pattern of the ultimate principal entity is the same as the human. The human pattern is the same as the cell. The cell’s vibrational pattern is the same as the atom. This idea expresses that humans are made in the image and likeness of the one original Creator of everything, at the most macro level. All forms of life are birthed from this one primary source. All is a reflection and a stepped down version of its greater aspect.
Let’s consider the innate cognition in the very nucleus of the globular atom. For years, scientists have known that atoms are intelligently driven particles of energy that can discriminate and choose. Atoms possess cognitive qualities such as the ability to select and reject, to attract and repulse. They also demonstrate the abilities of sensation, movement and desire.
The concept of the atom as an intelligent energy is very much like human psychology, only that the atom’s existence is within a more limited radius and circumscribed degree. We can view ourselves as the greater human atom representing the total intelligence of all of our atoms.
Just as our physical bodies are made up of spinning atoms, all of our individual human forms cohere together to form an even greater atomic body. This evolved entity comprises the sum total of an intelligently driven group consciousness.
The evolved group atom and its unifying nature demonstrates further as planetary consciousness, which is the sum total of all of the groups and states of awareness. The evolution of the intelligent planetary atom continues on into solar consciousness forming an even greater entity. It expands next into galactic consciousness, then into universal space and beyond.
By knowing yourself as one, and by consciously uniting your microcosmic self with the macrocosmic whole, greater degrees of coherence can be experienced. Dramatic shifts begin to occur in your consciousness. This is because you are flowing in the rhythm of the totality of the self, even though you might not understand what that completely means at the level of the human intellect.
It is simply to know that you are experiencing yourself as the part contained within a vast and all-inclusive whole. You are also the whole containing many parts. Through coherence, you learn how to use your connection consciously to tap into the same power that drives the entire universe. The key to awakening such an awesome ability is to shift in the way that you interact in the world, as one with the world and not separated.
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Clark County, Ohio
History and Genealogy
Erie Indians
From 20th Century History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio by Hon. William A. RockelChicago: Biographical Publishing Co., 1908
In all probability the Erie Indians were the immediate successors of the mound builders. Much of history in reference to this fact rests in tradition but this eems to be now accepted as the nearest solution to the truth that can be obtained. Some historical data exists that about 1640, the Eries ranged over Ohio. Whether the mound builders were exterminated or removed to the south, or degenerated in the savages of prehistoric times, is a question that still remains unsolved.
The first authentic account of the Ohio wilderness is from the French explorers. The Eries held the country to the south of Lake Erie, how far is not known. They were a powerful and numerous people living in fortified villages, and tradition credits them with being the most enlightened of all the Indian tribes of North America, excepting only the Aztecs of Mexico.
Iroquois
The Iroquois, frequently designated as the Five Nations, as including the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Senecas and Cayugas, were the foes of the Eries. * About 1660 the Iroquois surprised the Erie warriors, stormed their fortifications and after the custom of the victors, carried away and adopted the women and children of their vanquished foes. This tribe of Indians claimed all the land north of the Ohio River, and as such tribe at one time ceded their interest in these lands to that part of the United Stated which was then included in the state of New York, a controversy arose as to whether Ohio really belonged to Virginia by reason of the conquest and explorations made by Clark and others, or whether it belonged to New York by virtue of the treaty made with the IRoquois. There is considerable controversy over the fact as to whether they really ever occupied much, if any, of the State of Ohio, but if so probably very little of the territory now within Clark County.
History shows that whatever the Iroquois may have done, or claimed, as to the conquest of this section, the tribes that were afterwards found in Central Ohio — the Wyandottes, Delawares, Shawnees, Miamis and others did not concur therein.
While the Iroquois were a powerful confederation, it is said that they were at no time a numerous people. At the time of their greatest affluence they are said not to have numbered more than 25,000 and at the time of our revolution probably less than 15,000, and after their conflict with the western tribes they slowly drew back, claiming the title but really relinquishing it.
* About 1712 the Tuscaroras, who had been driven from North Carolina by the British, joined the confederacy, which thereafter was commonly known as the Six Nations.
Twigtwees (Miamis)
This tribe or nation of Indians were occupants of the Miami Valley as early as 1749, as the following quotation from Gist's Journal will show:
"The Great Miami river was first known as Rock River, called by the French Riviere de la Roche, from its rocky bed. When the Miami nation emigrated to it from the Wabash, it took their name. Its head approached near that of the Maumee, which empties into Lake Erie, and was the original Miami, but changed by the whites to avoid confusion. The two rivers with a portage between their waters, formed one of the principal canoe routes between the Ohio and the Lake. It was that by which the Celeron went from Ohio to Detroit. The Twigtees were Miamis, of which nation the Pickwayliness and Pyankeshoes, later mentioned, were also tribes. They were once a very powerful nation, and claimed to have held the land between the Scioto and the Wabash, from the Ohio to the lakes, beyond the memory of man. They were the only Northern Indians who had not at some time been subdued by the Six Nations, and had so harassed them when they had extended their conquest of other nations to the Mississippi that they had to relinquish their hold there and restrict themselves to their former limits. They had been faithrul allies of the French from their first appearance on the lakes, and equally persistent enemies of the English, until a few years prior to this time, when they had changed their allegiance, moved from the Wabash to the Miami, and became friendly to the English. For this and in retaliation for their treaty with Groghand and Fist, the French waged a destructive war against them, taking their fort and burning their villages in 1752."
It is probable that the Miami Indians to a certain extent occupied at one time parts of Clark County.
The Ottawas and Wyandots, although of different generic stock, lived much together, perhaps partly through sympathy in a similar downfall. They had been allies against the Iroquois, and in succession overcame.
"The Shawnees and Cherokees seem to have been the foremost in the great Indian migrations which met the Mound-Builders. It is thought singular that there are no traditions of that move.
"But when we think how faithless are the traditions among the whites of one hundred years ago, almost sure to be very wrong, even of one's great-grandfather, and that the Mound-Builders apparently left Ohio several hundred years ago, at least, the want of memory of that event does seem singular (?).
"Indians were always moving and warring. But the same careful linguistic study in America, that has told so much in the old world, will tell us something of the new."
Those who have attempted to glean the facts of the dim unrecorded past, for historical use, will appreciate Mr. Baldwin's remarks in regard to the unreliability of even the latest traditions.
Many writers are inclined to the opinion that the Wyandots were among the earliest tribes on this soil, but, from the latest investigations, the conclusion seems to be that they were only a sub-tribe of the Eries and Iroquois.
The following letter is here inserted as being pertinent to this subject, though taken from the proceedings of the late Clark-Shawnee celebration: | {
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The most common objection people have to our research: "Too many people would have been involved to pull off such a massive hoax." Well, with trillions of taxpayers' dollars at hand, this operation could certainly afford contracting many individuals (under a gag order and on a need-to-know basis). Meet the real - and unreal - persons, companies & entities assigned to carry out this gigantic, media & military-assisted psyop.
59beamWTC wrote:
This is just hearsay, and we can't just believe what we read on the internet, but it is indeed very interesting to think of the ways they made sure those buildings were empty. Barricades? Terrorist fire drills? I would give anything to be at the foot of the WTC the week prior to 9/11, and on that fateful day, so I could see what they did. But these 'barricades', if true, seem like a logical first step.
Indeed. A logical first step.
FWIW (For What Its Worth - and of course, it's not much since I'm a "loony conspiracy theorist"...) I can personally testify reading several comments on the internet (only for these comments to disappear over time !) to this effect: that the WTC COMPLEX area was inaccessible early on (around 7AM) that morning - and that police forces were seen early on (well before 8:46AM - when "Flight 11" supposedly rammed into WTC1) stationed and 'taping off' WTC access streets in Lower Manhattan. But the most interesting firsthand (so to speak) testimony I've heard, is that from my former Italian girlfriend's friend who lived in Manhattan at the time. He remembers trying to access the Path line subway (which serves the WTC), only to find it closed, with a notice that said "THE PATH LINE IS CLOSED DUE TO A UNION STRIKE" - or something to this effect!
But Simon! According to this video posted in 2011, Hector Ramirez "drove the last train into the Cortland Street station under the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. It's a day he will never forget."
Nevermind the fact that this person is obviously reciting a pre-written script that he has certainly rehearsed at least a few times, what would be the point of doing a story on this man 10 years later?
Fascinating definitions of "cantor" and "fitz" from the Urban dictionary :
cantor - verbTo leverage the suffering of innocent people for an unreasonable request that would otherwise be unmet. To bargain in bad faith during a time of crisis.
Fabulous, huh? What a great 'first name' for a slimy banking company which bargains in bad faith in times of crisis, leveraging the (phony) suffering of (non-existent) innocent people with unreasonable requests that, of course, would otherwise be unmet...
fitz - noun1. Means "son of" (hence all the English surnames like Fitzpatrick, Fitzhenry) but can also refer to an illegitimate child, a bastard, someone born out of wedlock etc.
to fitz - verb2. To instantaneously lose control of your bowels in an unannounced fashion. Usually resulting in going commando for the remainder of the day.
This ABC interview with Howard Lutnick should clear up any doubts still might have concerning the alleged "9/11 victims". Yes, I've posted this video before - but it is such a classic that it deserves to be seen again...
full link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z5aW0ovieY
If - after watching this - anyone still believes Lutnick is a real CEO of a real company who lost 657 real employees, I'm afraid there's nothing anyone can do to convince such a person of the contrary.
hoi.polloi wrote:Why I never realized what a slimeball Connie Chung is, either. Holy moly. This is horrifying. It's like watching psychopaths splicing their inhumane jokes together between outtakes of laughter.
Speaking of psychopaths, Chung is married to Maury Sumbitch Povich, one of the 'fathers' of tabloid talk-show trash TV, and known in part for live unveiling of paternity tests.
Wall Street firm that lost employees in 9/11 settles lawsuit against American Airlines
The Independent UK
American Airlines and its insurers have settled a long-running legal battle with Cantor Fitzgerald after the financial services firm lost 658 of its employees in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The case had been scheduled for trial in January.
The terms of the settlement were not disclosed when the agreement was announced in federal court in New York.
Cantor Fitzgerald sought nearly $1.1 billion (£680 million) in damages above insurance payments. The firm later reduced its demand to between $400 million (£245 million) and $500 million (£306 million), reported The New York Times.
In 2001, the organisation’s headquarters were in the top floors of the north tower of the World Trade Centre, which was struck by American Airlines Flight 11.
The firm accused the airline company of negligence in allowing hijackers to board the plane and crash into the tower. American Airlines said that it could not have predicted such an attack and that it followed federal security regulations.
Sean Collins, a spokesman for the airline, said that its insurers had agreed to settle the claims but the airline did not admit liability.
“American Airlines and the courageous crew members and passengers on Flight 77 and Flight 11 were all victims of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001,” Collins said in a statement.
He said American Airlines defended itself against claims by property owners and others who believe that “American should have done what the government could not do — prevent the terrorist attacks.”
I have no doubts whatsoever that Gary Lutnick is a sim, probably using a younger version of Howard's face as the template. There are hardly any photos to be found of "Gary" on the net and of the very few that you can find, they are all poor quality.
This is "Gary" with sister Edie Lutnick whom Obama called a "hero" for her work with the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund which she co-founded. Allegedly the fund has raised $250 million for victims of terrorism, disasters and emergencies. I wonder how much of that money any real victims have seen. I'm guessing a goose egg.
She is also the author of “An Unbroken Bond, The Untold Story of How the 658 Cantor Fitzgerald Families Faced the Tragedy of 9/11 and Beyond” and has regular speaking gigs. | {
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(CNN) -- Police in Gwinnnett County, Georgia, spent Sunday looking for a gunman who opened fire at a party, injuring five teens.
The incident took place Saturday night in the Snellville area, about 25 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta.
At around 11 p.m. Saturday, an unknown assailant shot four teenagers who were attending the party. A fifth was grazed by shrapnel from the shooting. All five were treated at an area hospital and released.
Police said the descriptions provided by witnesses are so varied that it has been difficult to narrow the lists of suspects. | {
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The “South Korea Aseptic Packaging Market” report provides an in-depth analysis of the various market segments and its sub-segments. The aseptic packaging market is segmented by material, type, and application. Based on material, the market is categorized into Paper, Plastics, Metal and Glass. Based on type, the market is segregated into Cartons, Bottles & Cans, Bags & Pouches, Pre-Filled Syringes, and Vials & Ampoules. Based on application, the market is classified into Food, Beverages and Pharmaceutical & Medical Application. The report focuses on current and upcoming market trends such as Drivers, Constraints, Opportunities, and Challenges, technological advancements, Porters Five Forces analysis to assess the intensity of competition in the market. The market values are presented in the form of tables and graphs for better interpretation.
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Any list of top CEOs reveals a stunning lack of diversity. Among the leaders of Fortune 500 companies, for example, just 32 are women, three are African- American, and not one is an African-American woman. What’s going on? The authors studied the careers of the roughly 2,300 alumni of African descent who have graduated from Harvard Business School since its founding, focusing on the 67 African-American women who have attained top positions in corporations or professional services firms. These women thrived, they found, because of three characteristics that are key to resilience: emotional intelligence, authenticity, and agility. The women were adept at reading interpersonal dynamics and managing their own reactions; crafting their identities; and transforming obstacles into opportunities. Beyond personal strengths, the authors say, another factor was critical: nurturing relationships with mentors who recognized the women’s talent and made it their business to support them. The insights gleaned are important not just for African-Americans and women; they’re essential for any manager who recognizes that an organization’s diversity is its strength.
It is widely accepted that the conflict women experience between family obligations and professional jobs’ long hours lies at the heart of their stalled advancement. Yet research suggests that this “work-family narrative” is partial at best: men, too, experience work-family conflict and nevertheless advance; moreover, mitigating the conflict through flexible work policies has done little to improve women’s advancement prospects and often hurts them. Drawing on an in-depth case study of a professional service firm, we offer two connected explanations for the work-family narrative’s persistence. We first present data suggesting that this belief has become a “hegemonic narrative”—a pervasive, status-quo-preserving story that is uncontested, even in the face of countervailing evidence. We then take a systems psychodynamic perspective to show how organizations use this narrative and attendant policies and practices as an unconscious “social defense” to help employees fend off anxieties raised by a 24/7 work culture. Due to the social defense, two beliefs remain unchallenged—the necessity of long work hours and the inescapability of women’s stalled advancement. The result is that women’s thin representation at senior levels remains in place. | {
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Australia might just pay for safety option
For all the talk of open-top buses and OBEs, long-suffering England fans have always found it difficult to visualise Michael Vaughan and the Ashes urn in close proximity. That leap of faith became a chasm yesterday afternoon, and not just for the spectators. As Australia's openers forged ahead, one could almost hear the fielders' knees knocking together like oversized windchimes.
But have faith, Ashes dreamers. Stranger things have happened than another England revival. At times, yesterday's play resembled the theatre of the absurd. Has anyone ever witnessed a capacity crowd cheering the arrival of the covers before? Or Justin Langer, usually Wise to Matthew Hayden's Morecambe, outscoring his partner by a factor of two to one? Or even Paul Collingwood unleashing an 83mph delivery that beat both batsman and first slip for pace?
Most importantly, has anyone seen an Australian team going off for bad light just when their collective foot was poised above the opposition's jugular? It is now up to Ricky Ponting and his players to make this quixotic decision look smart. Because if Australia fall just short on the final day, it could end up right next to "bowling first at Edgbaston" in the Guinness Book of Sporting Blunders.
If Glenn McGrath can defy two detached ankle ligaments to take five wickets at Old Trafford, surely Langer and Hayden can risk a few clunks on the helmet in order to press Australia's case. Yes, the ball might have swung under heavy cloud; yes, they might have lost one of Ashley Giles's arm balls in the flight. But then moles could suddenly burrow through the surface of the pitch, or frogs rain down from the sky.
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Australia became world champions not by asking "What could possibly go wrong?" but by backing themselves to do everything right, come rain or shine. Under pressure in this series, they have reverted to tactics that used to be unthinkable: boundary-riding fielders, nightwatchmen, and now batsmen taking the light. It wouldn't have happened under Steve Waugh.
How badly England needed that weather break, because yesterday was shaping up as their worst day of the series since Lord's. Enfeebled by the absence of Simon Jones, paralysed by the scale of the prize, their performance somehow managed to be agitated and flat at the same time.
The concept of pressure has become a sporting cliche, especially now that Michael Vaughan uses the P-word in every interview he gives. But it is a vital factor nonetheless. The past three Tests have seen Australia shrink under the pressure of England's challenge, just as a scuba diver's lungs contract to a fraction of their normal size at great depths. But the simplicity of their current task, combined with England's anxiety, has suddenly released the valve.
Without the weather to complicate their thinking, Australia would now be looking at the most straightforward of gameplans. Bat big, bat long, and stick England back in on a worn, turning wicket. Thankfully for Vaughan, other factors have entered the equation, among them the unknowable quandary of "What if we had stayed out there?"
Perhaps Australia will prove big enough to put such questions out of their minds. But England failed a similar test at Headingley two years ago. In that match it was Mark Butcher and Marcus Trescothick who accepted the light, halfway through an evening session that had seen them pummel South Africa's attack. The upshot was that England went down to a 191-run defeat, and Vaughan wrote an angry column demanding more hunger from his players.
Australia, clearly, are not lacking in hunger here. Hayden showed it when he volunteered to step down from his usual Schwarzenegger-style role as musclebound leading man. Yesterday, he was more like Langer's bodyguard, offering discreet back-up while the little fellow went about his work. And for a player with a record as glorious as his, that was quite some climbdown. England should feel honoured, in a way, by Hayden's change of tack. It is a belated admission that he cannot dismantle their attack as he has so many others over the years.
But the fear must be that Australia's shift to a lower gear will prove decisive, especially after England had revved too high - not for the first time in the series - and burned out the engine. Without more help from the weather, and a steadier second innings, Vaughan may never get his hands on that pesky urn. | {
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Australia’s relationship with Asia during the mid-twentieth century
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Ijji Pants for Everyday Wear
The perfect unisex pant for all occasions, made in California of tight-weave Japanese canvas
It’s Monday and it’s cold and we wish were still in bed and we bet you wish you were too. But we’re all adults here, and that means wearing pants and being productive members of society today. But what if you had a pair of pants that were so comfy you wouldn’t mind putting on—or want to take off—and that looked good enough to be worn wherever you needed to go? Well, that’s the question, more or less, the founder of Ijji asked himself, and then answered.
Designed to be worn by men and women alike (and now kiddos too), Ijji pants feature an elastic waist with drawstring closure, and are made in California of sturdy, tight-weave Japanese canvas that will wear in nicely with age.
Lightweight, comfy cotton pants perfect for travel, hitting the bouldering wall, sitting at a desk while dreaming of being outside, actually being outside... the opportunities are endless. Plus the name comes from the Japanese word used to refer to any loose-fitting drawstring pant (イージーパンツ pronounced i-ji-pantsu, or “easy pants”), so you know we’re already sold. | {
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Forget the "should-be"and find yourVERVE.
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I’m going to say this once: OH HELLS NO! You have the right tolive life inspired. It’s time, friend, to forget the "should-be" and find your VERVE.
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Dubai aims to remove police officers from streets
Dubai’s police force is preparing for a future where police officers will no longer be needed to patrol the streets through a project under the government’s 10X initiative.
The ‘police without policemen’ project will see the authority deploy advanced technologies through three ‘activations’ including a network of cameras on fences and near homes linked with artificial intelligence and crowd sourcing systems previously announced in January.
Dubai Police said it would also launch a surveillance blimp as an airborne early warning system to oversee open spaces and projects under construction and replace traditional police stations with rapid response teams to handle emergencies.
The force’s commander in chief, general Abdullah Al Merri, said traditional policing methods often involved the loss of valuable time in identifying and arresting criminals
Through the ‘police without policemen’ project the authority aims to improve operational efficiency via new technologies.
“With these projects we are bringing to reality the concept of no policemen policing and ensuring that we achieve the highest levels of security and safety for our people without the need for policemen being present on-ground 24/7,” he said.
“Through these projects, we aim to strengthen our partnership with the members of the community to strengthen safety and security standards, and respond promptly to any challenges, and ensure the happiness of our citizens and residents.”
Dubai Police believes the project will enhance the sense of security in the community and reduce crime levels, while also improving its ability to respond to future challenges.
It is working with Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority, developers and private sector companies to supply, install and operate the project within two years.
The emirate’s police force is no stranger to new technologies having unveiled plans for robot officers, hover bikes and smart police stations without staff over the last year alone. | {
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This babe is so sexy it almost seems unfair to everyone else. She's on, like, a level of sexy unattainable by most mortals. Luckily, it would appear she doesn't mind sharing said sexiness.
Jena Frumes first came to the public's attention on that MTV show Wild N'Out. Can't say we ever watched it, but we're glad someone did -- because if Jena here had remained hidden from us, life would plainly be worse. Just look at this girl...that melting-pot skin (courtesy of French, black and Native American roots), those emerald eyes, that BOOTY. Good lord, that booty. | {
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wow, Doug Martin was completely unstoppable agaisnt a stout Viking defense last night.. He displayed everything a fulltime NFL back needs to display.. Power(he broke many arm tackles and his 1yrd td run was freaking awesome!), speed(brokeaway on a couple plays for huge gains), Catching ability(3catches 79yrd 1td), Grace(made a few nifty moves)...etc It sure isnt taking him long to establish himself as a force to reckon with for yrs to come.. Hes the complete package and kudos to TB for being slick and moving ahead of us to grab em...
thats not to say dave wilson isn't gonna be solid, but this doug martin is as complete as it gets.
Whats everyones take on Tank Carradine DE Fla ST? Hes got a solid pact of numbers this season and solid ht/wt and seems to be a sure riser so far that is taking his opp and running with it(jenkins season long injury).. I'd gotta think a player like Carradine would be a possiblity if the GMEN end up picking in the last 2-3 picks of the draft if he keeps it up...
Whats everyones take on Tank Carradine DE Fla ST? Hes got a solid pact of numbers this season and solid ht/wt and seems to be a sure riser so far that is taking his opp and running with it(jenkins season long injury).. I'd gotta think a player like Carradine would be a possiblity if the GMEN end up picking in the last 2-3 picks of the draft if he keeps it up...
I think he is 1 of the most underrated prospects in the country. He plays very similar to a young Justin Tuck(cept from other side.) He is quick off the ball, stellar vs the run, is a powerfull bull rusher and can stunt as well as anyone. Personally, for a 43 team I think he is a better prospect than the guy he replaced for injury Brandon Jenkins.
I think he is 1 of the most underrated prospects in the country. He plays very similar to a young Justin Tuck(cept from other side.) He is quick off the ball, stellar vs the run, is a powerfull bull rusher and can stunt as well as anyone. Personally, for a 43 team I think he is a better prospect than the guy he replaced for injury Brandon Jenkins.
Tank is a damn beast at DE! Can u imagine if Jenkins was healthy this year. G reat fron t 4 for the Noles. I'm impressed by LB Christian Jo nes as well. He wont be coming out this year but definitely a prospect to keep an eye on, great talent & potential! | {
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Orleans, Jefferson parishes prepare for Tropical Storm Karen
Crews in Jefferson and Orleans parishes began making preparations on Thursday for the arrival of Tropical Storm Karen.
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WEBVTT HALL PLANS TO OPEN THEIREMERGENCY OPERATIONCENTER TOMORROW IN PREPARATIONFOR TROPICAL STORMKAREN ... AND JEFFERSON PARISHIS GEARING UP, TOO.REPORTER ANDY CUNNINGHAM IS LIVEAT 5 FROM CITY HALL WITHMORE. ANDY?OFFICIALS HERE IN NEWORLEANS...SAY THE CITY ISTAKING THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONSTO PREPARE FORWHATEVER KAREN DELIVERS.WHILE THEY'RE NOT EXPECTING AMAJOR IMPACT FROM THIS STORM...PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY.BECAUSE THE EXACT TRACK OFKAREN IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCLEAR,CITY LEADERS AREMONITORING THE SYSTEM CLOSELYAND, WILL RESPOND ACCORDINGLY. ASIMILAR STORY IN JEFFERSONPARISH... WHEREPARISH LEADERS ARE ALSO WATCHINGKAREN CLOSELY...THEIRFOCUS RIGHT NOW, IS IN THESOUTHERN PORTION OF THEPARISH... PARTICULARLY INLAFFITE AND GRAND ISLE, ANDOTHER LOW LYING AREAS MORESUSCEPTIBLE TO STORM SURGE ANDFLOODING."This is something we are payingclose attention to, but I wantto reassure everybody we'reready,we've been through this before,it's not our first rodeo -- andwe're fully prepared and readyto executewhatever we have to do ...""We're preparing for either avery strong tropical storm or aweak category one. So, we'remaking allpreparations in an anticipationthat we are asking our citizensto do the same thing..."AGAIN, OFFICIALS IN BOTH ORLEANSAND JEFFERSON PARISH... ACTINGOUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTIONAT THIS POINT... ASKINGCITIZENS TO DO THE SAME...REPORTING ON YOUR SIDE LIVEFROM CITY HALL... AC. WDSU NEWS.camille ad-lib thanksAND LEADERS IN PLAQUEMINESPARISH SAY THEY'RE
Orleans, Jefferson parishes prepare for Tropical Storm Karen
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Give them something they don't have!
When you choose a gift to give, the only response that is more disappointing than You shouldn't have is Thanks so much; it's so much like the one I already have. Choosing gifts for the person who has everything can sometimes feel more frustrating than festive. With some ingenuity, however, you can create the responses every gift giver hopes to receive, This is incredible, You're amazing, and just plain old Wow!
Know Your Recipient
In pursuit of Wow, it's important to know why your recipient can be described as a person who has everything. This person may possess the means to gratify his or her wants and desires financially. Equally challenging is the person choosing to simplify his or her life by not accumulating large numbers of possessions or a wide variety of pastimes.
Gift-Giving Strategies
Gift-giving strategies for each everything person will vary but several are worth considering. One category of gift can be called add-to gifts. For a home lover, a sketch or painting of the house or garden captures a favorite place at a moment in time. The same is true of a professional photograph of family members or a beloved pet. Finding someone to render a favorite poem or saying in calligraphy or embroidery is a gift seldom duplicated. It becomes even more meaningful to you both if the calligraphy or embroidery is yours.
While somewhat less strictly artistic, a gift certificate for detailing a prized car or boat is likely to win thanks from the proud owner. Other add-to gifts can include thoroughly researching the best means or specialists to repair or restore a treasured but worn antique, book, photograph or childhood treasure.
Experience Gifts
Another category can be called experience gifts. Someone whose life contains great stress may never stop to find out about, but would greatly enjoy, any number of de-stressing experiences once they have been found and organized. For someone going full-tilt full-time, consider a gift of yoga classes, massage, reflexology or meditation. Combining such gifts with a must-do spa day provides a uniquely-welcomed respite from a heavily-loaded day's routine.
Other experience gifts will appeal to active friends. Again the true gift is that of your time, finding the experience, working out the schedule and making the experience possible. Some gifts like scuba classes for a swimmer, advanced classes for a beginning photographer, computer or cooking classes or a backstage look at a favorite museum or entertainment venue can add to an interest or skill already in process.
Other experience gifts bring a completely unique experience to light. There are many people who have looked with curiosity but have not pursued these ideas: riding in a hot-air balloon, learning to juggle, riding a pogo stick or unicycle, acquiring skill with a spinning wheel or loom, touring an ice-cream or perfume factory, learning to ride a horse as an adult, mastering wilderness-survival skills and training as a falconer. The sky and your imagination are the only limits to an experience gift.
Some of these gifts may seem as far off-the-wall as you dare go. Some may seem out of the question. Your own locale, however, examined with a truly curious eye, will yield experience gifts that suit both your gift recipient and his or her abilities. Mind-blowing is the point of a unique experience gift. And should your recipient feel a bit shy about embarking on what you have chosen, there's nothing like having a friend along to ease the uncertainty of something new. Now you and your recipient can possibly look forward to experiencing the event together.
Honorable Gifts
For those who truly do not wish to accumulate further possessions, another category can be described as in-honor gifts. A financial donation to a recipient's favorite charity honors the supporter and his or her concern for others.
In-honor gifts can include gifts to the recipient's hometown. Consider finding out how to donate a bench, tree, planter or play equipment to a park. Donate rescue equipment to the local fire department or volunteer ambulance service or recreational equipment to the town's after-school-care or senior-citizens' center. Most municipalities maintain such wish lists.
Gifts for the person who has everything are different from other gifts mainly in the amount of time and energy they may require from the giver. Many gifts for the person who has everything are not so much bought as they are created. The effort, however, will reflect the care you put into it. The person who has everything will surely recognize and appreciate the most unique component of the gift: a caring, thoughtful friend. A friend like that is the real Wow! | {
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Zeal to write!
I have been writing since I learnt how to put words together. I slowly started understanding I could tell stories, make poetry and also rant with the words put together and that caught my fancy, like nothing other. Hence, my master's degree in Mass Communication, hence my job as a Technical writer.
Around 7 years ago, when I was in my plus two, I went through a really low phase in my life. A phase of life, where I was depressed. A phase where despair was my only friend. The fact that I fought the situation without any medication and with sheer will power is a miracle even for my doctor. The truth is, my scribblings on huge bundles of paper in the form of poems and stories, were what helped me come out of the situation, never to look back.
It was then I rediscovered the zeal to write, the zeal I had in me to communicate my thoughts through words. The fact that I could choose writing as a profession was what motivated me to study and score decent amount of marks in my boards.
But once I felt better, writing poems and stories became memories of a dark past, a past I never want to visit. I had forgotten what it felt to put my pen onto paper, after that.
Recently, like I have mentioned here, thanks to my job, I was very idle for a very long time and was close to becoming devilish in the way I behaved with the people I loved the most. That's when I discovered blogging and decided to give myself another chance at writing.
I did start writing my blog, sometime towards the end of last year, but was not consistent at all. I was thinking of ways to keep my blog alive just for the sake of writing and rediscovering myself. That's when I came across the A-Z challenge.
I never thought I would complete it, honestly. I usually get bored easily, but I was surprised at how I was thinking of a new word for the letter of the day and what I would write about it. The whole process of thinking, planning and totally writing something different in the last hour of the day was exhilarating and a lot of fun.
Through this challenge I realised, writing was my only source of strength during my bad phase and by giving it up I was letting my bad phase linger on to me. Thanks to writing again, I have found a whole new sense of confidence within me.
I am also happy because of the challenge, I got to read some of the best posts and writers across the world. Their writings have encouraged and inspired me to write further.
This challenge has reignited the zeal to write, in me. I am already wondering what to write about tomorrow. Thank you A-Z challenge.
I saw the change in you right through out the course of this challenge and i am so happy to see you confident and proud!! me being a lazy non reader, your post's made me not only read but follow them and how. i would like to say Thank you!! and for my sake please do not stop writing!!.. People are digging the "Side You Hide" hehe :)
Sorry couldn't read your posts towards the end coz of my tight schedule and poor internet connectivity . Got the chance to read them today :) Your posts are so straight from the heart and that's what I like about them :)
Congrats on completion the challenge . Glad to have met you and hope this association goes a long way :)Keep writing and ya do keep smiling too :)
It really is. Writing give me a whole new perspective of life. And I didn't really know doctors recommended writing too. I just did it on my own whim. But it worked wonders! Thanks a lot for your encouragement, Red. :) | {
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Taylor Swift: Video for Begin Again is a love letter to Paris
Taylor Swift debuted the video for her latest single Begin Again on Tuesday and says that it is a new kind of love letter.
The popular country star releases her new album, Red, next week which has already spawned hit single, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.
But she tells MTV News that she sought inspiration from the City of Light for the new video.
'It's gonna be, like, a love letter to Paris,' she said. 'Cause it's just the city and this story line of somebody moving on and finding yourself again.'
Images of bike-riding down cobblestone streets and flashes of Parisian cafes fit in perfectly with her lyrics.
'I think we've all had that day where we just decide to wander around and think about things,' she said adding that ultimately it's about the reinvigoration that occurs after heartbreak.
Taylor added that she's enthusiastic to get her fans more involved in the video making process.
'I'm so excited for the videos I wanna shoot for this album,' she gushed. 'I just can't wait until the fans decide which of the singles [get videos] and what's gonna happen, and it's all up in the air, but I feel it falling into place.' | {
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Pearson became the latest FTSE 100 group to face a shareholder backlash over pay when more than a third of investors rejected its pay awards.
The owner of the Financial Times and the Penguin Random publishing house said that the revolt was a “one-off legacy” relating to a share award given to Rona Fairhead, the departing chief executive of FT Group.
Including shareholders who withheld their votes, 37 per cent refused to endorse Pearson’s remuneration report.
Pearson had sought to head off a revolt this month by assuring investors that it would seek their approval before issuing special discretionary pay | {
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A paperweight is a solid glass sphere with a flattened base, originally made to hold down papers. They may have an internal colored glass decoration, or an incrusted gold, silver or ceramic figure, the best of these being works of art.
A glass paperweight, like any work of art, should be appreciated first for its beauty. Unlike most forms of art, they are meant to be held; for it is with handling, turning them this way and that, letting the magnifying layer of crystal work its magic, that the beauty is revealed in its ever changing possibilities. This is an art form that has a number of dichotomies, each of which helps make paperweights more fascinating.
Baccarat closepack millefiori paperweight with Gridel silhouettes of a goat, dog, horse and a deer set amongst a good variety of colorful geometric canes. Signed and dated “B 1848” in a cane, 2 13/16 inches in diameter.
The subtle designs and delicate flowers in a paperweight are made of glass, a substance that is hard and solid. This material, glass, is fragile, but also durable, able to last for thousands of years virtually unchanged, if not abused. Paperweights have a form that is functional; yet, they are rarely used for the mundane job of holding down papers. In the mid 1800s, weights were relatively inexpensive, costing the average worker one or two days’ wages. Now, certain rare masterpieces bring prices of well over $100,000.
Although a number of weights sell for astronomical sums, most can be purchased by a collector with a modest budget. Some of the most avid collectors have been kings and queens, yet when Egyptian King Farouk’s collection was sold at auction in 1954, most of the weights were purchased by average collectors.
Paperweights, as an art form, have a relatively short history, slightly over 150 years, and yet little, or in some cases nothing, is known about some of the most important makers.
A close, concentric millefiori paperweight with five rows of canes around a central silhouette cane of a dancing lady. Signed with a cane reading “SL” for St. Louis, ca. 1850, 3-inch diameter.
Days, weeks, or sometimes months go into preparing a lampwork or millefiori design to be encased in a paperweight, but due to the nature of working with molten glass, an artist has only a matter of minutes to actually encase the design. There are two primary techniques that are used to make a fine paperweight:
*Millefiori—in which a glassmaker uses a variety of molds to make a number of shapes (stars, trefoils, arrowheads, etc.) which are bundled together, heated and drawn out to greatly reduce their size, cut into small pieces, and then arranged into a design to be encased in a paperweight.
*Lampwork—the process of using a small torch to melt colored glass and shape it into small items (leaves, petals, fruit, etc.) which are fused into a desired design and then encased into a weight.
The classic period of paperweight making was during the Victorian Era when other art forms were overly ornate, fussy, gaudy. Paperweights alone remained simple, restrained, elegant. Finally, among the enigmas, is the fact that this tiny work of art, this glass sphere only three inches or so in diameter, when held in the palm of one’s hand, can capture one’s attention for hours and can transport an imagination to another world, another time and over the years offer endless discoveries.
Fine paperweights first appeared in the early to mid-1840s and have been produced intermittently since. The first period, roughly 1845-1870, is called the Classic Period. This is the time when paperweights seem to have been invented simultaneously in several different countries. Although the number of makers was small, there was a virtual explosion of this art form during this period. Within a span of about seven years, all but one of the Classic Period makers had started making weights, most of them starting within the first three years. Only a few factories made weights during these years, but those factories spanned the globe, being in Venice, Bohemia-Silesia, England, France and the United States. It was also during this period that all of the major techniques, still used today, were incorporated into glass paperweights.
Next is a period called the Intermediate Years. Spanning the longest period of time, 1870-1950, there were relatively few fine paperweight makers active. Although the number of weight makers and weights produced was small, the achievements during this time were great. The superb three-dimensional Pantin weights were made during the late 1870s. These flowers, salamanders, fruit and the famous silkworm weights are arguably the finest group of weights ever created. A small number of millefiori weights were made in Russia during the classic period, but the weights most associated with that country, those containing wonderful lampwork, were made in this Intermediate Period.
A few years later, the Mt. Washington roses and strawberries were made. A different kind of three-dimensional weight, the crimp flower, was developed and produced by several glassworkers in Millville, N.J., during the early 1900s.
About the time of the Second World War, the great Scottish artist Paul Ysart and the dean of American paperweight artists Charles Kaziun independently started trying to rediscover the techniques of the classic French paperweights, which had been made 70 years earlier. The success of their individual efforts is largely responsible for the next period, the revival of this almost lost art.
A Rick Ayotte three-dimensional lampwork paperweight. This weight from 1987 exhibits the wonderful realism which has been accomplished by a handful of glass artists in the past few decades; 3 11/16 inches in diameter.
A wonderful lampwork design featuring strawberriesand blossoms on a layer of upset muslin over a deep emerald green ground; James Kontes, circa 1985.
This third period, 1950 to date, the Revival, has been an exciting time for the collector. There are more good paperweight artists now than at any other time in history. Technical advances are being made constantly, and though the basic techniques remain the same, there is more variety of artistic expression due to the greater control each artist has over his medium. This is a vital art form, one that celebrates beauty, contrary to many of the other artistic disciplines, which as Dr. Francis Schaeffer1 puts it, “…have fallen below the line of despair.”
Since about 1900, there have been hundreds of people who have made glass paperweights of one type or another. In this group would be the advertising, slogan and tourist shop weights. Most of these are of limited artistic merit at best, and many are downright ugly. Of the millions of glassblowers in the world during this period, perhaps 30 or 40 have been able to make good paperweights. Most collectors are only interested in weights from the best of this small group.
To see interesting videos on how paperweights are made, search “making glass paperweights” on Youtube.
Paul Dunlop and his wife Karen own and operate the Dunlop Collection and Dunlop’s Crystal Vault Gallery in Statesville, N.C., a leading gallery dealing with fine glass paperweights, which has been in business more than 30 years. Their imprint, Papier Presse, has published several titles dealing with glass paperweights and related objects. Their website, GlassPaperweightBooks.com, features almost very book ever printed on the subject.
Before becoming involved with paperweights, Paul was an artist with a number of one-man shows to his credit. His photo-realist paintings appear in numerous leading private and public collections. He has designed two paperweights which were produced by St. Louis.
Paul is the author of three books: Baccarat Paperweights: two centuries of beauty (just released); The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights; and The Jokelson Collection of Antique Cameo Incrustation. He has written numerous articles for the PCA Bulletin and other publications. He curated “Frozen Flame: The Art of Glass Paperweights” at the Phoenix Art Museum in 1991. He may be reached at [email protected] | {
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Quilting, Embroidery, and More
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I am blessed with three wonderful daughter-in-laws and today I had a great day fabric shopping with one of them. We revisited the quilting shop and then headed toward JoAnn’s. We were looking for fabric she could use to make more surgical caps. These are some of the cute caps she has already made.
I bought two more fat quarters with patriotic designs. I also bought two summer dress patterns that I hope I can make. It’s been years since I have made any clothes for myself, so this will be a challenge.
We ended this fun afternoon with a visit to a local frozen yogurt shop. | {
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I wasn’t supposed to be without a job until AFTER the wedding. And not any definite point after the wedding, just—-after. And it’s not that I wanted to be unemployed, I just wanted to change up my life a bit, move on. The decision of when was not in my hands like I thought it was; I and three others were prematurely dismissed for financial reasons. The silver linings were immediately obvious to me. I have bipolar disorder–of course I have my handy dandy silver linings playbook. I was happy to be dismissed non-dramatically, with some severance. I was also somewhat happy to not have to make the decision for myself–this wasn’t my fault, I wasn’t burning bridges, only the head of the company had to feel guilty. Did I predict to not have control? No, but at least I didn’t lose control in a chaotic street race manner.
By coincidence, the Friday that I lost my job, my fiance’s mom and grandma came into town to stay with us in our apartment, which we had planned for. That meant entertaining guests the whole weekend rather than having the chance to mope. Anyone can imagine, it’s not ideal to be a host immediately after losing the job you’ve had for 3 solid years. But thank God for my ability to see silver linings immediately and display a positive attitude; we all had a fine silver linings weekend.
So then I got to applying for jobs, which hasn’t bore any fruit yet. My fiance’s good friend from his hometown traveled to stay with us for almost a week, which caused me to get out of the house and enjoy myself. Fiance had taken the days off, and conveniently I could now share in the days off. So, it felt much like summer vacation, it being July. So I was thankful for that hot hazy summer vacation feel, because I didn’t think I’d have it again.
The main thing I know right now is I just do NOT want a job where high schoolers are my coworkers. Even if those jobs are the easiest to get, I will not work with high schoolers. I’m applying to jobs related to my so-far career (marketing/video production/copy writing), but I’m also applying to hotel front desk jobs. I got a call this morning at 10 (which woke me up) from some manager at a Drury Inn. She asked me some questions and I thought she was about to offer me a job–cue tummy butterflies. But then the questions pivoted to the topic of “Why would you do this, with your background?” Well, I want to switch gears, do something social, people-oriented. She seemed to get it. But, “Do you see this as long-term or will you be looking for work in your field?” Fuck…I don’t know, umm……I–I… She asked if I saw this as a more-than-one-year-job…”Oh, at least a year,” I said. I wasn’t going to say “Forever…” Who could expect forever? But did she want a forever? The conversation concluded with her sounding suspicious of me. “On Monday, we’ll call the people we’re interested in.” Fuck, she wasn’t even interested in me yet? And here I thought I was about to head out the door to my first shift!
Over the past few days I’ve transitioned from silver linings girl to depressed randomly-crying girl. Super blah, feeling like shit about myself, feeling like college is a scam and you can make +40K/year with some sort of hospitality certificate or by becoming a manager of a fucking Starbucks. We go to college feeling we are special, we are interesting, we are destined for better than others, we are the anti-losers. I don’t feel like the anti-loser right now. I know I want something new, but now I’m afraid of dead-ends, regrets, and comparisons.
I will NOT work the same jobs as high schoolers. Over my dead Fro-Yo splattered body. | {
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Sunday, August 17, 2008
Good Friends never let you down
Hello all!Thought it may be a good time to write since I have had a hiatus from writing these blogs. In comparison to most of the world I have been actively watching the Olympics, staying awake until the wee hours of the morning, as well as desperately falling in love with the great Michael Phelps! In contrast to most of the world, I have felt extremely disappointed, saddened to have been to close to attaining a life-long goal at the age of 24, only to fall short and worst of all, lose my life-long partner, FrodoBaggins. My mom recently told me(she read this in an email) that, "you should never look at life through your rear view mirror; rather, life should be viewed through the huge front windshield." This, held a lot of merit as I thought about it more and more. As I watched our team take on the xc at Beas River I began coaching them (which didn't seem to work, probably because of the time change) and reminiscing over my experience with the course and how many of the same problems the horses and riders were facing, both Buck and I noticed after crossing the finish lines. However, I was mostly glad to hear that the xc day was a positive day for the sport, with no injuries incurred by either horse or rider despite a few harrowing falls. Now as I type I look on to London. I will now center my focuses on my now two top mounts, Anthony Patch and Seajack, in hopes to find in them what I have had the honor of experiencing by riding horses like Eight Saint James Place, FrodoBaggins, and Mazetto. I cannot feign my disappointment in not having the chance to compete for my country, however I can rest assured knowing that I was given the chance to compete at the exquisite Hong Kong Olympic venue and know that because of my youth and determination, more Olympics are in store for me...now, the hard part of filtering through the horses (figuring out who has the heart, talent, soundness, and mental stability) to achieve that level is the next phase. However, this is my FAVORITE part as I really haven't once been let down by any of my ponies; and if I find they do not want to partake in the rigors eventing has to offer, I will happily move them on to a barn that will fulfill their needs and how my mother always puts it," where they can be a star in someone else's barn." I just don't see that happening...The next topic of focus is my fall eventing schedule. After speaking with my coach we both came to the conclusion (honestly it was Buck more than I that was persistent) that I would start at Seneca Valley, at the training level. I originally entered Alex, but after some thought, switched horses and now Seajack will start off the season at Training. At the end of September I plan to take both of my boys to Middleburg horse trials at the preliminary level. That is as far as I have planned. It has been very hard for me to NOT have a goal to strive for in each season...sometimes I feel as if I am being left behind...however, I know that taking this extra time to come back to the sport will only help rather than hinder.Finally, I must express my gratitude to a few very special people. Last night, my top student (who happens to support the sport of eventing but only compete in straight dressage) Celia Rafalko had a "Welcome back to the Saddle" dinner party in my honor. My adoring mother, Lynn Cruser, Anne Mary Bettenson of my supportive sponsor County Saddlery, Celia, and her husband Rick were in attendance. My dear friend Jessica Bowen was supposed to come but sadly had to cancel last minute as she fell ill. Not only was the dinner extremely appetizing but the company really made me feel supported and loved. I can't express the gratitude I felt as all of these people drove out of their way to show their support for me, my horses, and our dreams. Then the surprise came...Apparently, unbeknowenst to me, my sponsors, County Saddlery had a portrait made of my beloved Frodo. As Celia unveiled the portrait, I could no longer hold in my emotions. Never in my life have I seen a more beautiful and lifelike portrait of my Frody. God blessed Frankie Pardoe's hands as she spent days and hours trying to capture the magnificence of the great and gentle FrodoBaggins. As soon as I saw the artwork, Anne Mary dialed Frankie's number (mind you, this was all extremely well-planned and executed) as I told her how much I appreciated her taking on such a difficult task of capturing something that epitomized perfection and grace...my FrodoBaggins. I just couldn't get over the fact that all of these people were here for me, to support me, to assure me that they want me to carry on and continue to succeed, and most importantly, all of these people BELIEVE in me. I was clearly overcome with emotion. I am now trying to find the perfect place to mount my Frodo...somewhere where he can watch over me at all times and keep me safe from harm as he always has. This will be a difficult task...So now it's time for me to head back to my daily viewing of the Olympics. One day I too strive to be the like Michael Phelps and attain greatness in my sport. There really is no definition of greatness but if you had to capture it's essence in a few words, his name would be on the tips of most everyone's tongues...he is certainly added to my list of inspirations. Thank you all for being so supportive of me through this time. Come Sept, Crow's Ear Farm will be back in action...until then, heels down, elbows in, and push forward. | {
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Survivor is a game about trust, something that's hard to find. An easy way to lose someone's trust in an already tenuous situation is to act crazy. We break down how Tarzan's bizarre antics impacted his game this week. | {
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Putin: West ignores Russia's interests in Ukraine
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that he does not believe there will be a new Cold War with the United States, and Russia does not want it.
But he warned that Russia's interests must be taken seriously and accused the West of having ignored Russia's concerns over Ukraine. He also criticized Britain's Prince Charles' reported recent remarks comparing him to Hitler as "unacceptable" and "not royal behavior."
"I wouldn't like to think that this is the start of a new Cold War — we're not interested in that and I don't believe it will happen," Putin said when asked about the future of U.S.-Russian relations, which are at their lowest point in the two decades since the end of the Soviet Union because of the crisis in Ukraine.
He said there have been many points of contact and cooperation between the U.S. and Russia in recent years, but "these instruments are only good when they are really used, if they are really platforms for bilateral work. These platforms are not there for us to drink tea or coffee. These are platforms for searching for compromise."
Speaking to representatives of major news agencies, including The Associated Press, on the margins of a major economic forum in this former imperial capital, Putin accused Western politicians of interfering in Ukraine without taking into account how important Russia sees its neighbor to its own security and economic interests.
Russia fears the new Western-leaning government in Kiev would try to take Ukraine, a former Soviet republic, into the U.S.-dominated Atlantic Alliance. When Russia annexed Crimea in March, Putin said the decision was driven in part by the need to prevent NATO ships from ever being based on the Black Sea peninsula.
"Where is the guarantee that, after the forceful change of power, Ukraine will not tomorrow end up in NATO?" Putin said. "We hear only one answer, as if on a record: Every nation has a right to determine on its own the security system in which it wants to live, and that doesn't concern you," he said.
"If the main bonus (of relations) Russia gets is to sit in the room and listen to what other people are saying, then that is not a role Russia can agree to," Putin said. "We always take into account the interests of our partners ... but there are some lines that cannot be crossed, and Ukraine and Crimea was that line."
As an indication of how badly Putin's relations with the West have fallen in some quarters, he was asked about Prince Charles' reported comment in a private conversation during a visit to Canada comparing the annexation of Crimea to Adolf Hitler's 1939 invasion of Poland.
If Charles said that, the comparison was "unacceptable" and "not royal behavior," Putin replied.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during celebrations marking the Day of St. Cyril and Methodi …
Putin spoke on the eve of presidential elections in Ukraine that the West hopes will be a step toward resolving the crisis with Russia. Pro-Russia armed separatists in the east of Ukraine have threatened to block the vote, which was called after the Russia-leaning president fled in February following months of street protests. Putin has called the ouster an illegal "coup d'etat" and accused Western countries of helping to bring it about rather than as an expression of popular will.
Late Saturday, the Kremlin said Putin held a three-way telephone conversation with the leaders of Germany and France in which they all expressed their desire to see a peaceful election in Ukraine.
Putin on Friday had cheered a packed audience of investors at Russia's annual international economic forum by promising to respect the result of Sunday's election and work with Ukraine's new leader. The forum has been a stage for Putin to highlight Russia's economic independence and he has used it to showcase a major new gas deal with China and to reach out to European business executives to participate in major infrastructure projects Russia is planning.
While still insisting that Sunday's election in Ukraine does not pass constitutional muster in his view, he nevertheless hinted that it could open a new chapter and provide an opportunity for talks to begin between authorities in Kiev and the pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
"We need direct dialogue between the powers in Kiev and the people in the east," Putin said. "If they want to preserve the unity of the country they have to open up to a dialogue, and not just among themselves. They have to show them (those in the east) prospects for a future within a Ukrainian government and that their rights will be guaranteed." So far there is little of that, he said, but "I hope that this will happen nonetheless after the elections."
Putin suggested a mediator between the Kiev government and those fighting for independence in the east: Viktor Medvedchuk, a onetime administrative chief to former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, considered close to Russia.
Medvedchuk supported the ousted Ukrainian government and is among those hit by U.S. sanctions over the Russian seizure of Crimea. Because of his strong opposition to the pro-European demonstrations, however, the choice seemed unlikely to be acceptable to the new Kiev leadership. | {
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GLEANED – Rolls Royce Ratter
We’re not normally that excited about Rolls Royce’s. They are generally driven by the retired elderly at an annoyingly slow pace. Often, they reek of impending death.
When this one passed through our inbox though, it piqued our interest. We bar up hard for un-restored survivors of anything really, and while the 1977-build date isn’t exactly vintage, the Silver Shadow pretty much look the same as it did at release in 1965, so who cares?
Throw some juice down the carby, then kick it in the GUTS – eBay
Obviously this is going to be bought by someone who will respray it and give it the tender loving care that a car as bespoke as a Rolls Royce deserves….
But we say FUCK that.
What this car needs is only the barest minimum to get it roadworthy and running. With 46,500 genuine miles and a recent rebuild on the trans, fingers crossed the drive line is sorted. While the seller mentions the interior needs work, the photos show it to be better than many un-restored cars; it’s been cared for.
Needs work…’ – not as much as Thom Yorke’s face, but yeah – eBay
So, our solution would be to buy this as cheaply as possible, slam it hard to the weeds, rub all the paint down to a satin bronze, install a chimpanzee* as a chauffeur, then get him to drive you all around town while you sit in the back doing lines of blue-coloured gack of a black hooker’s arse.
*where a chimpanzee is unavailable, a dwarf would suffice.
Drive your own goddam car; I’m busy.
Bidding is currently at AU$4,250 with the unknown reserve not yet met, but surely anything under about $7k is going to be the bargainrific, and that leaves you plenty of coin left to get a big-arse furry coat and some custom plates.
PIMPRAT; that’s them right there.
Guy could have rolled (uh, get it?) it out of the shed for the photos, but whatever. | {
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A New Approach to Collection Bias in Academic Libraries: The Extent of Corporate Control in Journal Holdings.
Dilevko, Juris; Grewal, Kalina
Library & Information Science Research, v19 n4 p359-85 1997
A study of the catalog holdings of all Canadian academic libraries found that fewer noncorporate publications were available than mainstream titles published by corporations and that electronic vendors provide little access to noncorporate "small publisher" titles while providing 100% access to surveyed mainstream titles. Examines the implications to scholarly browsing and the role of the university. (PEN) | {
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"Funny" in a train-wreck kind of way.... Sadly, this is what Conservatives have embraced for decades, ever since Limblah took to the airways. Fox jumped in the cess-pool and did the same, as did Hannity and others. Twist facts, lie and intentionally mislead folks and when caught, say nothing because it's what you do. It ties up the opponents squawking about the lies and distortion. And guess what, most Conservatives don't care; the so-called "religious right" doesn't care. They claim they are for "family values" but prove day in and day out, they truly aren't. Is spousal assault a family value? It never has been in my ifetime. Is adultry a family value? IMf so, since when? What about sexually assaulting women? Nope! How about lying at evey opportunity? Again, not in my lifetime. Never heard a parent at the dinner table tell their children that when caught, LIE! When did hypocracy become a family value? Obama is creating massive debt and it will be the downfall of the country.....our poor children and grandchildren....then cut revenue by billions each year and push the debt up 3 fold over 10 years. So now, fiscal irresponsibility has become a "family value"? Puh-LEEEEEZE! Certainly they aren't THAT stupid.
"Funny" in a train-wreck kind of way.... Sadly, this is what Conservatives have embraced for decades, ever since Limblah took to the airways. Fox jumped in the cess-pool and did the same, as did Hannity and others. Twist facts, lie and intentionally mislead folks and when caught, say nothing because it's what you do. It ties up the opponents squawking about the lies and distortion. And guess what, most Conservatives don't care; the so-called "religious right" doesn't care. They claim they are for "family values" but prove day in and day out, they truly aren't. Is spousal assault a family value? It never has been in my ifetime. Is adultry a family value? If so, since when? What about sexually assaulting women? Nope! How about lying at evey opportunity? Again, not in my lifetime. Never heard a parent at the dinner table tell their children that when caught, LIE! When did hypocracy become a family value? Obama is creating massive debt and it will be the downfall of the country.....our poor children and grandchildren....then cut revenue by billions each year and push the debt up 3 fold over 10 years. So now, fiscal irresponsibility has become a "family value"? Puh-LEEEEEZE! Certainly they aren't THAT stupid.
So...let's suppose they are THAT stupid. That means one thing. Now...let's suppose they aren't THAT stupid, do it anyway, and think nothing of it. That means something entirely different, even though the results are the same. One can be fixed, the other cannot.
Well....maybe it can, truth be known, but Liberals usually stop short of doing that kind of stuff. 'The other side' once exercised some restraint....it no longer does.
"Funny" in a train-wreck kind of way.... Sadly, this is what Conservatives have embraced for decades, ever since Limblah took to the airways. Fox jumped in the cess-pool and did the same, as did Hannity and others. Twist facts, lie and intentionally mislead folks and when caught, say nothing because it's what you do. It ties up the opponents squawking about the lies and distortion. And guess what, most Conservatives don't care; the so-called "religious right" doesn't care. They claim they are for "family values" but prove day in and day out, they truly aren't. Is spousal assault a family value? It never has been in my ifetime. Is adultry a family value? If so, since when? What about sexually assaulting women? Nope! How about lying at evey opportunity? Again, not in my lifetime. Never heard a parent at the dinner table tell their children that when caught, LIE! When did hypocracy become a family value? Obama is creating massive debt and it will be the downfall of the country.....our poor children and grandchildren....then cut revenue by billions each year and push the debt up 3 fold over 10 years. So now, fiscal irresponsibility has become a "family value"? Puh-LEEEEEZE! Certainly they aren't THAT stupid.
"FAKE 45 #illegitimate" read a sign at the Woman's March in Washington DC, January 21, 2017. | {
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Social Workers as Leaders
Anton Gunn is a former senior advisor to President Barack Obama and the world’s leading authority on Socially Conscious Leadership. He has a master’s degree in social work from the University of South Carolina and was a Resident Fellow at Harvard University. He is the bestselling author of The Presidential Principles and has been featured in TIME magazine, Inc. magazine, the Wall St Journal, BBC News, NPR and on Good Morning America. As an international speaker and consultant, he has worked with organizations like Microsoft, Sodexo, KPMG, Verizon Wireless, Aetna, American College of Surgeons, FINRA, and the Boeing Company. From playing SEC football and being the first African American in history elected to the South Carolina legislature from his district early in his career, to now working as a C-level executive for an academic health system and serving on multiple boards, he has spent his life helping people build diverse, high-performing teams and world-class leadership culture.
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Real Housewives of Atlanta Salary
One of life’s biggest mysteries is just how much reality stars get paid. How much is your image and reputation worth? According to Media TakeOut‘s last delve into the world of Real Housewives of Atlanta, selling your likeness to Bravo in perpetuity through out the universe is actually profitable. Since this is MTO and their “source” could be nothing more than an anonymous email account, we’ll take this info with a huge grain of salt. And speculate anyway, because it’s so fun!
Per MTO, below is the list of salaries for our Atlanta peaches. If true, Nene Leakes is at best “moderately rich” and not “very rich.”
The third season of the Real Housewives of Atlanta is set to begin filming next month, and the rumor mill is already going out of control. The main questions on everyone’s minds are who will be joining the cast, and who will be getting the axe?
The first question seems to have been answered as several Atlanta bloggers are reporting Celebrity Power Attorney Phaedra Parks will be the latest “Housewife” to join the cast. Blogger Thea fromStraightfromthea.com was the first to report this. According to Thea, she called Phaedra to confirm this news and though Phaedra did not confirm or deny the news, her reaction to the question was apparently confirmation enough.
But of course, with joining a hit show like the Real Housewives franchise comes some negativity as well. People are already starting to dig us skeletons about Phaedra, and blogger SandraRose.com alleges Phaedra is a “groupie” who has always wanted to date or be close to celebrities. There’s also an unconfirmed story about Phaedra’s husband Apollo Nida, having some past troubles with the law.
Kim Zolciak’s former publicist, Jonathan Jaxson, also confirms Phaedra will be joining the cast. According to Jonathan, Lisa Wu Hartwell will likely be the one to get the axe, but his sources reveal it could also be Sheree Whitfield.
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Connecticut DOT strikes back at Reason Foundation’s study, but strikes out
The Connecticut Department of Transportation hit back against the Reason Foundation’s annual study of state transportation costs, which showed Connecticut had the highest administrative costs per mile in the country.
In a memo circulated to legislators, the DOT claims “inherent flaws” in Reason’s analysis led to its last-in-the-nation ranking and that, in fact, Connecticut should be ranked 10th in the nation for administrative costs.
But the memo contains a glaring flaw which casts doubt on the DOT’s assertion that Connecticut should be considered one of the most efficient, cost effective states in the nation for administering transportation projects.
Among its criticisms of Reason’s report, is the fact the Reason calculates road miles based on a single lane route, rather than incorporating the number of lanes on a highway. For instance: one mile of a standard neighborhood street is counted the same as one mile of a four lane highway.
The DOT says that when Connecticut’s administrative costs are calculated based on the number of lanes, it moves from 50th in the nation to 10th.
Baruch Feigenbaum, one of the authors of the Reason study, disagrees with the DOT’s findings and says all the data Reason used was self-reported by the states to the Federal Highway Administration.
Feigenbaum says single lane miles are the standard calculation used by the FHWA and adjusting for the number of lanes would do very little to change Connecticut’s ranking.
“It might make Connecticut go from 50th to 49th,” Feigenbaum said. “But I don’t know how they’re claiming they went from 50th to 10th.”
The answer to Feigenbaum’s question may lie in the fact that the DOT only adjusted the mileage calculation methodology for Connecticut and not for any other states, automatically driving up its ranking.
“It appears to me that CTDOT is trying to make itself look more efficient than it is in order to justify increasing funds,” Feigenbaum said. “It is very possible that CTDOT needs additional funds, but the fact that the agency is trying to spin the data is not encouraging.”
The DOT has become the center of a heated political debate since Gov. Dannel Malloy suspended $4 billion in infrastructure projects and proposed increasing the gasoline tax and installing electronic tolls on Connecticut’s highways.
The tolls and gasoline tax would bring an additional $1 billion to the Special Transportation Fund when fully implemented, but the proposal has left the legislature divided and the public bitter.
Reason Foundation’s annual study on state transportation costs was released on the heels of Malloy’s taxes and tolls proposal and generated interest by lawmakers and the public.
Reason’s study found that Connecticut was spending more than $99,000 per mile of road on administrative costs — the highest in the nation.
The DOT’s response to that study was sent out to lawmakers earlier this week and included the DOT’s own calculations, which differ from Reason's, and used different data than what it reported to the FHWA.
“We don't cherry pick data or do hidden analysis,” Feigenbaum said. “All of the data is self-reported by the states. FHWA has detailed instructions for how the data is reported. It is not up to the states' interpretation. So either the state has been correctly reporting data and it ranks 50th in Administrative costs or it has been incorrectly reporting data and it ranks higher.”
In its memo, the DOT excluded fringe benefit costs for employees and a number of other expenditures, claiming these costs are actually expenses for other agencies. Excluding the fringe benefits and other expenditures reduced its administrative costs from $340 million to less than $40 million.
The DOT also said Connecticut is unique in that it owns the rail line between New Haven and New York “with full budget responsibility for the investments in the rail infrastructure, unlike any other state in the country.”
Feigenbaum says that if fringe benefits and rail lines are what the state is using its gasoline tax to pay for, then they will be included in the study's calculations.
“There are other states that fund rail lines that rank better,” he said. “The fringe benefits are a cost the taxpayers pay, so we’re going to include that.”
The DOT ends the memo by repeating its claim that agency administrative costs should be ranked 10th in the nation, without accounting for the fact they changed the study methodology for only Connecticut.
“With two simple corrections to the data, CTDOT demonstrated that we rank 10th in the nation, and that does not account for other important factors like system complexity, age, multi-modal responsibilities, seasonal impacts on construction and maintenance, regional cost of living and many other factors,” the memo said.
Feigenbaum said the DOT response is typical of what he receives every year. “Every year we get complaints from states that do poorly and praise from states the rank well,” he said, noting that states like Delaware and California have improved their rankings over the years.
“We do note that each state is different, and we don't expect a state such as Connecticut to rank 1st. However, we do expect it to rank higher than 25th,” Feigenbaum said. | {
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7 New Ways to Wear Perfume
Layering fragrances may sound complicated, but it's easier than you think -- if you know how to do it. Here are the tips that'll teach you how to wear perfume the new way
At least 1,000 new fragrances will come out this year. (To put that number into perspective, only 76 new scents were released in 1991.) With so many fragrances to choose from, you'd think that finding your ideal scent would be easier. But how many times have you smelled a perfume and wished it were a hint sweeter or a little lighter? Instead of sniffing thousands of scents in search of the perfect one (which sounds like a major headache -- literally!), wouldn't it be great if you knew how to wear the perfume you already have -- better?
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Not only can you make your fragrance last longer, but there are also tricks to change your scent for different seasons or wear it in unique ways for more impact. Basically, how you wear perfume is just as important as the fragrance you wear. So, follow these seven tips to get the most out of your favorite perfume now. | {
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Midlife Moods and Menopause: History or Hormones?
Midlife riddle: What do Elizabeth Taylor and Queen Elizabeth have in common (other than their name)?
Answer: Menopause, of course!
We probably know more about Elizabeth Taylor's midlife mood swings than we do about Queen Elizabeth's (do you think she ever burst into tears watching a commercial of a couple holding hands or a cute baby?). One thing is for certain; both of these famous ladies have experienced loss and disappointments, along with estrogen depletion.
Psychological "symptoms" often attributed to the menopause period include depression, mood swings, anxiety, irritability, "fuzzy thinking", difficulty concentrating, forgetfulness, and difficulty coping with daily life challenges. That said, menopause does not "cause" depression or mood swings.
For many years, medical specialists attributed these symptoms directly to the hormonal fluctuations that begin during perimenopause and continue into the postmenopausal period. Although sleep disturbances related to hot flashes can certainly be related to these hormone shifts (it's tough to sleep in a sauna), sleep deprivation can also be linked to worry about a woman's multiple, changing roles. Almost every midlife woman referred to me with symptoms of depression and anxiety has a history of sleep problems, even the ones who are not experiencing hot flashes.
Changing relationships with children, spouses, and aging parents, financial pressures, and apprehension about the future are all cause for both daytime and late night ruminations.
Results of recent studies have recognized that psychological distress during the menopausal period may have more to do with an individual woman's personal history, current life events and lifestyle habits than with hormones.
Women who have a genetic predisposition for depression may be more likely to be depressed due to hormonal fluctuations, but women with characteristics such as poor self-esteem, lack of social support and feelings of having no control over their lives may also be more prone to mood disorders during this stage of life.
Feelings of sadness and anxiety during midlife are normal and expected at times. Bursting into tears while watching a commercial or weeping while watching "Sleepless in Seattle" for the tenth time is normal for some and "not characteristic" for others. The bottom line is that if feelings of sadness and/or anxiety persist or impair your daily life, you should see your health care provider. A complete lifestyle, depression and sleep inventory should be administered to get a complete perspective.
Clinical depression must be addressed and treated. It may also be that a thyroid disorder, anemia, or other physical conditions may be diagnosed. Nevertheless, our minds and bodies are interdependent. We can't separate our physical health from our emotional state and wellbeing.
Medications may be indicated until the "fog" lifts, but be aware that antidepressants, antianxiety agents and sleep aids (prescription and over the counter) can all have a negative, long-term effect on quality (deep REM) sleep, which in turn effects mood.
Prolonged stress and sleep deprivation can have major physiological and psychological effects that make it difficult to get out of bed, let alone live your best life. If you are exhausted, it is almost impossible to exercise, eat right and do the other things you need to do to live a healthy lifestyle. On the other hand, if you aren't living these other aspects of a healthy lifestyle, you will feel stressed and exhausted.
It may be time to jump-start or enhance your personal wellness program. Many women I see in my practice are so focused on their specific symptoms and medications or HRT, that they are stunned when I begin to ask them questions about their lifestyle and habits. Sleep, nutrition, exercise, rest (quiet reflection), interests, hobbies and developing a strong support system are the basic foundation of a strong personal wellness program and that includes mental health.
It's not "selfish" it's survival.
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START NOW to assess and develop your own personal wellness plan- physical, psychological and emotional. This will strengthen your resilience during midlife transitions; allow you to field those curveballs with ease and to live your best life.
You may still get teary when Meg and Tom meet on top of the Empire State Building, but you'll smile through your tears.
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Finding The Fountain Of Youth
A Tufts expert says physical activity may be the key to slowing or reversing the effects of aging.
Boston [03.30.01] At the age of 71, Dorothy Barron is in training -- the great grandmother plans to compete in the shot put event during the next Massachusetts Senior Games.
She picked up the new sport after winning the silver medal in the 5K power walk during the same competition last year.
"Trying new sports has become a bit of a passion for Barron since she started weight-training and exercising at age 64 in a yearlong Tufts University study to track the benefits of exercise in the elderly," reported Yahoo's Healthscout -- an online health and nutrition news service.
Tufts' Miriam Nelson, the director of Tufts' Center for Physical Fitness, says active women like Barron may have found a "fountain of youth."
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Tributes paid after former Fakenham mayor and well-known community volunteer Brenda Coldrick dies
Warm tributes were paid today to former Fakenham mayor Brenda Coldrick who died at her home on Tuesday night.
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It is believed that Ms Coldrick, who was, until her death, a member of Fakenham Town Council, went into a cardiac arrest.
Ms Coldrick, who was 73 and lived in Fakenham, was well-known in the town for her tireless voluntary work.
She was chairman of trustees for Citizens Advice North Norfolk and, before that, of the Fakenham and Wells branch of the Citizens Advice Bureau, before the organisation was restructured. She also volunteered for the Fakenham charity First Focus and, in the past, has represented Fakenham on North Norfolk District Council.
Fiona Fraser, chief officer for Citizens Advice North Norfolk, said: “Brenda’s death is such a shock. I spoke to her yesterday lunch time; we spoke about meeting up together and she seemed fine.
“She has been a very good friend to me and she was extremely passionate about fairness and justice. She has done so much work for so many organisations in Fakenham and she has touched many people’s lives.
“Whenever you called her at home she was hardly ever there because she was always out doing something, but when you did get hold of her she was always willing to listen and do what she could to help.
“She was a powerhouse for defending what she believed in and she had a wonderful sense of humour. I will miss her enormously.”
Gloria Lisher, a fellow member of Fakenham Town Council, said: “Brenda has given up so much of her time to help the people of Fakenham through the various organisations she has been involved with.
“She was a very active person and she did everything with such enthusiasm and energy.”
She added: “From what I understand this was completely unexpected and Brenda was thought to be in good health.”
Ms Coldrick had two daughters, named Amanda and Jennifer, and three grandchildren.
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Brenda's passing is a great loss to the town of Fakenham and the wider community. She has worked in several capacities to improve the lives of so many of us, she must surely be remembered as a true Citizen, who had the town and its people uppermost in her thoughts. We so need people like Brenda but I fear her generation of townspeople, who are prepared to give selflessly, is yet to be replicated. I trust she will enjoy her well-earned rest.
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Gov. Charlie Baker and 42 other governors agreed on a number of steps — including some already underway in Massachusetts — to reduce addiction to opioids across the country.
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I also want to take the time to collect some things that will, eventually, make their way into The Bones of Ghosts, whatever that ends up being. Consider this “Notes Towards Furthering ‘The Bones of Ghosts.'”
One thing that needs to be included in such an architecture of absence is “Reverse Graffiti,” like this:
Also included would be the work of Daniel Libeskind and other contemporary architects for whom the whole is found in the absence of parts, that is, where perfection is found in fragments. An example of this in fiction can be seen in the Second Death Star in Return of the Jedi, which, though seemingly incomplete and imperfect, is actually much greater in power than the original.
A month ago, an architecture blog that I read called Life Without Buildings was looking for a definition of Lo-Fi Architecture. I knew immediately that I had to talk about hauntological architecture. I first started expressing my current hauntological views in the context of a course on the philosophy of architecture during my undergrad. Actually, what I was interested in in the context of this course was an “architecture of impermanence,” specifically looking at Baudrillard’s writings on graffiti and comparing them to some McLuhan (I was interested in spaces defined by their participatory and malleable nature).
What does this have to do with hauntology? Well, Brian MacKay-Lyons runs an annual architectural experiment called Ghost Lab. Each summer, a group of architecture students get together on his expansive property in southern Nova Scotia and within a couple of weeks they design and build a Ghost structure (or more). The buildings are “ghosts” in that they are usually not permanent structures, but also “ghosts” because they are built on old sites often using materials from these ruins, some of which are upwards of 400 years old. I think the hauntological aspect becomes apparent now. We have structures as ephemera, “the bones of ghosts,” in that they are built simply and not intended to be solid structures but to change with their surroundings. Also, they are deeply connected with the ruins of their context.
The best example of this is probably “Simon and Wilson,” aka “Ghost 6:”
These towers were built on the same locations, occupying the same space as the first two settlers of the area, two brothers name Simon and Wilson.
We have impermanent structures, rooted deeply to the past, make essentially of the corpses of long lost entities, made with and in the spirit of these pasts. These are ghosts brought back. Architecture as necromancy. This shows exactly what I mean by the possibility of ghosts returning in a Spectral Realism, the idea that their bones could reassemble, perhaps not in the same way, but in the same spirit. In this way, a ghost can never achieve the perpetual peace of absolute non-existence, but is always only “almost dead.” No ghost is ever entirely here, nor are they ever entirely absent. The referent in “Ghost 6,” the ruins of past lives, and the context of life happening in southern Nova Scotia… this is all memory, this is all an assemblage of ghosts, from the fallen trees, to the brothers, to the builders, it is a complex network of spectral interactions, not all of which can ever be known. It isn’t necessary for a ghost to ever show itself, but when it does, it is always appears that the ghost was dormant, that in every event, a resurrection. A ghost is always possible. | {
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We can extrapolate a large amount of information about what a person thinks or believes, purely by observing their behaviour. There are separate systems in the brain that decode what action is being performed and why that action is performed. Independently, these systems are reasonably well understood but the way in which they interact is still an open question. In this thesis I investigate how we come to understand others actions, particularly if they are unusual or irrational. Irrational actions provide a special test case for examining this question because full comprehension requires an understanding of what an agent is trying to achieve as well as an understanding of why they are performing the action in an unusual way. I examine this question in a series of experiments with typically developing and autistic participants. First, I demonstrate that dissociable brain networks are engaged during irrational action observation using fMRI. I then use eye tracking to examine the cognitive processes that these neural networks reflect in both typical and autistic adults. I report typical cognitive processing of irrational actions in individuals with autism, despite previous reports of atypical neural activity during the same task. Finally, I aimed to examine the social response to irrational actions in typical and autistic children using an overimitation paradigm. I demonstrate that overimitation in typically developing children is socially driven and dependent upon rationality comprehension. However, my data also indicate that children with autism are immune to this drive. I conclude this thesis with a new model of rationality comprehension which links brain, cognition and behaviour. I also propose that individuals with ASC have the cognitive ability to understand irrational actions but may have difficulty with social modulation of their behaviour. | {
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Recap: Weber State vs. Eastern Wash
Ogden, UT (SportsNetwork.com) - Paced by Jeremy Senglin's 16 points, the Weber State Wildcats got their Big Sky Conference schedule off on the right foot with a 74-67 triumph over the Eastern Washington Eagles at the Dee Events Center.
Joel Bolomboy tallied a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds for Weber State (4-5, 1-0 Big Sky), which has won back-to-back games. Kyle Tresnak also chipped in 13 points for the hosts.
For EWU (5-7, 0-1), Tyler Harvey matched a career high with 30 points, doing so on 10-of-17 from the field, 4-of-6 from 3-point range and 6-of-6 from the foul line. Venky Jois added 15 points and seven assists to the losing effort.
EWU opened up the game with a 10-0 run in the first three minutes. Weber State countered late in the frame with a 22-8 surge of its own to take a 37-33 lead into intermission.
The Wildcats continued to lead throughout the second half, and while the Eagles brought the game to within three points, 70-67, with under two minutes to go, Weber State finished off 4-of-5 at the foul line to clinch the victory.
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Thursday, April 2, 2015
Mutants & Marvels: Let’s Roll a Hero
I have a lot
of game systems floating around right now begging for attention….having taken a
look at EGS, I thought I’d move on to another indie title, this one also
steeped in a bit of the superhero corner of the OSR: Mutants & Marvels, a superhero genre RPG which
takes a bit of FASERIP and merges it with the D20 roll-high aesthetic. It works
rather well, and is a lot of game packed into a tiny space.
Rolling up a
character in M&M (hereafter identified as not related to a similar game) is
based on a “rank” purchase mechanic: you have three tiers of play being heroic
(Batman, Daredevil), super heroic (X-Men, Teen Titans) and epic (Superman, Thor).
We’ll stick to super heroic, which give you 25 ranks to spend.
Back in the
day I used to run a lot of superhero game using the old Mayfair MEGS version of
DC Heroes. I have a lot of old character concepts to draw from….I think for
this one I’m going to see what Arbalest can do. Arbalest is Dan Carver, a
former sidekick to Captain Liberty of the Liberty League before they were wiped
out in a concerted attack by the Sinister Seven. One of several “sidekick
survivors” Arbalest took on the mantle of dark vigilante to hunt down the Seven
in revenge for the murder of his mentor, but he eventually realized that he had
strayed from the ethos of his teacher and reformed (this happened during a
major showdown with the Old One which manifested in New York in 1990). Arbalest
eventually began to experience severe deterioration from the Demons’ super
serum which he had stolen and used in 1989, but around 2000 he went on to work
for The Nil Group which repaired the damage to his system in exchange for his
service as an agent. The Nil Group is an ultra-secret espionage outfit designed
to track down and contain dangerous metahumans. While working for them he took
on the role of Agent 13. We’ll see what Arbalest/Agent 13 looks like in
M&M.
M&M has
seven primary stats: fighting, agility, strength, endurance, reason, intuition and
psyche (FASERIP). These rank from -2 (feeble) to +15 (unearthly). You’ve got
titles (like “excellent” for each or you can use numbers (+2 is excellent). A
nice chart lets you figure out where each attribute falls in relation to a
chosen rank.
Arbalest is
a borderline super-human; he was a well-trained normal when he was Captain
Liberty’s sidekick in the 80’s, but he underwent a super-serum treatment which
he stole from the villain called the Demon in 1989 which gave him metahuman
strength and speed. In 2000 when he was recruited by the Nil Group received
further cybernetic augmentations and was exposed to the Lazarus Mist to undo
some of the genetic “unraveling” that the Demons’ super serum was doing to him
physically. This treatment repaired the
damage and extended his life indefinitely—physically he looks 30 even though in
2015 he’s technically 56 years old.
(Can you
tell there’s an entire genre of gaming I love which I haven’t even touched upon
in the last four years of blogging?)
That leaves
9 ranks for powers. Since Arbalest isn’t heavy on unique powers that seems
reasonable….he’s more of a classic grimdark post-Miller Batmanesque type, the
sort of character that would later look comfortable in an early nineties Image
lineup.
Resources
are also tracked on the ability chart like attributes. Although I imagine you
could spend points toward resources, the game suggests that the GM determine
the resources based on the character background. Since the background for
Arbalest/Agent 13 is one of a professional secret agent, we’ll give him Resources
of remarkable (+4; equivalent to a small corporation….this is a super-secret
outfit that skims its funds off of the receipts of the Pentagon, after all!)
Next up are
powers. Power mechanics are very easy (spend ranks to get powers) and some
additional rules include power packages (a way to make iron man’s suit, or
other powers that are linked/grouped together) and power stunts (tricky stuff
that you might be able to do….like Captain America slinging his shield around,
I suppose). Additional rules here include some character origins (why you have
powers) and the ubiquitous sorcery rules, since comics are notorious for making
sorcery and spells very hard to model in RPGs. Finally there are 11 groups of
powers presented, with an additional 25 subtypes.
For Arbalest
we’re looking at some super attributes (technically already added to strength),
and some general physical improvements….he’s got some residual super-serum in
his veins, some cybernetic augmentations which affect regeneration and give him
tougher skin and reflexes. From looking at the list, I see right off that super
attribute will justify his already high strength as I set it, while Damage
Resistant, Armor, Regeneration and Hardened Fists are also good choices. If I
have the points I might add some senses as well, since Nil Group may have
cybernetically augmented his vision and hearing as well.
Here’s what
I go with:
Super Attribute: this justifies his
strength and agility (which according to the chart at remarkable rank he can
lift one ton and has a high natural agility….dodging single bullets).
Armor: after deciding damage resistance
isn’t quite what I want (it seems to be vs. energy types) I opt for Armor excellent
(+3) instead for 2 ranks. He’s basically got what was called “skinweave” in Cyberpunk 2020; nanotech in his skin can
harden up with a carbon fiber weave to absorb shock and impact.
Hardened Fists: I figure that same
nanoweave carbon fiber in his skin that serves as armor also makes his fists
tougher. We’ll give it to him at good (+1) for 1 rank as well, but only because
his main schtick is going to be with the big arbalest he carries around.
Regeneration: the nanotreatment in his
veins also keeps him alive and young. I’ll give him excellent (+2) in this. That costs 2 ranks . We have 4 ranks
left to spend.
I bypass
enhanced senses for a moment and move to skills. Skills include a few specific
rules: you have a series of “everyman” skills which everyone receives at a base
value equal to the character’s Reason score. You can then spend one rank on a
skill to get it at a value equal to the linked attribute plus one. So…in
Arbalest’s case, I can buy Martial Arts, Lethal for one rank and link it to his
Fighting Score, meaning he has a Martial Arts, Lethal at +5.
Right off
the bat he needs training in bows (arbalests) so I jam 1 rank into getting Firearms/Bows
linked to Agility (since it’s a ranged attack) for a +7.
With one
more rank I’ll stick it in Investigation, a skill not on the list provided and
link it to Intuition, so he has Investigation +2. Not great but he needs
something to reflect his role as Nil Group Agent 13.
The skill
list is short: seven everyman skills, and a sampling of seven suggested skills
with the basic rules on making whatever skills would fit your character. The
key thing is each skill has to be linked to an attribute to get its base value
plus 1 per rank spent to improve it.
After all
that, a few additional topics are discussed: secret vs. public identities (Dan
Carver likes to keep his identity secret, but due to a high-profile trial in
the late 80’s leading to his brief incarceration his method of doing so these
days is through numerous obscure aliases). Reputation by popularity and infamy
is addressed as well….as a player I could argue to the GM that Arbalest/Agent
13’s reputation of infamy was from the late 80’s, and Nil Group helped wipe out
much of that….so he could “restart” at zero. But as GM I’d probably assigned a
couple points to Infamy because old stories never die.
Contacts and
minions are also discussed (though not sidekicks curiously). Everyone gets a
contact for free at character creation, so Arbalest gets one: Nil Group. Your
contact is usually normal, but by spending a rank you can make it special…I’ll
leave the exact nature of the Nil Group contact/relationship open…they like it
that way, anyway.
Beyond that
M&M talks about archetypes and identifies eight sample archetypes with some
guidelines on what they do and how to make one, followed by a character
example. One thing that the process
doesn’t really talk about is equipment. You can build equipment using powers,
as suggested in the power packages
discussion section (making Iron Man’s armor) but not a lot of guidance on how
you stat out, say, Batman’s utility belt (although I guess you could define it
as a power package as well). There’s no “omnipower” such as the DC Heroes
system had to fix this problem, as an example. However, the GM section does
include rules on building things in the game (gadgeteering) which are very
simple and boil down to: do you have the time, resources and space? If so then
you can build it. With that spirit in mind, I’m going to give Arbalest his
signature weapon…it’s a heavy crossbow essentially, designed originally for
sieges, but this state-of-the-art edition is easy enough for a guy with
augmented strength and dexterity to haul around. It’s definitely not something
you’d see the Huntress using, though!
The game
stats out bows and firearms but not this weapon, so I’ll make it slightly
better than a bow, worse than a heavy handgun: +3 damage, range 100’, skilled
and lethal traits.
So how does
Arbalest hold up in the wide world of bad guys? Stay tuned for next time, when
we test out the combat mechanics (all two pages) of M&M. This is a very
lite supers system, but honestly I suspect it will be a bit more entertaining
to see how two super humans fare in a battle than the sad massacre that we saw
in EGS previously….!
3 comments:
Thanks for the plug! Sounds like it works out so far. And it's good to note certain elements that seem to be "missing." I'm already working on a revised version, so I will add sidekicks and more equipment rules to the list of things to be added.
No problem! It's a great system...I've got a combat write-up tomorrow, and I do outline some stuff I think combat ought to include guidelines on as well (you'll see....the sample I worked out with my cohorts was fairly bloody LOL)
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The first attempt of Patrick Gammie Laurie's family to come to Canada ended in failure. He returned east, where his family had remained, but came back with his son William in which had recently been named capital of the North-West Territories. In his opinion, immigrants should be obliged to come west at their own | {
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Hull City head coach Nigel Adkins insists he will not be motivated by the chance to derail Sheffield United’s automatic promotion bid when he welcomes his former club to the KCOM Stadium.
The Tigers’ hopes of returning to the Premier League have finally been extinguished by back-to-back defeats at Middlesbrough and West Brom but this afternoon they could have a huge say on who finishes in the top two.
Sheffield United are in pole position to join Norwich City on the direct path back to the top-flight but any slip-ups at the KCOM Stadium would offer Leeds United the chance to steal a march with the finishing line in sight.
Adkins was denied the chance to bring the good times back to Bramall Lane when sacked as manager three years ago, a move that subsequently paved the way for him to become City boss, but he says his only focus will be extending the Tigers’ 12-game unbeaten home record.
Hull City head coach Nigel Adkins consoles Dan Batty after the 3-2 loss at West Brom
Asked if another reunion with the Blades had any personal significance, Adkins said: “None whatsoever, it’s just the next game of football that we’ve got to go and win.”
“Chris Wilder’s done a phenomenal job there and they are now in second position so it’s going to be a cracking game.
“They’ve got every chance of going up in the top two, there’ll still be twists and turns but all my focus is on trying to do right by Hull City.
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“Obviously Sheffield United will be buoyed by going second and we’ll maybe be a little bit deflated by not getting the result we wanted (at West Brom) but we’ll turn that around and get ourselves ready.”
City have little more than pride at stake after falling seven points adrift of the top six with just three games to play.
The deficit could officially become insurmountable even if the Tigers were to return to winning ways when hosting Chris Wilder’s side but Adkins remains eager to see his side end a resurgent campaign on a high.
Hull City manager Nigel Adkins smiles for a selfie upon his arrival at the KCOM Stadium (Image: Focus)
“We’ll keep going, everyone’s got a responsibility and everyone will keep working hard,” said Adkins. “We’ve got a great group of lads who everyday come in and work hard. We’ve been on a great run of form at home, it’s 12 undefeated now.
“We’ve got another game to look forward at the KCOM and we’ve got to get ready for that.
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“I’ve been in a sombre mood which is uncharacteristic but the players and the staff have put a lot of effort in this year and effectively, although it’s not mathematically over, it’s an uphill task to get into that play-off position.
“But we’ve still got three games to go and we’re going to do everything we can to do right by everybody. It’ll be a cracking game. It means a lot.” | {
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BRIMFIELD RECAP
Every year my Mom and I go to a huge antiques/vintage goods show in Massachusetts called Brimfield. Usually we go as buyers, but this year we decided to mix things up a bit and act as sellers! And guess what: it was exhausting but so fun! Here are some shots of my favorite things we had on offer . . .
Tiny plastic doll food!
Baby ironing boards, toy irons and tea sets!
And how about this 1960s-era Pillsbury Dough Boy? Perfect condition!
We had lots of great vintage board games and kids toys, including my Mom's personal favorite—a Howdy Doody hand puppet.
We also had a big rack of vintage clothes, lots of old magazines, and random decorations. | {
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Dentist's 28,000 Diseased Teeth Sculpture
This 8ft tower of teeth is foul, and the summit of 15 years work by Yu Qian, a Chinese dentist who is trying to raise awareness about dental hygiene by word of mouth. Or, as it turns out, an awesome viral film gone global.
His piece of art is made from 28,000 human teeth (URGH). So far he has treated 100,000 patients, and ‘harvested’ 28,000 diseased teeth from his patients. | {
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Monday, 6 February 2012
Name plaque
I made a little name plaque for my new
grandson Charlie so thought I would
share a photo of it. I saw the idea on
Pinterest ( sorry didn't save who it was
now but thankyou!). I got my talented
OH to make the wooden plaque and
the little frames, having given him sizes
I needed etc.Then I painted them and
used crackle glaze to give them an
aged look. I printed the letters from
a handy link (again found on Pinterest).
Didn't save it either as I have changed
computers back and forth lately,as my
son kept having to wipe my hard drive
so annoying !!!!!!!I saved most stuff but
some dissappeared of course :O(
Sorry back to the plaque.....I printed
the letters choosing grungy type fonts.
That bit took ages to get sizing right too!
I didn't have any glass to fit the frames
so just cut some acetate to fit over the
letters. Hope that keeps them clean, I
made it a tight fit too so no need to glue
etc.All this took ages as you can imagine,
but he is worth it of course. Now I have
to make another for my next grandson,
when he decides to arrive ! Glad I saved
the letters I will need...... and he has a
longer name too ( if they decide to go
with that one)......oh my !!! Anyway
hope you like it . | {
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Careers
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Our effort and commitment at DPSG SEHORE is to provide a comprehensive, balanced and demanding education in a happy child friendly environment that is conducive to learning.
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Testing my UM4.6K and Resolve workflow. The best way I found is making some storytelling.
Here's a couple of frames in natural light. Shot in 2K, Prores 800 ISO.
These are just a screengrabs of a preview 720p or Resolve crash over and over in my computer. Sorry the bad quality. (the frames looks pretty desaturated here, not sure why)
Grading was simple: Kodak Lut after my own "Alexa" LUt and some touches for skin color and contrast. Then grain.frames.jpg
I'm struggling with the final version because only VLC can show the right color and contrast. Quicktime and FCPX annoying me.frame 1.jpg
You need to go to your graphics card options and choose the whole spectrum (0-255) and also uncheck whatever you may have that makes the video player decide how it will play the video. It must be your graphics card to decide and it must be 0-255. Otherwise it will look like it lost contrast.
You need to go to your graphics card options and choose the whole spectrum (0-255) and also uncheck whatever you may have that makes the video player decide how it will play the video. It must be your graphics card to decide and it must be 0-255. Otherwise it will look like it lost contrast.
I'm on Mac, not sure how to do that.
Is kinda weird because it only happen in Quicktime, FCPX and iMac images preview. Show a bit desaturated, not much, but what annoying me is the color shift and highlights changes.
In After Effects and VLC looks right. So it makes me think I'm rendering nothing wrong in DaVinci.
I read a lot about it, but still don't know how to fix that. | {
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French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May said the two countries have signed a treaty to better guard their common border and wider treatment of migrants, the Associated Press reported.
The Government approved the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Ministry of Information Society and the Administration of the Republic of Macedonia on
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar blames the other EU countries today for hypocrisy over corporate tax, rejecting claims in the European Parliament that Ireland is a tax haven, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
Green party co-chairman of the European Parliament, Ska Keller, has expressed her lack of confidence in the "guarantees" that Prime Minister Boyko Borissov (self declared "green man") gave yesterday in the Strasbourg plenary that only a second lift will b
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The only way I can test against 3D Vision is to use one of my GT720. I believe I have one of my 3 that is still in good shape. That means I can troubleshoot, but not sure if Ed in the Brisbane office has access to 3D Vision hardware to be able to reproduce anything that I might find that needs a programming solution. So if the solution is a configuration issue, I can troubleshoot it. If it's programming issue we'll have problems addressing.
No Basically if it works in Discover mode the shutter mode will work too.. It is the same basically not independent.. that is the really cool thing about the 3D anyone can use it altho with red + Cyan glasses but at least you can try before you buy.. | {
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Fearlessly blogging the intersections of technology, education, and life.
Friday, January 07, 2005
Tipsy should be a mood
I'm not completely drunk, which is what my mood implies. I'm simply tipsy. And that's a good thing. Drunk implies falling down drunk which I'm not. I'm typing and not having to backspace that much. Drunk will happen next weekend at a friend's 40th birthday party. It will be a drunk where I cannot view the computer screen. It happens once in a while, still.
Good to be out with the colleagues where we discuss everything from the Israeli-Palesitian conflict to what exactly should be taught in a history survey course to security on the internet. And there are trivial (but substantial to us) topics like new sheets and the importance of the properly-sized pockets in purses. You just don't know the importance of such things--really.
Tomorrow is a writing day. I have the laptop ready. I'm planning to sleep until I wake up, shower and head to Starbucks, toting stacks of earlier versions. We'll see how it goes. And of course, there will be exercising. I hope also to have a good political post over the weekend. I'm thinking about some things, not right this second, but they're there somewhere. | {
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Wikileaks, though technically not a wiki, provides an easy means to disseminate information that some find it desirable to share against the wishes of those who find it desirable to keep secret. Aside from the morality of the leaking itself, such a service provides a look into the activities of...
Been there, dungeon that.
If you've been waiting impatiently for a taste of hack'n slash heaven since your last visit to Diablo II's fiery fantasyland, you'll be disappointed to hear that Microsoft's Dungeon Siege II delivers an experience that's neither heavenly nor diabolical, but somewhere in between. The game offers players what every fantasy-themed slasher should: a tour through a gorgeous domain on the way to an ultimate showdown with evil, videogaming's equivalent to dinner and a movie. But instead of playing hard to get, it's easier than a co-ed doing body shots.
Still, it tells a tale fit for a disciple of both Diablo and the prior Dungeon Siege. Long ago, avatars of good and evil clashed upon a battlefield. With their mighty arms, they ripped one another to pieces in an awesome cataclysm. The world was laid to ruin, and the weapons of mass destruction were thought lost. Sound familiar?
But wait, it gets cool. An evil Prince musters a following of crab-faced death mages and summons the Sword of Zaramoth, with which he and his legions of evil cohorts wage war upon the world. The trick is, every time one of his buddies gets hacked or slashed, the death mages suck out his soul and send it to the soul volcano, where it stores and crystallizes with the evil souls of other lost soldiers. Then, the crystals are mined and planted near "good" civilizations, where the spirits pour forth from the crystal and possess any they come across, turning them into mindless zombies and agents of evil.
Your task, should you choose to purchase it, is to create a hero, make some friends and venture out into the wilderness to smite evil, break the crystal shards and stop Tom Cruise, er, Prince Valdis from destroying the world.
So the plot is a bit typical, but the death crystals and zombie hordes seem promising...until you're forced to listen to a couple lines of Dungeon Siege II's awful dialogue, complete with terrible voice-acting. The conversational cadences make a forest full of undead soldiers seem natural, and all the "good" characters are disgustingly righteous. But for all their heroic rhetoric and the nobility of their cause, they still trek through jungles and slaughter funny little spear-chucking natives by the thousands. As long as it's for a good cause, right?
But before you get to exterminating nasty little natives, you'll have to create a hero. You can choose from one of four races: human, half-giant, dryad and elf. Dryads are basically hippy versions of elves, while half-giants are meant to be unusually philosophical according to the game's lore. I named mine Roid Rage, because he was big and red.
Once you pick a race and hairstyle, you're off to the trenches. Instead of picking a class outright, you pick from a class of weapons. As you use one class over the other, you'll essentially become that class. You can focus on nature magic, combat magic, ranged weapons and melee weapons, which basically boils down to the standard four classes of healer, mage, archer and
fighter.
The fighter and archer classes are incredibly boring and one dimensional. Aside from powers and bonuses gained from leveling up, both are limited to moving and attacking. Fighters walk up and repeatedly whack things, while archers stand back and repeatedly shoot things.
The mage and healer classes, by comparison, are much more robust. Instead of basic attacks they get spells that include heals, buffs, snares, curses, nukes and summons. The buffs and curses can be placed in autocast slots, while other spells, like Heal, are placed in one of four "active" slots. These show up next to the given character's name, and if you click on one of them it will become activated and the caster will use it whenever you tell him or her to attack. You can switch between these to fit a given situation, but Dungeon Siege II's pace is so fast, mindless and easy that you'll never actually need to use the majority of your casters' abilities. You basically set your phasers on kill and blast away.
This A.I. scheme is so smart, it's kind of stupid. For example, if you set Heal as your healer's active spell and something mana-efficient like Jolt on your combat mage, you can forget they exist. Sure, you can always pause the action and arm the perfect spell while targeting the most threatening monster, but you never need to - your comrades' A.I. can handle the simple tasks of nuking and healing injured party members, and your enemies are too weak to do anything about it. The game almost beats itself.
Did I say almost? Because a fully grown pet is basically 'game over' for any enemy. Pets can be bought and then added to the party like henchmen, but instead of gaining experience and levels, they advance based on the items you feed them. When a pet reaches maturity, regardless of species, it will emanate a powerful aura. My dire wolf, for example, puts a 60% melee damage reflection buff on every party member. That's outrageously powerful...but that's just half of it. The items you feed a pet affect its growth - if you feed a pet nothing but weapons and healing potions, it will gain lots of strength and health. That's what I did, and my mature dire wolf wound up with a whopping 1400 hit points and 170 strength. The damn thing has the same armor score as my plate-mail clad half-giant (650 hit points, by the way), making him far and away the most powerful member of the party. Plus, he has the backing of a giant warrior, a healer (he never takes damage, but what they hey), and a sorceress. Roll credits.
Since you are always in control of a group of adventurers, you have two formation/A.I. settings to play with, Mirror mode and Rampage mode.
In Mirror mode, your squad moves as one and attacks as one. In Rampage mode, you can issue individual orders to your units. In almost every case, the most efficient means of attacking your foes is to simply sit in Mirror mode and wave your mouse around while holding the right mouse button. This will basically cause your party, as one, to demolish every single enemy. On the other hand, if your enemies are so far beneath you that they aren't even worth your attention (as is frequently the case), you can simply set Rampage mode and, I dunno, work on making a cockatrice from web images.
Things get sticky, though, around level 15. You wander into a dungeon and encounter masses of level 24 monsters. In any other game you would be properly screwed, but in Dungeon Siege II you can attack, retreat, heal, and repeat until everything is dead. If you're facing high-level enemies who can't spit or throw things at you, you can simply run in circles, which they will follow you in doing, until you've healed up.
Once you kill a slew of level 24 enemies at level 15, the game basically ends. Don't get me wrong - Dungeon Siege II is long, but when you've easily dispatched foes 10 levels greater and then face 10 hours of equal-level foes, you can't take your quest against evil seriously anymore. This game feels more like a trip to an evil petting zoo than a trip to hell and back.
As the bodies pile up around your party, each member will eventually gain levels and skill points to spend on the fruits of a skill tree corresponding to his or her class. They'll quickly gain massively destructive attacks that only make an easy game easier. Around level 24, I scored a power that reduced my target's armor drastically and guaranteed that my next 8 hits would be critical. Goodbye bosses, hello treasure.
When you tire of slaying waves of hell dogs and fell bushes, you can immediately teleport back to town and sell off all the junk you picked up, and maybe buy a spiffy new weapon or shield. You'll have a lot of money and there is usually something interesting on sale every time you visit the shop. There are also several NPCs wandering around to talk to, some of whom will give you side-quests or ask to join your party.
These usually lead you off the beaten path of your primary quests and into the outskirts of the environments, which is Dungeon Siege II's most impressive feature. The foliage is lush and dense, you can enter and exit massive dungeons without a single loading screen, and anything that comes between you and the camera is instantly rendered transparent.
Then again, a lot of this could be said for the previous Dungeon Siege game. Even though you seamlessly travel in and out of dungeons, you'll still be required to use teleporters to travel between areas, interrupting the sense of a whole, cohesive world. But all those handy refinements in the original, like picking up every loose item at the touch of a button, has made it through mostly intact.
There is a musical score, but it's nearly always drowned out by the myriad cries of your dying foes. In fact, almost all of the game's visual and auditory drama is contained within the bodies of your enemies and released when you whack "em with your hammer. This usually results in a "splat" sound effect and the bloody explosion of limbs and viscera. When you really get on a roll, enemies will pop like this left and right. Come to think of it, playing this game is kind of like popping bubble wrap, just not as hard.
Dungeon Siege II is also playable online, but only cooperatively. In a nice touch, you can import your party from a single-player game to wreak online havoc, although you'll still have to start from the beginning, which might mean some backtracking. We were also disappointed to discover that there were no new maps or realms for online players to explore (as there were in the original Dungeon Siege) - it's co-op the single-player campaign or bust. You can also play through Gamespy, in which case you'll have to create an entirely new character.
But Dungeon Siege II is so easy solo than when played with a group it's barely even a game. I can just have my sorceress cast her weakest combat spell constantly so that she never runs out of mana while my other characters mop up. My healer is utterly idle until somebody gets hurt, and then she heals. When everybody operates to the fullest of their abilities, there's rarely a monster left for them to operate on. Again, the challenge just isn't there.
So can that conundrum be solved? No, not at first. There are multiple difficulty levels, but they have to be unlocked, meaning that before you ever taste anything resembling difficulty, you will have waded through a dozen hours or more of pure cotton-candy. *sigh*
The original Dungeon Siege was a study in gameplay refinement, introducing a multitude of simple concepts that really changed PC role-playing for the better. Though some of that is still here, it's not so thrilling anymore. Dungeon Siege II is so streamlined that it has lost its hardcore edge. It still looks pretty and is a great way to relieve some stress after a tough day at work, but if you're looking for a challenge, this is one dungeon to crawl away from. | {
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Redskins WR Wants to Give Back to His City
Wedged between Massachusetts Avenue and A Street in Southeast Washington sits a little plot of land, not long enough for a 25-yard touchdown pass, not wide enough for a three-receiver set. It is technically a park, though it doesn't draw many visitors. ... | {
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On Inflation, Transaction Fees and Cryptocurrency Monetary Policy
On Inflation, Transaction Fees and Cryptocurrency Monetary Policy
ON INFLATION, TRANSACTION FEES AND CRYPTOCURRENCY MONETARY POLICY
The primary expense that must be paid by a blockchain is that of security. The blockchain must pay miners or validators to economically participate in its consensus protocol, whether proof of work or proof of stake, and this inevitably incurs some cost. There are two ways to pay for this cost: inflation and transaction fees. Currently, Bitcoin and Ethereum, the two leading proof-of-work blockchains, both use high levels of inflation to pay for security; the Bitcoin community presently intends to decrease the inflation over time and eventually switch to a transaction-fee-only model. NXT, one of the larger proof-of-stake blockchains, pays for security entirely with transaction fees, and in fact has negative net inflation because some on-chain features require destroying NXT; the current supply is 0.1% lower than the original 1 billion. The question is, how much “defense spending” is required for a blockchain to be secure, and given a particular amount of spending required, which is the best way to get it?
Absolute size of PoW / PoS Rewards
To provide some empirical data for the next section, let us consider bitcoin as an example. Over the past few years, bitcoin transaction revenues have been in the range of 15-75 BTC per day, or about 0.35 BTC per block (or 1.4% of current mining rewards), and this has remained true throughout large changes in the level of adoption.
It is not difficult to see why this may be the case: increases in BTC adoption will increase the total sum of USD-denominated fees (whether through transaction volume increases or average fee increases or a combination of both) but also decrease the amount of BTC in a given quantity of USD, so it is entirely reasonable that, absent exogenous block size crises, changes in adoption that do not come with changes to underlying market structure will simply leave the BTC-denominanted total transaction fee levels largely unchanged.
In 25 years, bitcoin mining rewards are going to almost disappear; hence, the 0.35 BTC per block will be the only source of revenue. At today’s prices, this works out to ~$35000 per day or $10 million per year. We can estimate the cost of buying up enough mining power to take over the network given these conditions in several ways.
First, we can look at the network hashpower and the cost of consumer miners. The network currently has 1471723 TH/s of hashpower, the best available miners cost $100 per 1 TH/s, so buying enough of these miners to overwhelm the existing network will cost ~$147 million USD. If we take away mining rewards, revenues will decrease by a factor of 36, so the mining ecosystem will in the long term decrease by a factor of 36, so the cost becomes $4.08m USD. Note that this is if you are buying new miners; if you are willing to buy existing miners, then you need to only buy half the network, knocking the cost of what Tim Swanson calls a “Maginot line” attack all the way down to ~$2.04m USD.
However, professional mining farms are likely able to obtain miners at substantially cheaper than consumer costs. We can look at the available information on Bitfury’s $100 million data center, which is expected to consume 100 MW of electricity. The farm will contain a combination of 28nm and 16nm chips; the 16nm chips “achieve energy efficiency of 0.06 joules per gigahash”. Since we care about determining the cost for a new attacker, we will assume that an attacker replicating Bitfury’s feat will use 16nm chips exclusively. 100 MW at 0.06 joules per gigahash (physics reminder: 1 joule per GH = 1 watt per GH/sec) is 1.67 billion GH/s, or 1.67M TH/s. Hence, Bitfury was able to do $60 per TH/s, a statistic that would give a $2.45m cost of attacking “from outside” and a $1.22m cost from buying existing miners.
Hence, we have $1.2-4m as an approximate estimate for a “Maginot line attack” against a fee-only network. Cheaper attacks (eg. “renting” hardware) may cost 10-100 times less. If the bitcoin ecosystem increases in size, then this value will of course increase, but then the size of transactions conducted over the network will also increase and so the incentive to attack will also increase. Is this level of security enough in order to secure the blockchain against attacks? It is hard to tell; it is my own opinion that the risk is very high that this is insufficient and so it is dangerous for a blockchain protocol to commit itself to this level of security with no way of increasing it (note that Ethereum’s current proof of work carries no fundamental improvements to Bitcoin’s in this regard; this is why I personally have not been willing to commit to an ether supply cap at this point).
In a proof of stake context, security is likely to be substantially higher. To see why, note that the ratio between the computed cost of taking over the bitcoin network, and the annual mining revenue ($932 million at current BTC price levels), is extremely low: the capital costs are only worth about two months of revenue. In a proof of stake context, the cost of deposits should be equal to the infinite future discounted sum of the returns; that is, assuming a risk-adjusted discount rate of, say, 5%, the capital costs are worth 20 years of revenue. Note that if ASIC miners consumed no electricity and lasted forever, the equilibrium in proof of work would be the same (with the exception that proof of work would still be more “wasteful” than proof of stake in an economic sense, and recovery from successful attacks would be harder); however, because electricity and especially hardware depreciation do make up the great bulk of the costs of ASIC mining, the large discrepancy exists. Hence, with proof of stake, we may see an attack cost of $20-100 million for a network the size of Bitcoin; hence it is more likely that the level of security will be enough, but still not certain.
The Ramsey Problem
Let us suppose that relying purely on current transaction fees is insufficient to secure the network. There are two ways to raise more revenue. One is to increase transaction fees by constraining supply to below efficient levels, and the other is to add inflation. How do we choose which one, or what proportions of both, to use?
Fortunately, there is an established rule in economics for solving the problem in a way that minimizes economic deadweight loss, known as Ramsey pricing. Ramsey’s original scenario was as follows. Suppose that there is a regulated monopoly that has the requirement to achieve a particular profit target (possibly to break even after paying fixed costs), and competitive pricing (ie. where the price of a good was set to equal the marginal cost of producing one more unit of the good) would not be sufficient to achieve that requirement. The Ramsey rule says that markup should be inversely proportional to demand elasticity, ie. if a 1% increase in price in good A causes a 2% reduction in demand, whereas a 1% increase in price in good B causes a 4% reduction in demand, then the socially optimal thing to do is to have the markup on good A be twice as high as the markup on good B (you may notice that this essentially decreases demand uniformly).
The reason why this kind of balanced approach is taken, rather than just putting the entire markup on the most inelastic part of the demand, is that the harm from charging prices above marginal cost goes up with the square of the markup. Suppose that a given item takes $20 to produce, and you charge $21. There are likely a few people who value the item at somewhere between $20 and $21 (we’ll say average of $20.5), and it is a tragic loss to society that these people will not be able to buy the item even though they would gain more from having it than the seller would lose from giving it up. However, the number of people is small and the net loss (average $0.5) is small. Now, suppose that you charge $30. There are now likely ten times more people with “reserve prices” between $20 and $30, and their average valuation is likely around $25; hence, there are ten times more people who suffer, and the average social loss from each one of them is now $5 instead of $0.5, and so the net social loss is 100x greater. Because of this superlinear growth, taking a little from everyone is less bad than taking a lot from one small group.
Notice how the “deadweight loss” section is a triangle. As you (hopefully) remember from math class, the area of a triangle is width * length / 2, so doubling the dimensions quadruples the area.
In Bitcoin’s case, right now we see that transaction fees are and consistently have been in the neighborhood of ~50 BTC per day, or ~18000 BTC per year, which is ~0.1% of the coin supply. We can estimate as a first approximation that, say, a 2x fee increase would reduce transaction load by 20%. In practice, it seems like bitcoin fees are up ~2x since a year ago and it seems plausible that transaction load is now ~20% stunted compared to what it would be without the fee increase (see this rough projection); these estimates are highly unscientific but they are a decent first approximation.
Now, suppose that 0.5% annual inflation would reduce interest in holding BTC by perhaps 10%, but we’ll conservatively say 25%. If at some point the Bitcoin community decides that it wants to increase security expenditures by ~200,000 BTC per year, then under those estimates, and assuming that current txfees are optimal before taking into account security expenditure considerations, the optimum would be to push up fees by 2.96x and introduce 0.784% annual inflation. Other estimates of these measures would give other results, but in any case the optimal level of both the fee increase and the inflation would be nonzero. I use Bitcoin as an example because it is the one case where we can actually try to observe the effects of growing usage restrained by a fixed cap, but identical arguments apply to Ethereum as well.
Game-Theoretic Attacks
There is also another argument to bolster the case for inflation. This is that relying on transaction fees too much opens up the playing field for a very large and difficult-to-analyze category of game-theoretic attacks. The fundamental cause is simple: if you act in a way that prevents another block from getting into the chain, then you can steal that block’s transactions. Hence there is an incentive for a validator to not just help themselves, but also to hurt others. This is even more direct than selfish-mining attacks, as in the case of selfish mining you hurt a specific validator to the benefit of all other validators, whereas here there are often opportunities for the attacker to benefit exclusively.
In proof of work, one simple attack would be that if you see a block with a high fee, you attempt to mine a sister block containing the same transactions, and then offer a bounty of 1 BTC to the next miner to mine on top of your block, so that subsequent validators have the incentive to include your block and not the original. Of course, the original miner can then follow up by increasing the bounty further, starting a bidding war, and the miner could also pre-empt such attacks by voluntarily giving up most of the fee to the creator of the next block; the end result is hard to predict and it’s not at all clear that it is anywhere close to efficient for the network. In proof of stake, similar attacks are possible.
How to distribute fees?
Even given a particular distribution of revenues from inflation and revenues from transaction fees, there is an additional choice of how the transaction fees are collected. Though most protocols so far have taken one single route, there is actually quite a bit of latitude here. The three primary choices are:
Fees go to the validator/miner that created the block
Fees go to the validators equally
Fees are burned
Arguably, the more salient difference is between the first and the second; the difference between the second and the third can be described as a targeting policy choice, and so we will deal with this issue separately in a later section. The difference between the first two options is this: if the validator that creates a block gets the fees, that validator has an incentive equal to the size of the fees to include as many transactions as possible. If it’s the validators equally, each one has a negligible incentive.
Note that literally redistributing 100% of fees (or, for that matter, any fixed percentage of fees) is infeasible due to “tax evasion” attacks via side-channel payment: instead of adding a transaction fee using the standard mechanism, transaction senders will put a zero or near-zero “official fee” and pay validators directly via other cryptocurrencies (or even PayPal), allowing validators to collect 100% of the revenue. However, we can get what we want by using another trick: determine in protocol a minimum fee that transactions must pay, and have the protocol “confiscate” that portion but let the miners keep the entire excess (alternatively, miners keep all transaction fees but must in turn pay a fee per byte or unit gas to the protocol; this a mathematically equivalent formulation). This removes tax evasion incentives, while still placing a large portion of transaction fee revenue under the control of the protocol, allowing us to keep fee-based issuance without introducing the game-theoretic malicentives of a traditional pure-fee model.
The protocol cannot take all of the transaction fee revenues because the level of fees is very uneven and because it cannot price-discriminate, but it can take a portion large enough that in-protocol mechanisms have enough revenue allocating power to work with to counteract game-theoretic concerns with traditional fee-only security.
One possible algorithm for determining this minimum fee would be a difficulty-like adjustment process that targets a medium-term average gas usage equal to 1/3 of the protocol gas limit, decreasing the minimum fee if average usage is below this value and increasing the minimum fee if average usage is higher.
We can extend this model further to provide other interesting properties. One possibility is that of a flexible gas limit: instead of a hard gas limit that blocks cannot exceed, we have a soft limit G1 and a hard limit G2 (say, G2 = 2 * G1). Suppose that the protocol fee is 20 shannon per gas (in non-Ethereum contexts, substitute other cryptocurrency units and “bytes” or other block resource limits as needed). All transactions up to G1 would have to pay 20 shannon per gas. Above that point, however, fees would increase: at (G2 + G1) / 2, the marginal unit of gas would cost 40 shannon, at (3 * G2 + G1) / 4 it would go up to 80 shannon, and so forth until hitting a limit of infinity at G2. This would give the chain a limited ability to expand capacity to meet sudden spikes in demand, reducing the price shock (a feature that some critics of the concept of a “fee market” may find attractive).
What to Target
Let us suppose that we agree with the points above. Then, a question still remains: how do we target our policy variables, and particularly inflation? Do we target a fixed level of participation in proof of stake (eg. 30% of all ether), and adjust interest rates to compensate? Do we target a fixed level of total inflation? Or do we just set a fixed interest rate, and allow participation and inflation to adjust? Or do we take some middle road where greater interest in participating leads to a combination of increased inflation, increased participation and a lower interest rate?
In general, tradeoffs between targeting rules are fundamentally tradeoffs about what kinds of uncertainty we are more willing to accept, and what variables we want to reduce volatility on. The main reason to target a fixed level of participation is to have certainty about the level of security. The main reason to target a fixed level of inflation is to satisfy the demands of some token holders for supply predictability, and at the same time have a weaker but still present guarantee about security (it is theoretically possible that in equilibrium only 5% of ether would be participating, but in that case it would be getting a high interest rate, creating a partial counter-pressure). The main reason to target a fixed interest rate is to minimize selfish-validating risks, as there would be no way for a validator to benefit themselves simply by hurting the interests of other validators. A hybrid route in proof of stake could combine these guarantees, for example providing selfish mining protection if possible but sticking to a hard minimum target of 5% stake participation.
Now, we can also get to discussing the difference between redistributing and burning transaction fees. It is clear that, in expectation, the two are equivalent: redistributing 50 ETH per day and inflating 50 ETH per day is the same as burning 50 ETH per day and inflating 100 ETH per day. The tradeoff, once again, comes in the variance. If fees are redistributed, then we have more certainty about the supply, but less certainty about the level of security, as we have certainty about the size of the validation incentive. If fees are burned, we lose certainty about the supply, but gain certainty about the size of the validation incentive and hence the level of security. Burning fees also has the benefit that it minimizes cartel risks, as validators cannot gain as much by artificially pushing transaction fees up (eg. through censorship, or via capacity-restriction soft forks). Once again, a hybrid route is possible and may well be optimal, though at present it seems like an approach targeted more toward burning fees, and thereby accepting an uncertain cryptocurrency supply that may well see low decreases on net during high-usage times and low increases on net during low-usage times, is best. If usage is high enough, this may even lead to low deflation on average. | {
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Eager to know who Section in the Spotlight is this month? The section comes from the third biggest city in Poland, their members can be met basically at every ESN event and it is also a home section for one of the IB members. Sit down with a cup of coffee and give a round of applause to ESN-EYE Łódź.
ESN-EYE originated in 1999 and was first a part of former organisation European Youth Exchange Poland. After the organisation stopped running, ESN-EYE didn’t give up and joined ESN. Currently, the section is managed by 5 board members working together with 14 project groups including Social Inclusion, Erasmus Games, and many more.
The section is unique in many ways. One of which is their recruitment process. First of all, there are promotional events at each faculty and special meetings where the activities of the section are presented. Candidates then get a buddy to help them to get involved. After a semester of work, they are invited to an interview and the most motivated people are accepted. This process ensures high quality of section members.
Then it is very well cared for by section members. Not only are there informal meetings for new members with their buddies,a 3-day training and an integration eventtake place twice a year. Eduk8ers, Alumni and section trainers are invited to hold workshops for participants. Apart from this, there are informal events such as bowling nights or visits to escape rooms every month.
Regarding the international students, the members of ESN-EYE try to make them get the most out of Polish culture. The biggest event is “Murals Trips” when Erasmus students discover the street art around Łódź.
“In our opinion, it is important to provide Erasmus students with unusual, extraordinary experiences, to make their stay in Poland unforgettable - to throw themselves into things they wouldn’t experience back home or on their own”, says Dominika Jastrzębowska, President of ESN-EYE.
They also organise Canoe Trip and Integration Weekend. Regarding Canoe trip, it is a one day trip by bus, all day spent canoeing and finished off with a barbecue. Integration Weekend is aimed at international students, ESN Members and Mentors (the ones that aren’t ESN Members) and is considered as the most successful event of the section. The event is held at the beginning of every semester with almost 180 participants getting out of town. Through different games and sporting activities, participants get to know each other.
The biggest section event annually organised is the Academic Job Fair. This event is organised only by students from ESN-EYE and other four student organisations focusing on students and their familiarisation with companies. The companies come from fields such as IT and management. During AGM Costa Brava 2018, the event got an award for careerSTAR.
Furthermore, the section can be proud of their collaboration with the university. Thanks to the fact that some ESNers work in the Student Assistance Office, they directly help Erasmus students with documents. This ultimately helps to strengthen the relationship between section members and Erasmus students. Also, together with the university’s International Office, they prepare Mobility Week. During this event, mobility is promoted in every possible way. The event includes workshops, appraising with the recruitment process and impact of mobility on people’s lives.
It is hard to believe but apart from the activities mentioned above, ESN-EYE is not behind with other ESN projects. Regarding the ExchangeAbility programme, there are events like Mouth Painting and a Dinner in the Dark in cooperation with ESN UŁ. They also arrange a Charity Collection for the Orphanage, Shelter Dogs Walking and also took part in ESN Poland’s event “100 for 100” campaign, organising SocialErasmus events for 10 years of SocialErasmus in Poland.
ESN-EYE has had its representation in the National Board and even in the International Board. Current Communication Manager from the IB,Kacper Olczyk, comes from this section. In addition, the members attend many ESN events on the national and international levels such as CEP (Central European Platform), AGM, Eduk8 and National Platforms and workshops. And around 20 members are present in ESN international committees. It is also the first Polish section offering internships for international interns.
To keep members updated and acquaint them more with how ESN works, there are ESNdays prepared, where the role of national and international committees is presented. Every Tuesday there are “Wtorki z Wiki” (“Tuesdays with Wiki”) which are emails with information from ESN Wiki.
All in all, ESN-EYE organises countless events and activities for its members, ESNers and international students. Furthermore, they try to implement activities based on the Causes of ESN and promote them. Every semester they have between 80 and 115 newbies because they put an emphasis on the recruitment process. As you can see ESN-EYE is unstoppable and its members do their best in every aspect of their work.
Our network consists of sections and volunteers who work hard to provide an amazing time for their exchange students, but every now and then, one takes the spotlight with their outstanding work. This time, the section that shines the most is ESN Porto!
ESN Porto is the oldest section in Portugal and was founded in 1991. Throughout its long history, the section has organised numerous national and international events. It all started in 1995 with the organisation of an AGM - this also happened to be the year in which the President of ESN AISBL was from the University of Porto. In more recent times, ESN Porto is proud to have organised a Council of National Representatives (CNR) in 2009, another CNR in 2014 and the International Erasmus Games in 2016. Last year they had the opportunity to organise the Portuguese National Platform of March 2018 and, last but not least, SWEP Porto 2018, an event that received great feedback regarding the OC, logistics, and Social Programme.
Considering the number of ESN events held by the section, one would assume that ESN Porto is a large team, but in fact, they currently have only 45 members. The board consists of five members - President, VP, Treasurer, LR and Events Manager. Also, there are coordinators for HR, Communication, Projects, Partnerships, Activities, and Parties departments. Each department has a board supervisor. They also have 2 support positions - Education Officer and Secretary, and two working webzine groups - ESN Porto Green and IT Taskforce.
All members are encouraged to participate in national and international events, which is supported by the board and results in a large number of volunteers going all around Europe to receive training and connect with the rest of the network.
“Motivating the members to experience the national and international level is something we really put a lot of effort into”, says Eduardo Ribeiro, the Local Representative, and it really shows. ESN Porto members went to all the national and a number of international events, including the NEC Winter Meeting and the Eduk8 Autumn training in Vienna.
Such active participation in events motivates the members to take part in the work of ESN on the national and international levels too. As far as the national level goes, this year one of ESN Porto’s members is in the National Board as the VP, and they also have a member in the Audit team, an Education Officer for Community Development and a member of the National ComCom. On the International level, ESN Porto has three members in NEC and one in ITcom.
ESN Porto is a dream come true not only for ESNers but for exchange students too! Every weekend, ESN Porto organises a trip, usually in Portugal but also to Spain. On top of that, at least one cultural activity is held every week, while Wednesdays and weekends are reserved for parties. Each semester starts with a bang, as in 2016 ESN Porto decided to upgrade their welcome period game and turn Welcome Week into a Welcome Month, with events organised almost every day for the whole month! No wonder ESN Porto students are #ErasmusAddicted - the section’s motto that was created in 2011 and which features on the section’s t-shirts which say “Erasmus Addicted/Please send me back to Porto”.
ESN Porto takes care that the Erasmus experience isn’t only about partying and travelling, but also investing in the future - the section collaborates with universities and companies in the field of education and promotes employability events, thus providing a good opportunity for their Erasmus students to find a job and stay in Portugal.
There is no lack of socially sensitive events either, as ESN Porto regularly cooperates with various associations and provides Erasmus students with all kinds of opportunities to make the world a little better. Spending time with the elderly at the daycare centre; helping the homeless by distributing food once per week; volunteering with children with cancer or drug addicts - the choice is up to you.
As you can see, in ESN Porto, everyone can find their own perfect event. However, the event that proved to be the most popular and is their flagship event, the “Portuguese night”! During this night, students spend time in a house decorated with symbols and figures of Portugal, while trying all the Portuguese dishes and enjoying musical and other performances. This event won the Portuguese StarAwards (Lobos d’ouro) as the best event of the year, and other sections aim to organise it as well in the future.
With such a huge range of activities, you may wonder how the members keep themselves motivated.
The answer is: with lots of team-building, learning about ESN together, creating bonds with the newbies, and trainings! Their own ESN Porto Academy happens every week and serves to polish their members’ skills in event planning, communication, and their ESN knowledge.
Does ESN Porto sound like a great team to you? There are a couple of ways to join them! Apart from becoming a regular member, you can join as an Erasmus intern or an EVS volunteer. So far, ESN Porto has received three Erasmus interns (office administrator, photographer and videographer), and has also been accredited as a coordinating, sending, and receiving EVS organization, which means it is able to send and take in volunteers funded by the Erasmus+ programme for a certain period of time.
If all of this hasn’t convinced you that ESN Porto is a team of hard workers, take a look at some numbers: each year, they work with 15 universities and 30 local partners for 3500 Erasmus students, organise 2 Welcome Months, 80 activities, 25 trips, 38 parties, 20 international projects activities, sell 3000 ESNcards, have 2 recruitment periods, 12 teambuilding activities, 2 weekend retreats, and 15 trainings.
It is very easy to say that each ESN Porto member is #ErasmusAddicted. | {
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The family moved the hearing impaired grandmother to the upscale facility on March 9 in hopes of meeting new people and remaining active.
Her daughter says two weeks later, her mom started getting sick and on March 24 she entered Emory Midtown Hospital never came out. She died in the hospital the same day her family had planned to interview with Fox5's Aungelique Proctor on April 21.
Attorneys for the Snead family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court on Friday. They believe the owners and staff are guilty of gross negligence in the COVID-19 death. and misled families that all was well when the number of coronavirus positive cases were rising and the deaths had already started.
"Arbor Terrace was telling residents and their families in its a senior living blog that it was inadvisable to move out at this time. All the while, they knew at least 29 of their residents had tested positive for COVID-19, they were aware that there had been deaths. They were aware that a number of their own staff members had tested positive, yet and despite all of this, they were making these false assurances to the residents and their families," attorney Harold Spence proclaimed.
"We will find out why they conducted this PR campaign of misdirection despite the surging numbers," attorneys Spence questioned.
The attorneys say they filed the lawsuit to hold Arbor Terrace responsible for the literal human carnage their misconduct caused at Cascade. The lawsuit alleges wrongful death and asks for unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.
Arbor Company President Judd Harper released a statement about the lawsuit that reads:
"This is an exceptionally difficult time for our state and, sadly, for our beloved residents and staff at Arbor Terrace Cascade as we face this unprecedented global pandemic. While we cannot discuss ongoing litigation, what we can tell you is that the safety and wellbeing of the residents and staff of our assisted living community is always our first priority. To prepare for COVID-19, we closed the community to all visitors except essential personnel and implemented safety measures recommended by the CDC and local health authorities. These continued safety measures include daily symptom screening of all residents and staff, the required use of PPE by all residents and staff, enhanced cleaning procedures, initial COVID-19 testing for residents and staff and requiring residents to quarantine in their residences. Through frequent letters to residents as well as a dedicated COVID-19 page on our website, we have been providing updates to communicate how our community is responding to the pandemic. To support our staff and retain the excellent caregivers we have in place, we increased paid sick time, provided wage increases and paid for childcare when schools closed. Despite all our pandemic readiness and heightened efforts, this is a disease that disproportionately impacts the elderly and those with severe underlying medical conditions. We are navigating uncharted waters caring for those most at risk for tragic outcomes and our hearts and prayers go out to our Arbor Terrace families and staff.” | {
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PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZ TION OF A CONSTITUTIONAL
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REPORT
[To accompany S. 3336]
The Committee on Public Lands to whom was referred the bill
(S. 3336) to provide for the organization of a constitutional government
by the people of Puerto Rico, having considered the same, report
favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill
do pass.
EXPLANATION OF THE BILL
This bill would authorize the people of Puerto Rico to adopt their
own constitution and to organize a local government which, under the
terms of S. 3336, would be required to be republican in form and contain
the fundamental civil guaranties of a bill of rights. Specific
provision is made for an island-wide referendum in which the people
of Puerto Rico will be given the opportunity to accept or reject this
legislative proposal.
A provision also is made in the bill for the submission to, and ratification
by Congress, of any proposed constitution before it becomes
effective, and the bill specifically provides that it shall not become
effective until it is approved by a majority of the voters participating
in an island-wide referendum.
In 1917 the Congress established the framework of Puerto Rico's
government by enacting the Organic Act of Puerto Rico. This act
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2 GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO
created a popularly elected legislature with broad powers in local
legislative matters, and provides for an executive branch and judicial
branch of the government. The people of Puerto Rico were authorized
to elect a Resident Commissioner, accredited to the Department
of State and to be recognized as such Commissioner by all departments
of the United States Government. Besides, he has been extended the
privileges of membership in the House of Representatives, with power
to serve on committees, to introduce legislation, and to be heard on
the floor of the House, but with no power to vote. Under the organic
act of 1917 the people of Puerto Rico were made citizens of the
United States, and their civil rights guaranteed by a bill of rights
analogous to the Bill of Rights of the Constitution.
The most significant action taken by the Congress, since the enactment
of the organic act, toward granting Puerto Rico greater se1£government
was in 1947, when it permitted the people of Puerto Rico
to elect their governor and permitted the governor to select the members
of his cabinet. .
By permitting the people of Puerto Rico to formulate and by their
own initiative and choice adopt a constitution, S. 3336 would further
implement the self-government principle established by the Congress
as the cornerstone and fundamental policy governing the relationship
of the United States toward territories over which it has jurisdiction.
It would, moreover, fulfill in a most exemplary fashion our obligations
with respect to Puerto Rico under chapter XI of the charter
of the United Nations, relating to the administration of non-se1£governing
territories-to
develop self-government, to take due account of the political aspirations of the
peoples, and to as ist them in the progressive development of their free political
institutions, according to the particular circumstances of each territory and its
peoples and their varying stages of advancement.
The people of Puerto Rico and their representatives have expressed
their overwhelming support in favor of legislation which would permit
them to adopt a constitution. In the recent election in Puerto Rico the
Popular Democratic Party which specifically campaigned in favor of
such legislation received approximately 62 percent of the Puerto Rican
votes cast in the election, thereby decisively defeating the opposition,
including the party running on a platform for the independence of
Puerto Rico, and the coalition running on a platform for statehood for
Puerto Rico. Further, resolutions were recently passed unanimously
in both the senate and house of representatives of the insular legislature
in favor of legislation which would permit the adoption of a
constitution by the people of Puerto Rico, with only one abstaining
vote in each of the houses. A similar bill was introduced in the House
by the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico about which this committee
received eloquent testimony from Gov. Luis Munoz-Marin,
Resident Commissioner Antonio Fern6s-Isern, and other witnesses.
This legislation constitutes a reflection of the very strong sentiment
which exists in Puerto Rico for a greater measure of local autonomy
which this bill represents. The Department of the Interior and th~
GOVER MENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO 8
Department of State have urged in. stro,ng language immediate
passage of this measure.
Labor organizations, the Chamber of Commerce of Puerto Rico, the
justices of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, all the mayors of the
77 municipalities in the island, except one, have supported the bill.
It is important that the nature and general scope of S. 3336 be made
absolutely clear. The bill under consideration would not change
Puerto Rico's fundamental political, social, and economic relationship
to the United States. Those sections of the Organic Act of Puerto
Rico pertaining to the political, social, and economic relationship of
the United States and Puerto Rico concerning such matters as the
applicability of United States laws, customs, internal revenue, Federal
judicial jurisdiction in Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican representation by
a Resident Commissioner, etc., would remain in force and effect, and
upon enactment of S. 3336 would be referred to as the Puerto Rican
Federal Relations Act. The sections of the organic act which section
5 of the bill would repeal are the provisions of the act concerned
primarily with the organization of the local executive, legislative, and
judicial branches of the government of Puerto Rico and other matters
of purely local concern.
One further point of clarification. This bill does not commit the
Congress, either expressly or by implication, to the enactment of
statehood legislation for Puerto Rico in the future. Nor will it in
any way preclude a future determination by the Congress of Puerto
Rico's ultimate political status.
The United States has never made any promise to the people of
Puerto Rico, or to Spain from whom Puerto Rico was acquired, that
Puerto Rico would eventually be admitted into the Union. In fact,
our commitment with respect to Puerto Rico and to the other areas
«eded by Spain under the Treaty of Paris differed considerably from
commitments made with respect to previously acquired areas, and
lands constituted as Territories. Our practice in this regard is
reviewed briefly to show the difference. •
During 1781 to 1802, the Original Thirteen States ceded to the
Federal Government certain lands reaching out as far west as the
Mississippi, and lying north and south of the Ohio River. These
lands were divided into two large areas, lmown as the Northwest
Territory and the Southwest Territory, respectively. The Northwest
Ordinance enacted. by the Congress for the government of the Northwest
Territory and under which the Territory was incorporated into
the Union, set the pattern for organic legislation for all of the Territories
established on the mainland which now' comprise the United
States. The Northwest Ordinance granted the people of the Northwest
Territory certain basic personal and political rights; it established
a form of government for the Territory; it outlined the Territory's
future political status. It did the latter by expressly providing that
when the population in any of the districts into which the Territory
was divided should have reached a certain figure, the district was to.
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GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO
be admitted into the Union as a State. This promise of future statehood
upon the fulfillment of certain conditions was included in the
organic legislation for other contiguous territories of the United States,
such as the Southwest Territory, the Territory of Orleans which was
set up in the land acquired by the Louisiana Purchase, and so on.
To these areas the Constitution and laws of the United States were
extended, thus incorporating them into the Union.
In due course the promise of statehood was fulfilled for each of these
areas. Alaska and Hawaii differ from these early Territories only in
the fact that they are noncontiguous to the mainland. The organic
legislation provided for them is very similar to the organic legislation
of the mainland Territories. The Constitution and laws of the
United States were extended to Alaska and Hawaii and, therefore,
just as in the case of the other incorporated Territories which became
States, Alaska and Hawaii have a claim to statehood. Admission of
Alaska and Hawaii, now incorporated Territories, to statehood, would
complete the pattern set by the Northwest Ordinance and carried over
by the organic legislation of the Territories on the mainland, that a
Territory once incorporated is destined for ultimate statehood.
Alaska and Hawaii are our only remaining incorporated Territories.
We have given neither an expressed nor an implied pledge of incorporation
or of statehood to the people of any of the other non-selfgoverning
Territories under our jurisdiction. Puerto Rico has not
been so incorporated. Puerto Rico is "unincorporated Territory."
The Constitution has never been extended to Puerto Rico. Puerto
Rico does not, therefore, have the claim of statehood which the mainland
Territories in Alaska and Hawaii have.
In conclusion, it is the feeling of this committee that the people of
Puerto Rico have demonstrated by their intelligent administration of
local governmental activities, by their extensive use of the franchise,
and by their high degree of political consciousness, that they are
eminently qualified to assume greater responsibilities of local selfgovernment.
The extent and nature of the political, economic, and social development
of Puerto Rico warrants the advancement in self-government
which S. 3336 would make possible. Such action by the Congress
would be a clear expression of our esteem for the people of Puerto Rico.
It would be a fundamental contribution to the art and practice of the
government and administration of Territories under the sovereignty
-of the United States. Finally, enactment of S. 3336 would stand forth
as a concrete demonstration to the nations of Latin America and the
world, and especially the people of Puerto Rico, that the United States
translates its principles of democracy and self-determination into
action.
The Committee on Public Lands unanimously recommends the
enactment of S. 3336.
The favorable reports of the Department of the Interior, the Department
of State, and the Bureau of the Budget, addressed to the Senate
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, are as follows:
GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO 5
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,
Washington 25, D. C., May 19, 1950.
Hon. JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY,
Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs,
United States Senate, Washington, D. C.
My DEAR SENATOR O'MAHONEY: This is in reply to your request for the views
of this Department on S. 3336, a bill to provide for the organization of a constitutional
government by the people of Puerto Rico.
I strongly urge the enactment of S. 3336, with the amendment suggested.
It is important at the outset to avoid any misunderstanding as to the nature and
general scope of the proposed legislation. Let me say that enactment of S. 3336
will in no way commit the Congress to the enactment of statehood legislation for
Puerto Rico in the future. Nor will it in any way preclude a future determination
by the Congress of Puerto Rico's ultimate political status. The bill merely authorizes
the people of Puerto Rico to adopt their own constitution and to organize a
local government which, under the terms of S. 3336, would be required to be repubican
in form and contain the fundamental civil guaranties of a bill of rights.
The framework of Puerto Rico's government has been prescribed by the
Congress, by the enactment in 1917 of the Organic Act of Puerto Rico. This
organic act established a popularly elected legislature with broad powers in local
legislative matters, and provided for an executive branch and a judicial branch of
the government. It authorized the people of Puerto Rico to elect a representative
to the Congress, accredited to the House of Representatives, with power to
serve on committees, to introduce legislation, and to be heard on the floor of the
House, but with no power to vote. Under the organic act the people of Puerto
Rico were made citizens of the nited States, and had their civil rights guaranteed
by a section of the act which closely paralleled the language of the Bill of Rights of
the Constitution.
Since the enactment of the organic act, the most notable step taken by the
Congress toward granting Puerto Rico an increased measure of local self-government
was in 1947, when it permitted the people of Puerto Rico to elect their Governor
and permitted the Governor to select the members of his cabinet, except
for the auditor of Puerto Rico, who remains a Presidential appointee.
S. 3336 would be a further implementation of the self-government principle
adopted by the Congress. It would permit the substitution, by action of the
people of Puerto Rico, of a constitution of their own choosing for the present
"constitution", the organic act, which was handed to them by the Congress.
The bill under consideration would not change Puerto Rico's political, social,
and economic relationship to the United States. Those sections of the Organic
Act of Puerto Rico pertaining to the political, social, and economic relationship
of the United States and Puerto Rico concerning such matters as the applicability
of United States laws, customs, internal revenue, Federal judicial jurisdiction
in Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican representation in the Congress by a Resident
Commissioner, etc., would remain in force and effect, and upon enactment of
S. 3336 would be referred to as the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act. The
sections of the organic act which section 5 of the bill would repeal are the provisions
of the act concerned primarily with the organization of the local executive,
legislative, and judicial branches of the government of Puerto Rico and other
matters of purely local concern. These matters would be provided for in any
constitution adopted and any local government organized by the people of Puerto
Rico.
For your convenience, I enclose a brief analysis indicating the general nature
of the sections of the organic act which would, and those which would not, be
repealed by S. 3336. It is suggested that the bill be amended by striking out
the number "55" appearing on page 3, line 15. No repeal of section 55 of the
Organic Act of Puerto Rico would be required since that section has already been
repealed by section 39 of title 28 of the United States Code (62 Stat. 992).
The eloquent testimony of Gov. Luis Munoz-Marfn before the Senate Interior
and Insular Affairs Committee in behalf of this legislation is a reflection of the very
strong sentiment which exists in Puerto Rico for a greater measure of local
autonomy. The people of Puerto Rico have demonstrated by their high degree of
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political consciousness, by their extensive use of the franchise, and by their successful
and intelligent administration of local governmental activities, that they are
eminently qualified to assume greater responsibility of self-government.
The time has come to permit the people of Puerto Rico to adopt their own
constitution. Enactment of S. 3336 would be a reaffirmation by the Congress of
the self-government principle which has been the cornerstone of United States
policy toward its Territories. Such action by the Congress would be a clear
expression of our esteem for the people of Puerto Rico. It would also be a concrete
demonstration to the nations of the world, and especially the people of
Puerto Rico, at a time when territorial administration is a matter of constant
discussion in the United Nations, that the United States translates its principles
of democracy and self-determination into action.
The Bureau of the Budget has advised that enactment of this legislation would
be fully in accord with the program of the President.
Sincerely yours,
OSCAR L. CHAPMAN,
SlXretary of the Interior.
GENERAL NATURE OF SECTIONS OR PARTS OF SECTIONS OF THE ORGANIC ACT WHICH
WOULD REMAIN IN FORCE A D EFFECT A D UPON ENACTMENT OF S. 3336 WOULD
BE KNOWN AS THE PUERTO RICAN FEDERAL RELATIONS ACT
Section 1: Provides that the organic act shall apply to the island of Puerto
Rico and adjacent islands.
Section 2: Comity clause.
Section 3: Prohibits export duties; permits imposition by the insular government
of internal revenue and other taxes; permits the issuance of bonds, but
limits indebtedness; provides for the exemption of bonds issued pursuant to this
section from taxation.
Section 5 (a) (b) (c): Contains United States citizenship provisions for Puerto
Ricans.
Section 6: Provides that the expenses of the insular government shall, except
for United States public works, be paid out of the insular treasury.
Section 7: Provides for the transfer of property to Puerto Rico ceded by Spain
to the United States; also provides for the mutual transfer of property between
the United States and Puerto Rico.
Section 8: Contains provisions relating to the jurisdiction of the United States
and Puerto Rico with respect to harbor areas, navigable streams, bodies of water,
and submerged lands in and around Puerto Rico.
Section 9: Provides that United States laws, except the internal revenue laws,
are applicable to Puerto Rico, except where locally inapplicable; also contains
proviso returning the internal revenue taxes to Puerto Rico.
Section 10: Provides that all judicial process in Puerto Rico shall run in the
name of the United States or the people of Puerto Rico; also provides for an oath
of allegiance.
Section 11: Provides that reports by the Governor and insular departments
are to be made to the Federal agency designated by the President to have administrative
jurisdiction over Puerto Rico.
Section 36: Contains provisions relating to the election, eligibility, salary,
allowances, etc., of the Resident Commissioner.
Section 37 (part): Defines the extent of the legislative authority of the Legis~
lature of Puerto Rico.
Section 38 (part): Declares the Interstate Commerce Act and certain other
Federal acts inapplicable in Puerto Rico.
Section 41: Contains provisions relating to the United States District Court
for the District of Puerto Rico and the judge and officials of that court.
Section 42: Provides that the laws of the United States relating to appeals
certiorari, removal of causes, and other matters or proceedings as between the
courts of the United States and the courts of the several States shall govern in
such matters and proceedings as between the United States District Court for
the District of Puerto Rico and the courts of Puerto Rico. It also provides that
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-all pleadings and proceedings in the United States District Court for the District
.of Puerto Rico shall be conducted in the English language.
Section 44: Prescribes qualifications for jurors selected to serve in the United
States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
Section 45: Provides for disposal of fees, fines, etc., collected in the United
States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
Section 48: Provisions relating to writs of habeas corpus to be issued by the
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, and the United States District Court for the
District of Puerto Rico; and writs of mandamus to be issued by the United States
District Court for the District of Puerto Rico; declares that suits restraining
assessment or collection of taxes imposed by the laws of Puerto Rico are outside
the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto
Rico.
Section 54: Provides for the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments
.affecting land situated in the District of Columbia or any other Territory or
possession of the United States.
Section 58: Provides for the continuation of United States laws applicable to
Puerto Rico which are not inconsistent with the organic act; also repeals all
United States laws which are applicable to Puerto Rico but inconsistent with
the organic act. .
GENERAL NATURE OF SECTIO S OR PARTS OF SECTIONS OF THE ORGANIC ACT TO
BE REPEALED BY S. 3336
Section 2: Contains a bill of rights and other provisions of a protective nature.
Section 4: Provides that the capital of Puerto Rico shall be at the city of
San Juan.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT OF PUERTO RICO
Section 12: Contains provisions relating to the election, tenure, qualifications,
-and powers of the Governor of Puerto Rico.
Section 12a: Prescribes procedure for impeachment of the Governor of Puerto
Rico.
Section 13: Creates the executive depp,rtments of the government of Puerto Rico.
Section 14: Prescribes the duties and authority of the attorney general.
Section 15: Prescribes the duties and authority of the treasurer of Puerto Rico.
Section 16: Prescribcs the duties and authority of the commissioner of interior.
Section 17: Prescribes the duties and authority of the commissioner of edu-
·cation.
Section 18: Prescribes the duties and authority of the commissioner of agricul-ture
and commerce.
Section 18a: Prescribes the duties and authority of the commissioner of labor.
Section 19: Prescribes the duties and authority of the commissioner of health.
Section 20: Prescribes the duties and authority of the auditor.
Section 21: Provides for appeal to the Governor from decisions of the auditor.
Section 22: Provides for appointment of the executive secretary to the Gov-
-ernor, and prescribes his duties and authority.
Section 23: Provides for the transmission to the Congress of laws enacted by the
Legislature of Puerto Rico.
Section 24: Provides for succession to the office of Governor in the event of a
vacancy in that office.
PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Section 25: Vests local legislative powers in a bicameral legislature consisting
of a senate and house of representatives designated as "The Legislature of
Puerto Rico."
Section 26: Contains provisions relating to the election, number, qualifications,
and term of office of members of the senate of Puerto Rico, and prescribes the
powers of the senate.
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Section 27: Contains provisions relating to the election, number, qualifications,
and term of office of members of the house of representatives of Puerto Rico, and
prescribes the powers of the house of representatives.
Section 28: Provides for the division of Puerto Rico into representative and
senatorial districts.
Section 29: Provides for quadrennial elections.
Section 30: Provides a 4-year term of office for senators and representatives,
and prescribes the method of filling vacancies.
Section 31: Provides a per diem and mileage allowance for senators and
representatives.
Section 32: Provides that the senate and house of representatives, respectively,
shall be the sole judges of the elections, returns, and qualifications of their
members. •
Section 33: Provides for regular and special sessions of the Legislature of Puerto
Rico.
Section 34: Contains provisions relating to the legislative procedures to be
followed in the Legislature of Puerto Rico, also contains provisions with respect to
the approval or veto of legislation by the Governor of Puerto Rico, and approval
or disapproval by the President of the United States of enactments of the Legislature
of Puerto Rico.
Section 35: Prescribes the qualifications of voters.
Section 37: The portion of this section to be repealed prohibits the creation of
additional executive departments by the Legislature of Puerto Rico, but permits
the consolidation or abolition of departments with the consent of the President
of the United States.
Section 38: Contains provisions relating to the organization and functions of
the Public Service Commission of Puerto Rico.
Section 39: Contains provisions relating to the issuance of franchises and
privileges, and other miscellaneous matters.
Section 40: Contains provisions relating to local courts of Puerto Rico.
Section 49: Provides for the appointment by the Governor of Puerto Rico of
certain court officers not subject to Presidential appointment.
Section 49 (b): Contains provisions relating to the position of coordinator of
Federal agencies in Puerto Rico.
Section 50: Contains provisions relating to the payment of salaries of officials
of Puerto Rico. .
Section 51: Contains provisions relating to the payment of salaries of municipal
officials of Puerto Rico.
Section 52: Contains provisions relating to the continuation of incumbents of
offices at the time the Organic Act of 1917 was passed.
Section 53: Permits the Governor of Puerto Rico to reorganize bureaus within
various departments.
Section 56: Contains provisions relating to the continuance of the legislative
and executive functions of the government of Puerto Rico until the Organic Act
of 1917 becomes effective.
Section 57: Provides for the continuance of the laws and ordinances of Puerto
Rico in force and effect at the time the organic act became effective until such
time as they are altered, amended, or repealed pursuant to the legislative authorit~·
conferred upon the Legislature of Puerto Rico by the organic act.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, April 24, 1950.
Hon. JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY,
Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs,
United States Senate.
My DEAR SENATOR O'MAHONEY: This is in further reply to your letter of
April 1, 1950, which was acknowledged April 4, 1950, transmitting for the comment
of the Department of State, a copy of S. 3336, to provide for the organization
of a constitutional government by the people of Puerto Rico.
The Department of State believes it to be of the greatest importance that the
Puerto Rican people be authorized to frame their own constitution as provided
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GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO 9
JACK K. McFALL,
Assistant Secretary
(For the Secretary of State).
for in S. 3336, in order that formal consent of the Puerto Ricans may be given to
their present relationship to the United States.
It is believed that, with their own constitution, the high degree of internal selfgovernment
which the Puerto Ricans today enjoy in their voluntary association
with the United States, will assume for them an added significance. Moreover,
such action by our Government would be in keeping with the democratic principles
of the United States and with our obligations under the Charter of the United
Nations to take due account of the political aspirations of the people in our Territories
and to develop self-government in them.
In view of the importance of "colonialism" and "imperialism" in anti-American
propaganda, the Department of State feels that S. 3336 would have great value
as a symbol of the basic freedom enjoyed by Puerto Rico, within the larger framework
of the United States of America.
The Department has be@fi informed by the Bureau of the Budget that bills
providing for the drawing up and adoption of a constitution by the people of
Puerto Rico (S. 3336 and H. R. 7674) would be fully in accord with the program
of the President.
Sincerely yours,
F. J. LAWTON, Director.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,
BUREAU OF THE BUDGET,
Washington 25, D. C., April 18, 1950.
Hon. JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY,
United States Senate, Washington, D. C.
My DEAR SENATOR O'MAHONEY: Thjs is in reply to your request of April 1,
1950, for a report on S. 3336, a bill to provide for the organization of a constitutional
government for the people of Puerto Rico.
This bill, and the almost identical House bill, H. R. 7674, would permit people
of Puerto Rico to draw up their own constitution within the existing relationship
of Puerto Rico to the Federal Government. The people of Puerto Rico have
exercised progressively greater powers of self-government, and enactment of
legislation permitting them to adopt their own constitution would mark another
significant step in the political progress of this island as a part of America. In
view of these objectives, enactment of S. 3336 would be fully in accord with the
program of the President.
Sincerely yours,
ApPENDIX A
Pursuant to the provisions of clause 2a, rule XIII, of the Rules of
the House of Representatives, proposed 'changes in existing law are
indicated below with the matter proposed to be omitted in black
brackets and the new matter proposed to be inserted in italics:
ACT OF CONGRESS OF MARCH 2,1917, AS AMENDED (39 STAT. 951; 48 U. S. C. 731)
ORGANIC ACT
AN ACT To pro\'idl . '-i\'il government for Puerto Rico, and for other purposes
Be it enacted by the Sen, 'lnd House of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress a,vsembled:
That the provisions of this Act shall apply to the Island of Puerto Rico and to
the adjacent islands belonging to the United States, and waters of those islands'
and the name Puerto Rico as used in this Act shall be held to include not only th~
island of that name but all the adjacent islands as aforesaid.
IL Rept. 2275,81-2----2
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BILL OF RIGHTS
.Section 2.-[That no law shall be enacted in Puerto Rico which shall deprive
allY person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law or denv to any
person therein the equal protection of the laws. ,.
[That in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to have the
assistance of counsel for his defense, to be informed of the nature and cause of the
accusation, to have a copy thereof, to have a speedy and public trial, to be confronted
with the witnesses against him, and to have compulsory process for obtaining
witnesses in his favor.
[That no person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense without due
process of law; and no person for the same offense shall be twice put in jeopardy
of punishment, nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against
himself.
[That all persons shall before conviction be bailable by sufficient sureties, ex-cept
for capital offenses when the proof is evident or the presumption great.
[That no law impairing the obligation of contracts shall be enacted.
[That no person shall be imprisoned for debt.
[That the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless
when in case of rebellion, insurrection, or invasion the public safety may require
it, in either of which events the same may be suspended by the President, or by
the Governor, whenever during such period the necessity for such suspension shall
exist.
[That no ex post facto law or bill of attainder shall be enacted.
[Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use except upon
payment of just compensation ascertained in the manner provided by law.
[Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to limit the power of the
Legislature to enact laws for the protection of the lives, health, or safety of employees.
[That no law granting a title of nobility shall be enacted, and no person holding
any office of profit or trust under the Government of Puerto Rico shall, without
the consent of the Congress of the United States, accept any present, emolument,
office, or title of any kind whatever from any king, queen, prince, or foreign State,
or any officer thereof.
[That excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel
and unusual punishments inflicted.
[That the right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures shall
not be violated.
[That no warrant for arrest or search shall issue but upon probable cause,
supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be
searched and the persons or things to bc seized.
[That slavery shall not exist in Puerto Rico.
[That involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the
party shall have been duly convicted, shall not exist in Puerto Rico.
[That no law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech or of the press,
or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the Government for
redress of grievances.
[That no law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof, and that the free exercise and enjoyment of
religious profession and WOI'Ship without discrimination or preference shall forever
be allowed, and that no political or religious test other than an oath to support
the Constitution of the United States and the laws of Puerto Rico shall be
required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the Government of
Puerto Rico.
[That no public money or property shall ever be appropriated, applied, donated,
used, directly or indirectly, for the use, benefit, or support of any sect, church,
denomination sectarian institution, or association, or system of religion, or for
the use, benefit, or support of any priest, preacher, minister, or other reli~ious
teacher or dignitary as such. Contracting of polygamous or plural marrIages
hereafter is prohibited.
[That no money shall be paid out of the Treasury except in pursuance of an
appropriation by law, and on warrant drawn by the proper officer in pursuance
thereof.
[That the rule of taxation in Puerto Rico shall be uniform.
[That all money derived from any tax levied or assessed for a special purpose
shall be treated as a special fund in the Treasury and paid out for such purpose
only except upon the approval of the President of the United States.
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[That eight hours shall constitute a day's work in all cases of employment of
laborers and mechanics by and on behalf of the Government of the Island on
public works, except in cases of emergency.
[That the employment of children under the age of fourteen years in any
occupation injurious to health or morale or hazardous to life or limb is hereby
prohibited.]
(Paragraph added by Act of Congress approved August 5,1947:)
The rights. privileges, and immunities of citizens of the United States shall be
respected in Puerto Rico to the same extent as though Puerto Rico were a State
of the Union and subject to the provisions of paragraph 1 of section 2 of article
IV of the Constitution of the United States.
Section 3.-'--That no export duties shall be levied or collected on exports from
Puerto Rico, but taxes and assessments on property, income taxes, internal
revenue, and license fees, and royalties for franchises, privileges, and concessions
may be imposed for the purposes of the insular and municipal governments, respectively,
as may be provided and defined by the Legislature of Puerto Rico; and
when necessary to anticipate taxes and revenues, bonds and other obligations
may be issued by Puerto Rico or any municipal government therein as may be
provided by law, and to protect the public credit; Provided, however, That no
public indebtedness of Puerto Rico and the municipalities of San Juan, Ponce
and Mayagtiez shall be allowed in excess of 10 per centum of the aggregate tax
valuation of its property, and no public indebtedness of any other subdivision or
municipality of Puerto Rico shall hereafter be allowed in excess of 5 per centum
of the aggregate tax valuation of the property in any such subdivision or municipality,
and all bonds issued·by the government of Puerto Rico, or by its authority,
shall be exempt from taxation by the Government of the United States, or by the
government of Puerto Rico or of any political or municipal subdivision thereof,
or by any State, Territory, or possession, or by any county, municipality, or
other municipal subdivision of any State, Territory, or possession of the United
States, or by the District of Columbia. In computing the indebtedness of the
people of Puerto Rico, municipal bonds for the payment of interest and principal
of which the good faith of the people of Puerto Rico has heretofore been pledged and
bonds issued by the people of Puerto Rico secured by bonds to an equivalent
amount of bonds of municipal corporations or school boards of Puerto Rico shall
not be counted, but all bonds hereafter issued by any municipality or subdivision
within the 5 per centum hereby authorized for which the good faith of the people
of Puerto Rico is pledged shall be counted.'
And it is further provided, That the internal-revenue taxes levied by the Legislature
of Puerto Rico in pursuance of the authority granted by tbis Act on articles,
goods, wares, or marcbandise may be levied and collected as such legislature may
direct, on the articles subject to said tax, as soon as the same are manufactured,
sold, used, or brought into the Island; Provided, That no discrimination be made
between the articles imported from the United States or foreign countries and
similar articles produced or manufactured in Puerto Rico. The officials of the
Customs and Postal Services of the United States are herebv directed to assist the
appropriate officials of the Puerto Rican government in the collection of these
taxes.
[Section 4.-That the capital of Puerto Rico shall be at the city of San Juan,
and the seat of Government shall be maintained there.]
Section 5.2-That all citizens of Puerto Rico, as defined by section seven of the
Act of April twelfth, nineteen hundred, "temporarily to provide revenues and a
civil government for Puerto Rico, and for other purposes", and all natives of
I By Public No. 236 tH. R. 8209) 74th Congress, approved August 3, 1935, refunding bonds of tbe Government
of Puerto Rico shall not be included in computing the public indebtedness under this section, until
6 months after their issue, and
By Public 264 (S. 1227) 74th Congress, approved August 13, 1935, bonds or other obligations of Puerto Rico
or any municipal government therein, payable solely from revenues derived from any public improvemen't
or undertaking and issued and sold to the United States ofAmerica or any agency or instrumentality thereof,
shall not be considered public indebtedness within the meaning of this section.
'Nationality Act of 1940-Public No. 853-76th Congress-approved October 14, 1940, efTective 90 days
thereafter. "Sec. 202.-All persons born in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899, subject to the jurisdiction
of the United States, residing on the efTective date of this Act in Puerto Rico or other territory over which the
United States exercises ri~hts of sovereignty and not citizens of the United States under any other Act, are
hereby declared to be citizens of the United States.
"Sec. 322. A person born in Puerto Rico of alien parents, referred to in the last para~raph of section 5,
Act of March 2,1917 (U. S. C., title 8, sec. 5), and in section 5 a, of the said Act, as amended by section 2 of
the Act of March 4, 1927 (U. S. C., title 8, sec. 5 a), who did not exercise tho privilege granted of becoming a
citizen of the United States, may make the declaration provided in said paragraph at any time, and from
and after the making of such declaration shall be a citizen of the United States."
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12 GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico who were temporarily absent from that island on April eleventh,
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and have since returned and are permanently
residing in that island, and are not citizens of any foreign country, are hereby
declared, and shall be deemed and held to be, citizens of the United States;
Provided, That any person hereinbefore described may retain his present political
status by making a declaration, under oath, of his decision to do so within six
months of the taking effect of this Act before the district court in the district in
which he resides, the declaration to be in form as follows:
"I, , being duly sworn, hereby declare my intention not to become a
citizen of the United States as provided in the Act of Congress conferring United
States citizenship upon citizens of Puerto Rico and certain natives permanently
residing in said island."
In the case of any such person who may be absent from the island during said
six months the term of this proviso may be availed of by transmitting a declaration,
under oath, in the form herein provided within six months of the taking
effect of this Act to the Executive Secretary of Puerto Rico; And provided, further,
That any person who is born in Puerto Rico of an alien parent and is permanently
residing in that island may, if of full age, within six months of the taking effect
of this Act, or if a minor, upon reaching his majority, or within one year thereafter,
make a sworn declaration of allegiance to the United States before the United
States District Court for Puerto Rico, setting forth therein all the facts connected
with his or her birth and residence in Puerto Rico and accompanying due proof
thereof, and from and after the making of such declaration shall be considered
to be a citizen of the United States.
Section 5a.-That all citizens of the United States who have resided or who shall
hereafter reside in the island for one year shall be citizens of Puerto Rico: Provided,
That personsb orn in Puerto Rico of alien parents, referred to in the lallt paragraph
of section 5, who did not avail themselves of the privilege granted to them of becoming
citizens of the United States, shall have a period of one year from the
approval of this Act to make the declaration provided for in the aforesaid section:
And provided, further, That persons who elected to retain the political status of
citizens of Puerto Rico may within one year after the passage of this Act become
citizens of the United States upon the same terms and in the same manner as is
provided for the naturalization of native Puerto Ricans born of foreign parents.
Section 5b.-All persons born in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899 (whether
before or after the effective date of this Act) and not citizens, subjects, or nationals
of any foreign power, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States:
Provided, That this Act shall not be construed as depriving any person, native
of Puerto Rico, of his or her American citizenship heretofore otherwise lawfully
acquired by such person; or to extend such citizenship to persons who shall
have renounced or lost it under the treaties and/or laws of the United Slates or
who are now residing permanently abroad and are citizens or subjects of a foreign
country: And provided, further, That any woman, native of Puerto Rico and permanently
residing therein, who, prior to March 2, 1917, had lost her American
nationality by reason of her marriage to an alien eligible to citizenship, or by
reason of the loss of the United States citizenship by her husband, may be naturalized
under the provisions of section 4 of the Act of September 22, 1922, entitled
"An Act relative to the naturalization and citizenship of married women", as
amended.
SectiO!l 5c.-That any person of good character, attached to the principles of
the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and
happiness of the United States, and born in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899,
who has continued to reside within the jurisdiction of the United States whose
father elected on or before April 11, 1900, to preserve his allegiance to the Crown
of Spain in accordance with the provisions of the treaty of peace between the
United States and Spain entered into on April 11, 1899, and who, by reason of
misinformation regarding his or her own citizenship status failed within the time
limits prescribed by section 5 or section 5a hereof to exercise the privilege of
establishingUnited States citizenship and has heretofore erroneously but in good
faith exercised the rights and privileges and performed the duties of a citizen of
the United States, and has not personally sworn allegiance to any foreign government
or ruler upon or after attainment of majority, may make a sworn declaration
of allegiance to the United States before any United States district court. Such
declaration shall set forth facts concerning his or her birth in Puerto Rico, good,
character, attachment to the principles of the Constitution of the United States,
and being well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States,
residence within the jurisdiction of the United States, and misinformation regard-
GOVEiRNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO 13
ing United States citizenship status, and shall be accompanied by proof thereof
satisfactory to the court. After making such declaration and submitting such
proofs, such person shall be admitted to take the oath of allegiance before the
court, and thereupon shall be considered a citizen of the United States.
Section 6.-That all expenses that may be incurred on account of the Government
of Puerto Rico for salaries of officials and the conduct of their offices and
departments, and all expenses and obligations contracted for the internal improvement
or development of the island, not, however, including defenses, barracks,
harbors, lighthouses, buoys, and other works undertaken by the United States,
shall except as otherwise specifically provided by the Congress, be paid by the
Treasurer of Puerto Rico out of the revenue in his custody.
Section 7.-That all property which may have been acquired in Puerto Rico
by the United States under the cession of Spain in the treaty of peace entered into
on the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, in any public
bridges, road houses, water powers, highways, unnavigable streams and the beds
thereof, subterranean waters, mines or minerals under the surface of private
lands, all property which at the time of the cession belonged, under the laws of
Spain then in force, to the various harbor works boards of Puerto Rico, all the
harbor shores, docks, slips, reclaimed lands, and all public lands and buildings
not heretofore reserved by the United States for public purposes, is hereby placed
under the control of the Government of Puerto Rico, to be administered for the
benefit of the people of Puerto Rico; and the Legislature of Puerto Rico shall
have authority, subject to the limitations imposed upon all its acts, to legislate.
with respect to all such matters as it may deem advisable. Pl'ovided, That the
President may from time to time, in his discretion, convey to the people of Puerto
Rico such lands, buildings, or interests in lands or other propertv now owned
by the United States and within the territorial limits of Puerto Rico as in his
opinion are no longer needed for purposes of the United States. And he may
from time to time accept by legislative grant from Puerto Rico any lands, buildings~
Tor other interests or property which may be needed for public purposes by
the united States.!
Section S.-That the harbor areas and navigable streams and bodies of water
and submerged land underlying the same in and around the Island of Puerto Rico
and the adjacent islands and waters, now owned by the United States and not
reserved by the United States for public purposes be, and the same are hereby,
placed under the control of the Government of Puerto Rico, to be administered
in the same manner and subject to the same limitations as the property enumerated
in the preceding section: Provided, That all laws of the United States
for the protection and improvement of the navigable waters of the United States
and the preservation of the interests of navigation and commerce, except so far
as the same may be locally inapplicable, shall apply to said Island and waters
and to its adjacent islands and waters: Provided, jurther, That nothing in this Act
contained shall be construed so as to affect or impair in any manner the terms or
conditions of any authorizations, permits, or other powers heretofore lawfully
granted or exercised in or in respect of said waters and submerged land in and
su,rrounding said Island and its adjacent islands by the Secretary of War or other
authorized officer or agent of the United States: And provided, jurther, That the Act
of Congress approved June eleventh nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An Act
to empower the Secretary of War, under certain restrictions, to authorize the construction,
extension, and maintenance of wharves, piers, and other structures on
lands underlying harbor areas in navigable streams and bodies of water in or
surrounding Puerto Rico and the islands adjacent thereto," and all other laws
and parts of laws in conflict with this section be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Section 9.-That the statutory laws of the United States not locally inapplicable,
except as hereinbefore or hereinafter otherwise provided, shall have the same
force and effect in Puerto Rico aa in the United States, except the internalrevenue
laws: Provided, however, That hereafter all taxes collected under the
internal-revenue laws of the United States on articles produced in Puerto Rico
and transported to the United States, or consumed in the Island shall be covered
into the Treasury of Puerto Rico.
Section IO.-That all judicial process shall run in the name of "United States of
America, 88, the President of the United States," and all penal or criminal prosecution
in the local courts shall be conducted in the name and by the authority of
1 Tbis proviso is in force and effect except AS to Federal propezty tbe title of wbicb is vested in tbe War
Department. Under tbe Camp Tav!or prom,o (46 Stat. 1191), approved February 20, 1931, it is provided:
"Hereafter no real estAte of tbe War Department sball be sold or disposed of witbout autbority of Congress
and all acts in conflict berewitb are repealed."
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14 GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO
"The People of Puerto Rico"; and all officials shall be citizens of the United States,
and, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, shall take an oath
to support the Constitution of the United States, and the laws of Puerto Rico.
Section n.-That all reports required by law to be made by the Governor or
heads of departments to any official of the United States shall hereafter be made to
an executive department of the Government of the United States to be designated
by the President, and the President is hereby authorized to place all matters pertaining
to the Government of Puerto Rico in the jurisdiction of such department.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
[Section 12.-That the supreme executive power shall be vested in an executive
officer, whose official title shall be "The Governor of Puerto Rico." At the general
election in 1948 and each such election quadrennially thereafter the Governor of
Puerto Rico shall be elected by the qualified voters of Puerto Rico and shall hold
office for a term of four years commencing on the 2d day of January following
the date of the election and until his successor is elected and qualified. 0 person
shall be eligible as Governor unless at the time of the election he is a citizen
of the United States, is at least thirty years of age, is able to read and write the
English language, and has been a bona fide resident of Puerto Rico during the
immediately preceding two years. Such election shall be held in the manner now
or hereafter provided by law for the election of the Resident Commissioner. The
·Governor shall reside in Puerto Rico during his official incumbency and maintain
his office at the seat of Government. He shall have general supervision and control
of all the departments and bureaus of the Government in Puerto Rico, so far
as is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and shall be commander in
chief of the militia. He may grant pardons and reprieves and remit fines and
forfeitures for offenses against the laws of Puerto Rico, and respites for all offenses
against the laws of the United States until the decision of the President can be
ascertained, and may veto any legislation enacted as hereinafter provided. He
shall commission all officers that he may be authorized to appoint. He shall be
responsible for the faithful execution of the laws of Puerto Rico and of the United
States applicable in Puerto Rico, and whenever it becomes necessary he may call
upon the commanders of the military and naval forces of the United States in the
Island or summon the posse comitatus, or call out the militia to prevent or suppress
lawless violence, invasion, insurrection, or rebellion, and he may, in case of rebellion
or invasion, or imminent danger thereof, when the public safety requires it,
suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, or place the Island or any part
thereof, under martial law until communication can be had with the President and
the President's decision therein made known. He shall annually, and at such
other times as he may be required, make official report of the transactions of the
Government of Puerto Rico to the executive department of the Government of the
United States to be designated by the President as herein provided, and his said
annual report shall be transmitted to Congress, and he shall perform such additional
duties and functions as may in pursuance of law be delegated to him by the
President.]
[Section 12a.-The Governor shall be removed from office on impeachment
for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
The house of representatives of Puerto Rico shall have the sole power of impeachment.
Impeachment shall require the concurrence of two-thirds of all of the
members of the house of representatives. The senate of Puerto Rico shall have
the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose they
shall be on oath or affirmation and the chief justice of the supreme court of
Puerto Rico shall preside. No person shall be convicted without the concurrence
of three-fourths of all the members of the senate. Judgment in cases of impeachment
shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification
to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the government of
Puerto Rico. The person convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject
to indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment according to law.]
[Section 13.-That the following executive departments are hereby created:
A Department of Justice, the head of which shall be designated as the Attorney
General; a Department of Finance, the head of which shall be designated as the
Treasurer; a Department of Interior, the head of which shall be designated as
the Commissioner of the Interior; a Department of Education, the head of which
shall be designated as the Commissioner of Education; a Department of Agri(
lulture and Commerce, the head of which shall be designated as the Commissioner
(If Agriculture and Commerce; a Department of Labor, the head of which shall
GOVEiRNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO 15
be designated as the Commissioner of Labor; and a Department of Health, the
head of which shall be designated as the Commissioner of Health. The heads
of the executive departments set forth in the first sentence of this section shall
be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate
of Puerto Rico. Each shall hold office during the continuance in office of the
Governor by whom he is appointed and until his successor is qualified, unless
sooner removed by the Governor.
[Heads of departments shall reside in Puerto Rico during their official incumbency,
and those appointed by the Governor shall have resided in Puerto Rico
for at least one year prior to their appointment.
[The heads of departments shall collectively form a council to the Governor,
known as the Executive Council. They shall perform, under the general supervision
of the Governor, the duties hereinafter prescribed, or which may hereafter
be prescribed by law, and such other duties, not inconsistent with law, as the
Governor, with the approval of the President, may assign to them; and they shall
make annual and such other reports to the Governor as he may require, which
shall be transmitted to the executive department of the Government of the United
States to be designated by the President as herein provided; Provided, That the
duties herein imposed upon the heads of departments shall not carry with them
any additional compensation.]
[Section 14.-That the Attorney General shall have charge of the administration
of justice in Puerto Rico; he shall be the legal adviser of the Governor and
the heads of departments and shall be responsible for the proper representation
of the people of Puerto Rico or its duly constituted officers in all actions and
proceedings, civil or criminal, in the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico in which the
people of Puerto Rico shall be interested or a party, and he may, if directed by
the Governor or if in his judgment the public interest requires it, represent the
people of Puerto Rico or its duly constituted officers in any other court or before
any other officer or board in any action or proceeding, civil or criminal, in which
the people of Puerto Rico may be a party or be interested. He shall also rerform
such other duties not inconsistent herewith as may be prescribed by law.J
[Section 15.-That the treasurer shall give bond, approved as to form by the
attorney general of Puerto Rico, in such sum as the legislature may require, not
less, however, than the sum of $125,000, with surety or sureties approved by the
governor, and he shall collect and be the custodian of public funds, and shall disburse
the same in accordance with law on warrants si~ned by the auditor and
countersigned by the governor, and perform such other duties as may be provided
by law. He may designate banking institutions in Puerto Rico and the United
States as depositaries of the government of Puerto Rico, subject to such conditions
as may be prescribed by the governor, after they have filed with him satisfactory
evidence of their sound financial condition and have deposited bonds of the United
States or of the government of Puerto Rico or other security satisfactory to the
governor in such amol111ts as may be indicated by him; and no banking institution
shall be designated a depositary of the government of Puerto Rico until the foregoing
conditions have been complied with. Interest on deposits shall be required
and paid into the treasury.]
[Section 16.-That the commissioner of the interior shall superintend all works
of a public nature, have charge of all public buildings, grounds, and lands, except
those belonging to the United States, and shall execute such requirements as may
be imposed by law with respect thereto, and perform such other duties as may be
prescribed by law.]
[Section 17.-That the commissioner of education shall superintend public
instruction throughout Puerto Rico: all proposed disbursements on account thC'l'i"of
must be approved by him, and all courses of study shall be prepared by him,
subject to disapproval by the governor if he desires to act. He shall prepare rl1le~
governing the selection of teachers, and appointments of teachers by local school
boards shall be subject to his approval, and he shall perform such other duties,
not inconsistent with this Act, as may be prescribed by law.]
[Section 18.-That the commissioner of agriculture and commerce shall have
general charge of such bureaus and branches of government as have been or
shall be legally constituted for the study, advancement, and benefit of agriculture,
commerce and other industries; the chief purpose of this department being to
foster, promote, and develop the agricultural interests and the welfare of the
farmers of Puerto Rico; to improve their market conditions, and to advance
their opportunities for profitable sale of their products, and shall perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by law.]
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81sT CONGRESS} HOUSE OF REPRE~$,:~TATIVES {' REPORT ~d Session ,\. _ No. 2275 PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZ TION OF A CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO ' JUNE 19, 1950.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. ASPINALL, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the , following REPORT [To accompany S. 3336] The Committee on Public Lands to whom was referred the bill (S. 3336) to provide for the organization of a constitutional government by the people of Puerto Rico, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL This bill would authorize the people of Puerto Rico to adopt their own constitution and to organize a local government which, under the terms of S. 3336, would be required to be republican in form and contain the fundamental civil guaranties of a bill of rights. Specific provision is made for an island-wide referendum in which the people of Puerto Rico will be given the opportunity to accept or reject this legislative proposal. A provision also is made in the bill for the submission to, and ratification by Congress, of any proposed constitution before it becomes effective, and the bill specifically provides that it shall not become effective until it is approved by a majority of the voters participating in an island-wide referendum. In 1917 the Congress established the framework of Puerto Rico's government by enacting the Organic Act of Puerto Rico. This act f~ / .~ 2 GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO created a popularly elected legislature with broad powers in local legislative matters, and provides for an executive branch and judicial branch of the government. The people of Puerto Rico were authorized to elect a Resident Commissioner, accredited to the Department of State and to be recognized as such Commissioner by all departments of the United States Government. Besides, he has been extended the privileges of membership in the House of Representatives, with power to serve on committees, to introduce legislation, and to be heard on the floor of the House, but with no power to vote. Under the organic act of 1917 the people of Puerto Rico were made citizens of the United States, and their civil rights guaranteed by a bill of rights analogous to the Bill of Rights of the Constitution. The most significant action taken by the Congress, since the enactment of the organic act, toward granting Puerto Rico greater se1£government was in 1947, when it permitted the people of Puerto Rico to elect their governor and permitted the governor to select the members of his cabinet. . By permitting the people of Puerto Rico to formulate and by their own initiative and choice adopt a constitution, S. 3336 would further implement the self-government principle established by the Congress as the cornerstone and fundamental policy governing the relationship of the United States toward territories over which it has jurisdiction. It would, moreover, fulfill in a most exemplary fashion our obligations with respect to Puerto Rico under chapter XI of the charter of the United Nations, relating to the administration of non-se1£governing territories-to develop self-government, to take due account of the political aspirations of the peoples, and to as ist them in the progressive development of their free political institutions, according to the particular circumstances of each territory and its peoples and their varying stages of advancement. The people of Puerto Rico and their representatives have expressed their overwhelming support in favor of legislation which would permit them to adopt a constitution. In the recent election in Puerto Rico the Popular Democratic Party which specifically campaigned in favor of such legislation received approximately 62 percent of the Puerto Rican votes cast in the election, thereby decisively defeating the opposition, including the party running on a platform for the independence of Puerto Rico, and the coalition running on a platform for statehood for Puerto Rico. Further, resolutions were recently passed unanimously in both the senate and house of representatives of the insular legislature in favor of legislation which would permit the adoption of a constitution by the people of Puerto Rico, with only one abstaining vote in each of the houses. A similar bill was introduced in the House by the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico about which this committee received eloquent testimony from Gov. Luis Munoz-Marin, Resident Commissioner Antonio Fern6s-Isern, and other witnesses. This legislation constitutes a reflection of the very strong sentiment which exists in Puerto Rico for a greater measure of local autonomy which this bill represents. The Department of the Interior and th~ GOVER MENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO 8 Department of State have urged in. stro,ng language immediate passage of this measure. Labor organizations, the Chamber of Commerce of Puerto Rico, the justices of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, all the mayors of the 77 municipalities in the island, except one, have supported the bill. It is important that the nature and general scope of S. 3336 be made absolutely clear. The bill under consideration would not change Puerto Rico's fundamental political, social, and economic relationship to the United States. Those sections of the Organic Act of Puerto Rico pertaining to the political, social, and economic relationship of the United States and Puerto Rico concerning such matters as the applicability of United States laws, customs, internal revenue, Federal judicial jurisdiction in Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican representation by a Resident Commissioner, etc., would remain in force and effect, and upon enactment of S. 3336 would be referred to as the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act. The sections of the organic act which section 5 of the bill would repeal are the provisions of the act concerned primarily with the organization of the local executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the government of Puerto Rico and other matters of purely local concern. One further point of clarification. This bill does not commit the Congress, either expressly or by implication, to the enactment of statehood legislation for Puerto Rico in the future. Nor will it in any way preclude a future determination by the Congress of Puerto Rico's ultimate political status. The United States has never made any promise to the people of Puerto Rico, or to Spain from whom Puerto Rico was acquired, that Puerto Rico would eventually be admitted into the Union. In fact, our commitment with respect to Puerto Rico and to the other areas «eded by Spain under the Treaty of Paris differed considerably from commitments made with respect to previously acquired areas, and lands constituted as Territories. Our practice in this regard is reviewed briefly to show the difference. • During 1781 to 1802, the Original Thirteen States ceded to the Federal Government certain lands reaching out as far west as the Mississippi, and lying north and south of the Ohio River. These lands were divided into two large areas, lmown as the Northwest Territory and the Southwest Territory, respectively. The Northwest Ordinance enacted. by the Congress for the government of the Northwest Territory and under which the Territory was incorporated into the Union, set the pattern for organic legislation for all of the Territories established on the mainland which now' comprise the United States. The Northwest Ordinance granted the people of the Northwest Territory certain basic personal and political rights; it established a form of government for the Territory; it outlined the Territory's future political status. It did the latter by expressly providing that when the population in any of the districts into which the Territory was divided should have reached a certain figure, the district was to. 4 7/ GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO be admitted into the Union as a State. This promise of future statehood upon the fulfillment of certain conditions was included in the organic legislation for other contiguous territories of the United States, such as the Southwest Territory, the Territory of Orleans which was set up in the land acquired by the Louisiana Purchase, and so on. To these areas the Constitution and laws of the United States were extended, thus incorporating them into the Union. In due course the promise of statehood was fulfilled for each of these areas. Alaska and Hawaii differ from these early Territories only in the fact that they are noncontiguous to the mainland. The organic legislation provided for them is very similar to the organic legislation of the mainland Territories. The Constitution and laws of the United States were extended to Alaska and Hawaii and, therefore, just as in the case of the other incorporated Territories which became States, Alaska and Hawaii have a claim to statehood. Admission of Alaska and Hawaii, now incorporated Territories, to statehood, would complete the pattern set by the Northwest Ordinance and carried over by the organic legislation of the Territories on the mainland, that a Territory once incorporated is destined for ultimate statehood. Alaska and Hawaii are our only remaining incorporated Territories. We have given neither an expressed nor an implied pledge of incorporation or of statehood to the people of any of the other non-selfgoverning Territories under our jurisdiction. Puerto Rico has not been so incorporated. Puerto Rico is "unincorporated Territory." The Constitution has never been extended to Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico does not, therefore, have the claim of statehood which the mainland Territories in Alaska and Hawaii have. In conclusion, it is the feeling of this committee that the people of Puerto Rico have demonstrated by their intelligent administration of local governmental activities, by their extensive use of the franchise, and by their high degree of political consciousness, that they are eminently qualified to assume greater responsibilities of local selfgovernment. The extent and nature of the political, economic, and social development of Puerto Rico warrants the advancement in self-government which S. 3336 would make possible. Such action by the Congress would be a clear expression of our esteem for the people of Puerto Rico. It would be a fundamental contribution to the art and practice of the government and administration of Territories under the sovereignty -of the United States. Finally, enactment of S. 3336 would stand forth as a concrete demonstration to the nations of Latin America and the world, and especially the people of Puerto Rico, that the United States translates its principles of democracy and self-determination into action. The Committee on Public Lands unanimously recommends the enactment of S. 3336. The favorable reports of the Department of the Interior, the Department of State, and the Bureau of the Budget, addressed to the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, are as follows: GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO 5 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, Washington 25, D. C., May 19, 1950. Hon. JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. My DEAR SENATOR O'MAHONEY: This is in reply to your request for the views of this Department on S. 3336, a bill to provide for the organization of a constitutional government by the people of Puerto Rico. I strongly urge the enactment of S. 3336, with the amendment suggested. It is important at the outset to avoid any misunderstanding as to the nature and general scope of the proposed legislation. Let me say that enactment of S. 3336 will in no way commit the Congress to the enactment of statehood legislation for Puerto Rico in the future. Nor will it in any way preclude a future determination by the Congress of Puerto Rico's ultimate political status. The bill merely authorizes the people of Puerto Rico to adopt their own constitution and to organize a local government which, under the terms of S. 3336, would be required to be repubican in form and contain the fundamental civil guaranties of a bill of rights. The framework of Puerto Rico's government has been prescribed by the Congress, by the enactment in 1917 of the Organic Act of Puerto Rico. This organic act established a popularly elected legislature with broad powers in local legislative matters, and provided for an executive branch and a judicial branch of the government. It authorized the people of Puerto Rico to elect a representative to the Congress, accredited to the House of Representatives, with power to serve on committees, to introduce legislation, and to be heard on the floor of the House, but with no power to vote. Under the organic act the people of Puerto Rico were made citizens of the nited States, and had their civil rights guaranteed by a section of the act which closely paralleled the language of the Bill of Rights of the Constitution. Since the enactment of the organic act, the most notable step taken by the Congress toward granting Puerto Rico an increased measure of local self-government was in 1947, when it permitted the people of Puerto Rico to elect their Governor and permitted the Governor to select the members of his cabinet, except for the auditor of Puerto Rico, who remains a Presidential appointee. S. 3336 would be a further implementation of the self-government principle adopted by the Congress. It would permit the substitution, by action of the people of Puerto Rico, of a constitution of their own choosing for the present "constitution", the organic act, which was handed to them by the Congress. The bill under consideration would not change Puerto Rico's political, social, and economic relationship to the United States. Those sections of the Organic Act of Puerto Rico pertaining to the political, social, and economic relationship of the United States and Puerto Rico concerning such matters as the applicability of United States laws, customs, internal revenue, Federal judicial jurisdiction in Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican representation in the Congress by a Resident Commissioner, etc., would remain in force and effect, and upon enactment of S. 3336 would be referred to as the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act. The sections of the organic act which section 5 of the bill would repeal are the provisions of the act concerned primarily with the organization of the local executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the government of Puerto Rico and other matters of purely local concern. These matters would be provided for in any constitution adopted and any local government organized by the people of Puerto Rico. For your convenience, I enclose a brief analysis indicating the general nature of the sections of the organic act which would, and those which would not, be repealed by S. 3336. It is suggested that the bill be amended by striking out the number "55" appearing on page 3, line 15. No repeal of section 55 of the Organic Act of Puerto Rico would be required since that section has already been repealed by section 39 of title 28 of the United States Code (62 Stat. 992). The eloquent testimony of Gov. Luis Munoz-Marfn before the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee in behalf of this legislation is a reflection of the very strong sentiment which exists in Puerto Rico for a greater measure of local autonomy. The people of Puerto Rico have demonstrated by their high degree of ~ 7.3 6 GOVE~NMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO political consciousness, by their extensive use of the franchise, and by their successful and intelligent administration of local governmental activities, that they are eminently qualified to assume greater responsibility of self-government. The time has come to permit the people of Puerto Rico to adopt their own constitution. Enactment of S. 3336 would be a reaffirmation by the Congress of the self-government principle which has been the cornerstone of United States policy toward its Territories. Such action by the Congress would be a clear expression of our esteem for the people of Puerto Rico. It would also be a concrete demonstration to the nations of the world, and especially the people of Puerto Rico, at a time when territorial administration is a matter of constant discussion in the United Nations, that the United States translates its principles of democracy and self-determination into action. The Bureau of the Budget has advised that enactment of this legislation would be fully in accord with the program of the President. Sincerely yours, OSCAR L. CHAPMAN, SlXretary of the Interior. GENERAL NATURE OF SECTIONS OR PARTS OF SECTIONS OF THE ORGANIC ACT WHICH WOULD REMAIN IN FORCE A D EFFECT A D UPON ENACTMENT OF S. 3336 WOULD BE KNOWN AS THE PUERTO RICAN FEDERAL RELATIONS ACT Section 1: Provides that the organic act shall apply to the island of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Section 2: Comity clause. Section 3: Prohibits export duties; permits imposition by the insular government of internal revenue and other taxes; permits the issuance of bonds, but limits indebtedness; provides for the exemption of bonds issued pursuant to this section from taxation. Section 5 (a) (b) (c): Contains United States citizenship provisions for Puerto Ricans. Section 6: Provides that the expenses of the insular government shall, except for United States public works, be paid out of the insular treasury. Section 7: Provides for the transfer of property to Puerto Rico ceded by Spain to the United States; also provides for the mutual transfer of property between the United States and Puerto Rico. Section 8: Contains provisions relating to the jurisdiction of the United States and Puerto Rico with respect to harbor areas, navigable streams, bodies of water, and submerged lands in and around Puerto Rico. Section 9: Provides that United States laws, except the internal revenue laws, are applicable to Puerto Rico, except where locally inapplicable; also contains proviso returning the internal revenue taxes to Puerto Rico. Section 10: Provides that all judicial process in Puerto Rico shall run in the name of the United States or the people of Puerto Rico; also provides for an oath of allegiance. Section 11: Provides that reports by the Governor and insular departments are to be made to the Federal agency designated by the President to have administrative jurisdiction over Puerto Rico. Section 36: Contains provisions relating to the election, eligibility, salary, allowances, etc., of the Resident Commissioner. Section 37 (part): Defines the extent of the legislative authority of the Legis~ lature of Puerto Rico. Section 38 (part): Declares the Interstate Commerce Act and certain other Federal acts inapplicable in Puerto Rico. Section 41: Contains provisions relating to the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the judge and officials of that court. Section 42: Provides that the laws of the United States relating to appeals certiorari, removal of causes, and other matters or proceedings as between the courts of the United States and the courts of the several States shall govern in such matters and proceedings as between the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the courts of Puerto Rico. It also provides that GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO 7 -all pleadings and proceedings in the United States District Court for the District .of Puerto Rico shall be conducted in the English language. Section 44: Prescribes qualifications for jurors selected to serve in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Section 45: Provides for disposal of fees, fines, etc., collected in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Section 48: Provisions relating to writs of habeas corpus to be issued by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, and the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico; and writs of mandamus to be issued by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico; declares that suits restraining assessment or collection of taxes imposed by the laws of Puerto Rico are outside the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Section 54: Provides for the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments .affecting land situated in the District of Columbia or any other Territory or possession of the United States. Section 58: Provides for the continuation of United States laws applicable to Puerto Rico which are not inconsistent with the organic act; also repeals all United States laws which are applicable to Puerto Rico but inconsistent with the organic act. . GENERAL NATURE OF SECTIO S OR PARTS OF SECTIONS OF THE ORGANIC ACT TO BE REPEALED BY S. 3336 Section 2: Contains a bill of rights and other provisions of a protective nature. Section 4: Provides that the capital of Puerto Rico shall be at the city of San Juan. PROVISIONS RELATING TO EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT OF PUERTO RICO Section 12: Contains provisions relating to the election, tenure, qualifications, -and powers of the Governor of Puerto Rico. Section 12a: Prescribes procedure for impeachment of the Governor of Puerto Rico. Section 13: Creates the executive depp,rtments of the government of Puerto Rico. Section 14: Prescribes the duties and authority of the attorney general. Section 15: Prescribes the duties and authority of the treasurer of Puerto Rico. Section 16: Prescribcs the duties and authority of the commissioner of interior. Section 17: Prescribes the duties and authority of the commissioner of edu- ·cation. Section 18: Prescribes the duties and authority of the commissioner of agricul-ture and commerce. Section 18a: Prescribes the duties and authority of the commissioner of labor. Section 19: Prescribes the duties and authority of the commissioner of health. Section 20: Prescribes the duties and authority of the auditor. Section 21: Provides for appeal to the Governor from decisions of the auditor. Section 22: Provides for appointment of the executive secretary to the Gov- -ernor, and prescribes his duties and authority. Section 23: Provides for the transmission to the Congress of laws enacted by the Legislature of Puerto Rico. Section 24: Provides for succession to the office of Governor in the event of a vacancy in that office. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH Section 25: Vests local legislative powers in a bicameral legislature consisting of a senate and house of representatives designated as "The Legislature of Puerto Rico." Section 26: Contains provisions relating to the election, number, qualifications, and term of office of members of the senate of Puerto Rico, and prescribes the powers of the senate. 8 GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO Section 27: Contains provisions relating to the election, number, qualifications, and term of office of members of the house of representatives of Puerto Rico, and prescribes the powers of the house of representatives. Section 28: Provides for the division of Puerto Rico into representative and senatorial districts. Section 29: Provides for quadrennial elections. Section 30: Provides a 4-year term of office for senators and representatives, and prescribes the method of filling vacancies. Section 31: Provides a per diem and mileage allowance for senators and representatives. Section 32: Provides that the senate and house of representatives, respectively, shall be the sole judges of the elections, returns, and qualifications of their members. • Section 33: Provides for regular and special sessions of the Legislature of Puerto Rico. Section 34: Contains provisions relating to the legislative procedures to be followed in the Legislature of Puerto Rico, also contains provisions with respect to the approval or veto of legislation by the Governor of Puerto Rico, and approval or disapproval by the President of the United States of enactments of the Legislature of Puerto Rico. Section 35: Prescribes the qualifications of voters. Section 37: The portion of this section to be repealed prohibits the creation of additional executive departments by the Legislature of Puerto Rico, but permits the consolidation or abolition of departments with the consent of the President of the United States. Section 38: Contains provisions relating to the organization and functions of the Public Service Commission of Puerto Rico. Section 39: Contains provisions relating to the issuance of franchises and privileges, and other miscellaneous matters. Section 40: Contains provisions relating to local courts of Puerto Rico. Section 49: Provides for the appointment by the Governor of Puerto Rico of certain court officers not subject to Presidential appointment. Section 49 (b): Contains provisions relating to the position of coordinator of Federal agencies in Puerto Rico. Section 50: Contains provisions relating to the payment of salaries of officials of Puerto Rico. . Section 51: Contains provisions relating to the payment of salaries of municipal officials of Puerto Rico. Section 52: Contains provisions relating to the continuation of incumbents of offices at the time the Organic Act of 1917 was passed. Section 53: Permits the Governor of Puerto Rico to reorganize bureaus within various departments. Section 56: Contains provisions relating to the continuance of the legislative and executive functions of the government of Puerto Rico until the Organic Act of 1917 becomes effective. Section 57: Provides for the continuance of the laws and ordinances of Puerto Rico in force and effect at the time the organic act became effective until such time as they are altered, amended, or repealed pursuant to the legislative authorit~· conferred upon the Legislature of Puerto Rico by the organic act. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, April 24, 1950. Hon. JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate. My DEAR SENATOR O'MAHONEY: This is in further reply to your letter of April 1, 1950, which was acknowledged April 4, 1950, transmitting for the comment of the Department of State, a copy of S. 3336, to provide for the organization of a constitutional government by the people of Puerto Rico. The Department of State believes it to be of the greatest importance that the Puerto Rican people be authorized to frame their own constitution as provided 27b GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO 9 JACK K. McFALL, Assistant Secretary (For the Secretary of State). for in S. 3336, in order that formal consent of the Puerto Ricans may be given to their present relationship to the United States. It is believed that, with their own constitution, the high degree of internal selfgovernment which the Puerto Ricans today enjoy in their voluntary association with the United States, will assume for them an added significance. Moreover, such action by our Government would be in keeping with the democratic principles of the United States and with our obligations under the Charter of the United Nations to take due account of the political aspirations of the people in our Territories and to develop self-government in them. In view of the importance of "colonialism" and "imperialism" in anti-American propaganda, the Department of State feels that S. 3336 would have great value as a symbol of the basic freedom enjoyed by Puerto Rico, within the larger framework of the United States of America. The Department has be@fi informed by the Bureau of the Budget that bills providing for the drawing up and adoption of a constitution by the people of Puerto Rico (S. 3336 and H. R. 7674) would be fully in accord with the program of the President. Sincerely yours, F. J. LAWTON, Director. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, Washington 25, D. C., April 18, 1950. Hon. JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. My DEAR SENATOR O'MAHONEY: Thjs is in reply to your request of April 1, 1950, for a report on S. 3336, a bill to provide for the organization of a constitutional government for the people of Puerto Rico. This bill, and the almost identical House bill, H. R. 7674, would permit people of Puerto Rico to draw up their own constitution within the existing relationship of Puerto Rico to the Federal Government. The people of Puerto Rico have exercised progressively greater powers of self-government, and enactment of legislation permitting them to adopt their own constitution would mark another significant step in the political progress of this island as a part of America. In view of these objectives, enactment of S. 3336 would be fully in accord with the program of the President. Sincerely yours, ApPENDIX A Pursuant to the provisions of clause 2a, rule XIII, of the Rules of the House of Representatives, proposed 'changes in existing law are indicated below with the matter proposed to be omitted in black brackets and the new matter proposed to be inserted in italics: ACT OF CONGRESS OF MARCH 2,1917, AS AMENDED (39 STAT. 951; 48 U. S. C. 731) ORGANIC ACT AN ACT To pro\'idl . '-i\'il government for Puerto Rico, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Sen, 'lnd House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress a,vsembled: That the provisions of this Act shall apply to the Island of Puerto Rico and to the adjacent islands belonging to the United States, and waters of those islands' and the name Puerto Rico as used in this Act shall be held to include not only th~ island of that name but all the adjacent islands as aforesaid. IL Rept. 2275,81-2----2 10 GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO BILL OF RIGHTS .Section 2.-[That no law shall be enacted in Puerto Rico which shall deprive allY person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law or denv to any person therein the equal protection of the laws. ,. [That in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to have the assistance of counsel for his defense, to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, to have a copy thereof, to have a speedy and public trial, to be confronted with the witnesses against him, and to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor. [That no person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense without due process of law; and no person for the same offense shall be twice put in jeopardy of punishment, nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself. [That all persons shall before conviction be bailable by sufficient sureties, ex-cept for capital offenses when the proof is evident or the presumption great. [That no law impairing the obligation of contracts shall be enacted. [That no person shall be imprisoned for debt. [That the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in case of rebellion, insurrection, or invasion the public safety may require it, in either of which events the same may be suspended by the President, or by the Governor, whenever during such period the necessity for such suspension shall exist. [That no ex post facto law or bill of attainder shall be enacted. [Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use except upon payment of just compensation ascertained in the manner provided by law. [Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to limit the power of the Legislature to enact laws for the protection of the lives, health, or safety of employees. [That no law granting a title of nobility shall be enacted, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under the Government of Puerto Rico shall, without the consent of the Congress of the United States, accept any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever from any king, queen, prince, or foreign State, or any officer thereof. [That excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. [That the right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated. [That no warrant for arrest or search shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to bc seized. [That slavery shall not exist in Puerto Rico. [That involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall not exist in Puerto Rico. [That no law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the Government for redress of grievances. [That no law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, and that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and WOI'Ship without discrimination or preference shall forever be allowed, and that no political or religious test other than an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the laws of Puerto Rico shall be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the Government of Puerto Rico. [That no public money or property shall ever be appropriated, applied, donated, used, directly or indirectly, for the use, benefit, or support of any sect, church, denomination sectarian institution, or association, or system of religion, or for the use, benefit, or support of any priest, preacher, minister, or other reli~ious teacher or dignitary as such. Contracting of polygamous or plural marrIages hereafter is prohibited. [That no money shall be paid out of the Treasury except in pursuance of an appropriation by law, and on warrant drawn by the proper officer in pursuance thereof. [That the rule of taxation in Puerto Rico shall be uniform. [That all money derived from any tax levied or assessed for a special purpose shall be treated as a special fund in the Treasury and paid out for such purpose only except upon the approval of the President of the United States. GOVE!RNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO 11 [That eight hours shall constitute a day's work in all cases of employment of laborers and mechanics by and on behalf of the Government of the Island on public works, except in cases of emergency. [That the employment of children under the age of fourteen years in any occupation injurious to health or morale or hazardous to life or limb is hereby prohibited.] (Paragraph added by Act of Congress approved August 5,1947:) The rights. privileges, and immunities of citizens of the United States shall be respected in Puerto Rico to the same extent as though Puerto Rico were a State of the Union and subject to the provisions of paragraph 1 of section 2 of article IV of the Constitution of the United States. Section 3.-'--That no export duties shall be levied or collected on exports from Puerto Rico, but taxes and assessments on property, income taxes, internal revenue, and license fees, and royalties for franchises, privileges, and concessions may be imposed for the purposes of the insular and municipal governments, respectively, as may be provided and defined by the Legislature of Puerto Rico; and when necessary to anticipate taxes and revenues, bonds and other obligations may be issued by Puerto Rico or any municipal government therein as may be provided by law, and to protect the public credit; Provided, however, That no public indebtedness of Puerto Rico and the municipalities of San Juan, Ponce and Mayagtiez shall be allowed in excess of 10 per centum of the aggregate tax valuation of its property, and no public indebtedness of any other subdivision or municipality of Puerto Rico shall hereafter be allowed in excess of 5 per centum of the aggregate tax valuation of the property in any such subdivision or municipality, and all bonds issued·by the government of Puerto Rico, or by its authority, shall be exempt from taxation by the Government of the United States, or by the government of Puerto Rico or of any political or municipal subdivision thereof, or by any State, Territory, or possession, or by any county, municipality, or other municipal subdivision of any State, Territory, or possession of the United States, or by the District of Columbia. In computing the indebtedness of the people of Puerto Rico, municipal bonds for the payment of interest and principal of which the good faith of the people of Puerto Rico has heretofore been pledged and bonds issued by the people of Puerto Rico secured by bonds to an equivalent amount of bonds of municipal corporations or school boards of Puerto Rico shall not be counted, but all bonds hereafter issued by any municipality or subdivision within the 5 per centum hereby authorized for which the good faith of the people of Puerto Rico is pledged shall be counted.' And it is further provided, That the internal-revenue taxes levied by the Legislature of Puerto Rico in pursuance of the authority granted by tbis Act on articles, goods, wares, or marcbandise may be levied and collected as such legislature may direct, on the articles subject to said tax, as soon as the same are manufactured, sold, used, or brought into the Island; Provided, That no discrimination be made between the articles imported from the United States or foreign countries and similar articles produced or manufactured in Puerto Rico. The officials of the Customs and Postal Services of the United States are herebv directed to assist the appropriate officials of the Puerto Rican government in the collection of these taxes. [Section 4.-That the capital of Puerto Rico shall be at the city of San Juan, and the seat of Government shall be maintained there.] Section 5.2-That all citizens of Puerto Rico, as defined by section seven of the Act of April twelfth, nineteen hundred, "temporarily to provide revenues and a civil government for Puerto Rico, and for other purposes", and all natives of I By Public No. 236 tH. R. 8209) 74th Congress, approved August 3, 1935, refunding bonds of tbe Government of Puerto Rico shall not be included in computing the public indebtedness under this section, until 6 months after their issue, and By Public 264 (S. 1227) 74th Congress, approved August 13, 1935, bonds or other obligations of Puerto Rico or any municipal government therein, payable solely from revenues derived from any public improvemen't or undertaking and issued and sold to the United States ofAmerica or any agency or instrumentality thereof, shall not be considered public indebtedness within the meaning of this section. 'Nationality Act of 1940-Public No. 853-76th Congress-approved October 14, 1940, efTective 90 days thereafter. "Sec. 202.-All persons born in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, residing on the efTective date of this Act in Puerto Rico or other territory over which the United States exercises ri~hts of sovereignty and not citizens of the United States under any other Act, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States. "Sec. 322. A person born in Puerto Rico of alien parents, referred to in the last para~raph of section 5, Act of March 2,1917 (U. S. C., title 8, sec. 5), and in section 5 a, of the said Act, as amended by section 2 of the Act of March 4, 1927 (U. S. C., title 8, sec. 5 a), who did not exercise tho privilege granted of becoming a citizen of the United States, may make the declaration provided in said paragraph at any time, and from and after the making of such declaration shall be a citizen of the United States." 71 12 GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO Puerto Rico who were temporarily absent from that island on April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and have since returned and are permanently residing in that island, and are not citizens of any foreign country, are hereby declared, and shall be deemed and held to be, citizens of the United States; Provided, That any person hereinbefore described may retain his present political status by making a declaration, under oath, of his decision to do so within six months of the taking effect of this Act before the district court in the district in which he resides, the declaration to be in form as follows: "I, , being duly sworn, hereby declare my intention not to become a citizen of the United States as provided in the Act of Congress conferring United States citizenship upon citizens of Puerto Rico and certain natives permanently residing in said island." In the case of any such person who may be absent from the island during said six months the term of this proviso may be availed of by transmitting a declaration, under oath, in the form herein provided within six months of the taking effect of this Act to the Executive Secretary of Puerto Rico; And provided, further, That any person who is born in Puerto Rico of an alien parent and is permanently residing in that island may, if of full age, within six months of the taking effect of this Act, or if a minor, upon reaching his majority, or within one year thereafter, make a sworn declaration of allegiance to the United States before the United States District Court for Puerto Rico, setting forth therein all the facts connected with his or her birth and residence in Puerto Rico and accompanying due proof thereof, and from and after the making of such declaration shall be considered to be a citizen of the United States. Section 5a.-That all citizens of the United States who have resided or who shall hereafter reside in the island for one year shall be citizens of Puerto Rico: Provided, That personsb orn in Puerto Rico of alien parents, referred to in the lallt paragraph of section 5, who did not avail themselves of the privilege granted to them of becoming citizens of the United States, shall have a period of one year from the approval of this Act to make the declaration provided for in the aforesaid section: And provided, further, That persons who elected to retain the political status of citizens of Puerto Rico may within one year after the passage of this Act become citizens of the United States upon the same terms and in the same manner as is provided for the naturalization of native Puerto Ricans born of foreign parents. Section 5b.-All persons born in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899 (whether before or after the effective date of this Act) and not citizens, subjects, or nationals of any foreign power, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided, That this Act shall not be construed as depriving any person, native of Puerto Rico, of his or her American citizenship heretofore otherwise lawfully acquired by such person; or to extend such citizenship to persons who shall have renounced or lost it under the treaties and/or laws of the United Slates or who are now residing permanently abroad and are citizens or subjects of a foreign country: And provided, further, That any woman, native of Puerto Rico and permanently residing therein, who, prior to March 2, 1917, had lost her American nationality by reason of her marriage to an alien eligible to citizenship, or by reason of the loss of the United States citizenship by her husband, may be naturalized under the provisions of section 4 of the Act of September 22, 1922, entitled "An Act relative to the naturalization and citizenship of married women", as amended. SectiO!l 5c.-That any person of good character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States, and born in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899, who has continued to reside within the jurisdiction of the United States whose father elected on or before April 11, 1900, to preserve his allegiance to the Crown of Spain in accordance with the provisions of the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain entered into on April 11, 1899, and who, by reason of misinformation regarding his or her own citizenship status failed within the time limits prescribed by section 5 or section 5a hereof to exercise the privilege of establishingUnited States citizenship and has heretofore erroneously but in good faith exercised the rights and privileges and performed the duties of a citizen of the United States, and has not personally sworn allegiance to any foreign government or ruler upon or after attainment of majority, may make a sworn declaration of allegiance to the United States before any United States district court. Such declaration shall set forth facts concerning his or her birth in Puerto Rico, good, character, attachment to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and being well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States, residence within the jurisdiction of the United States, and misinformation regard- GOVEiRNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO 13 ing United States citizenship status, and shall be accompanied by proof thereof satisfactory to the court. After making such declaration and submitting such proofs, such person shall be admitted to take the oath of allegiance before the court, and thereupon shall be considered a citizen of the United States. Section 6.-That all expenses that may be incurred on account of the Government of Puerto Rico for salaries of officials and the conduct of their offices and departments, and all expenses and obligations contracted for the internal improvement or development of the island, not, however, including defenses, barracks, harbors, lighthouses, buoys, and other works undertaken by the United States, shall except as otherwise specifically provided by the Congress, be paid by the Treasurer of Puerto Rico out of the revenue in his custody. Section 7.-That all property which may have been acquired in Puerto Rico by the United States under the cession of Spain in the treaty of peace entered into on the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, in any public bridges, road houses, water powers, highways, unnavigable streams and the beds thereof, subterranean waters, mines or minerals under the surface of private lands, all property which at the time of the cession belonged, under the laws of Spain then in force, to the various harbor works boards of Puerto Rico, all the harbor shores, docks, slips, reclaimed lands, and all public lands and buildings not heretofore reserved by the United States for public purposes, is hereby placed under the control of the Government of Puerto Rico, to be administered for the benefit of the people of Puerto Rico; and the Legislature of Puerto Rico shall have authority, subject to the limitations imposed upon all its acts, to legislate. with respect to all such matters as it may deem advisable. Pl'ovided, That the President may from time to time, in his discretion, convey to the people of Puerto Rico such lands, buildings, or interests in lands or other propertv now owned by the United States and within the territorial limits of Puerto Rico as in his opinion are no longer needed for purposes of the United States. And he may from time to time accept by legislative grant from Puerto Rico any lands, buildings~ Tor other interests or property which may be needed for public purposes by the united States.! Section S.-That the harbor areas and navigable streams and bodies of water and submerged land underlying the same in and around the Island of Puerto Rico and the adjacent islands and waters, now owned by the United States and not reserved by the United States for public purposes be, and the same are hereby, placed under the control of the Government of Puerto Rico, to be administered in the same manner and subject to the same limitations as the property enumerated in the preceding section: Provided, That all laws of the United States for the protection and improvement of the navigable waters of the United States and the preservation of the interests of navigation and commerce, except so far as the same may be locally inapplicable, shall apply to said Island and waters and to its adjacent islands and waters: Provided, jurther, That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed so as to affect or impair in any manner the terms or conditions of any authorizations, permits, or other powers heretofore lawfully granted or exercised in or in respect of said waters and submerged land in and su,rrounding said Island and its adjacent islands by the Secretary of War or other authorized officer or agent of the United States: And provided, jurther, That the Act of Congress approved June eleventh nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An Act to empower the Secretary of War, under certain restrictions, to authorize the construction, extension, and maintenance of wharves, piers, and other structures on lands underlying harbor areas in navigable streams and bodies of water in or surrounding Puerto Rico and the islands adjacent thereto" and all other laws and parts of laws in conflict with this section be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Section 9.-That the statutory laws of the United States not locally inapplicable, except as hereinbefore or hereinafter otherwise provided, shall have the same force and effect in Puerto Rico aa in the United States, except the internalrevenue laws: Provided, however, That hereafter all taxes collected under the internal-revenue laws of the United States on articles produced in Puerto Rico and transported to the United States, or consumed in the Island shall be covered into the Treasury of Puerto Rico. Section IO.-That all judicial process shall run in the name of "United States of America, 88, the President of the United States" and all penal or criminal prosecution in the local courts shall be conducted in the name and by the authority of 1 Tbis proviso is in force and effect except AS to Federal propezty tbe title of wbicb is vested in tbe War Department. Under tbe Camp Tav!or prom,o (46 Stat. 1191), approved February 20, 1931, it is provided: "Hereafter no real estAte of tbe War Department sball be sold or disposed of witbout autbority of Congress and all acts in conflict berewitb are repealed." ~I 14 GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO "The People of Puerto Rico"; and all officials shall be citizens of the United States, and, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, and the laws of Puerto Rico. Section n.-That all reports required by law to be made by the Governor or heads of departments to any official of the United States shall hereafter be made to an executive department of the Government of the United States to be designated by the President, and the President is hereby authorized to place all matters pertaining to the Government of Puerto Rico in the jurisdiction of such department. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT [Section 12.-That the supreme executive power shall be vested in an executive officer, whose official title shall be "The Governor of Puerto Rico." At the general election in 1948 and each such election quadrennially thereafter the Governor of Puerto Rico shall be elected by the qualified voters of Puerto Rico and shall hold office for a term of four years commencing on the 2d day of January following the date of the election and until his successor is elected and qualified. 0 person shall be eligible as Governor unless at the time of the election he is a citizen of the United States, is at least thirty years of age, is able to read and write the English language, and has been a bona fide resident of Puerto Rico during the immediately preceding two years. Such election shall be held in the manner now or hereafter provided by law for the election of the Resident Commissioner. The ·Governor shall reside in Puerto Rico during his official incumbency and maintain his office at the seat of Government. He shall have general supervision and control of all the departments and bureaus of the Government in Puerto Rico, so far as is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and shall be commander in chief of the militia. He may grant pardons and reprieves and remit fines and forfeitures for offenses against the laws of Puerto Rico, and respites for all offenses against the laws of the United States until the decision of the President can be ascertained, and may veto any legislation enacted as hereinafter provided. He shall commission all officers that he may be authorized to appoint. He shall be responsible for the faithful execution of the laws of Puerto Rico and of the United States applicable in Puerto Rico, and whenever it becomes necessary he may call upon the commanders of the military and naval forces of the United States in the Island or summon the posse comitatus, or call out the militia to prevent or suppress lawless violence, invasion, insurrection, or rebellion, and he may, in case of rebellion or invasion, or imminent danger thereof, when the public safety requires it, suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, or place the Island or any part thereof, under martial law until communication can be had with the President and the President's decision therein made known. He shall annually, and at such other times as he may be required, make official report of the transactions of the Government of Puerto Rico to the executive department of the Government of the United States to be designated by the President as herein provided, and his said annual report shall be transmitted to Congress, and he shall perform such additional duties and functions as may in pursuance of law be delegated to him by the President.] [Section 12a.-The Governor shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. The house of representatives of Puerto Rico shall have the sole power of impeachment. Impeachment shall require the concurrence of two-thirds of all of the members of the house of representatives. The senate of Puerto Rico shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose they shall be on oath or affirmation and the chief justice of the supreme court of Puerto Rico shall preside. No person shall be convicted without the concurrence of three-fourths of all the members of the senate. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the government of Puerto Rico. The person convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment according to law.] [Section 13.-That the following executive departments are hereby created: A Department of Justice, the head of which shall be designated as the Attorney General; a Department of Finance, the head of which shall be designated as the Treasurer; a Department of Interior, the head of which shall be designated as the Commissioner of the Interior; a Department of Education, the head of which shall be designated as the Commissioner of Education; a Department of Agri( lulture and Commerce, the head of which shall be designated as the Commissioner (If Agriculture and Commerce; a Department of Labor, the head of which shall GOVEiRNMENT BY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO 15 be designated as the Commissioner of Labor; and a Department of Health, the head of which shall be designated as the Commissioner of Health. The heads of the executive departments set forth in the first sentence of this section shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate of Puerto Rico. Each shall hold office during the continuance in office of the Governor by whom he is appointed and until his successor is qualified, unless sooner removed by the Governor. [Heads of departments shall reside in Puerto Rico during their official incumbency, and those appointed by the Governor shall have resided in Puerto Rico for at least one year prior to their appointment. [The heads of departments shall collectively form a council to the Governor, known as the Executive Council. They shall perform, under the general supervision of the Governor, the duties hereinafter prescribed, or which may hereafter be prescribed by law, and such other duties, not inconsistent with law, as the Governor, with the approval of the President, may assign to them; and they shall make annual and such other reports to the Governor as he may require, which shall be transmitted to the executive department of the Government of the United States to be designated by the President as herein provided; Provided, That the duties herein imposed upon the heads of departments shall not carry with them any additional compensation.] [Section 14.-That the Attorney General shall have charge of the administration of justice in Puerto Rico; he shall be the legal adviser of the Governor and the heads of departments and shall be responsible for the proper representation of the people of Puerto Rico or its duly constituted officers in all actions and proceedings, civil or criminal, in the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico in which the people of Puerto Rico shall be interested or a party, and he may, if directed by the Governor or if in his judgment the public interest requires it, represent the people of Puerto Rico or its duly constituted officers in any other court or before any other officer or board in any action or proceeding, civil or criminal, in which the people of Puerto Rico may be a party or be interested. He shall also rerform such other duties not inconsistent herewith as may be prescribed by law.J [Section 15.-That the treasurer shall give bond, approved as to form by the attorney general of Puerto Rico, in such sum as the legislature may require, not less, however, than the sum of $125,000, with surety or sureties approved by the governor, and he shall collect and be the custodian of public funds, and shall disburse the same in accordance with law on warrants si~ned by the auditor and countersigned by the governor, and perform such other duties as may be provided by law. He may designate banking institutions in Puerto Rico and the United States as depositaries of the government of Puerto Rico, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the governor, after they have filed with him satisfactory evidence of their sound financial condition and have deposited bonds of the United States or of the government of Puerto Rico or other security satisfactory to the governor in such amol111ts as may be indicated by him; and no banking institution shall be designated a depositary of the government of Puerto Rico until the foregoing conditions have been complied with. Interest on deposits shall be required and paid into the treasury.] [Section 16.-That the commissioner of the interior shall superintend all works of a public nature, have charge of all public buildings, grounds, and lands, except those belonging to the United States, and shall execute such requirements as may be imposed by law with respect thereto, and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law.] [Section 17.-That the commissioner of education shall superintend public instruction throughout Puerto Rico: all proposed disbursements on account thC'l'i"of must be approved by him, and all courses of study shall be prepared by him, subject to disapproval by the governor if he desires to act. He shall prepare rl1le~ governing the selection of teachers, and appointments of teachers by local school boards shall be subject to his approval, and he shall perform such other duties, not inconsistent with this Act, as may be prescribed by law.] [Section 18.-That the commissioner of agriculture and commerce shall have general charge of such bureaus and branches of government as have been or shall be legally constituted for the study, advancement, and benefit of agriculture, commerce and other industries; the chief purpose of this department being to foster, promote, and develop the agricultural interests and the welfare of the farmers of Puerto Rico; to improve their market conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable sale of their products, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law.] | {
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Introduction
Mobile application development in ASP.NET is similar to traditional ASP.NET web application development. And it is very easy for ASP.NET developer to develop mobile application. All mobile web pages are inherit from MobilePage class which exists in System.Web.UI.MobileControls namespace.ASP.NET exposes a System.Web.Mobile namespace is for specifically to Web development.
Background
In this demonstration, you will create a mobile web page that dedicated to mobile device. The page will show a loan repament calculator and after passing valid parameter it will show repament amount of a pricipal amount with terms and rate.
Creating Web Application in ASP.NET
Click to open Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
On the File menu , choose New, and then choose Web Site.
The New Web Site dialog box appears.
Under Visual Studio installed templates, select ASP.NET Web Site.
Click Browse .
The Choose Location dialog box appears.
Location File System and LRC
Language Visual C#
Click OK button
A Default.aspx is added in your solution and it is traditional ASP.NET page which is inherited from System.Web.UI.Page. But you need to create page which inherit from MobilePage class in System.Web.UI.MobileControls namespace.
In this demonstration, you will use controls from the System.Web.Mobile namespace that are specifically designed for devices that cannot display as much information as a desktop browser.
Creating Mobile Web Page in Application
Right-click the Default.aspx page in Solution Explorer and choose Delete.
Click OK in the dialog box.
Right-click the application in Solution Explorer and choose Add New Item
Choose Mobile Web Form under Visual Studio installed templates.
Figure 1
Dowanload(Download MobileWebFromTemplate.zip - 16.12 KB) mobile page template if you do not have mobile form template in Add New Item box and place tempalate according to instruction provided in readme file. After extrating MobileWebFromTemplate.rar file you will get two folder a 'Web Application' and another is 'Web Site'. Place RAR files in Web Application folder to '[My Documents]\Visual Studio 2008\Templates\ItemTemplates\Visual C#' and RAR files in Web Site folder to '[My Documents]\Visual Studio 2008\Templates\ItemTemplates\Visual Web Developer'. Now you will get Mobile Web Form template.
Design Mobile Web Page
In solution explorer double click on Loan_RepaymentCalculator.aspx to view source code and you will find mobile form form1 rename it as frmInput.From the Mobile Web Forms folder of the Toolbox, drag controls onto frmInput and set their properties as defined in the following.
The Command control provides a way to invoke ASP.NET event handlers from UI elements, thus posting user input from UI elements back to the server. The command is for calculate repayment. Event OnClick of cmdRepayment is bind with cmdPayment_Click event procedure, it will disscus later in this demonestration.
The Form mobile control enables you to break up complex pages into a collection of forms on a mobile Web page. With this ability, you can minimize the effort required to port Web-based applications to mobile devices.
ASP.NET mobile web page can contain more than one form control and mobile application displays only one form at a time. And a form control cannot be a inner element of another form control.
Add second form control into Loan_RepaymentCalculator.aspx page after frmInput from the Mobile Web Forms folder of the Toolbox, and define form control ID is frmResult
Now from the Mobile Web Forms folder of the Toolbox, drag controls onto frmResult and set their properties as defined in the following.
Event OnClick of the cmdBack command button bind with cmdBack_Click event procedure will discuss later in this demonstration.
Add last form control into Loan_RepaymentCalculator.aspx page after frmResult from the Mobile Web Forms folder of the Toolbox, and define form control ID is frmError. If runtime error occurs application will show this error form.
Now from the Mobile Web Forms folder of the Toolbox, drag controls onto frmError and set their properties as defined in the following.
Event OnClick of the cmdBack command button bind with cmdBack_Click event procedure will disscuss later in this demonstration.
StyleSheet
StyleSheet can be internal or external in mobile ASP.NET application. External stylesheet is for entire application while internal stylesheet only for page specific. The stylesheet control is need to implement style in application. Stylesheet control can contain any number of style elements, or elements that inherits from the style element. Each style element must have a unique name property. You can use the Name property to refer to each Style element in the StyleSheet control from other controls on the same MobilePage object.
To create the external style sheet, you create a user control, in an .ascx file, and place a single style-sheet control with a set of styles in it. Then, to refer to this file, you place a style-sheet control on the page and set its ReferencePath property to the relative URL of the user control.
Now add a StyleSheet folder in LRC Application. To do this follow the below steps:
1. Right Click on LRC application
2. Choose New Folder
3. Rename it StyleSheet
To add style reference from this external StyleSheet into Loan_RepaymentCalculator.aspx, Just go to the source of this page and add a StyleSheet control from the
Toolbox under Mobile Web Froms add set ReferencePath="~/StyleSheet/LRC_StyleSheet.ascx"
Web.config
You nedd to change configuration in Web.config file to redirect to Error Page when application level error is occured.
set mode="on" and defaultRedirect="~/ErrorPage.aspx" in customErros element under System.Web element.
Test Application
To test the application you can use Microsoft Mobile Explorer 3.0 . If not avilable Microsoft Mobile Explorer 3.0 you can use your desktop browser or free download it
from net. Install Microsoft Mobile Explorer 3.0 in your system.
To browse with Microsoft Mobile Explorer 3.0 you need to do as follows:
1. Right click on Loan_RepaymentCalculator.aspx file
2. Choose Browse With
( If Microsoft Mobile Explorer 3.0 is not avilable in Browsers list of Browse With dialog, you need add it)
3. Click Add
4. Browse your location where you installed Microsoft Mobile Explorer 3.0 (mmeemu.exe)
5. Select Microsoft Mobile Explorer
6. Click Set as Default in the dialog box.
Figure 5
Press F5 to run the application. Microsoft Mobile Explorer Emulator will appear. Click ASP.NET Development Server icon in the system tray to get application URL name
and its port. It may be different in your system.
Figure 6
In the Microsoft Mobile Explorer Emulator type URL as http://localhost:1439/LRC/Loan_RepaymentCalculator.aspx
Figure 7
Enter Amount, Term & Rate. Click on Repayment button in the screen. You will get result like bellow,
Figure 8
Tools
Conclusion
In this demonstration you have created mobile pages and used controls and validation controls for mobile device. This experience will help you
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Loneliness, the motivation vampire
I’ve tried a variety of things in my years. Now I’m writing, painting, looking towards starting an online business and selling my work. I have all these ideas, yet my desire to see them realised waxes and wanes.
I even doubt if I really want these things, whether I have made the right choice. Is difficult to work hard when there’s no desire for it, or I’m unsure of the path to take.
My emotions are all over the place. I have moments of inspiration, energy, fired up. Ready to face the world and care about my life.
Then and days later I feel empty, desolate where I’m ready to give it all up. It’s here in this listless place where all the drive and motivation is impossible to find.
I think the reason why I struggle with these feelings, (or lack of them) is that I don’t have important relationships in my life. Or rather the relationships I do don’t fulfil me in a deeper meaningful way.
I feel isolated, alone. Such a state gives me that desolate feeling.
It makes me doubt myself, doubt my ability to get stuff done, doubt over the choices in front of me. So the end result means it’s hard to make a choice, hard to get work done because I simply don’t care. The impetus and endeavour is seemingly nowhere, all that’s left is a sort of ‘meh’ sort of feeling.
Stagnation creeps in, time is wasted in empty distractions and meaningless pursuits.
The result can be negative feelings of shame, regret, anger, towards myself. I should be more motivated, care more about life!!!
When it passes and motivation returns work has piled up because of all the time wasted. So you I work too hard to get loads done, fail and end up stressed, and tired, listless again because you’re overworked.
It’s hard to carry on when you’re alone. With little or no support. It just shows how difficult it is to be brave when you on your own. To face life, face uncertainty, and do things which are difficult takes courage. Such stress is a big factor in anxiety and depression.
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