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+Ultimate Survival Technologies (UST) are know for making budget-friendly survival gear for the masses. This bandana fits that description well, solidly getting the job done without any extra cost. The 100% cotton bandana is lightweight and made in China. The printing did wear off a little after some use in our field testing and after several machine washes. Still, the printed information is comprehensive and makes this bandana a solid choice if you are going to stow it in a bug out bag or survival kit. It may not withstand everyday use, but the UST Survival Bandana will get you through an emergency or two.
+Upgrade Bandana
+Head for Survival Bandana
+Large, Versatile, and Informational
+The large triangle shape makes this bandana stand above the rest: it can be used as a sling, splint wrap, and provides plenty of survival reading material.
+*Price at time of publishing; check for price changes or sales.
+This bandana was a fun one to test. For starters, it is much larger than your typical 22″ by 22″ square bandana- and it is a modified triangular shape: 39″ x 39″ x 52″. The idea is that it easily covers your head when tied, no matter your head size and can also use it’s length to create a sling, splint tie, or any other application you can think of. Because the bandana is so large, it fits much more survival information on it. It also includes a few safety pins, and is available in high-vis orange or OD green.
+Survival Metrics makes the Head for Survival bandana, and has put a ton of thought into it. It is an impressive upgrade for survival kits, and comfortable enough for EDC use. Out of all of the bandanas we tested, this one was the highest quality and is the most versatile because of it’s unique shape. If you are looking for an inexpensive upgrade: the Head for Survival bandana is a solid choice.
+Everything We Recommend
+Colter Co. Reflective Bandana
+This informative bandana is available in digital camo or high vis orange with reflective printing, with either choice being the top pick for your survival kit.
+Where to Buy
+*at time of reviewing
+A high-vis, functional survival bandana for half the price still gets the job done, making it a great option for bug out bags and survival kits.
+Where to Buy
+*at time of reviewing
+Head for Survival Bandana
+The large triangle shape makes this bandana stand above the rest: it can be used as a sling, splint wrap, and provides plenty of survival reading material.
+Where to Buy
+*at time of reviewing
+The Bandanas We Compared
+Our research narrowed the field down to several contenders that we tested: UST, Colter Co, Battlbox, Head for Survival, Rothco, Levi’s, and more. This helped us eliminate bandanas.
+There were not very many quality survival bandanas to compare, which made our job easier. The Head for Survival, with it’s unique shape stood out immediately, and was a blast to test with it’s versatility. The reflective Colter Co bandana is an extremely effective signaling tool, with the retroreflective ink that withstood abrasion and washing tests. These two stood out as the highest quality options.
+What to Look For
+The best survival bandanas have several important features to look for:
+- Value
+- Material Quality
+- Size and Shape
+- Versatility
+Below, we break down what each of these mean for a great bandana. When you get the right blend of these, you can find a solid bandana without breaking the bank.
+Value: Cost vs. Benefit
+In a world full of cheap bandanas, you usually get what you pay for. The thin paisley print bandanas we all know from cowboys – both rural and urban – cost a few dollars at most.
+A heavier-weight fabric, more useful printing than paisley (shouldn’t be hard), and unique shapes can all justify a higher cost of a bandana, especially if you need it to hold up in an emergency situation.
+Fabric Material
+Most bandanas use a thin, lightweight cotton or polyester fabric. There are pros and cons to each material type, but the main quality difference will be found in the weight of the fabric. Higher quality bandanas will be thicker, and will be soft after a few uses rather than stiff and papery.
+All of the bandanas we’ve suggested are heavier weight than the dollar-store bandanas even though some are made of cotton and one is made of polyester. This gives them a better feel, more absorbency, and makes them more durable.
+Size and Shape
+Most bandanas come in a 2′ square shape. This has been the ‘default’ size for bandanas for quite a while. This is the perfect size to be tied around the head as a covering, as a face mask, to tie up in a bag shape to secure small items, use as a napkin, and many other traditional bandana uses.
+Our upgrade pick is an exception to this rule with a modified triangle shape that measures 39″ x 39″ x 52″. It is a larger surface area, but more importantly, the longer length allows the bandana to be tied and used in more applications- like a sling.
+Versatility
+A bandana’s versatility is based on the material type, material weight, bandana size and shape, information printing, and visibility. Survival bandanas are designed with versatility in mind, so they usually include survival information and are high-vis- setting them apart from traditional bandanas. This expands the number of uses for them, as we will cover below.
+The Many Uses of a Survival Bandana
+There are hundreds of uses for bandanas, but we’ll list out a few that are important for survival. These uses for survival bandanas include:
+- Mask – After coronavirus most people know bandanas can be tied as a mask. It is less effective for viruses and is better for particles, like dust and pollen. You can wet a bandana to help it filter smoke slightly better.
+- Signal – Bright colored bandana (or bandanas with reflective printing) can be used to signal for rescue help.
+- Bag – Tie all four corners of a square bandana together to create a makeshift bag.
+- First Aid – A bandana can be used as a tourniquet, first aid dressing, cold compress, eye patch, and as a sling.
+- Hat – Use a bandana for sun protection on your neck, head covering, or just as a sweatband.
+- Gun Care – Bullet patches and barrel cleaning patches require you to cut the bandana up, but it can be effective.
+- Insulation – It won’t do much, but you can add a little warmth by stuffing clothing with bandanas.
+- Tissue – One of the more common uses.
+- Water Filter – A bandana can be a pre-filter for water, filtering out particulates quickly and easily.
+- Trail Marking – You can mark trails with bandanas, either with the whole bandana or cut into strips.
+- Fire – Cotton material bandanas can be used as tinder, or can be soaked in oil to create a torch.
+- Toilet Paper – As it’s final service to you, you can wipe your rear end with a bandana.
+The list goes on, and these are just the tip of the iceberg. In an emergency situation, if you have a survival bandana and a need- you’ll find a new use for it.
+Who Needs a Survival Bandana?
+Bandanas are so lightweight and cheap, they make sense for any prepared person to keep in a kit or even on their person. Everyone can benefit from such a versatile piece of cloth.
+A survival bandana is an integral and essential part of these kits:
+A survival bandana is a suggested addition for these kits:
+No matter what threats could come your way, a bandana bandana is useless without sources and references. We leaned on these for the book knowledge that we paired with our practical military experience and prepping acumen.
+Bishop, P. & Crew, K. & Wingo, J. & Nawaisah, A. (2014). Modeling heat stress and heat strain in protective clothing. Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles. (Source).
+Rykaczewski, K. (2019) Cool future fashion: Personal cooling as part of social adaptation to hotter climates. Temperature, 6:2, 97-100 (Source).
+Poulos, M. (2018). El mundo es un pañuelo*: The Bandana as a Global Symbol of Resistance. Eleven: The Undergraduate Journal of Sociology, Berkeley. Vol 8. (Source).
+The Final Word
+A bandana may seem like a simple accessory, but they are surprisingly versatile. They are simple- just a square (or triangle) piece of cloth that can cover, tie, stuff, and absorb whatever you throw at it. We’ve all used one at some point in our lives, but they can be clutch in emergencies or in survival situations.
+Besides bandanas, there are many other types of clothing that you should consider for survival:
+- Hat (see our pick for the Best Survival Hat)
+- Gloves
+- Shemaugh
+- Socks (see our pick for the Best Survival Socks)
+We presented quite a lot of information, but as always: if you have any questions let us know and we would be happy to help. Our research and testing found that the Colter Co. Reflective Survival Bandana was the best option given the value, traditional square shape, fabric quality, and versatility. Be sure to know how to use your bandana- there are so many way you can use it, it would be a shame<<
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+venezuela news and views a blog about surviving the chavez and heirs neo-dictatorship blog sections home page first time here? faq basic stuff on chavez years why be against entries that may help recommended history books other recommended books hr violations in venezuela thursday, december 01, 2016 dialogue ante-mortem i am going to comment a short note by carlos ocariz, the mayor of eastern caracas, a masterpiece of political conciseness. this will explain perfectly why there is no hope that a dialogue can ever happen between the regime and anyone else. al vaticano, mediadores y pueblo de venezuela. pic.twitter.com/teqms2zrxb — carlos ocariz (@carlosocariz) 30 de noviembre de 2016 translation, step by step, with my comments. read more » posted by daniel at 11:05 pm 6 comments: links to this post email thisblogthis!share to twittershare to facebookshare to pinterest labels: 2016 crisis, chavismo, chavisterias, dialogue, ocariz, primero justicia wednesday, november 30, 2016 in two tweets, the collapse of venezuelan economy two tweets, one from november 21 and one this morning this morning, november 30 hasta el 2021! chávez lo había prometido! cumplió! #dolartoday2021 @dolartoday pic.twitter.com/es06ufzry3 — daniel duquenal (@danielduquenal) 21 de noviembre de 2016 (word play on chavez promising that his revolution would last with him at the helm until the year 2012, his version of the thousand years reich). read more » posted by daniel at 4:48 pm 9 comments: links to this post email thisblogthis!share to twittershare to facebookshare to pinterest labels: 2016 crisis, economic failure monday, november 21, 2016 obama's debacle i used to be upset when people in the us were surprised that i did not like spicy food. for them, we in lat am ate all mexican spicy hot. venezuela has actually a rather bland cooking, and hot is preferred by few for a few only. i am reminded of that because as i am watching the trump transition i am starting to get cold shivers. i am afraid that those trump will put at national security and state are going to see everything south of the rio grande as, well, the same thing. just make a big wall and the us will be juuuust fine. read more » posted by daniel at 2:09 am 26 comments: links to this post email thisblogthis!share to twittershare to facebookshare to pinterest labels: obama, trump sunday, november 13, 2016 divisional perplexity in caracas confused about the rather dismal "dialogue" results, and further confused by the strange reactions to these results (besides the previsible ones in twitter from miami demanding that we go without fault tomorrow to burn down miraflores palace) i have been trying to understand what the heck is going on. in a word: divisions. read more » posted by daniel at 9:47 pm 5 comments: links to this post email thisblogthis!share to twittershare to facebookshare to pinterest labels: 2016 crisis, dialogue saturday, november 12, 2016 the triumphant failure of the dialogue in venezuela i suppose that there must be somewhere a grand design to all of this. that we are asked to swallow hard because it is all for the best. that we should trust the vatican envoy when he is in ecstasy about the progress made. or is it that he is claiming victory as he is on his way to the airport to leave once and for all? so let's look at what i think is a dismal result for two weeks of expectations. i never hoped for much but this is, well, words fail me. let's see if i can try to explain it by doing a positive and negative spin to the 5 "points of agreement" reached today. read more » posted by daniel at 8:34 pm 10 comments: links to this post email thisblogthis!share to twittershare to facebookshare to pinterest labels: maduro, media manipulation, neo-totalitarianism, oportunidades perdidas mud, starvation friday, november 11, 2016 obama wrecks venezuelan dialogue, trump will not revive it {updated} so here we are, at the famous november 11 deadline where supposedly we should evaluate the advances made by the "dialogue" started on october 30th. listen carefully for the results, you may hear the crickets. read more » posted by daniel at 10:20 pm 6 comments: links to this post email thisblogthis!share to twittershare to facebookshare to pinterest labels: dictatorship, hillary clinton, obama, trump a letter to disapointed clinton supporters aimlessly loitering you are idiots. there was an election, you lost. that hillary got more popular vote is irrelevant: it is a federal country, a union of 50 countries and thus the will of a majority of former independent countries is a must, like it or not. this is the reason of the electoral college and trust me, in a presidential system like the us you need all what you can to make it harder the election of a president and control him/her. instead of rioting in the streets think about what else could you have done to get more votes for hillary. did you canvass enough? 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+A crude animation, splashed across the front of The Guardian website today, reveals how many of the latte slurping liberal elite really feel about those with least.
+The video begins with the above lurid image of unemployed and disabled people falling into the spider’s web of social security. It then trumpets how welfare spending has grown since 1948, without any thought to the vast, wide ranging, and frankly fucking obvious reasons why this might have happened.
+In the only nod to the aging and growing population, one of the key factors behind the rise in social security spending, the film makers do point out that much of the benefits bill is spent on pensions. The animation also rightly reveals that the UK spends less on benefits than other comparable European countries.
+But then the animation takes a truly nasty turn by asking, “are the cuts really targeting the skivers?”
+It appears film maker is only too happy to use the vile language of the Tory right and declare that all those unable to work due to unemployment, sickness, disability or family responsibilities are skivers.
+This coming from someone who no doubt gets paid shedloads of cash to sit about making crap youtube videos all day.
+But it is the decision of the paper to splash this across the front of their website which is truly revealing. Whilst pretending to be on the side of low paid workers, The Guardian seems to be only too happy to try and drive a wedge between the working and the out of work poor.
+It’s hardly surprising that a Lib Dem loving newspaper should attempt to drag the argument over social security spending back towards the right. The Guardian had to be dragged kicking and screaming into supporting benefit claimants in the first place. And it appears that support is paper thin. Earlier in the month the paper printed a hilarious quiz, complete with crass stereotypes about people watching Jeremy Kyle all day, asking whether it’s readers are skivers or strivers How the chinless luvvies must have laughed in the Farringdon wine bars about that
+On a more serious note, only this week The Guardian’s Housing Editor declared that the bedroom tax is not unfair. This is the same newspaper where a writer recently complained that the changes to child benefit – the only cut likely to affect Guardian journalists – represent the death of the welfare state.
+It is fair to say that some Guardian writers have worked hard towards exposing the truth about the vicious welfare reforms that are tearing so many people’s live apart. But all of that is undermined when the paper resorts to stigmatising those suffering under this Government in the name of cheap political point scoring. After watching this video many claimants will feel that with fake friends like The Guardian, who needs enemies?
+Follow me on twitter @johnnyvoid
+United StereoTypes of Unemployment (U.S.T.U.)
+Thanks Johnny – is there any newspaper we can trust? to be on our side?
+Pat x
+Daily Heil? The Scum? :-)
+Der Stürmer? :-)
+Pat Onions
+Try the Morning Star.
+There doesnt seem to be any paper that is brave enough to investigate and uncover the what amounts to mass murder of uk citizens…Surely the Government cant pay them to keep quite??? can they???..When the truth all comes out it wont just be the Tory Government with Blood on their hands it will be anyone else that knew full well what was going on with people…And what about the police? can the Government pay them? threaten them even? to keep it all hushed up…Can this happen in a supposed civilised Country? can it?
+Rusbridger the cunt running the Grauniad is no more than yet another multi-property owning toff who gives not one fuck about the poor, or the fucked-up ‘left’ or anything to do with social conscience.
+He’ s ony interested in trousering as much tax-evaded lolly as he can.
+Utter Cunt.
+It’s like in the guardian recently depicting the hacking group anonymous as a threat . Just to sell anti virus software ..
+Guardian is two faced
+Guardian journalists receive a program of – SPECIAL HIGH INTENSITY TRAINING (S.H.I.T)
+A Guardian spokesman said— We are trying to give our readers more S.H.I.T than anyone else. If our Experts feel that you are not receiving your share of S.H.I.T in the paper, their journalists will be immediately placed at the top of the S.H.I.T list, and their editors are especially skilled at seeing you get all the S.H I.T. you can handle.
+Journalists who refuse to adhere to the editors S H I.T. will be placed in – DEPARTMENTAL EMERGENCY EVALUATION PROGRAMS (D.E.E.P.S.H.I.T).
+Those who fail to take D.E.E.P.S.H.I.T seriously will have to go to – EXTRA ATTITUDE TRAINING (E.A.T.S.H.I.T).
+Those journalists who remain unresponsive will be referred).
+Hilarious. You actually made me laugh out loud. Nice one.
+You only have to look at who has been on an EU funded anti British ‘Common Purpose Charity’ training course to find why and who is dishing out crap like this, they are a ‘fifth column’ operating across Europe, but are in overdrive infiltrating this country. The Marxist loving Guardian is part of the problem, so is most of our media including the BBC. Try a FOIA (freedom of information act) request!!
+I think you’re on the wrong website.
+Hear hear.
+Pat x
+:-)
+He may be on the wrong website, but what he is saying is probably spot on. Common Purpose is a growing problem that has slid itself into indoctrinate organisations. Many “Housing Associations” have had staff go on the courses run by them, as have many councils. These are the same people that will be enforcing the new housing benefits changes and also be responsible for the evictions when people fall behind with their rents when Universal Credit starts to bite. It is part of the problem that might warrant you looking taking a look into a bit more rather thna just dismissing it like you appear to have just done.
+you mean a training company that specialises in training public sector and government workers has trained some public sector and government workers. I’m shocked, next you’ll be telling me how Laing have infiltrated the construction sector with their devious brick laying propaganda.
+Actually you won’t, because conspiracy shit gets deleted here
+no, it’s slightly more complex than a 5 minute browse of their website. this presentation is an interesting look at common purpose.
+(haven’t you got it yet, I’m part of the Marxist conspiracy. now fuck off.)
+i was expecting a reply like that. thankyou :)
+Well done for recognising the Guardian for the communist organ it is. No wonder it bashes benefits claimants! No doubt it is part of its agenda to discredit the lumpen masses, all the better to promote the working class as the revolutionary vanguard that will finally deliver full communism. No doubt they are in league with the Liberal Democratic Front and the Labour Party (Marxist-Leninist).
+You know there is no real freedom of press, They are only allowed to say a certain amount. If the reporters try to say more than required or wanted, the story just gets tossed out. Only the internet has freedoms for now. But that day will end as well.
+Its disgusting what they are doing. There has to be a change. We have to take control again.
+The Unum sponsored Guardian –
+The Guardian/Unum Work:Life UK survey – the big picture
+The same Unum which sponsored Cardiff University Centre for Psychosocial and Disability Research, headed by Mansel Aylward, whose unethical psuedo-science Lord Freud quotes to support and justify the human rights atrocity of Employment and Support Allowance –
+A Tale of two Models: Disabled People vs Unum, Atos: Government and Disability Charities
+by Debbie Jolly
+DPAC
+08 Apr 2012
+Hence the reason that, despite the acres of Guardian newsprint dedicated to “bad science” and the evils of relatively benign ‘alternative medicine’ such as homoeopathy, it has completely neglected to investigate and report on the appalling medical ethics and atrocious science used in the ESA and the Work Capability Assessment which is sending a 1,000 disabled people a month to an early grave. Imagine the reaction of the establishment scientists and medics employed by the Guardian if alternative medicine, such as acupuncture or aroma therapy, was killing a thousand patients a month? Yet the Guardian science writers and bloggers are completely silent about the vast medical abuses being practised by the state under the guise of ESA.
+Why is everyone on this site getting in a lather about things like poverty, injustice, inequality, slave labour schemes, state-enforced homelessness and the ‘real-time’ dismantlement of social security? For god’s sake, try and think about the things that really matter: Richard the Third’s knackered old bones, Chris Hune’s speeding tickets, gay marriage and – biggest of ‘em all – a 23-yeard old swimmer has retired. Tune it tonight to the BBC 6 O’ Clock news to find out what really matters to people in this country!
+Now get back to your navel-gazing
+Yeah, and have you seen Kate’s new haircut :-)
+And what’s Kim Kardashian wearing today? I’ve really got to know.
+A slinky little black number… :-) the Daily Heil have a couple of good “upskirt” shots :-)
+Surprise, surprise, the video misses the means test completely. Why is it so hard to get across that means testing is a massive tax on low incomes?
+Please look at
+and then re-tweet
+It’s pathetic isn’t it? I couldn’t believe they put it up on their site.
+You’re so right. The Guardian is made by and for absolute arseholes, the kind of people who like to see themselves as being on the ‘Left’, or as politically ‘progressive’ in some way.. but in truth they loathe and fear ordinary working class people. I have worked as a Carpenter and have seen first hand the smug condescension with which these people speak to construction workers, for example. They can make you feel like you’re a specimen in a petri dish. Whilst at the same time they love to pay lip service to real progressive politics, its all an act. The Guardian reader likes to act kind of old ‘Labour’ ish ,very ‘right on’ and all that, but I am Labour, for its all I’m paid for and its what I write on my invoices. They’re just fucking wankers. What George Orwell revealed in Down and Out in Paris & London ,and The Road to Wigan Pier about the middle class and their values, is as true today as it was then. I’d like to boil most of them in Lavazza….not all though. The Guardian and its readers don’t want change in the UK, anywhere else is ok but not here. They exist to perpetuate the whole stinking edifice, for it creates a space for them to pose in…. to act progressive in , to be a bit ‘right on’ in, without there being any meaningful effort on their part , and most importantly, without there being any real change…….sometimes I think its for no other reason, than that they think it shows what good taste they have…… they’re that fucking vacuous.
+Love your blog by the way…I try and turn everybody I can on to it
+I wonder how many of the above posters have actually watched the film in question? It is not perfect for sure, it should for example have the amount spent on benefit historically (£11 billion in 1948) and now (£200 billion) shown as a % of gross national income as this is a more meaningful comparison. The film makes the point – one deliberately missed by many in middle England, the readers of the Daily Hate and other Tory supporting publications – that a large % of benefits are actually paid to people in work and not to unemployed people. It is disingenuous to suggest an attempt to inform people that many benefit claimants are working people is actually indicative of support for the Government’s agenda, are you trying to get people to buy the Sun? From a different perspective the film looks like an attempt to correct all the misinformation and disinformation spewed forth by the likes of Sky News, the Sun, Telegraph, Express, Times etc that has most members of the public believing that anyone claiming benefits is a scrounger. I wonder how many of our fellow citizens know that nearly half of the annual benefits bill is spent on pensions alone, another point that this film makes? You can of course dislike the Guardian and take issue with any of its editorial but at least do so from an informed position, in this case by watching all 3.30 of the film in question before accepting one person’s critique of it.
+Yeah I watched it and ‘Yaah its like….really balanced huh, cool’. No it isn’t, its fucking shit. Meeley mouthed rubbish. Pathetic. The whole debate around benefits is part of a wider smokescreen to avoid discussion about the weakness in the economy, and its causes…and to stigmatize the poor…..thats what you don’t seem to get!!!! We’re living through an enormous criminal conspiracy and this whole country is siting on its hands.
+It must be difficult for Sara Sharp, knowing so much more than the average citizen. She doesn’t need a patronising cartoon full of classist dog-whistles and unexplained statistics to tell her what to think, she knew more than the average citizen already. But the morons who don’t know what Sara Sharp proudly knows would apparently benefit from this crap video. Way to prove the point about the condescending latte drinkers of the left.
+I personally think the paradigmatic selection is exactly as Johnny described it – unexplained stats containing BIG numbers in the billions, comparing welfare spending to the GDP of foreign nations unfavourably, and accepting and using the Tory “skiver” rhetoric without so much as a peep.
+An uniformed viewer would remain uninformed, but probably more annoying as they attempt to regurgitate and defend the piecemeal bits of decontextualised information they have received.
+The liberal middle classes secretly despise the poor. They sneer at them for shopping in Tesco and eating fast food.
+Only yesterday, as I struggled up the hill with my Tesco shopping bags, a middle-class 4 x 4 driver shouted at me with a sneering voice: “Ha fucking ha, you dirty fucking pleb, you shop in Tesco you filthy piece of scum, ha, fucking ha.”
+Terrible, The rich abuse, they think its in their right to be like this. They also need to burn.
+Hopefully he ran off the road & killed himself, can’t think of better karma for the middle-class scum.
+lol Anyway if the government continues getting their way all the middle class twats will be joining us at bottom soon enough. The fall will be worse the higher they are, the wounds to their pride severe and they’ll have the horrific realisation that they’ll never be able to afford another ski holiday in Switzerland ever again. But if they fall, don’t ostracise them, use them.. they could be useful…
+Don’t worry, Agnes Karma will be after them, and one day she will catch up with them. The wheel of fortune moves all the time and those at he top of life can find themselves at the bottom in a split second and those at the bottom can find themselves at the top. I’ll give you an example I read a story about a lottery winner years ago who had planned to commit suicide, because of debts so they spent all their money lottery ticket and their numbers came up. Imagine how they felt. While I know of someone who had all the high power you know fab well paid a gorgeous job ect ect and had a smug attitude, well the karma and the fates go them in the end. That person is now unemployed. xx
+Just to add some more global economic perspective to the UK skivers v strivers Guardian presentation which was left out for some strange reason –
+The injustice of global poverty could have been emphasised by pointing to the fact that, as Oxfam recently noted, the 100 richest people in the world accumulated enough wealth last year to end extreme global poverty four times over.
+The BBC’s ‘Why Poverty?’ Series: A Missed Opportunity
+by Nicola F Pritchard
+New Left Project
+04 Feb 2013
+The welfare state for the rich has never been in better health.
+Think one of their journos referred to UK Uncut as a terrr’ist organisation as well, back in October on one of their live feeds covering the demos on the 20th. John Domokos is okay though afaict, exposed the unlawful sanctions at the JC at any rate.
+In fairness the Guardian also published:
+The animation was bollocks but the article above is spot on.
+Apparently tory supporters are leaving the party in “droves” according to Channel 4 news, over the gay marriage proposal.No doubt these are the same smug self-satisfied bastards who cheer on the benefit cuts & sneer at the sick, disabled & unemployed as “scroungers”.Of course it never occurs to these tory morons that they could only be accident, illness or redundancy away from being claimants themselves. Hypocrites, the lot of them.
+How true. They’re leaving in droves now, but will be back on side in time for the next General Election. They simply wouldn’t know where else to go politically.
+And yes, every one of these jumped up snobs are about 1.5 simultaneous false moves or unfortunate events away from being up (or down) there with those they have previously gazed down on with such scorn.
+Whether we believe in deities or not, there is much truth in the principle of the adage, ‘There but for the grace of God go I’
+You are right. But we all know none of this matters, Its all divide and conquer.
+Yep, the Grauniad has really gone down hill. Trendy Shoreditch herberts, increasingly posh kids who can afford to be unpaid interns.
+Yeah they and the right-wing share the same focal point. They all view those with less like a different species. (Like a fox maybe) The “righties” want to hate you, make you suffer to fulfill their own sense of self worth, maybe make profit from you, maybe kill you. You are the enemy or the prey. The Guardian/Labour like “lefties” view those with less like potentially adorable but dumb beasties, the cute ones get treated like pets and fulfills their desire to look like a good person, the others can get put down at pound out of view for all they care. Obey you are a good pet, dare to bite, time for you to meet the vet on the way to the great farm.
+Reblogged this on HUMAN RIGHTS & POLITICAL JOURNAL.
+What I often do is challenge the claims made by work program providers . Their glowing so called successes..
+Nevermind whilst you are checking out those intetserve claims you can check out their share price.
+Anyone like to tell me what’s going on here ?
+I thought that the we are spartacus group was representing disabled people
+But in this link it publishes a daily mail scurrilous article without a single challenge ..
+If you check you’ll see that they collect and collate all stories regarding the disabled into an archive, presumably for knowledge base purposes. Becomes a bit more obvious whats going on when you look here which is basically a backspace from your original link –
+Prescribed diseases benefit. Monies paid out for those becoming ill as result of work.
+So that’s £1.2 billion lost to benefit fraud and not £22 billion or more. So that’s less than the vodaphone tax bill. And how much was written off by HMRC in unpaid corps tax ? £120 billion or more.
+Just checking..
+Oh well not too worry as THE TORY PARTY IS DOOMED read and follow the links Mr pickles
+Hi all. I would like to draw your attention to something that has been going on YouTube for a while. They are called the yaweh clan. They Target disabled and other ppl gays Jews black ppl and ppl they claim to be paedophiles.. usually with no proof. They regard as success when the Target can no longer cope have suicided themselves. Youtube have banned them but they come back under other names. There are videos about them.
+This link gives you a clue about how they think and act. They are connected to Wikipedia dramatica. (break) dramatica.se/Retard
+I just went to see this site. It’s vile. I didn’t see a page like that, but other ones. Basically they are homophobic, sexist, racist Nazis. Ablist, etc. Also blood junkies. They hate pretty much everyone else. In case you are not sure whether or not they are Nazis, the swastikas ought to give you a clue.
+@ss yeah I did know they were nazis they claim success when ppl kill themselves.
+I only hope the names on the elm guest list are arrested . Brook bottomley brittan proctor mi5 bod royal household staff the book shop glc ex Tory mp for twickenham
+The whole lot. BTW I got the name of the rc priest now a tony something deliah smith knows him . It occured to me this Richard third could open up wounds and question our royal fambly who ideally shouldn’t be where they are. No queen no govt no Cameron .
+Vicar became most hated man because he helped homeless.
+@cyclex thanks for that as I did wonder because I have been reading reports from disability organizations who were part of the PIP consultation exercise and spartacus was one of them . From what I’ve read so far none have been in favour of the PIP lots of recommendations made but I doubt they will be listened to and since it will rolled out in April I can’t see how they would have.the time to include them all. I do get concerned if I am reading words like ‘warmly welcome.’ though. The other thing I have heard is about bogus disability groups with made up stuff about how much money you can claim etc or ones using names of well known ones full of scrounger scum rhetoric.. there is some worrying shit going on thats for sure.
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+ID⚡⚡ gets his comeuppance….we wish.
+You trip on an unrepaired paving stone…..you’re not the litigious type. You get back up. Your injuries have rendered you incapable of work. You have done nothing wrong.
+You go to the institutions specifically there to aid you in your time of need.
+Then reality bites.
+You meet Ato⚡⚡. You fall under the auspices of The IDS Gang.
+Your days are numbered. You end up in hospital. You die of your injuries and the treatment meted out by Ato⚡⚡ and The IDS Gang.
+As a price is put on everything these days ( these bastards know the price of everything but the value of nothing. To them, as an unwell human being, you are worthless) the coat of your care in hospital is more than had you received your life-saving benefits to begin with.
+To The IDS Gang this matters nothing. It was worth it. You are dead. Job well done.
+Seig Heil Shmidt, Fraud, Graything, Hulk Hoban et al.
+The ConDemNation. Britischer Reich 2013.
+of topic for a mo
+PCS UNION DO NOT AGREE WITH THEIR STAFF HAVING TO FACE THE SAME CONDITIONALITY RULES AS US RE, UNIVERSAL CREDIT
+“”Of more concern is the impact of the increased conditionality regime that UC will introduce. This is likely to particularly impact on part time staff claiming UC whose gross part time pay is below the full time national minimum wage. In this case they may be subject to a similar conditionality regime to current JSA and ESA claimants. In other words they could be expected to attend interviews with Job Centre advisors whose role would be to encourage them to increase their earnings in order to take them off UC.
+This is of course something totally new and is extremely sensitive. PCS’ view is that it is wrong to extend conditionality to anyone who is in work and is currently arguing for the UC regulations to be changed accordingly. However the government appear determined to treat in work UC claimants in the same way that they treat out of work claimants. DWP has yet to decide how they may handle any DWP staff who are affected by this””
+In fairness it says they are opposed to conditionality for everyone in work – they are in a unique position as this problem extends beyond the DWP – the PCS said on twitter they are working on how many members are likely to be affected by UC conditionality but think it’s around 20-30%.
+So it won’t just be part time Jobcentre staff affected, but lots of part time PCS members in other public sector roles. They haven’t yet said how they will respond to this, but this offers the chance of a militant response on sanctions etc, it remains to be seen whether they take it.
+All the mainstream British ‘news’ papers are only fit for one thing; arse wipe.
+It wont even be good for that :D
+A few minutes ago on PMQ’s when questioned about the “bedroom tax” CallMeDave denied it was a tax at all, & claimed it was about benefits. When it’s taking money out of someone’s pocket especially those who can least afford it then surely it’s a tax?
+Now he’s just described living in social housing (looking like he had a bad smell under his nose) as a benefit! And still blaming Labour for the state of the economy. The man truly is a misguided fool.
+@kittycat the elm guest house revelations could do for them as the perverts then are connected to tories now
+Hopefully so, but the tories being the tories, they’ll probably describe the accusers of either being fantasists or mentally deranged & if it comes to a court case they’ll be considered to be unreliable witnesses.
+@kittycat well two have been arrested so far one is a priest.
+The tricky bit might be bottomley because he is related to jeremey hunt so he might try and intervene . Then you have brittan who is connected to cleggy and a lib dem councillor connected to pickles so we will see how it goes .
+It’s on Channel 4 news at the moment, this could get very, very interesting in weeks to come…
+What can one expect from a paper that employs friends of Simon Wessely to write its’s “science” articles (Ben Goldacre)?
+What’s wrong with Ben Goldacre? ‘Bad Science’ is a great book that slams loads of pseudoscience bollocks, and taught me that £1.50 moisturiser works just as well as £7 moisturiser. He has also written extensively with legitimate ‘Big Pharma’ criticisms as opposed to the mad tinfoil hat ones that discredit everything. See his work on paroxetine.
+Dammit, £70 moisturiser. Dammit! :)
+Funny then, how he seems happy to accept awards from those same pharmaceutical companies (and they seem happy to present him with them). He claims to be a “scientist” but in fact he is merely a junior doctor who has made a name for himself by ridiculing people like Gillian Mckeith. Hardly a great scientific achievement. But as I say, what can one expect from a friend and colleague of Simon Wessely?
+Do you have links to him being awarded prizes off the same companies he brings up in his book ‘Bad Pharma’, for instance?
+Do you have links to him claiming to be a scientist?
+I just haven’t seen this stuff.
+I know that Wessely upset a lot of people (and has apologised for his tone), and some people have used very simplified versions of his CFS research to attack sufferers, which is horrible. There’s nothing wrong with knowing him professionally, though. Are he and Goldacre very close?
+Goldacre won a British Science Writers (BSW) award, in 2003. At this time, the BSW was funded by MMR manufacturers Glaxo Wellcome and called the Glaxo Wellcome BSW Award.Goldacre was again a winner in
+2005 of the Association of British Science Writers Award (ABSW),
+hosted then by Syngenta. Syngenta is a world-leading agribusiness
+and producer of GM crops. It ranks third in the high-value commercial
+seeds market. Sales in 2005 were approximately $8.1 billion.
+If you could link to your source material that would be great, thanks – otherwise I have to spend a fair bit of time individually googling each bit of info for context. I’m not precluding the possibility of hypocrisy on Goldacre’s part, it’s just with the information I have I would be quite suprised (and disappointed) to see it. But by all means, new and evidenced information would change that :)
+Nothing wrong with MMR injections. The scare was an unfortunate hoax.
+I think Wessely more than “upset a lot of people” with his claims about the Camelford water poisoning incident, not to mention his involvement in the infamous Ean Proctor case.
+As for “nothing wrong with MMR injections”, perhaps you ought to tell the big pharma companies this. I’m sure they’d be really grateful to you , as they have just paid huge out-of-court settlements to parents who claim their children have been vaccine damaged.
+to cite just two.
+That Wessley does seem like quite a character, I didn’t know much about him outside of the CFS furore; but the quoted sections certainly paint the picture of a dude with a neverending boner for labelling practically every illness with an unclear cause “psychosomatic”.
+It is undoubtedly dangerous to set a precedent for the forcible removal of children on spurious psychological grounds. I wish that link you posted had posted its source material too, simply because the story is so shocking, you want to make sure it’s true before you go out kicking peoples arses in a rage, heh. Nah, I lived in the Isle of Man for a while, and reading that account I can believe that something is almost certainly awry; but from my experience (and it was a forced adoption case, not mine thank goodness) one should look squarely, long and hard at the social services department.
+Anyways, this has (accidentally, haha) unleashed a can of personal worms for me; and it’s not good for me to dwell. Thank you for providing a different perspective :)
+Oh, just caught the MMR thing, if the court ruling was based on new peer reviewed scientific evidence, please post any links; court rulings don’t change science any more than The Scopes Trial could have disproved evolution.
+You know, I could murder a jack and coke. Hope you’re keeping well :)
+Here again. I just remembered that a court in Italy gave a six year prison sentence to a scientist for manslaughter: because he didn’t predict an earthquake correctly.
+Bloody hell I hope he didn’t show them the Earth going round the Sun through his telescope as well.
+@kittycat and all this is the latest on the guest house arrests im not sure if the priest is the spartacus club / pie thing as that was fronted by a rc priest who got done before.
+Apparently some of the victims, were made to take part in porn movies & no confirmation of any “big names” as of yet.
+So the guardian has an issue with benefit claimants do they, well I bet they would not stop a benefit claimant buying their paper, now would they. x
+“It appears film maker is only too happy to use the vile language of the Tory right and declare that all those unable to work due to unemployment, sickness, disability or family responsibilities are skivers.”
+The word “skivers” was never used to describe “all those unable to work due to unemployment, sickness, disability or family responsibilities”. Not even by the Tories.
+Finding Aid for ILIR Library International Union and Federation Vertical File, 1932-2004 | University of Illinois Archives[Printer Friendly] | [Contact us about this collection]
+Collection Overview
+Title: ILIR Library International Union and Federation Vertical File, 1932-2004
+ID: 35/3/404
+Extent: 9.0 cubic feet
+Arrangement: Alphabetical by country and alphabetical by organization thereunder
+Date Acquired: 07/29/2007
+Subjects: Labor and Industrial Relations, Institute of, Labor Union Organization, Labor Unions
+Languages: English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish;Castilian, Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Turkish, Swedish, Japanese
+Scope and Contents of the Materials.
+Subject/Index Terms
+Administrative Information
+Repository: University of Illinois Archives
+Acquisition Source: Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations Library
+Box and Folder Listing
+Browse by Series:
+[Series 1: Unions by Country],
+[Series 2: International Federations],
+[All]
+- Series 1: Unions by Country
+- Box 1
+- Folder 1: Argentina - Confederacion General Del Trabajo, 1964-68
+- Announcements, Union Newspapers, Union Publications
+- Creator: CGT
+- Folder 2: Australia - Administrative Clerical Officers' Association, 1966-69
+- Constitution and Rules, Promotional Pamphlet, Union Newsletter
+- Creator: ACOA
+- Folder 3: Australia - Amalgamated Metal Workers Union, 1967-76
+- Rules, Promotional and Recruitment Materials, Monthly Journal, The Amalgamated News, Research Centre Bulletins and Reports, Reports, Wage Proposals, Handbooks, Conference Minutes
+- Creator: AMWU
+- Folder 4: Australia - Amalgamated Metal Workers Union - Contracts, 1972-75
+- Contracts With General Motors, Chrysler, Borg-Warner, Caterpillar and others.
+- Creator: AMWU and Cos.
+- Folder 5: Australia - Association of Architects, Engineers, Surveyors and Draughtsmen of Australia, 1967-76
+- Constitution and Rules, Union Newsletters, Reports, Conference Proceedings, Promotional Materials
+- Creator: AAESDA
+- Folder 6: Australia - Australian Council of Salaried and Professional Associations, 1967-74
+- Constitution and Rules, Promotional Pamphlet, Historical Information
+- Creator: ACSPA
+- Folder 7: Australia - Australian Council of Trade Unions, 1974-75
+- Organization Chart, Standard Hours Award, Wages Resolution, Information Sheet
+- Creator: ACTU
+- Folder 8: Australia - Australian Teachers' Federation, 1967-69
+- Constitution, Salaries Agreement, Annual Reports, Conference Proceedings
+- Creator: ATF
+- Folder 9: Australia - Australian Workers' Unions, April, 1969
+- Industrial Agreement
+- Creator: AWU
+- Folder 10: Australia - Boilermakers and Blacksmiths' Society, 1969
+- Conference Delegate's Guide Book, Industrial Agreement
+- Creator: BBS
+- Folder 11: Australia - Commonwealth Public Service Association, April, 1969
+- Union Official Organ
+- Creator: CPSA
+- Folder 12: Australia - Electrical Trades Union, 1968-77
+- Rules, Handbook, Union Newspaper, Union Official Organ, Annual Report
+- Creator: ETU
+- Folder 13: Australia - Federated Clerks Union, 1975
+- Rules, Reports, Agreement Proposal
+- Creator: FCU
+- Folder 14: Australia - Federated Ironworkers' Association, 1966-74
+- Rules, Labor Agreements, Drafts and Amendments, Retirement Plan, Union Newspapers, Minutes of National Meetings, Union Election Materials
+- Creator: FIA
+- Folder 15: Australia - Federated Tobacco and Cigarette Workers' Union of Australia, 1969
+- Agreement between Rothman's of Pall Mall and FTCWUA
+- Creator: FTCWUA
+- Folder 16: Australia - Labor Council of New South Wales, 1975-95
+- Rules, Enterprise Development Agreement, Industrial Agreement, Annual Report
+- Creator: LC of NSW
+- Folder 17: Australia - Metal Trades Industry Association, 1958-75
+- Rules, Promotional Booklets, Educational Booklets, Policy Paper, Policy Review
+- Creator: MTIA
+- Folder 18: Australia - Municipal Officers' Association, 1964-75
+- Rules and Amendments, Hand book, Union News Paper, Reports, Awards, Policy Document, 50th Anniversary Materials,
+- Creator: MOA
+- Box 2
+- Folder 1: Australia - New South Wales Nurses' Association, 1968-69
+- Constitution and Rules, Union History, The Lamp - Union Journal
+- Creator: NSWNA
+- Folder 2: Australia - Public Service Association of New South Wales, 1966-76
+- Constitution and Rules and By-Laws, Union Official Organ, Annual Conference Agenda and Report, Union Newspaper
+- Creator: PSA of NSW
+- Folder 3: Australia - Vehicle Builders Employees' Federation, 1964-82
+- Rules, Union Journal, Union Bulletin
+- Creator: VBEF
+- Folder 4: Australia - Victorian Public Service Association, 1966-75
+- Rules and By-Laws, Union Journal
+- Creator: VPSA
+- Folder 5: Australia - Water and Sewerage Employees' Union, 1973-74
+- Industrial Agreement, Labor Dispute Decision
+- Creator: WSEU
+- Folder 6: Bolivia, 1996
+- Foreign Labor Trends Report - Bolivia
+- Creator: U.S. Dept. of Labor
+- Folder 7: Canada - Canadian Auto Workers, 1954-94
+- News Release, Newspaper Clipping, Educational Booklet, Union Magazine, Union Newsletter, Reports
+- Creator: CAW
+- Folder 8: Canada - Canadian Labour Congress, 1952-83
+- Publications List, Union History, Educational Pamphlet
+- Creator: CLC
+- Folder 9: Canada - Canadian Union of Public Employees, 1981-88
+- Collective Labor Agreement, Union Publication
+- Creator: CUPE
+- Folder 10: Canada - La Confederation des Travailleurs Catholiques du Canada, Inc., 1945
+- Publication - Syndicalisme ou Politique
+- Creator: CTCC
+- Folder 11: Canada - Council of Postal Workers (Conseil des Unions des Postes), 1970-84
+- Agreements, Handbook
+- Creator: CPW
+- Folder 12: Canada - Ontario Federation of Labor, CLC, 1961-81
+- Summaries of Policies, Historical Background, Educational Pamphlet, Legislative Proposals
+- Creator: OFL
+- Folder 13: Canada - Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, 1971-73
+- Agreements with the Treasury Board
+- Creator: PIPSC
+- Folder 14: Canada - Public Service Alliance of Canada, 1971-84
+- Agreements with the Treasury Board
+- Creator: PSAC
+- Folder 15: Canada - Public Service Alliance of Canada (2), 1971-74
+- Agreements with the Treasury Board
+- Creator: PSAC
+- Folder 16: Canada - Quebec Unions General, 1979-89
+- Agreements
+- Box 3
+- Folder 1: Canada - U - Canadian Railway, 1948
+- Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees History
+- Creator: CBRE
+- Folder 2: Canada - Mixed Unions, 1971-82
+- Agreements of Council of Graphic Arts Union, Canadian Merchant Service Guild, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Federal Government Dockyards Trades and Labour Council, Canadian Office Employees Union, Canadian Air Traffic Control Association
+- Creator: CGAU et al.
+- Folder 3: China - General, 1973-2002
+- Shandong Provincial Federation of Trade Unions Conference Proceedings, Newspaper Clippings
+- Creator: SPFTU; Washington Post; New York Times; Chicago Tribune
+- Folder 4: Czechoslovakia - Czechoslovak Revolutionary Trade Union Movement, 1969-81
+- Congress Documents, Magazine
+- Creator: ROH
+- Folder 5: Denmark - General, 1973-86
+- Newspaper Clippings Regardings 1973 Strike, Report of National Union of General Workers' Growth Commission
+- Creator: Wall Street Journal; NUGW
+- Folder 6: France - General, 1946-73
+- Reports to Confederation Generale du Travail, Newspaper Clippings Regarding French Labor
+- Creator: CGT; Washington Post; Chicago Tribune; New York Times;
+- Folder 7: France - Confederation Francais des Travailleurs Chretiens, June, 1963
+- Report to the National Council
+- Creator: CFTC
+- Folder 8: Germany - Deutsche Angestellten-Gewerkschaft, 1974
+- Newspaper Clippings, Organization Chart
+- Creator: DAG; New York Times
+- Folder 9: Germany - Deutsche Gewerkschafts-Bund, 1955-66
+- Union Newsletters, Bulletins, Declaration on the Reunification of Germany
+- Creator: DGB
+- Folder 10: Germany - I.G. BAU (Construction Workers Unions), 1963-73
+- Address Before Convention; Newspaper Clipping
+- Creator: I.G. BAU; Washington Post
+- Folder 11: Germany - I.G. Metall, 1971-94
+- Newspaper Clippings, Agreements, Educational and Promotional Booklets, Anniversary Publication, Union Magazine, Theses Possibilities Regarding I.G. Metall
+- Creator: I.G.M.; Washington Post; Wall Street Journal
+- Folder 12: Great Britain - General, 1951-2004
+- Newspaper Clippings, Postcards, Union Journals, Anniversary Publications, Agreements, Union Newspapers, Constitutions and Rules, Conference Proceedings
+- Folder 13: Great Britain - Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers, 1932, 1947
+- Conference Proceedings
+- Creator: AUBTW
+- Folder 14: Great Britain - Clerical and Administrative Workers' Unions, 1954-71
+- Handbooks, Conference Proceedings, Agreement
+- Creator: CAWU
+- Folder 15: Great Britain - Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Amalgamated Engineering Union), 1954-87
+- Conference Proceedings, Promotional and Educational Booklets, Handbooks, Agreements, Union Newsletter, Newspaper Clippings
+- Creator: AUEW
+- Folder 16: Great Britain - Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Amalgamated Engineering Union) (2), 1953-61
+- Conference Proceedings
+- Creator: AUEW
+- Folder 17: Great Britain - Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, Undated
+- Negotiating Procedure and Agreements, Informational Publication
+- Creator: AESD
+- Folder 18: Great Britain - General and Municipal Workers, 1953-96
+- Union Journals, Accounts Report, Educational and Promotional Booklets, Handbooks, Policy Documents, Reports to Annual Congress, Rules,
+- Creator: GMW (GMB)
+- Folder 19: Great Britain - General Federation of Trade Unions, 1937, 1971
+- Report of Trade Union Organization, Federation News - Quarterly Publications
+- Creator: GFTU
+- Folder 20: Great Britain - National and Local Government Officers Association, 1965-68
+- Constitution and Rules, Reports,
+- Creator: NALGO
+- Folder 21: Great Britain - National Union of Mineworkers, 1945-73
+- Organization Chart, Information Pamphlets, Newspaper Clippings
+- Creator: NUM; Chicago Tribune
+- Folder 22: Great Britain - Association of Patternmakers and Allied Craftsmen, 1956-74
+- Agreement, Reports
+- Creator: APAC (UPA)
+- Box 4
+- Folder 1: Great Britain - Society of Radiographers, July, 1974
+- Submission of Evidence to the Halsbury Committee of Enquiry
+- Creator: S of R
+- Folder 2: Great Britain - Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, 1953-75
+- Agreements, Promotional Booklet, Conference Proceedings
+- Creator: CSEU
+- Folder 3: Great Britain - Association of University Teachers, January, 1978
+- AUT Bulletin
+- Creator: AUT
+- Folder 4: Great Britain - National Union of Teachers, 1968
+- NUT Member's Handbook
+- Creator: NUT
+- Folder 5: Great Britain - Trades Union Congress, 1954-84
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+-]
+Happy Canada Day! Why not celebrate by driving on Alberta’s secret highways?
+Frankly, I don’t know how the Beaverton stays in business with the brutal competition they’re facing nowadays from Wild Rose Country.
+There’s an expression we’ve all heard: “You can’t make this stuff up!” In Alberta, you don’t need to. The ambitious folks vying to become United Conservative Party candidates in the next provincial election will do it for you.
+Len Thom, aspiring candidate for the United Conservative Party nomination in Sherwood Park (Photo: Twitter).
+Consider Len Thom, aspiring UCP candidate in Sherwood Park. Until the Orange Wave of 2015, when NDP MLA Annie McKitrick was elected, the Sherwood Park riding was a mostly reliable Tory redoubt. Voters there elected Iris Evans, a minister in Ralph Klein’s and Ed Stelmach’s cabinets, four times consecutively after a Liberal represented the place for one term. So it’s clearly in play in 2019 for whomever gets the UCP nomination.
+Mr. Thom Tweeted Friday – and I’m not making this up – “If I am elected MLA for Sherwood Park I will ask @jkenney to get rid of nanny state speed limits on secret provincial highways.”
+Area 51, maybe! But who knew we had secret highways in Alberta? For that matter, who knew speed limits were an expression of the “nanny state,” the venerable right-wing dogwhistle for any regulation, no matter how sensible, that someone finds inconvenient.
+This prompted a storm of Tweeted responses, many of them hilarious. This is why I reckon this could spell trouble for the Beaverton, the well-known Canadian online news parody site, since we’re writing our own great stuff every day in Alberta now.
+Sherwood Park MLA Annie McKitrick, a New Democrat (Photo: Unattributed).
+In a post on his campaign website, the would-be UCP candidate explained his point of view a little more. Apparently the part of the Sherwood Park Freeway west of the world’s largest hamlet (population 70,000-plus, and I’m not making that up either) has a slightly higher speed limit inside the City of Edmonton than it does on the provincial section between Edmonton and the secret city.
+Mr. Thom, a lawyer, former Conservative constituency association president, and federal and provincial candidate, thinks the 80-km/h speed limit on the provincial section (that is, what he calls the secret part) is too slow and the 100-km/h limit inside Edmonton is more like it. I have this straight from the horse’s mouth.
+“These low speed limits are little more than a nanny state cash cow which has already resulted in numerous speeding tickets for county residents,” the would-be candidate complained on his web post, perhaps because he’s collected a few of these expensive pieces of paper himself, as have we all, regardless of what political party is in power or which one we support.
+Mr. Thom told me in a Twitter direct message that what he meant by “secret highway” is that “there are no posted signs indicating it is a numbered provincial highway and it does not appear on government road maps as a numbered provincial highway.” His reference to the nanny state, he said, reflects his view “that certain rules and policies tend to not be needed where something can be safely done by virtually everyone without the rule or policy.” (Like keeping your vehicle under 100 km/h in an 80 km/h speed zone, I guess.)
+Former Sherwood Park Conservative MLA and cabinet minister Iris Evans (Photo: David J. Climenhaga).
+Now, this may or may not sound silly to you, especially if you’ve driven on a highway in Alberta, but I have no doubt many residents of Sherwood Park will agree with him and vote for him on the strength of this alone.
+As an aside, readers should remember that while they can go east, and they can be eastbound, but they can’t “go eastbound.” This is a rule of grammar that apparently is now a secret, even to CBC traffic reporters.
+“If I am chosen as the MLA for Sherwood Park I will pick up my cell phone on election night and call Jason Kenney and suggest we get rid of nanny state speed limits on secret provincial highways,” Mr. Thom vowed. “I think I know what his answer will be.”
+This assumes Rachel Notley won’t have been re-elected when Mr. Thom is making his imagined phone call, of course, but in that circumstance I’m pretty sure Mr. Kenney’s response would actually be … “Tell Premier Mandel …” No! I’m joking. It would be … “My way or the secret highway!”
+Just ask Derek Fildebrandt, the Honourable Member for the Road that Leads Nowhere, about that if you don’t believe me.
+Seriously … Regardless of whether Mr. Kenney gets the opportunity to talk to officials in the Secret Highways Department, short of passing legislation eliminating speed limits in Alberta, they’ll throw invisible roadblocks in the way of change.
+If they do, they may have the ear of UCP MLA Ric McIver. Back when he was transportation minister in Alison Redford’s Conservative cabinet, Mr. McIver said he was prepared to consider just about anything to get Alberta drivers to slow down – and, who knows, maybe that included secret highways with really slow speed limits! That’s something for the NDP to look into if they really want to get up Mr. Kenney’s nose in another critical cartoon.
+Of course, if by some miracle Mr. Thom succeeds with his ambition, the Secret City of Sherwood Park (AKA the County of Strathcona) will likely be unhappy about any loss of revenue that now accrues to it from the inability of some of the worst drivers in Confederation, if you go by insurance statistics, to slow down.
+If this story didn’t tickle your funny bone, don’t worry about it. There’s bound to be another one like it soon.
+Tom in Ontario
+As an almost yearly visitor to Wild Rose Country I’m constantly looking for new touristy thrills. The hustle and bustle of downtown Banff? The Red Mile? Alberta Legislature? Done ’em. What’s needed is something novel like secret highways. Please, Mr. Thom, post their locations on Albertapolitics so that I can experience even more joy gallivanting at nanny state speeds in the fresh air of Canada’s richest and most loveable province.
+Bob
+Len Thom should be commended for standing up for basic freedoms for all Albertans.
+Northern Loon
+The basic freedoms as determined by Len Thom? Pray tell, what other ‘basic freedoms’ does Mr Thom decree we should have?
+MAGGIE
+Huh? Please expand on this.
+Jerrymacgp
+“Secret highway”? Really? We’ve always known highways can be lonesome, but secret? That’s a new one. But there isn’t much of a secret about the Sherwood Park Freeway being designated as Highway 100 … just go to the Wikipedia page for that highway:
+As for the speed limits, as we all know, while the province sets speed limits on provincial highways, municipalities can and do ask the province to post lower ones along certain stretches, for all sorts of reasons, and while the province is not legally bound to honour those requests, it often does. For example, look at Highway 2 entering St Albert from the north, which, IIRC, drops from 100 (or maybe 110… I don’t recall) to 80 at the city limits. The fact that the speed limit drops at the municipal boundary between the City of Edmonton and the County of Strathcona suggests this is what might have happened. So, take your case to the County.
+Brian Mason
+I can neither confirm or deny the existence of “Secret Alberta Highways”. Ever.
+Lars
+Secret highways? The cat’s out of the bag.
+Let’s hope that nobody tells him about the underground airlines.
+Bob Raynard
+Have you ever noticed that the people complaining about a nanny state tend to need one?
+Expat Albertan
+Bravo, sir, Bravo!
+David
+I doubt Mr. Kenney really cares much about secret highways and their nanny state speed limits, I suspect he has bigger fish to fry than the local problems of the worlds biggest hamlet. However silly this is, the saying all politics is local exists for a reason and I suspect it certainly applies in this case. Perhaps Mr. Thom is a good manipulator of the local public mood or his outrage is not feigned, but is the result of him personally getting one too many tickets. In any event, more than one government has been elected by making a few careful local promises – a bridge here, a school there, a hospital there, which can be particularly hard to do in financially challenging times such as those Alberta is currently experiencing. Surely, raising the speed limit on a section of road would cost little financially and I also doubt Mr. Kenney really cares either what Mr. McIver or any former PC would think about it or about road safety. The UCP doesn’t even have to explicitly blame the existing situation on the NDP in this case, it just needs to hint it will change it in order to get the votes of some frustrated commuters.
+Now it might be unfair to characterize the voters of Sherwood Park as all being speed demons and more people there might also be concerned about safety than Mr. Thom appreciates. However, his message as silly as it sounds to those of us who do not live in that community might have a populist appeal to enough frustrated commuters. In that regard it seems to fit in perfectly with the current right wing play book, it doesn’t matter whether the idea is silly or not, it only matters if it resonates with enough of the voters whose support they need to win.
+brett
+That’s it? That is his big issue and his big pronouncement? Alberta has many challenges facing us and many opportunities at our door step. This one is a little way down the list.
+Is this an indication of where this potential candidate’s priorities are? Should be a fairly straightforward choice for the voters in Sherwood Park in the next election.
+Mike
+I drive this stretch of “secret highway” quite often. Mr. Thom’s tweet, although quite silly sounding, will resonate with Sherwood Park residents using this road.
+Prior to the Anthony Henday upgrade of the 17st and Shwd Pk freeway overpasses, the speed limit was 100kph from the Sherwood Park western boundary all the way to 50st and vise versa. The overpasses were in great need of upgrades as they were designed and built for a fraction of the traffic that they were handling in the late 90’s and 2000’s. After the upgrades were completed (2015?), the speed limit was lowered to 80 kph from the western boundary to almost 34st. The beautiful new wide road, merge lanes, and flyovers were designed to handle 100kph with the current traffic load but for some reason the speed limit has been lowered to 80kph.
+Since very few residents use public transit or ride a bike in Sherwood Park, this will resonate with voters. The idea is not a silly one, although Mr. Thom I assume will learn to how to deliver his tweets after this one.
+Thom
+So after nearly 20 years in Alberta, I have a observed a few things about Alberta, its roads, drivers and speed limits.
+1. Speed limits on many roadways are absurdly low, often times – as is the case apparently with the Sherwood Park “secret” highway, but also with the newly upgraded Glenmore Trail in Calgary, to offer one example – for little apparent reason.
+2. Albertans often drive absurdly fast, and aggressively, for no reason other than that they want to.
+3. Many Alberta drivers are not equipped with the skills or temperament to drive for the conditions they find themselves in. Some are ridiculously slow: either so new at driving they are afraid to violate both the laws of Alberta and the laws of physics or sticklers for adhering to the letter of the law, whether the law, their fellow citizens, or good sense agree with them or not. As George Carlin said, anybody going faster than me is a maniac and anybody going slower than me is an idiot.
+Speed kills, so goes the mantra. But it is not true. Absolute speed is not a hazard, per se: simply driving above the speed limit is not, in itself, particularly dangerous. Relative speed is a better way to measure risk. In fact the best research done on the subject has shown that the greater the difference in speed between the slowest moving vehicles and the fastest moving vehicles on a given roadway significantly increases not only the likelihood of a collision but the severity of any collision. To further complicate things, add in multiple different kinds and sizes of vehicles, from big semis and overloads to tiny subcompacts and motorcycles and everything in between, all using the same roads, responding to the same conditions at slightly different speeds.
+We could (in my opinion, we should) have higher speed limits on all limited access roadways. Vehicles made in the last 20 years are the safest vehicles ever made. However, we can’t have those higher speed limits until we get better drivers, driving vehicles more appropriate for their skill levels, on roadways designed for those speeds and the expected traffic flow.
+If safety is the reason for keeping speed limits low, and relying on heavy handed and relatively ineffective ticketing of speeders to make it happen (I mean, come on, there are A LOT of traffic safety laws, surely there are some other ones we could enforce while we’re at it), there are a number of ways we could achieve that.
+We could expand graduated licensing with better, more comprehensive training and license levels for different categories of vehicles (I don’t know about any of you, but I don’t think piloting a Honda Civic for a few years prepares you adequately for driving a 6000 lb SUV or a lifted pickup truck).
+We could have better insurance. That’s a whole other rant, but yes, our insurance is low compared to many other parts of Canada, thanks to a previous provincial government.
+We could have mandatory vehicle inspections tied to vehicle registrations. Before I moved out west in the 90s, I had never lived anywhere that didn’t require some sort of legally mandated vehicle inspection at some point in the vehicle’s lifetime that was tied to its continued registration in that jurisdiction. Even Oklahoma, America’s Alberta, requires inspections at some regular intervals, if I recall. The lifting tide of the 2000s erased the memory of this for many people, I suspect, but there were a lot more junky vehicles on the roads of Alberta when I moved here; the recent downturn has highlighted that not everybody can afford new every year anymore, much less the maintenance on the one they have.
+We could have safer roads and higher speeds, but it would be a lot of work and some discomfort for some people. We have chosen instead to accept the status quo and stick with both slow, unsafe roads and the ineffective, low hanging fruit of active speed enforcement.
+St Albertan
+They can’t expand on inane deflections. If they told you what all the UCP eager beavers wanted? The re-coil might kill you!
+Dallas
+So a friend of mine says I should follow you. Ok. Why?
+David Climenhaga
+I’ll give you my late mother’s advice to me: “To thine own self be true.” DJC
+Bob Raynard
+I wonder if Mr. Thom considered transition zone length in his in-depth analysis of the situation.
+My wife used to use Sherwood Park Freeway during her commute back to Edmonton from her workplace SE of Sherwood Park. Before the Anthony Henday/SPF interchange was rebuilt she used to have a very stressful time trying to exit onto the cloverleaf while other drivers were coming off of SPF trying to access the Henday.
+I mentioned this to my civil engineer brother a few years ago. I wish I could remember exactly what he told me, but this is my memory of the conversation. (In other words, any errors are mine, not his)
+His first reaction was that cloverleafs are dangerous. If you think about it, we don’t see them in new highway builds anymore, and last summer I noticed that the cloverleaf intersection at Olds, where Highway 27 meets the QEII, has been modified by closing part of it, to eliminate what I am calling the transition zone. (My brother told me the term road designers use, but I don’t remember it.)
+Barry then went on to explain that the reason the south east leg of the Henday does not have interchanges for 34th Street and 66th Street is because it was physically impossible to put them in and still meet code. The code the Henday designers followed required a transition zone of (my guess) 2 km, if the road was going to have a speed limit of 110 km/hr. As a result, Thom’s point about relative speeds needs to consider the speed of vehicles entering and exiting the freeway. The long transition zone allows entering traffic to be at speed when they merge. Since 17, 34, 50 & 66 Streets are all extensions of former rural range roads, they are a mile (ie 1.6 km) apart and there isn’t space for the required transition zone. There are still short transition zones where the Henday meets Whitemud Drive, but they are off the actual freeway and in a 70 km/hr zone.
+Now back to Sherwood Park Freeway. It was built in the 1960s, when cloverleafs were considered state of the art, and its design was considered fine for a 100 km/hr speed limit. With the passage of time, and increases in traffic volumes, engineers have modernized their standards. As a result, the people who designed the renovations for SPF had a choice: build it for an 80 km/hr speed limit or close some interchanges and build it for a 110 km/hr speed limit. Given how close 17th Street is to the Henday interchange, it would certainly have to close. If they were going to keep 50th Street open, 34th Street would also have to close. Given those options, I certainly think the designers made the right choice. Notice this entire discussion is about decisions made by traffic engineers, who have no vested interest in speeding tickets. The hard part is getting people to understand that the posted speed limit is the actual safe speed.
+Incidentally, the distance from 50th Street to the Henday interchange is about 5 km. Driving that distance at 80 km/hr takes 45 seconds longer than driving it at 100 km/hr.
+Did Len Thom consider any of these ideas before reaching his conclusion about the SPF speed limit? While his rant may play well politically, Mr. Thom would be well advised to remember that he is aspiring to be a part of government, and it is irresponsible for government representatives to undermine the public’s confidence in their own experts.
+Thom (not Len)
+Great response. Where’s the like button?
+Scotty on Denman
+Superb!
+The headline momentarily fired my expectation, reminding me of William Least Heat Moon’s book Blue Highways, his travel log of a round-America tour on those lesser known highways coloured blue on some roadmaps, the interesting people he met and places he saw which, for most Americans, remain a secret. I have followed his example in Canada, a worthwhile and repeated experiment, especially when crossing the prairies, those secondary—and even tertiary—highways winding down into beautiful coolies that the major routes don’t attempt, and a needed rejudice for a guy like me whose first trip across the prairies was by train which, naturally, takes the flattest route and prejudiced my recollection of a featureless grassy expanse.
+I enjoyed the piece immensely, nevertheless (I might have pinched a nerve, too).
+Nanny state, eh? My only rejoinders are: ninny state and billy state. But I just can’t make this stuff up like you Albertans can.
+David Climenhaga
+In truth, I did think of Blue Highways myself when I penned that headline. I thought I was the only Canadian who had ever read it, soon after it was published in the early 80s. Apparently not. A memorable book. DJC
+WHEN THE BUFFALO ROAM
+Reads: 1670 | Likes: 2 | Shelves: 2 | Comments: 0
+Short Story by: Tim Arnzen
+A time-traveling Texas Ranger with a frozen memory emerges from a snowstorm in modern times to face down murdering criminals in a small cabin in the north country and to do battle with an enemy
+he’s been chasing since 1880's.
+Is he a ghost, a demon, or a time traveler? Justice is served best served cold, and Emil Marz delivers.
+Emil pushed through the snow, one step at a time. Even under the buffalo hide, the blizzard’s howling wind pounded his face. He felt no sense of time, experienced no urgency; the length of his journey and the storm, he couldn’t remember. He’d been here before though, struggling through the darkness with only the next step to take. When he entered a glade with a small cabin nestled in the corner and light spilling from its single window, Emil reached beneath the hide to be sure his Colts were still in their holsters.
+A red four-wheeled coach sat in front of the cabin. The wagon seemed to be made almost entirely of steel and glass, except its four black, rubber wheels. Rectangular, the car’s central section would hold passengers as tall as himself, the edges and corners smooth and rounded, its surfaces flat. It appeared sleek, and no harness for horses could be found.
+Curious, he pushed the coach, but it wouldn’t budge. He walked around it and found several words, Ford Ranger; a large badge on one end of the vehicle read, ARIZONA, JUL, NZ 32465 GRAND CANYON STATE.
+‘Ranger’
+That word meant something. Memory moved like a frozen river, and Emil recognized he’d been to many places just like this; passed many doorways and across countless thresholds. He turned his attention to the small, single-roomed wooden shanty. As he stepped toward the cabin he heard men arguing inside, a raspy voice slipping through the thin door. “Eat me, asshole. You started shooting first!”
+“The guard was drawing on us. So piss off! Rick. Maybe you want some too, huh?” returned a hostile male.
+“News of your killing spree probably has Brandt rethinking laundering the money. I wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t show up,” returned the raspy voice man named, Rick.
+“I don’t give a shit what fucking Brandt does!”
+“Brian!” A third, agitated voice came through the door. “Calm down! Both of you!”
+“Like he’s going to be cool,” replied Rick.
+“Brandt will be here,” returned the third man in the room.
+From what Emil heard, the three men inside were criminals taking sides, but it was the name Brandt, that piqued his memory. He curled his cold fingers into a fist and knocked.
+"Is that him?" Chair legs scraped on a wooden floor and then nothing.
+Emil knocked, again.
+The old floorboards protested as the men inside moved.
+"Brandt! That you?" Rick’s raspy voice sounded through the door.
+"Just a soul in need of fire.” Emil glanced back at the coach. ‘Ranger…’
+"That ain’t Brandt," said the third man.
+"Fuck it! Let’s see who it is Mike. Let ‘em in. I ain’t scared. You scared, little Ricky?” the bully goaded.
+"Screw you!” replied Rick.
+“Go ahead, Brian, open the door. Can’t have someone walking around,” ordered Mike.
+The door swung inward, and a bright light from inside momentarily blinded Emil, just as a double-barrel shotgun was pressed forcefully under his nose.
+"What’re you doing out there?" the voice belonged to the aggressive man the other two men inside had called Brian.
+Emil thought quickly—they were waiting for someone. “I was told to be here.” He lifted his hands in surrender to the young blond man at the door. “Get the fuck in here!” Brian ordered, stepping back. “Who told you that?”
+Emil focused on the double-barrels as he stepped across the threshold. He laid eyes on the smallest man, Rick. The thin man’s upper lip showed a trimmed black mustache. He wore a red shirt that hugged his body and tight blue leggings. A thin man, Rick stood the same height as Emil, but that was where the similarities ended. Emil was calm, and Rick, anxious, even frightened.
+"I asked you a question!" Brian’s impatience boiled quickly.
+The clothing was unfamiliar to Emil, and the men didn’t wear gun belts but were all armed, pointing their weapons at him. The two blonds stood well over six feet tall and topped two hundred pounds. Both were the largest men he’d ever seen. They bore a familial resemblance, and both had green eyes. While the elder brother Mike, wore facial hair, the younger brother Brian was the only man in the room with a clean-shaven face.
+“He asked you a question. Take off that silly hood," Rick demanded, looking him up and down.
+Emil pulled the buffalo hide off his head. “Don’t know,” he stammered from a dry mouth.
+Mike stepped forward with an irregularly shaped gun that held a long compartment beneath a short barrel. “What the hell is up with you. Did you miss your Halloween party?”
+"Piss on it. We need all the karma we can get. May as well warm up by the stove while we wait to see if Brandt arrives." Rick stepped back to let Emil into the cabin. “Until we decide what to do.”
+Mike glowered at Emil. "Take that hide off.” He pointed the weapon. “Search him, Rick.”
+When the hide fell to the floor, the three men’s eyes were drawn by the star pinned to his red and black checkered vest; the star circled by a thin strip of tin and stamped with TEXAS RANGER. “What the fuck!” Brian roared.
+Emil looked at the star on his chest. He could feel the weight of the pair of Colt .44s at his hips; a pack and horn tied to his gun belt contained powder, caps, and cotton.
+‘Ranger’
+Emil’s thoughts thawed as the name Brandt swirled in the cold water of his memory.
+"You the law?" Brian mocked more than asked. "Think you’re Wild Bill Hickok or something?" He stepped forward, pushing the barrel of the shotgun into Emil’s face again. “I wanna’ blow your head off right now, Aces and Eights.”
+"This guy’s trouble." Mike aimed the complicated looking weapon as he might fire. “Get them guns, Rick,” he ordered again.
+“Fuck you, Mike, don’t tell me what to do!” Rick turned his attention to Emil. “Don’t move!” He pointed a small pistol.
+"Think you’re the Lone Ranger?" Brian waved the shotgun in Emil’s face. “I’ll blow your head right the hell off. Can I?” He asked.
+The young man wanted to pull the trigger, Emil had seen the look in a man’s eyes before, the thrill of taking life burned in them like a smoldering fire ready to leap and run in a dry forest.
+Mike stepped behind Emil, slamming the door shut. "You so much as twitch, Texas, and you’re dead. Rick, get those god damned guns.”
+Rick scowled, but tucked his revolver away and moved closer to lift the leather straps holding the pistols. He pulled the Colts from their holsters.
+Brian smacked the barrel of the shotgun into Emil’s cheek. “You twitched!”
+The was no pain.
+"These are beauties." Rick admired the guns. “What year are they? They’re real powder guns, huh?”
+Emil returned to the year had been 1870, the Spring he married the love of his life. He could hear her calling him to breakfast from across time. "Emil, Ee-mil Marz…"
+***
+Emil’s hands worked the old milk cow’s teats. The Holstein voiced her opinion softly as she chewed the fresh green hay, and Emil whistled a tune he’d learned during the war. It had been a perfect morning, the sky clear, the day warming up to something mighty fine, but that changed when three shadows leaned over the hill where a road led down to their little farm. Raising a hand to his brow for a better look, he watched as three strangers on horseback galloped in with the sun on their backs.
+The men leaned forward in their saddles; their horses lathered from many miles of being ridden hard. Why would men be riding so early in the morning, Emil wondered. Was something wrong?
+Cursing under his breath for not having his shotgun at hand, Emil picked up the bucket of warm milk and walked briskly to intercept the riders. He forced a smile. "Good morning for a ride." He looked at the scatter of thin clouds overhead.
+Emil noticed the terrible scar surrounding the empty eye socket of the man out in front of the other two. It looked like the eye had been burned, or boiled from its socket. The man behind the missing eye did not look friendly. Emil had always been able to tell a man’s nature right off, grandma Marz had called him unique and his ability something the ancient Greeks called, ‘theurgy’ or ‘divination.’
+"That bucket of milk would be mighty fine after a long ride," One-Eye commented, glancing back to his partners as he reined his mount to a halt.
+The two men agreed with menacing chuckles. They were on the run.
+Emil heard Mary from their single room cabin. "You fellers hungry?" Her voice gay, the morning sun dancing over her auburn hair in a nimbus.
+Dread cut through Emil like a cavalry sword.
+“Looky there.” One of the men grabbed himself in his saddle, and the other’s jaw fell open.
+West of St Louis, Mary was likely the most beautiful woman these men had seen in their lifetimes.
+"Just ‘bout breakfast time, soon as my husband brings that milk inside." She smiled at Emil.
+The one-eyed leader turned back to him. "I reckon we have time for breakfast." The one eye glanced at the man on his right and winking with his one good eye. The single eye returned its gaze to Emil. “You got a pretty wife, sir; she must get lonely out here with just one man to take care of her."
+One-Eye swung down from his saddle like a rattlesnake.
+Emil’s back and arms cooled with small bumps as spooked geese flew over his flesh, and his shoulders tightened in apprehension. "No sir, we do right well. I suspect you should forget my wife’s offer and head on down the trail to town. We don’t want no trouble here."
+"Trouble is what you have, I reckon." One-Eye reached for his pistol. "Your beautiful wife for breakfast sounds mighty fine. You men with me?” He asked, unconcerned with what they wanted or not.
+Both lifted their hats for a better look at Mary. “She’s pretty, Brandt! But them Rangers is close behind.”
+One-Eye pulled back the hammer. “You know what? I can’t figure out which of us is in more trouble.” He winked his good eye again and struck Emil on the chin with the butt of his pistol.
+The man laughed.
+***
+"He asked you a question, buffalo-fuck," Mike snarled. "You deaf or something?" The big-man reminded Emil of one of the rotund new creatures they’d discovered in the expeditions to the north. A walrus, they called it in the papers.
+"I reckon eighteen-seventy. They were a gift from President Grant at my wedding," Emil replied.
+Rick held the pistols. “President Grant? As in Ulysses?” The man’s head swiveled with incredulity.
+Mike shoved the barrel of the gun under the tin star Emil wore on his vest. "You think I’m dumb or something, Mister Ranger? You trying to poke fun at us? What about this badge?"
+Emil drew away from the short-barreled, blocky weapon. "I don’t remember much. I’m just cold and hungry. Maybe, if I warm up a little I’ll come to recollect?"
+"How about your name?" Rick asked. The man wore rings on all his fingers; one appeared to be a skull.
+"I’ll ask the questions," Mike asserted, pushing his bulk forward.
+"Who put you in charge?" Rick snapped back but was pushed out of the way. His black mustache twitched nervously.
+"Why don’t we vote, asshole?" Mike sneered.
+"Does the retard’s vote count?" Rick motioned toward Brian.
+Brian grimaced, looking at his brother as if to beg permission for something they’d planned all along.
+“Name’s Emil Marz."
+“That’s a pussy’s name,” Mike snapped back. “Your daddy want a girl? Sounds like you’re an Emily to me.” Mike turned to Rick. "And my brother’s vote does count."
+Brian grinned, his short yellow teeth grinding under a greasy sneer, his lips pursing until they turned white.
+"You sit in this metal chair, for now.” Mike unfolded an object and set it down at the far end of the cabin. “Sit here.”
+Emil did as he was told and took a seat in the unfolded metal chair.
+“Rick, watch him," Mike ordered. “Find something to tie him with.”
+“Like what? There’s not a lot here to tie anybody up with.” Rick shook his head in annoyance.
+"Why don’t we just blow his head off," Brian questioned, motioning with the shotgun. “I’ve always wanted to see a head explode.”
+“That’s all we need.” Rick took a step closer to Emil. "What’s the last thing you remember?”
+Emil searched his thawing mind as images sharpened into the vision of his pursuit of the one-eyed murderer, Brandt…
+"I remember," Emil began. "I was chasin’…" He paused, looking at each. "Three bank robbers… murderers."
+"Shit," Mike aimed the gun at Emil. "I knew this freak was trouble." He stepped closer, the floor protesting under his weight.
+"Let him talk."
+"Oh, I will, then I’m going to beat the truth from his ass. And you don’t be telling me what to do." Mike fumed.
+"Go on," Rick pressed, ignoring the big man.
+While he didn’t feel exactly warm, his memory flowed better than it had and his anger rose to an internal rage. "I was chasin’ my wife’s killers in the north country, near the Arizona Territories. I remember findin’ a small creek flowin’ into a deep box canyon. It was the only water I saw in days, so I filled my canteen. While waterin’ my horse I came across the tracks of the men I was after. I kept to the creek, searchin’ for more signs when I rounded a bend and seen the strangest buildings made of stone, and beneath them, two, round, open-faced pits, made of stone. In the cliffs above, there looked to be a rock fortress, and like nothin’ I had ever witnessed before—an ancient ghost city. It was there I seen the...the one-eyed devil that killed my Mary. He was lookin’ down into one of the round stone pits.
+“He saw me and made for his horse.
+I took after him. The canyon walls closed in, and I thought I might be trapped and was wary of ambush, so I stopped and climbed off my horse.
+As I moved up the creek, the walls leaned together to form a natural arch. I could see through the thing to a yonder place where it was snowin’ but around the arch, the sun shone as clear as a blue sky.
+On the arch, itself was a queer drawin’ of a strange man with insect antennae on his head and leadin’ a line of people through the arch. I decided ole’ One-Eye must have passed under the arch.
+I stepped through the arch after the man who killed my wife.
+Passin’ through felt like a fine, thin layer of water tickling my skin, then a sudden gust of cold wind and I was sure I had lost my footin’ and was fallin’. The sky turned dark, and it was cold, and I felt the snow on my face… Later, on a plain, I found a herd of buffalo and killed one.”
+***
+“You say the man has one eye?” Mike probed. He glanced at his brother and then Rick, a curious expression on his brow.
+Brian and Rick both expected an answer.
+"Well, I don’t know what to say about you or where you came from, so I’ll just play along, but I’ll be keeping these for my collection." Rick stuffed the Colts in his belt. “What year is the last you remember?”
+“Eighteen-seventy, I reckon.”
+Mike guffawed, and Brian giggled maniacally.
+“It’s two thousand and sixteen, Mister Marz,” Rick replied, his eyes wide, waiting for an answer that made sense.
+Mike’s brow wrinkled. "You can pull Rick’s leg as much as you like, but you ain’t nothing but a whacked-out nut-job to me. He isn’t a real ranger, and I bet he stole it from Party City,” he snorted in disgust. “Brian, go get the bags and let’s get the cash divided up. I ain’t waiting for Brandt any longer; we’ll just head to Mexico and launder our share down there.”
+“Won’t get as good of a deal in Mexico,” Rick insisted. “Brandt will be here.”
+“You just said he wasn’t coming, and I don’t want to wait around for a what-if, so get your ass counting.”
+Brian moved to the corner of the room and picked up two bags, tossing them on a table. He dumped out the contents.
+Mike crossed the room to take a closer look at the pile of money on the table. “Rick, watch him!” he ordered as he walked away.
+Rick pivoted his attention to Emil, furious with having been given another order. His hackles raised, Rick appeared to Emil to be a proud Bantam rooster that had encountered a bigger, more powerful rival in the roost.
+"How about something to eat, fellers?” Emil asked the men. His stomach growled for the first time in as long as he could remember.
+"Go ahead and give him something." Mike grabbed a stack of money, distracted by its lure.
+Rick mumbled as he walked toward a set of packs. He pulled out a red and rectangular container, and a canteen of water and turned to Emil, handing him the items. “...kill us both,” Rick whispered, his eyes shifting to make sure the others was occupied with the money.
+Emil felt the familiar handle of one of his Colt’s beneath a container: Nutter-Butter, it read. He slipped the gun between his legs and into his lap beneath the container and canteen, taking one of the small biscuits from the container and sliding the little dry cake into his mouth. The cake was sweet, and his thoughts turned to Mary...his lovely, innocent Mary as he chewed the first thing he’d eaten in as long as he could remember.
+***
+The smell of grass assailed him even as a pair of large, soft, hairy lips nibbled his face, pulling Emil to consciousness. The old mare stared down at him, her large brown eyes full. She nickered softly as he focused and recovered his wits.
+He sat up, his head and stomach spinning like a cyclone. After a few deep breaths, he pushed the confusion nausea away and looked around the smoldering homestead. The home and barn were now blackened skeletons of lost memories. Some of the fences still burned, poking up from the ground like barbequed ribs. The only building still standing unscathed was the outhouse, which is where he saw her. On the ground, face down.
+Mary lay in a mix of angles, her legs and arms akimbo, her red hair splayed like tossed out roses. He saw too much blood on her blouse. His shotgun was still clutched in her small, white hand. She was still clothed, and Emil prayed she had been spared violation. Her eyes were dead. He broke down and crawled toward her, sobbing until his head pounded.
+Eyesight bleary with ashes and tears, Emil dug Mary’s grave and buried her. Later, wandering through the burned-out shell of their home, he found the Colt pistols unharmed. It was then that he cried for the last time, his despair turning to rage.
+For the second time in less than twenty-four hours, strangers rode down the hill and into his homestead, two of them spurring their horses. Emil wiped the soot and sweat from his eyes for a closer look, ready with the shotgun, his Colts loaded and holstered.
+The riders wore black clothing with red neckerchiefs, silver embroidered riding chaps, and big hats that kept their faces in shadow. Both wore thick mustaches. Emil noticed the stars pinned to their chests and knew them to be Texas Rangers. An idea began to form, a plan of vengeance.
+“Sorry about your farm.” The younger ranger sat back in his saddle.
+"I’m coming with you," Emil announced to the lawmen.
+“You think that’s a good idea? You look like you been kicked by a mule.” The elder ranger peered down, appraising Emil’s worth. His gaze pondered the Colts for a moment. He looked Emil directly in the eyes.
+Emil held the man’s stare. “I was a Captain in the war under General Grant. And I suspect you’re after the three men who came through here and murdered my wife,” he paused, biting down on his fury, “and burnt our ranch.” He took a deep breath and steadied himself. “I’ll be taking after them, with you or without you.”
+"Looks like you hit one.” The elder man indicated with a jerk of his head to the ground where a fair amount of blood could be seen. “The way he’s bleedin’, he’s stone cold by now, Captain."
+"Mary must’ve got ‘im." Emil glanced at a new pile of rocks near the apple tree; a wooden cross standing over the body of his beloved.
+"God bless her." He nodded. “We welcome your gun.” The lawman spurred his horse.
+Emil mounted the unsaddled mare and reined her in behind the two men as they galloped from the remains of his life.
+***
+Emil escaped the sad memory. The three men inside the cabin with him were criminals, pure and simple. It didn’t matter where he was, or when, or whose hand had brought him; justice must be served. He knew that was why he had been brought here.
+Emil had a powerful feeling; he’d done this before. Many times, with different strangers.
+Rick leaned back from the cabin’s single table. "Can he count?" he asked the walrus-sized man.
+"Why do you keep egging my brother on?" Mike straightened to his full height. “Ain’t you supposed to be watching him, anyway?” He glared across the table and glanced at Emil.
+“Because your brother got my friend killed and now I’m guilty by association,” Rick growled back.
+Mike squared his shoulders deliberately toward Rick. “Well, you ain’t dead yet.”
+“Why are we taking this dwarf’s shit?” Brian pleaded.
+Emil swallowed the remains of another of the sweet biscuits, washing it down with water from the canteen. It was good to eat and drink. The Colt’s weight reassured his confidence beneath the flask and biscuit packaging.
+Outside the cabin, a loud roar drew closer and caught everybody’s attention.
+“That’s got to be Brandt,” Brian announced. “The cops wouldn’t just drive up.”
+“I’ll be damned! It looks like One-Eye made it,” Mike looked out the cabins single window.
+Emil froze upon hearing Mike utter the name “One-Eye.” He connected it to the other name, Brandt. The door swung inward, blocking Emil’s view.
+“I can’t believe it’s snowing in May.” The door closed and revealed the man’s back. “You boys are in a heap of trouble.”
+The man who entered wore a black suit, his boots shined; his hair was short and brown. Emil could make out little more of the man from his position behind him, but there was something about his shape and posture...
+“About time you got here.” Mike nodded to the newcomer. Rick and Brian mumbled in agreement.
+The man in black walked in. He carried a large brown parcel and plopped it next to the stacks of money.
+The man’s gait set its hook into Emil’s memory as if he’d caught a whale. Muscles in his back tightened, and his hair stood on end.
+“You boys coming up with new plans?” the man asked, turning so that Emil could see his face.
+Emil could see the scar where the man’s eye should be first. Could he be? Emil wondered.
+When the man had turned enough so that his one good eye noticed Emil in the chair, and he froze. “Who’s…who’s this?” The man hunched over a bit as if he might draw a weapon but realized he didn’t have one in the jacket’s pocket.
+His voice, his face, the burned-out eye, the name—all added up to the same man, the man who murdered Mary and many more. Vengeance thawed Emil’s soul. “Do you remember me?”
+Three of the four men stared at Emil with shocked expressions; One-Eye did not. Instead, he smiled a broad, shit-eating grin. “I do remember you, Mr. Marz.”
+“What? You know this crazy guy?” Mike jerked his head around.
+Rick looked to Brandt, and then to Emil, increasing levels of consternation twisting his face in incomprehension.
+Brian looked at his brother for guidance.
+“I never should have agreed to meet you boys in the four-corners area. I knew it. I haven’t been back here in a hundred years, or more,” Brandt remarked in a puzzled voice. “Fucking Anasazi magic.”
+“What are you talking about,” Rick pressed for an answer. “How do you know this guy? What’s this about a hundred years ago?”
+“I killed his wife a hundred years ago, give or take. Another life.” Brandt walked around the table and turned to face Emil.
+“What’s going on?” Mike raised his voice.
+Brian stood up from his chair, stepping away from the table, the double-barrel shotgun in hand. “This is too fucking much for me, man!”
+“I haven’t aged a day since we went through that damnable arch, Mister Marz. But you. You look like you been to hell and back.”
+Emil slowly chewed another biscuit, but under the packing, he gripped the Colt’s handle.
+Brian eyed his older brother for orders again, his ham-fists clenching the shotgun; he rocked back-and-forth on his heels.
+“I want you to know Mister Marz—I never touched your wife. None of us did. Matter of fact, when I knocked you out, she sprang toward the house like lightning. She must have seen us coming because the shotgun was by the door and she was ready to use it.”
+Emil’s emotions broke like a calving glacier as waves of sorrow wracked his mind. His chest tightened, but his tears were frozen.
+“She came out of that cabin firing like a Yankee soldier. A good shot too… She hit one of my men, but you already know that. You must have found him.”
+The lump in Emil’s throat grew, and tears threatened like rain-clouds; the thaw point had been reached.
+“So here we are Mister Marz.” The man in black shrugged. “If the world made sense, men would ride side-saddle, wouldn’t they?” He cleaned his front teeth with his tongue and made a squeaking sound. “I don’t think I’m ready to go just yet.” Brandt shook his head. “And you don’t look like you’re in any position to mete out justice today, anyhow.”
+“The only thing that will set all this right is justice finally being served,” Emil replied coldly.
+Brandt’s face warped in frustration. “Would someone kill this guy?”
+Emil pulled the Colt up from his lap before anybody could move. Biscuits and their packaging spilled to the floor along with the canteen.
+The sight of an armed man froze them all.
+“So, you’ll have your revenge then,” Brandt grimaced.
+“Justice.” Emil eyed each of them, keeping the Colt aimed at Brandt. “Doin’ the dirty work of the Lord I guess? And there’s a lot of it to do.”
+The young angry man frowned, his eyes shone with fury. "Fuck you!" Brian yelled, shifting his position and firing.
+Buckshot missed Emil, exploding against the wall behind him.
+The Colt responding with a kick and simultaneous roar.
+The bullet struck Brian in the heart, sending him backward and into the wall. Blood spurted from the hole in his chest.
+Correcting his aim, Emil tracked Brandt diving beneath the table and squeezed off a shot. His aim true once again, a small hole appearing in one side of Brandt’s head as the other blew open in an eruption of blood, bone, and brains.
+One-Eye fell to the dirty cabin floor, writhing a moment before he dropped dead.
+Mike clambered for the oddly-shaped gun sitting just out of reach on the table next to the stacks of money. Grabbing and squeezing the trigger without control or aim, the gun blasted like a Gatling, cutting holes in everything in its path.
+The aim had not been for anyone specific, but everyone. The random spray of bullets left one in Rick’s belly, about an inch from his navel, and another gaping hole just to the left of that.
+Rick hadn’t seen it coming but felt the shock when the bullets hit him and knocked him on his back where he gasped for breath.
+Emil pivoted toward Mike, pulling the trigger once again, the Colt spouting redemption in black smoke, flame, and hot lead.
+A bullet hit Mike in the chest, knocking him backward and onto his brother’s corpse, where they lay dead together in a pool of blood.
+Rick clutched at his guts, struggling through the excruciating pain, moaning through clenched teeth. Blood flowed onto the floor beneath him. “Christ,” he swore.
+Emil approached the mortally wounded man.
+“Help me,” Rick pleaded.
+"If you’re riding with murderers. That makes you a murderer, too.” Emil leaned over and grabbed his second Colt from Rick’s waist.
+“What the hell are you?” Rick gasped between his labored breathing.
+“Justice.” Emil studied Rick’s brown eyes. He turned to gather his hide. "You’ll be dead soon enough, and only the Lord can decide whether your suffering was sufficient to pay for your crimes."
+Emil tightened the buffalo hide around his shoulders and opened the cabin door. Outside, the stars sparkled in the heavens and he wondered where his next steps in the snow would lead him.
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+US military diverting drones from Afghanistan for CIA-led campaign.
+PESHAWAR: At least nine people have been killed in a suspected US drone strike in Mir Ali, North Waziristan. Eight suspected militants of German nationality are said to have been killed in the attack, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
+Western security officials have been warning that they believe a group of individuals in northern Pakistan were connected to a plot to attack targets in Europe.
+According to details, the drone fired two missiles on a house near Bilal Mosque of the Mir Ali market. Two people were also injured in the attack. People of the area have reportedly cleared the rubble of the destroyed home without any support of the administration.
+Recent reports reveal that the United States’ military is secretly diverting aerial drones from Afghanistan to escalate a CIA-led campaign against militants in Pakistan, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
+Government implicated
+According to an editorial in The Express Tribune:.
+Taliban respond
+Officials say the bullet-riddled bodies of three men were recently found at the side of a road in North Waziristan, killed by suspected Pakistani Taliban militants in apparent retaliation for recent US drone strikes in the area.
+Public against drone strikes
+A recent survey shows nine out of every ten people in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) of Pakistan oppose the US military and drone campaign to pursue al-Qaeda and Taliban in their region.
+The public opinion survey (available here), conducted by the New America Foundation and Terror Free Tomorrow, interviewed a thousand FATA residents across 120 villages in all seven tribal Agencies of FATA.
+Nearly 70 per cent of the respondents wanted the Pakistani military alone to fight Taliban and al-Qaeda militants in the tribal areas.
+Polls conducted on The Express Tribune website show similar results. In July, readers were asked if drone attacks in Fata were justified. A majority (64 per cent) of the responses were ‘No.’ When asked again whether they were ‘for or against drone strikes?’ in September, 68 per cent of the respondents said they were against them.
+Are you for or against drone strikes in FATA?
+For: 46
+Against: 101
+Total: 147 (September 21, 2010)
+Are drone attacks in FATA justified?
+Yes: 68
+No: 119
+Total: 187 (July 18, 2010)
+The so-called ‘secret’ pact with NATO regarding allowing the forces to enter Pakistani territory within 5 kms during ‘hot persuits’ should also be talked about as these not-so-secret drone attacks deal is discussed. Will help readers understand the ‘sincerity’ behind the ‘protests’.Recommend
+Drones must be increased manifold to contain this lawless tribal land which is taking the world for a ride.No business of sovereignty in an area where there is no Govt.in existence.
+These terrorists are not Islamists,Does Islam preaches to plant bombs in Mosques and Market places,does the religion preaches them to slit the throat of fellow Muslims.
+These are beasts in human form,can never be corrected,needs to be destroyed from the roots and civilian deaths are not even collateral ,they are collaborators.
+They must realize no more they are UN-reachable ,no more they can hide in the mountains after committing crimes against humanity.
+Needs to be destroyed without any sympathy whatsoever.Recommend
+Drone strikes are not justified
+they target insurgents
+but in result have seen the deaths of innocent people.
+They cross the border without prior permission
+it is violation of international law.
+Pakistan is a sovereign state,so they should honor
+of its territories.Recommend
+Drones are the only way to get at Terrorists now that Pak army is refusing to go to North Waziristan. Recommend
+lol@sultan ahmedRecommend
+murderers will never listen to reason, law or even God Himself so may these awe-inspiring missiles launched by Drones above the clouds continue to punish and annihilate these lawless creatures as they rain down upon their heads. Recommend
+These Muslims who congregate in so-called “lawless tribal regions” must be living in constant fear of the next explosion from 600 lb. missiles launched from way above their heads and that is a good thing as justice is being delivered to them almost daily now. They allowed Bin Laden and his Arab terrorists to launch attacks against America from their soil and they no doubt realise how foolish that was and are paying for supporting terrorism with their own lives. They and they alone are responsible for the deaths of THOUSANDS of fellow Muslims. Recommend
+Islam is peace. Muslims would never commit terrorist acts. All terrorism is done by non-Muslims. LOLRecommend
+Since Pakistan cannot or will not rid itself of these bloodthirsty murderers within and without its borders, drones are necessary and wonderfully effective. The fear they must be creating in the minds (if they even have them) of these savages is uplifting.Recommend
+To all commenting above me
+Just wish drones flying over our urban areas, imagine one targets your street and hits your rooftop leaving you parents dead and your head flies off across the street.And all this happens while a hot pursuit is in action. I wish this happens so you come to understand what sovereignty means. You people need to be shoved back to classrooms together with grade 5 kids to understand how national borders work and what UN charter works on this.
+Infact i think you all should be just jailed to be stopped form promoting such retarded ideas making yourself appear worst than TTP.
+Any such activity within Pakistan should be done by Pak Military.Recommend
+Good riddance!!! How come these guys from Germany/England etc just come to Pakistan and end up at North Waziristan? Seems so easy for these people. Where is the immigration authority and the ever efficient Airforce security force? Recommend
+@Anoop & @Subramani..these attacks are not justified at all. Now the news is Germans are being killed in a drone strike, i would rather name it a conspiracy theory to give these attacks a valid reason and already Americans are shouting for last one week about the attacks being planned on Europe. Most importantly, Taliban in Pakistan are not the real Tablis but a created faction backed by Indian (RAW) operatives with in Afghanistan working as a social workers. so there is no point of blaming Pakistan.
+@Joe, the same people when fought cold war for US itself against Russians, they were heroes, now they are called terrorists. This is a double standard and baseless theory. Recommend
+Can somebody tell me what were these Germans tourists doing there?Recommend
+We have to cleanse this international hub of terrorism, any major terrorist attack in europe will make life difficult of pakistanis living aborad. Recommend
+Well if the Pakistani establishment allows it’s land to be used by terrorists then it cannot claim sovereignty. Sovereignty implies establishing the rule of law on the land not just claiming territory. Drones is the way to go if Pakistan does not neutralize these terrorists.. Collateral damage is unfortunate but war is hell. When have civilians not died in war even if unintended. These terrorists target civilians too. Recommend
+Don’t these scum foreigners violate our national sovereignty by using our lands to plot crimes against humanity? Where is the public outrage? Why has the govt allowed our country to be highjacked by murderous jihadis from all over the world? Is this why Pakistan was created? We better get our act together real fast and kick these jerks back to wherever it is they came from. Recommend
+@ Joe
+its very easy to comment in favor of drone strike while sitting in America. Regardless of relegion, one cannot see his own faults or mistakes responsible for consequences.
+Instead of creating more enemies by killing peoples from unmanned aircrafts one should analyse and solve the root cause of the problem.
+In our view, If America sincerely (bcz we doubt it) wants to flush out the region with militants than they must clear what they did from 1979-92.
+Its hard to beleive that only militants have beed killed in drone strikes. When some innocent father, mother, brother or sister killed in such strikes than what there family members will do? The same thing US is doing after 9/11….prepare, get trained and strike hard with all your available resources….
+We are not in favor of fundamentalists. What they r doing is wrong but how they r treated by world particularly US is worse. If US wants to clear out their own created mess in FATA, than they should invest in the well being of peoples living there instead of investing in killing technologies to create more enemies….
+Remember peoples living in FATA were famous for their hospitality before 1979. Recommend
+@Bilal,
+You say RAW is sponsoring them. You know this how? Taliban were supported by ISI and are even used to carry our attacks on Indian interests in Afghanistan.
+If TTP is supported by India then why on earth did the Musharaff government made a deal with them? Remember Fazlullah, Sufi Mohammad? Very convenient for you to say that they are supported by RAW now, isn’t it.
+Drones are slow moving are not even supersonic. They can easily be shot down by Pak army. The fact that they are not doing so indicated that they are intentionally ignoring the drone strikes.
+My advice to you is get your head out of the sand and smell the coffee.Recommend
+From day 1 the State of Pakistan does not have a direction.Its only anti India,Anti Hindus,no ideology of its own as to how to create and administer an welfare state of its citizens.
+A nation living in negativity can never flourish and it will certainly be an permanent HEAD ACHE to the civilized world.
+the only viable alternative is to give Independence to all the Regions of Pakistan and allow the different cultures flourish on its own.Recommend
+An operation in North Wazirstan is much needed as militants are regrouping and NWA is the new flash point. These militants pose a dire threat at home and to allied forces across the border.Recommend
+The critics of the drone attacks offer no better solution. This is as surgical as war gets. What other option is there? Would you prefer full-scale invasion on the ground, and a ground war that kills hundreds of thousands of innocent people? Or perhaps you prefer to just ignore Al Queda until they achieve their stated goal of nuclear terrorism? It is naive to think a full scale invasion would be a better solution, but it is far more naive to think society can just ignore terrorist safe-havens. The best solution is the drone attacks. Think of it as surgery to remove the malignant tumor called Al Queda / Taliban from the body of humanity.Recommend
+Myths, lies, and statistics at Planned Parenthood
+Katie Walker on MSNBC
+From the Washington Times, an interesting exposé of the myths and lies being propagated by Planned Parenthood..
+One of the authors of this piece is Katie Walker. While at Northern Kentucky University (NKU) in 2006, Katie’s Northern Right to Life group made international news when one of the NKU professors vandalized their “Crosses for the Unborn” display. Katie has often been an invited speaker at our annual Student Leadership Conference.
+Added on September 24, 2011:
+A commenter questioned whether PP is suggesting that a 13-yr-old might be ready for sex if … , as opposed to an older child. Facts to consider:
+- The text in question has been captured and is presented below.
+- The URL is. Note the words “info-for-teens” as part of the URL.
+- I accessed the link by first typing in the URL,, which is a URL that PP regularly gives out as a source of information for teenagers.
+- A 13-yr-old child is a teenager.
+Combine this with everything else being thrown at children from the media, the entertainment industry, etc., that’s more than enough encouragement for a couple of 13-yr-old children to start having sex. All it takes is one to push for it and another to consent.
+Text extracted from.
+Tags: anti-abortion, Planned Parenthood, prolife, right to life
+This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 at 9:21 am and is filed under Pro Life. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
+March 15th, 2011 at 12:31 pm
+hello, I hate abortions and I think they are unfair to the human lives that are being killed.
+April 28th, 2011 at 4:33 pm
+I personally think this is bull. Planned Parenthood has a free basket of condoms, and they don’t write down when each person walking by takes one. They don’t count that as a service, as you assume they do. Please do your research first, don’t just pretend to.
+April 28th, 2011 at 5:18 pm
+Anna,
+NPR says that it’s Planned Parenthood who isn’t telling the truth. Check it out:. (Don’t believe Jill Stanek; check out the sources for yourself.)
+This was verified by FactCheck.org, who said, “Planned Parenthood said that it ‘provided nearly 11.4 million medical services for 3 million people’ in 2009. Its 2011 fact sheet says it performed 332,278 abortion procedures in 2009. That would mean that roughly one out of every 10 clients received an abortion.” ()
+Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood, told the Texas Tribune, “We see 3 million patients each year across the country. For 97 percent of them, we provide preventive care. Three percent are abortions.” But according to Planned Parenthood’s own Fact Sheet, current as of February 2011, Richards’ claim is untrue. Planned Parenthood provided 332,278 abortions in 2009, or in other words, 11% of Planned Parenthood’s 3 million patients got abortions. (Source:)
+The people commenting on this were looking at Planned Parenthood’s own fact sheets. How’s that for research?
+I don’t think FAB ever said that Planned Parenthood hands out free condoms out of a basket. Do you have any evidence that they do this? Or that FAB ever suggested that they do? Or did you just make that up?
+May 31st, 2011 at 12:33 pm
+I actually use planned parenthood services. I think they are perfect. They help teenager my age and help make sure we get the help we need. Personally I think all of you against it are pathetic and just want attention. It’s called FREEDOM!! If someone wants to have an abortion, go get condoms, or there personal area checked out thats their decison. They are just there to help us not to hurt us. So, why don’t you let the people decide, because i guarentee one day the people who are going against it will have daughters in need of this service.
+Thank you!
+May 31st, 2011 at 3:50 pm
+Hayley,
+If you want to go to Planned Parenthood, then more power to you. We know you love your freedom. Just like we love ours (and yours, by the way). That’s why we believe:
+1. Nobody should be forced to have their children undergo sex training by the abortion industry. If you want to go to PP, fine, but leave my children out of it. Don’t bring them to our schools. They can troll for business on their own time and on their own dime.
+2. Nobody should be forced to pay for abortions. Currently, PP gets more than $300,000,000 in taxpayer funding.
+3. Nobody should have the right to unjustly kill another human being. If you think it should be OK to kill another human being, then make your case for that. Ad hominem attacks are no substitutes for reasoned arguments. [The freedom not to be unjustly killed is one of our most basic freedoms, by the way.]
+Just FYI, it is insane to suggest to a 13-yr-old boy and girl that they might be ready for sex if they like and trust each other, as PP says on one of their websites (teenwire.com). If you think that’s an appropriate message, take your own children to PP to hear it. Your daughters can become one of the 25% of teen girls who have STDs. They’ll have an STD, but they’ll be FREE!!!
+By all means, take yourself and your children to PP. That’s your right. But like I said, leave my children out of it.
+September 23rd, 2011 at 11:32 pm
+Hi Fletcher first I want to say that I do not agree with abortion. I have been reading many websites about abortion. This is why I came to this site. I read your last posting concerning PP suggesting that a 13 yr old boy and girl might be ready for sex if they like and trust each other. I did not find this post. I read about relationships and what you should see in a good relationship no age was mentioned and sex was not mentioned. I am not saying it was not there….
+September 24th, 2011 at 2:35 pm
+Responding to Grace, see note in blog posting added on September 24, 2011. We added a photo showing text extracted from a PP web page directed to teenagers.
+February 3rd, 2012 at 2:32 pm
+I’d like to point out how absurd the authors 97 condom 3% abortions is. If planed parenthood did 3 abortions and 20 pelvic exams, 20 mammograms, passed out 7 condoms and performed 50 rape kits they are still doing 3% abortions except now it looks like PP actually does some good for women in addition to the abortions. I’m not for the killing of the unborn but let’s be honest…PP does some good for women!
+February 6th, 2012 at 7:24 pm
+FYI Chad: PP does not do mammograms or rape kits and none of their services are free (except for condoms). They receive just in taxpayer money alone over $363 million, for what I am not sure. (Breakdown of their income is as follows: 33% from government, 28% private donations, and 37% from abortions) Abortion is by far the largest portion of the “services” they provide. And really??? “you are not for the killing of the unborn but let’s be honest … PP does some good for women!” What I think you really mean is “they do good for some women, like the ones who want to kill their unborn child!” Of the 324,000 abortions they performed (last recorded year 2009) 162,00 were female babies, hardly what I consider good for women!
+February 10th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
+Where did they get 13 yrs old at? Did these people even read the website they are referring too? Every age it does actually mention when it comes to sex is 17. And yes they do put condoms in paper bags in a basket in waiting room with a sign that says free protection. I thoroughly believe that Planned Parenthood should be allowed in schools! I was pregnant at 16 because I was poorly informed. I also had a miscarriage at 16 and almost died because I was poorly informed! Maybe if I would have had a website or brochure or anything like this that wouldn’t have happened! So for future teenage girls who go through situations like I did I back Planned Parenthood completely! I also do not agree with abortions. I think it should be illegal to have an abortion without it being life threatening but that isn’t the only service these people do! HOSPITALS do abortions yet everyone uses those regardless of what happens on their operating tables! People who don’t have medical and health insurance need planned parenthood…. Would you be able to afford all of your personal doctor visits without ins? I can’t! If I were to loose my insurance I would personally be using planned parenthood.
+February 10th, 2012 at 6:00 pm
+The website that is shown here is PP’s “teenwire.com.” The name of the website tells you that it is intended for teens. A 13-year-old child is a “teen.” If there is something about the website that tells a thirteen-year-old teenager that the “teenwire.com” website is intended only for children 17 and above, please point it out.
+If we might make one suggestion, you were pregnant at 16 because you had sex. Were you really poorly informed about the fact that sex leads to pregnancy?
+FAB does not endorse ignorance about sex or birth control practices; we just believe that there are better people to teach school children about sex than the abortion industry. The abortion industry has a serious conflict of interest, because they stand to make a lot of money when teenagers become pregnant and get abortions. There is a reason that condoms distributed by PP fail at higher rates than any other condoms.
+Speaking of ignorance, did PP tell you that condoms provide little, if any, protection against HPV, which causes cervical cancer? (source:)
+We are sorry to hear about your miscarriage and very happy to know that you survived. We’re not able to comment on PP’s involvement in your situation, obviously, because you didn’t give details. However, it is clear that PP’s primary business is death. PP is the largest chain of aborion facilities in the country. If you doubt that abortion is their primary business, please read Abby Johnson’s book, unPlanned. She was a PP director.
+Abortion is certain death for every unborn child it touches. Abortion is also unhealthy for the mother. For example, abortion-related breast cancers have caused an estimated 300,000 fatalities since Roe v Wade (source:). More on the breast cancer link may be found at. More information on other adverse health effects of abortion may be found at. The cancer link is disputed; others are not.
+There are better places for low-income people to get medical care than the abortion facility.
+March 9th, 2012 at 12:37 am
+“If we might make one suggestion, you were pregnant at 16 because you had sex. Were you really poorly informed about the fact that sex leads to pregnancy?”
+First, we? I suggest a shrink for you (however many you include).
+Second, yes. There are plenty of girls who do not fully understand what sex is. My best friend in high school thought she would get pregnant from using a public toilet. it’s called EDUCATION for a reason.
+Lastly, since everyone here is inclined down the slippery slope, let me point you to another one. First, it’s your ovaries. Next it’s your liver that’s being regulated. Then every woman must have hair of a certain length and wear gray smocks and have a sheet over while she’s being raped for reproductive night with a pre-assigned “husband”. Sorry if for “we” it’s murder. For me, it’s my eggs. And what do you think you’ll accomplish when millions of men and women no longer have access to condoms and the pill? That they’ll magically stop having sex? It’s time to wake up. Embrace the fact the sex is going to happen, like it or not.
+And the 11% vs 3%? If you don’t want an abortion, don’t have one. If you want to regulate my health, how about I start regulating your church?
+March 9th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
+Annabell,
+You’ve raised a number of issues.
+Education. We, all of us here at FAB (including me), don’t have anything against sex education. Nobody wants children to be ignorant. What we object to is allowing the abortion industry (and some would argue, the sex industry) to be the ones doing the teaching. It would be like letting the tobacco industry come in and do the lung health programs. Remember this: “What? Us? WE don’t have anything to do with all this lung cancer out there!” Oh, yes, and this: “Our advertising isn’t targeted to children!” Riiiiiiight.
+Yes, certainly people will have sex. But that doesn’t mean that we should allow the abortion industry into our schools so that they can encourage 13-yr-olds to have sex.
+Former abortion clinic owner Carol Everett describes how she used her status as a so-called “expert” to gain access to public school students so she could encourage more sexual activity and more teen pregnancies. She said, .”
+You can do what you want with your own children, but please keep abortion industry shysters away from mine.
+Contraception. What’s up with the millions of men and women no longer having access to contraception? Nobody wants to end access to contraception. The confusion over this point is so bizarre, we have to wonder if it’s really confusion or just plain obfuscation.
+We are absolutely pro-choice when it comes to contraception. If you want to buy and use contraception, you should have the right to do it. If you want to buy contraceptives for your neighbors, you have the right to do it. But nobody has the right to force you to buy contraceptives and abortions, either for yourself or for your neighbors.
+Regulation. We are glad to know you don’t want to regulate our health nor our church. You must, then, hate ObamaCare as much as we do. We oppose ObamaCare because we are pro-choice, much more than our neighbors on the Left. We don’t want Big Government telling us what insurance we may buy and sell. We don’t want Big Government dictating whether we take the blue pill or the red pill. We don’t want Big Government dictating that we have to pay for abortions.
+Big Government shouldn’t take your money and give it to somebody else’s charity; the government should allow you to choose your own charities to support, whether it be homeless, education, hunger, or whatever other charities you may wish to support.
+We are even pro-choice on abortion, … IF. If abortion does not kill a human being, then abortion is simply a matter of personal morality that is best left up to the discretion of the individual citizen. But wait! Abortion DOES kill a living human being. That’s not a matter of opinion or belief; that’s what science tells us:.
+We are thrilled to learn that you don’t want to regulate churches. Then you must be aghast that President Obama wants to tell churches that they must pay for contraceptives and abortion. Yes, we agree with you that President Obama should not regulate our churches (as he is doing).
+But we do offer one caveat. If we are killing 1.2 million people every year inside the privacy of our own churches, then it is the proper role of government to protect the weaker from the stronger. As any country boy will tell you, “Your right to swing your fist ends where somebody else’s nose begins.” Nobody should have the right to kill somebody else, even if that somebody else is his own child.
+Slippery Slope? Not sure what’s up with smocks and sheets and rape and pre-assigned husbands. We are pro-choice, so we oppose Sharia Law more than anybody.
+November 4th, 2012 at 1:33 pm
+Hey Anna-
+ever hear of counting how many they put in the basket and how many are left when they refill it? Just because you don’t see them counting doesn’t mean they can’t count them…
+SERMON V.
+WORLDLY AFFECTIONS DESTRUCTIVE OF LOVE TO GOD.
+1 ST. JOHN ii. 15.
+“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
+ST. JOHN here tells us that the love of the world thrusts the love of God out of our hearts. Now, this love of the world means a love either of things which are actually sinful, or of things not sinful in themselves, but hurtful and a hinderance to the love of God. The first is too plain to need a word. A love of sin must set a man at war with God: his whole inner being ranges itself in array against the Spirit of holiness. The second form of this truth is somewhat less clear, and far less thought of; and we will therefore consider it.
+There are things, then, in the world, which, although not actually sinful in themselves, do nevertheless so check the love of God in us as to 63stifle and destroy it. For instance, it is lawful for us to possess wealth and worldly substance; we may serve God with it, and consecrate it at His altar; but we cannot love wealth without growing ostentatious, or soft, or careful, or narrow-hearted; “for the love of money is the root of all evil; which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”1616 1 Tim. vi. 10. So, again, with friends and what is called society. It is lawful for us both to have and to love friends, both to enter into and to enjoy the pure happiness of living among them; but when we begin to find loneliness irksome, when we grow fond of being much in society, we are really trying to forget ourselves, and to get rid of sadder and better thoughts. The habit of mind which is formed in us by society is so unlike that in which we speak with God in solitude, that it seems to wear out of us the susceptibility of deeper and higher energies. Much more true is this when to the love of society is added a fondness for light pleasures, or a love of power, or a craving after rank and dignities. And so, once more, lawful as it is to be thoughtful and circumspect in the ordering of our life, arid in thankfully enjoying the ease and happiness which God gives us, we cannot long have our thoughts on these things without becoming 64biassed with a sort of proneness to spare and to indulge ourselves.
+Now, it is against such dangers as these that St. John warns us. They will, by a most subtle but inevitable effect, stifle the pure and single love of our hearts towards God; and that in many ways. For, in the first place, they actually turn away the affections of the heart from God. He so made our nature for Himself, that He alone is the lawful and true object of our supreme and governing love. Other lawful affections are not contrariant to this, but contained in it. The love to God presides over them all; orders, and harmonises, and preserves them in purity and health. But when they are loved immoderately, or chiefly, or before God, He is defrauded of so much of His own inalienable homage. They become to us as other gods, each one diverting our hearts from its straight and single direction towards Him alone. It is of our affection that He speaks when He calls Himself “a jealous God.” Love of worldly things, then, plainly defrauds Him of our loyalty, and checks, if it does not absolutely thrust our love to Him altogether out of our hearts.
+And, in the next place, it impoverishes, so to speak, the whole character of the mind. Even the religious affections which remain undiverted are weakened and lowered in their quality. They are 65like the thin fruits of an exhausted soil. The virtue and the fatness of the land have been drawn off and distributed into so many channels, that what remains is cold and poor. It is wonderful how characters of great original earnestness lose their intensity by entanglement in the lower affections of the world. They spend their energy on objects both so many in number, and so beneath the care of a regenerate spirit, that they lose all unity of heart and intention. They are even conscious to themselves that this is going on, sapping the foundations of their moral strength. Surely it is a sign of a poor mind to be greatly moved by little things; to have much fondness for the most harmless of this world’s littlenesses; to love them and God, as it were, in one affection. There is an evident shallowness about such minds, a want of power to perceive the measures, and relations, and magnitude of things. Even their highest energies are slack and feeble.
+Thus much, then, may be said generally. We will now consider somewhat more closely the particular consequences of this love of the world.
+1. 66living much alone with God, by casting off the burden of things not needful to the inner life, by narrowing our toils and our wishes to the necessities of our actual lot, that we become familiar with the world unseen. Fasting, and prayer, and a spare life, and plainness, and freedom from the cumbering offices and possessions of the world, give to the inner eye and ear a keen and piercing sense. And what is this but to say that, by such a discipline the powers of our regenerate life are unfolded and enlarged? But such a life is almost impossible to the man that moves with the stream of the world: it carries him away against his will. The oppressive nearness of the things which throng upon him from without defrauds him of solitude with God. They come and thrust themselves between his soul and the realities unseen; they drop like a veil over the faint outlines of the invisible world, and hide it from his eyes. They ring too loudly in his ear, and throw too strong an attraction over his heart, to suffer him to hear and understand. And the spiritual powers that are in him grow inert and lose their virtue by the dulness of inaction. This is most clearly perceptible, not only in persons of a predominately worldly tone of mind, but in those who have been, and still are in some measure, religious; and none know it better than they. Perhaps the only feeling which 67long retains its keenness after the religious affections are deadened, is the fearful consciousness that they can no longer love God as they loved Him once. They are painfully alive to a sense of the eager and importunate sympathy, the warm and clinging fondness which they still have for the goings on of their worldly life, and the stunned and senseless heart with which they turn to the thought of God. When they are on their knees before Him, even at the foot of the altar, and in the very act of prayer, they feel in a strange unnatural posture; and are half in doubt whether it were not better to make no approach to Him at all, than to draw near with a heart so deaf and dull. Now to this, and, alas, often far beyond this, are many blameless and good-hearted people brought at last. Much trading, or much toiling for advancement, or much popularity, or much intercourse in the usages and engagements of society, or the giving up of much time to the refinements of a soft life,—these, and many like snares, steal away the quick powers of the heart, and leave us estranged from God. And this is the secret of the oppressive weariness which people who live in the world feel in all holy duties. The acts of religion, such as reading, thought, contemplation of the unseen, prayer, self-examination, the fasts and feasts, and offices of the Church, first seem to lose their savour, and are 68less delighted in: then they grow irksome, and are consciously avoided. So it must be. When religion ceases to be a delight, it becomes a yoke. Serve God we must, either in freedom or in bond age; if not for love, then for fear. If we love the world, we shall only fear God. We shall turn to our profession or our calling, or to society, or to our pleasures in life, with speed and gladness, but to God with constrained prayers and reluctant confessions. We shall go to them with distant and equivocating hearts, and turn from them with a secret readiness which makes us tremble. How awfully do people deceive themselves in this mat ter! We hear them saying, “It does me no harm to go into the world: I come away, and can go into my room and pray as usual.” O, surest sign of a heart half laid asleep! You are not aware of the change, because it has passed upon you. Once, in days of livelier faith, you would have wept over the indevoutness of your present prayers, and joined them to the confession of your other backslidings; but now your heart is not more earnest than your prayers, and there is no index to mark the decline. Even they that lament the loss of their former earnestness do not half know the real measure of their loss. The growth of a duller feeling has the power of masking itself. Little by little it creeps on, marked by no great changes, 69much as the dimness of the natural sight, which must reach to an advanced point before it is detected to be more than a passing film. And so the inward affections lose all their freshness, and the pure light of the heart is overcast, and its love towards God grows cold. The mind is excited, and its feelings and powers drawn into life and play on every other side; but in the region which lies towards God it is bleak and lonely; and the faint gleams of heavenly love, which must be fed by insights of the world unseen, flicker and decay in the unwholesome neighbourhood of worldly affections.
+2. I will notice one more consequence. should be wrested from us. What a life of disappointment, and bitterness, and aching fear, and restless uncertainty, is the life of the ambitious, and covetous, and self-indulgent! merchants, trading at a thousand hazards; statesmen, climbing up to slippery places; men of letters, catching at every breath of fame; men of the world, toiling to sustain a great appearance,—how anxious, and 70craving, and sensitive, and impatient of an equal do they become! How saddened, how ill at ease, how preyed upon by the fretting of unrest; and therefore how far from the calm inward shining of the love of God! Where this is, there is contentment, and a submissive will, and a glad consent in our present lot, and a simplicity which shields itself from the throng of manifold perturbations. But all these hallowed and happy tempers are frighted away by the writhing and the moaning of a worldly spirit, chafing against the visitations which invade or sever its earthly attachments. But it is not only in this form that the mind is made vulnerable by a love of the world. It lays itself open not more to chastisements than to temptations; it gives so many inlets to the suggestions of evil. Every earthly fondness is an ambush for a thousand solicitations of the wicked one. Through these he fills men with pride, vanity, vain-glory,—with ambition and jealous rivalry, with a greedy mind, with murmuring and discontent, with unthankfulness and mistrust of God. Any affection, either ill-directed or inordinate, passes into a temptation. It is a lure to the tempter, and a signal which betrays our weaker side; and as the subtle infection of evil tempers winds itself into the mind, the Spirit of the Dove is grieved by an irritable and unloving spirit. The very affections of the heart 71recoil sullenly into themselves, and sometimes even turn against the objects of their immoderate fondness. In this way the love of the world becomes a cause of very serious deterioration of character. It soon stifles the love of God; and when that is gone, and the character has lost its unity, particular features unfold themselves into a fearful prominence. The chief among its earthly affections becomes thenceforth its ruling passion; and so predominates over all the rest, and draws the whole mind to itself, as to stamp the man with the character of a besetting sin. And this is what we mean, when we call one man purse-proud, and another ostentatious, or worldly-minded, or selfish, and the like. The world has eaten its way into his soul, and “the love of the Father is not in him.”
+Now, if this is so, what shall we do? If it were possible for us to begin life over again, and to lay it out upon some definite and carefully adjusted plan, we might avoid the entanglements of the world. But almost every one of us already finds himself fully implicated in the embarrassments of life, and involved in a multitude of inferior attachments, before he is well aware. What, then, is to be done? We cannot withdraw ourselves. One has wealth, another a family, a third rank and influence, another a large business; and all these 72bring with them an endless variety of duties and offices, and usages of custom and courtesy. If a man is to break through all these, he must needs go out of this world. All this is very true; but, at the same time, it is certain that every one of us might reduce his life to a greater simplicity. In every position in life there is a great multitude of unnecessary things which we may readily abandon: if we were to examine carefully the objects on which we bestow time and money and thought and earnestness, we should find many that are purely artificial. Many things we do only because others have done them before us; many by mere passive imitation. We are all over-ready to combine many characters, or pursuits, or offices together; to make heavier our own burdens; we learn to form exaggerated judgments of the worth and importance of things from other men; and all this gathers into a worldliness of character, and over spreads our mind, fearfully oppressing the religious life within us. Now they are happiest who arc most discharged from contact with the world; who can sit, like Mary, at the Lord’s feet without distraction. Most peaceful life, to have nothing to do with the conflicts, or changes, or possessions of this world: to have enough, and somewhat for them that lack; and friends, so as not to be desolate, and yet without carefulness! What is there 73for them to do, but to wait on God, and to look out for the resurrection? But they are very few to whom this scarce and solitary lot is given. The great multitude of men are so interwoven in the tangled maze of relations and duties, that they must take the burden with the blessing; and yet even they would find that they are suffering their heart to be diverted and impoverished, and their affections to be dulled and deteriorated, by entanglement with many things from which a little boldness and decision would set them free. All that is not necessary may be cast off. Our unwariness, or our own free choice, has encumbered us with it; and it is in our own hands to undo it again.
+And as for all the necessary cares of life, they need involve us in no dangers. In them, if we be true-hearted, we are safe. The inevitable relations of our earthly lot are the appointments and declaration of God’s will to us. It is He that has sur rounded us with them, and there is no danger in His dispensations. “God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man.” Besides, even though a man were never so deeply implicated with the relations of life, there is no need that he should suffer them to usurp upon him. He may live in the midst of them with an unsubdued and single heart; he may meet them cheerfully, fulfil what they exact of him, but do them no homage; 74yield to them no mastery over his inward purpose. He submits to them as to a rule of God’s ordaining; accomplishing day by day his toil, or study, or professional offices; mixing, too, in life, taking pleasure in its pure happiness and fond affections, without fear or doubting, knowing that he is where God has willed his probation. But the deep movements of his heart are reserved for God. All other emotions are partial, affecting only a portion of his spiritual life; but this extends over all, and concentrates all upon itself. It is only towards God that he turns with a perfect unity of will. And, besides that the necessary entanglements of our lot are thus in themselves safe and lawful, God in His mercy shields the obedient mind from the deteriorating effect of inevitable contact with the world. When He leads men into positions of great trial, whether by wealth, or rank, or business, He compensates by larger gifts of grace. The spiritual life is perpetually replenished by the “powers of the world to come; “and we find men who are the most burdened, and even overborne, by the thronging toils of daily life, or lured and solicited by the splendours of the world, not only holding out against the secularising action of worldly things, but even confirmed and elevated to a higher pitch of devotion. The world not only has no power to conform them to itself, but it becomes a sort of 75counter-pressure, which forces them to take shelter in a secret life of self-renouncement. It keeps them ever on the watch, by a consciousness that to relax is to be in peril; and therefore it often hap pens that none are more dead to the world than they that have it around them in the largest mea sure. They have learned its emptiness and its bitterness, and recoil into themselves, as into a silence where the presence of God is heard. They have had many struggles with it, and gained many masteries, and suffered many wounds, and they have become estranged from it, and suspicious of all its advances and allurements; and have learned that, whensoever they have leaned upon it, an edge has pierced them, and that there is no safety but in God.
+From all this, then, it is plain that we can never charge the worldliness of our hearts upon our lot in life; for our hinderances are either made by entanglement in things which are unnecessary, or, if in necessary things, are made through some inward fault of our own. Let us therefore no more pretend to excuse the withholding of our hearts from God, or the poverty and dulness of our affections, on the plea that the cares and duties of the world keep us back from a devoted life. Still less let us persuade ourselves, that the temptations to which we needlessly expose ourselves are inevitable 76and appointed of God, or that we can resist their action. They have already overcome us, as soon as we suffer them to pass within the precinct of our daily life. We can still, however, with great ease, in due season, disentangle ourselves from all needless hinder of Him to shed abroad in our hearts more and more of His love; that is, a fuller and deeper sense of His exceeding love towards us. It is thus He draws our love upward to Himself. “We love Him because He first loved us.” The consciousness of this divine love comes down like a flood of light upon our darkened hearts, transfiguring all pure love of God’s creatures with exceeding brightness, making all the affections of our spiritual life harmonious and eternal.77
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+Course Title: Development: Theory and Discourse
+Course No.: MRD I: Origin of Development Concept 6
+1.1 Genesis of Development
+1.2 Classical economics and development (Assumptions and critique)
+1.3 Neo-classical economics and development (Assumptions and critique)
+1.4 Paradigm shift in development thinking
+1.4.1. Beginning of development era
+Chapter II: Development Theories and Discourse 20
+2.1 Mainstream development theories (Modernization, Dependency/World System Theory)
+2.3 Alternative development theories (Sustainable development, Human development and Inclusive development)
+2.4 Post-development discourses
+Chapter III: Rural Development: Concept and Theories 15
+3.1 Origin of concept
+3.2 Theories of rural development
+3.2.1 Exogenous rural development (Concept of growth and mode of development)
+3.2.2 Endogenous rural development (Growth pattern, resource utilization and actors)
+3.2.3 Alternative rural development (Social justice, Equity, self-reliance and Third Worldism)
+Chapter IV: Rural Development Timeline and Approaches 7
+4.1 Rural development timeline after 1950s
+4.2 Review of rural development approaches
+4.2.1 Community development
+4.2.2 Basic need approach
+4.2.3 Integrated rural development approach
+4.2.4 Right based approach
+4.2.
+Galbraith, J.K. (1997). A History of Economics: The past as the present. London: Hamish Hamilton.
+Keen, S. (2011). Debunking economics. London: Zed Books
+Koirala, B.P. (1982). Democracy indispensable for development. Kathmandu: Shushil Koirala
+Kunwar, K. B. (2010). Rural development in developing countries (2nd ed.). Kathmandu: Meena Prakashan
+Landreth, H. and Colandar, D.C.(2002). History of economic thought. Boston &Toronto: Houghton Miffin..
+Milonakis, D. and Fine, B. (2009). From political economy to economics: Method, the social and the historical in the evolution of economic theory. London & New York: Routledge.
+Nederveen Pieterse, J. (2010). Development theory. New Delhi: Sage Publications.
+Rai, A. (2017). Rural development:Theory and discourse. Kathmandu: Kasthmandap Pustak Ghar.
+Rai, A. (2017). A preliminary inquiry into theories of development. South Carolina: CreatSpace.
+Rist, G. (2008). History of development: From Western Origin to global faith (3rd Ed.). London: Zed Books
+Seligson, M.A. & Passe-Smith, J.T. (2010). Development anduUnderdevelopment: The political economy of global inequality. New Delhi: Viva Books..
+Todaro, M.P & Smith, S.C. (2010). Economic development (10th edition). Singapore: Pearson Education Pvt. Ltd.
+UNDP (1990). Human development report, 1990. New York: Development
+Course No.: MRD to Economic Development 10
+1.1 Economic Growth, Economic Progress, and Economic Welfare
+1.2 National Development, Regional Development and Local Development
+1.3 Local Economic Development: Principle and Goals, Actors and Determinants
+1.4 Different Sectors of Local Economy: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
+1.5 Economic Status of Nepal: Comparative Study of Rural and Urban Sector
+Unit II: Theories of Economic Growth 17
+2.1 Adam Smith: a theory of competitive capitalism and growth
+2.2 Ricardo’s theories of diminishing returns and comparative advantage
+2.3 Marx’s Analysis of Capitalist Development
+2.4 Neoclassical Growth Models
+2.5 Lewis Theory of Unlimited Supply of Labour
+2.6 Myrdal Theory of Backward Effect
+2.7 Balanced vs Unbalanced Theory
+Unit III: Major Problems of Rural Development 10
+3.1 Poverty
+3.2 Inequality
+3.3 Unemployment
+3.4 Comparative Study of the Major Problems in the Different Provinces of Nepal
+Unit IV: Economic Indicators of Development 11
+4.1 Gross National Product
+4.2 National Account
+4.3 Income Distribution
+4.4 Poverty Index
+4.5 Human Development Index
+4.6 Quality of Life/Better Life Index
+4.7 Basic Concept of Econometrics
+References:
+Agrawal, G.R. (2012). Entrepreneurship development in Nepal. Kathmandu: M.K. Publisher.
+Blackely, E.J., & Ted, K.B. (2003). Planning local economic development: Theory & practice. New Delhi: Vistaar publication.
+Bourguignon, François (2006). From income to endowments: The difficult task of expanding the income poverty paradigm. In David B. Grusky & Ravi Kanbur (Eds.), Poverty and inequality (pp. 76-102). California: Stanford University Press.
+CBS (2010/11). Nepal living standard survey III. Kathmandu: CBS.
+CBS (2011). Nepal population report, 2011. Kathmandu: CBS
+Chambers, R. (1989). Rural development: Putting the last first. London: Longman Publishers
+Gujarati, Damodar (2012). Econometrics by example. UK: Palgrave Macmillan
+Haughton, J. & Khandker, S.R. (2009). Poverty ± inequality. Jaipur: Rawat Publications.
+Horn, Robert V (1993). Development applications of indicators. Statistical indicators for the economic and social sciences (pp. 67-101). UK: The Cambridge.
+King, Megan F., Vivian F. Renó & Evlyn M. L. M. Novo (2014). The concept, dimensions and methods of assessment of human well-being within a socioecological context: A literature review. Social Indicators Research, 116(3), 681-698
+Lekhi, R. K. (2008). Economic development and planning. New Delhi: Kalyani Publisher.
+Mathema, K. R. B. (2008). Economics of development. Kirtipur: New Hira Books Enterprises.
+Ministry of Finance (2017). Economic survey of Nepal, 2016/17. Kathmandu: MoF
+National Planning Commission (NPC) (2016). Plan approach paper. Kathmandu: NPC
+……………………………………… (2014). Nepal human development report 2014: Beyond geography, unlocking human potential. Kathmandu: Government of Nepal.
+Nussbaum, Martha C. (2006). Poverty and human functioning: Capabilities as fundamental entitlements. In David B. Grusky & Ravi Kanbur (Eds.), Poverty and inequality (pp. 47-75). California: Stanford University Press.
+Seddon, D. (1998). Nepal: A state of poverty. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House.
+Sen, Amartya K (2006). Conceptulizing and measuring poverty. In David B. Grusky & Ravi Kanbur (Eds.), Poverty and inequality (pp. 30-46). California: Stanford University Press.
+Shultz, T. (1962). Transforming traditional agriculture. New Haven: Yale University Press
+Singh, K. (2009). Rural development: Principles, policies and management (3rd edition). New Delhi: Sage Publications.
+Todaro, M.P & Smith, S.C. (2010). Economic development (10th edition). Delhi: Pearson Education Asia.
+World Development Reports (latest)
+Course Title: Socio-Cultural Dimension of Development
+Course No.: MRD: Socio-Cultural Perspectives for Rural Development 20
+1.1 Socio-Cultural Perspectives (e.g., Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber)
+1.2 Rethinking the Perspectives (e.g., Talcott Parsons, Jürgen Habermas, Anthony Giddens)
+1.3 Post-modernity (e.g., Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault)
+1.4 Post-Structuralism (e.g., Jean Baudrillard)
+1.5 Diffusion Approach
+Unit II: Major Social Dimensions of Rural Development 10
+2.1 Population Change
+2.2 Culture
+2.3 Social Inclusion
+2.4 Conflict Resolution
+2.5 Human Capital (e.g., Health and Education)
+2.6 Social Innovation
+Unit II: Measures of Social Development 9
+3.1 Characteristics of Rural
+3.2 Typologies of Regions
+3.3 Social Development and Its Indicators
+3.4 Requirements of Indicators and Their Assessment
+3.5 Themes and Set of Indicators
+Unit IV: Data on Social Indicators 9
+4.1 Population Composition
+4.2 Health
+4.3 Education
+4.4 Social Composition
+4.5 Religion
+References:
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+Course Title: Local Governance and Development
+Course No.: MRD development paradigms and their application in the field of rural development.
+Course Contents LH
+Unit I: Theories of Local Governance 18
+1.1 Governance and Development
+1.2 Local Governance and Central-Local Relations
+1.3 Alternative Models of Local Governance and Central-Local Relations
+1.4 Multilevel Governance (MLG)
+1.5 Good Governance
+Unit II: Decentralization for Rural Development 12
+2.1 Decentralization and Local Governance Approach
+2.2 Forms and Types of Decentralization
+2.3 Practices of Decentralization
+2.4 Principles of Federalism and Unitary System
+2.5 Determinants of Federalism and Unitary System
+Unit III: Local Governance System in Nepal 10
+3.1 Structure of State and Distribution of State Power in Nepal
+3.2 Interrelations between Federal, Provinces and Local Levels
+3.3 Local Government in Nepal: Rural Municipalities, Urban Municipalities, District Coordination Committee (DCC) with special references of LSGA
+3.4 Power/Jurisdictions of Local Level Government
+3.4 Roles of Various Constitutional Commissions (e.g., Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority) in Good Governance
+3.5 Role of Different Stakeholders (Development Partners, Market, Civil Society/ NGOs, CBOs) in Good Governance
+3.6 Measuring Social Accountability
+Unit IV: Development Administration 10
+4.1 Introduction to Development Administration
+4.2 Approaches to Development Administration
+4.3 Dimensions, Functions, Priorities and Characteristics of Development Administration
+4.4 Development Administration in Nepal: Practice, Challenges and Prospects
+Reference:
+Awortwi, Nicholas (2016). “Decentralisation and local governance approach: A prospect for implementing the post- 2015 sustainable development doals”. In Georgina M. Gómez and Peter Knorringa Eds. Local governance, economic development and institutions. UK: Palgrave Macmillan, pp39-63.
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+Chhotray, Vasudha & Gerry Stoker (2009). Governance theory and practice: A cross-disciplinary approach. UK: Palgrave Macmillan
+Gyawali, C.K & Raj, P. (2010). Federalism in the world. Lalitpur: Chandra Kant Gyawali.
+Herrera, Eduardo Wills (2016). Governance and development: The Importance of legitimacy and institutional change. In Georgina M. Gómez and Peter Knorringa (Eds.), Local governance, economic development and institutions. UK: Palgrave Macmillan, pp19-38..
+Mitra, Shabana (2013). Towards a multidimensional measure of governance. Social Indicators Research, 112(2),477-496.
+Law Book Management Board (LBMB) (2015). Nepal constitution 2015. Kathmandu: LBMB
+Law Book Management Board (LBMB) (2017). Local government Regulation Act 2017. Kathmandu: LBMB.
+Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MOFALD). SWOSHAN (Journal of Local Governance). Kathmandu: MOFALD.
+Sapru, R. K. (1997). Development administration. India: Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
+Shah, Anwar and Sana Shah (2006). The new vision of local governance and the evolving roles of local governments. In Anwar Shah (Ed.), Local governance in developing countries (pp. 1-43). Washington: The World Bank..
+Werlin, Herbert H. (2003). Poor nations, rich nations: A theory of governance. Public Administration Review, 63(3), 329-342.
+Publications of Associations of 2 level governments (DCC, Municipality & Rural Municipality Associations)
+Publications of Transparency International Nepal (2014). National integrity system assessment Nepal 2014. Kathmandu: Transparency International Nepal
+Publications of PROPUBLICO.
+Course Title: Measurements in Development
+Course No.: MRD 565
+Nature of the Course: Theory Period per Week: 3
+Year: First Time per Period: 1 hour
+Semester: First Total Period: 48
+Level: MA
+Course Objectives
+The general objectives of this course are to impart knowledge and level of understanding of social statistics with their application and to make students familiar with research techniques and tools in social sciences. Specifically, this course is designed to enhance knowledge and understanding of simple statistical analysis about central tendency and dispersion, correlation and regression, probability distribution and sampling techniques.
+Course Contents LH
+Unit I: Descriptive Statistics 12
+1.1 Review of Measure of Central Tendency and Dispersion
+1.2 Coefficient of Correlation
+1.3 Partial and Multiple Correlations
+1.4 Simple and Multiple Regression Analysis
+Unit II: Probability and Probability Distribution 10
+2.1 Theory of Probability
+2.2 Probability Distribution
+2.3 Mathematical Expectation
+2.4 Binomial and Normal Distribution
+Unit: III Inferential Statistics 18
+3.1 Sampling Techniques
+3.2 Sampling Distribution
+3.3 Point Estimation
+3.4 Hypothesis
+3.5 Sample Size Determination
+3.6 Parametric Tests (z, t and F)
+3.7 Analysis of Variance
+3.8 Nonparametric Tests (Chi-square(χ²) Test, Sign Test, , Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, Rank Sum Test, Mann-Whitney Test)
+Unit IV: Measurements in Development with Introduction to SPSS and GIS 7
+4.1 Human Development Index
+4.2 Multidimensional Poverty Index
+4.3 Gini Coefficient
+References:
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+National Planning Commission (NPC), (2018). Nepal Multidimensional Poverty Index: Analysis Towards Action. Nepal: Government of Nepal
+………………………………… (NPC) (2014). Nepal human development report 2014: Beyond geography, unlocking human potential. Kathmandu: Government of Nepal.
+Spiegel, M.R. (2002). Statistics (Third Ed.). New York: McGraw Hill, Schaum’s outline series.
+Spiegel, M.R. Schiller, J. & Srinivasan, R. (2004). Probability and statistics (Second Edition). New Delhi: McGraw Hill.
+Subedi, P.K. (2012). Foundation of scientific research. Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar
+Subedi, P.K. (2010). Social research methods. Kathmandu: Kirti Publication
+Yamane, T. (1967). Statistics: An introductory analysis. New York: Harper and Row., positive role in discussion and participation
+This can be individual as well as group work assigned by instructor. A topic will be provided to each individual/group. It will be evaluated individually as well on a group basis.
+Attendance. The attendance of the students will be evaluated as follows:
+Attendance Evaluation System
+The participation, discussion and punctuality of the students will also be assessed by the instructor regularly.
+Term paper
+Term paper must be prepared by the use of computer in a standard format of technical writing based on data and must contain maximum 5000 words
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+During your consultation, you will learn the benefits of Dr. Obi inserting the implant at the center of the breast, at the areola to avoid loss of sensitivity and feeling rather than incisions beside or under the breast that can and often damage nerve trunks which can cause the breast to be less sensitive or even numbness of the breast or nipple. Dr. Obi will also share information with you about how the ICON Skin tightening laser can help refine tighten and lift your breast without surgery. You may even wish to discuss the benefits of fat transfer breast augmentation. Whatever your reasons for breast augmentation, you need to know that your surgeon has both the experience to perform the techniques and procedures you feel are right for you and the advanced facilities, on site equipment and surgical team to deliver the best possible results. You will find your consultation very informative and we hope it helps you make the best decision for you.
+Exactly How Breast Implant Surgery Works
+By inserting a breast implant behind each breast, Dr. Obi is able to increase a woman’s bust line to their desired shape and size - whatever that may be. Dr. Obi will discuss your best options for your breast enlargement - this includes breast implant type and size - during your initial consultation.
+During your initial consultation, you and Dr. Obi will discuss:
+- The size of your breast implant: The cup size you seek to achieve.
+- What type of breast implant you prefer and the benefits of each. Dr. Obi uses both Gel and Saline implants.
+- What to expect before, during and after your breast augmentation.
+- And fully address any questions or concerns that you may have about your augmentation surgery.
+Things to Consider Before Your Breast Enlargement Surgery
+Is Breast Augmentation Right For Me?
+Breast augmentation will definitely enhance your appearance and quite possibly your self-confidence, but it won’t necessarily change your looks to match your ideal, or cause other people to treat you differently.
+- Think carefully about your expectations and discuss them with Dr. Obi.
+- A great candidate for breast enlargement surgery is a woman who is looking for improvement, not perfection.
+- Healthy and realistic expectations will make you a good candidate for breast implants.
+Types of Breast Implants used for Augmentation
+There are two types of breast implants used to perform breast enlargements: silicone gel implants or saline implants (a saltwater solution).
+Gel Breast Implants (also know as Gummy Bear Implants)
+The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved gel-filled breast implants for use in the United States. As a result of this recent approval and due to Dr. Lewis Obi's involvement with Natrelle, the developers of the 410 “Gummy Bear” Breast Implant, Dr. Obi is pleased to have been the first plastic surgeon in Jacksonville to actually perform surgeries using the Natrelle "Gummy Bear" breast implant. This new implant is engineered to be a more naturally shaped implant. It is also designed to hold its shape through a new advanced silicone “gel” technology - (which is how and why it has earned its “Gummy Bear” nick-name). The silicone gel delivers another significant benefit in that it holds its more natural looking shape and fullness and stays in place.
+The Gummy Bear breast implant has been available in Europe for more than 15 years. During that time it has achieved outstanding marks both from patient approval ratings and with a very low reoperation rate compared to traditional round silicone or saline filled implants. This is due largely to the texture of the Gummy Bear implant, which over 7 years of observation has been shown to cause less 'Capsular Contracture" or tightening of scar tissue than traditional round silicone implants.
+Saline Breast Implants
+Saline-filled breast implants continue to be available to breast augmentation (also known as enlargement) plastic surgery patients on an unrestricted basis. Once you've scheduled your consultation, you should ask Dr. Obi more about the specifics of the FDA decisions regarding breast implants for enlargement plastic surgery.
+Risks That May Be Associated With Breast Enhancement Surgery
+Breast augmentation surgery is relatively straight-forward. But as with any operation, there are risks associated with augmentation surgery and specific complications associated with this procedure.
+- Capsular Contracture: The most common problem reported from breast enlargement plastic surgery is capsular contracture. breast implant.
+- Excessive Bleeding: As with any surgical procedure, excessive bleeding may follow the breast augmentation plastic surgery operation may cause some swelling and pain. If excessive bleeding continues, another cosmetic surgery operation may be needed to control the bleeding and/or remove the accumulated blood.
+- Infections: A small percentage of women develop an infection around a breast implant following the breast augmentation plastic surgery procedure. This may occur at any time, but is most often seen within a week after your breast enlargement plastic surgery. In some cases, the breast implant may need to be removed for several months until the infection clears. A new breast implant can then be inserted after the infection clears.
+- Oversensitive Nipples: Some women report that their nipples become oversensitive, under sensitive, or even numb. You may also notice small patches of numbness near your breast augmentation incisions. These symptoms usually disappear within time, but may be permanent in some breast enlargement plastic surgery patients.
+- Fertility Issues: There is no evidence that breast implants will affect fertility, pregnancy, or your ability to nurse. If, however, you have nursed a baby within the year before breast enlargement plastic surgery, you may produce milk for a few days after the breast augmentation plastic surgery. This may cause some discomfort, but can be treated with medication prescribed by your plastic surgeon, Dr. Obi.
+- Breast Implant Rupture:.
+To learn more about complications or health concerns associated with breast augmentation, contact Obi Plastic Surgery clinic and schedule your appointment with Dr. Obi.
+Planning Your Breast Augmentation Surgery
+In your initial breast augmentation plastic surgery consultation, Dr. Obi will evaluate your health and explain which breast enhancement surgical techniques are most appropriate for you, based on the condition of your breasts and skin tone. If your breasts are sagging, he may also recommend a breast lift.
+During your consultation, be sure to:
+- Discuss your breast enhancement expectations frankly – you need to be honest and up front about what you’re expecting. Dr. Obi will be as equally as frank with you.
+- Tell Dr. Obi if you smoke, take any medications, vitamins or other drugs. These details are very important for the preparation of your breast enhancement surgery.
+Dr. Obi will also discuss:
+- the type of anesthesia to be used for your breast implant surgery.
+- more about the Samuel Wells Surgicenter where your breast enhancement surgery will be performed. The Samuel Wells Surgicenter is Obi Plastic Surgery Clinic’s very own state-licensed ambulatory center for outpatient surgical procedures.
+- costs associated with breast augmentation surgery.
+- financing solutions.
+Getting Prepped for Your Breast Enlargement Plastic Surgery
+Dr. Obi will provide you with a detailed checklist of things you must do before your breast augmentation surgery. Here are a few things you can expect to do while in preparation for your enhancement surgery:
+- Guidelines on eating, smoking, drinking, vitamins and medications.
+- Driving arrangements before your surgery – you will need someone to drive you home after your breast augmentation surgery. You may even need them to help you with day-to-day functions in the days following your breast enlargement.
+Types of Breast Enlargement Methods
+The method of inserting and positioning your breast implant will depend on your anatomy and Dr. Obi’s recommendation.
+The incision can be made either in the crease where the breast meets the chest, around the areola (the dark skin surrounding the nipple), or in the armpit.
+Every effort will be made to assure that the incision is placed so resulting scars will be as inconspicuous as possible.
+Working through the incision, Dr. Obi will lift your breast tissue and skin to create a pocket, either directly behind the breast tissue or underneath your chest wall muscle (the pectoral muscle). The implants are then centered beneath your nipples.
+The breast implant may be inserted directly under the breast tissue or beneath the chest wall muscle.
+. Obi before surgery to make sure you fully understand the implications of the procedure he recommends for you.
+The surgery usually takes one to two hours to complete. Stitches are used to close the incisions, which may also be taped for greater support. A compressive bandage may be applied over your breasts to help with healing.
+After surgery, breasts appear fuller and more natural in tone and contour. Scars will fade with time.
+Following Your Breast Surgery
+You’re likely to feel tired and sore for a few days following your surgery, but you’ll be up and around in 24 to 48 hours. Most of your discomfort can be controlled by medication prescribed by Dr. Obi.
+Within several days, the compressive bandage will be removed, and you will be given a surgical bra. You should wear it as directed by Dr. Obi . You may also experience a burning sensation in your nipples for about two weeks, but this will subside as bruising fades.
+Your stitches will come out in a week to 10 days, but the swelling in your breasts may take three to five weeks to disappear.
+Life & Daily Routines Following Your Breast Augmentation
+You should be able to return to work within a few days, depending on the level of activity required for your job.
+Follow Dr. Obi .
+Regular examination by Dr. Obi.
+Suzanne Somers discusses her stem cell breast reconstruction with Dr. Oz
+Breast Enlargement Photo Gallery
+Click here to view our Breast Enlargement & Breast Augmentation Photo Gallery.
+And be sure to contact our cosmetic surgery center to schedule a consult with us!
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+A lot of students I meet ask me why I like being on CNN Student News. The answer: Our audience is awesome. Every member of our staff enjoys your enthusiasm, attention, interest in current events, and [especially] your blog responses. Oh, and your sense of humor (not to mention your patience with mine) really goes a long way too.
+It is truly a privilege for me to appear on your TV, MP3 player or classroom screen each school day, telling you what's going on in the world. It's one of the many blessings I'm thankful for this Christmas. And whatever you celebrate, all of us at CNN Student News wish you a merry and bright holiday season.
+Please be sure to tell us what you're up to while you're off! Be safe, and God bless.
+Yours,
+Carl Azuz, Anchor
+Everyone is awesome and everyone is just as important. Everyone is equal and no one should be put down by other student adult or teacher. Everyone is awesome and just amazing as everyone else because everyone has a unique gift.
+sometimes well all the time your jokes are really cheezy says my class and i.
+Scientists should not have told the public about the new species now people are going to hunt them.
+Carl, you are awsome too! (but your jokes, not so much) Our social studies class watches your videos almost everyday and we complain if we can't watch them. It is cool to be able to to just watch a video instead of work at the beginning of class. We can relax for 10 minutes while also getting information on what's happening around the US and the world. If you read this, send out a shoutout to Mrs. Norfleet's class. Merry Christmas!
+Carl i have been writing down most of every story you have covered since september i think you are funny and awesome
+I'm going to Kansas to visit my dad and grandma I really can't i'm gonna have a blast. Merry christmas everyone and a happy new year
+Just work on those puns man, Have fun over the holidays in whatever you do. :]
+I am awesome cause I'm me and No one else can be me........
+i think im not awesome i think the people without homes are awesome because they go most of their lives without food or water or anything to live off of thats why i thank god for what i have and know that i could end up like that.
+Hey Carl, CNN Student News would not be the same without you. I hope you have a nice winter break.
+Let me just say that Carl you are the master of comedy and that you could have a very amazing singing career. So have a merry christmas!
+P.S. your cool:]
+hey Carl, CNN would not be the same at all with out you :]
+but I think that you have to work on your puns some more, your the best!! have a wonderful and merry christmas and a happy new year.
+I think my CLASS is awesome. We work as a team, and we are on the way to sucess!
+No Offense Carl,
+but you may need to get some better puns 🙂
+First of all i want to say hi to mr.johnsons class. and carl you give the puns life. ok back to busyness.... over the break i am having the whole family come over 😎 bye
+I MIGHT be going to NYC this christmas (my first time) and i cant wait to see theglorious lights and christmas trees. I wish i could show you Carl!
+carl i love your puns! my class thinks your AWESOME, they always laugh at your puns.
+MERRY CRISTMAS!
+p.s., think of an awesome pun,make it kinda' chezzy, it will make my class LOL!:] :] :] :] :]
+I think if they were going to do it they would at least had his approval.
+i thing that i am cool because everyone nows that
+carl , i think my whole class is Awesome because almost everyone
+knows a second launguage , i know five . u rock!
+I agree with Mrs. Shorts math class..No body should be put down by anybody just because they're small or young or tall or short or even bad looking....
+i sure hope none of those snakes, spiders and rabbits live in me town because i don't want to wake up in the morning with one of those in my bed that would freak me out!!
+Even though the question is: Why are YOU awesome? all of the blogers should be saying that everyone is awesome in their own speicial way wheater its art, spelling,drama writing,or just for having lots of friends you can trust
+Hi Carl, My class watches CNN every day. We all think your awsome but not so much your jokes. MERRY CHRISTMAS CNN(and carl) AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!
+P.S. MERRY CHRISTMAS Middle School North and a happy new year!!!!!!!!!!
+HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!
+Carl, some of your jokes may be a bit corny, but that makes you who you are. I like how you put jokes in, it makes the show less serious. We get too much of that anyway from our teachers! Have a very merry Christmas!
+Hey Carl, I really think that you should work on a couple REALLY good PUNs over the holiday for days like especially awesome Fridays!........ and tomorrow.....(La vees na dee da! La vees na dee da! I'm sure you heard that before, Carl. Could you please sing it? I wanna wish you a merry Christmas from the bottom of my heeeeeaaaaarrrrt!
+😉
+You really should take some advice from Carl Castle or Brian Unger about your sense of humor. But next year, instead of saying Merry CHRISTMAS you should say Happy HOLIDAYS. Some people might be offended- Separation of Church and state- don't forget Festivus, Hannakah, Kwanza, Boxing Day, ect.
+Happy Holidays, Carl.
+Everyone is awsome in there special way, I think my class is pretty awsome because we study, try our hardest,and accomplish the goals our teacher sets for all of us. So thanks CNN for letting us share this with you!
+Merry Christmas Carl,CNN, and Everyone who is watching this.
+Mr.Paughs 1st period class
+Carl your jokes can be funny but sometimes there not but either way your jokes are awesome!!! HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS !!!:]
+well i am getting made fun of for blogging on cnn student news and i am going to my dads. how fun (joking)!! Happy Holidays and a Happy new year!!!!!!!!! 🙂
+Yes, awsome but puns bug me.
+You are really cool. But your jokes could use a little work. But our school watches the Student News everyday and overall most of us enjoy it.
+carl you are tottaly awesome! i think your the perfect anchor for cnn student news
+Hi
+Over break, I'll be having fun with friends and family.
+You guys rock!!!
+Happy Holidays!
+Hey guys here's a joke:
+Why does Santa wear a red suit?
+Because his blue suite is in the wash!!!
+Sorry if that was lame teehee happy holidays!
+Merry Christmas Guys!!!
+You should do a story on Chuck Norris!!!
+Chuck norris defines awesomeness!
+And so do your puns Carl
+Happy Holidays
+Now Carl I realize that I will be doing absolutly nothing for the entire break so I will instead tell you a very interesting fact..... The Earth's orbit is slowly failing one day we will all fall to a firey demise....
+P.S don't fret think if the Earth is gone you won't have to worry about your job security anymore 🙂
+I am awesome because now I can be here and see people say they are awesome.
+Merry Christmas.
+Happy Holidays.
+Carl,
+I love the show. I'm 27 and not in school anymore, but I do watch the show everyday. I find it to be an awesome and funny way to get the news I need to know. I really love the puns!!!! Even the ones that may not be as funny as some. Keep on doing what your doing. It really makes for a great show. I love off the beaten path it is one of my fave parts of the show.
+Have a happy and safe Christmas and New Years.
+Everyone is awesome in a way and you are totally awesome. Funny and making news seem like fun. I have enjoyed your shows for several months and wish you a merry christmas and a merry financial crisis solution.
+i guess that i will miss you during the happy but boring and long winter vacation. sure, it's fun, but only when you are in school when you are on vacation, i want to go back to school.
+ill miss you carl over the winter but the good news is american vacation is shorter . that means that i can watch merry news on vacation!!!
+i'm sure you get commented on your corny jokes but at least they fit in with the story.
+what do you get when you cross a vampire with a snowman?
+Frostbite
+Carl my family wishes you a merry Christmas
+just joking i am going to my dad's on the 27th and i am spending time with my whole family
+Carl u r truley awsome, over break i just want to chill and hang with my friends mabey play in the snow. just stay awsome!!
+Here in Maine we are recovering from the ice storm last week and are preparing for two more big snow storms. I guess we will have a white Christmas after all!
+Most of us are spending time with family. Katie is going snowboarding. Ben is going skiing. Sammie will ice skate, and Brittany will sleep.
+We love to watch CNN news every day. It helps us with our weekly News Bowl competition.
+Have a wonderful holiday!
+U are awesome. But ure jokes are kinda dumb
+Hey Carl. My social studies class watches you everyday. I think you are awesome but you need to get some new jokes. =)
+Over christmas break im gonna relax in the house because its way too cold outside. Im gonna wait till its christmas then get a bunch of cool gifts. Basically, I'll play with my phone and talk to my friends
+Your jokes are hilarious! =)
+I'm spending my Christmas the way it was attended to be spent, with my family at my house, and we don't really have a lot of money so it is just a snow wight Christmas.
+my social studies class is the best we watch CNN news almost everyday. your the perfect anchorman for Cnn student news. if you worked on puns over the holidays, then I can't wait to hear them
+we wish you a MErry christmas and a happy new year
+Thank you for a great year!!
+Merry Christmas and a Happy "2009"
+Hey Carl, I'm gonna miss your puns that don't even make me snicker. You rock though Carl!!!! I'll be eating candy and opening presents while thinking about all those "hilarious" jokes. Merry Christmas Carl!!!
+Heyy,
+Guess how I'm spending my christmas break. I am some of my family over to my house then going over to my aunts house. I might get to go to North Caroline to go snow boarding. I can't wait!!!!!!!
+What am i doing over christmas break? im hanging out with my girl courtney!!!! and going to go see twilight with all my girls!!!! im going to alot of parties!!!!!!!!!!!! love ya carl......
+-Deanna ❤
+I AM GOIN TO STAY SUM NITES OVA MY BFF JEWELL HOUSE N GO PLACES WITH HER AND GO TO A DANCE WITH HER
+LOVE ROSHAUNA
+MERRY CHRISTMAS
+That's because I watch student news from Mon. to Fri. now and I start to like watching news reports from here. It's just amazing to have cool news reports with those puns. Merry Christmas!!!
+Carl and the entire CNN Student News Team! Have a well deserved holiday break! We will miss the puns, the words of the day and the fast facts, but you all deserve a break!
+I think your puns are awesome! I hope you have a happy holiday!
+Carl,
+WOW! Your puns are funny. Whenever I hear them I get a much better mood. I would just like to say thank you. Thank you for everything that you have done this year. I am looking forward to more puns and more laughs!
+man your are not funny
+I think that i am awsome because i am random! Alot of people love that fact that i am random, and talk about one thing and then switch the subject.
+IAm so awesome because people like me and i have tons and tons of friends and my life is amazing so ya that why iam AWESOME!!!!
+no you carl are awesome hopeto se you next year on tv
+you guys are Awesome because you guys do the show every day
+Hey CNN hows it goin i think the reason you have a job is a really good reason i actually want you're job now. And for this christmas break im probably going to friends houses and Opening alot of presents and i wish all u guys in CNN Happy Holidays and a happy new year.!!!
+I think that you are awesome and i love to watch cnn everything that is talked about helps me learn more and also it lets us know what is happening in the world. I cant wate to see you in 2009 and have a fun holiday.
+Christmas man i can't believe how fast it has arrived. I'm not really moving or going anywhere but this christmas is going to be the best.
+MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR!
+Thanks Carl!, but we all know that you are the one that is awesome! You rock! And those puns are punny! Merry Christmas Carl!
+Hey, that is very punny!
+Thanks for that nice comment, but we all know that you are the one we all look forward to everyday.Have a very punny merry christmas and a happy new year!
+We will miss you!
+How can we go two weeks without your wonderful puns...???
+We love your ties and sweaters and when you arch your eye brow.
+Your shout outs make us feel smart.
+Happy Holidays!
+you are awesome carl! ,you rock, keep on doing the news. you have some really awesome shows.
+I am going to India!
+Hey carl. My social studies class watches cnn everyday. My holiday is going to be awesome this year even though I'm not asking for any big things. Have a merry christmas and a happy new year!
+Carl you are awesome because some of your endings are funny. Thank you. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
+My class watches you faithfully every week!!! We all love you and think you are awesome!!!! Your jokes are pretty awesome even though a little corny! Keep doing what you do Azuz!! You rock!!
+all for the life storys and lesions
+Why wouldn;t you like your job it's like the easiest job in the world (next to burger king)! Merry Christmas, Carl!
+I am awesome because i am funny! (not to brag) You know it's kinda cool that the word funny has the word fun and knee(spelled in a different way)
+I like your shows and now I watch them at home and show them to my parents. But still, i think there could be better puns, but , your all right.
+today was my dads b-day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ew had german chocoalate cake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:-)
+p.s. happy holidays!!!!!!!:-)
+Thanks for everything Carl! You are the awesome one, because your the reason we watch. Once again thenks and have a Very Merry Christmas! 🙂
+everyone is awesome everyone is equal.
+i watch you guys every day in world geography. keep it going carl
+I think anything is good enough to celebrate this Christmas...even having you, Carl Azuz, as our news reporter.
+I think everyone has something that is special...even you, Carl, with your punny puns.
+You have a strong following at my school, Carl. Everyone loves you and your puns.
+Hey, Carl! I really appreciate everything you do on CNN. You are so awesome, and to think that you think the same about us is really cool. By the way, your puns may not be the best ones, but when you jump out of your seat saying them, my friends and I crack up laughing!
+hey! i think everyone is awesome in there own way even u carl your puns are awesome!!
+Going to be celebrating woth my family of course. Then leaving state and headed to celebrate with more family! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year CNN! Also Carl, nice puns! Someone in my Social Studies are irratated by them, but keep them up! See you next year!
+Thanks Carl, my whole class hates your puns but i like them. Every time Ms.Hogan and my class say oh, Carl! When I grow up I want to be a newscaster and I've already been to the CNN center in Alanta.
+Love, Shannon
+Hi I am Andrew from mrs.Curda's class and, I am going siteseeing in New York and I am leaving at the 24th of December and coming back on the 30th of December. I also want to say Merry Cristmas to CNN Student News an Mrs.Curda's class
+Carl,
+I'm spending my holidays with my family. That's who I'm thankful for.
+P.S. Your Awsome not me. Happy Holidays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+for this holiday season i'm going to my dad's house. but tonight i'm having an awesome holiday party. everybody enjoy this wonderful holiday season.
+Carl azuz why do you like being on cnn student news
+What i have to say is that no human being is better than the other. Just some people make bad decisions in life. So if one person is awsome so are the rest.
+Hey Carl my class and I couldn't see the show on Dec. 18 wish I could have but still rock the videos on cnn student news hope you have a happy and merry Cristmas.Go Obama
+well i am off already! 15 days! woo hoo! so happy and thanks for everything you do on this news channel because you take your time to tell other students what is going on in the world. happy holidays and merry christmas! oh last but not least HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!
+carl you are so "funny" hahahahahahaha
+thats what we all think at our school any way
+my favorite cnn was when the grinch took the tree's.
+Hola Carl!
+Lovin the puns! I look forward to student news every day!
+Have a merry Christmas.
+you all have a good holiday
+sorry but your jokes are boring
+well im going to go to my aunties and have christmas there and at my house. and i get to think of what were having for christmas dinner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+Hey carl my vaccation is awsome. on monday do the dance that you did which is on youtube
+I like you sweter vest Carl vaery nice and nice tie to.
+Hi I'm Jo from Mr. Shepard's class and this Christmas where doing something new. Instead of spending a week with my dad's mom where staying here and are going to go over to my mom's sisters and play cards and games all Christmas day with my entire family.
+It's just awesome to be able to spend Christmas with your loved ones. Now matter if your doing something new, or old it's still your family you spend time with.
+christas is almost here
+i think it's freezing!!! i got a fever, but it's getting better now. i just want to say hi to my class, and if i'm not there, well, have fun at school! (and tell Mr.Sharrow that i miss the smart board!)
+PS: whenever you write on the smart board, do what i did and write your name, and was here.
+Hey Carl I luv the show!!! My class looks forward to your show everyday!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! (ALMOST) =)
+I think everyone is awesome because everyone was created to be special, unique and different. That is why I believe everyone is awesome and no one should be excluded or discriminated because of their race or gender.
+Hi Carl!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think that i am special in many ways. But I also think that all of the other people in the world are special, even you Carl.
+over break i plan to do alot of skiing with the skis i got for christmas. I also plan on just hanging out with friends and drinking alot of hot chocalate.
+have a happy: government funded, non-denominal, gift giving season
+i just am carl
+Hey Carl!! wussup? In going over to california for christmas!!!! Yay!!!!!!!
+Hey Carl!! We watch CNN student news every day! We all think you are the coolest anchor EVER. If we could we would award you the coolest and funniest anchor of the 2008-2009 school year. Our class also writes all your puns down on the white borad. Our teacher tries to make up better ones but he never can! You rock have a great holiday season.
+Hey Carl in our class room we keep track of all your puns. A whole wall dedicated to your PUNS.we call it the PUNY WALL. personal, i carry my little bro on my shoulders to school every day in the snow. thats why I'm awesome
+-Mr.Samiljan's Class
+Hey there! I cannot tell you how upset I am that the show is ending for a short time period. I'm counting down the days to see you again! In our Social Studies classroom (Mr. Samiljan's) We have a wall of all your puns listed. It's AWESOME! I'm awesome because I watch CNN Student News every weekday.
+Have a gooooooooooood holiday.
+Hey Carl, our class loves your puns. They're so PUNNY . I can't live without your jokes. Merry Christmas and whatever. Put my comment on your show, because it will be cool.
+Hi Carl. You rock. We think you are the best anchor on TV and we wish you could anchor all the boring news shows. I look forword to your show and PUNS !!!! By the way, we keep you puns listed on our board and by the end of the year, we have a wonderul list of your puns. Keep 'em coming!!!! And have a Happy Chris-ma-hona-kwan-zica!
+Trevor- Mr. Samiljan's Class
+HEY CARL!!! YOUR THE AWESOMEST ANCHOR IN THE WORLD. WE WATCH YOUR SHOW EVERYDAY AND WE WELL MY CLASS AND I CAN'T WAIT TILL YOU RETURN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ENJOY YOUR HOLLY JOLIDAY!!!!!!
+YOURS TRUELY,
+PaYtOn*******
+I am a middle school special education teacher in Lawrenceville and my class watches CNN Student News every day. It is truly a “window to the world” for them. They went from being painfully unaware of current events to being able to express a basic understanding of the issues and how they are affected by them. One of my students (who has great difficulties putting his thoughts on paper in class) has even been going to the website at home to blog about the stories we see!!
+Thanks and keep up the great work!
+We love CNN Student News!
+Have a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year!
+Love,
+Carlos, Jalene, Keyanna, Maureen, Philip, Pedro, Bhavani, Grant, Mrs. Schoeck and Mrs. Betty
+I'm live in Korea.
+Well, it didn't feel like Christmas at all here.
+Only the music and the radio said about Christmas.
+The only way I enjoyed Christmas was text-messaging with my friends on my cellphone.
+This economy problem will have to be solved or Korea will never celebrate Christmas in my opinion.
+My freind, kyle and I are going to colorado to ski because there is nothing like kicking off the new year skiing with my pal.
+I'm Korean , and I'm watching for Cnn student news!
+In Korea, economic is a serious trouble.
+Also, all the students in Korea are having terrible time despite of winter vacation because they have to study : you know, korean students even elementry students do not sleep untill 3 o'clock and gets up in 6 o'clock to study!!!(even on christmas.)
+Please say "Cheer up!"to all the korean students.
+HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
+My family is busy getting ready for our christmas party. This involves cleaning the entire house, only to see all our hard work destroyed, and helping make many different dishes. Then we still have to put up with hanging around some interesting people. For New Years we put the younger kids to bed. Then my parents, two older siblings, and I watch a movie. At about 11:30 we go to wake up all of the younger kids to watch the ball drop. Once we get them down stairs, to the family, room they tend to fall asleep on the floor. Later that day, they are all tired, causing short tempers, lots of whining and crying, and I can't forget the screaming. the never ending, loud, room filling noise, that tells you that your home. It just wouldn't be my family without the screaming : )
+Well Carl you are awsome and I am looking forward to see you not only bring students news but with all the news coverage and weather forecast. You are one of the best and I don't need my morning coffee to start my day when I have you bringing me the student news.
+Im awesome because of my uncanny obsession with "B" movies and bad acting. Also, I think its cool that I like old bands like Cream and Led Zepplin. I don't like the Beatles because they're overrated, but John Lennon is cool.
+You think we're awesome? Well we love you, too! Here is a poem that my friend and I wrote for you, Carl!
+Carl, oh Carl, to you we write.
+When we started watching CCN Student News, it was love at first sight!
+My favorie part is when you're on screen
+Away from Carl I never could ween
+You always make the freshest puns
+involving bakers and their buns
+Every day during the shoutout, I scream
+If i get them all right maybe I too could join the CNN team!
+When you take us off the beaten path,
+I get happiness that no other girl hath
+Blue is definitely the color for you
+whenever you wear it we cant wait to hear whats new.
+You always keep me in the loop.
+Seeing you makes me want to "WHOOP!"
+I watch student news when I'm at home sick,
+It's a habbit that I just can't seem to kick!
+You teach us about things from Presidents to juice,
+And that's why we love you, Carl Azuz!
+You should have a section on the show (maybe on a slow day?) about all of Carl Azus's adoring fans!!!
+Thanks I agree I think I am awsome but I also think that you are awsome to.(Don't you get stage fright when you are up there?).Have a awsome 2009!.
+My broadcast class is awesome because we watch CNN Student News every day! We love you Carl!
+Our science class watches you every day and we always complain if we don't get to watch cnn news. We enjoy watching it but the jokes need some updating. I think the sound effects are very appropriate after your jokes, because it expresses what everyone is feeling. Love your show and have a great year!:)
+YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!
+i think your awsome and kind of weird
+HI CARL UMM.... MY CLASS AND LOVE YOUR SHOW I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AWSOME IN THEIR OWN SPECIAL WAY OOOOHHH MERRY CHRISMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! (:
+Thank you guys (CNN crew) for being there every morning. As a 7th grade student I rather watch funny, awsome news, then doing work. You guys make news interesting and fun. Keep on keeping on! Merry late Christmas and a happy late New Years! 🙂
+I used to live in georgia, and dude you visited my school.Fayetteville, remember?I came up to you along with my friends and told you that you were awesome.How"s that for cool eh?I do not think you'll ever go back to White Water Middle, but if you do, say Hi!!!To Mrs.Jones for me. Plaese and thank you.
+Hi Carl, I think that you are very funny but there's just one problem you need to get better puns. Not for all of your shows but for a couple. Most of your puns are funny and my class laughs but for others not so much. So I guess we'll see you on tuesday. Bye!
+Hi Carl, um.....my class loves your shows. Every other day my class gets to see you and even though we know we're going to watch it we ask"are we going to watch cnn?" and then...of course we know the answer to that..."yes." Lizzy- Mr. Hemphill's class
+Hi im Elfanzo i just love your show i watch it every morning it inspires me to change my life
+hi its me again your show inspired me to lose a bunch of wieght right now im at 255 an was previously at 256
+thank you
+oops i ment 265
+Linsey Williams, Minnesota MMA fighter, bends but won't break
+“Women move differently,” says Gina Franssen, who trains Linsey at her Uptown gym. “We rely heavily on technique and being sneaky.”
+Minutes into her fight for a regional 115-pound title, Linsey Williams finds herself caught in an armbar. Her tendons bulge. The crowd at Mystic Lake Casino holds its collective breath, waiting for her to submit.
+Seconds tick by as Jessica Fresh arches her back and Linsey struggles underneath. The room winces, waiting for the sound of an arm snapping to break the tension.
+But Jessica has made a few critical mistakes — instead of strapping both legs across Linsey's torso, she only has one; the pressure on Linsey's elbow is an inch up from where it should be; and she's not twisting Linsey's wrist to add torque. These little things mean Linsey's arm will bend, but not break.
+Linsey pulls her shoulder out and rolls over, forcing Jessica to let go or be mounted.
+The tension released, a wave of energy courses through the room. Jessica has slapped this armbar on other girls before, and they've tapped out in a hurry. When Linsey escapes, everything shifts in her favor. She suddenly seems stronger, faster, more aggressive than her tiring opponent.
+Jessica submits to a triangle choke later in the second round, capping the inevitable: Linsey is the new Sterling Entertainment Group 115-pound women's champion and takes home a shiny new belt and a Suzuki motorcycle.
+Williams recalls thinking, "I have four weeks to go from pregnant to fighting shape. Let's do this.'"
+As Linsey poses in the cage with her coach and cornerman, the crowd at Mystic Lake slowly dissipates, drained after watching 20 fights in a row. The last five fights were all women, a scheduling move that takes advantage of the spectacle of "two chicks fighting."
+In the last few years, that spectacle has given way to respect for female fighters and an appreciation for feminine aggression and physicality.
+In 2011, UFC President Dana White famously stated, "Women will never fight in the UFC." He's since had to eat those words. When women's boxing debuted in the 2012 Summer Games, Nicola Adams clinched the gold medal and thrust the sport into the limelight. The following year the UFC signed Ronda Rousey, an Olympic silver medalist in judo.
+Rousey is currently the highest paid fighter on the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) roster and one of the most recognizable figures in sports. She is the first mixed martial artist to win an ESPY award (twice for Best Female Athlete in 2014 and 2015). Ronda was dethroned in her most recent outing by Holly Holm, a shocking upset that had the likes of Donald Trump and Lady Gaga tweeting their reactions.
+The pool of female fighters is still tiny compared to the men's, but the floodgates are open. Competitive women wallowing on the undercards of regional events have found themselves suddenly marketable. Agents come calling, offering fights and belts. More girls with warrior spirits are joining up at local gyms.
+An aggressive, athletic woman like Linsey would have been on the fringes of the fighting world a few short years ago, where now there is a clear path to glory and riches for her to follow. The days when a handful of women drove across the country to fight each other over and over for pennies are done.
+Linsey Williams has tight, untamed black curls, and brown freckles spread across her soft features. Aside from these hints at her mixed-race heritage, the first thing one notices about Linsey is her physique, like Wonder Woman shrunk down a size, specifically designed for quick, fluid, beautiful movement.
+Linsey's potential energy is constantly about to turn kinetic. Even when she speaks, the thoughtful cadence of her words conjures up a loaded spring.
+She has lived in the northern suburbs of Minneapolis, first Fridley and then Coon Rapids, for most of her 25 years. Her dad started fading out of the picture before Linsey was born and grew fainter as time went on, like a Polaroid losing its luster in the sun.
+Karen Williams raised Linsey and her two older siblings — Sean, 29, and Gitanja, 33 — on her own. She worked rotating shifts as a surgical technician at North Memorial. Gitanja got the two younger siblings out of bed and made sure they ate breakfast and went to school on time.
+Karen is one of those blue collar moms with hardcore drive underneath a sweet exterior, like cotton candy wrapped around an iron pole. When Linsey tells a story about missing the bus when she was seven, crying on the curb until her teacher came to pick her up, Karen almost gets out of her chair to give her daughter a hug.
+But then the story of mom putting a stop to Linsey's fifth grade dreams of joining the wrestling team comes up, and the mother-daughter battles of the past are rejoined for a moment. Linsey's normally super-confident demeanor turns down and mom explains why she said no.
+"It just wasn't what girls did," Karen said. "Back then, it was even hard to imagine a girl on the hockey team, much less wrestling or fighting. It wasn't like it is today."
+Undeterred, Linsey continued playing football with the boys at grade school, fake nails and all. She fought her older brother, who had gone into wrestling, and admired her older sister, who rollerbladed to two jobs while finishing school and starting a career with the National Guard.
+Eventually Linsey rolled her own dice on the National Guard. Her unit was preparing to deploy to Kuwait just as she enlisted, so Linsey was fast tracked into combatives training. The coaches noticed her athleticism right away, and told her to try out for the Minnesota National Guard combatives team when she returned from Kuwait.
+Linsey got her first taste of mixed martial arts in the brutal deserts of the Arabian Peninsula. Soldiers from her unit would train on their downtime — grappling, jiu-jitsu, and boxing. The intensity of Muay Thai Boxing attracted her instantly, but it was rolling with a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt that made her into a zealot.
+"Everything he did was so perfectly paced and fluid and it wasn't always that struggle against someone. It was constant motion and flowing from position to position, which is actually exactly what jiu-jitsu, the gentle art, should be. After that, if I wasn't embedded in another camp or on a mission, I was in the gym doing BJJ."
+As her tour of duty was wrapping up, Linsey heard from a fellow soldier from Fargo about a gym in Brooklyn Center, the MMA Academy, where she could go and continue her training. The coach there was Greg Nelson, incidentally the same man who had helped train the Minnesota National Guard combatives team into a force to be reckoned with.
+When Linsey returned stateside in the spring of 2012, she took a chunk of the money she had earned on deployment and paid nearly $1,000 up front for six months of training at the Academy.
+Greg Nelson is one of the most accomplished martial artists the Twin Cities has ever seen. He is a black belt and instructor in multiple disciplines: Jun Fan Martial Arts and Jeet Kune Do, Filipino Kali, Muay Thai, Combat Submission Wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He was an All-American in both gymnastics and wrestling. He has coached dozens of athletes to the top of almost every fighting organization out there — including three UFC champs in different weight classes.
+He is 52, but still looks like a compact tank, with dishwater-blond hair cropped close and bright blue eyes in a face cut from stone. When he trains his charges at the Academy, old war tales spill out to put maneuvers into context. He's wrapping someone up in a choke one second, explaining how that same choke won a national tournament back in the late '90s the next. He's gruff in a friendly way, understanding of those who can't handle the grind, but unwilling to waste too much time with them.
+Greg belongs to the generation of American martial artists who grew up on Bruce Lee movies, Caine in Kung Fu, and Black Belt magazine. He and his middle school buddies built ninja obstacle courses in the woods around their New Hope neighborhood and sucked up any karate or kung fu move they could find.
+Linsey Williams
+He wrestled at the University of Minnesota under J Robinson, the coach who brought Iowa-style wrestling to Minnesota and helped turn the Gopher program into the powerhouse it is today. But his attention always turned back to martial arts.
+When he saw his co-worker at My Pi Pizza in Golden Valley flipping and twisting knives around, Greg spent the next month pestering him to show him the moves. His co-worker finally relented and brought Greg to Rick Faye's garage, where a half dozen local hooligans were using a hodgepodge of martial arts to beat each other up and slowly get better at it.
+The garage eventually developed into the Kali Group, Rick Faye's current martial arts school off 45th and Chicago. But a bunch of Rick Faye's more combat-oriented students organized around Greg to train primarily in Thai Boxing. The aggressive, intense striking art appealed to Greg. He eventually took that group and founded his own gym in 1992, the training facility that would one day become the MMA Academy.
+Around the same time, in 1993, the Ultimate Fighting Championship held its first televised tournament, featuring a kickboxer, a sumo wrestler, and a Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace named Royce Gracie. It was televised via pay-per-view to 90,000 people. When Royce Gracie submitted Gerard Gordeau via choke, UFC 1 was over. The mixed martial arts craze had begun.
+The Academy grew and attracted the best fighters Minnesota had to offer. By the late 1990s, dozens of fighters had come through Greg's gym and gone on to win titles in an alphabet soup of promotions around the world. One of them, Dave Menne, won the first ever UFC Middleweight championship in 2001.
+That same year Greg was diagnosed with Stage IV liver cancer and underwent the first of many chemotherapy treatments. The cancer was declared in remission in 2002. But then a new pain developed in his leg and shot down to his foot. It was unlike anything he had experienced before.
+Greg started sucking down morphine and methadone to fight the pain, while doctors at North Memorial, the University of Minnesota, and the Mayo Clinic issued a battery of tests to determine what the problem was. An experimental MRI scan at the Mayo Clinic found an abnormality in his sciatica nerve. Doctors gave Greg the bad news: It was neurolymphomatosis.
+Linsey’s coaches, Greg Nelson (left) and her boyfriend, Dan Moret (right), yell instructions from outside the cage.
+Of the 33 people who have been known to have this type of cancer, 32 were diagnosed postmortem and the 33rd died.
+"He was on a ton of drugs and just babbling incoherently," said Andy Grahn, a BJJ black belt who helps Greg run the Academy. "We were like, 'He's gonna die. But if anyone is going to recover and come back and thrive, it's gonna be Greg.'"
+Greg did survive, the first in recorded medical literature to do so. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic told Greg his battle with nerve cancer is now considered the standard for pain tolerance. His ability to fight through the pain and depression and return to coaching martial arts full time left a mark on everyone who was there for him during those years. Now when fighters and colleagues talk about Greg, they skip over the countless martial arts accomplishments and get right to the war he fought with death:
+"You know dude beat cancer, right?"
+When Linsey started training at the Academy, the first thing Greg noticed was her intensity. The sound of it.
+"She was over there kicking the bags and yelling," he said. "I just turned around and said, 'What's that?' and there she was, going all out."
+Fresh off her Nov. 6 victory, “Wonder Woman Williams” poses with Nelson and Moret, the two guys she keeps in her corner.
+Greg's number one requirement for a professional fighter is the ability to train and train and train. The ones who have the mentality to push past their limits and do repetitive tasks until they collapse become the truly great fighters.
+"Linsey has always had that mentality," says Greg.
+Talent is something suspicious and insidious at the Academy — a pretty piece of iron that still requires the hammer. Greg has seen too many talented people get outworked, too many potential stars fizzle out and quit. Women are no exception to the rule. Greg describes with a grimace the times when an athlete would get hit in the face and start crying out of frustration, or the times when emotions would boil over and require a soothing word or two.
+Greg is much more animated by the women he has trained who exhibit the mentality he prizes in all of his charges: relentless and hungry, able to take a shot to the face and, instead of crumbling, get stronger and even more determined. Linsey, he says, is that kind of woman.
+"We never had to worry about whether or not she was going to work hard. With Linsey the key is not her drive or determination, but technique. She has to learn when to use her pure athleticism together with good technique."
+The fight at Mystic Lake last August, the one where Linsey escaped the armbar, was the first one Greg cornered for her. The previous fights — at the Thai Boxing tournament, at the various grappling tournaments — her cornerman was either her boyfriend Dan Moret, also an MMA fighter, or whomever she could grab at the time.
+Nabbing Greg as a cornerman marks a change in her career, a transition from the intense girl who works hard to the professional fighter with potential.
+“Once I started training in the martial arts, I realized it’s the only time I really feel as though my brain and my body and my heart are all connected,” Linsey says.
+Linsey also trains three times a week at an all-female Brazilian jiu-jitsu gym in Uptown, X2 Fitness, run by Gina Franssen, another of Greg's former students and Minnesota's first female BJJ black belt. Training with other women provides a different feel, says Gina. Women can focus on technique. They can pit themselves against women their own size, and not just struggle against the smallest man in the gym. There are no excuses when women fight women.
+"Women move differently," says Gina. "We rely heavily on technique and being sneaky. It's really important for female competitors to train together because it's a very different game than with the guys."
+The differences became apparent for Linsey during a trip to Las Vegas, when she suddenly found herself on the mats with Miesha Tate, an MMA pioneer, and seven other women. It's so rare for so many female fighters to be in one room at the same time, it opened Linsey's mind to the idea of all-female training sessions. Not only is it practical — her opponents are all women — but it builds a deeper camaraderie with all women, fighters or not.
+"When I started training with women in Thai boxing or BJJ, we might not have anything else in common, but we have this, and I think that opened my eyes," Linsey says.
+"I was always the alpha female, always had a chip on my shoulder, but now I have a stronger appreciation for other females. I might meet another woman and think we have nothing else in common but [martial arts], but there is always something women will have in common, even if it's just the fact that we're women."
+That fact was driven home even further last September. Linsey had a fight in Waukesha against Chi Sheibley on the North American Fighting Championship's Battledome card. After weeks of preparation, she went in for the final weigh-in. Sheibley was having trouble making the 115-pound cutoff, so the two sides decided to meet in the middle at 120. Even then, Sheibley came in two pounds over and was given another hour to try and shed some weight.
+But things got more complicated when Linsey took a routine pregnancy test — an over-the-counter first response — and was met with a plus sign. Dumbfounded, she took another urine test. Another positive. It was Friday night and the fight was scheduled for Saturday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. Linsey and her team started calling hospitals in Waukesha, hoping a blood test would show she wasn't actually pregnant.
+"The commission said that if a blood test confirmed I wasn't pregnant, I could still fight," Linsey said. "So we called all night and all the next morning before we finally found a little local hospital that would do the blood test."
+The first test failed to give a definitive yes or no answer. Linsey had the doctor at the arena send over another order for a different test, but those results could only be released by fax to the doctor at the arena. It wasn't until Linsey received a text from the event promoter that she finally knew for certain.
+"Yes. You are pregnant," the message read.
+The fight was called off. Linsey spent the day in her hotel crying.
+Over the next few weeks, she would experience an emotional and hormonal tsunami. After electing to terminate the pregnancy, she began using a contraceptive implant, Implanon. Her body was flooded with unfamiliar hormones. The potent biochemical cocktail introduced her to a side of being a woman that she hadn't any prior experience with.
+"I had a doctor once tell me I had more testosterone than the average woman," Linsey said. "So it was really compelling when these hormones suddenly took over. I was getting really emotional. My body responded differently when I trained. I was getting upset over things that would have never bothered me before. I just wanted the old me back."
+So she made it happen.
+"When my manager told me I had this fight coming up on Nov. 6, I guess I could have said 'Hey, I was pregnant two weeks ago, I'll sit this one out.' But instead I thought, 'I have four weeks to go from pregnant to fighting shape. Let's do this.'"
+The atmosphere in the locker room just before Linsey's Nov. 6 fight at Mystic Lake belies the pressure of the previous four weeks.
+In the minutes before Linsey takes the stage, Coach Greg is sinking deep into a couch, a baseball cap covering most of his face, while Linsey moves about like a panther popping combinations into pads held by her boyfriend, Dan.
+The promoter organizing the bout at Mystic Lake, the Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA), is widely regarded as the fast track to the UFC, the big leagues where fighters can earn big money and international glory. A win in the RFA propels her toward that wider spotlight, but Dan is talking about "getting rounds in" and "gaining experience" as if they were back at the gym.
+Meanwhile Greg extricates himself from the couch to stroll around and jovially greet a few old friends. The end result seems already set. The only unknown is the process and what the team can glean from everything that happens between the shadowboxing in the locker room and the inevitable victory to come.
+The fight is a lot tougher than anyone expects it to be. Her opponent hails from Albuquerque, New Mexico — a hotbed for MMA and especially new female fighters. Linsey dominates most of the action, but the controlled combinations in the locker room devolve into single strikes through clenched teeth, her hair coming undone in the spotlight.
+Linsey wins by unanimous decision and barrels down the steel staircase into the locker room, breathlessly talking about the experience and how beautiful it was to go through it. Greg is outside shadowboxing with a smile.
+"Yeah, not bad," he says. "That's how it goes though, once you're in there and taking shots. [Punch Punch] It's hard to keep your technique together. Those combos go out the window and you're just in there swinging. [Punch Punch] She's just gotta keep working at it. [Punch Punch] Over and over."
+Linsey is aware of the opportunity a fight with the RFA poses, but in the aftermath of her win on Friday, she just wants to sit on Dan's lap and cheer for the Academy's two other fighters competing later in the night. She's in high spirits, and the implications of her win can wait for another day. Right now she's revelling in the experience. The afterglow recalls something she said months ago about why she fights.
+"Once I started training in the martial arts, I realized it's the only time I really feel as though my brain and my body and my heart are all connected," she said. "I like having to constantly test my skills, test my grit, push myself and push whoever is across from me. Granted of course I want to beat my opponent, but you don't want to beat a schmuck, you want to beat someone who will challenge you ... so you can say 'Yeah, I did that.'
+"It's unlike anything else."
+Arts bridgewateR Paintings of historic barns of Bridgewataer, Roxbury and New Milford by Lorraine Ryan: Runs through May 30.. GAYLORDSVILLE "Wine & Art" -- art by Pamela Hochstetter and Ellen Lazarus: Runs through May 13. Peter Lawrence Furniture & Art Gallery, 703 Kent Road (Route 7). For more information, call 203-746-5533. Kent Spring juried show: Receiving, April 27, 1-4 p.m. April 28, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. Show, April 29-June 3. Reception, May 4, 5-7 p.m. Awards reception, May 5, 2-4 p.m. Kent Art Association, 21 South Main St. Hours: Thursdays-Sundays, 1-5 p.m. For more information, call 860-927-3989. Art by Billy Martin: Runs through May 14. Morrison Gallery, 8 Old Barn Road. Hours: Wednesdays-Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sundays, 1-4 p.m. For more information, call 860-927-4501 or visit. "Lake Waramaug Musing" -- art by Beth Carlson: Runs through April 30. Library, Main Street. For more information, call 860-927-3761. "Kent and Beyond" -- art by resident Michael Danon: Opening reception, May 5, 3-5 p.m. Runs through June 30 Library, Main Street. For more information and reservations for the reception, call 860-927-3761. New Milford "An Eclectic Mix" Runs through May 13. Artists' talk, May 6, 2 p.m. The Silo, Upland Road. For more information, call 860-355-0300 or visit. Exhibit of origami by Carly KleinStern: Runs through May 31. Library, 24 Main St. For more information, call 860-355-1191. ROXBURY "42 Years --Then and Now: A Retrospective Exhibition" -- art by Keith Hatcher: Runs through May 14.. "Selected Works: ASAP's Young Photographers" Reception, April 29, 2-4 p.m. Runs through April 30. Senior center, South Street. Washington "Branching Out" -- art by members of The Naturalist's Studio: Runs through April 29. Library, Wykeham Road. Hours: Mondays and Fridays, 9:30 a.m.- 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturdays, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Art by Diane Fitch, Nancy McCarthy and John Nativioo: Runs through April 29. Washington Art Association, 4 Bryan Hall Plaza. Hours: Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, call 860-868-2878. "Art from the Earth: Early American Stoneware" Opening event, April 29, 1-3 p.m. Runs through Oct. 14. Gunn Memorial Museum, Wykeham Road. Hours: Thursdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays, noon-4 p.m. For more information, call 860-868-7756. "Wandering Impressions: A Printmaking Memoir of the Artist's Travels" by Jeff Evans: May 1-31. Marty's Cafe, 4 Green Hill Road. Hours: Mondays-Saturdays, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Sundays, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, call 860-868-1700. "Mastering Serenity: Asian Art and Its Influences": Runs through May 13.. AREA TOWNS Connecticut artists' spring show: May 4-6, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Reception, May 5. Fine Line Art Gallery, 319 Main St. South, Woodbury. Music by Yale's Theodicy Jazz Collective: April 29, 5 p.m. $20\/adult. $10\/student. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, corner of Routes 341 and 7. For more information, call 860-927-3486. New Milford Concert with Big Shot (Billy Joel tribute band): April 28. New Milford High School, Route 7 South. For more information and tickets, call the Chamber office at 860-354-6080. SJ Barrington's events: May 4: Delayed Reaction Band, 9:30 p.m. Karaoke: Saturday, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. SJ Barrington's, 48 Kent Road. For more information, call 860-355-9222. SHERMAN All-Mendelssohn concert with Sherman Chamber Ensemble: April 28, 8 p.m. Jewish Community Center, 9 Route 39 South. $25\/adult. $20\/student, senior and JCCS member. Post-concert to follow. For more information, call 860-355-5930. Washington Music at G.W. Tavern: April 28: Eran Troy Danner, 9:30 p.m. May 5: Gerst Lite, 9:30 a.m. G.W. Tavern, Bee Brook Road. For more information, call 860-868-6633. Special Events Bridgewater Grange community service award presentation and potluck supper: April 27, 6:30 p.m. Grange, Route 133. Artful cooking fundraiser, "Pizza Fresca": May 5, 6 p.m. Presented by Friends of Burnham Library at firehouse, Route 133. With chef Cassandra Purdy. $25 in advance, with tickets at Burnham Library. $30 at door. For more information, call 860-354-6937. Gaylordsville Membership meeting\/potluck and program about gardening with Kathy Nelson: April 27, 6:30 p.m. Merwinsville Hotel, Browns Forge Road. Bring side dish or dessert to share. Spaghetti supper: April 28, May 26, June 23, July 28, Aug. 25, Sept. 22, Oct. 27, Nov. 24 and Dec. 22, 5-7 p.m. Gaylordsville United Methodist Church, Route 7. Free will offerings accepted. Take out available. Chili and chowder cookoff: May 5, noon-3 p.m. Firehouse, 700 Kent Road (Route 7 North). $10\/adult. $5\/child. Kent "Deep Energy Retrofits" all-day workshop: April 27, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. With Marc Rosenbaum at town hall, Kent Green. For more information and registration, visit. Pasta dinner: April 27, 6-8 p.m. Hosted by senior class at Housatonic Valley High School, Route 7, Falls Village. $10\/adult. $7\/child under 13. For more information and reservations, call 860-806-5480 or email hvrhs.pasta.dinner@gmail.com by April 23. Town-wide cleanup: Runs through April 28. For more information, email ebaker@bestweb.net or call 860-927-4262. Workshop and panel discussion with Trust for Public Land: April 28, 2-4 p.m. Town hall, Kent Green. Co-sponsored by Kent Conservation Commission and Kent Land Trust. Lauren Vidal trunk show: Runs through April 29. Terston Home Accents and Apparel, 27 North Main St. Program about old Civilian Conservation Camp in Kent: April 29, 2 p.m. Town hall, Kent Green. With Charles Bigelow, who used to attend the camp, and Marty Podskoch. "Come See Us Dance": May 5, 6-8 p.m. Presented by Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts at Kent Community House, Route 7 North. $150. Benefits EMIA summer intensive scholarship fund. Children 4 and up invited to just-for-kids area. For more information and tickets, call 860-350-6494. MARBLE DALE\/NEW PRESTON Lecture and recital celebrating church's 125-year-old Steere & Turner pipe organ: April 29. Lecture with Barbara Owen, 3 p.m. Recital with Jason Roberts, 4 p.m. $10. Reception after program, $25. New Milford Maxx events: April 27: coffee house\/art night, 6:30-11 p.m. $5. Mondays: Snaxx at the Maxx, 2-5 p.m. Saturdays: front room open, 6-11 p.m. The Maxx, 94 Railroad St. Prom spectacular event for girls: April 27, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Presented by Youth Agency at The Maxx, 94 Railroad St. Features free tips and samples from local nail and hair salons. Transportation from high school to Maxx available. For more information, call 860-354-0047 or email counseling@youthagency.org. "Tell Me Why, Tell Me How" musical theater production: April 27, 7 p.m. Presented by students at Sarah Noble Intermediate School, 25 Sunny Valley Road. $5\/person. $20\/family of more than four. Apostolic prayer gathering: April 27. Meets second and fourth Friday of each month, 6-9 p.m. At St. Peter's Masonic Lodge hall, 11 Aspetuck Ave. For more information, email pbcilla@sbcglobal.net. Tag sale: April 28, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Arion Singing Society, 411 Danbury Road. Penny auction: April 28. Doors open, noon. Drawing, 1:30 p.m. St. Francis Xavier Church, Route 109. "Share Your Inner Cheese" wine and cheese party: April 28, 1-4 p.m. Fast Eddie' Billiards Cafe, 46 Old State Road. $10 entry fee per act. No karaoke allowed; only live music. For more information, email blueyodels@aol.com. SIlhouette portrait fundraiser: April 29, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Historical society, Aspetuck Avenue. $30 for original silhouette. $15 for a copy. Mattes available. For more information and reservations, call 860-354-3069. Christian Life Fellowship dedication service of new home: April 29, 6 p.m. Christian Life Fellowship, 48A Anderson Ave. For more information and to RSVP, call 860-355-3719. "God Is Here: A Photo Essay" photo exhibit: Deadline to sign up, May 1. Deadline to submit entries, May 8. Show, May 12, 2-7 p.m. May 13, 2-5 p.m. New Milford United Methodist Church, 68 Danbury Road (Route 7). For more information and exhibit guidelines, visit or call 860-354-4596. "Music as Brain Power" with Elena Mannes: May 2, 6:30 p.m. Library, Main St. "Live Well: It's Your Life" series for older adults: Starts May 3, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Senior center, 40 Main St. For more information and registration, call 860-355-6075. BNI: On Track Chapter meetings: May 3: with Steve Kolitz of United Alarms, 7 a.m. May 10: with Ed Sawyer of Sawyer Plumbing, 7 a.m. Railroad station, Railroad Street. For more information, call 860-354-4464. Cruise night: May 3, 5-9 p.m. Co-sponsored by Paradice Classic Cruisers and Friendly's at Friendly's, Route 7 South. Open to antique, classic, street rod and muscle cars through 1985 only. For more information, visit. "A Taste of Spring" wine and beer tasting: May 4, 6-8:30 p.m. The Silo at Hunt Hill Farm, Upland Road. $10. brown bag wine grab bag. $40 in advance. $45 at door. For more information and tickets, call 860-355-0300. Library offerings: May 5: Cinco de Mayo celebration for kids 4-8, 10:30 a.m. May 6: family program with the Bat Lady, 2 p.m. Library, Main Street. For more information or registration, call 860-355-1191. ShredFest: May 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Rain date, May 6. Hosted by Rotary Club, in conjunction with EcoShred, in Lore's Plaza, Route 7. $10\/standard copy paper box. For more information and if a resident or business has more than 25 boxes, call 860-350-2225. Book signing with local author Christina Vrba: May 5, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Nordica Toys, Main Street. Author of "Goodnight Connecticut." Cinco de Mayo fundraising party: May 5, 5-8 p.m. Hosted by New Milford Republican Town Committee at Sole Cafe and Lounge, 10 Railroad St. $20. For more information and tickets, call 860-355-3878, email tavolinski@gmail.com or visit. Pizza\/pasta party and magic show: May 5, 6-10 p.m. Hosted by Voice for Joanie at VFW hall, Avery Road. $20\/adult. $10\/student. For more information and tickets, call 860-350-9034. "Ethical Issues and End of Life Care" Hospice Foundation of America teleconference: May 8, 2-5 p.m. May 12, 9 a.m.-noon. Visiting Nurse Association, 68 Park Lane (Route 202). CEUs available. For more information and registration, call 860-354-2216. Ceremony to honor the late Kathy Fischer: May 9, 4-5:30 p.m. Sarah Noble Intermediate School, Sunny Valley Road. "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive: May 12. Leave bag of non-perishable by mail box for carriers to pick up. Donations will be given to food bank. Free beginner pilates classes: First Thursday of each month. Mind-Body Connection, A Pilates Studio, 143 West St., Unit W. For more information, call 860-350-3643 or visit. Roxbury Conversation on aging: May 2, 10 a.m.noon. Town hall, Route 67. For more information, call 860-210-0201. Town-wide tag sale: May 5, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Rain date, May 12. Meadow across from town hall, Route 67. To sign up and request a space for $15, email roxburyrec@aol.com or call 860-354-4144 by May 1. Sherman Adult book discussion about "The Firedrake" April 27, 7:30 p.m. Library, Sherman Center. For more information and registration, call 860-354-2455. Men's breakfast: April 28, 8 a.m. Sherman Congregational Church, 6 Church Road. For more information and registration, call 860-354-6114. Bake sale: April 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Hosted by New Fairfield\/Sherman Animal Welfare Society outside IGA, Route 39. Jewish Community Center events: April 28 and May 19: cooking series with Adrienne Sussman. May 5: Senior Moments Entertainment, 8 p.m. $25\/member. $30\/non-member. JCCS, 9 Route 39 South. For more information, call 860-355-8050. Distinguished Speakers Series Saturday: April 28, 3-5 p.m. Presented by Sherman Library Association. Speakers to make presentations at private homes. $50\/member. $55\/non-member. For more information, a list of speakers and registration, call 860--354-2455 or visit. "Shadows & Light" FineLine Theatre Arts show: May 5, 2 and 7 p.m. May 6, 2 and 6 p.m. Sherman Playhouse, 5 Route 39 North. $15\/adult and seniors. $10\/students in grades K-12. DivorceCare program: Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. Runs through May 29. Sherman Congregational Church, 6 Church Road. For more information and registration, call 860-354-6114. Washington Library events: April 28: "2012 Star Gazer Almanac," 11 a.m. With Ray Reich. Registration required. Various times: story hours for children. Call to register. Library, Wykeham Road. For more information and to sign up, call 860-868-2310 for children's or family programs and 860-868-7586 for all other programs. Institute for American Indian Studies events: April 29: spring wild edibles walk, 12:30 p.m. May 6: learn to play the courting flute II, 1-2:30 p.m. IAIS, 38 Curtis Road. For more information, reservations and fees, call 860-868-0518 or visit. Open mic\/coffee house fundraiser: April 27, 7-9 p.m. Salem Covenant Church, 96 Baldwin Hill Road. $5. Each slot will be 10 minutes or three songs, whichever comes first. Proceeds to benefit church's high school youth ministry. For more information and registration, email aaron@salemcovenantchurch.com. Sign up in advance or the day of at 6:45 p.m. Hollister House Garden Daffodil Walk: April 28, 10 a.m.-noon and 2-5 p.m. Hollister House Garden, 300 Nettleton Hollow Road. Open Saturdays 10 a.m.-noon and 2-5 p.m. April 28 through May 31 and in September, and 8-10 a.m. and 3-6 p.m. June-August. $5. For more information, visit. New Beginnings divorce support group: Ten-week series starts May 1. Meets Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. First Congregational Church on the Green. Registration required by calling 860-868-0569. Single Life Support Group series: Eight-week series starts May 2. Meets Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. First Congregational Church on the Green. Registration required by calling 860-868-0569. Book signings: May 5: with Susanna Salk, author of "Be Your Own Decorator," 2 p.m. May 6: with Nan Rossiter, author of "Words Get in the Way," 2 p.m. Hickory Stick Bookshop, Green Hill Road. Veteran of the Month ceremony for former New Preston resident, the late Leonard Moore: May 5, 10 a.m. Veterans' memorial, Route 202, just north of Bantam Market, Bantam. New Beginnings open house\/dance: May 5, 6:30-9:30 p.m. First Congregational Church on the Green. Bring appetizer, dessert or beverage to share. For more information, call 860-868-0569. "Art from the Earth: Early American Stoneware" exhibit lecture: May 5: "The Birds of Bennington" with Steven Leder, 1 p.m. Part of Gunn Memorial Museum art exhibit. Lectures to be held at library, Wykeham Road. For more information, call 860-868-7756. Famous Heavenly Kitchen BBQ dinner: May 5, 5-7 p.m. Salem Covenant Church, 96 Baldwin Hill Road. $12\/adult. $6\/child 10 and under. Area towns Pet Acoustics Family Day pet event: May 5, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Pet Acoustics at The Cove, 585 Bantam Road (Route 202), Bantam.
+physics
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+Stop trying to answer my questions. Let the professionals help. DO NOT RESPOND AGAIN!! P.S. - Both your answers were WRONG
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+The teacher plans to assign 8 students to 8 desks for a debate. How many different seating arrangements are possible?
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+Eleven people are competing in a sack race. There is a blue ribbon for first, a red ribbon for second, and white ribbon for third. How many different first-second-third place finishes are possible?
+February 13, 2008
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+a company makes combination locks with 50 numbers printed on the dial. Each lock combination is an arrangement of 3 different numbers. How many locks can the company make without repeating a combination?
+February 13, 2008
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+30%?
+February 7, 2008
+Math
+During peak season, a hotel room costs $135 per night. During the off-season, it costs $90 pernight. Find the percent of change from peak season to off-season.
+February 7, 2008
+Math
+Find the percent of change from $48 to $53.76. State whether the change is an increase or decrease.
+February 7, 2008
+Math
+If an item costs $179.99 and it is marked 25% discount, what would the sale price be?
+February 7, 2008
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+antonym of unusual and against
+February 6, 2008
+spelling
+I need the answer to this analogy broom : sweep :: brush : the word has to begin with scr, spr, str or thr
+January 30, 2008 ...
+January 27, 2008
+Statistics
+I think so, yes. I did not know how to type the symbols correctly on computer.
+December 26,
+Statistics
+Well the question in the first problem is earlier in the book than in the second. We did learn about the process that you used early on though.
+December 26, 2007
+Statistics
+Ok. That helped me out a lot. I have another one, if your willing to give direction. One in five people in the U.S. own individual stocks. In a random sample of 12 people, what is the probability that the number owning individual stocks is (a) exactly four, (b) at least four, ...
+December 26, 2007
+Statistics
+"A batch of 350 raffle tickets contains three winning tickets. You buy five tickets. What is the probability that you have (a) no winning tickets, (b) all of the winning tickets, (c) at least one winning ticket, and (d) at least one nonwinning ticket?" I would like ...
+December 26, 2007
+math
+1,022,000 species of animals. vertebrates make up 42,000 & invertebrates make up 980,000 species. what is the percentage of animals that are invertebrates? how did you come to this answer?
+December 20, 2007
+Statistics
+Background: A machine cuts wood boards to a thickness of 25 millimeters with an accepter margin of error of +/-0.6 ml. (Assume process can be distributed by normal distribution.) The acceptable range of thicknesses for the boards is 24.4 ml to 25.6 ml, inclusive. Because of ...
+December 17, 2007
+How do you cite an online transcript of an interview in MLA format?
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+Thank you.
+December 13, 2007 ...
+December 13, 2007
+Math
+Solve. x/5x+10+x-3/x+2=7/5 I multiplied both sides by 5(x+2) and came up with -17.
+November 30, 2007
+Math
+Please review. Ella can drive 65 mi on side roads in the same time that it takes to drive 30 mi on the interstate. Ella's rate on the side roads is 7 mi faster than her rate on the interstate, what is her rate on the side roads? 65/x+7=30/x 35x=210 x=6 6+7=13
+November 30, 2007
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+I am writing an essay on how math is related to football and I can not think of how to start it. Please help
+November 29, 2007
+math
+write 5800million metric tons in standard form
+November 19, 2007
+Algebra 1
+xy=2
+November 17, 2007
+political science
+Congress must pass what law after a state constitution has been approved by the people or that state in order for a state to be added
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+October 27, 2007
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+October 21, 2007
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+A motorboat accelerates uniformly from a ve- locity of 6.4 m/s to the west to a velocity of 2.0 m/s to the west. If its acceleration was 3.3 m/s squared to the east, how far did it travel during the acceleration? Answer in units of m.
+October 21, 2007
+government
+Basically, individual units run their own affairs and the notion of central government is of low improtance. The most obvious historical example of this would be the southeren states after their leaving from the Union.
+September 5, 2007
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+what are indirect proofs
+September 5, 2007
+math
+what is the value of the underlined number? 170- the 0 is underlined, I know the place is the tens, thanks so much! The VALUE of the underlined number is zero. The place is the ones. It's not the tens place...didn't you read what I posted before? The underlined # is ...
+August 21, 2007
+math
+what is the place and value of the underlined digit in 803. the underlined digit is 3 It's in the one's place the way to think about it is like this: in between the ones and the tenths is the decimal point. Hundreds/tens/ones.tenths/hundreths
+August 21, 2007
+physical science
+It takes allot of energy to vaporize water. Several BTUs for each change of state because it's changing the molecular structure. Not as much energy required to change temperature in same state.
+June 22, 2007
+Social Studies
+What a good topic from prehistory through the Enlightenment ages. Something interesting please. Topic for what: a few paragraphs, a short paper, or a long term paper? I always liked the history of witchcraft, the discovery of the solar system in which Earth was not the center...
+April 16, 2007
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+math
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+April 1, 2007
+Chemistry
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+April 1, 2007
+Algebra
+1. The elipse will then become a circle. 2. If they are exactly the same length then you have a truly circular orbit/object, the likes of which you will never see in the real world. I hope this helps!
+March 20, 2007
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+How successful was organized labor in improving the position of workers in the period from 1875-1900? Analyze the factors that contributed to the level of unachievement.
+March 18, 2007
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+March 4, 2007
+math rate
+what would be the unit rate - 15 chapters in 5 days Take 15 chapters and divide by 5 days. Unit rate would be 3 chapters per day. I hope this helps and is what you were asking.
+March 4, 2007
+math
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+February 13, 2007 ...
+February 11, 2007
+Modern World History
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+Geology (college level)
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FARES INCLUDE: FREE Flights, FREE Unlimited Shore Excursions, FREE Unlimited Beverages Including Fine Wines and Premium Spirits, FREE Open Bars and Lounges Plus In-Suite Mini-Bar Replenished Daily, ROME TO SOUTHAMPTON COPENHAGEN TO STOCKHOLM FREE Pre-Paid Gratuities, FREE Ground Transfers, FREE 24-Hour Room Service and NO Charge for 18 May 2013 | 15 nights | Seven Seas Voyager 28 July 2013 | 7 nights | Seven Seas Voyager Specialty Restaurants and much more. Highlights: Rome, Monte Carlo, Marseille, Barcelona, Seville, Lisbon, Highlights: Copenhagen, Berlin, Tallinn, St Petersburg Oporto, La Coruna, Bilbao, St Jean de Luz, Bordeaux (overnight), Honfleur, Southampton (2 x overnight), Helsinki, Stockholm UP TO 39 FREE SHORE EXCURSIONS including an evening at the Russian ballet and a tour of the Suomenlinna fortress, the UP TO 61 FREE SHORE EXCURSIONS including a tour of Seven Seas Navigator largest fortification in Finland and a city in itself within the city Gaudi’s stunning architecture in Barcelona and opportunities to of Helsinki. vinyards in Bordeaux. 30visit April 15and – chateau’s 11 night Alaska fly/cruise @ UK to San Francisco, 1 night hotel stay, 9 night cruise from San From Deluxe to Balcony fromcruise £5,999 Deluxe Balcony Suite from £3,189pp Francisco Astoria Suite (Oregon), theppoutside passage, Sitka, pp cruising Hubbard Glacier, Juneau, Ketchikan, cruise the inside passage, £ Vancouver, disembark overnight @ back to the SAN UK FRANCISCO TO NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO TOfor VANCOUVER 3765 10 May 2013 | 12 nights | Seven Seas Navigator 2 Sept 2013 | 21 nights | Seven Seas Navigator Seven Seas Navigator Highlights: San Francisco, Astoria, Sitka, Skagway, Hoonah, Highlights: San Francisco, Cabo San Lucas, Acapulco, Huatulco, cruise Hubbard Juneau, Ketchikan, Inside Passage, Puertofly/cruise Chiapas, Puntarenas, transit the Panama Canal, Cartagena, 17 October Glacier, 15 – 13 night Newcruise York and New England Victoria, Vancouver Cayman Islands, Fort Lauderdale, Port Canaveral, Charleston, @ UK to New York, 1 night hotel stay, 11 night cruise from New York (overnight) New York From UP TO 67 FREE SHORE EXCURSIONS including a scenic train toexperience Newport (Rhode Island), Boston (Massachusetts), Portland (Maine), along Skagway’s White Pass & Yukon Railroad and UP TO 67 FREE SHORE EXCURSIONS including a horse-drawn whale watching (Maine), in Juneau. Saint John (Bay of Fundy), Halifax,carriage pp Bar Harbour Sydney, tour cruise through the £ historic past of Charleston & a catamaran cruise ofonboard), the secluded coves & tropical paradise of Huatulco. the St Lawrence River, Quebec City, Montreal (overnight Ocean View Suite from @ £4,439 Deluxe Balcony Suite from £6,199pp disembark for an overnight back pp to the UK 4449 Seven SeasTO Mariner BEIJING BANGKOK VANCOUVER TO VANCOUVER 3116March 15 night| Brazil and Canaries fly/cruise March 2013 –| 20 16 nights Seven Seas Voyager 22 May 2013 | 7 nights | Seven Seas Navigator @Highlights: overnight from the UK to Rio de Janeiro, 1 night hotel stay, 18 From Beijing, Shanghai (overnight), Xiamen, Hong Kong Highlights: Vancouver, Wrangell, cruise Tracy Arm Fjord, Juneau, (overnight) , Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City (overnight) , Bangkok (overnight) Skagway, Ketchikan, night cruise from Rio de Janeiro to Salvador de Bahia (overnight), Recife,cruise the Inside Passage, Vancouver £ pp Natal, theSHORE Atlantic, Port Grande (Cape Verde), UP TOcross 59 FREE EXCURSIONS including enjoying a lunch Lanzarote, UP TO 57Tenerife, FREE SHORE EXCURSIONS including an at Shanghai from the Oriental Pearl TV Tower and kayaking along opportunity to embrace the flavours and culture of Alaska with an Tangier, Malaga, Barcelona, disembark and @ back to the UK Halong Bay. 4949 PLUS FREE 3-night pre-cruise land programme in Beijing or 3-night Seas post cruise land programme in Angor Wat or Chiang Mai. Seven Mariner epicurean experience in Ketchikan and a golf session at Muskeg Meadows in Wrangell. Suite from £7,399 Ocean View Suite from £2,699pp pp 27Deluxe May 15Balcony – 8 night Mediterranean fly/cruise @ UK to Barcelona, cruise to Marseille (for Provence), Saint From Tropez, Antibes, Livorno (for Florence/Pisa), Civitavecchia (for £ pp Rome), Portofino, Cannes, Monte Carlo, disembark and @ back to the UK 2589 Seven Seas Mariner 10 May 15 – 7 nights Mediterranean fly/cruise @ UK to Rome, transfer to Civitavecchia cruise to Livorno (for Florence/Pisa), Portofino, Ajaccio, Monte Carlo, Marseille (for Provence), Barcelona (overnight), disembark and @ back to the UK Seven Seas Voyager 20 September 15 - 10 nights Baltic fly/cruise @ UK to Copenhagen, cruise the Baltic Sea, St Petersburg (overnight), Helsinki, Stockholm, Klaipeda (Lithuania), Gdansk (Poland), Malmo (Sweden), Amsterdam , disembark and @ back to the UK From £2119pp From £3659pp Subject to availability and change. Prices correct at time of going to print. 4 ® THE ULTIMATE ALL-INCLUSIVE HOLIDAY IS BACK Get ready for even more WOWs, as the ultimate all-inclusive holiday from Royal Caribbean International® is back by popular demand! This means our guests can continue to enjoy world-class dining, breathtaking entertainment, exhilarating activities, free drinks and even tips, all included in the price of their holiday. Plus, they’ll visit some of the most stunning destinations that Europe has to offer. With Royal Caribbean you can still have it all, and more. Included. Explorer of the Seas ROYAL CARIBBEAN OFFERS SO MUCH MORE... ALL-INCLUSIVE FOR EVERY GUEST FREE DRINKS FREE GRATUITIES SELECT DRINKS PACKAGE FOR EVERY GUEST INCLUDES: ALL 2015 • Bottled, canned and draught beers • Wines by the glass (up to $8 value) • Fountain drinks with FREE souvenir cup • Non-alcoholic cocktails ROYAL CARIBBEAN® LAND-BASED HOLIDAY All meals* 24 April 15 – 10 night Canaries Room service** Lanzarote, Southampton, Madeira, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Drinks: Beer, wine, fountain drinks & non Vigo, Southampton alcoholic cocktails (Worth up to $40 per person per day for unlimited drinks mentioned above) 29 Jun 15 – 13 nights Spain and the Mediterranean Gratuities Beaches All-you-can-eat ice cream Southampton, Gibraltar, Malaga, Villefranche,Toulon, Palma Adventure Ocean® Kids’ club (overnight), Cadiz, Southampton EUROPEAN SAILINGS FREE ONBOARD GRATUITIES: • We’ll even take care of the tips Carousel From 1199pp £ From 1439pp £ Cinema 26 May 15 – 8 nights Northern Europe Southampton, Stavanger, Circus Skills Class Rotterdam, Olden, Flam, Alesund, Southampton Comedy shows From 949pp £ Dodgems ALL-INCLUSIVE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY Dreamworks Experience Anthem of the Seas Fitness centre FlowRider® surf simulator Ice skating rink of Distinction 6 May 15 – 16 nights Mediterranean Cities Ice spectaculars Southampton, Gibraltar, Barcelona, Villefranche, Live music Lisbon, Civitavecchia, La Spezia, Marseille, Malaga, Cadiz, Mini-golf course Southampton North Star 11 October 15 – 13 nights Canaries Parades Southampton, Vigo, Madeira, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Pools Lanzarote, Lisbon, Bilbao, Southampton Rock wall Roller Disco 20 June 15 – 14 nights Italian Mediterranean Sauna Southampton, Gibraltar, Cartagena, Civitavecchia, La Spezia, Sky Diving Simulator FREE DRINKS APPLICABLE SAILINGS New bookings created between 1 November 2014–31 January 2015. 2015 SAILINGS FROM THE UK 22 April 2015 - 24 October 2015 On Anthem, Explorer and Brilliance of the Seas ALL 2015 EUROPEAN SAILINGS Marseille, Cadiz, Lisbon, Vigo, Southampton Solarium Interior FULL ® FREE GRATUITIES CRUISINGPOWER.CO.UK 2015 SAILINGS FROM EUROPE 26 April 2015 – 21 November 2015 On Allure, Rhapsody, Splendour, Serenade and Vision of the Seas ® From 1769pp £ From 1559pp £ From 1945 £ pp Oceanview Sports court ALL-INCLUSIVE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY 2015 REST OF WORLD, TRANSATLANTIC AND REPOSITIONAL SAILINGS 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2015 Sailings of 6 nights or more on Allure, Anthem, Brilliance, Explorer, Grandeur, Jewel, Liberty, Legend, Mariner, Quantum, Radiance, Rhapsody, Splendour, Serenade, Vision, Voyager of the Seas. Excluding China sailings Other dates and durations available from Southampton in 2015 – call for details Theatre shows Table tennis Teen disco FREE DRINKS FREE GRATUITIES Water park Prices are cruise only, based on two people sharing, inclusive of taxes, select drinks/soda package Whirlpools at time of going to print but are subject and gratuities. All itineraries, dates and pricing are correct to availability and change. Minimum drinking age for Minimum drinking age for alcohol is 18 from Zip Line Europe. Soda Package will be applied to guests under minimum drinking age. Activities vary by ship. *A supplementary fee is charged at selected dining venues. Land based all inclusive entertainment and activities may differ **There is a small charge for this service after midnight. CRUISINGPOWER.CO.UK 5 Explore Your World Explore Your World 2015 SAILINGS 2015 SAILINGS Explore Your World 2015 SAILINGS BONUS SAVINGS PLUS BONUS SAVINGS FREE GRATUITIES on every voyage* PLUS FREE GRATUITIES Offers expire 31st March 2015 JEWELS OF THE AEGEAN Istanbul to Istanbul on every voyage * | 10 days Offers expire 31st March 2015 PAGODAS & PALACES Singapore Singapore | Ko Samui | Sihanoukville | Bangkok | Saigon (Ho Chi Minh Hue/Da Nang (Chan May) | Hanoi (Ha Long Bay) | Hong Kong Inside Stateroom from . . . . . . £1,389 per guest fly-cruise rld Inside Stateroom from . . . . . . £2,719 per guest fly-cruise JEWELS OF THE AEGEAN WONDERS & WINDMILLS SUMMER SHORES to Montreal PAGODAS & PALACES Istanbul to to Istanbul | 10 days Stockholm Amsterdam | 12 days | 16 days Singapore RIVIERA – 17 –September 2015 MARINA 21 August 2015 INSIGNIA – 8 July 2015 Miami | Port Canaveral | Norfolk | New York | Boston Bar Harbor | Saint John (Bay of Fundy) | Halifax | Sydney Charlottetown | Saguenay | Quebec City | Montreal | 16 days INSIGNIA – 10 October 2015 Istanbul | Patmos | Jerusalem (Haifa) | Limassol | Rhodes Heraklion (Crete) | Ephesus (Kusadasi) | Istanbul Miami to Hong Kong Explore Your World 2015 SAILINGS RIVIERA – 17 September 2015 SUMMER SHORES Inside Stateroom from . . . . . . £2,799 per guest fly-cruise to Hong Kong | 16 days INSIGNIA – 10 October 2015 Istanbul Stockholm | Patmos | Jerusalem | Limassol||Tallinn Rhodes | Helsinki(Haifa) | St. Petersburg Heraklion | Ephesus (Kusadasi) Istanbul Klaipeda(Crete) | Gdansk (Gdynia) | Berlin |(Warnemünde) Copenhagen | Amsterdam Inside Stateroom from . . . . . . £1,389 per guest fly-cruise Inside Stateroom from . . . . . . £1,539 per guest fly-cruise Singapore | Ko Samui | Sihanoukville | Bangkok | Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) Hue/Da Nang (Chan May) | Hanoi (Ha Long Bay) | Hong Kong from . . . . . . £2,719 WONDERSInside&Stateroom WINDMILLS Miami to Montreal | 16 days CLASSICAL VIGNETTES BONUS SAVINGS INSIGNIA – 8 July 2015 per guest fly-cruise Stockholm to Amsterdam | 12 days SULTANS & SAFARIS MARINA – 21 August 2015 P L U S | Norfolk | New York Miami | Port Canaveral Barcelona to Barcelona || Boston 10 days Bar Harbor | Saint John (Bay of voyage Fundy) * | Halifax | Sydney FREE GRATUITIES on every RIVIERA – 13 October 2015 Charlottetown | Saguenay | Quebec City | Montreal Stockholm | Helsinki | St. Petersburg | Tallinn Hong Kong to Cape Town | 35 Klaipeda | Gdansk (Gdynia) | Berlin (Warnemünde) INSIGNIA – 26 October 2015 Copenhagen | Amsterdam days Barcelona | Palma de Mallorca | Valletta | La Goulette | Palermo (Sicily) Hong Kong | Manila | Kota Kinabalu (Borneo) | Muara | Kuching (Borne Penthouse Suite from �March � � � �2015 � � £3,949 per guest fly-cruise Penthouse Suite| from � �Digue £2,399| Mombasa per guest fly-cruise Offers expire 31st | Zanzibar | Dar es Sala Rome (Civitavecchia) | Florence/Pisa/Tuscany (Livorno) | Monte Carlo Penang | Malé Mahé� � � �| �La Veranda Stateroom from � � � � £3,319 per guest fly-cruise Veranda Stateroom from � � � � £1,939 per guest fly-cruise PATHWAYS OF HISTORY AEGEAN ADVENTURES SULTANS & SAFARIS Bay | Durban | East London | Cape Town Provence (Marseille) | Barcelona CLASSICAL VIGNETTESNosy Be | Maputo | Richards Inside Stateroom from � � � � � � £2,799 per guest fly-cruise Inside Stateroom from � � � � � � £1,539 per guest fly-cruise Barcelona to Dubai | 24 days Istanbul to Barcelona to Istanbul || 10 10 days days Barcelona Hong Kong to Cape Town | 35 days Inside Stateroom from . . . . . . £1,309 per guest fly-cruise Inside Stateroom from . . . –. . 26. £4,639 per guest fly-cruise INSIGNIA – 27 August 2015 RIVIERA September RIVIERA – –137October 20152015 INSIGNIA October 2015 Barcelona | Florence/Pisa/Tuscany (Livorno) | Rome (Civitavecchia) Amalfi/Positano | Taormina (Sicily) | Valletta | Rhodes | Limassol Jerusalem (Haifa) | Suez Canal Transit | Aqaba | Salalah Muscat | Abu Dhabi | Dubai Inside Stateroom from . . . . . . £2,889 per guest fly-cruise Overnight stay in port. Istanbul | Mitilini (Lesbos)| La | Ephesus (Kusadasi) Barcelona | Palma de Mallorca | Valletta Goulette | Palermo (Sicily) Rhodes | Bodrum | Aghios Nikolaos(Livorno) (Crete) || Santorini Rome (Civitavecchia) | Florence/Pisa/Tuscany Monte Carlo Mykonos | Thessaloniki | Istanbul Provence (Marseille) | Barcelona Inside Stateroom from . . £1,399 per guest fly-cruise Inside Stateroom from . . .. .. .. ..£1,309 per guest fly-cruise Hong Kong | Manila | Kota Kinabalu (Borneo) | Muara | Kuching (Borneo) Penang | Malé | Mahé | La Digue | Mombasa | Zanzibar | Dar es Salaam Nosy Be | Maputo | Richards Bay | Durban | East London | Cape Town Inside Stateroom from . . . . . . £4,639 per guest fly-cruise Two overnight stays in port. Dates refer to the cruise departure dates. PATHWAYS OF HISTORY Award-Winning Mid-Size Ships | Finest Cuisine At Sea | Destination Specialists | Extraordinary Value WONDERS & WINDMILLS Barcelona to Dubai | 24 days SOUTH AFRICAN EXPLORER INSIGNIA – 27 August 2015 Stockholm to Amsterdam | 12 days AEGEAN ADVENTURES SOUTH AFRICAN EXPLORER MARINA – 21 August 2015 Cape Town to Cape Town | 15 days NAUTICA – 24 November 2015 Istanbul SAFARIS, TEMPLES & JEWELS to Istanbul | 10 days Cape Town to Singapore | 30 days SAFARIS, TEMPLES & JEWELS RIVIERA – 7 September 2015 NAUTICA – 9 December 2015 Barcelona | Florence/Pisa/Tuscany (Lesbos) | Ephesus Stockholm | Helsinki | St. Petersburg | Tallinn (Livorno) | Rome (Civitavecchia) Cape Town | Mossel Bay | Richards Bay | Maputo Istanbul | Mitilini Cape Town | Port Elizabeth (Kusadasi) | East London | Durban | Richards Bay Klaipeda | Gdansk (Gdynia)||Taormina Berlin (Warnemünde) Durban | East London | Port Elizabeth Rhodes | BodrumMaputo | NosyNikolaos Be | Dar es (Crete) Salaam | Zanzibar | Mombasa | Mahé | Malé Amalfi/Positano (Sicily) | Valletta | Rhodes | Limassol | Aghios | Santorini Copenhagen | Amsterdam Walvis Bay | Cape Town Colombo | Phuket | Penang | Kuala Lumpur (Port Klang) | Singapore Cape Town to Cape Town | 15 days Jerusalem (Haifa) | Suez–Canal | Aqaba2015 | Salalah 24 Transit November Inside Stateroom from . . . . .NAUTICA . £1,539 per guest fly-cruise Inside Stateroom from . . . . . . £2,679 per guest fly-cruise Muscat | Abu Dhabi | Dubai Cape Town to Singapore | 30 days MykonosNAUTICA | Thessaloniki – | 9Istanbul December 2015 Inside Stateroom from . . . . . . £4,389 per guest fly-cruise Cape Town | Mossel Bay | Richards Bay | Maputo Cape Town | Port Elizabeth | East London | Durban | Richards Bay Overnight stay in port. Two overnight stays in port. Dates refer to the cruise departure dates. Penthouse Suite from �| �East � � � London � � £4,619 per guest fly-cruise Penthouse � � � �es� �Salaam � £2,119 per guest fly-cruise | Port Elizabeth Durban Maputo | Suite Nosy from Be | Dar | Zanzibar | Mombasa | Mahé | Mal *Offers expire 31st March 2015. All advertised fares, offers and any applicable upgrades shown are per person based on double occupancy unless otherwise indicated, are subject to availability at time of booking, may not be combinable with other offers, orfly-cruise loyalty programme benefits, are capacity controlled and may be withdrawn without prior notice or remain in effect afterfrom the expiration�date. offers are valid only for residents of thefly-cruise UK and travel agents based in Veranda Stateroom from Bay � � � � £3,689 per guest Veranda Stateroom � �These � £1,729 per guest | Cape Town Walvis Colombo | Phuket | based Penang | Kuala Lumpur (Portbeverage Klang) the UK. The following restrictions apply to amenities that may or may not be applicable to this advertisement – shipboard credits are per stateroom on double occupancy; internet packages are one per stateroom; packages| Singapore are one per full-fare paying adult of 21 years of age or older with a maximum of two per stateroom; upgrades are from category to the next unless otherwise noted; upgrades to suite categories are not permitted; free gratuities are not Inside Stateroom from � � � � � � £2,889 per guest fly-cruise Inside Stateroom from � � � � � � £1,399 pergovernment guestfeesfly-cruise applicable to bar, spa, salon or boutique purchase. All fares listed are in Pounds Sterling, per person, based on double occupancy and include Non-Commissionable Fares. Cruise-related and taxes are included. “Free Airfare” promotion does not include ground transfers and applies to economy, round-trip flights only from London, or one way flights where cruise originates or ends in the UK. Regional connecting flights can be requested at additional cost. Any advertised fares that include the “Free Airfare” promotion include airline fees, surcharges and all government taxes. Reduced Round-Trip Business Class from supplements are based on availability. per guest fly-cruise Some airline-imposed Inside Stateroom from . . . . . . £2,679 per guest fly-cruise Inside Stateroom . quoted . . per. person, . . £4,389 charges, departure including but notdates. limited to baggage, priority boarding and special seating, may apply. Oceania Cruises reserves the right to correct errors or omissions and to change any and all fares, fees and surcharges at any time. Overnight stay in port. Two overnight stays in port. Dates refer to personal the cruise Award-Winning Mid-Size Ships • Finest Cuisine At Sea Destination Specialists • Extraordinary Value Additional Terms and Conditions may apply. Complete Terms and Conditions may be found at OceaniaCruises.com or in the Guest Ticket Contract. PRO40649 UK Click here and type to insert your contact information and personalized message. AEGEAN ADVENTURES Overnight stay in port. Two overnight stays in port. Dates refer to the cruise departure dates. *Offers expire 31st March 2015. All advertised fares, offers and any applicable upgrades shown are per person based on double occupancy unless otherwise indicated, are subject to availability at time of booking, may not be combinable with other offers, or loyalty programme benefits, are capacity controlled and may be withdrawn without prior notice or remain in effect after the expiration date. These offers are valid only for residents of the UK and travel agents based in the UK. The following restrictions apply to amenities that may or may not beShips applicable| toFinest this advertisement – shipboard are per stateroom based on double occupancy; internet packages are one per stateroom; beverage packages Award-Winning Mid-Size Cuisine At Seacredits | Destination Specialists | Extraordinary Value to adult Istanbul | 10 days are one per Istanbul full-fare paying of 21 years of age or older with a maximum of two per stateroom; upgrades are from category to the next unless otherwise noted; upgrades to suite categories are not permitted; free gratuities are not applicable to bar, spa, salon boutique purchase. RIVIERA – 7orSeptember 2015 All fares listed are in Pounds Sterling, per person, based on double occupancy and include Non-Commissionable Fares. Cruise-related government fees and taxes are included. “Free Airfare” promotion not(Lesbos) include ground transfers and applies to economy, round-trip flights only from London, or one way flights where cruise originates or ends in the UK. Regional connecting flights can be requested at additional cost. Istanbul | does Mitilini | Ephesus (Kusadasi) Any advertised fares that| Aghios includeNikolaos the “Free(Crete) Airfare”| Santorini promotion include airline fees, surcharges and all government taxes. Reduced Round-Trip Business Class supplements are quoted per person, based on availability. Some airline-imposed Rhodes | Bodrum personal charges, including but not limited to baggage, priority boarding and special seating, may apply. Oceania Cruises reserves the right to correct errors or omissions and to change any and all fares, fees and surcharges at any time. Mykonos | Thessaloniki | Istanbul Additional Terms and Conditions may apply. Complete Terms and Conditions may be found at OceaniaCruises.com or in the Guest Ticket Contract. PRO40649 UK Inside Stateroom from . . . . . . £1,399 per guest fly-cruise 6 All-Inclusive. Nothing Extra. Nothing Hidden. Enjoy the ease, convenience and value of an all-inclusive cruise fare that includes almost all of your discretionary onboard expenses such as gratuities, room service, and both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages – those extra charges that can add up to so much more. fly cruise From PP £3350 fly cruise From PP £3050 VERANDA SUITE fly cruise From PP £2650 fly cruise From PP £2450 fly cruise From PP £3050 ALASKA from VANCOUVER-SEWARD (or in reverse) 7 night weekly sailings from 14 May – 10 Sept 2015 on board Silver Shadow @ UK to Vancouver, 1 night hotel stay. Cruise from Vancouver to Inside Passage – Ketchikan – Juneau – Skagway – Sitka – Hubbard Glacier – Seward (or in reverse), disembark for overnight @ back to the UK NORWEGIAN FJORDS from COPENHAGEN TO COPENHAGEN 26 May 2015 - 7 nights on board Silver Whisper @ UK to Copenhagen cruise to Flaam – Gudvangen – Kristiansund – Hellesylt – Geiranger – Bergen – Skagen – Copenhagen, disembark and @ back to the UK BALTIC CAPITALS from STOCKHOLM TO COPENHAGEN 9 June 2015 and 26 June 2015 – 7 nights on board Silver Whisper @ UK to Stockholm cruise to Tallinn – St. Petersburg (2 overnights) – Helsinki – Copenhagen, disembark and @ back to the UK MEDITERRANEAN VOYAGES 15 May 2015 - 7 nights on board Silver Wind @ UK to Istanbul – Limnos – Thessaloniki – Volos – Syros – Kusadasi – Canakkale – Istanbul, disembark and @ back to the UK 11 September 2015 - 7 nights on board Silver Spirit @ UK to Venice, cruise to Ravenna – Split – Dubrovnik – Zadar – Koper – Venice (overnight), disembark and @ back to the UK fly cruise From PP 29 July 2015 - 7 nights on board Silver Wind fly cruise From PP 2 October 2015 - 10 nights on board Silver Wind £2650 £3250 fly cruise From PP £3350 @ UK to Civitavecchia (Rome), cruise to Olbia – Calvi – Portofino – Livorno (overnight) – Cannes – Monte Carlo (overnight), disembark and @ back to the UK @ UK to Civitavecchia (Rome), cruise to Sorrento (overnight) – Amalfi – Messina – Kefalonia – Gythion – Crete – Santorini – Kusadasi – Istanbul (overnight), disembark and @ back to the UK 16 October 2015 - 10 nights on board Silver Spirit @ UK to Piraeus (Athens) cruise to Crete – Ashdod – Haifa (overnight) – Limassol – Alanya – Antalaya – Santorini – Piraeus (Athens), disembark and @ back to the UK Special Business Class flights available – Call for details All offers are subject to availability, Terms and Conditions apply. Prices can change or be unavailable without notice. Bookings are subject to Cruise/Tour Operator Terms and Conditions. Refer to relevant brochure. 7 These are just a few examples of some great offers we have – many more available CruiseXperts offers Queen Mary 2 Ventura 9 August 15 – 12 nights Canaries Southampton, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, La Palma, Tenerife, Madeira, Vigo, Southampton £1069pp Azura 15 April 15 18 nights fly out/cruise back @ overnight to Cape Town (direct flights), transfer to 5 star Hilton Hotel (or similar) for a 2 night hotel stay, transfer to Queen Mary 2 for a 15 nights voyage to Southampton visiting Walvis Bay, Gran Canaria, Madeira, Southampton Fares from £1799pp Queen Elizabeth Fares from 31 August 15 – 12 nights Canaries Southampton, Madeira, Tenerife, Lanzarote, Lisbon, Vigo, Southampton £969pp Britannia Fares from 5 September 15 – 7 nights Southampton, La Rochelle, Bilbao, La Coruna, St Peter Port, Southampton £649pp Oceana Fares from 31 March 15 33 nights – fly out/cruise back @ overnight to Singapore (direct flights), transfer to 5 star Orchard Hotel (or similar) for 2 nights hotel stay, transfer to Queen Elizabeth for a 30 night voyage to Southampton visiting Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Salalah, Aqaba, Suez, Istanbul (overnight), Valletta, Lisbon, Southampton Fares from £2145pp Subject to availability. Terms and conditions apply. Correct when going to print. 9 November 15 – 14 nights Mediterranean Southampton, Gibraltar, Ajaccio, Livorno, Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Cartagena, Southampton Fares from £939pp plus Free Car Parking or onboard credit New Caribbean 2 weeks offers just in as we go to print – call for fares - flying from your local airport 18 nights California and Hawaii fly/cruise 18 NIGHTS From £1699 PP 18 NIGHTS From £1699 PP Grand Princess - Departing 20 March and 4 April 15 @ UK to Los Angeles, 2 nights hotel stay, join Grand Princess for a 15 nights cruise from Los Angeles to Hilo, Honolulu, Nawiliwili, Lahaina, Ensenada, Los Angeles disembark for overnight @ back to UK Star Princess - Departing 25 February, 19 March and 27 April 15 @ UK to San Francisco, 2 nights hotel stay, join Star Princess for a 15 night cruise from San Francisco to Honolulu, Nawiliwili, Hilo, Lahaina, Ensenada, San Francisco disembark for overnight @ back to UK Fare based on Grand Princess departing 20 March 15 – Direct flights – transfers not included TERMS AND CONDITIONS All offers are subject to availability and are correct at the time of print. 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+Hi All, I know this comes up quite often so I apologize for adding to another thread about what computer to buy. I’m currently running solidwork 2012 and keyshot on a new macbook pro retina in bootcamp. It works quite well but a recent job is showing its limitations. I’m looking to get a dedicated tower pc that I can use to process intensive parts (patterns on compound surfaces etc.) Can anyone here recommend a powerful tower that can handle heavy solidworks? I apologize I’m not the most knowledgeable about this subject. Looking for a system to run latest solidworks and keyshot. Can handle large assemblies and can handle compound surfaces with complex patterns ( is this even possible?) Thanks in advance, any suggestions are greatly appreciated!
+Are you looking to build or buy?
+More importantly what’s your budget? Generally I’d say go out and spend as much as you can, but these days you can get a very potent workstation for around $1500. If you do a lot of Keyshot it may be worth trying to spring for the 6-Core i7 series, 16Gigs of ram and an SSD. Solidworks isn’t super demanding on the video card, and Keyshot doesn’t leverage the GPU at all so you’d probably be fine with a mid range gaming card like a GTX 750/760 - stay away from AMD GPU’s for CAD.
+Thanks for the quick reply. I would like buy an off the shelf unit as I dont really know how to build one. I would like to pay under 2k really just wanna get somethin good and fast that will last awhile and can use my laptop as a backup for light work. Can you recommend some units that might be good? No worries if not i can dig around. Thanks again!
+Hi,
+at work i’m using a HP Z600 workstation with Catia V5 which runs flawlessly (but is also quite overdimensioned in my opinion). Maybe you have a look at the Z400 series, which would fit your budget better.
+Thanks for the repsonse, what do you mean by overdimensioned?
+Can anyone recommend a good site where you can pick your own parts then have ti assembled? Or is it smarter to buy an off the shelf? Looking at the HP z400 series
+The z600 usually comes with a 6 core Xeon, which is quite expensive and not too useful (vs. money) for everyday 3D CAD work.
+OK, you’ll be using Keyshot as a CPU based renderer, but you still have to balance budget and performance. If you use keyshot a lot/most of the time, trust in cyberdemon’s advice. But i don’t think you’ll find such a unit with the professional workstation product lines liek HP Z, rather with high end gaming PCs.
+I sue keyshot primarily for rendering still scenes, nothing super complex, my primary concern is solidworks speed.
+Thanks!
+Curious why you say to stay away from AMD. I have computer running a W5000 FirePro with Solidworks and Photoview and it has worked very well for me. I’m in the process of building another machine and was considering using one again, but I’m very open to outside perspectives.
+Found this to be a helpful article for people like me who dont fully understand always what is needed for a good system
+The word is, that AMD graphics adpaters don’t render as precisely as nVidia ones, meaning per pixel image accuracy. Whatever. I can’t proof or deny that, as it’s not exactly my kind of biz (I’m an engineering guy
+).
+@ studiomkllc
+Nice article, but the statement “If you build it, it will rock!” doen’t fit too well. You can be lucky and your setup runs like hell (I’m also using a Gigabyte MoBo, H77D3H, in my home PC and it didn’t crash once in 11 months) but you can also be totally out of luck, like I was with MoBos, Grapics Adapters, NICs,… prior to my current home PC setup. With an off the shelf workstation, you’re rather on the safe side
+Sorry, when I said that I meant gaming class (Radeon) GPU’s. If you are going with a pro level card, then either is fine. For most people, a gaming class Nvidia Geforce card will provide more than enough performance. For Solidworks, it won’t enable real view, but most GPU’s are fast enough now it’s hard to justify the hundreds of dollars of difference you’ll pay.
+The reason I also suggest starting with a gaming card (if you don’t know what level of performance you demand) is it’s very easy to rip out a gaming class GPU, and add a Quadro/FirePro card. But if you jump straight to a $800+ GPU you’ll never know if you could’ve lived with one that was ~$200.
+The Dell Precision/Z600 machines are great machines, but for $2k you don’t get a lot for your money. As far as who is good for boutique PC building, you could check out Maingear and Origin PC, but they also add a lot of overhead for the same parts you could get at the store.
+Do you have any nerd/IT friends at work? If you can find someone who can show you how it all goes together it may be worth building your own. It’s easy to spec out the parts online and there are enough how to’s on the internet that if you have the time to watch the videos to avoid some common mistakes (like people who screw the motherboard directly to the metal case and then wonder why there are sparks shooting out) it is certainly the best value proposition. I just built nicely equipped overclocked 6 core workstation (4.5ghz) for a friend for under $1500.
+Also, these days the comments about more cores vs fewer cores and higher CPU speeds is largely irrelevant. Intel Turbo boost is designed to maximize single core speed when you are using only 1 threaded apps and then scale back when you’re rendering, so it’s easy to get the best of both worlds. And most of their chips are easily overclockable such that you can get at least another 1ghz out of most chips just by investing ~$100 in a good CPU cooler.
+Cyberdemon pretty much sums it up I think. An i7 ivy bridge (s1155) + midrange quadro + 8GB ram will probably be enough, and won`t break the bank. I build a few of those for partners, no compliants at all.
+Just a quick addition to the above… Realview can be enabled for any nVidia or ATI/AMD GPU with a quick tool found on this site. As far as I know, there is no difference between GeForce and Quadro, sans price, within the scope of what we do. Go for the gaming card.
+thanks all for the helpful feedback. Would love to be able to find a good off the shelf tower if not find a local friend to help build me a pc. I never use realview, is that weird? Doesnt seem to be that helpful. I colorize in solidworks then quickly output from keyshot.
+Again I really do appreciate everyones feedback
+if anyone wouldnt mind sharing some of their specs that would be fantastic
+Budget wise I choose for a pentium G2030 (upcoming months no fancy surface-modelling on my agenda, performs pretty ok in Solidworks + 3dsmax), maximus V extreme mainboard (the motherboard is where it all starts, choose wisely), 8gb corsair ram (when rendering/modelling I get up to 6).
+What would be your budget when buying a new pc?
+Not weird to me! Its too wild for my taste - I prefer a matte white across the board so I can see the form well then play with colors and materials in other software.
+I would recommend an i7, 8+ GB DDR3, nVidia GTX(xxx) and a 120GB+ SSD. The 780 in my home desktop is solely for games - the laptops craptastic (relative to the 780) video card is more than enough for Solidworks.
+Office / i7-2600 / 8GB DDR2 / Quadro 600 / No SSD
+Home / i7-3770k / 16GB DDR3 / GTX780 / 120GB SSD
+Laptop / i7-3615qm / 8GB DDR3 / GT640m / 240GB SSD
+I was surprised to see that Amazon has some good offers from Alienware (Dell) including i7’s and GTX660s for ~$1200. Also, Gizmodo’s deal site often has desktops. In either case, you would need to purchase a monitor separately. You’re in a cushy spot here… I think sticking to everyone’s recommendations should leave you under your budget but in a good place regardless of where you end up buying.
+Cheers
+I would go for a minimum 4770k CPU, 16GB Ram (Ram is so cheap now just bite the bullet and spend the extra $50), 250 gig SSD (120 gigs will run out of space surprisingly quickly, you can add a 1TB+ HDD for storing photos and other data), GTX 660 TI or 760 video card.
+If $2k is your budget though, I would consider splurging for the 6 core 4930k, spend an extra $100 on a Corsair H100i water cooler and some quick ram with a good motherboard. That will net you a wickedly fast machine for both Solidworks and Keyshot for less than you’d spend on a mediocre pro workstation.
+The 4770k also is a solid overclocker. With good cooling and no real work you can easily hit 4.2-4.4ghz. These days you literally just open the bios, type in two numbers, reboot and that’s about it.
+Thanks so much for the specs really helps me define budget/performance, and hopefully other people too. Looks like i got xmas gift for myself coming up.
+Thanks!
+“At one time, I was even more famous than Andy Warhol”
+Browsing the work of Yayoi Kusama I’m unsurprised that her fame was once greater than Warhol’s. Both artists worked in NYC in the 60s, ran with a similar crowd, and enjoyed similar amounts of attention. Kusama has had a long, productive career in which she experimented with the use of pattern, repetition, and recurring themes of obsession. Her work could arguably be considered a forerunner of both pop art and minimalism, influencing artists from the likes of Oldenberg to–as mentioned before–Warhol himself.
+So what happened to Kusama?
+While Kusama is still well represented in galleries, museums, biennales and more, she’s hardly the household name that Warhol is. An extreme comparison, of course, as Warhol is one of the few artists most people outside of the art world know about. But even compared with her contemporaries of non-Warhol-ian fame, such as Eva Hesse and Donald Judd, Kusama seems to get the short end of the recognition stick. I personally had not heard of her until a brief mention in my Queer Looks class, in which she was referenced for her piece Homosexual Wedding.
+Kusama had an impressive group of friends and supporters, with Georgia O’Keeffe acting as a mentor when Kusama first came to New York; connecting her with galleries and potential buyers, giving advice, and even offering a place to stay. Kusama made further connections with artists such as Hesse, Judd, Cornell and more, immersing herself within the art scene of the time.
+Kusama has one of the most interesting backgrounds as an artist I’ve ever seen; a childhood spent living with an abusive mother and womanizing father, dealing with the hallucinations and neurosis connected to her mental illness, and eventually leaving her home behind to make it big in the art scene. I try not to romanticize mental illness, as it’s very common for art historians to depict very real problems as a quirk or affectation of the artist’s persona, but Kusama is the first to claim that her illness greatly affects her work. In fact, the colorful and repetitive polka dot patterns that are so common in her pieces are a result of her hallucinations in which patterns leave their objects to cover entire rooms.
+Kusama says of her work,  ‘-isms.’”.
+Her career has had a definite theme throughout, however, her means of expressing this theme vary enough to remain fresh and interesting. For example, Kusama was a frequent organizer of happenings (performance art events) which were often political in nature and fairly controversial. Kusama painting polka dots onto the bodies of her nude performers was a common occurrence, sometimes in very public places such as the Brooklyn Bridge or Central Park. In one notable happening she composed an open letter offering sex to Richard Nixon in exchange for ending the Vietnam war.
+One of the ways in which she greatly influenced the art world was through her soft-sculptures. Particularly through her Compulsion Furniture series in which furniture, clothing, and other ordinary objects are covered with phalluses.
+Kusama was confronting a sexual fear. She’s quoted as saying, “As an obsessional artist I fear everything I see. At one time, I dreaded everything I was making. The armchair thickly covered in phalluses was my psychosomatic work done when I had a fear of sexual vision”.
+Kusama’s work was very aggressive, not just visually, but conceptually. It was striking in color, scale, and in the drama of it all. And it’s not that her work was unrecognized upon creation, rather, the Kusama excitement became rather hushed once she returned to Japan and checked herself into a mental hospital (where she lives present day). She began to explore other media, including the written word, film, and fashion design (to which her artwork seems particularly suited).
+Take a look at some of her other work. Notice how Kusama adeptly works within many different mediums.
+It’s saddening to see so little of Kusama when other artists working in similar fields are somewhat overhyped. Of course, it’s unsurprising that Kusama hasn’t enjoyed the breakout fame of her male counterparts; pop art and the minimalist movement are known for being predominantly white men.
+So what do you think? Has Kusama been underrepresented as a pop or minimalist artist? Share your thoughts in the comments!
+I think that Kusama is being used as a link between the two movements. And seeing as how depicting women artists as links is a common way of downplaying their importance I hesitate to exclude her from pop art. This is a guess on my part, but I think that were she white and male her work may have been accepted more readily and possibly even expanded the definition of pop art.
+Art movements are constructs, and, you’re right, we are attracted to viewing them linearly. Thinking linerally encourages us to ignore artists who don’t fit conveniently within a movement, who we see as overlapping. This practice hurts minority artists who are discouraged from entering a movement until it is already established, making it more likely for them to be viewed as second wave, a link to a new movement, or mere inspiration for future movements.
+You saw her work at the Sydney retrospective? That’s sounds incredible! I would love to see her work in person.
+Hey Melissa,
+I read this article and thought of you, I think you’d really enjoy it.
+S. Best ‘The style that is not one’ in C. Moore (ed), Dissonance: Feminism and the Arts 1970–90, Sydney, Allen & Unwin in association with Artspace, 1994, pp. 154–168.
+It articulates very well exactly what you’re expressing above, that women have not been viewed as initiators of new movements or styles, but instead have been said to develop or link between movements and styles, and this has been used to justify their exclusion from the history books, retrospectives, etc.
+Here’s one of my favourite quotes from it:
+This is precisely my point, there is no gap in art history for women artists to be unproblematically reinserted as if their history simply fell out. To include them as other than a footnote we must shake if not shatter the foundations of art history, to do this we need to ask how and why stylistic innovation has come to be so highly valued in our culture.
+It’s actually my PhD Supervisor’s Honours Paper! I couldn’t believe how good it was, or that she had it published.
+Can’t believe how much you’ve written since I last checked it, looking forward to reading more
+I love her! It’s great to see someone giving her some much deserved love! She is definitely one of the more interesting artists of that era despite her non-Warholesque status today. I believe she has a few things going against her: 1.) Woman 2.) Non-white 3.) Mental illness 4.) Her work is very conceptual and doesn’t visually appeal to the every-day art viewer in the same manner as Warhol.
+I also wouldn’t label her as a Pop Artist-they were more interested in representing the superficiality of culture (especially as a jab to the “surface” argument of Greenberg and Abstract Expressionists). She is more in league with Yves Klein and is more interested in focusing viewers on the sensations of the body-and reinterating the fact we are more similar than different. (I’m borrowing heavily from a former professor Johnathan Katz-known for co-curating the *amazing* and infamous Hide/Seek show at the Smithsonian). Johnathan argues that her work follows the aesthetic philosophy of Herbert Marcuse who argued the concept of Eros (kind of a mixture of Freud and Marxism). According to Marcuse, pleasure is a heavily regulated and economically controlled act and we need to re-connect with the body to expand pleasure from the genitals to the entire body. Such a shift in pleasure will lead to a non-repressed and more utopic world. (This is a very, very short summary of his very complex ideas-I totally recommend his text Eros in Civilization for those who are interested.)
+Kusama utilizes this idea by painting poka-dots on herself and performers in “happenings” as a way to highlight the sameness of our bodies and the sensasions of our bodies. This also applies to her phallic sculptures-take for example Compulsion Furniture. She applies these phallic sculptures to objects we sit on, thus creating a different (perhaps uncanny?) sensation. The chair goes from being a vaginal “receptor” of our body to an ambiguous phallic protrusion into the body while simultaniously cradling the body.
+Those are good points (Also, I’m really impressed that Johnathan Katz was your professor. That’s just… I’m jealous).
+I think that it is difficult to label Kusama’s work as pop art, but she was certainly a major developer of the movement. There’s a pretty common practice of using women artists, who don’t quite fit a movement’s ideal, as links between “pure” movements (here, pop art and minimalism) rather than viewing their work as progressions of the movement. I think that this is partly what’s at play here.
+Some aspects of her work and the work of other pop artists make me think that she could be included in the pop art umbrella. Her soft sculptures are very similar to the soft sculptures of Claes Oldenburg. In an interview Kusama says, “his [Oldenburg's] wife led me to his piece Calendar and said to the effect, ‘Yayoi, I am sorry we took your idea.’ I was surprised to see the work almost identical to my sculpture”. I think that Kusama was one of the developers of the pop art movement and that her role in certain innovations, like soft sculpture, has been downplayed.
+I agree with you that her work fits much more closely with nouveau realisme. I wonder what would have happened had she moved to France rather than America!
+Eros in Civilization sounds fascinating. I’ll check it out if I get the chance!
+An interesting article.
+However, you have used my photo of the Polka Dot Trees without my permission.
+Sorry about that. The photo’s been removed.
+Interesting.
+I like her.
+I love the dot images!
+I like her art–so much more than Warhol. I’d love to own some of her pieces
+I don’t think I would categorise Kusama as a pop or minimal artist – she neither draws inspiration from the world of consumerism and advertising nor makes geometric, industrial, non-self referntial pieces. I’d say this is one of the biggest reasons she isn’t as well known as artists such as Warhol or Judd. If art history is contrued as a linear progressions of isms, and is certainly taught this way in Australia, then artists who fall outside of isms are less likely to be taught and less likely to be known.
+On the flipside, I’d say Kusama is probably one of the best known non-ism American artists. She recently had a huge retrospective in Sydney that was phenomenally successful. And with good reason! Her work is an absolute delight to experience in person.
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+- 2.3 3. EHEIM Classic External Canister Fish Tank Filter Media
+- 2.4 4. AquaClear Power Filter - 110 V
+- 2.5 5. Fluval Fx6 Aquarium Canister Filter
+- 2.6 6. Marineland Penguin Power Filter
+- 2.7 7. Marineland C-Series Filter
+- 2.8 8. SunSun Hw304B 525GPH Pro Canister Filter Kit
+- 2.9 9. EhmFltr 2217 Classic Wm 264g
+- 2.10 10. Marineland Magnum Polishing Internal Canister Filter
+- 3 How to Maintain an Aquarium Filter
+- 4 Conclusion
+How to Buy the Best Aquarium Filters
+When you are a fish lover, you would definitely want to keep your fishes in a healthy way. And for this, you need to purchase a reliable and high-quality aquarium filter that possesses all necessitous features. Take a glance at the features mentioned below prior to making a purchase:
+10 Best Aquarium Filters Review
+1. Fluval External Fish Tank Filter
+In case you want to buy an external canister filter which helps you filter your aquarium as hassle-free and easy as possible, you must opt for the Fluval 406 External Fish Tank Filter.
+This filter has many exclusive design facts that make it more efficient than other filters out there and you can be stress-free about its cleaning and maintenance simultaneously.
+This model of Fluval is definitely better than the previous 405 one and showcases better performance, easy installation, cleaning and priming at an ease.
+Specifications
+Pros
+Cons
+2. Penn Plax Cascade Canister Aquarium Filter
+The Penn Plax Cascade Canister Aquarium Filter functions with both saltwater and freshwater aquariums. Due to the variety of its functionality, fish enthusiasts find this product reliable. This easy-to-install filter contains all necessitous accessories that need to be connected to the aquarium and it starts filtration in almost 30 minutes. You can see the enhancement of your aquarium in just less than a day.
+It features a fast push-button prime which makes it easy-to-install. Due to its 2 independent 360-degree rotating valve taps, you can place it with no worries. It features swimming pool style hose clamps and flow-rate control valves that make its installation and adjustment easy enough.
+Its great cobalt blue color makes it really attractive besides your aquarium. Its solid mounted tip-proof rubber base keeps the whole filtration unit in place.
+Specifications
+Pros
+Cons
+3. EHEIM Classic External Canister Fish Tank Filter Media
+The EHEIM Classic External Canister Fish Tank Filter Media is possibly the most extensively praised, highly advisable, widely used, andthe best aquarium canister filter out there on the market these days. Fish enthusiasts have been using this filter for many decades and it still features the similar design so the buyers can understand that it is doing something right.
+This filter is simple and classic in design and it looks like a green small plastic bucket featuring 2 holes in it. Its simple design makes it more dependable, easier to clean, and more durable as well.
+This proficient filter consumes a very little power and operates almost noiselessly. Its permo-elastic silicon sealing ring keeps it safely sealed while in operation. So, you won’t need to worry regarding encountering a leakage which may occur with other models of aquarium filters.
+Specifications
+Pros
+Cons
+4. AquaClear Power Filter - 110 V
+If you want an excellent aquarium filter which possesses an efficient filtration procedure, you must opt for AquaClear Power Filter – 110V. This filter certainly mitigates the long-term usage costs due to its energy efficient pump.
+If you install this filter, you can save your time as it gets installed in a very less time period ,This power filter is not just dependable but also designed with activated carbon, cycle guard, BioMax, and AquaClear foam for the seamless processing of its biological filtration.
+For this reason, this model is considered to be one of the finest water qualities in comparison with other regular brands out there.If your aquarium can hold almost 110 gallons, filtration will become easy with this filter. This model is great to install. It offers a fast installation, which is it’s the greatest and the user-friendliest feature included in the installation guide.
+Specifications
+Pros
+Cons
+5. Fluval Fx6 Aquarium Canister Filter
+The Fluval FX6 Aquarium Canister Filter is a beast in one word. This canister filter is really huge and equipped with some awesome features and technologies. Smooth water changes, smart pump technology, and self-starting features are one of them.
+Specifications
+Pros
+Cons
+6. Marineland Penguin Power Filter
+If you are a beginner in aquarium filtration, opt for the Marineland Penguin Power Filter as it is the easiest filter to use and maintain for long. This filter is highly advisable to help you become an expert in aquarium filtration, thanks to its capacity to compatible with medium aquariums on 20-70 gallons of water.
+If you are a fish enthusiast, you need not worry as it manages the leftovers of fish waste and food particles, cleaning the aquaria properly. It has the capacity to replace its Rite-Size Cartridges for a healthy and clean environment for all the water plants and fish. It comes with a three-stage filtration system which includes mechanical, biological and chemical filtration for an efficient cleanup. It can reduce the chances of nitrates and toxic ammonia growing in your tank.
+Specifications
+Pros
+Cons
+7. Marineland C-Series Filter
+In case you prefer large tank filtration, then the Marineland C-series Filter is the best option for you. This multi-stage filter comes with stackable trays which collapse easily and don’t need much maintenance as well. Whatever size of your aquarium is, it is compatible with any size of aquariums from medium to large.
+This filter is able to manage up to 150 gallons of an aquarium filled with your preferred fish and water plants. With this reliable filter, you can make a large reef fish community which will meet your expectations, by cleaning water efficiently, making water crystal clear and making a healthy environment for your fish.
+Specifications
+Pros
+Cons
+8. SunSun Hw304B 525GPH Pro Canister Filter Kit
+The SunSun Hw304B 525GPH Pro Canister Filter Kit is really helpful for the fish enthusiasts who look for filters for their large sized fish tanks. This filter is perfect to work with different fish tanks and capable of handling up to 150 gallons easily.
+It does an excellent job to maintain the water by keeping it crystal clear. Its whole capacity of 525gph makes it faster than other filters out there. Fish enthusiasts love this model due to its noiseless operation.
+It comes with a 9W UV sterilizer that kills all bacteria and algae spores from the water, keeping it healthy and safe for your fish and water plants. Its easy-to-use feature makes it one of the best choices for people who look for a high-quality fish tank filter.
+Specifications
+Pros
+Cons
+9. EhmFltr 2217 Classic Wm 264g
+The EhmFlter 2217 Classic Wm features a noteworthy technology which helps it provide an improved performance. If you want an aquarium filter which features high efficiency and a dependable filtration system, then this classic series is the right choice for you. You will really prefer its motor and pump that boasts an excellent capacity to run and don’t need extra maintenance and service.
+You can fit the adsorptive, biological, chemical and mechanical filtration procedure in a very less time due to its properly designed chamber. Its flow rates are smartly designed for acquiring the precise balance between the biological and mechanical long-term filtration, water circulation and oxygen enrichment.
+Specifications
+Pros
+Cons
+10. Marineland Magnum Polishing Internal Canister Filter
+The Marineland Magnum Polishing Internal Canister Filter features a high-quality filtration alongside water polishing cartridge to offer you the clearest and cleanest water.
+Its compact design helps it fit every aquatic environment and it maintains the natural beauty of your fish tank. Its design also incorporates a large surface area for the development of advantageous biological bacteria that breaks down the toxic nitrates and ammonia.
+This filter boasts a micron cartridge to help remove all fine particles that lead to cloudy water. It includes a mechanical Rite-Size JH Floss Sleeve that helps remove leftovers of food and fish wastes and the Black Diamond Carbon to offer chemical filtration which maintains water clarity, color,and odor.
+Specifications
+Pros
+Cons
+How to Maintain an Aquarium Filter
+Maintenance of an aquarium filter is required on a daily basis. You can easily forget when you last serviced the filter; hence, you must schedule a routine and maintain it for cleaning the tank filter regularly.
+Sponge filters must be cleaned once in every 2 weeks. The HOB filters need to be cleaned every week while the Canister ones can be maintained in every four months’ intervals.
+Don’t forget to take some precautions so you can preserve the advantageous bacteria inside the aquarium filter. Daily maintenance will not just keep your fish tank healthy but also keep your fish safe.
+How to Fit an Aquarium Filter
+Recommended Reading
+How To Set Up a Betta Fish Tank?
+How to Clean a Betta Fish Tank?
+Conclusion
+So, the aforementioned filter systems can be counted in the list of the best aquarium filters to pick up. Every day, you can see a new model in the market; hence, ensure to select the best type of aquarium filters. The design is necessitous so the filter can adjust perfectly. I can recommend all of them confidently but among all the mentioned filters, my best recommendation will be the Marineland Magnum Polishing Internal Canister Filter.
+Tuesday, January 30, 2007
+And no one is watching me slide... below street level, barely alive.
+Anyhow, I decided to get my license renewed today. The office I went to was in the same government building where I had a summer job for two summers during university. I loved this particular job. Well, maybe not so much the job but it was the people I worked with that I loved (note: most of them don't work there anymore so I didn't do any visiting). Walking back into that building brought back a lot of memories.
+I passed by a lot of other buildings with memories on my walk back to the subway from that office. I walked by my old univeristy residence, the apartment I lived in for two years, and the cheap photocopy shop, and assorted coffee places.
+Ahh, nostalgia. I really enjoyed my days as a university student. I wonder if in five years, when I have to do the old identifcation renewal dance yet again, I'll think back to now, and how I lived on good old ________________ Ave and worked at good old _______________.
+ps Typing blanks just made me feel like I wasn't writing a post, but making up a test/assignment...
+Sunday, January 28, 2007
+The songs you wrote got me through a lot.
+Now, no song can I write, but I have to say that songwriting is probably my most appreciated art form, and the article got me to thinking about *who* are my favourite songwriters. Here are my personal top 5 in no particular order. Three of them are Canadian and two of them are American.
+1) Ben Folds - I don't know what I like better about Ben Folds: his piano skills or his songs. Put them together, and you've got some of my favourite music of all time. Ben Folds' songs have many different sides: clever tongue-in-cheek (Rockin' the Suburbs, There's Always Someone Cooler Than You), amazing storytelling (Annie Waits, Boxing, Fred Jones Pt. 2), reflections on personal life (Gracie, Brick, Late) and wonderful ballads.
+I have to mention that the Ben Folds Five song that means the most to me is not even written by Ben Folds; it's written by Darren Jessee, BFF's drummer. The song is Magic and it helped me cope with the death of my Nana, with whom I had a very close relationship. She died of cancer when I was 19 and I spent a lot of time listening to that song the last summer when she was alive. It's about coping with the death of a loved one, and it's a happy song for me now, because I smile and think about her whenever I hear it.
+2) John K Samson/The Weakerthans - The lyrics of Weakerthans' songs, written by John K Samson, are quite simply poetic. I could write a dissertation on my favourite lines from Weakerthans' songs. I love the song Pamphleteer; it paints such a vivid picture in my mind; and then at the end of the song I can actually hear pamphlets fluttering to the ground. One line that always sticks in my mind is from Elegy For Elsabet: "As the sky tries on its uniform of turned-off tv grey". Turned-off TV grey! Brilliance!
+3) Hawksley Workman - I love eccentricity. I love when every single song by an artist is very different from the rest. I love how Hawksley is able to make everyday things seem magical in his songs. And, I totally agree with him that "modern music could be the healing sound."
+4) Sarah Harmer - All of Our Names is just such a wintery album for me. It makes me want to move out to a deserted farmhouse and walk through the snow. The song Lodestar makes me want to go canoeing at night. Her songs are so descriptive and paint such vivid pictures in my head. Each of them is like looking at a painting.
+5) Tori Amos - Tori Amos was such an aquired taste for me. I had a summer job at an art gallery and "Under the Pink" was left in a drawer by a coworker. I would listen to it for the last hour of my shift when there was no one in the gallery. I didn't like it at first, but then one day I realized that I loved it and I had to get it. I love how a lot of her songs are like puzzles that I have to listen to a lot to figure out. And I'm pretty sure that what I take from the song is probably different than what others take from the song.
+So who are your favourite songwriters?
+Thursday, January 25, 2007
+When disappointment is a slow burning fire...
+I just feel like I've had to put my life on hold since October to deal with stuff, and I'm getting a little tired of it.
+I miss being carefree is all.
+Wednesday, January 24, 2007
+Once I wanted to be the greatest....
+I have to catch up on my CD listening. A couple of weeks ago, I came across Cat Power's "The Greatest" and Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins' "Rabbit Fur Coat" on sale, and I bought them both. I feel that I've only had time to skim the surface of these albums. I love love love the title track of Cat Power, and there's a super cool cover of the Travelling Wilburys' "Handle with Care" on the Jenny Lewis album. Ben Gibbard of DCFC adds some vocals to that track. All the reviews of that CD that I read said that that track was corny, but I say screw 'em, I love it.
+Two days until Friday.
+Big Boo-urns to no new Office tomorrow night.
+Sunday, January 21, 2007
+Think of me any way you want.
+Thursday, January 18, 2007
+Well these dead petals, honey, brought me here.
+I also tape the show because my roommate and I have the tradition to watch Ugly Betty first and then The Office. Ugly Betty was pretty good tonight too. Yay for good TV. I'm a total appointment TV viewer. I'm actually happiest when I have a show to watch every night, but I really don't watch much anymore. My regular TV diet consists of The Office, Ugly Betty and The Daily Show/Colbert Report. That's it.
+My pal Becca T always joins us for Office night. She wasn't able to make it for Ugly Betty tonight, so as we were waiting for her to start watching The Office, we had to find something to have on in the background. I noticed that the Quebecois version of The Office, La Job, was on. My roommate's finace and I were quite happy sitting there watching it, even though neither of us have good French. The episode was very very faithful to the British original, so our language deficit was irrelevant. My roommate proclaimed us nuts.
+Have you seen the All-Bran commercial with the guy in the grocery store? Today one of my colleagues told me that whenever she sees that commercial, she laughs because she thinks of me. Apparently I talk like the way the guy does at the end of the commercial... Hmmm, I need to see that commercial again so I can see who is the weird one - my colleauge (maybe she's seeing things) or me (maybe I really do talk that way).
+Have you ever had one of those times when you end up watching something and you're not sure how? Maybe you were watching the show before or something and didn't get around to changing the channel or perhaps you just ended up sitting on the couch for a minute and the TV was on and you started watching. Anyhow, somehow, I ended up watching American Idol last night. Can I just say that I found their auditions particularly disgusting?? They spend so much time focussing on people who are horrible singers so that everyone can laugh at these people. Now, if you want to go on TV and make a fool of yourself, whatever, but I questioned whether some of the people there were fully aware of what they were doing. The few minutes I saw reeked of exploitation and meanness to me. I usually stay away from American Idol, but I have seen some of the auditions in the past, and this year they seemed especially mean. Yuck.
+Anyhow, I think I've babbled on about television enough. I guess that's what happens in January. It's too cold to go outside, plus you don't have much money after Christmas.
+So the weekend is very close to being upon us. I'm heading down to St. Ratford to check up on the 'rents. I was slightly besmirched when I booked my train ticket. It went up by $4!! Gah!! That's one less latte for me. Boo-urns!
+Happy weekend!
+Tuesday, January 16, 2007
+It's a shoreline, and it's half speed
+To warm myself up, I'm listening to summer sounding music. A song that sounds super summery to me is Broken Social Scene's 7/4 (Shoreline). As I was listening to this song, I realized that I always meant to look up the lyrics, because I have no clue what they're saying in the song. There's one part where *I* sing "It's cooler, it's cooler than hell" and it turns out the real lyrics are "It's coming, it's coming in hard" and I'm slightly disappointed. I liked my lyrics better. But, I suppose I could respond to the real lyrics by saying "That's what she said" a la Michael Scott.
+Don't you love it when in life you make a goal for yourself and you attain the goal? I did that last night. I decided that I was going to watch the *entire* Golden Globe awards ceremony, and I did it. Oh, it was tough going at points - especially when they were giving Warren Beatty his lifetime award. But I did it.
+(Note: I honestly believe the trick to being happy in life is to let the little things make your day. For example, I'm a pretty cheery person, and I think that's becasue things like new CDs, a compliment from a coworker/student, a funny TV show etc do really make my day. I don't hold out for big things.)
+(Note: I don't really consider watching the Golden Globes an accomplishment. I was just being silly. However, my silliness lead me to philosophize a bit in my previous comment.)
+My roommate made it through an hour of the show and declared boredom (boredom is for the weak I say). But, during the ceremony we did decide that we would go see Dreamgirls tonight so that we can take in Jennifer Hudson's performance for ourselves. Now, I have not seen the movie yet, but I'm pretty damned sure it did not deserve to win Best Musical/Comedy over Little Miss Sunshine. And... wtf with Alec Baldwin beating Steve Carrell for Best Actor in a TV Comedy? Robbery I say!
+All right, I should be off to go to the movie. I have decided I'm going to walk to the theatre, even though it's cold. There is something wrong with my head apparently. Oh well, at least I have a funky hat to cover it with.
+Update: I came to my senses and did not walk to the theatre. Listening to summery tunes did make me forget the wrath of the cold outside. Dreamgirls was quite good, especially the music and the singing. I enjoyed it and agree that Jennifer Hudson totally deserved the Golden Globe, although there wasn't anything particulary "supporting" about her performance (it was more of a lead). Still, the movie was no Little Miss Sunshine.
+Saturday, January 13, 2007
+A box of candy, smoke in your hair.
+A= Available~ yes.
+B= Best Friend~ Becca T
+C= Cake or pie~ I'm take a cake of the chocolate variety.
+D= Drink of choice~ Non-Alcoholic: Chocolate milk or a Latte from Starbucks. Alcoholic: Amaretto and Cranberry juice.
+E= Essential item you use everyday~ Okay, beside the obvious essentials like toothpaste, deodorant etc, I'd say mascara. I have really wimpy lashes.
+F= Favorite color~ Green
+G= Gummy bears or worms~ Worms.
+H= Hometown~ Stratford ON Canada
+I= Indulgences~ Lush bath products, lattes from Starbucks, books and CDs.
+J= January or February~ February 'cuz that's when my bday is.
+K= Kids and Names~ None. And I'm not one of those ppl who have names already picked out.
+L= Life is incomplete without?~ Music.
+M= Marriage date~ I took a quiz online once to predict my marriage date and it said June 2003. Liars.
+N= Number of siblings~ Zip, zero, nada. (And no, I'm not a spoiled brat... okay, maybe a little. But I'm pleasant as long as I get my own way.)
+O= Oranges or apples~ Oranges. I've been eating a lot of them lately.
+P= Phobias or Fears~ Failure and rejection.
+Q= Favorite Quote~ I wish I quoted brilliant philosophers and thinkers, but I'll be honest and admit the only thing I quote ever is the Simpsons. A lot. Right now, the quote going through my head is "Marge it takes two to lie: one to lie and one to listen."
+R= Reason to smile~ My students.
+S= Season~ I love the fall.
+T= Tag 3 or 4 people~ You want it, you take it.
+U= Unknown fact about me~ I like the new Justin Timberlake song "What goes around... comes around." I'm more than a bit uncomfortable about this.
+V= Vegetable you don't like~ Onions.
+W= Worst habit~ Worrying about really stupid stuff.
+X= X-rays~ Teeth and right foot. (Broke it on a trampoline.)
+Y= Your favorite food~ Pad Thai
+Z= Zodiac Sign~ Aquarius
+Friday, January 12, 2007
+There are no right angles in my life.
+"Miss, you're a math teacher too, right?" he says in a very serious tone with a puzzled look on his face.
+"Yes, I teach math as well as science," I say, bracing myself for some complex mathematical question. His tone suggested something of differential calculus or perhaps numbers of the imaginary sort.
+"Okay... so if David Beckham makes $710 000 per week, how much is that a month?"
+I honestly think I will eventually develop some sort of disorder that is related to holding in laughter, because I have to do it so often. Apparently you must have your math teaching qualifications to multiply a big number by four. Just so you know. So, if any of you ever have a difficult question like that, feel free to send it along to me. I like to share my expertise.
+On the subject of Beckham, I wish I was paid $250 000 000 for 5 years. Okay, if that wasn't the most pointlessly obvious thing I've ever said, I don't know what is. But, eff it, that's a quarter of a billion for kicking a ball around!! Really, there is something just a little wrong with the world when some people get insanly high salaries and others are starving.
+Sigh, anyway, I won't bother pondering the problems with our world because that is not the way to start a weekend. Hmm, I think I may take a little nap, before I figure out what I'd like to do with evening 1 of my weekend with no plans.
+Happy weekend!
+Thursday, January 11, 2007
+Held like water in your shaking hands are all the small defeats the day demands.
+There's really not much else to report from my world. I think I have a fairly quiet weekend coming up. That's good. I can sleep in and catch up on some other stuff and maybe take some time to read. Definitely take a long bath. Hopefully, the weather will be agreeable enough to go on a long walk. There is so much joy in the little things in life.
+Monday, January 08, 2007
+I'm falling in love my walkman and me with David Bowie. Yeah. You betcha.
+Anyhow, so I the fact that I'm sitting here writing this post proves that I survived the first day back after vacay! Woo! I have to say, I missed the little rapscallions just a bit. Life is soooooooo boring when you don't have to argue with surly teenagers about cell phones, hats, and the like...
+Right now I should be working on making up exams but... oh man, procrastinating is better. I've also kind of decided that I don't have to start them 'til tomorrow because the first day back is stressful/traumatic/busy enough without having to add to it. My deadline isn't until Thursday anyhow and I work better under pressure.
+Apparently a little bit of winter decided to come along. I went for a walk and it was a little bit chilly and a few flakes of snow were coming down. I hope that's the worst we get.
+I bought myself a new winter hat that I adore at a craft fair in December. I haven't gotten to wear it much with the unseasonably warm weather we've been having. I wore it tonight for my walk. Now, I love that hat, but it doesn't work well with the over-the-ear headphones I have because in order for the hat to look cute, it must go over my ears. If there are headphones on my ears, it doesn't work. So, I had to resort to using my earbuds while wearing the hat. So it looks like if the weather gets home, I'm going to be spending a lot of time changing my indoor headphones with outdoor headphones. I know - my life is sooooooo extremely complicated.
+Doesn't it scare the lot of you about how Stephen Harper and his ilk are becoming all "concerned" about the environment and trying to clean up their acts because a poll showed it's the #1 issue for something like 70% of Canadians. Puh-lease. I hope that when the election is eventually called that people don't fall for these old wolves trying to masquarade as sheep. Because then we could be in for a Conservative majority. Scary.
+I really like oranges.
+I also like rambling and then switching to an unrelated topic just like that. It's fun.
+Okay, I do have a little bit of work to get done before I go to sleep. I'm trying to get in the habit of sleeping enough in 2007.
+How many days 'til Friday?
+Sunday, January 07, 2007
+It's just as easy as 1-2-3 but the only ones who know, babe, are you and me.
+This caused a need for me to stay up late last night catching up on my CBC Radio 3 podcasts. I listened to the best of 2006 last night and there was some really good songs that were included. There were some that I really should have added to my best of 2006 list such as:
+Skinny Boy - Amy Millan
+See You on the Moon! - Great Lake Swimmers
+Cereal for Dinner - McEnroe
+We Say No - Great Aunt Ida
+A Million Dollars - Joel Plaskett Emergency
+However, I had one of those special musical moments while listening to this podcast. A song started, there was some piano, then some soft lyrics. I was engorssed in one of those rare times where you absolutely adore a song on first listen. The song was "Time Breaks Down" by Bend Sinister, a Vancouver band who is yet unsigned to a label. Go listen to the song on their myspace page. As Grant Lawrence says, you have to listen to the whole song because you never know where it's going to go. Amazing. I've been listening to it all freaking day.
+Also, I was totally unaware there was a new episode of the Office this week. I missed it! My fabulous roommate taped it for me, but I couldn't find it. Thank God for Youtube. I honestly think it was one of the best Office episodes ever. Perhaps my fave of season three? I had a few of those moments that one experiences only during the Office where Michael does something so stupid, and so embarassing, that it's painful. Yet so funny. I also laughed so hard when Dwight was comforting Pam and he was being so sweet (very un-Dwightly) and then said "I guess you're PMS-ing pretty bad, huh?" (Very Dwightly comment.)
+Friday, January 05, 2007
+The children were eventually rescued by, oh, let’s say Moe.
+Above is my favourite ending ever to a Simpsons’ episode. Can you tell how I’ve been spending my lingering moments of my holidays? (I haven’t been that bad… I just had a mini season 9 DVD marathon with my Dad.)
+Tomorrow I’m taking the train back to
+I’ve read a lot this past week. I’ve almost read all of my Christmas books that I got as gifts. First was “The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette” by Carolly Erickson. It was okay. My dad seemed to like it more than I did (he always reads my books before giving them to me. He claims he’s “testing” them). I was hoping for more detail on her life when she moved to
+My second book was “The Last Days of Dogtown” by Anita Diamant. I really recommend it. It’s about a dying village inhabited by spinsters, whores, and other castoffs, in
+Third on my list was “Lullabies for Little Criminals” by Heather O’Neill. This book was chosen by John K Samson (of my favourite band on earth – The Weakerthans) for CBC Radio’s 2007 Canada Reads. I really enjoyed it overall, although it was definitely disturbing in parts. The book deals with a 12/13 year old girl who has been raised by her very young heroin-addicted negligent father. She ends up spiraling into drugs and prostitution; it was the prostitution part that was really hard to read about. However, the book was definitely a gripping read. I want to read the rest of the Canada Reads selections so that perhaps I can download the podcasts and be really into the whole thing.
+Right now I’m reading my last book, “Teacher Man” by Frank McCourt. It’s his memoirs about his years teaching high school English in
+Hmmm, when I sat down to write this post, I wasn’t sure what I was going to write about, but it looks like it’s become a book review post. I love when my brain seems to pick a blogging topic on its own, and I feel like I’ve done very little thinking in the process.
+Oh, and happy weekend to all!
+
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+03/03/2014 23:51:57 PM
+MANAMA: The Bahrain Cabinet is in a special session on Tuesday morning especially convened to discuss the unfortunate incident of terror blast in Daih Village on Monday claiming lives of three policemen including one Emarati officer. The Cabinet will
+Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed condemns terorist attack in Bahrain
+03/03/2014 23:24:47 PM
+MANAMA: Lt. General, HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior sadly announced that Emirati police officer First Lieutenant Tareq Mohamed Al Shehhi has died along with two members of the Bahraini police force
+UAE mourns death of a police officer
+03/03/2014 17:07:15 PM
+MANAMA: The Ministry of Interior sadly announced the death of one its officers who was killed on duty in the sisterly country of Bahrain. The officer, serving as part of the Unified GCC Security Conventions joint security force, dubbed the […
+Emirati officer among victims of Daih terror blast
+03/03/2014 16:49:53 PM
+MANAMA: The Interior Ministry offers its sincere condolences to the families of the three policemen killed in the line of duty, including the UAE Officer who worked in Bahrain as part of the Amwaj Al Khaleej forces of the GCC […]
+Military mobilisation enhances risk of Ukraine-Russia conflict
+03/03/2014 12:40:16 PM
+The risk of inter-state conflict has increased as a result of fresh deployments, with any armed conflict set to cause widespread disruption and risks to energy supply, as well as heightening the risk of a Ukrainian default, according to Matthew [R
+Political stalemate pushes Ukraine towards default
+03/03/2014 12:37:21 PM
+The military stand-off heightens Ukraine’s risk of default. A combination of factors could render Ukraine unable to meet its external debt-servicing and repayments obligations, according to Lilit Gevorgyan, Senior Sovereign Risk Analyst, IHS. F
+Terror blast kills 3 police officers in Manama
+03/03/2014 10:22:27 AM
+MANAMA: Three police officers have been killed and injured as many as six, one seriously, as a homemade bomb ripped apart the police vehicle in Jidhhafs area on Monday in Bahrain Capital city of Manama. Three police personnel died in […]
+Bahrain achieves landmark strides in Human Rights
+03/03/2014 05:09:26 AM
+MANAMA: With the healing process is ongoing in the aftermath of 2011 unfortunate incidents, the Kingdom of Bahrain has implemented almost 100% of the recommendations of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) as part of its reform proces
+VIVA Bahrain marks 4th anniversary of operations
+03/03/2014 04:49:10 AM
+MANAMA: Stepping up its 4th anniversary celebrations, VIVA has extended the free trial of its 4G LTE service until end of March 2014. VIVA customers can now continue to take advantage of the companys state-of-the-art 4G network that boasts speeds
+Implementation of BICI bolsters Bahrains democratic strides
+03/03/2014 04:45:26 AM
+MANAMA: The Implementation of recommendations of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) has further bolstered Bahrains democratic strides, the Cabinet was told on Sunday. The Kingdom’s efforts to implement the recommendations o
+Expo 2020 will elevate regions economic profile
+03/02/2014 01:50:02 AM
+MANAMA: Following the publication of Deloittes Global Powers of Retail 2014 report that ranked the 250 largest retailers in the world, and portrayed the Middle East as a key market with vast retail industry growth opportunities, Antoine De Riedmat
+Manara sells over 80% villas of Wahat Al-Muharraq project
+03/02/2014 01:39:42 AM
+MANAMA: Managing Director, Dr. Hasan Al-Bastaki at Bahrain-based major realty developer, Manara Developments, said that it had sold over 80% of phase two villas of the Wahat Al-Muharraq project in record time. He attributed the swift market response
+GBCORP swings into the black in 2013
+03/02/2014 01:24:54 AM
+Bahrain-based Islamic investment bank, Global Banking Corporation (GBCORP), swung into the black with achieving a net profit of $14.835 million in 2013 compared to a net loss of $17 million for 2012, according to a bank statement. Net profit after [&
+Organisers honour the best stand at the BIGS 2014
+03/01/2014 10:22:19 AM
+MANAMA: The winners of the best stands at the Bahrain International Garden Show (BIGS) 2014 were honoured on Saturday by Shaikha Maram bint Isa Al Khalifa, General Coordinator of BIGS, during a ceremony marking the conclusion of this years show. [
+BIGS 2014 concludes with a resounding success
+03/01/2014 10:13:00 AM
+MANAMA: Bahrain International Garden Show (BIGS) 2014 concluded at the Bahrain International Convention and Exhibition Centre on Saturday with a resounding success including quality of exhibitors and number of visitors. On the opening day Her Royal H
+Bahrain orders probe into death of 3 Asian workers
+03/01/2014 08:13:13 AM
+MANAMA: Acting Chief Prosecutor of the Capital Governorate Mohammed Salah said that the Public Prosecution was notified of a fire that had broken out Friday at a building used as workers accommodation, killing three Asian nationals whose identitie
+Al Adil Supermarket plans no profit for two years
+03/01/2014 02:13:15 AM
+MANAMA: Al Adil Supermarket, a well established UAE supermarkets network which announced the launch of its first outlet in Bahrain promised most competitive rates in Bahrain with plans to not earn profit in first two years, the owner of the […]
+BMI Bank- Gulf Air enters into a new partnership
+03/01/2014 01:58:41 AM
+MANAMA: Bahraini retail and commercial banking institution, BMI Bank signed a strategic agreement with Gulf Air, offering the Banks customers preferential pricing on the airlines tickets and discounted lounge access when they pay using their BM
+Economic crimes on decline in Middle East
+03/01/2014 01:44:03 AM
+MANAMA: While the level of reported incidents of economic crime has increased globally to 37%, the Middle East has experienced a decrease, according to a report. The level of reported incidents now stands at 21% according to PwCs 2014 Middle [R
+LMRA signs a contract to revamp its website content
+03/01/2014 01:27:16 AM
+MANAMA: The Bahrain Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) awarded ]init[ Middle East a comprehensive consulting services agreement to enhance editorial performance and the LMRAs online communication. Ausamah Abdulla Al Absi, LMRA CEO, signed t
+Oil & Gas executives get better paid in Europe
+03/01/2014 01:17:36 AM
+Average compensation for oil and gas professionals in Europe rose significantly last year compared whilst pay for professionals in the Middle East fell, according to Rigzone, the leading online resource for oil and gas information, data and talent. I
+Agriculture remains a key priority for government
+03/01/2014 00:02:32 AM
+MANAMA: His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister said the development of agriculture sector was part of the Kingdoms commitment in delivering significant improveme
+Bahrains 1st lady honours winners at BIGS 2014
+02/28/2014 23:48:51 PM
+MANAMA: Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al-Khalifa, Wife of His Majesty the King and President of the Supreme Council for Women (SCW) honoured the 10th Bahrain International Garden Show (BIGS-2014) winners. His Royal Highness Prince
+Education Minister opens new school premises in Riffa
+02/28/2014 23:41:36 PM
+MANAMA: The Minister of Education, Dr. Majid bin Ali Al-Nuaimi inaugurated the new Indian School building, in the presence of President of the Riffa Club, Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalid Al Khalifa, Indian Ambassador to Bahrain, Dr. Mohan Kumar, and a [
+Bahrain joins hands with UN to fight narcotics
+02/28/2014 23:36:23 PM
+MANAMA: The Kingdom of Bahrain and the United Nations signed a memorandum of understanding to combat trafficking in illicit drugs and narcotics and new criminal trends. The Minister of Interior Lieutenant-General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa
+Bahrain Minister denies discriminating Shias
+02/28/2014 23:25:15 PM
+MANAMA: Minister of State for Information Affairs and Government’s Official Spokesperson Sameera Ebrahim bin Rajab denied the baseless accusations made by Wefaq Secretary-General Ali Salman. She deplored the accusations, dismissing the allegati
+Arab Parliament session on Arab Security on Sunday
+02/28/2014 23:21:42 PM
+MANAMA: Arab Parliament Speaker Ahmed Al-Jarwan and members arrived in Bahrain to take part in the third meeting of the Arab Parliament’s second session of the first legislative term which will be hosted by Manama from March 2 to 6. […]
+Mourners carry our violent attacks, block roads
+02/28/2014 22:31:47 PM
+MANAMA: Director-General of the Northern Governorate Police stated that many violations had occurred during the funeral of a deceased in Daih. He explained that groups of saboteurs had gone out of the funeral route, blocked the public road, vandalise
+Bahrain gets 1st Al Adil Supermarket in Manama
+02/27/2014 14:01:39 PM
+MANAMA: Al Adil Trading Co LLC, U.A.E.s leading name for Indian food stuff opened their 26th outlet in GCC and the first Al Adil Supermarket in Bahrain with plans to cover the entire Kingdom with the network of Adil Supermarekts […]
+Batelco 4G MiFi network offers instant sharing of photos
+02/27/2014 13:46:07 PM
+MANAMA: Batelco’s superfast 4G network is enabling the delivery of action images from F1 testing as it happens at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC). Bahrain is the focal point of the world’s motorsport media this weekend. All eleven
+Alba shareholders give nod to pay cash dividend for 2013
+02/27/2014 13:42:02 PM
+MANAMA: Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), held its Annual General Meeting AGM on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at the Gulf International Convention Centre, Gulf Hotel, Kingdom of Bahrain, during which approval was given to the distribution of cash
+Shaikh Daij chairs Alba board meeting as new Chairman
+02/27/2014 13:32:23 PM
+MANAMA: Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced the appointment of the new Board of Directors led by Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa, effective immediately, during the Board of Directors meeting for the year 2014, held on Thursday at [
+Bahrain warns its citizens not to take part in Syrian conflict
+02/26/2014 03:19:27 AM
+MANAMA: The Interior Ministry advises Bahrainis not to participate in fighting outside Bahrain by becoming involved with regional or international conflicts. The Ministry also advises against becoming part of extremist religious or other groups that
+A Bahraini detainee dies at hospital: Authorities
+02/26/2014 03:12:48 AM
+MANAMA: The Director of Reformation and Rehabilitation announced the death of a detainee Jaffar Mohammed Jaffar, 23, on Wednesday morning. He had been receiving treatment at the Salmaniya Medical Complex. The Director stated that the deceased suffere
+Khalid Bin Hamad Cup for disables gets global commendation
+02/26/2014 03:05:32 AM
+MANAMA: The Khalid bin Hamad Arabian Horse Racing Cup Festival for people with disabilities, which is set to take place in March received global accolades being one of the unique initiatives for people with special needs. The event launch was […
+Manama: the Asian Capital of Tourism 2014
+02/26/2014 02:31:12 AM
+MANAMA: The Capital of Bahrain, Manama, has been officially declared as the Asian Capital of Tourism 2014 during an event held at the Bahrain Fort on Tuesday. It was officially announced during a Press conference on the sidelines of the […]
+Bring issues on the table and not violence on roads
+02/25/2014 06:59:50 AM
+MANAMA: Human Rights Affairs Minister Dr. Salah bin Ali Abdulrahman on Tuesday condemned acts of terrorism and violence and urged the protesting parties to sit across the table by shunning violence. We are very concerned about the surge in the [
+Bahrain reiterates zero tolerance to torture
+02/25/2014 06:57:36 AM
+MANAMA: The Kingdom of Bahrain has implemented zero tolerance to torture in any form as the transparent mechanism to oversee the governance doesnt allow such practise. Human Rights Affairs Minister Dr. Salah bin Ali Abdulrahman, who on Tuesday at
+Bahrains human rights record fails to satisfy critics
+02/25/2014 06:51:54 AM
+MANAMA: Human Rights Affairs Minister Dr. Salah bin Ali Abdulrahman on Tuesday admitted the fact that despite many human rights achievements the Kingdom of Bahrain fails to pacify the critics especially from the Western countries as well as NGOs. The
+BBK installs 1st ATM for visually impaired
+02/25/2014 01:33:46 AM
+MANAMA: An estimated 7000 visually impaired in Bahrain now are able to use the first of its kind ATM in Bahrain and across the region to cater for the special needs segemnt of the society, thanks to the BBKs initiative. […]
+ABG board recommends $36.7m cash dividend
+02/25/2014 01:27:46 AM
+MANAMA: The Board of Directors of Al Baraka Banking Group (ABG) resolved in its meeting to pay cash dividend to shareholders over $36 million in addition to bonus shares worth $45million for the year 2013. The bank in a statement […]
+Abdulaziz AlFaisal eyes the 3rd title as Porsche GT3 Cup
+02/25/2014 01:24:25 AM
+MANAMA: With just one round to go in season five of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East, two-time former champion Abdulaziz AlFaisal is aiming for an unprecedented third title as he heads to series closer just three points behind […]
+Alba unveils Project Titan
+02/25/2014 01:19:22 AM
+MANAMA: Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced Project Titan — a two-year efficiency programme initiated with the objective to reduce cash cost by $150/mt by end of January 2016. Already in the implementation phase, Project Titan (February 2
+EGF Bank tops the ladder in EFG Sailing Arabia 2014
+02/25/2014 01:16:24 AM
+MUSCAT: The second part of Leg 6 race 13b took place just off Mussanah Marina this afternoon. With winds from the north-east reaching 14kts it made for perfect conditions for the short one-round, windward/leeward course. Sidney Gavignet and [
+Head of HRH PMs Court meets with BJA President
+02/23/2014 12:40:13 PM
+MANAMA: Head of HRH Prime Minister’s Court Shaikh Hussam bin Isa Al Khalifa met with the Board Chairman of the Bahrain Journalists Association (BJA) Moanes Al-Mardi, who updated him on BJA’s activities and efforts to upgrade journalism in
+Bahrain Cabinet applauds HM Kings visit to India
+02/23/2014 12:28:11 PM
+MANAMA: The Cabinet hailed the results of the visit of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain to the Republic of India, describing it as a very successful visit. The Cabinet noted that it gave a […]
+Security remains top priority of Government: HRH PM
+02/23/2014 12:24:53 PM
+MANAMA: His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa said that security of Bahrain comes first and precedes everything else, stressing that the Kingdom, under His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s wise leadership
+No dialogue with terrorist groups: Minister
+02/23/2014 12:13:26 PM
+MANAMA: The Official Spokesperson and the State Minister for Information Affairs, Sameera Rajab on Sunday ruled out including terrorist groups in national dialogue. Sameera Rajab, in her weekly post cabinet meeting briefing was replying to a question
+Bahrain-Morocco inks security pact
+02/23/2014 12:09:37 PM
+MANAMA: The Cabinet on Sunday ratified the memorandum of understanding (MoU) for Security Cooperation and Coordination between the Ministries of Interior of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Kingdom of Morocco. The Cabinet discussed and approved the mem
+SICO profit up 76% to BD5.1m in 2013
+02/23/2014 11:01:22 AM
+MANAMA: Bahrain-based licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain as a conventional wholesale bank, Securities & Investment Company (SICO), reported its consolidated profit up 76% to BD5.1million in 2013. Net consolidated profit for the year increased by
+GFH profits down to $6.3m from $10m in 2012
+02/23/2014 10:54:45 AM
+MANAMA: Bahrain-based Gulf Finance House (GFH), one of the pioneering regional Islamic investment banks, reported net profits of $6.3million for 2013. The bank in a statement announced its financial results for the fiscal for 2013, saying that year m
+ABG net income up 10% to $258m in 2013
+02/23/2014 10:40:37 AM
+MANAMA: Bahrain-based Islamic banking major, Al Baraka Banking Group (ABG), reported a net income of $258 million in 2013, an increase of 10% over the income achieved in 2012. The Group said its net income for the fourth quarter of […]
+ABG achieves another milestone amid tough conditions
+02/23/2014 10:35:33 AM
+MANAMA: President and Chief Executive of Al Baraka Banking Group (ABG), Adnan Ahmed Yousif, on Sunday termed the 2013 healthy financials as a major milestone amid challenging economic conditions. If we take into account the difficult economic and
+BJA to unveil Sports Media Committee programme
+02/23/2014 01:12:05 AM
+MANAMA: Bahrain Journalists Association (BJA) will launch the Sport Media Committee work programme for 2014 on Monday evening. Information Affairs Authority (IAA) President Ali bin Mohammed Al-Romaihi will patronise the ceremony at Riffa Ballroom, th
+Global recognition in sports reflects leaderships support
+02/23/2014 01:09:19 AM
+MANAMA: Bahraini leaderships keenness yields in positive results on First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sport (SCYS) and President of Bahrain and the West Asian Athletics Associations Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa exten
+HM King Hamad to patronise BIGS 2014
+02/23/2014 01:05:51 AM
+MANAMA: Under the auspices of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and support of Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Wife of HM the King, President of the Supreme Council for Women and Chairperson of […]
+Bahrains Civil Defence top official honours by ICDO
+02/23/2014 01:03:13 AM
+MANAMA: The International Civil Defence Organisation (ICDO) honoured Interior Ministry Undersecretary Major General Khalid Salim Al Absi at the end of the 47th session of its Executive Council. Major General Al Absi was granted the Night Medal in tri
+HRH Prince Salman holds talks with Prince Charles
+02/23/2014 01:00:37 AM
+MANAMA: His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, bid farewell at Sakhir Air Base today to British Heir to the Throne Prince Charles following a visit to Bahrain [
+HM King reviews Bahrain-UK ties with Prince Charles
+02/23/2014 00:56:37 AM
+MANAMA: His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received at Al-Bustan Palace, in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, the United Kingdoms H
+Bahrain donates 500 houses, 2 vocational institutions to Philippines
+02/23/2014 00:53:12 AM
+MANILA: On the directives from His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Kingdom of Bahrain pledged to build 500 housing units in the most affected areas in Philippines in addition to two vocational institutions. This was announced in […]
+Bahrains jewellery & pearls experience in spotlight in India
+02/22/2014 00:21:40 AM
+The Minister of Industry and Commerce Dr Hassan Fakhro highlighted Bahrains experiences in field jewelry and pearls field in particular, pointing to Jewellery Arabia which is held in Bahrain annually since 1992 with the participation of leading lo
+Shaikh Hisham opens Tamkeens Student Expo
+02/22/2014 00:18:22 AM
+As part of its efforts to develop Bahraini human capital based on the requirements of the labour market and make Bahrainis the employees of choice, Tamkeen, in partnership with the Ministry of Education at Seef Mall held on Thursday the […]
+Shaikh Nasser in Manila to deliver humanitarian aid
+02/22/2014 00:12:51 AM
+MANILA: The Philippine President Benigno Aquino received here today the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, in the presence of the First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council
+Bahrain ratifies major human rights conventions
+02/22/2014 00:09:25 AM
+MANAMA: Human Rights Affairs Minister Dr. Salah bin Ali Abdulrahman said that the Kingdom has adopted an advanced approach through signing and ratifying a number of international conventions and amending its national laws so as to be in conformity wi
+Prince of Waless visit further bolsters Bahrain-UK ties
+02/22/2014 00:04:37 AM
+MANAMA: The Prince of Wales will briefly visit the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain and call on the Royal Families on Friday 21st February 2014, the UK embassy in Bahrain said in a statement on Friday. The Princes visit followed […]
+BIC gets lighting upgrade for regions 1st night F1 race
+02/21/2014 23:56:41 PM
+MANAMA: His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister launched a new permanent lighting system at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) enabling it to host the Middle E
+Bahrain assures support for Indias UN ambitions
+02/21/2014 23:52:23 PM
+MANAMA: HM the King Hamad Bin Isa Khalifa during his first visit to India reiterated Bahrains support for Indias candidature for permanent membership of the UN Security Council as well as for Indian candidature as a non-permanent member of the
+HM King Hamad leaves India after a successful visit
+02/20/2014 10:18:08 AM
+MANAMA: His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa left India en route to the Homeland concluding the official state visit to the friendly Republic of India at the invitation of President Pranab Mukherjee of the Republic of India. His […]
+Bahrain-India signs joint security pact
+02/20/2014 10:14:27 AM
+The Kingdom of Bahrain and the Republic of India signed a joint security agreement, paving the way for furthering co-operation in security related areas. This was announced as His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa attended a dinner banquet [̷
+Court awards death penalty for murdering policeman
+02/20/2014 10:07:43 AM
+MANAMA: Acting Chief of Capital Governorate Prosecution Mohammed Salah stated that the Higher Criminal Court has announced its verdict in the case of murdered police officer Mohammed Asif Khan. The Courts fourth chamber, comprising Judges Ali Khal
+Bahrain-India ties embark on new heights of excellence
+02/20/2014 10:02:07 AM
+The Indian Premier asserted India and Bahrain enjoy cordial friendship ties based on bilateral historical and cultural bonds. Talking during the leadership level talks between the two sides, he said that bilateral ties have entered into a new era of
+Egypts $5.3b public finance comes from grants
+02/20/2014 09:27:27 AM
+LONDON: Egypt’s public finances remain the main weakness in the country’s sovereign credit profile, despite a slight improvement in its budgetary performance in the first half of the current fiscal year, according to Fitch Ratings. Dat
+EFG Bank wins 5th leg of EFG Sailing Arabia The Tour 2014
+02/20/2014 09:15:49 AM
+Dubai, UAE: After an extremely close, tactical race from Ras Al Khaimah to Dibba, Sidney Gavignet and team on EFG Bank (Monaco) narrowly beat 21-year-old Marcel Herrera and UK students on Messe Frankfurt Sailing Team, to win Leg 5 of […]
+Batelco enhances its stake to 90% in Quality Net
+02/20/2014 08:31:56 AM
+MANAMA: Batelco Group (Ticker: BATELCO), the regional Telecommunications Group with operations across 14 countries, announced today that it has entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with the Alghanims to acquire their 46% shareholding in Quality Ne
+Bahrain-India signs 18 MoUs during HM Kings visit
+02/20/2014 08:20:56 AM
+New Delhi: The Kingdom of Bahrain and India have inked 18 memoranda of understandings and agreements during the three-day historic visit of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to India which concluded on Thursday. Bahrain is the ideal [̷
+Bahrain-India trade reaches $2.5b: Minister
+02/20/2014 08:14:49 AM
+,New Delhi: Bahrain-India overall trade volume, that includes both oil and non-oil trade, in 2011 amounted to US$2.5 billion, up over 280% over the US$666 million of 2006, according to a senior Bahraini Government official. Bahrains non-oil tra
+Tamkeen broadens community engagement initiative
+02/19/2014 07:49:58 AM
+MANAMA: Tamkeen appointed a number of citizens as representatives of its Community Engagement Initiative, which seeks to boost direct communication with the public and improve the services that Tamkeen provides through its various programmes. The new
+EFG Bank wins Ras Al Khaimah Inport races
+02/19/2014 07:46:47 AM
+RAS AL KHAIMAH: Two firsts and a second place in Tuesdays gripping Inport races at Al Hamra Marina & Yacht Club in Ras Al Khaimah was enough for Sidney Gavignet and team on EFG Bank (Monaco) to take the overall […]
+AUBs net profit up 72% to $579m in 2013
+02/19/2014 07:34:31 AM
+MANAMA: Bahrain-based Ahli United Bank B.S.C. (AUB) reported a net profit, attributable to its equity shareholders, of US$ 579.4 million for the year 2013, growth of 72.6% compared with US$ 335.7 million in 2012. This included an exceptional non-recu
+Bahrain an ideal investment destination for Indian investors
+02/19/2014 01:41:50 AM
+NEW DELHI: His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa on Tuesday urged Indian businessmen to invest in Bahrain and benefit from its economic and social openness. “Bahrain spares no effort to encourage external investments with India, being the c
+$1.4t Islamic finance is ready to enter North Africa
+02/18/2014 14:02:57 PM
+MANAMA: After tremendous global success over the past decade, with total assets estimated at about $1.4 trillion, Islamic finance could develop in North Africa, according S&P report. Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services in report titled “Is
+BNH Group reports over BD3m net profit for 2013
+02/18/2014 13:49:57 PM
+MANAMA: Bahrain-based BNH Group on Tuesday said that its net profit for the year increased by 30% to BD 3.02 million compared to BD 2.33 million for the same period last year, due to a combination of growth in premium, […]
+HM King Hamad arrives in India to hold high level talks
+02/18/2014 13:47:42 PM
+MANAMA: His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa arrived on Tuesday afternon at the Palam Air Force Base in Indian Capital on an official state visit to friendly India at the invitation of the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee. HM […]
+HM King to hold talks with Indian PM, President
+02/18/2014 13:41:38 PM
+MANAMA: His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa left Manama on Tuesday accompanied by a high-level governmental delegation on an official state visit to the Republic of India at the invitation of President Pranab Mukherjee of the Republic of [̷
+Bahrain to bolster ties with South Asian nations
+02/18/2014 13:32:12 PM
+MANAMA: Minister of Transportation and Acting CEO of the Economic Development Board (EDB) Kamal bin Ahmed said that His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s visit to India is in line with the Kingdom’s keen interest to bolster its [
+Batelco launches Entrepreneur Programme
+02/18/2014 01:06:20 AM
+MANAMA: As part of its commitment to the community, Batelco, the Kingdoms leading integrated communications services provider, announced the launch of its unique professional programme Batelco Entrepreneur Programme. Batelcos Youth Market
+CrediMax hands over keys to car winner
+02/18/2014 01:03:33 AM
+CrediMax, the credit card pioneering company, has announced the names of first winners of 2014 Choose You Color This Year! campaign. CrediMax congratulated Sayed Abdulla Mohsen Al Alawi who went home with a Lexus ES 350, the first monthly prize [&
+EFG Bank Monaco wins 3rd leg Sailing Arabia The Tour 2014
+02/18/2014 00:59:31 AM
+Frenchman Sidney Gavignet and team on EFG Bank (Monaco) sailed an impressive, tactical 60-nautical mile sprint from Abu Dhabi to Dubai, to win Leg 3 of the EFG Sailing Arabia The Tour 2014 the regions only offshore endurance […]
+eGA honours winners of Government App Star programme
+02/18/2014 00:56:07 AM
+MANAMA: eGovernment Authority (eGA) eService Delivery and Channel Enhancement Director Ahmed Buhazza announced that eGA has adopted a group of innovative ideas by developing applications which can be utilized through smartphones, given by participant
+Batelco provides solutions to Americana Group
+02/17/2014 00:00:57 AM
+Batelco, Bahrain’s leading business communications services provider, is pleased to announce that it will be providing a complete communications solution to the Bahrain & Kuwait Restaurant Company, which is part of Americana Group. As part of t
+Development cant sustain in violence, terrorism
+02/16/2014 23:57:00 PM
+MANAMA: His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister, emphasized that development must be built upon responsible citizenship, which renounces violence and terrorism. This was stated by HRH Prime Minister chaired the weekly
+Bahrain Cabinet reiterates to weed out terrorism
+02/16/2014 23:46:09 PM
+MANAMA: The Cabinet on Sunday strongly condemned the terrorist incident that took place Friday evening, in which a security officer was killed and others were injured while carrying out their responsibilities in maintaining safety and stability in th
+Agriculture technology takes center stage at BIGS 2014
+02/16/2014 23:33:09 PM
+MANAMA: State-of-the-art greenhouses, green walls, green roofs, sophisticated kitchen gardens and other cutting edge agricultural technologies, will be showcased at the Bahrain International Garden Show (BIGS) this year. The event is being organised
+As head of Montana Peoples Action and Indian Peoples Action, Janet Robideau is determined to help not only American Indians but all people who need it
+Prague 2007: Common Ground
+Janet Robideau is a Northern Cheyenne from southeastern Montana. “I was born in San Francisco,” she says, beginning her life story. “People still ask me and I have to tell them that I was not born in a teepee down by the river. My mother was in the Army; my father was in the Air Force."
+Robideau spent her school years in a boarding school. “Everything became a sin; even bubble gum was a sin. And I love bubble gum to this day!” Her family moved to the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana when Robideau was 10. And about the time she was 12, she started to learn the Cheyenne language. “My grandfather told me: ‘You are a Cheyenne. And you need to know your language.’ And he stopped talking to me in English. And that is how I learned. I would listen to him and go and point things to find out what he was talking about.”
+Her Cheyenne name is “Hatha-o-hio”, Standing Out Woman. Her daughter is 36 years old and her name is a Lone Pine Tree Woman; Robideau’s son is 32 years old and he was named Little Wild Wind by his father, James Robideau.
+Urban Indians just no longer live on their homelands, says Robideau. ‘Urban Indian’ does not mean ‘assimilated Indian.’ “We know we are different,” says Robideau. “We are proud of that.”
+Robideau chose, and still chooses, to live off the reservation. “I didn’t want to live at home in Lame Deer, because there is no place to work, no place to live.” Reservations have the highest unemployment rate in the state. If people do not leave, they usually have to choose between working for the BIA or for the tribe. “And you know, with tribal politics, sometimes that can be really insecure, depending on who runs for office and who gets elected,” she says.
+Life on the reservation
+“My reservation is so small,” says Robideau. “Everybody knows everybody! And you are either related by marriage or by blood. When I was growing up, my grandfather always said: ‘No, you can’t go with him, no, you can’t go with him… And I was always like: ‘Is there anybody I can have as a boyfriend?’”
+Janet Robideau moved to Missoula to go to college. When she graduated, she stayed here. “My kids were at school and I did not want them to pull them out and take them back.” She has been here since 1984. “I really didn’t care about small-town living. I never did. Although it is odd now, because I live in Lolo which is a small town… Everybody knows everybody and that is what I left.”
+“I came to Montana Peoples Action in 1980 as a member,” she says, and adds that she has been with the organization ever since.
+Indian Peoples Action was formed in 1997. “We found,” Robideau explains, “that people were focusing on the tribes, but only on reservations issues. People looked at us and said: Oh, Janet, I really support sovereignty, water rights, hunting rights… And I said: ‘All right and where do you stand on affordable housing, what about public education, why are we building more prisons than schools…?’ People were really surprised that we cared about that.”
+Misunderstanding kills Indian women
+Women’s lack of understanding is a problem, Robideau says. Some are afraid to seek medical treatment out of fear that they’ll encounter someone who is not respectful to them. Sometimes they delay a doctor’s visit until it’s too late, she says.
+The gender of the doctor can be a problem. Robideau says some Indian women ask to see a female doctor instead of male one. “Sometimes it has to do with their spirituality,” she continues. “In some tribes if a woman is married to a medicine man --- no other man can touch her. And then she goes in for an exam and there is a male nurse… Then she has to say ‘No’.” But sometimes this is all the clinics have and the woman’s option is to get examined by a male or not get an exam.
+Robideau cites two surveys done in Missoula that suggest the importance of better informed Indian women: “The first one is that Indian women 18-24 years of age who become HIV positive in Montana often get it from their boyfriends and husbands.” The second study found that Indian women age 50 and over were contracting and dying from treatable cancer: breast cancer, cervical cancer and colorectal cancer.
+How such information is communicated is very important, Robideau said. “Cultural traditions are so important. And it is not just about Indians. We have other large minorities here. Fair and equal treatment of everybody—not just us. Discrimination is discrimination is discrimination. And it is wrong.”
+Does she still feel like a member of the tribe?
+Once she left the reservation, Janet Robideau says, she didn’t stop being an Indian. “I use the term Indian, because that is how I always used to call myself. I heard people said: Native American, American Indian, indigenous … I am an Indian. You can call me whatever you like as long as you do it with respect.”
+“Before my grandfather died he told me: ‘Whatever you do, wherever you go, always remember, that you are a Cheyenne. Don’t ever forget that.’” Her grandfather was to Robideau the one who really pushed for education.
+Indian people in urban areas, says Janet Robideau, often face poverty and unemployment, the inability to get a good job, and racial discrimination. They encounter stereotypes—people think that Indians do not pay taxes, get everything for free, sit and wait for their welfare check, or are rich because they have casinos.
+One of the most poorly understood complaints has to do with Indians getting free health care, says Robideau. “God! Who wants it! It is really, really bad.” Moreover, once Indians leave the reservation for 180 days continuously, unless they are in the military or in school, they lose access to the services provided on the reservation. “You have nothing; you just have to hope you don’t get sick,” she comments.
+“If I broke my leg or had a heart attack, I would jump into my car, drive eight or nine hours to my reservation, and stay there for six months to get access to healthcare,” says Robideau. “This idea of ‘free’ health care is all about people who think there is somebody else eating a bigger piece of pie than they are. We are not even getting a pie! We are all getting crumbs. It just turns us against each other.”
+Racism is still here
+Decades ago, one of the defining moments of her life was when Janet Robideau and others met with a company that wanted to mine coal on the Northern Cheyenne reservation.
+“I was young, about 20, and I was at a meeting with this coal company and we came there with Crow. I was smoking in a corner and I overheard a meeting with these guys and the Crow leaders, and these guys from the company told them: We really want to talk with you, we think that Crow people have an understanding what we are trying to do, we think we can really do that thing with you, we are going to form this committee and we want you to lead this committee, we will work very closely with you… And later that afternoon, the same place, the same men came to talk to our Cheyenne leaders. And they said exactly the same thing…. ‘We’d really like you to lead this committee, but these Crow think that they should have it… And that effectively broke down everything. And that is what they wanted. They do not want to deal with us as combined entity. It is easier to divide us and deal with a separate group. I did not say anything, but later when we got home, I told my uncle. And he just smiled…”
+Indians can be racists, too
+Racism can go both ways, says Robideau. “We were once in D.C. and about twenty of us, Indians, were there. This one guy was talking and joking about Columbus, in a comical way. I was laughing and then I saw this couple, a white couple. The look on their faces was not anger, but confusion and their faces were asking ‘Why are you saying this?’ I was among elders, so I wasn’t allowed to say anything. But if I said nothing, I would be a hypocrite! So I said: ‘I am really uncomfortable with the turn this conversation has taken. What we are saying is really hurtful and if the situation was different and we were sitting around the table of white people who were saying the same things about us, we would be outraged. Why is it okay for us to say that?’ Then it was just dead quiet. And actually the guy who had been speaking spoke up and said: ‘You are right. We can’t do this.’”
+Fighting racism is, according to Janet, “like trying to put sand of a beach with a teaspoon.”
+Turn your back on me
+Leaving the reservation does not mean that everybody there wishes you luck. “Sometimes people on the reservation say: ‘You turned your back on your own people; you are trying to live in a world that doesn’t really want you.’ And they are partly right, says Robideau. “We are trying to fit in a world which actually never let us forgets who we are.” If an urban Indian wants to be again part of reservation society, he has to doubly prove himself. Once I graduated I went back to Lame Deer and went to a shop there. I saw my old friend, we used to party together, we had babies at the same time… She looked at me and she ignored me. So I went to her and told her ‘Hi, how are you?’ And she was like: ‘I didn’t think you would talk to me. I heard you are white now…’”
+This is good!!
+Pe Va
+Posted by: Floyd J. Bearing, Jr./Nightwalker/LooksBehind | September 26, 2007 at 11:01 PM
+live tv
+Hello guys is there ...Hello guys is there any way i can make live tv by useing FLV Player?
+like
+so iwill add video in the Playlist.xml is will make it as live
+Hello guys is there ...Hello guys is there any way i can make live tv by useing FLV Player?
+like
+so iwill add video in the Playlist.xml is will make it as live
+any one yet come on guys reply
+i have a same question that how can i show mogulus tv stream in jw player.. any help?
+thx in advance
+Yes it is possible.
+The rtmp for their proxy is: rtmp://ec2-67-202-20-141.compute-1.amazonaws.com/mogulusproxy
+and channel playlist rtmp: rtmp://ec2-75-101-174-12.compute-1.amazonaws.com/mogulus-edge/CHANNELNAME
+If you wanna do this because of the stupid google ads, just skip the .js part and go right to the rtmp, like this:
+Or you can download the player2.swf file, custemize it and replace it with the flvplayer.swf file, go to the XML file and insert the rtmp link there.
+Hope this helps you guys.
+Good luck:)
+You need an open sorce server streaming FLV player. Jw player is only for local flash video files. That's why it works with youtube files.
+Youtube videos are FLV encoded.
+Mogulus and the other live streaming flash services are built on RTMP (Real Time Messaging Protocol) streaming.
+Which means, you'll need a FLV player that runs remote flash servers.
+You can use 2flvadsplayer. With this player u can insert multiple RTMP servers like for example mogulus (rtmp://ec2-67-202-20-141.compute-1.amazonaws.com/mogulusproxy)
+Now back to this player, since it's an FLV player it will allow u to play the .flv files you run on your mogulus, ustreamtv or any other places, just as with the movies on
+They are also FLV format but when u upload them to your mogulus channel they will run on a live server (rtmp). So RTMP is actually a live streaming playlist.
+So to run a mogulus channel (a.k.a flash video playlist), you need a player that can play these playlists like I said before. So google for an RTMP Player.
+My best advice is xmlthumbplayer-blue. You can download it here:
+In the file.xml file, find rtmp://72.35.95.24/wowzatest and replace it with tjhe rtmp server link, and replace video.flv with the flv files you have uploaded to mogulus.com.
+Do the same thing with all the file.xml files (file1.xml, file2.xml etc.) but with another flv movie link in each .xml file.
+Now you have your channel on-demand and live with this xmlthumbplayer-blue player.
+If you don't want the channel on-demand, add &ondemandEnabled=false in the index.html file.
+This method is also great so u can have full speed on your channel what so ever how many visiters you have, you also don't have to worry about the stupid google ads.
+Good luck:)
+Hi Ivarn
+Could you explain it better for me please, or could you email me to: internetcalls@gmail.com i'm really insterested in it.
+Regards
+best would be if you could show an example embed code for us newbies....Mogulus is really getting greedy - they are liniting free channels to 50 viewers now.
+Live streams work perfectly fine in the player, so you could simply add live streams in a playlist.
+Somebody has a Mogulus channel url so I can setup a small example?
+Please, you can setup a small example for this Mogulus channel?
+Thanks
+I need this too JeroenW but with justin.tv channel. my justin tv channel is if this is posiblle, i pay for one license :-)
+*Ivarn* i tried what u said man. But its not working for me. I am going wrong somewhere. Please make a video of how to do it and post it in youtube and give the url here man. I am very much interested in it.
+And *rock* u asked to play ur show in jw player right? I have seen some sites broadcasting in ustream and using jw player to broadcast the same in their site(without using ustream player)
+They broadcast their channel @ and they use the code given below to embed it into their site. They use jw player not the ustream player.
+This is the code
+<embed src="" height="380" width="490" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="file=ustream@internap_1_542423.flv&streamer=rtmp://ustream.flash.internapcdn.net/ustream&autostart=true" bgcolor="#000000"/>
+but when i tried it with my channel i couldnt do it.
+I tried so many things but wasnt successful. May be we should make some modifications in the xml file to broadcast like them. Many sites are doing it nowadays. If someone knows how to do this please help us. Thank u
+Does Jw Player runs with Flash Lite 3?
+thank you for the good tutorial Ivarn. where should
+thertmp://ec2-75-101-174-12.compute-1.amazonaws.com/mogulus-edge/CHANNELNAME be puted in the flvadsplayer config.xml file to stream the media ?
+has anyone found a solution for this?
+thanks
+Seems good!
+can someone tell me howi can put one ustream channel on my JW player?
+i tried that:
+ustream channel:
+<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="400" height="320" id="utv79955"><param name="flashvars" value="autoplay=false&brand=embed&cid=1463863"/><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/><param name="movie" value=""/><embed flashvars="autoplay=false&brand=embed&cid=1463863" width="400" height="320" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" id="utv79955" name="utv_n_537515">
+with player:
+<center><iframe src="" style="border:0px #FFFFFF none;" name="myiFrame" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" marginheight="0px" marginwidth="0px" height="400px" width="500px"></iframe><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="9" height="9" id="utv626353"><param name="flashvars" value="autoplay=true&brand=embed&cid=1463863"/><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/><param name="movie" value=""/><embed flashvars="autoplay=false&brand=embed&cid=1463863" width="9" height="9" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" id="utv626353" name="utv_n_474614" src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" </center>
+Ustream channel test:
+<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="400" height="320"="400" height="320" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" id="utv288646" name="utv_n_630931" src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /></object><a href="" style="padding: 2px 0px 4px; width: 400px; background: #ffffff; display: block; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center;" target="_blank">Online TV Shows by Ustream</a>
+with player channel test:
+<center><iframe src="" style="border:0px #FFFFFF none;" name="myiFrame" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" marginheight="0px" marginwidth="0px" height="400px" width="500px"></iframe><object classid="d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="9" height="9"="9" height="9" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" id="utv288646" name="utv_n_630931" src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" </center>
+the 2 first parts working other 2 is my test.. but doesnt work.. can someone help me?
+thanks
+thats my info..
+RTMP App: rtmp://ustream.fc.llnwd.net:1935/ustream/test
+Media Path: ustream@limelight_1_2087974
+how i can make player with that?
+@Tom, when I try to use your code I get this error – “Script: Access Denied”
+Hey Ivan are you still around? Can you email me? I have some quick questions for you. Thanks
+my email naredetv@gmail.com
+Thanks!
+Any luck tom?
+Hi there. I would like to know if there is any chance to instal flv player into the mobile phone. I want to use it for online Tv as it works on i-phone. I have got a new Samsung BADA ( Wave). I would by so happy if there is any possible way to make it woking, on smartfons, especially with bada operating sistems.
+@Peto – Unfortunately, this is not possible.
+Hi Ethan,
+Can it is possible to Run a Live Online TV using red5 server. let me describe more.
+1. I have a red5 server
+2. I have 4 files in /opt/red5/webapps/oflaDemo/streams Folder.
+3. I want to play the video file like TV.
+4. User viewing now a video. they just pause it but when they again play it will be play more than forward time because its like a tv.
+Can it is possible. Pls let me know. or give me a solution where i can do this.
+thanks
+Saaqeb
+Ethan my email address is saaqeb@gmail.com. pls mail me...pls thanks.
+Yes, the player supports live streaming like this.
+Can you give me some sample code what i need to put then this video will be like TV.
+Read this tutorial, we don’t have any examples.
+Control Your Home with Vera from Mi Casa Verde
+Automating your home is one of those ideas that has been around forever. The idea is older than the light bulb, which was itself a form of automation—no more lighting gas lamps or candles manually, simply flip a switch.
+We humans are a lazy bunch—even a simple action like flipping a switch became not easy enough—so various devices and technologies have appeared over the years to automate lights and other electrical devices. The type of devices available to control your house basically can be split into two categories: professionally installed and do-it-yourself.
+For all home-control systems, there has to be a way to tell devices to turn on and off. For professionally installed systems, this often means the installation of extensive new wiring, which is fairly easy to put into place if you are building a new house but can be very expensive if you are trying to install a system into an existing house.
+For the do-it-yourself crowd, the most popular system has been X10, which sends signals over power lines. This has the advantage of not needing any new wiring. You can build your system out slowly, and you can do it yourself as long as you are reasonably technical. However, X10 has several disadvantages. If you live in an apartment, for example, and you and a neighbor are both using X10, the potential exists for you to turn each other's lights on and off accidentally. Even in a house, things might not work as expected, because sending signals over power lines is problematic, and sometimes interference causes signals to be lost or misdirected.
+Z-Wave is a new automation technology that attempts to overcome the limitations of earlier systems by utilizing wireless mesh networking. Each Z-Wave device acts as both a transmitter and a receiver. Any signals it receives are retransmitted automatically. Additionally, whenever it acts on a command, a Z-Wave device sends out a reply message letting the controller know that it acted.
+Like X10, Z-Wave lets you automate your home a few devices at a time, which allows you to spread the cost over a longer period, rather than having to pony up a lot of cash up front. There's nothing stopping you from doing it all at once or even from hiring a professional to do it for you, but you don't have to.
+The main problem that Z-Wave has, which is common to all home-control systems, is it can be complicated to set up.
+One new Linux-powered product, the Vera from Mi Casa Verde, advertises itself as a Z-Wave home-control gateway that anyone can set up. To test that claim, I gave an unopened Vera and several Z-Wave modules to a nontechnical test user, and asked the user to set it up.
+Figure 1. The Vera doesn't come with much, just the main box, a dongle, a power brick and an Ethernet cable. In the background are some Z-Wave modules.
+The Vera comes with a four-page printed setup guide that walks you through plugging the Vera in and connecting to it for the first time. When it is first turned on, the Vera tries to connect to your home network using DHCP. As the test user knows next to nothing about switches, routers, Ethernet or DHCP, and never has needed to, I had to assist with this. I helped the user plug the Vera in to a free spot on a switch, and the user powered it on.
+The documentation at this point states that you should wait a couple minutes after turning the Vera on so that it can boot and announce its presence to the findvera.com Web site. After waiting, all you have to do is go to findvera.com and click on the big green Setup Vera on my home network button. The user did this and was able to connect to the Vera Web interface.
+Figure 2. When connecting to Vera, you don't have to know the IP address, simply go to findvera.com and it will connect you.
+So far so good. The Vera was plugged in, and the user was able to connect to the Vera without knowing what address it had been assigned by my home router. This integration is slick and makes connecting easy.
+The next step in the printed documentation has a screenshot of what you should see after you connect to Vera for the first time. However, when the user connected the first time, the Vera went to the firmware upgrade screen instead of the initial setup screen. The user found this confusing. The printed documentation should state that the firmware upgrade screen might appear and what to do about it before continuing with the initial setup. Or, the Vera should have realized that it was not set up and waited until it was before prompting to upgrade the firmware.
+Upgrading firmware on the Vera is easy, and it prompts you to make a backup of your settings before starting, which is a nice touch. However, it is not a process the user was comfortable doing, so I finished that step before we moved on.
+After updating the firmware and rebooting the Vera, the user connected again, and this time, instead of seeing the setup screen, the Vera went to the Dashboard. This screen is supposed to appear automatically after setup, and it provides a single screen from which to control your devices. It is not what the user expected to see, so the user wasn't quite sure what to do since the page was basically blank (nothing had been set up yet at this point). I directed the user to the setup link at the top right of the screen and after clicking on it, the screen appeared that the printed documentation said you should see.
+At this point, the printed documentation basically ends (apart from some network troubleshooting information), and the Vera relies on embedded YouTube videos to talk you through what to do next and how to set things up. These videos play automatically by default, which the user found useful. This autoplay feature can be turned off by unchecking the Autoplay button.
+The basic sequence of events for this initial setup is to walk your way from top to bottom through the buttons on the left-hand side of the Vera Web interface. The first step (apart from the Intro section) the Vera asks you to complete is to set up an account on findvera.com, so you can connect to your Vera from anywhere in the world. The use of this remote-access service is free for the first 90 days and costs $7.95/month after that. The on-line documentation does state that the service is optional, and it even points out that you can set up external access yourself if you want to. The Web GUI doesn't mention any of this (you have to click on a “learn more” link to get the information), so I just told the user to skip to the next section.
+The next step, and the first real one in my opinion, is to create “Rooms”. This is so the Vera can organize your devices logically. The user found this step easy and did not need any help from me. The embedded video on this page even helpfully suggests that if you have outdoor devices, you should just think of them as rooms to keep things simple.
+The next step is to add actual Z-Wave devices to the Vera. Devices range from simple lamp and appliance modules (lamp modules are dimmable, and appliance modules are not), to motion detectors, automatic blinds and thermostats. Lamp and appliance modules come in several varieties, from small boxes that you plug in to wall outlets, to actual in-wall outlets and light switches that you install in place of the originals. Obviously, the in-wall devices will give your room a cleaner, more professional look, but they are harder to install. The Vera also can interface with some non-Z-Wave devices, including IP cameras.
+The basic sequence for adding new devices is as follows:
+Unplug the Z-Wave dongle from the back of the Vera.
+Take the dongle over to the Z-Wave module that you want to add.
+Press the button on the dongle (it will start to blink).
+Press the button on the Z-Wave module (the dongle light will go solid for a couple seconds to let you know it detected the button press).
+Repeat steps 2–4 for any other modules you want to add.
+Plug the dongle back in to the Vera.
+The steps were easy to understand for me, but they were not as easy for the user. The confusion mainly centered around the terminology. For example, the user was not familiar with the word dongle and wouldn't have known what it was if the documentation hadn't included a picture and mentioned that it was black. The user said the word dongle was about as descriptive as the words thingy and whatchamacallit. Even with this bit of confusion, the user was able to add the devices without help, thanks to the clear instructions.
+Once the user added the devices and plugged the dongle back in to the Vera, it was time to configure them. The user also found this difficult the first time and asked for my help on the initial one.
+You configure devices by setting up various “scenes”. Scenes are basically groups of commands. An example would be “set all lights in the family room to 50% brightness”, or “turn all lights off in the master bedroom”. Once you have set up a scene, you can call it quits, leave it as is and run it manually at any time. However, the real power of the Vera comes when you add timers and events to scenes.
+Timers let you run scenes at specified times, such as “every Monday at 8pm”, “every 2 hours” or “on 12 June 2009 at 3:24am”. Events let you run scenes when a certain event occurs, such as “whenever the doorbell rings”, “if the hall motion sensor is tripped” or “when the master bedroom light switch is turned on”. Once I walked through the process of setting up an event and a timer, the user understood it and was able to add scenes, timers and events.
+You probably are noticing a pattern here. At nearly every step, the user got stuck and came to me with questions. One thing the Mi Casa Verde folks could do to alleviate at least some of this would be to show someone actually completing the steps instead of just telling you how to do it. Perhaps they also could have you configure a virtual room with virtual devices that you can configure and play with. The fact that they are attempting to simplify things to the point where anyone can automate a home is a lofty goal, and I think they actually have succeeded in many ways, even though I ended up doing most of the configuration.
+The basic flaw is that Vera assumes you know what certain keywords mean. You are expected to know what dongle, LAN, Wi-Fi, DHCP, gateway, USB port and other terms mean. For a reasonably technical person, those terms are easy, but for someone like the nontechnical user in this example, such terms might not be understood. For this user, a computer is just there—you sit in front of it, type and click the mouse. The concepts of files, applications and programs are needlessly complicated. To this user, there are only tasks, such as “check my e-mail to see if Sue has written back”, “print this letter so I can mail it”, “watch a video on YouTube”, “see if check #1234 has cleared the bank”, “upload photos from the party last night to Facebook” and so on. The user has no desire to move past that level of understanding. Vera and other products targeted at everyone need to realize that even the phrase “unplug the dongle” might not be
+RIBS TPTD: “Queens Of Soul”
+Filed under: R&B, Triple Play Thurs-Day, jazz, music, podcasts/mixes, soul
+If you’ve been stopping by the main site, NetInfoWeb 2.0, you know that I have dubbed March ‘Soul Diva’ month because three of the top 10 (IMHO) female soul legends celebrate birthdays this month. Well, it is only fitting that this week’s Triple PlayThurs-Day is presented in honor of:
+- Her Majesty, the ‘Queen of Soul’, Aretha Franklin,
+- the ‘Queen of Motown’, Diana Ross, and
+- the legendary, soulful voice that can only be, Chaka Khan
+Aretha starts us off by taking us to “chuuch” with my favorite gospel tune by her, Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep, as well as contributing a beautiful gospel rendition of Someday We’ll All Be Free, a blues number, Today I Sing The Blues and, Sparkle and Hooked On Your Love from the movie soundtrack among her selections.
+For Diana I went with some of her top songs from her solo days in Touch Me In The Morning and Love Hangover (both personal favorites), her final release with the Supremes, Someday We’ll Be Together, as well as displaying her jazzy side with All Of Me (from “Lady Sings the Blues”).
+Chaka’s selections in this mix are the most diverse. While there is the familiar (and beautiful) Sweet Thing from her days with Rufus, I wanted to showcase her versatility by including the jazz numbers All Of Me and Don’t Go To Strangers, her vocal work on Bob Baldwin’s jazz cover version of Funkin’ For Jamaica, and the theme from the James Bond movie, Goldfinger.
+Enjoy…
+RIBS TPTD: Queens Of Soul
+Alternate (if you have a problem using the javascript pop-up): Click here.
+Right-click here to download .MP3 file (74Mb)
+Playlist:
+- Aretha Franklin - Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep
+- Diana Ross - Touch Me InThe Morning
+- Chaka Khan & Rufus - Sweet Thing
+- Aretha Franklin - Sparkle
+- Diana Ross - Love Hangover
+- Chaka Khan & Rufus - Highlight
+- Aretha Franklin - Today I Sing The Blues
+- Diana Ross - All Of Me
+- Chaka Khan - All Of Me
+- Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming
+- Diana Ross - Theme From Mahogany
+- Chaka Khan & Rufus - Don’t Go To Strangers
+- Aretha Franklin - Hooked On Your Love
+- Diana Ross - I’m Coming Out
+- Chaka Khan - Funkin’ For Jamaica (Bob Baldwin jazz version)
+- Aretha Franklin - Someday We’ll All Be Free
+- Chaka Khan - Goldfinger
+- Diana Ross and The Supremes - Someday We’ll Be Together
+- Aretha Franklin - Who’s Zoomin’ Who
+Technorati Tags: soul, netinfoweb, TPTD, playlist, mp3, mp3blog, soul music, jazz, Rhythms In Black Satin, RIBS
+RIBS Bonus Mix: “Happy Birthday, Chaka!”…
+Yesterday (Friday, March 23) was the ‘birth celebration day’ of Chaka Khan. Easily (IMHO) one of the top 5 Soul/R&B ‘divas’ of all time, she’s always been one of my favorite singers through my many years of listening to music. And I am sure that many of you out there feel the same.
+Well… since we’ve had quite a few of our Soul and R&B entertainers leaving us lately, I thought it would be a nice change of pace to celebrate one of our favorite singers while they are still alive, healthy and around to appreciate our appreciation! (man, I hope my old English teacher isn’t around to read that last sentence {smile}). Anyway, I present for your listening enjoyment, a special, bonus playlist on the site this week…
+RIBS Bonus Mix: Happy Birthday, Chaka!
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+Right-click here to download .MP3 file (74Mb)
+Playlist:
+- Rufus & Chaka Khan - Once You Get Started
+- Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
+- Rufus & Chaka Khan - At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)
+- Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain’t Nothin’ But A Maybe
+- Rufus & Chaka Khan - Stop On By
+- Rufus & Chaka Khan - Please Pardon Me (You Remind Me Of A Friend)
+- Chaka Khan - I Know You, I Live You
+- Rufus & Chaka Khan - Do You Love What You Feel
+- Chaka Khan - Life Is A Dance
+- Rufus & Chaka Khan - Somebody’s Watching You
+- Chaka Khan - Papillon (Hot Butterfly)
+- Rufus & Chaka Khan - Hollywood
+- Rufus & Chaka Khan - Stay
+- Chaka Khan - To Sir With Love
+- Rufus & Chaka Khan - You’ve Got The Love
+- Rufus & Chaka Khan - I Got The Right Street
+- Rufus & Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good
+- Rufus & Chaka Khan - Walkin’ In The Sun
+- Chaka Khan - Sleep On It
+- Chaka Khan - I’m Every Woman
+Enjoy the mix, and don’t forget to drop by tomorrow for the next edition of RIBS’ SundaySoul!
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+RIBS TPTD: “Wonder, Charles & Benson”
+Filed under: R&B, Triple Play Thurs-Day, jazz, music, podcasts/mixes, soul
+Dropping this a little later than expected, but better late than not at all, right? Installment #3 of Triple Play Thurs-Day is [finally] here!
+This week we turn our attention to selections from three masters of Soul, R&B and Jazz:
+- the genius of Steveland Morris, better known to all as Stevie Wonder,
+- the unique versatility of Ray Charles, and
+- the Jazz guitar and smooth vocals of George Benson
+As I always attempt to do with the mixes posted here, I have tried to stay away from the very popular and more familiar songs from these artists (for the most part) and give you a sampling of songs that you may not have heard in a long while (or only hear infrequently) and some things that you didn’t even know they had recorded. Overall, what I hope I have achieved is a nice flow from song to song and artist to artist. You might consider it an “enjoyable feast to sooth your aural appetite”!
+Enjoy…
+RIBS TPTD: Wonder-Charles-Benson
+Alternate (if you have a problem using the javascript pop-up): Click here.
+Right-click here to download .MP3 file (74Mb)
+Playlist:
+- Stevie Wonder - Keep On Running
+- Ray Charles - What’d I Say
+- George Benson - Off Broadway
+- Stevie Wonder - Maybe Your Baby
+- Ray Charles - Let’s Go Get Stoned
+- George Benson - Ain’t That Peculiar
+- Stevie Wonder - All I Do
+- Ray Charles - Lonely Avenue
+- George Benson - 20/20
+- Stevie Wonder - Tuesday Heartbreak
+- Ray Charles - The Heat Of The Night
+- George Benson - Mt. Airy Road
+- Stevie Wonder - Love Having You Around
+- Ray Charles - Blackjack
+- George Benson - Take Five
+- Stevie Wonder - Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)
+Technorati Tags: soul, netinfoweb, TPTD, playlist, mp3, mp3blog, soul music, jazz,
+RIBS TPTD: “Hathaway, Lewis & Sade”
+Filed under: R&B, Triple Play Thurs-Day, jazz, music, podcasts/mixes, soul
+Welcome Back! I guess it looks like this thing might actually happen on a weekly basis after all, eh? {smile}
+For the second installment of Triple Play Thurs-Day I present to you:
+- the soul vocalizations of Donny Hathaway (and he played some pretty mean keyboards too!),
+- the unmistakable Jazz melodies of Ramsey Lewis, and
+- the sultry, vocal sensuality of Sade
+I hope you really enjoy the TPTD mixes. If you have three artists you want to hear in a future Triple Play Thurs-Day, just drop the names off in a comment and I’ll see what I can do.
+RIBS TPTD: Hathaway-Lewis-Sade
+Alternate (if you have a problem using the javascript pop-up): Click here.
+Right-click here to download .MP3 file (71Mb)
+Playlist:
+- Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto
+- Ramsey Lewis - The ‘In’ Crowd
+- Sade - Never As Good As The First Time
+- Donny Hathaway - Valdez In The Country
+- Ramsey Lewis - Function At The Junction
+- Sade - Cherry Pie
+- Donny Hathaway - A Song For You
+- Ramsey Lewis - Summer Breeze
+- Sade - Nothing Can Come Between Us
+- Ramsey Lewis - Brazilica
+- Donny Hathaway - Someday We’ll All Be Free
+- Sade - Is It A Crime
+- Donny Hathaway - Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)
+- Ramsey Lewis - Wade In The Water
+- Sade - Frankie’s First Affair
+- Donny Hathaway - Tryin’ Times
+- Sade - Give It Up
+- Ramsey Lewis - Slippin’ Into Darkness
+Enjoy!
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+I was looking for but and did not find the story, but there is an account out there somewhere of Phil discovering it had an intonation problem, and giving the O-O bass to someone in Pennsylvania(?)to use as a test bed for electronics, then dismantled pieces being discovered in a closet or something, and Fred Hammon getting ahold of the pups... somewhere in the talkbass forums maybe, I can't seem to google it.
+This thread on TheDudepit, (an EZ board forum for gear techies) reveals the ultimate fate of Mission Control (it's NOT pretty!) ... =1&stop=20
+Fred Hammon:
+"I'm told these are the original pickups out of Phil's Alembic Osage bass. Phil had given it to somebody in his road crew who was a machinist for some R&D work.. These pickups were apparently just in the way....
+(the photos of the pickups that the thread author posted)
+He traded them for a set of Dimarzios to our Pitter friend sometime back in '79 or so.
+I took some measurements. The DCR measured in at 2.93K ohms on both. Exactly the same within 10 ohms. Good Job RT (Rick Turner, a member of the forum) !
+The magnets measure approx 380 Gauss at the surface (DSs measure 450 average) and the polarity is north on both. Not RWRP. There apparently was another coil (dummy coil?- dark color) that was with the set but our friend couldn't get it.
+I understand that the bass originally came with a quad pickup in the center so there are some missing parts to the puzzle. He knows that these came from/with the Osage because he saw it.
+These are definitely very early hand made Turner pickups. Look at the brass mounting lugs. Definitely a prototype vibe.
+The tech's name was Tom Smith, otherwise known as "Turbo Tom" who was also working on race cars or something in Detroit at the time and experimenting with bridge designs at night. The Osage was going through some major modifications, as in body routing etc. Anybody seen it lately?
+They're safe and sound at Hammon Engineering now. Maybe Rick Turner will want them...or even Phil?
+I've asked for a detailed account of how these came to be in our friend's possession so maybe he'll feel like posting it for anybody who's interested.
+Looking at the pickups on Phil's bass in the photo and these pickups, I see a slight difference maybe. The pickups I have look more rounded at the edges especially in the corners. Possibly they were part of a collection of different pickups that were used in the bass over time. Where's RT? Answers, please!"
+" Hi guys,
+I'm the "silent" pitter who Fred was talking about. I'm not all that silent, I've just never posted in the Guild forum before. I just finished the little essay about my experiences way back when with the Osage Orange bass. He suggested that I post it here, so here it is:
+(Pleas excuse the goofed up format. It's late and I just pasted the text into the reply)
+One Saturday morning in early 1981 I got a call from a guitarist friend, Leon Chalnick, who told me that he’d had an interesting conversation with a guy at the bar where his band was playing. He said the guy told him that he was from the Detroit area, but had moved to California and was a part time roadie for the Grateful Dead. He was back in town for a few weeks doing some freelance machining work during the day and he needed a pickup for a bass he was working on at night. Leon told him that he knew someone who played bass and did some work on guitars and basses (me) and that I might have something that would work. I asked him more about what the guy needed and he said that he was meeting him for lunch and asked me to come along.
+When we got to the restaurant, Leon introduced me to Tom Smith and we sat down to eat and talk. He
+explained that he used to work at McLaren Racing Engines there in Livonia, Michigan, building custom turbo charging systems for BMW racing engines and got the nickname “Turbo Tom”. He was back at McLaren for a few weeks doing some custom fabricating of parts for a helicopter that the one of the top guys at McLaren was restoring, and at night he had free use of the machine shop to do development work on some bass bridges for Phil Lesh. He said that he had been loaned one of Phil’s old basses to use as a test bed but didn’t want to deal with all the electronics that were in it and just wanted to put
+a passive pickup in the bass for testing the bridge designs. Well, being somewhat of an Alembic fan, that certainly got me intrigued and I told Tom that I could certainly find a pickup for him.
+After lunch, Tom invited us to come over to the McLaren machine shop to see the bass and get a tour of the facilities there. After showing us around the machine shop and the engine testing dynamometers, he took us back to his work area and pulled out a road case and set it on the table. He told me to go ahead and have a look so I went over and opened the case. I couldn’t believe my eyes! I recognized the bass as the one that Phil Lesh played in the Grateful Dead Movie that I’d seen a few years prior. I remembered the scene where he was sitting on stage before a sound check, fiddling with some of the controls on the bass when he started picking up some
+noise. When he realized that it was motor noise from the film camera, he motioned the camera operator to come closer and started manipulating the motor noise with the electronics in the bass. Here was the same bass, right in front of me! I distinctly remember several touch switches on the face of the bass, the fingerboard inlays, and if I remember correctly, five
+pointed stars in pearl or abalone with 5 controls around each of them. (Bear in mind that that was about 24 years ago, and we all know what can happen to our minds in that amount of time…)
+I was amazed that such a beautiful instrument was going to be used as a test bed for bass hardware and asked Tom why they were using it. He told me that it had been sitting in a closet for the past several years because it had intonation problems due to incorrect placement of the first three or four frets. He said that Phil Lesh told him to make use of it and that once he
+removed the electronics he was going to mill out the face to install a magnesium plate to mount various bridge designs and pickups on. I figured it wasn’t my place to question what they’d decided to do so I didn’t, but in hindsight, I wish I’d asked more about it. Tom asked if I had a cheap pickup that he could buy to use for testing. He said he didn’t have much to spend and I didn’t have any spares to donate, so I offered to buy a pickup for him if he’d be willing to trade the pickups in the bass for it. He said that he was supposed to return the electronics pretty much intact, including the middle pickup, but since the other two pickups weren’t anything special he could trade those.
+We arranged to meet there again in a couple of days and I promised that I’d have a pickup for him then. I asked if I could at least take a look at the electronics and he said that was fine, grabbed a screw driver and proceeded to remove most of the back of the instrument. As I recall, the center neck section was solid, but pretty much the entire back half of each body wing came off and it seemed like each half was filled with at least two layers of high quality circuit boards. Tom said that he’d have the pickups
+out of the bass when we returned.
+Two days later Leon and I went back to the McLaren machine shop and Tom led us back to his work area. He pointed to the case and said to check it out. I opened the case and there was the bass, minus all the electronics, and there was a metal plate, about 6 inches wide that extended from the end of the fingerboard to almost the end of the body. It broke my heart to see that! Tom handed me a box containing the two pickups and I gave him a crème colored DiMarzio bass humbucker that I’d bought the day before. We hung out for a while and talked, then left. That was the last time I saw Tom or the bass.
+A year or so later I decided to see what I could do with the pickups. I was working as an electronics tech and thought that maybe I could come up with some sort of preamp circuit to work with the pickups. I knew that the pickups were probably single coils wrapped on a magnetic structure and that Alembic typically used a dummy coil for hum canceling, but that’s as much as I knew. I figured that I’d at least try the pickups through a simple opamp circuit, but when I did I found that they were very microphonic with low output, so I put them back in the box and back on the shelf. I figured that there were probably impedance matching issues and that without a dummy coil
+there’d be hum problems, so I set the project aside for a while.
+24 years of parenthood and life later I was reading about Dark Star pickups and Guild basses in the Dudepit forums, which led me to the Hammon Engineering and Turner Guitars web sites and Rick Turner’s Guild of American Luthiers interview. Somewhere in all that reading it dawned on me that I’ve got an old pair of Alembic pickups, supposedly from one of Phil Lesh’s early basses and that Fred or Rick might be interested in seeing them. They were just collecting dust in my basement and I felt that if they were of any historical significance I should get them into the hands of the people that are documenting that stuff. I emailed Fred to see if he was interested in them, we talked and I sent them off to him a couple of days later.
+So there’s my story. Do with it what you will. All I ask that is that you let me know if it’s of any use.
+In my "essay" I forgot to mention that the pickups originally had some cool micro coax connectors on the leads that pushed on to corresponding jacks on one of the circuit boards in the bass. I was never able to find the jacks anywhere and so I removed the coax connectors and hard wired the leads for my "experiments". A coupe of decades later I came across the same kind of connectors used in some studio quality video gear. The connectors that had been on the pickups were long gone so I didn't pursue it any farther.
+In our conversations, Fred asked about a black quad output pickup that was known to be mounted between the two regular pickups at some point. There was in fact a third black pickup mounted in the middle when I saw the bass, but I assumed that it was the dummy coil that was used for hum cancellation and never got to check it any detail."
+RICK TURNER COMMENTS: "That article isn't necessarily all correct. For one thing, Phil did not design the filters, and there's no credit given to Ron Wickersham who really should get the nod as he supervised George Mundy all the way through that project. Then there's the assumptions re. humbuckers which may or may not be right.
+I did way more pickup experiments, prototypes, customs, and short runs back in those days than anybody knows about. I made single coils of various apertures, trapezoidal pickups, humbuckers, humcancellers, quad pickups, hex pickups, and even a side by side hum canceller inlaid into a neck between the first and second frets (because someone paid me to is why). I did so many different things that I don't remember all of them or if I remember them, I'm not sure which instruments got which pickups.
+Too much data on the hard drive, old boy...and the magnets keep interfering.
+Too bad the bass got hacked...
+RT"
+FRED HAMMON: "Rick had asked me to do a simple test with a bar magnet to determine if there was in fact only one polarity in the pickups and not a double set of "mini" coils RWRPed like a P pickup.
+I reported back there was only one polarity with the flux emanating from across the center lengthwise.
+He writes back:
+So,
+They're single coils and there would have been a hum canceler somewhere inside the instrument. They're probably fairly wide aperture pickups, and at 3K that's consistent with what became the Alembic standard. That put the resonant peak above 20KHz. The hum canceler wasn't necessarily the same size or shape as the pickup, nor necessarily wound to the same resistance/turns, by the way.
+Myth busters at work!- RT(Rick Turner) "
+I figured that I’d at least try the pickups through a simple opamp circuit, but when I did I found that they were very microphonic with low output, so I put them back in the box and back on the shelf.
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+The women’s league was part of the ANC’s attempt to build a mass membership base; women were seen as potential recruits. Slowly the idea emerged that the status of women was in itself something that needed to be “upgraded” as part of the emerging, modernising nationalism in the ANC. But the women’s league retained its auxiliary and secondary status as a substructure of the ANC and, very importantly, remained under the political control and direction of the congress throughout the first half of the 20th century.
+It was very significant that the ANC did come finally to incorporate one half of the population it claimed to represent into its political frame of reference. But it was always a tentative kind of inclusion.
+Those women who found themselves to some extent stifled by male-dominated organisations endeavoured to form something different: the Federation of South African Women, a nonracial body formed to articulate some kind of separate voice for women. The roots of this idea lay in the unions and the Communist Party, where working-class women had been organised across race lines.
+The federation became an important part of the growing Defiance Campaign and, bolstered by an organisation outside the ANC, women in the ANC decisively went beyond their tea-making role.
+The federation adopted a Women’s Charter, seen by some as a trial run for the Freedom Charter, whose demands for women to be recognised as economic agents and as deserving of respect and dignity remain relevant over half a century later.
+In this highly mobilised phase of the ANC’s history, there was a realisation that national liberation would not automatically lead to women’s liberation. Still, the ANC was seen as the leading organisation, the vehicle through which democratic demands could be advanced.
+In 1955, the federation launched an independent militant campaign against the extension of passes to women. The march of women from all around the country to the Union Buildings on August 9 has become symbolic of women’s resistance to apartheid. Left out of the telling is that the male congress leadership was not entirely supportive of the march in its planning phase. They thought it was too confrontational and that the federation should concentrate on educational campaigns. After all, if the women went to jail, who would look after the children?
+The ANC now celebrates this moment, but its leadership at the time had to be convinced it was a good idea. And although women were defining and shaping political strategies, ultimately they too accepted the primacy of national liberation and the ANC as the vehicle for change. That meant working within the confines of male domination while chipping away at its edges.
+Even late in the century, on the cusp of the transition to democracy, women in the ANC found that their chipping away inside the movement had made so little impact that they supported the formation of the Women’s National Coalition. Once again, they had to step outside the movement to make a significant impact. Once again, they formulated their demands for equality in a Women’s Charter. This time, they were able to affect the shape of the Constitution, but their organisational autonomy crumbled rapidly as the new state took shape and co-opted the language of equality.
+The tensions and contradictions, the results of the compromises made over the course of a century to stay within the language of national liberation, were to become glaringly apparent in the democratic era.
+Women took their place in the democratic Parliament in no uncertain terms – among the highest number of women in any Parliament around the world. The global image of South African democracy was much burnished by its presentation as a women-friendly state. For a time, the locus of gender politics shifted to the civil service and Parliament, and there was significant optimism about what might be achieved with the right combination of political will and the right institutional design.
+Yet even in the earliest years of democracy, there were signs that the women’s league would be challenged by other women’s groups on the extent to which they represented the interests of all women. The space of opposition and new thinking about gender inequalities shifted to nongovernmental organisations, especially those dealing with rising levels of violence against women and with homophobia.
+Inside the state, the women’s league began playing an active – and, some argue, a gatekeeping – role, ensuring that reliable ANC women were appointed to parliamentary committees, government departments and parastatals. Appointments were driven by considerations of party loyalty and political mobility rather than by a track record in gender activism.
+The Commission for Gender Equality, designed to be a mechanism for accountability, independent from political parties and assured of wide powers by the Constitution, was a casualty of the emerging politics of patronage. So too was the presidency’s office on the status of women, which had overall responsibility for ensuring gender equality across all government departments and programmes.
+Lack of resources, institutional resistance and, not least, the reluctance of the women in these structures to openly challenge the ruling party undermined their effectiveness, deepening the rift between state and civil society.
+Although most forms of unfair legal discrimination against women were removed by the first democratic Parliament, various laws that troubled feminists, such as the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Bill, were later introduced by the ANC.
+The women’s league seemed either powerless or unwilling to stop them. The Communal Land Rights Act was ultimately struck down by the Constitutional Court in 2010 and the Traditional Courts Bill was halted this year – not by our celebrated women parliamentarians but by activists outside the state.
+The rift between women in government and feminists in civil society began under former president Thabo Mbeki and intensified under President Jacob Zuma. Feminism in the ANC became increasingly associated with positions in government. The politics of quotas and inclusion in the formal political sphere catapulted a few well-placed women into positions of influence and wealth.
+But structural inequalities remain shaped by gender. Poverty and unemployment are still disproportionately distributed by gender, and gender inequalities are compounded by poor economic growth and deep, inherited problems in our economic framework. As women became more politically visible, the limits of representation became paradoxically more apparent.
+Despite its outward commitment to equality, the ANC has not provided the political and theoretical leadership that might shape economic and social policies. The league remains locked in relatively conservative social attitudes that reinforce the view of women as primarily nurturing, caring members of a community rather than as citizens entitled to social and public resources.
+The language of gender equality, interpreted as meaning access to positions within the system, could not robustly engage the demands for sexual autonomy or for creative and imaginative freedoms that would allow women to think of themselves outside the frame of virtuous motherhood.
+A new, imaginative politics is bubbling in organisations working at the margins of formal politics – those that deal with sexual rights, access to economic resources and the redistribution of social power. Whether these politics can be represented in the current configurations of Parliament and government is debatable.
+Shireen Hassim is a professor of politics at Wits University and is the author of The ANC Women’s League, a Jacana Pocket Book. This piece is based on her recent Helen Joseph Memorial Lecture, hosted by the Centre for Social Development in Africa at the University of Johannesburg.
+Donation: The Archive (on Joseph Beuys) (2005)
+I wrote this unpublished text at the time of meeting a prominent private collector of Beuys's work.
+Donation: The Archive
+When Joseph Beuys accepted the Wilhelm Lehmbruck prize in 1986, shortly before his death, he opened his speech with thanks to a man who had died before Beuys even was born. Beuys opened his speech with this thanks:
+I would like to thank my teacher, Wilhelm Lehmbruck. How could a man cause me to decide, once and for all, to devote myself to sculpture after I came across just a fragment of his work in the form of a photograph? How could a dead man teach me something like that, establishing something decisive for my life, when I had already taken another direction in my own search and was already in the middle of studying the natural sciences? I picked up this little book, lying on some table between other fairly battered publications, completely by chance, opened it, and saw a sculpture by Wilhelm Lehmbruck, and there immediately arose the idea, the intuition: Sculpture—something can be done with sculpture. It was as if that picture were telling me—Everything is sculpture. And in the picture I saw a torch, I saw a flame, and I heard the words: “Protect the flame!”
+Everything that can be said about the archive, everything that an archive is, is, by chance, in this story, in this offering of thanks, whose very possibility derives from transmission and destruction. The fragment and the photograph: the fragment the photograph is—the document that is its physical photographic record, the fragmentary document it remains, half destroyed by an historical event—has intervened, by the chance of a decisive event of discovery, to be the transmission of a teaching. Thanks to a fire that half destroyed, this fragment became a flame, transmitting an inheritance: a teaching and a social ideal—“the renewal of the social totality, leading to social sculpture.” So says this teacher just days before his own death, “in the last moment of his life,” as he says of Lehmbruck, “when he had passed through the gate of the death of his own sculptures.”
+Expressing solidarity, Beuys concludes that he would “like to stand on the side where Wilhelm Lehmbruck lived and died, and where he entrusted every single person with this inner message: ‘Protect the flame.’” Expressing solidarity with a teacher and a teaching, how could Beuys stand on the side of life and death, on these two sides? In the book that fitfully housed the decisive, eventful photograph, Beuys noted (after saying that “Lehmbruck’s exceptional work touched a threshold situation within the concept of sculpture”) Lehmbruck’s “twice-over youth,” having lived for 19 years in the 19th century and 19 in our own.” Beuys says of the symmetry of this life-line, which is also the repetition of a renewal, that “I experienced all that in a concentrated form, like a double portrait of a young man or young woman, or of a young woman and a young man.” Standing there, on that side where his teacher lived and died, on that side, which is already double and already a portrait, Beuys would be standing where making would be, his making: the making of him and the making of his art, societal and artifactual. On that “side,” which is already double and already a portrait, Beuys would stand. This non-place would mark him, in life and death; it would account for him, accounting for his life, his art, and through the extension of his “social sculpture,” society. The non-place with which he sides, let me immediately wager my speculation, is an archive—an archive, which by chance, he was destined to. This null place, let me speculate again, this side of a both-and (life and death) that even accounts for the double (the either-or or both-and of man and woman), is the chora or chiasmus. The archive would be a crucible, but only through conflagration—the crucible of a conflagration. All this, Beuys “experienced” in a concentrated form. From fire to flame. In the violence of an archive.
+Conflagration was war. The conflagration was the Second World War. The decisive photograph was rescued from fire. If we can believe Beuys, he rescued this fragment from a National Socialist book-burning at his school around 1938 and then rediscovered the photograph in the Lehmbruck book he recounts while on military leave in 1940-41.
+The question of the archive passes through war, through the fires of war. Just as the event displaces, dislocates, and disjoints space and time, devastating the categories of spatiality and temporality with the same violence as war, so there can be no rescue and recovery through the archive. There is no before and after when it comes to the archive. The archive does not follow destruction from which we rescue the remains, the displaced fragments from a devastated life-world, to deposit them safe within newly consigned categories. There is no before and after the event of the archive (the archive after the event) because the archive is of this destruction. The archive does not derive but arises from conditions of destruction: it “destroys in advance.” The archive is its own violence. The archive passes through war and the war that it is. This is the donation of the archive of what it houses, the gift in advance of what it archives. Yes, devastation is also a gift, the gift of the archive.
+The archive passes through destruction, through the devastating wars of historical events. So we must go by way of Germany and the Second World War, by way of all the questions of that event. The archive: a German question? The archive will be a question of the folding of events in each other. The question: the archive—the Jewish Question?
+Jacques Derrida does not ask this question directly, but it must be implied when he asks the question whether psychoanalysis is a science and Jewish, a Jewish science. He raises this question where it arises, and asks the question of its consequence for a theory of the archive, science, or history in general. He asks this question within an archive, asking it of an archive, asking what is an archive, where it possibly begins or ends; he asks these questions while delivering a lecture, “The Concept of the Archive: A Freudian Impression,” in London’s Freud Museum. A future question, a question of the future, the question of the archive, the question of archival meaning, will transform all our notions of sciences as it has already formed them in the history of their events.
+Of the concept of the archive that in the future must be part of the concept of any science, likewise Beuys concludes: “Sculpture is a concept of the future per se—and woe to those conceptions that do not include this concept.” Beuys’s work was always destined to the archive it was.
+To be continued….
+And this is an email I sent around the same time to this collector, who also is involved with the founding of a prominent archive. The text deals with the gift, the archive, the event, and destruction--and touches on many of the themes developed in my book Disassembling the Archive: Fiona Tan.
+So what is this writing I disclaim responsibility though I send it to you under my name? I can only intrigue myself and wonder if it was an event, another event, an event rupturing the first, not returning to it mirroring it, but folding in it so that before after is now only this rupturing together of what may bring the two of us together: the passion of sharing a gift of your passion, the gift that ruptured by being the insight that brought two things together, or many, no revelation or key, no meaning, but only the thing, the hinge, the articulation between two that folds one in the other, drawing one through the other, inhabiting in an uncanny moment, yet still dissembling one in the other, neither deluding the other but finding what each share in the other and only through which one was alive in this world, in thought, in society, in culture, and in themselves and the other somehow as an image of all they were alive in and to, without comprehension, and which itself shows no comprehension as a thing of knowledge other than what it is, a rupture of time that may show ruptures and devastations of the things of the world that were there and through that disruption no more—these images, photographs, that have no meaning but signifying the destruction of war. Yet what you revealed in this rupture that brought so many things to each other, so many things that I have no time to unfold in the immediate folding of the many in each other that happens immediately in the event of the gift of an insight given. Did you “know” you were doing this, giving me this gift, or was it the gift in you, the gift already in you that was also a passion, a delight to share, yes, but that passion, an obsession really, whereby in the cohesiveness of that unarticulated curiosity, which is yet the intelligent and expressed articulation of an interest, finds the articulation that is the hinge, the dissembling mirror of one in the other that in one togetherness that is a holding together for this moment in the giving of this gift to me, and that will immediately diverge into all those divergent paths that are yet together right now in this rupture, but yet will immediately diverge into all those paths which will take time for us to follow in an adventure that may be of two but is nothing but social, of society, of history, because the gift beyond us binds all that together through us and in us two? So what is the gift, the gift of this insight but the revealing of an interest that unites or unites us in an interest to be shared in the difference of what one brings the other? What is this gift but bringing out of myself of the not wanting to ask you anything except the sharing of a gift, which is nothing but a conversation we started but now becomes through this rupturing turning inside out that brings language forth out of me that is of this not wanting to ask anything of you, what is this articulation coming out through this gift of exposure of an insight but an articulation of a proposal, a project—some thing which is the want from the other that can be no demand? The gift here is merely the talk of a thing: an artifact that is both a social thing as the archival record of history/society and the index of a biography. What is brought together in this thing but many things: it is a thing that is a folding through of one thing in the other, though one may be an actual thing and the other an image, though one may be individual and the other society, though one may be a material artifact we call art and the other an image of time we call an archival photograph, unauthored and unintended because with no meaning intended or now attended, except that it is an “image” of intentionalities otherwise called social life, society and history, but yet rests here only a cipher in an archive. All these things are joined in this artifactual thing. Though how can one thing, sign, or image be a registration or index of two that yet folds the two together—history and individual, archive and art—except a folding through of one in the other through this articulating thing, the articulating hinge—the thing which you have found and of which you tell me? The articulating thing or the articulating hinge does not explain, point, or signify, but only, as all it is, which is all, by which I mean all, all that there is and all that has been, only brings them together in the way they belong together as this folding of one in the other, all folding one in the other, showing and revealing for an instant, but not explaining the way that these things are together which have been disrupted by the destructions of war, time, and categories of knowledge that now come together by this gift of articulating of the articulating hinge, as the dispersal of what has been destroyed and brought together to reside together only through an uncanny inhabitation, which has yet to be made familiar each to the other and to us, which have been brought together from within/without all these disjunctions and devastations to belong together divergently in the intelligence of a curiosity that brought them together. This is the gift you give, D., by bringing these devastating divergences together. Who do you give this gift to, to what thing, or to what time if not first to the past? You give it to the present as a gift that will unfold in the future of a bringing together of the divergent things divested from one another, though they always diverge returning folding to the other in a divergence, a folding together that yet has been disrupted by devastation where time and history work to the same ends of devastation as if war and the war that they are. This will be the gift for the future to itself of how these fold together in their belonging, which will also be a belonging destined to the future if they receive it as a gift. This insightful bringing together of the devastated and disrupted divergent is your gift, D.. You tracked these divergent things through a belonging that was your curiosity and obsession. This is gift enough for the future of these things belonging together in an archive (secure but still divested of their generative folds), but it will still not satisfy the curiosity of one, you, who followed these divergent paths as a need to find the similar within the dissimilar through the articulation of an obsession. Then you gave me the gift to bring them together for myself. That event—the gift is an event, the event is a gift—folded and unfolded so many things and joined things to a new belonging: that beginning articulation I then made of something of a project and path we might share.
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+When you mention Innsbruck to many mountain-lovers, the response will usually be related to the airport. “Ah yes I’ve flown into there before”, “oh it’s the most amazing airport descent”. Granted, it does have an incredible landing path, passing over the mountains and coming down through the Inn valley. However, Innsbruck is so much more than just a stop on a journey elsewhere.
+This summer, I had the opportunity to spend a few days in Innsbruck, exploring the city on a new level and spending more time seeing what this mountain destination has to offer. Spoiler – it’s a lot.
+So on your next trip to the mountains, why not extend your time in Innsbruck? Instead of simply flying in and out, spend a couple of days in the city, exploring the magnificent area. Whether you are a fan of food, art, history, music or sport, you will find so much to enjoy here. Below is an idea of a 48-hour summer itinerary you could take to really pack the most of Innsbruck into your stay. Of course, it barely scratches the surface of what’s available in this beautiful Alpine city, but it will definitely give you a feel of how much Innsbruck has to offer.
+I would highly recommend arriving in Innsbruck in the afternoon, allowing you time to drop your luggage at the hotel and freshen up before heading out to one of Innsbruck’s amazing Promenade concerts. Each evening in July, free classical music concerts take place in the courtyard of the stunning Imperial Palace and provide an incredible introduction to this highly musical mountain city.
+Have dinner first at the elegant Cafe Sacher which is set within the courtyard itself, meaning that you can finish dessert and quickly pop a few metres across the square to take your seat for the music. Ideal!
+It’s your first morning in Innsbruck and there’s no better way to start your adventures than by taking a morning stroll through the Old Town to get a grasp of the beauty of the medieval history of this city. The Old Town is pedestrianised from mid-morning, so if you are visiting earlier in the day, do be careful as cars may be moving through the streets here.
+The crowning jewel in the crown of this three-time Olympic host city, the Bergisel Ski Jump is a must-visit for snow sports enthusiasts, giving a unique opportunity to see for yourself the scale of what these brave athletes come up against when it comes to ski jumping. From the base of the jump you can marvel at its size, before taking the lift all the way to the top and heading out to the viewing platform just above where the athletes begin their descent. It’s hard to imagine quite how steep the build up is Not one for those with a fear of heights.
+If you’re lucky, as we were, you may even catch the youngsters as they train, watching first hand as they soar through the air. It’s incredible to see in real life and they seem to spend a lifetime in the air rather than mere seconds. You will come out of this stop with a newfound respect for ski jumpers.
+This museum allows you to learn about the history of Tirol, with the main event the spectacular 1000m2 painting that depicts the 1809 ‘Third Battle of the Bergisel’. This huge 360 degree cyclorama offers a unique insight into the battle, in which Tyrolean rebels led by Andreas Hofer (you will learn a lot about Hofer over your time here) fought off invading Napoleonic troops.
+Interestingly, the space around the painting is made up to look like the battlefield itself, with cannons, discarded weapons, bullet shredded trees and grassy mounds making you truly feel like you are within the painting, experiencing the event itself. It’s a unique and engaging way to learn more about the history of the area and experience what this pivotal battle may have felt like all those years ago.
+Lunch with a view
+At the Tirol Panorama there is an absolutely fantastic restaurant. In fact it’s worth making the journey here just to see this hidden gem of a lunch spot, perched right on the edge of the mountain and offering amazing views over Innsbruck.
+The dishes we tasted were fantastic. The chicken caesar salad was a definite highlight, whilst the schnizel and steak tartare are also highly recommended. For vegetarians, their take on the traditional kaiserschmarrn was an absolute delight, filling that stomach ready for more afternoon adventuring!
+If you have time, it’s also definitely worth taking the walk along the 2.2-kilometer Panorama Loop Trail that circles Bergisel Mountain. Offering incredible views of Innsbruck, the surrounding mountain-sides and the rushing river below, the panoramic viewpoint half way through is truly special.
+A romantic destination lying in the hills south of Innsbruck, Ambras Castle is worth a visit as much for its exquisite gardens as for its incredible historic offerings. From 1563 – 1592, Ambras Castle served as the residence of Archduke Ferdinand II, the princely sovereign of Tyrol and an important figure in Innsbruck’s history.
+Archduke Ferdinand II was a dedicated humanist, who built a museum on the site to house his world-famous collections, today called the ‘Chamber of Art and Wonders’. Ambras Castle is thus arguably the oldest museum in the world. The Chamber of Curiosities is a definite highlight of any visit here; weird and wonderful treasures amassed from locations across the globe that serve to demonstrate the public knowledge of the times.
+Easily accessible from Innsbruck town centre via a shuttle bus, Swarovski’s Crystal World is a unique experience. I will admit I was somewhat sceptical of ‘Crystal World’, my mind automatically assuming it would be some kind of twee theme park. However I will happily admit my presumptions were totally off as this was one of the highlights of my time in Innsbruck. The ‘chambers of wonder’ are curated by a variety of minds, from Tord Boontje Alexander McQueen to Manish Arora, all allowing incredible and unique ways of experiencing not just crystals, but the world around us as well. (I will also admit that my inner five-year-old was incredibly excited about seeing Cinderella’s original ‘glass slipper’).
+Out in the gardens there is a huge amount for children to enjoy, from a huge kids play area which is bound to make even the most serious of adults jealous, to a maze and a water .. that puts on a show every fifteen minutes. The only way I can describe this is as fountains dancing. Seriously.
+The ‘Daniels Kristallwelten’ restaurant at Swarovski Crystal World is not to be missed. You may, as I did, have a slight misconception that this would be a museum-type cafe. However that could not be more wrong. One of the most stylish, sophisticated restaurants I’ve ever eaten in, it was an absolute pleasure to dine here, made all the more enjoyable by dedicated staff who cannot do enough to ensure you have a good evening.
+The fantastic decor within the restaurant is reminiscent of everything you learn about Swarovski here and is only outshone by the quality of the food. I would highly recommend the Thai Green Curry – one of the best I’ve ever had. You also cannot leave without sampling one of the fantastic cakes and pastries made in house. A fantastic and well-earned treat after a long day’s exploring!
+Take in some of the area’s most incredible views, hike through spectacular scenery and make the most of the fresh mountain air with a day exploring Innsbruck’s active side.
+Part of Austria’s biggest nature park, Nordkette Mountain is the perfect place to start your day. The funicular is easily found in the town centre and whisks you up to the peaks from the city centre in just 20 minutes. Exit at the Seegrube level at around 2000 metres and you’ll find the Path of Perspectives. This is a lovely trail on which to warm up your legs, with ten modern installations placed along the route to invite you to truly appreciate and enjoy the amazing natural landscape.
+After this, keep heading upwards, taking the cable car from Seegrube to Hafele Kar. Here you can see the most incredible panoramic views over Innsbruck and the surrounding mountains. Walk up to the summit cross to get the best views and bragging rights to the summit of Innsbruck’s most famous mountain!
+Stage 1 – Hungerburg to Arzler Alm mountain hut
+Arzler Alm is a very traditional mountain hut which has been owned by the city of Innsbruck since 1940. It’s got an interesting history; severely damaged by an avalanche in 1968, it was rebuilt maintaining the traditional charm of its original construction. This hut is popular with both locals and tourists due to its good food, beautiful views and easy access from the town – a true mountain hut escape from city life.
+It’s a treat to visit in the summer, with sun loungers outside allowing you to soak up the rays and even BBQ’s taking place when the weather is really nice. The menu specialises in Austrian cuisines, with the dumpling dishes highly recommended.
+Stage 2 – Arzler Alm to Umbrüggler Alm
+The next part of this hike takes you through beautiful forest path that will really have you feeling immersed in nature. Here, you will suddenly come across the striking mountain hut of Umbrüggler Alm. In contrast to Arzler Alm, Umbrüggler Alm is a much more modern mountain hut, with high quality facilities and stylish decor. With light, wooden interiors, this hut is avant-garde yet with a gorgeous open fire it retains that cosiness that is so symbolic of the mountains. A stunning view over Innsbruck on the terrace allows you to truly appreciate your surroundings, both immediate and distant.
+With their unique modern interpretation of Tyrolean cuisine, Umbrüggler Alm is a favourite with Innsbruck residents, served alongside a selection of fantastic wines. After a few hours’ walking, it’s definitely somewhere we would recommend stopping for a drink and a little taste of Tyrol with a twist. If you’re visiting on a weekend, be sure to consider their spectacular brunches.
+Stage 3 – Return from Umbrüggler Alm back to Hungerburg and back down to the city.
+Slap bang in the centre of Innsbruck, Weisses Rössl is the oldest restaurant of the city. Dating back to 1509, this traditional eatery has a range of dining areas, including a beautiful outdoor terrace for al fresco eating on warmer evenings. Inside, charming wooden decor accompanies a fantastic menu, packed with hearty Austrian specialties that are sure to be well received after a day on the trails. The schnitzel is definitely one to try.
+For souvenirs, traditional trinkets or local delicacies, head to the bustling medieval streets of the Old Town, where you can bask in the atmosphere whilst perusing the shop fronts. If you’re here over the festive period, you will also find an amazing Christmas market here, as well as one nearer the river – the perfect place for a gluwhein and some present shopping!
+There are also a number of larger shopping malls, with two located slap bang in the city centre and a third just minutes away from the train station. All boast a large amount of shops all easily accessible in one area. The Rathausgalerien shopping mall is definitely one to visit, not least because of the fantastic restaurant that graces its upper floors…
+Fuel yourself up for the flight home at one of Innsbruck’s most stylish restaurants. The Lichtblick restaurant is located on the top floor of the Rathausgalerien shopping mall and offers spectacular views over the city. The food is fantastic, a creative fusion of Austrian, Mediterranean and Asian cuisine. It’s the perfect place to spend your last hours appreciating the wonders of Innsbruck. What’s more, the adjacent 360° wine bar makes the best Hugo (a popular Tyrolean cocktail consisting of prosecco, elderflower and mint) in the city, capped off with amazing panoramic views of the city. What better way to end your stay in Innsbruck?!
+The new Stage 12 Hotel is slap bang in the centre of Innsbruck, just off the main square where shops and cafes abound, with plenty of outdoor seating creating a fantastic summer atmosphere.
+Despite its central location, the hotel is extremely quiet, allowing you a great night’s sleep in preparation for your days exploring. A fantastic and well- buffet breakfast is sure to keep your energy levels peaked throughout the morning and the on-site bar offers an extensive range of drinks and cocktails and does a roaring trade on weekends, when the atmosphere is really electric. As it’s slightly set back from the main street, this really is a local secret, a hidden gem, some would say.
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+The decoration throughout is modern, sleek and sophisticated, from the stylish reception through to the incredible showers. There’s even a lovely relaxing spa area, with two saunas and a steam room if you can fit in a quick relaxation session.
+This is simply a few days in Innsbruck. If you have more time, why not take a schnapps tour, explore the beautiful churches or try mountain biking down one of the many trails on the Nordkette. There’s a huge amount to do here.
+Other personal highlights which I would highly recommend to visit if you have time are:
+The Hofburg – the incredible former Imperial palace where you can learn about the hugely interesting history of the ruling family – a guide is recommended here to really grasp the scale of this incredible history.
+Glockengiesserei Grassmayr – a fascinating museum demonstrating the history of the age-old Grassmayr bell foundry. You may not have ever thought about how bells are made before, but after a visit here, you will have a newfound respect for those who create these unique pieces.
+Innsbruck City Tower – Built between 1442 and 1450, this tower was an observation point for sentries. The sentries announced the hours of the day as well as maintaining order and looking out for danger at night. 148 steps take you to the top, where you can drink in great views of Innsbruck and the Nordkette mountain range.
+All other image credits: Innsbruck Tourism.
+Recapitulation is an exercise to recall, review, release, and recharge energy. It rids a person of assumptions and preconceptions. Recapitulation is remembering or more precisely, reviving events and experiences. [Source]
+I've alluded many times to Douglas Hofstader's new book, I am a Strange Loop. One of the reasons this book fascinates me so much, is that much of Hofstader's descriptions, describe almost exactly knowledge I learned through other sources.
+But first, I'll come clean. I studied and practiced the teachings of mystic G.I. Gurdjieff actively for 5 years and in a school for at least 3 of those. (Much of what I know of Wilbur's Integral Theory reminds me of those Gurdjieff lessons.) Then I flowed into Aikido and practiced martial movements and paratheatrical rituals. One fine Berkeley day, I was coming back from aikido class and on a whim, I stopped in the temporary Berkeley Library. I frequent bookstore more than libraries. I had no idea what to look for. Them I remembered someone told me about some teachings of don juan. It was the last person I talked to at college. I had no idea who the author was, so I started looking up titles. I couldn't find that particular book, but I found the section that included other books by the same author. I picked two at random and took them on vacation with me. The author turned out to be Carlos Castaneda, and the first book I read, was The Fire from Within. (Shamanism was not new to me. Another fluke library stop, more than 10 years previous got 13 year old Heather obsessed with Lynn V Andrews. I accepted these stories as the myths and fairytales I had read.) I read the stories with a skeptics disbelief - the activities in his books are truly impossible, but I found myself agreeing more and more on the explanation and belief structure. It was so similar to my own, I realized that I was holding in my hands a book I would write had this book not been written. Rather than get angry (like I did at Taoism 10 years previous) I wanted to learn more. I gave myself a year to experience these impossible things. That year was the first of many years of practice and studying personal freedom - true freedom.
+So what does this have to do with Hofstader?
+Much of the more difficult concepts I learn (and try to explain) about true freedom Hofstader has explained with the ease of mathematical terms, analogies and stories. He easily explains Plato's cave - much more eloquently than Plato did. Here's an excerpt he uses to explain our warehouse (of symbols) and I can use it to show the importance of recapitulation.
+(book excerpt after the jump)
+From page 277, excerpt begins
+Symbols Trigger More Symbols
+A potential new doctoral student named Nicole comes to town for a day to explore the possibility of doing a Ph.D in my research group. After my graduate students and I have interacted with her for several hours, first at our Center and then over a Chinese dinner, we agee that we all find her mind delightfully lively and her thoughts just on our wavelength, and it's hopeful that she'll join us next fall. After she returns home, Nicole sends me an email saying that she is still very excited by our ideas and that they are continuing to reverberate vividly in her mind. I reply with a note of encouragement, and then there an ensues an de-silence for a couple of weeks. When I finally send her a second email telling her how wager we all are for her to come next year, a couple of days pass and then a terse and somewhat starchy reply arrives, saying that she's sorry but she's decided to go to another university for graduate school. "But I hope we'll have a chance to interact in the future," she adds politely at the end.
+Well this little episode is all fresh to me. Nicole is a unique individual, our lively conversations with her were are sui generis, and the complex configuration of symbols activated in my brain by the whole event is, by definition, unprecedented. And yet on another level that's not true at all.
+In my many decades' worth of episodic memory, there are precedents galore for the episode, if I just "hold it loosely in the mind". In fact, without making the slightest effort, I find quiet a few old memories bubbling up for the first time in many years, such as that time nearly thirty years ago when a very promising young candidate for our faculty seemed so interested but then, to our great surprise, he turned down our exceedingly generous offer. And that time a few years later when an extremely bright grad student of mine got all excited about accompanying me out to California for my sabbatical year but then changed his mind and soon dropped entirely out of sight, never to be heard from again. And then there's the sad time I was terribly infatuated with that young woman from a far-off land, whose singlas to me at first seemed so tinglingly filled with promise, but who then inexplicably drew back a bit, and a week or so later wound up telling me she was involved with someone else (actually, that even happened far more than just once, to my chagrin...).
+And so, one by one, all these dusty old "books" are pulled off the shelves of dormacy by the current episode, becase this "unprecedented" situation, when it is perceived at an abstract level, when its crust is discarted and its core is distilled, points straight at certain other past sagas stored on the shelves of my "library", and one after another of them gets pulled out and placed in the limelight of activation. These old sagas, long ago wrapped up in nice neat mental packages, had been idly sitting around on the shelves of my brain, waiting to be triggered if and when "the same thing" should ever happen, in new guise. And, sad to say, it did!
+When all this activity has flowed around for a while, with memories triggering memories triggering memories, somthing slowly settles out -- some kind of "precipitate", to borrow a term from chemistry. In this case, it finally boils down to just one world: "jilted". Yes, I feel jilted. My research group has been jilted.
+What a phenominal reduction in complexity! We began with an encounter that lasted for hours in two different venues and that involved many people and many thousands of words exchanged and uncountable visual impressions and them some follow-up emails, but in the end the whole thing funneled down to (or should I say "fizzled out in"?) just one single very disapointing six-letter word. To be sure, that's not the only idea I retain from the saga, but "jilt" becomes one of the dominant mental categories whth which Nicole's visit will forever be associated. And of course, the Nicole saga itself gets neatly bound and stored in the shelves of my episodic memory for potential retrieval by this "I" of mine, somewhere further down the line, who knows when or where.
+<end excerpt>
+OK. Now I continue where hofstader ends. (I admit, I haven't read past this passage just yet. It is the most recent of passages I have wanted to write about in this vein.)
+So if we go with what Hofstader posits, that the end of the experience with Nicole was in a way influenced by these previous experiences all in which "jilted" was the final take away vibe, then this is a pattern. First thing in recapitulation is to identify the patterns.
+Next move. Are you (is Hofstader) happy with his end vibe result from the experience (feeling "jilted")? I would say a resounding NO!
+OK. Next move. If the pattern is giving you an end answer that you are not happy with, what are you going to do? Do you know what kind of end answer/feeling you want to get? If not, does it matter how you tweak the pattern? Any outcome could be better. Of course, if you know yourself well, you can extrapolate which tweaks in the pattern could lead to a better outcome.
+Great. So now it's fun experimentation time and break the pattern time. This can be harder than you might think. Right now you are looking at experiences in the past. But retrospecting is much easier than identifying in the moment - or as the moments are happening (e.g. present tense).
+Ok, so the next step is to become aware of the pattern as it is happening (not in past tense). Don't bother trying to change it yet. Just become aware of when the pattern starts unfolding.
+At some point, you'll have enough data to know when a pattern you want to change starts unfolding. This is a critical moment. This is the moment you can try your experiment. You can have a script of items you want to change and then follow the script when the pattern occurs. e.g. I get angry at traffic when the cars don't move. And then I blame every jerkwad on the road for the problem of the traffic. So the script is, when I identify I am getting angry at cars stuck in traffic and I start cussing out everyone, I am going to smile. I am going to take a deep breath. And then when you start cussing out that jerkwad driving in front of you you remind yourself about the script and then you start smiling and taking a deep breath. AND you pay attention to what the final end feeling is. AND then there is the post-experiment analysis: was the outcome something you liked better than the previous pattern? If so, then great, it's time to replace the old patternhabit with a new one. If not, then you/we/I get to continue to experiment.
+This is a step along to freedom. You are free to do to choose what you want to do, be, feel. Because as hofstader explained very early in his book, all these symbols rolling around in our brains are symbols that are not much unlike Godel's creating a new symbol structure using PM as syntax.
+There's lots more to be said/written on the matter, but I'm going to go order some pizza now. If you feel like reading more about recapitulation and methods, go check out this post at the sorcery files.
+--
+If you liked this kind of brain/consciousness rambling, let me know. Should I write more like this? Do you think it's total bullshit?
+Recognizing your patterns and having the power to change them is some powerful magic indeed.
+Posted by: Eran | June 26, 2007 at 11:48 PM
+Some powerful bullshit, yes. Another seemingly useful way of thinking about the goal is that it's about being fully present - remembering as much as possible at every moment. Since time is a human construction anyway, the consequence of our habit, we can have the equivalent of hindsight about the present.
+Posted by: neilalien | July 11, 2007 at 11:03 AM
+i will describe the pattern that this post has fished up from the sea of memory.
+i googled 'integral theory recapitulation'. your post excited me initially by linking hofstader to this idea. i have never before associated him with either idea, but now i see its obvious he is an important writer in both. it turns out the rest of the post has very little to do with integral theory, and the recapitulation you describe has a self-indulgent 'new-age' tone that disappointed me, since i am primarily interested in historical recapitulation (g stanley hall, or early ken wilbur). you didnt really provide me with any new ideas qua ideas, but you did open some doors that will let ideas flow in ways they didnt before.
+the distillation of this event is not as simple as 'disappointment' at the lack of unique content in your post, because the 'excitement' at these new associations is equally powerful. so i thank you sincerely for writing about these ideas, and i encourage you to press on into the center of the vajra where you will find your own unique idea-- if you havent done so elsewhere already.
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+KEYSER, W.Va. — Lexi Carr scored 22
+points and Lexi Taylor
+had a double-double to
+lead top-ranked
+Keyser over No. 5 Allegany
+46-43 in an
+Appalachian Mountain
+Athletic Conference
+game Thursday
+evening at Keyser
+High School.
+The Golden Tornado
+(10-1, 6-1 AMAC) led through three
+quarters, but the Campers battled back
+to take a two-point lead early in the
+fourth. Keyser, however, made 10 of 14
+free throws to build a six-point lead. Allegany’s
+Kailee Selders hit a three-pointer
+at the buzzer to create the three-point
+final.
+Keyser jumped out to a 11-4 lead after
+the first period, led by seven at halftime,
+20-13, and took a 29-27 lead into the final
+quarter.
+Carr’s game-high total came on seven
+baskets, including the Tornado’s lone
+three, and a 7 of 9 night at the line. Taylor,
+a junior, made four baskets, was 5 of 7
+from the line to score 13 points and had
+12 rebounds.
+Rachel Wormack had a double-double
+to lead the Campers. She finished with
+20 points on nine field goals and 2 of 4
+free throws while pulling down 20
+rebounds, tying her sister, Micah, for the
+second most in a game in school history
+that was set last season. Their sister
+Leah holds the single-game record with
+21.
+Micah Wormack finished with 11
+points on eight baskets and 3 of 4 from the line.
+Keyser won the junior varsity
+game 50-22 behind the
+balanced scoring of Jayna
+Wilson (10 points), Baylee
+Yaider (9) and Bethany Jones
+(9). Kaylee Buckbee scored
+16 for Allegany.
+Allegany (5-5, 4-3 AMAC)
+visits second-ranked Southern
+on Monday while Keyser
+hosts fourth-ranked Petersburg
+on Tuesday. Both games
+begin at 7:30 p.m. NNoo.r t2h eSronuthern 2645
+ACCIDENT — Kamrin
+Weimer scored nine of her 14
+points during the second
+quarter to help No. 2 Southern
+speed away from archrival
+Northern for a win over
+the Huskies Thursday during
+Appalachian Mountain Athletic
+Conference action.
+Weimer and the Rams
+were leading 13-12 after one
+quarter before pressing the
+accelerator in the second and
+outscoring Northern 19-5 to
+open a 32-17 lead at the half.
+They then held the Huskies
+to five points in the third and
+two in the fourth to outscore
+Northern 33-7 during the
+final 16 minutes.
+Lauren Francillon had a
+team-high 16 points, seven
+rebounds and three blocks,
+and Weimer was behind her
+with 14 points and the Rams’
+only two 3-pointers. Alicia
+Roth added 15 points and had
+six rebounds, and Crystal
+Tobery became the fourth
+Southern player in double
+digits with 11 points.
+Northern was paced by
+Natalie Johnson’s seven
+points.
+The Rams squeaked out a
+21-18 win in the jayvee game.
+Marley Merrick had nine for
+Southern, Jackie Chapman
+had seven for Northern.
+Winners of six straight,
+Southern (8-2, 5-0 AMAC)
+stays at home as part of a sixgame
+homestand to play
+Musselman at 5:30 on Saturday.
+Northern (1-11, 1-6)
+hosts Mountain Ridge on
+MNoon. d3a yM. tn. Ridge 65 Hyndman 37
+FROSTBURG — Sarah
+Raines scored 20 points and
+did a little of everything else
+for Mountain Ridge Thursday
+during the Miners win
+over HOPE for Hyndman.
+Raines had a game-high
+with her 20 points, and her
+seven assists, six rebounds
+and five steals were all teamhighs.
+Anna Broadwater
+added 14 points and had six
+points during the third quarter
+when No. 3 Mountain
+Ridge outscored the Hornets
+25-5 to take a commanding
+lead. Broadwater also had
+three rebounds, three assists
+and two steals, and Amie
+Blank Blank added eight
+points.
+Kadi Cosgrove scored 18
+points and Sara Leydig
+added 14 points for Hyndman,
+but only one other player
+scored for the Hornets.
+Mountain Ridge (9-2)
+heads to Accident to play
+Northern on Monday.
+kets and a free throw..
+Maryland: Thomas scores 19
+in Terps’ victory over Syracuse
+CONTINUED FROM 1D
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+Boys: Shade
+beats Salisbury
+CONTINUED FROM 1D
+and Calvary plays New Life
+tonight at 7:30. ShadWe ednesday 61 Salisbury 27
+SALISBURY, Pa. — Nash
+Walker scored 17 points and
+Jeremy Pyles had 13 as
+Shade rolled past Salisbury.
+Diori Pattison and Roberto
+Pattison had seven points
+each for Salisbury (1-10),
+which plays again at
+Shanksville tonight at 6 p.m.
+FEoarstt HHiallrdy 2683
+CUMBERLAND — Fort
+Hill leaped out to a 20-2 lead
+by the start of the second
+quarter and the Sentinels
+sailed to a 35-point win over
+visiting East Hardy Thursday.
+Troie York posted a double-
+double by getting 10
+points and 10 rebounds and,
+and Alexis Kimmell added 10
+points as well. Raquel Malcolm
+finished with half of the
+Cougars point total by scoring
+a game-high 14 points.
+Sarah Lowery contributed
+nine points and seven
+rebounds and Camden Wilson
+had four assists to go
+with her nine points.
+The 18-point lead at the
+end of the first quarter
+turned into a 35-11 advantage
+by halftime. East Hardy was
+able to trim a little off the
+lead in third to pull to within
+40-20.
+Makayla Powell scored 16
+points and Skylar Barbe had
+10 points in the Sentinels 49-
+14 jayvee win. Vanessa Walker
+scored seven for East
+Hardy.
+Fort Hill (5-6) has a makeup
+game at Hyndman at 1
+o’clock on Saturday. PCaawlv aPrayw 5305
+PAW PAW, W.Va. — Karly
+Hipsley contributed a careerhigh
+33 points to lead the Calvary
+Christian Academy over
+Paw Paw Thursday evening.
+Hipsley converted on 12 of
+Calvary’s 19 total field goals
+and also tied Brooke Ricker
+for a team-high 11 rebounds.
+Paw Paw led by four after the
+first quarter, but was
+outscored 42-23 in the final
+three quarters.
+The Lady Eagles, who
+improved to 5-3 on the season,
+also got help from Payton
+Emerick with nine
+rebounds and six assists.
+Paw Paw got a strong effort
+from junior Belle Harrold
+who scored 15 points. Fellow
+junior Shiann Groad added a
+game-high 15 rebounds to go
+along with five block shots for
+the Pirates.
+The 15-point win is the second
+consecutive victory for
+Calvary who faces New Life
+tonight at 7:30. Paw Paw (2-6)
+plays at Calvary on Monday.
+Local Sports
+Keyser wins, 46-43
+Tornado’s late free throws spoils Allegany’s comeback; Fort Hill, Mountain Ridge, Southern cruise to victories
+KEYSER, W.Va. — Lexi Carr scored
+perform vs the classic one, scroll down for more information.
+Spesification XML-2 burstperform vs the classic one, scroll down for more information.
+There is also Quark Turbo XML-2 without burst mode, to avoid confusion I'm just gonna call the new Quark Turbo XML-2 Burst with new QB2L-X burst and the classic Quark Turbo XML with classic QB2L-X.
+MSRP: $89
+available at foursevens
+Quark Turbo XML-2 with burst is provided by Foursevens
+Packaging And Content
+Comes in clear blister pack, packaging look's clean and simple i really like the new foursevens packaging design compared with classic one. I really like the included battery, in case you are not flashaholic your light is always good to go out of package !! Also they included rubber hand grip which they don't included on classic QB2L-X. Inside the packaging you got:
+- 1 x Quark Turbo XML2 Burst
+- 1 x Lanyard
+- 1 x Holster
+- 1 x Manual
+- 1 x Rubber Hand Grip
+- 2 x Primary CR123
+- 2x Spare O-Ring
+Nothing much changed on new QB2L-X burst, only aesthetic design changed ( you can see the details below ). I also found the clip is more stiff on the newQB2L-X burst, i found little bit difficult to clip it on my pocket. Knurling i would say medium traction, traction is about the same with the classic model. Pocket clip is removable.
+New QB2L-X burst has 3 piece body design from head - battery tube - tail cap. The is a hole on tail cap to attached lanyard if you need to. Head and tail cap is reverse-able, you can switch it to get more carry option bezel up or bezel down.
+The thread is squared cut for smooth twist and more wear resistance compared with non squared cut thread
+Size is compact enough it's fit my palm very well. Also you still can do pocket carry fairly comfortable with it's size.
+Comparison with Classic Model
+Overall design is quite similar between new QB2L-X burst with burst and classic QB2L-X. The difference is on new QB2L-X burst the don't have Foursevens brand on battery tube.
+The other difference which i think important, on new QB2L-X burst the tail switch is not anodized while they put anodized on classic QB2L-X. So you can't lock out your flashlight to prevent accidentally turned on. I don't know why Foursevens does not put anodized on the new QB2L-X burst tail cap.
+You can see also the anodizing is more matte in new QB2L-X burst compared with classic QB2L-X which more glossy. I like it this way. Maybe in the future if Foursevens could do matte black anodize finish like Armytek Predator anodized, it would be awesome !!!
+User Interface, Output and Beam Shot
+Switch is Forward Switch which is you can do half press to do momentary and full press to get constant on.
+New QB2L-X burst basically has 2 mode, with head fully tightened is mode 1 and head loosened mode 2.
+To reprogram the each mode ( let's say with head fully tightened), you need to loosen-tighten the head 4 times quickly ( you can also do loosen-tighten more than 4 times it does have to 4 times). After 3 secs, the light will flash 3 times, and you can now choose through all the possible modes by soft-pressing or clicking off-on at the tail switch. To select the mode you want memorized, wait 10 secs with the light on in that mode. The light will flash rapidly to give you indication that the current mode has been memorized. It won't change unless you go through the programming mode again.
+At the max mode, burst is only for 1 min, during 1 min output is gradually dropped without noticeable difference. But in case you need the burst mode again, you can turn off the flashlight then turn on again to get burst mode.
+Equipped with the latest Cree XML-2 and on my sample emitter is perfectly centered. New QB2L-X burst is using smooth reflector.
+As you can see at max mode the New QB2L-X burst is noticeably much more brighter than classic Quark QB2L-X. On 175 meter distance it still light up the object very well, it's incredible for such a compact light
+I don't do moonlight mode distance shot because it's just about the same as control shot and the light is way too dim. As you can see, there is not much different in every mode except at max mode. The output is fairly compare-able in every mode.
+On Max mode, New QB2L-X Burst is driven harder than classic QB2L-X.
+On Primary CR123 after burst mode New QB2L-X burst output is gradually stepping down without noticeable drop, stabilized around 500-ish lumens while on classic QB2L-X output is stabilized 270 - 350-ish lumens.
+On RCR123 after burst mode output on new QB2L-X burst is gradually stepping down without noticeable drop, stabilized around 500-ish lumens while on classic QB2L-X output is stabilized 250 - 350-ish lumens. Please note, when you are using RCR 123 the light will suddenly go off when the battery is completely depleted, while on Primary CR123 it's still give you dim light.
+Update on 20 August 2013: I just measured tail cap reading using Sanwa DMM ( Digital Multi Meter).
+- Using fresh AW RCR123: On new QB2L-X burst reading @ 1st second is 1700 mAh and gradually stepping down ( did not continue measure ) while on classic QB2L-X reading @ 1st second is 750 mAh ( continued measure for ~10 secs, it's stabilize between 745-750 mAh ).
+- Using fresh Primary Surefire123: On new QB2L-X burst @ 1st second is 2810 mAh and greadually stepping down ( did not continue measure ) while on classic QB2L-X reading @ 1st second is 1,120 Amp ( continued measure for ~10 secs, it's stabilize between 1,120 - 1,110 mAh ).
+At max mode on New QB2L-X burst both on RCR123 and CR123 current is quite high and it's not safe for the battery if it driven continously but for 1 min i think it still safe. Foursevens did a good job on driver design by stepping down the current gradually.
+On QB2L-X burst because it's driven harder at max mode you will get less run time than the classic QB2L-X. Output on New QB2L-X burst is more flat than ClassicQB2L-X.
+Summary
+These two quark turbo shared identical design and feel while you hold on your hand. It's good that Fourseven included the rubber grip on New QB2L-X burst, in case you need yo don't have to buy it separately the new QB2L-X burst does not comes with anodized tail cap so you can't lock-out the light also the clip is much more stiff than classic QB2L-X, i feel little bit difficult to clip it on my pocket.
+The is not much different in every mode except at max mode. At max mode, the new QB2L-X burst is driven harder than classic QB2L-X which always been trade off with more lumens you will get less output. The output on new QB2L-X burst is more flat than output on classic QB2L-X.
+Suggestion for Foursevens: Please make the tail cap anodized and improve the anodize like ArmyTek did on their Armytek Predator light
+Hope you guys enjoyed my review!
+Back2daHooD~
+Thanks for reviewing it.
+I think that tail cap should be anodized by default.
+I'm agree with that, it's important to prevent standby current ( if any ) and prevent accidentally turned on.
+Back2daHooD~
+I’m pretty surprised the tail cap threads arnt anodized (on the inside of the tailcap, of course the tail end of the body has to be bare since you can flip the head and tail around). I have a few quarks including a new burst mode QP2L-X and while the reverse clickys have always been non-anodized both my quark tac (forward clicky) and the replacement I had to have sent for it are both anodized so I would have expected the turbo’s forward click to be as well to allow lockout, there is no standby current as its a true mechanical switch but the protruding button is easy to activate. I also wish they would offer the standard (pro) interface in the turbo line, or atlease 2 modes with the head loose.
+Do you happen to have a single AA body you could use to see if the head can run at full output from a 14500, I have a thread about that in the 1xAA forum.
+On an unreleaed side note Ive been using my QT2L-X as a weapon light mounted on my carbine (M4, registered SBR). I machined a .89” holder to moddify my VLTOR scout mount (so as to not need a spacer since its a 1” light mount) and I really like the setup, however I don’t use pressure switches except on pump scatterguns so I don’t miss not having the option.
+Thanks for the review. I used to own an older Turbo X and also recently bought the new Burst model. Both are great lights but this new one is really awesome.
+Great review. Thanks.
+“this tiny flashlight was the one that shined best”
+@TrueRMS:
+I read from some reply at my review @CPF, a guy mentioned it's because some legal issues and Foursevens got pressured from an aggressive company. That is the reason they removed the anodized. As for AA body, i'm sorry i don't have any of Foursevens AA body.
+But if it even work it would not be a practical light since you will runs on 14500 and it has less than 750 mAh, it's just will become WOW light to impress everyone in this case
+Back2daHooD~
+ambil beamshoot dimana tuh gan >)
+Thanks for the beamshots on top of that review.
+My flashlight collection
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+Post edited and updated. Also added tail cap current reading using DMM both for primary CR123 and rechargeable RCR123.
+@flashaholic: arround my area gan
+Back2daHooD~
+Just bought this for $35. Man, this is bright. I think all I need to do is set it at Low and Mid and it will cover almost everything I do. If it truly runs 13 hours on Med and 5 days on low, All I need is just 1 set of CR123 for most of my camping and fishing trips.
+Wonder if would I get that kind of runtimes on an 18650 2500mah.. (I have a Quark 18650 body). Anyone know?
+1) Hibernian need to be careful
+When David McCracken collected a loose ball at the edge of the Hibernian penalty area in injury time, few would have predicted how expertly he would power the shot beyond Mark Oxley. The ball skidded off the surface but continued to accelerate beyond the goalkeeper, winning the match for Falkirk with just moments left.
+And not many could argue with the result, with Falkirk edging Hibs on the balance of play. The Bairns made more goal-scoring opportunities but were almost left to rue some uncharacteristically wasteful finishing by Rory Loy. Hibs, meanwhile, only threatened Jamie MacDonald’s goal a couple of times, with Danny Handling not clinical enough when given the opportunity to get a shot in behind the Falkirk defence.
+The result leaves Hibs in fourth place, three points behind Queen of the South but only two in front of Falkirk, who have beaten them home and away this season. The Hibees might be expected to finish in third place behind Heart of Midlothian and Rangers, but they continue to make very difficult work of doing so. On the evidence of this match, Hibs aren’t any better than their direct rivals and need to both step up a level and begin to win consecutive matches if they want to keep up with Queen of the South at the very least. Indeed, Hibs haven’t won two league matches in a row all season, despite McCracken only recently putting an end to a reasonably impressive eight-match unbeaten streak (but which contained as many draws as it did victories).
+Losing Dominique Malonga doesn’t help. The powerful Congolese forward has so often been a focal point of Alan Stubbs’s team and is the top scorer with nine goals in all competitions. He was suspended for the trip to Westfield after a sending off in the Scottish Cup, but Hibs’ lack of cutting edge up front doesn’t bode well for an expected absence due to the African Cup of Nations. In his place, Paul Heffernan did very little – he is almost 33 years old now and very much appears to be in the twilight of his career at this level. Jason Cummings started his senior career brightly but was far too complacent against Falkirk and was taken off at half-time. While it was encouraging to see Sam Stanton play some key passes in a central role, Stubbs doesn’t have much of a balance to his team at the moment.
+Falkirk, meanwhile, have now won two league fixtures in a row for the first time this season, which is three in all competitions including the 1-0 win over Cowdenbeath in the Scottish Cup. Peter Houston has much to be positive at this moment in time: Luke Leahy has made the left-back position his own and is getting better with every game; Kieran Duffie has slotted in at right-back as if he hadn’t been away; Craig Sibbald is relishing the responsibility of skinning people through the middle of the pitch, which opens up space for others; and Botti Bia Bi’s partnership with Loy is blossoming, but arguably at the cost of Loy now taking up the kind of positions that Blair Alston enjoys running into – Loy laid off Alston for the winning goal at Alloa Athletic a fortnight previous, but there is a suspicion that Alston’s natural bounding into space from midfield is being suppressed by Houston preferring two up top.
+That’s just a very small detail, however, that might not have much of a bearing for the race for the play-offs among Falkirk, Queens and Hibs. The latter ought to be favourites for third place on the basis of their stature alone, but that doesn’t mean anything when they haven’t beaten their direct rivals in four matches. JAM
+2) Ross Perry sums up Raith Rovers’ defensive woes
+“You could take all of them, put them in a bag and hit them with a stick. Whoever got hit would deserve it.”
+Franz Beckenbaur has never been one to mince his words, but considering this was his take on the 2002 German World Cup team – runners-up to Brazil, lest we forget – his condemnation seems a trifle harsh. If you were to apply the same criticism to this season’s Raith Rovers team, however, you’d pretty much be bang on the money.
+Saturday’s miserable 1-5 home defeat to Livingston was the latest debacle to befall the club in 2014. The calendar year has seen the side concede 78 times – they’ve let in three goals on four occasions, four on seven, and, after the weekend, have lost by five- and six-goal maulings. It’s an appalling statistic and one that hints at a deep-lying problem with the players at the club and the system in which they’re deployed. The famous Challenge Cup victory over Rangers looks like some weird anomaly in context.
+There are anxieties with the Raith defence that go all the way back to the summer. Craig Barr, signed from Airdrieonians, was expected to address their fragilities but an injury sustained in pre-season has prevented him from making an appearance just yet. Coupled with Dougie Hill’s long-term absence (he required surgery over the summer) and it was obvious that another centre-back was required.
+Eyebrows were raised, then, when Ross Perry was brought into the club. After a series of shaky showings in the lower leagues with Rangers and a maligned loan period at Falkirk, there were concerns as to whether or not he was the right man to plug the gaps at the back. And they have proven to be founded – Perry has struggled throughout and looks like the weakest link in a flimsy chain.
+With Hill fit enough to make the bench on Saturday, even the combined deductive reasoning of Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple and Columbo would fail to get to the bottom of exactly how Perry retains his place in the starting XI. The 24-year-old always looks ill at ease and makes panicky, poorly judged decisions – and he was at his very best against Livi when he was dismissed two minutes into the match.
+When Paul Watson inexplicably misjudged a long punt, Perry allowed Mark Burchill to outmuscle him and then compounded the whole mess my tugging back the striker as he made his way in on goal. Jordan White slotted home the resultant penalty and Raith found themselves both a man and a goal down – the fixture looked like dead rubber with 87 minutes left to play.
+What followed was an odd spectacle. Despite having ten men, Rovers gave as good as they got but their admirable attacking intentions, most of which came from the impressive Grant Anderson, were undermined by more diabolical defending. Wingers were given time to cross in the ball, players weren’t closed down, runners weren’t tracked, and forwards weren’t marked – the most basic tenets of defending were not being adhered to. The final four-goal cushion might have been a little flattering to Livi but they were clear and worthy winners after further strikes from Gary Glen, Burchill, Danny Mullen and Michael McKenna gave them their first away win of the season.
+Livi’s victory was badly needed and wiped away three-fifths of their points deduction – they now trail Cowdenbeath in ninth by just four points, but they must show the same ruthlessness over the rest of the season if they’re to claw back the deficit and avoid automatic relegation.
+Meanwhile, Ross Perry’s short-term contract expires in January and with Craig Barr seemingly only a few weeks away from contention, it might just be the last time he’ll be seen in a Raith shirt. If the jeers that followed him down the tunnel on Saturday, then few in Kirkcaldy would care. SM
+3) Ayr United are under par (once again)
+It is fair to assume that under-fire Ayr United manager Mark Roberts would not have handpicked Dunfermline Athletic as his side’s opponents for Saturday. After a weekend of inactivity owing to their exit from the Scottish Cup, struggling United travelled to East End Park with just three points from their last nine League 1 matches and after four consecutive defeats to boot. What’s more, Ayr had failed to beat the Pars in the last 11 meetings between the sides. On Saturday, that run was extended to 12 games after the home side triumphed 4-2. Despite the predictable result, however, there was no shortage of talking points.
+With only Peter Murphy absent for previously injury-hit Honest Men, Roberts reconfigured his side into a 5-3-2 formation for the first time this season. If he hoped the additional man in defence would help keep it tight, his best laid plans were undone after just 19 minutes when Andy Stirling burst off the right-hand touchline onto Andy Geggan’s pass before drilling a low shot through David Hutton’s legs.
+Three minutes later, Hutton dallied on a Kevin McKinlay back-pass and saw his clearance blocked by Allan Smith at close range, who was then able to run on and tap the ball home to double the Pars’ advantage. Chairman Lachlan Cameron recently pledged his support for Roberts stating, “We have players who are big supporters of Mark and are dying to play for him”. But mistakes like Hutton’s are killing the manager, week after week.
+Ayr managed to find the net twice but on both occasions the response from Dunfermline was almost immediate. Scott McLaughlin volleyed home his eighth goal of the season on the 27th minute; Shaun Byrne – the game’s star performer – responded in equally spectacular fashion three minutes later. Ten minutes into the second half, substitute Alan Forrest popped up in the box to reduce the deficit and Ayr were briefly in the ascendancy, but all hope of a comeback was scuppered a minute later by further defensive calamity from the visitors and Smith capitalised again to make it 4-2.
+From that point on there was only going to be one winner. The Ayr players became increasingly and demonstrably frustrated with each other, with the referee, and with the coaching staff. Harsh words were being said and reacted to, hands were thrown up in the air in exasperation, and challenges became increasingly tempestuous. Roberts could only look on, hands in his pockets. There is an air of inevitability about his departure now; this regime’s attempts to turn things round appear futile. There is a sense that Roberts, more than anyone, will be relieved when it’s all over but there is no sign of Cameron acting.
+So Roberts soldiers on and if the manager could select who his discombobulated charges play next, Ayr’s next three fixtures might not be far from his thinking; United face the bottom three sides before the end of the year with ninth place Stenhousemuir next up at Somerset Park (where the Honest Men haven’t won since August), followed by bottom side Stirling Albion. They conclude the calendar year with a trip to Airdrieonians. Ayr’s advantage over the Diamonds and Stenny is just two points – a return to winning ways is vital if the they are to avoided being dragged for eighth. AG
+4) Scott Booth is under pressure
+Stenhousemuir are in big trouble. Their latest defeat, a miserable 0-2 home loss to Forfar Athletic, was arguably their poorest performance of the season. Forfar played well enough but they were never once required to fully exert themselves on the match – the Warriors were haphazard in defence, shapeless in midfield and powder puff in attack. With Airdrieonians collecting a point from their trip to Brechin City, Stenhousemuir now sit in ninth place; the situation looks unlikely to change any time soon.
+Before the match, there was a collective anxiety over Scott Booth’s team selection. With Stewart Greacen absent through injury and Ross McMillan suspended, the Stenhousemuir side looked like little Gulliver wandering through Brobdingnag in comparison to their opponents. This is not to denigrate Forfar – they’re a far more progressive group of players this time around than in previous years – but the Warriors were routinely outmuscled and outfought throughout the encounter.
+Stenny have found defending set pieces a particular nuisance this season and it was inevitable the Loons would score from a corner kick at some point. And so it proved when they won their first of the match after 11 minutes – Michael Dunlop, a man so ugly his body looks as though it’s been constructed entirely from shoulders, rose uncontested to head home Stephen Husband’s centre, and from then on, every time they won a set piece within range of Stenhousemuir’s goal, they looked like scoring. Indeed, Husband added the second 60 minutes later when his free-kick flew past everyone inside a crowded penalty area and into the corner of the net. The Loons have now returned to the top of League 1 in what is becoming a fascinating title tussle; anyone dismissing their championship aspirations based on their part-time status should think again.
+Stenhousemuir were lacklustre and second best in most departments – only Jamie Reid’s close-range shot towards the end of the first half gave Rab Douglas something to do. Their makeshift centre-back pairing of Alan Lithgow and Ross Meechan did what was asked of them and Kieran Millar impressed at the base of midfield, but everything else was just dreck.
+At the final whistle, Booth was subjected to a torrent of invective from a small section of the Stenhousemuir support keen to see the back of him. “I thought there were times during the game where we more than matched them,” said the manager after the match, but he will find few who agree with him. Patience with Booth has worn thin and there are serious doubts about his ability to move the side away from the foot of the table. The players he brought into the club over the summer are just not good enough and for every positive result – the wins against Dunfermline Athletic and Greenock Morton – there are three or four lamentable performances. Something decisive needs to happen.
+At the recent AGM, the club’s board claimed they that the prospect of relegation had never once been contemplated; after the weekend, they might just want to reconsider. CGT
+5) Jim Weir has his work cut out for him
+Elgin City’s recent decision to hire Jim Weir as manager has been one of the most bewildering episodes of the season so far. The 45-year-old’s managerial record has veered somewhere between underwhelming and downright failure, and tasking him with moving a mediocre club away from the foot of the basement division seems beyond his capabilities. The City support, chilled after Barry Wilson’s poor stewardship, were dismayed by the appointment.
+At Montrose, Weir was afforded a handsome budget and performed as was expected of him by finishing in the play-off places before a drop-off in form and machinations behind the scenes brought his tenure to an unsavoury end. His spell at Arbroath was uniformly dreadful and, despite some initial success with Brechin City, he piloted the side down the Second Division table and alienated players and fans alike along the way.
+However, his first game in charge ended in a surprising 1-1 draw with Arbroath. The Lichties had looked rampant in their previous two matches, scoring nine goals, but Elgin limited them to a handful of chances before Craig Gunn’s deserved equaliser. Going into the weekend’s match with Albion Rovers, another daunting task, there was a belief they might just record another upset.
+Not so. Elgin gave a decent account of themselves throughout the opening exchanges but their failure to defend with any sort of cohesion – so often their major malfunction this season – allowed the Rovers to take control of the game. Shortly after the half-hour mark, Liam Cusack stole down the right and cut the ball across goal for Scott Chaplain, who made a late, unchecked run into the area, to slam it into the net from six yards. Chaplain extended Rovers’ lead early into the second half, breaking along the penalty box – unmarked once again – to turn in Ross Davidson’s low corner. Marc McKenzie added a third at the death, latching onto Gary Phillips’ superb through ball and stroking it beneath Michael Fraser. The defending in all instances, particularly the second goal, was disgraceful.
+Elgin might only sit four points behind Clyde in ninth but they are looking increasingly forlorn. They haven’t won in the league since 23 August and have only taken five points from their last 12 matches – Weir faces an enormous job to turn this team into a competitive entity again. The fixture list between now and the New Year is reasonably favourable – they face Berwick Rangers and East Stirlingshire at home before travelling to Montrose after Christmas. Can the manager prove he has the ability to guide Elgin away from the table? Or is history likely to repeat itself for Weir? CGT
+Looking for the freshest seafood in Aruba? Zeerovers Aruba, in the town of Savaneta–formerly the country’s capital–is more seafood shack than fine-dining. But that doesn’t stop it from being one of the best seafood restaurants in Aruba. It’s brimming with fresh seafood and authentic local flavour.
+Although there are many options for upscale waterfront dining in Aruba, if you’re looking for a casual restaurant to chill out with a few Balashi beers, then you’ve found your happy place at Zeerovers Restaurant. It’s one of the most popular Savaneta Aruba restaurants.
+Zeerover means “pirate” in Dutch and this fishing collective serves fresh fish caught right from local waters. It’s where locals eat in Aruba and a top spot to eat in or take your seafood home to cook in your condo or villa kitchen.
+Here’s the scoop on what to expect from this fun and fresh fish restaurant in Aruba.
+Zeerovers Aruba Location
+Located past Queen Beatrix International Airport on a wharf in Savaneta, Zeerovers is easy to get to by car whether you’re making a special trip for lunch or stopping on your way back from Baby Beach, San Nicolas or Rodger’s Beach.
+If you’re going to Zeerovers Restaurant from Oranjestad, watch for the OP=OP store (the fascinating Dutch emporium filled with bargain household products) on the righthand side of Highway 1A and make a turn onto the side road.
+This street leads to a stretch of Savaneta that includes Flying Fishbone restaurant ( an upscale waterfront restaurant open in the evenings) and Aruba Ocean Villas, Aruba’s only Tahitian-style overwater villas & beach villas (formerly known as Old Man & the Sea). Look for the pirate’s head sign. Parking is on the street and spaces can be tough to find when it’s busy so you may need to park a distance away and walk.
+It’s also possible to take public transportation in Aruba and while I haven’t personally taken the bus to Zeerovers, Route 1 of Arubus travels from Oranjestad to San Nicolas, passing through Savaneta so might be an option worth looking into. Check the map in our Travel Guide below.
+Zeerovers Aruba Menu
+If it’s your first time at Zeerovers, you might be a bit confused on how it works. No worries. On our first visit, I asked one of the waiters who told me to simply place our food order at the window before entering the seating area. The menu is posted in the wall in both Papiamento and English. The fish is “Catch of the Day” so could be red snapper, wahoo, kingfish or grouper – it just depends on what the fishermen have hauled in from the ocean that day. Fish and shrimp are ordered by the piece or by weight.
+If it’s your first time at Zeerovers, it might also be hard to decide how much to order. If you’re a newbie like we were, the cashier will hold up a bag that shows how much you’ll be getting. We ordered two pieces of fish (it was wahoo so quite thick) as well as enough “shrimp for two people” as we’d worked up an appetite swimming at Baby Beach.
+Although Zeerovers is known for as one of the best fish restaurants in Aruba, the side dishes are also an important part of dining at Zeerovers. Options include tartar sauce, fried plantain, French fries and pan bati ( their English translation calls it “corn bread” but it’s actually more like a wedge of pancake).
+Don’t skip the side of siboyo de vinager, the delicious marinated red onion salsa, that’s super popular in Aruba. Check out our Easy Recipe for Siboyo Tempera from Aruba and make a batch for yourself at home.
+Zeerover Menu Prices
+Unlike other seafood restaurants in Aruba where prices are shown by the dish or menu item, at Zeerovers, the price is by weight or by piece. This can make ordering worrisome if you’re not sure if you have enough cash. Zeerovers accepts CASH only ( no credit or debit cards). Fortunately a lunch at Zeerovers is not expensive.
+If you’re looking for a posh spot for romantic evening dining, check out Flying Fishbone next door — it’s on our list of the Top 10 Most Romantic Restaurants in Aruba — and you can actually dine at a table in the water!
+Our order for two pieces of fish, enough shrimp for two people, as well as two sides of siboyo, one side of plantain, one side of fries ( huge), and two corn bread came to $36 USD. Also factor in some cash for a tip. There’s a tip jar at the front counter to recognize the staff for their cheery service. I think I heard our cashier shout “sexy lady” when I dropped a few dollars in, so tips (and compliments ) are welcome.
+Once you place your order, you’ll receive a wooden block with a number on it to place on your table. You then go to a side window and order your drinks such as beer, soft drinks or juice.
+Then seat yourself at one of the tables on the pier or on the large terrace where there’s plenty of shade. Every seat offers exceptional views. It doesn’t get any more waterfront than this in Savaneta (unless you count Flying Fishbone where your feet are literally IN the water).
+A waiter will bring your food order to your table along with a supply of condiments, plastic forks and napkins. Sip your drinks and watch the seagulls while you wait. If you have a bird phobia – don’t throw those avians any food scraps or you’ll quickly be surrounded by flapping wings.
+Click on our Instagram post for a video of the bird-action while waterfront dining in Aruba:
+Fresh fish is on the menu for lunch at Zeerovers Restaurant Aruba on the waterfront in Savaneta. These seagulls are front row and center for any scraps that head their way @arubatourism #freshfood #seafood #seaside #lovetheocean #caribbean #aruba #travelgram #travelstoke #eathappy #explore #yum #yummy #view #travel
+Dining at Zeerovers Aruba
+At Zeerovers, the fish changes depending on the catch of the day and can include popular fish to eat in Aruba such as barracuda, wahoo, whole red snapper (head and tail), kingfish and other species of fish you may not be familiar with. During our visit, the “catch of the day” was wahoo, a big game fish related to the king mackerel. It’s got a finely-grained, firm consistency and sweet, slightly buttery flavour that makes it one of the best fish for eating.
+At Zeerovers, all of the fish is flash deep-fried, a method that creates a light crust on the outside and moist flaky interior. The fish is not encased in a a heavy batter which means you can taste the freshness of the fish. It worked well for the wahoo which came accompanied with piping hot french fries sprinkled with sea salt and plantain caramelized to sweet perfection. The siboyo onions added a nice tart crunch to the combination. Overall, it was a fantastic lunchtime meal.
+Zeerovers Aruba Reservations
+Reservations aren’t accepted at Zeerovers, so if you want to avoid long line-ups, try to time your visit for outside peak periods of lunch and dinner. Note that there are very long line-ups of locals (always a good sign that the food will be great) on Friday nights and on Sundays during the day. That having been said, we arrived on a Friday at noon and waited just 20 minutes to place our order. We also scored a table at the water’s edge, so it’s possible for even beginners to get lucky.
+Have you been to Zeerovers Restaurant in Aruba? Did you like it? What kind of fish did you try? Share your thoughts in the comment box below!
+Travel Guide
+Costs: Cash Only. USD or Aruban florins. No Credit Cards or Debit Cards are Accepted.
+Hours: Closed Mondays.
+Savaneta: Read more about things to do: Savaneta Secrets in Aruba Nights Publications.
+Public Transportation: Arubus operates a fleet of 42 buses along various routes, including several to Savaneta. Note that the special bus to Baby Beach bypasses Savaneta.
+Aruba Tourism Authority and New Entry Requirement: Get maps, travel advice and other valuable resources on the official Aruba or children under the age of 9 months.
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+What a mouth-watering menu! The fish looks fresh and delicious and I would love to try their siboyo de vinager, which is one of my favorite things to eat at home. We are getting a crazy snowstorm right now, so it’s lovely to read about somewhere warm and tropical!
+That’s amazing you’ve already heard of siboyo de vinager and are also making it at home. I’d never heard of it in Canada but quickly became a fan after my first visit to Aruba. (And good luck with the snow – it’s surely the last snow storm of the season!)
+Excellent review Michele. This one will be on my list when we go next time!
+Looking forward to hearing about your trip to Aruba Marlene!
+Went last year as a pit stop on a motorcycle tour and enjoyed the red snapper, shrimps, plantains, fries and some cold beers. Price was reasonable and the view was great. We are definitely going back and highly recommend. If you don’t like your food fried, then don’t go. My fish was fresh, well seasoned and crispy. Loved it !!!
+I couldn’t agree more! Don’t be afraid of this fried fish, folks!
+The food and the view at Zeerovers looks fantastic. I think I’d enjoy the siboyo de vinager – this is the first time I’ve heard about the dish.
+I think I’d really enjoy that basket of seafood at Zeerovers Aruba. Aruba is one island I’ve yet to visit, but would love to. Thx for the tasty post!
+I so want to visit Aruba! When I make it there…and I will… I would love to have some fresh from the boat seafood at Zeerovers! Thanks for the great post.
+What a nice place. Would love to have seafood meal on such location
+What a fun article for me to read especially after I realized I ate at Zeerovers when I was in Aruba not so long ago!! Thanks for the memories; now I’m hungry! 🙂
+Great to hear Marilyn!
+Visited many many times! Our favorite place for fresh fish! Love the snapper! Mostly enjoy the shrimp we eat by the water then take a few kilos back to our villa! Don’t miss this place! Linda is the best!! Almost forgot to mention the beer is ice cold! Amstel Bright!
+Smart you! I wish I’d gone earlier in our week in Aruba then I could have planned a return visit! That wahoo was really what seafood dreams are made of – what a difference freshness makes. And how did I miss Amstel Bright? Next time…
+We are coming to Aruba next month. We will definatly come to your restaurant. How long has it been there?
+Enjoy your visit to Aruba! It’s not our restaurant so I’m not sure how long it’s been there but I’m sure if you ask one of the staff when you arrive they’ll be able to tell you.
+YES YES YES!! I am definitely adding Zeerovers Aruba to my dining options when Darcee & I head to aruba. That wahoo and shrimp looks amazing but I think I would want the Pan Bati cause any type of corn bread is my jam!!
+Thank you for the wonderful post Michele..
+Zeerover exsit 38+ years, first it was just a bar. Where family and friends of Savaneta and other fishermen came together.
+They used to fry your fresh caught fish in exchange for a beer..
+After that and by request of the people they started with the restaurant concept. And thanks to the power of social media and wonderful people like you they have grown in into what it is today. Greetings from Aruba (the cashier on the pic)
+Hi Zuzette…thanks for chiming in with the great information on the history of Zeerover – wow, it’s been almost 40 years. And thanks too for helping these two newbies with their first order last week 🙂 WE’ll be back!
+Interesting to read that Zeerovers means pirates in Dutch. Sea rovers—of course! Really picturesque terrace, looks like a must-stop for fresh fish, chips and siboyo. Aruba—yum!
+This fresh seafood looks like the perfect pairing for a day at the beach!
+So many cute places in Aruba (if you can duck the wind).
+Incredible views and delicious food, what else can you ask for! Aruba sounds so good right now.
+The Playstation (PS1) Survival Horror Library
+Presented by Ack
+(be sure to also check out Ack’s guide to the Dreamcast Survival Horror Library)
+The history of horror in video games is an interesting tale, some say starting with a few games on the Atari 2600, some saying even farther, to Haunted House on the Magnavox Odyssey. But it would be the 32-bit era when survival horror would really take off, appearing almost out of nowhere to become a major factor in console wars, especially with the PlayStation. Yet survival horror is a strange genre, because it is based around themes instead of gameplay mechanics. What other genre can incorporate point-and-click adventures, third-person action games, RPGs, and first-person shooters without skipping a beat? So, to help gain an understanding of the genre, and possibly lead a few collectors to track down titles they’ve never played before, here is the list of survival horror titles for the original PlayStation.
+It should be noted, if multiple titles in a series were released on the PlayStation, they ended up in the series category instead of the singles, even if the sequels were not really survival horror titles. Hence titles like Dino Crisis are listed as series, though only the first is considered true survival horror. All release dates were provided by GameFAQs. Also, while I tried to provide the more influential titles first, the listings aren’t in any particular order, except for the Honorable Mentions section, which is in alphabetical order.
+Resident Evil Series
+Resident Evil (NTSC-J, NTSC-U, PAL/ 1996), Resident Evil 2 (NTSC-J, PAL/1998 , NTSC-U/1997), Resident Evil 3 (NTSC-J, NTSC-U/1999, PAL/2000), Resident Evil: Survivor (NTSC-J, NTSC-U, PAL/2000)
+Resident Evil is easily one of the biggest names in the genre, and is credited with creating the term “survival horror.” The series also standardized the control scheme and many other elements that would dominate survival horror games for this generation, to the point that other survival horrors became known as RE clones. The plots tend to follow a particular group of characters, usually police officers or in related fields, as they battle a pharmaceuticals corporation named Umbrella. But Umbrella also does work with biological weapons, which have a nasty habit of getting loose and unleashing hordes of zombies or worse. If you’ve never played a survival horror and are wondering what the genre is about, Resident Evil is probably the best place to start. Of course, due to its popularity there are a large number of spin-off titles, such as the Survivor series which first appeared on the PlayStation. While this title does feature many of the elements of the Resident Evil series, it is actually a light gun shooter, so don’t expect the same kind of gameplay you get from the others.
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+Clock Tower Series
+Clock Tower: The First Fear (NTSC-J/1997), Clock Tower (NTSC-J/1996, NTSC-U/1997, PAL/1998), Clock Tower 2 (NTSC-J/1998, NTSC-U/1999)
+Originally starting out on the Super Famicom, the Clock Tower series would see three releases on the PlayStation, including a port of the first game. Though eventually seeing major changes in their control scheme in Clock Tower 3 on the PlayStation 2, the series would begin its life as third-person point-and-click games. In these titles, there is little in the way of combat. Instead, you are being stalked by a murderer, usually armed with a pair of gardening shears. To survive and unravel the story, you must run and hide, using your surroundings to disguise yourself and praying your stalker doesn’t find you. Beyond that, you’re helpless, and likely forced to watch as the murderer takes down everyone around you. It should be noted that the films of Dario Argento, particularly Phenomena(Creepers to those of us in the USA) are considered a major influence, so if you’re familiar with his work, you should have an understanding of what these games are like. The games are also notable for having multiple endings based on many different conditions.
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+Dino Crisis Series
+Dino Crisis (NTSC-J, NTSC-U, PAL/1999), Dino Crisis 2 (NTSC-J, NTSC-U, PAL/2000)
+When I first learned of this series, is what billed to me as Resident Evil with dinosaurs. Considering it keeps many of the conventions of Resident Evil, such as controls, was created by Capcom, and features some similar story elements(once again, you’re part of a special operations team whose members are slowly picked off one by one while exploring a dangerous facility, this time on an island), but it mixes up the formula in a few ways to make it interesting. Of all these changes, perhaps most important is that the enemy has been upgraded from a slow, mindless corpse that can take a little punishment into a fast, agile, intelligent predator which can often be found in packs. And that’s only the first thing you encounter. If you’ve played through all the Resident Evils and want something similar but still dangerous, Dino Crisis is the way to go. Unfortunately once you’ve beaten the first, the second isn’t a survival horror game. I’ve included it in case people are interested, but it’s much more of a straight action game where you kill dinosaurs for points.
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+Parasite Eve Series
+Parasite Eve (NTSC-J, NTSC-U/1999), Parasite Eve 2 (NTSC-J/1999, NTSC-U, PAL/2000)
+The Parasite Eve series has the distinction of being the only series on this list based off a book, Parasite Eve, released in Japan in 1995. There’s also a film adaptation, released in 1997. The first Parasite Eve game follows a woman named Aya, a rookie NYPD officer, who must battle it out with a creature named Eve who is attempting to create the ultimate being. In the sequel, Aya has become an FBI agent who is continuing to fight weird mitochondrial mutants, this time in the Mojave Desert. Probably most notable is that the games were created by Squaresoft, and the first is a hybrid of survival horror and RPG gameplay. The second one drops many of the RPG conventions of the first, giving a very different feel. There’s also some debate about whether Parasite Eve 2 should even be considered a survival horror game. The best course of action to decide, of course, is to play it and find out for yourself.
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+Alone in the Dark Series
+Alone in the Dark: One-Eyed Jack’s Revenge (NTSC-J, NTSC-U, PAL/1996), Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (NTSC-U, PAL/2001)
+Before Resident Evil came along and even named the genre, the first Alone in the Dark would help mod survival horror with many of its action staples. It’s a shame that the rest of the series could never quite live up to it, and the PlayStation titles are two examples. One-Eyed Jack’s Revenge is the second game in the original trilogy, in which players control series protagonist Edward Carnby as he investigates the kidnapping of a young girl by gangsters, who are actually the manifestations of ghost pirates. While it kept some of the horror elements of the first, it’s difficult to describe One-Eyed Jack’s Revenge as a true survival horror. The New Nightmare, the fourth Alone in the Dark and an attempt to reboot and update the series by bringing it from the 1930s to present day, falls closer to its genre roots. Unfortunately it is subsequently written out of the series by the fifth game, aptly named Alone in the Dark, which follows the continuity of the original trilogy. It also suffers from a few ridiculous points, such as the weapons(double-barreled revolvers anyone?), as well as an unfortunate connection to the Uwe Boll movie adaptation.
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+Echo Night Series
+Echo Night (NTSC-J/1998, NTSC-U/1999), Echo Night 2 (NTSC-J/1999)
+The Echo Night series has always been an interesting one. All three in the series(the third appearing on the PlayStation 2) are first-person adventures, with little control beyond a typical point-and-click game. While the Echo Nights take place in different locales and have no connecting story, they do have a connecting theme: the pacification of spirits. In the Echo Night games, you must enter an environment where spirits roam the halls, doing whatever you can to get them to accept their fates and move on. To add tension, there are angry spirits who will reach out and try to kill you if they come near you. Combine these with an oppressive atmosphere, and these games can become an interesting experience. Just don’t expect it to be pretty: the fist game was panned for its graphics and gameplay style so much, the second never saw release outside of Japan.
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+Overblood Series
+Overblood (NTSC-J: 1996, NTSC-U, PAL: 1997) Overblood 2 (NTSC-J: 1998, PAL: 2001)
+These games are a more futuristic look at the survival horror genre, dealing with cryogenics, clones, and engineered viruses. In the first, you play as Raz Karcy, a man who awakens from cryogenic sleep with no idea who he is. He soon becomes infected with a bizarre virus that begins turning his skin green and scaly. The sequel takes place even farther in the future, around the year 2115. It centers on a young man named Arcano Brani, who wants to become a Junk Blade racer. The series should be noted for being two of the first in the genre to use fully 3D environments. Unfortunately, they’re generally not considered very good.
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+Silent Hill
+NTSC-J, NTSC-U, PAL: 1999
+Considered by many at the time of its release to be the scariest game of all time, the first Silent Hill took the survival horror to new psychological heights. Gamers take the role of Harry Mason, a widower taking his adopted daughter Cheryl on a late-season vacation to Silent Hill. On the way, Harry wrecks his jeep and is knocked unconscious. When he comes to, snow is falling and Cheryl has disappeared. From there, Harry must wander the streets of Silent Hill, searching for his daughter. Combining a bizarre storyline, strange references to other series(such as the Wizard of Oz), a dark soundtrack, and disturbing atmosphere, Silent Hill twisted reality to a breaking point. Players were forced to rely on a radio that would emit static the closer an enemy became. Much of the game is spent fumbling around in the dark, and the flashlight only manages to attract enemies. While many games attempt for this feel, Silent Hill truly succeeds at making us afraid of what might lie around the next corner or through the next door.
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+D
+(NTSC-J/1995, NTSC-U, PAL/1996)
+WARP was always an odd company, and its games were always very unique. Using full-motion videos, this game follows Laura, who must go into a hospital where her crazed father has begun murdering people. Once inside, she is suddenly teleported into a bizarre castle where she must navigate various puzzles to make it through. The game is done as a first-person graphic adventure, somewhat like a point-and-click, but without all the pointing and clicking. The castle is loaded with traps, and the players are up against a time limit. Along the way, she can collect scarabs to help tell the story, and her actions in the end will affect the ending you get. The biggest downside to D is that there isn’t much replayability, and the 3D graphics haven’t aged well, so don’t expect to be blown away. But it’s worth acquainting yourself with the game if you like survival horror, especially since it would lead to two spin-offs also staring Laura: Enemy Zero on the Sega Saturn, and D2 on the Sega Dreamcast.
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+Dark Messiah (known as Hellnight or Hell Night in PAL regions)
+(NTSC-J/1998, PAL/1999)
+While running from an apocalyptic cult in Tokyo, you hide in the subway system, only to be attacked by a weird mutant creature recently escaped from a nearby research facility. After derailing your train, the creature begins murdering survivors as you and a girl named Naomi run for your lives. You escape into a nearby tunnel and find yourself in The Mesh, a series of tunnels where a group of self-sufficient citizens live. Now you must find a way to escape to the surface, along with the other citizens of The Mesh. And I do mean you. The game uses a first-person perspective to view the action, and you are allowed one companion, starting with Naomi, to come along with you on the trip. You must venture through the various tunnels of The Mesh, completing puzzles and moving on to new areas. As you move on, the creature stalks you. If the creature finds you, you must run, as there is no combat in Dark Messiah. And if the creature captures your companion, they are dead and you must find a new one to help you.
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+Koudelka
+(NTSC-J/1999, NTSC-U, PAL/2000)
+Koudelka is a combination survival horror/tactical RPG. Yes, it sounds like it might be an odd combination, but it actually works out quite well. The game follows three adventurers, Koudelka Iasant, Edward Plunkett, and Father James O’Flaherty, as they investigate the bizarre events surrounding a monastery in Whales in 1898. This RPG requires the management of items and ammunition to survive and discover what is going on. It is the brain child of Hiroki Kikuta, best known as the composer for Squaresoft’s Seiken Densetsu 2 and 3. Kikuta, tired of the direction RPGs were going in, left the company and formed his own, Sacnoth. Originally he wanted Koudelka to feature a combat style similar to Resident Evil, but internal strife with coworkers led to the hybrid that is Koudelka, and he eventually resigned. Sacnoth went on to become Nautilus and created the Shadow Hearts series, which relate directly to Koudelka. So if you’re a fan of Shadow Hearts, this is one RPG to look for.
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+Galerians
+(NTSC-J/1999, NTSC-U, PAL/2000)
+Zombies not your style? Psychic violence and causing heads to explode a la Scanners more your thing? Then Galerians is probably more your thing. In it, a boy named Rion awakens in a hospital with no idea who he is. In his mind he can hear a girl screaming for help, so using a combination of psychic powers he fights his way out of the hospital in search of the girl. In the process he learns about the “G Project,” and everything swiftly goes to Hell in a handbasket. While Galerians would borrow the Resident Evil style of controls, combat is based around drug-induced mental powers. To use your powers, you must take drugs. Run out of drugs, which are limited, and you run out of power. You must also watch your health and AP. Gain too much AP, and you go nuts, killing anything that gets too close in a process known as Shorting. Do it too long, and you kill yourself.
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+Dark Tales: From the Lost Soul
+(NTSC-J/1999)
+This game is presented as a series of three tales, which must be completed in order. In each, the player must make choices which will affect the ending they get. The stories are all different, focusing a detective chasing a murderer, a novelist working on a book who receives a mysterious CD, and a newlywed couple that take a bad road. Because the choices can drastically alter what happens to characters, there are multiple paths through the various tales. There are also quick time events where the player must press commands rapidly, or else the characters will likely get killed. Combat, when it does occur, is done via these choices or quick time events. Also, on an odd note, there’s a strange host to introduce each tale, but during gameplay nobody ever actually appears on screen. Definitely one of the weirder horror games for the console.
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+Juggernaut
+(NTSC-J/1998, NTSC-U/1999)
+Another first-person adventure title for the PlayStation, this game focuses on you entering the mind of your demon-possessed girlfriend in a battle for her soul. There is no combat, relying instead on puzzles. But don’t expect it to be easy. First you must explore the main hub of her soul, which looks like a large mansion, and then you must wander through the four microcosms and fend off the evil that attacks her. To explore these areas, your soul must possess the two bodies inside her soul, both of which can access various areas that other can’t. For instance, the child body can go through a small door that the adult can’t go through. The game also relies on disturbing imagery and items to drive its point home. If you enjoy titles like D or Myst, this might be a game worth checking out.
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+Martian Gothic: Unification
+(NTSC-U, PAL/2001)
+A mysterious message is received on Earth from a base on Mars saying “Stay alone, stay alive.” After ten months of radio silence from the Martian base, a small team of astronauts with different skills are sent up to find out what happened. Once there, they discover everyone dead. Now they must find out why. Gameplay in Martian Gothic requires switching between three characters on the fly, using a series of vacuum tubes to send items, or sticking items in hatches for storage. If ever any two of the three meet, the “Unification” part of the title occurs, where all three are apparently sucked together and turned into a roaming monster, at which point it’s game over. And while the game is similar to Resident Evil in terms of control and appearance, it tweaks the formula to lean more towards puzzles and away from the action, which is also held up by ever-regenerating enemies. It also requires the ability to view problems from different angles, as most puzzles will require all three characters to solve. Don’t expect this to be an easy experience.
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+Koukai Sarena Katta Shuki: The Note (Known as The Note in PAL regions)
+(NTSC-J, PAL/1997)
+A freelance journalist is hired to go after a woman by her mother after she mysteriously disappears. So, along with his female companion, he goes off to an old house the woman was apparently investigating. Another first-person horror title, The Note features a combat system that comes off like a sluggish first person shooter, with poor controls and only one shotgun that couldn’t hit a rat at ten feet. It hardly seems enough to handle the regenerating monsters that appear in each locale, but thankfully there aren’t many. The real meat of the game is in its puzzles, which require the skillful manipulation of light sources. Windows, candles, lamps, fireplaces, all can be lit or extinguished at any time. It’s an interesting system that’s quite unique, especially for its time. Your “health meter” is also fairly unique: it’s your vision. The player literally sees through the eyes of the character, who will blink every now and again. And as the player accumulates damage, their eyes slowly close. So the more damaged you are, the less you can see. It’s definitely an unusual experience.
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+Chaos Break
+(NTSC-J, PAL/2000)
+Several cells of living tissue are pulled from a meteorite that has crashed on planet Earth. A corporation named Fluxus Bioengineering Laboratories takes the cells to a secret research facility on an island off the coast of Chile, where they suddenly begin propagating. You must now find out what’s going on, by playing as either a former Navy SEAL, or a young Japanese biochemist. While the gameplay is reminiscent of Resident Evil, there’s an edge in terms of speed. There are puzzles that must be solved, hordes of enemies to fight off(sometimes with your bare hands), and long fetch quests to go on. In fact, let’s just say what it is: a Resident Evil/Dino Crisis clone, only with even worse voice acting than either. There’s also some clipping issues and graphical glitches, and some poor AI. The game is also based on a Taito arcade game, Chaos Heat.
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+Evil Dead: Hail to the King
+(NTSC-U/2000, PAL/2001)
+Based on the Evil Dead series of films, this game follows Ash as he returns once again to the cabin, and once again brings his girlfriend with him. And, once again, Professor Knowby’s tape of his reading the Necronomicon is played, freeing the Deadites who then kidnap Ash’s girlfriend. So now Ash must find the missing pages of the Necronomicon if he ever wants to seal their evil away forever…again. To do this, Ash must wade through hordes of respawning enemies in various locales, such as the house, a boy scout camp, and a hick farm, where he’ll have to face ghosts, skeletons, redneck zombies, and troops of zombie boy scouts. To fight them off, there are firearms, an axe, and the mighty chainsaw, which must be fueled up for use. And yes, there’s even a taunt button, though with only a handful of sayings, it gets old pretty fast.
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+Countdown: Vampires
+(NTSC-J/1999, NTSC-U/2000)
+Considered a clone of Resident Evil, this game changes the zombies for vampires, as if the title didn’t really give it away. Players take control of homicide detective Keith J. Snyder who has been assigned to do bodyguard duty as a disciplinary measure at a new casino. A fire breaks out while he’s on duty, resulting in black liquid being sprayed from the fire sprinklers, which turns people into zombie-like vampires. From there, Detective Snyder must figure out what’s going on. While it obviously pulls a lot from RE, the game adds an interesting twist in the secondary weapon, a dart gun that stuns vampires so “white water” can be poured on them to turn them back into humans. Beyond that, it really never strays from the Resident Evil formula, though it does allow you to play some slots, since you are in a casino. Oh, and if you play this in English, prepare for some of the worst voice acting you’ve ever heard.
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+Honorable Mentions
+While not survival horror in my opinion, these incorporate some elements, and I have seen them labeled survival horror on some websites. If you’ve exhausted everything else but still want more, try checking out some of these, as they may help sate your appetite.
+- Alien Resurrection – Based on the fourth film in the Alien franchise and similar to Alien Trilogy, this first person shooter takes place on a space ship with hordes of aliens, face huggers, and chest bursters. Music is minimal, though that just makes it so you can hear the distant gun battles and screams as aliens slaughter people in other sections of the ship. There’s also an interesting system to switch characters, who are proficient with different weapons.
+- Alien Trilogy – A first person shooter based off the Alien franchise, though a bit loosely as it does follow closer to Aliens, but mixes in the other movies. You play Ripley, who is attempting to save space colonists on LV-426 while blowing away whatever xenomorph gets in her way. Expect lots of action and gameplay reminiscent of DOOM.
+- Blade – Based on the movie based on the Marvel comic book character of the same name, Blade is about a vampire hunter going after his favorite prey. It’s a third-person action title that allows multiple ways of getting through each level. While it wasn’t so highly regarded by critics and it’s not really much on the horror angle, fans of comics and vampire games might be interested.
+- Dark Seed Series – With visuals designed by H. R. Giger, Dark Seed and Dark Seed II are two of the most visually disturbing adventure titles to ever appear. The games follow Mike Dawson, a writer and advertising executive, who is clashing against an alien force known as the Ancients from conquering the planet. But there is a time limit, and the clock is ticking. While the PlayStation ports are only available in Japanese, this game can also be found for the PC, so don’t despair.
+- Dracula Series – A series of point-and-click games, titled Dracula: The Resurrection and Dracula: The Last Sanctuary, based on Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, though set seven years after the fact. Mina Harker has suddenly fallen under Dracula’s curse once more, so her husband, Jonathan Harker, must venture to Dracula’s castle and discover what is going on. The sequel picks up immediately after the first game. The games are also compatible with the PlayStation mouse.
+- Legacy of Kain Series – This series incorporates both the Blood Omen and Soul Reaver games, of which Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver appear on the PlayStation. The series follows the ongoing power struggle in Nosgoth from the perspective of two vampires, the blood drinking Kain and his rebelling lieutenant, the soul drinking Raziel. The two games are drastically different, the first being a 2D action-adventure, while the second is a 3D action title.
+- Nightmare Creatures Series – This series follows multiple protagonists in different periods of time battling against the alchemist Adam Crowley and the Brotherhood of Hecate, who are seeking to create a race of superhumans to do their bidding. Unfortunately the Brotherhood’s elixir doesn’t quite work, so instead of supermen, they’ve been creating a horde of monsters to do their dirty work. Though they incorporate elements of horror, these titles emphasize combat and are almost straight action games.
+- Shadow Man – This voodoo-themed game based loosely off the Valiant comic book Shadowman follows Michael LeRoi, the Shadowman, an immortal warrior who must fight to protect the living from the dead. And so he must stop a group of serial killers from summoning forth an army of immortal soldiers to bring about the end of the world. The PlayStation version is also considered the weakest of its releases, so it might be better to track this down on the Nintendo 64 or Dreamcast.
+Related Guides
+- Survival Horror 101
+- Survival Horror Games & Franchises That Defined The Genre
+- The Sega Dreamcast Survival Horror Library
+I’ve been for this for a while. Thank you
+Great job, Ack! This list really hit all the major franchises as well as all the obscure titles.
+“the fist game was panned for its graphics”
+Typo 😛
+Also, a million points for giving Galerians a mention, I love that game.
+Man, I loved Parasite Eve and Dino Crisis. Great games.
+Yeah I’ve noticed a few Patrick, but thanks for bringing that one to my attention. I’ll try to get them fixed.
+Great article Ack! You didn’t miss anything. I hope this can be done for other genres for the different consoles.
+All the survival/horror games are one of the reasons I love the ps1 so much, even if some of them are RE clones.
+Nice one, didn’t know about half of these.
+This is a great list! A lot of games I haven’t played or even heard of. Nightmare Creatures 2 was one of my favorites for a couple months. I still consider Silent Hill 1 to be one of the scariest games I ever played. I remember me and Josh playing it at 2 AM during a really windy thunder storm and getting to the foyer where the suspense music keeps mounting to…
+Awesome game!
+Good list! I didn´t remember D was released on PSX!
+Overblood (the first one) is really great. The second is horrible, laughable.
+Nice work Ack! Very comprehensive list. You’re obviously the guy to go to for any survival-horror info.
+Awesome guide! I’ll definitely have to try a few of these out.
+Nice post as always. I wish I would have known somebody who had a playstation when I was younger. Looks like it had a lot of good games.
+RE2:Dual Shock was one of my favorite PS1 survivor horror games.Sadly though i have yet to add these other games as Silent Hill,RE3 and Dino Crisis 2 to my growning ps1 library.Prices on Amazon.com are outlandish for these and other high profile games!
+Actually breakwind, if you’re having trouble getting RE3, you might consider going for the Dreamcast version. I managed to find a pretty good deal that included RE2, RE3, RE: Code Veronica, and Dino Crisis for $45.00 on eBay.
+Blade was HORRIBLE.
+Don’t spend money on it even if you are a fan.
+Does anyone know if Hellboy on the PS was good?
+You mean Hellboy: Asylum Seeker? From what I’ve read, the controls are apparently pretty bad, and judging from YouTube videos, it suffers from some pretty horrendous load times and doesn’t look all that fun, but if you really want to check it out it tends to go for less then $10 used.
+Wheres Fear Effect and Fear Effect Retro Helix!?!?!?
+Such a great list, tho. Good job aside from forgetting those two.
+Nice list racketboy! I must say that Resident Evil 1 (PSX) is still my favorite survival horror game to date (for nostalgic reasons) which isn’t fair for all the other great RE/survival horror games that have come out in the past decade. On a side note, not that I’ve actually played it myself but I heard Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem was a pretty good survival horror game for the Game Cube. Then again, Wikipedia places it in the psychological horror genre so maybe that’s why you exclude it from your list? Just thought I’d put in my 2/100 of a dollar (2 cents) 😀
+Glad to see this. I’ve owned most of these and still own the major ones. (RE/Silent Hill/Parasite Eve, etc.) Clock Tower has always been one of my favorites, thought the 2nd one was a disappointment. If only Silent Hill and Dino Crisis were on Gamecube it would be the ultimate survival horror machine, but since it doesn’t that belongs to the PSX.
+I want to mention one game for PSX called Covert Ops: Nuclear Dawn, from Activision I believe. It was basically a commercial failure and not horror themed at all, but if you enjoy a game like Resident Evil you will probably like it. It takes a lot from the movie Under Siege 2, from Metal gear Solid and also basically the same control scheme as Resident Evil except you’re on a train shooting live people. Check it out if you like RE.
+Fear Effect 1 and 2 should have definitely gotten a mentioned but other than that, great list.
+You forgot to mention one of the most underated and obscure japanese horror game called Enigma in 1998:
+Thought I would add one that was missed, Vampire Hunter D, an anime movie had a game adaptation that was a survival horror. I liked it when new, unsure of how it holds up.
+I like this list , thanks
+Amazing list. Thaks a million!! It was very much needed.
+“It also suffers from a few ridiculous points, such as the weapons(double-barreled revolvers anyone?), as well as an unfortunate connection to the Uwe Boll movie adaptation.”
+A more ridiculous example would be 3-barreled shotgun and I think (pretty sure) the Uwe Boll movie came out much later.
+This list is fantastic! I have been trying to find Parasite eve for about 10 years. I remember seeing it in a playstation magazine when I was a kid but I could not remember the name. I remembered that it was similar to Resident evil. Anyway, hugely satisfied to have finally found it! lol.
+Crazy world.
+Great list, D had been bugging me for a while, couldn’t remember the name / castle connection.
+What about Rule of Rose? u.u
+If you count Resident Evil as Survival Horror you should have the Fear Effect series in there….
+I love Silent Hill
+one of the best games ever 😎
+Sir, I wish you a happy life. You made me remember Parasite Eve, which was definitely one of my fave!~
+Well i see of course resident evil is there and dino crisis both games are awesome and are A MUST HAVE IN Horror gaming but real horror is defined by silent hill far way scarier than other games it always have this psychological thing on the right hand and on the left hand the puzzles and stuff like that as the gameplay…its almost killing horroryphic weird things while you acomplish objectives.great Game stills 😀
+Que grande parasite eve, que lastima que no sacaron la 3 para consolas normales y mas lástima aún que no siguieran con una cuarta parte, DEP Parasite Eve.
+Resisting enclosure past & present: East London Waterworks, Leyton Marsh, and the Leyton Lammas lands
+NB: Update to this post (July 2020): since this was published the application for the controversial Waterworks Festival was refused by Waltham Forest Council… One victory! The planning application for the massive expansion of the ice rink is still up in the air…
+Regular readers of our blog will know that one of our obsessions is open green space in London – its history, how much of what was defended and preserved by collective action, and its present and future use…
+In the capital, as in many big cities, land has often gone through many incarnations over the centuries. If some spaces have remained largely open and accessible (although that had to be fought for), some pieces of land have been split up, parts built on, some saved and other sections lost; then in some cases, returned to open space. Industry has taken over then declined or fallen derelict and been re-wilded (or re-wilded itself).
+Some of this process is still going on. The long years of battling against enclosures, campaigning for parks to be built or commons and woods to be left undeveloped, are not over. Corporate interests, local authorities, admin quangos, often owning or managing space, have certain visions as to how they can be exploited; some of which clash with other viewpoints. Land is a cash cow to some; a resource to milk, or to be sold off, built on, concreted over.
+For many others of us open space remains a vital part of what makes a city liveable. Many times we have to come together to fight off attempts to enclose places we love; other times, there’s a chance to return open land lost to a useable and shareable environment. Because of the nature of land ownership, even public land ownership, campaigns to save or reclaim open space can often face an uphill battle, because the authorities who supposedly manage such resources on our behalf may see the space differently to us. (To be honest there’s often conflict about use of open space among users…)
+The Lea Bridge Waterworks, where Leyton and Hackney Marshes meet, in North East London, are one space where the next developments are under up for debate at the moment shines an interesting light on past, present and possible futures. Collective resistance helped preserve part of this space in the past; community campaigns have helped fight off some recent developments, and could help re-shape the area for all our benefit…
+Part of what was once open land here is threatened by the expansion of ‘leisure’ facilities… part is fenced off after failed development plans… part is open as a nature reserve but a corporate festival is planned for the next three summers (experience with other open spaces suggests this may mean increased exploitation for such large destructive moneyspinning events…)
+There’s a lot of local anger and opposition, taking inspiration from the history of resistance to the loss of open land here. Parts of what was once lammas land, on the old Leyton Marsh, have been a contested zone for many decades… The high point being direct action in 1892 which helped preserve access to some of these lands…
+The Icerink Cometh?
+The Lea Valley Icerink, which stands off Lea Bridge Road, has applied for planning permission to expand, which would mean the building doubling in size, snaffling more of the open land around it. We ourselves love ice skating at Lea Valley, but stealing more open space to expand it is just unnecessary…
+Meanwhile, on the old East London Waterworks Site opposite, there are plans for a large corporate music festival is planned for this August (and the next two summers). The site is next door to the Waterworks Nature Reserve, a lovely place, well worth a visit. Built on the former Essex filter beds, the derelict treatment plant has been allowed to fall back to nature and has been developed as a nature reserve, a cracking place for watching wild birds, but also just for wandering and hanging out. The Reserve is designated as part of a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation. It’s really not the place for a festival to have plonked next door.
+As campaigners Save Lea Marshes point out: “If the noise and light pollution will be significant nuisance for human neighbours, it will be catastrophic for neighbouring wildlife, particularly birds. This is simply an inappropriate place to hold a one-off one-day music festival, let alone an annual three-day event.”
+The Walthamstow Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest is very close to the proposed ‘premises’ and birds particularly will be seriously impacted by the noise coming from the event.
+The immediate chance to object to both the proposals for the festival and the expansion of the Rink closed on March 10th, but that won’t mean the end of campaigning, should the plans be approved… (The festival might fall victim to the corona pandemic, maybe…!)
+There’s also been conflict for a while over the neighbouring Thames Water site…
+Until the 1960s the Thames Water Site was part of the Lea Bridge Waterworks, providing water to the people of London. A complex of 25 filter beds were served by an aqueduct bringing water from the Walthamstow reservoirs further north.
+The site was closed after the new Coppermill Water Treatment Works were opened. The Lee Valley Park Authority eventually agreed to take over the Middlesex Filter Beds (after first suggesting they should be filled in to make football pitches) and later took on the Essex and Leyton Filter Beds.
+Today, the Middlesex and Essex Filter Beds are beautiful, important and secluded nature reserves. They show what can be achieved when industrial sites are sensitively managed to return to nature.
+The whole of the site was designated as Metropolitan Open Land in the 1970s.
+However, in the 1980s, the so-called Essex Number One Beds were retained by Thames Water as an operational site, first of all a ‘temporary’ pipe store; later a base for the Thames Water/Clancy Docwra mega-plan to replace the East London water mains. In the process they have completely trashed the site without any regard for its status as Metropolitan Open Land.
+The Thames Water Site, to the west, and the Nature Reserve, to the east, and the lammas lands, to the southeast…
+When Thames Water decided they wanted to offload the land, it was originally earmarked for two brand new academy ‘free’ schools, but after much local opposition this was kyboshed in the planning process, as it was a completely inappropriate site miles from any prospective catchment area, and would have increased traffic overload on the already gridlocked Lea Bridge Road.
+Defence of open space on Leyton Marsh… only part of the story
+(and a long and complicated story it is… bear with us!)
+Campaigners fighting to preserve the open space and reclaim the Thames Water site stand in a long local tradition: this area has a long history of resistance to the enclosure if open land; as well as complex conflicts over its use. The most famous incident took place in August 1892, when 3000 people gathered to pull down railings protecting a railway that had been unpopularly run across Leyton’s ‘Lammas’ land, and wrecked the railway lines.
+The land around Lea Bridge was one all Lammas lands: of old 1 August, was Lammas Day, (from old saxon “loaf-mass”)…
+Lammas Day signalled the annual shift from agricultural focus from planting crops to grazing animals. It was the last day on which grass was cut for hay, and the day grazing could commence and the hunting season began. ‘The Glorious Twelfth’ – the first day for shooting grouse – is in fact Lammas Day, pushed eleven days back by the UK’s transition from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian in 1752.
+The right to cut hay and graze animals on certain fields extended to all parishioners, rich or poor. Such fields were known as Lammas land. Their use belonged to everyone, ‘without regard to tenement’ – meaning you didn’t have to be relatively well-off house-owner to have Lammas Rights. If this existed by long-established tradition, it was often a tradition that had to be enforced collectively, when the rich and powerful attempted to take possession of land, fence it off, exploit it commercially, etc. Lammas Day was thus also a day when battles around enclosure often took place, as the ritual significance of the day was a central part of the rural year, and the ritual opening up of land for grazing was a useful arena for protest around loss of access. Martinmas, November 11th, the day when woods were traditionally open to all for cutting wood for fuel, was another day of ritual protest (– see Thomas Willingale’s actions in nearby Epping Forest…) The ritual importance of these dates outlasted the actual economic significance in many areas.
+East London Waterworks
+Waterworks were long established on the river Lea all along its length; its proximity to London and the increasing pollution of the Thames and its tributaries further west made a relatively clean water supply on the capital’s eastern doorstep invaluable. Even today reservoirs and treatment plant dominate a good part of the Lea Valley.
+The waterworks lay on both banks of the Lea, bridging the boundary of Essex and Middlesex from at least 1760, whilst expansion after 1850 was concentrated on the Essex bank within the Districts of Leyton and Walthamstow.
+Waterworks were established on Leyton Marsh from the early nineteenth century, as London expanded and demand for water and its treatment increased. But each successive expansion of the Lea Bridge works, from at least 1824, encroached upon ancient Lammas lands, and required the loss, buyout or extinguishment of any existing commonable Lammas rights local communities had, whether by agreement, paying compensation, or just by jumping in and ignoring protest.
+Leyton, Walthamstow and Hackney parishes all bordered on each other on the marshes, and residents of all three parishes held lammas rights there. Until around 1752, Walthamstow and Leyton had ‘intercommoned’ – shared access by agreement – on what was known as the Great Mead (or Walthamstow Common Mead). This system broke down in 1752 due to a dispute over the change in the Calendar in 1751/2. After the alteration of the calendar in 1752, apparently Leyton continued to turn the cattle onto the lammas lands on 1 August (New Lammas Day), while Walthamstow went with beginning grazing on Old Lammas Day (from 1752, 13 August). You couldn’t make it up.
+The land, and the return on the property rates, was a valuable public asset.
+The Great Eastern Railway bought stretches of land on Leyton Marsh for the London to Cambridge line in the 1840’s, in many cases without compensation to local people, as the Railway Acts of the time did not recognise Lammas Rights. Later sections of land were bought to build Temple Mills Marshalling Yards.
+A considerable portion of the Lammas lands on Walthamstow and Leyton Marsh were ‘dis-lammased’ in 1854 and handed over to the East Waterworks London Company for extensions to the treatment plants. On top of earlier land lost, this grant reduced the Walthamstow Lammas land to only 100 acres.
+The loss of land to the waterworks contributed to disputes between neighbouring parishes over the remaining lammas land, already aggravated by the complex interaction of commoning, and the slightly fragmented parish borders. In 1858, Leyton challenged Walthamstow’s attempt to establish the extent of the ‘Walthamstow Slip’ (a detached part of Walthamstow actually inside Leyton’s borders) through the most valuable part of the waterworks company’s Essex Filter Beds (an attempt to prove the valuable land was Leyton’s not Walthamstow’s? With an eye to extracting profit from the Company?). By 1873 a fence was put up on the boundary between the two parishes here. By 1876, 176 acres of Leyton Lammas Land remained for the use of local people.
+In 1890, the waterworks company laid railway tracks and erected fences across Leyton Marsh, blocking a traditional bridle path, in order to create an access to the new filter beds, for the transport of coal to the pumping engines. This enraged locals, already seething at the gradual erosion of access to the land.
+By 1892, commoners were agitating for the marsh to be preserved as an open space, and were lobbying the parish vestry to refuse to sell their common rights to the Company.
+The Leyton Vestry (Council)’s Lammas Lands Committee, a long-standing body, with responsibility for managing access and negotiate compensation for its loss, (made up of local Liberal or Tory gentlemen), ordered the water company to take up the rails and remove the fence. The Company refused, and the vestry took matters into their own hands. Four gentlemen agreed to take responsibility for a little bit of direct action, hoping to encourage the masses to join in.
+On Lammas Day 1892, a crowd from Leyton, joined by a force some 2500 strong from Hackney, and led by Councillor Christopher George, a member of the Local Board and the Essex County Council, and Leytonstone resident Henry Humphries, marched on the Marsh, demolished the fence, and instigated the removal of the rails themselves. The rails seem to have run roughly north-east-southwest, from the nearby line into the waterworks.
+Barbados-born Humphries, a Justice of the Peace and County Councillor in Essex, was prominent in this direct action. He was charged, along with eight others, four of whom were prosecuted under the Malicious Damages (Railways) Act of 1861.
+Many working class radicals joined in the action. Like many other mainly working class areas across London and beyond, Leyton, Walthamstow and Homerton was home to a network of Working Men’s Clubs, many highly politicised, with politics that ranged through Liberal, Radical, socialist, to anarchist. These cubs were self-organised, venues for political debate, self-education and discussion – and centres for organising. Among the trade unionists and agitators that frequented the clubs, land, and access to it, had increasingly become a subject for fierce discussion and campaigning. The urban working class had remembered that their immediate ancestors had been dispossessed by enclosure. The clubs, though inherited ideas from groups like the Spenceans and the Chartists, who had identified the theft of the land by the wealthy as one of the crucial sources of poverty, and made regaining access to land a central plank of their platforms, forming organisations like the Land and Labour League. This took the form of agitation for access to urban open space for recreation and holding meetings, as well as demanding that land be nationalised of collectivised for common use…
+Among the contingent from the Hackney clubs who flocked to the defence of the lammas lands were land agitators of the “Commons Defence League,” a radical association that had been founded by the well-known leftwing agitator, John de Morgan, an Irish-born radical who had for some time lived in Hackney, and had twice served time in prison for his part in riots against theft of Common Land in Plumstead, South London.
+However, the East London Water Company wasn’t going to just roll over. The Company immediately took out legal proceedings against George and Humphries. And on the Tuesday after the tracks were removed, they sent out workers to re-lay them.
+The following Saturday another mass meeting was called at the Antelope pub, still standing today at the top of Marsh Lane in Leyton.
+The atmosphere was different this time. The Lammas Lands Committee – already embroiled in a court case with the water company – thought further direct action would endanger the case. They refused to endorse further destruction, leaving the crowd to be led by Ambrose Barker, founder of the Walthamstow Working Men’s Club. This kind of tactical split was quite common in battles against enclosure and in defence of common land, with moderate elements concentrating on legal tactics, (though sometimes tentatively endorsing direct action, when the legal case for doing so seemed solid), then pulling back, and a more fiery element often refusing to stick to legal methods…
+Once again, after this meeting, thousands marched down to the Marsh and took up the rails. The water company, again, re-laid them on the Monday.
+But on Tuesday, 1,500 people descended on the tracks, including a large party from Leyton and four Working Men’s Clubs in Homerton. They ripped up the rails and again knocked down the fences the water company had erected around them.
+The water company had the rails re-laid yet again on the Wednesday.
+However, again on the following Saturday, led by a man known only as ‘the Village Blacksmith’, the Homerton clubs gathered their full strength to yet again march on the tracks, pulling them out of the ground and scattering them all over the fields.
+Five days of sabotage won the day. The water company gave up.
+Local people – at a packed meeting at Leyton Town Hall on Wednesday 30th November 1892 – formed a ‘Lammas Lands Defence Committee’ to defend the George and Humphries in their legal battle with the Waterworks Company, and to oppose the Parliamentary Bill then being promoted by the East London Waterworks Company to extinguish further Lammas rights on Leyton Marshes.
+In August 1893, locals held a meeting was called to celebrate the previous year’s ‘Great Riot’. A speaker proposed that the land saved should be handed over to the local people, for purposes other than grazing. By this time the lands were mainly used for recreation, often for playing cricket.
+A compromise was reached in 1893, confirmed by the East London Waterworks Act of 1894. The company withdrew all claims to enclose any part of the marsh, ended the legal proceedings against Humphries and George, and paid all their costs, as well as donating £100 to improve the bridleway. In return, the rails were allowed to stay. What looks like the remains can still be seen, in the half-exposed cobbles in the Waterworks Nature Reserve.
+In 1904, local Lammas rights were commuted, to be replaced by Access Right: the land is vested with the local authorities, but is to be kept open for the whole community to use.
+Under the 1904 Leyton Urban District Council Act, 111 acres of Lammas Land to the north and south of Lea Bridge Road were acquired by the Leyton Urban District Council: “vested absolutely in the Council subject to all existing Lammas Rights…and the Council shall from the passing of such resolution and subject to the provisions of this Act hold the same… as and for an open space for the perpetual use thereof for exercise and recreation and shall maintain preserve manage and regulate the same as such accordingly.”
+Lammas Rights were not extinguished by the Act, which allowed for local people to receive other rights or money in exchange for their Lammas Rights. The Lammas Lands Defence Committee wanted ‘‘rights of recreation’’ in exchange for the Lammas Rights. The decision of the LLLDC to accept recreation rights in exchange is recorded in the Council minutes of 31st January 1905:
+“That the Lammas Rights over the Lammas Lands acquired by the Council under and by virtue of the Leyton Urban District Council Act, 1904, be extinguished in consideration of the said Lands being devoted to the purposes of a Public Open Space or Recreation Ground, as provided for by said Act.”
+In giving up their Lammas rights, local people were expecting the council would honour their side of what was, in effect, a contract: the Council and its successors are under a duty to maintain the land as “… a Public Open Space or Recreation Ground..” perpetually. This duty applied to almost the entire area of 111 acres, excepting only parcels of land of no more than 20 acres in total which could be exchanged or sold if the Council felt they were unsuitable for use as “open space or recreation ground.”
+The fields at Marsh Lane did not come under this agreement and remained as Lammas land.
+The 1892 victory was celebrated in an annual festival, held here for many years by the New Lammas Lands Defence Committee; formed in recent decades to commemorate the preservation of the Lammas Lands, and to help keep them free.
+Common land on the marshes further south, remaining at the turn of the twentieth Century, including White Hart Field and East Marsh, was also incorporated by the local District Councils in 1904. These lands were in turn incorporated into the Lea Valley Regional Park in 1971, as part of a network of ‘metropolitan open lands’. Although no longer truly common land, public right of access remains within the metropolitan open land definition.
+Although the old lammas rights of grazing animals had been replaced by more leisurely pursuits, this was not a break, but a continuity: it was the ability to access the land that mattered to people and that people felt was their right, even if the reasons had evolved. As Juliet Davis noted of Marsh Fields, “A Leyton Lammas Lands Defence Committee (LLLDC) member recalls old Leyton ‘commoners’ returning from the marsh with pockets stuffed with rabbits and blackberries. Such practices represent threads of continuity – all-be-they ambiguous – in the context of wide ranging transformations of the site over three centuries. It is arguably less the specific or historic practices of beating bounds or grazing cattle that are important for a contemporary reappraisal of common land, but the openness and possibility offered by genuinely public space for the development and layering of multiple informal and social uses and their spatial artefacts over time. Such possibility – in terms of practice and of culture – is commonly recognised as being absent in contemporary, controlled and/or privatised public spaces.”
+Campaigning to prevent the enclosure and destruction of marshes in the Lea Valley didn’t end with the Leyton Lammas riots.
+Between 1979 and 1985, the Save the Marshes Campaign fought to prevent the Walthamstow Marshes, further north, being destroyed for development into a marina, and a later plan to dump 8000 tons of ballast there.
+Locally, the old lammas lands have seen a succession of bits of land nibbled away and attempts by the Council to flog bits off.
+In 1949 Leyton Council attempted to redevelop the Marsh Lane area as a Sports Ground and to provide Leyton Football Club with a Stadium on the Lammas Land: local people opposed them and after campaigning, the Council then dropped the idea. Railway sidings were extended as far as Lea Bridge Road in the 1950s. The Gas Board also occupies some of the former lammas land.
+In Lea Valley Regional Park bought all the Lammas Land to the west of the old Cambridge Railway Line from the Council under a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO). But since then, the Park authority has taken the view that it now has the absolute freehold of the land it holds and does not acknowledge the need to maintain it as Public Open Space or Recreation Ground as provided for in the 1904 Act or contract under which Lammas Rights were given up.
+Over the years the Park’s denial of rights of way over our Lammas Land has been resisted. Shortly after the CPO in 1971, people refused to stop using the ancient Porters’ Way route from the Black Path to Lea Bridge Road by Essex Wharf. The Park found that they were unable to deny people’s right to use the path.
+However, the Lea Valley Riding School have now taken over all the land between what was once Low Level Brook (now the Flood Relief Channel) and the former Waterworks Aqueduct, on the former Lammas Land, and the Park has from time to time denied local people right of way over the land the School occupies.
+The Ice Rink now also occupies much of the land between the Waterworks aqueduct and the River Lea, on Porter’s Field – partly on land sold by the Council to a private fairground at a time when the 20 acre limit for disposal/ exchange under the 1904 Act had not yet been exceeded and partly on Lammas Land proper.
+In 1993 the Council proposed fencing off over one third of Seymour Fields at Marsh Lane so that it could be used only by people prepared to pay for the use of the football pitches, and an income-generating fenced off Astroturf football pitch, with a 15 foot high fence and huge floodlights. An overwhelming negative response from local people pushed Councillors into voting against the scheme and overturning it.
+And Leyton Marsh has come under further pressure more recently. Marsh Lane Fields, which continues to be referred to as Lammas Land, is outside the remit of the Lea Valley Regional Park. The western edge of this space began was built over in the late 1990s by the construction of the Leyton Freight road (Orient Way) and the Eurostar train depot. In 1989 local people had defeated plans to put Freight Road spurs across Marsh Lane Fields, but Orient Way, was eventually built, against massive local opposition and despite its rejection at the 1994 Public Inquiry.
+From 2004, the loss of land here was exacerbated by development plans to relocate businesses and allotments from the Olympic site here…
+The Olympics caused major upheaval in the Lea Valley, generating much hype and large profits, destruction of housing and long-standing industry. Huge areas of East London were redeveloped; in a number of areas open green space was appropriated, for training facilities, police compounds… with lots of it to be sold off for various dubious developments… Much of this nefarious dealing is documented at Games Monitor site. Large open spaces were laid out in recompense, its true, like Queen Elizabeth Park. But conflict over management of open space has if anything intensified.
+One small site of resistance to the Olym-perial Project was Leyton Marsh, opposite the waterworks, where a basketball training facility was built for the duration of the games, despite many objections, and a protest camp, which attempted to block the development. Although the land was returned to open space afterwards it was heavily damaged. There was an attempt to use the land nicked for the basketball court to erect a new bigger ice-rink, to replace the existing one on Lea Bridge Road. This was defeated in court. But there’s now yet another proposal to enlarge the ice rink, doubling it in size…
+The Thames Water site’s future is still up for grabs. Although the proposal for the free school was knocked back in Waltham Forest’s planning process, campaigners fear this may be overturned on appeal; especially since the government effectively own the land, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, acting on behalf of the Education Funding Agency (now the Education and Skills Funding Agency – “ESFA”) paid the vast sum of £33.3 million + VAT to acquire the site for the pair of free school academies. ESFA were very likely aware that the site was Metropolitan Open Land but were willing to ignore the fact, and may be confident that a pliable Planning Inspector will eventually approve the change of use.
+Most of the organisations, authorities and quangos who have had some involvement or responsibility for the land have behaved less than admirably. Thames Water have knowingly destroyed the site. Thames Water used to be a publicly owned utility, in theory at least, owned and operated for the public benefit. Since privatisation, had a series of owners bent on loading the company with debt and extracting as much money as they can. When the last Walthamstow Planning Strategy – the so called Core Strategy – was being adopted, Thames Water lobbied for the site to be re-designated for a “commercially viable” development: but the Inspector at the Public Enquiry confirmed that the site’s status as protected Metropolitan Open Land should continue.
+The Education and Skills Funding Agency knowingly overpaid for the land, expecting compliant authorities to give them what they want.
+The Lea Valley Regional Park Authority – supposed to act as custodian of the parkland as a whole – has stood by, wholly disregarding its own Park Plan and made no effort to protect the site, in dereliction of its duties to protect the Park, only paying lip service and announcing grandiose plans that have come to nothing.
+The Park Authority was even offered the Thames Water site as compensation for land that it was required to give up for the Chobham Manor housing development, next to the Olympic Park. It opted to take cash compensation instead; then splurge this money on large leisure facilities and not on improving the landscape. It then stood back and did nothing while the site was purchased for a purpose that is anything but Park-compatible use.
+The approval for an annual, three day, 15,000 people capacity per day, electronic dance music festival appears to fit with a continuing strategy of fencing off and eventually developing the open space here – including the lovely Waterworks Reserve.
+Waltham Forest Council’s licensing department has been deluged by objections from borough residents opposed to the Premises License application of Waterworks Events Ltd. The local community has protested vehemently en masse to the Council, the festival organisers and Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, on social media and by email. However, campaigners are suspicious that the assessment of the festival’s Premises License application may be a foregone conclusion – because Waltham Forest Council’s Licensing Department, have allied with the festival’s landlords, Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, in facilitating and advising the planning process of the festival prior to the Premises License application being submitted. There’s suspicion that the Festival was given the nod of approval from at least a Senior Officer and possibly by Waltham Forest Councillors (although the Lea Bridge Road area Councillors say they didn’t know about the planned festival and that they oppose it). Suspicion is further raised by the fact that Sam Jones, who was Creative Producer and Production Manager, London Borough of Culture 2019, for Waltham Forest Council, is also a shareholder in Waterworks Events Ltd, the company (registered in January 2020) that is organising the festival. Is this going to be the legacy of the much-touted 2019 Borough of Culture: Waltham Forest’s precious and much loved Lea Marshes green spaces being exploited by opportunistic rich Old Harrovian (Frederick Roscoe Valadas-Letts), party animal nightclub promoters from outside the borough (brought in by Sam Jones), to the cost of Waltham Forest’s residents.
+The Lee Valley Regional Park Authority wants to ‘dispose’ of the Waterworks Centre and the land behind it, to sell it off for housing (a plan which Waltham Forest Council also supports). Is disconnecting people from the land, by fencing it off for events like this, part of their long-term strategy to turn a green field site into a brown field site, paving the way for the eventual building of housing over what should remain accessible open land?
+But it doesn’t have to be this way.
+We Stand at a Fork in the Way
+“Presently, the landscape is dislocated, with local people traversing well-worn routes into and out of each individual pocket of green space but unable to vary their walks much because of the fences they find in their way. Local people treasure these spaces, but few travel any distance to visit them and there is little to capture the wider public’s imagination. Historic buildings, such as the unusual octagonal sluice house, are hidden from view and the area’s industrial heritage and its significance as the boundary between the Danelaw and Anglo-Saxon England are ignored. Consequently, the vast potential of the area as a place to linger, a place to explore and a place to reconnect with nature is being overlooked. Re-integrating the ex-Thames Water Depot site into the landscape can change all this, bringing real health and well-being benefits to the people and wildlife that call this corner of north-east London home.” (‘The centrepiece of The East London Waterworks Park a future for the ex-Thames Water Depot site that benefits the whole community’, The East London Waterworks Campaign, January 2020)
+The Thames Water site could form a connecting thread between Leyton Marshes and Hackney Marshes, linking the open spaces of the Lea valley in one continuous whole – Leyton and Walthamstow Marshes, Walthamstow Wetlands and Tottenham Marshes to the north, the Waterworks Centre and Nature Reserve to the east, Hackney Marshes and Middlesex Filter Beds to the south and the river and towpath to the west… a huge urban park where people and wildlife can roam.
+Campaigners at Save Lea Marshes believe the following principles should form the basis of any decision about the land:
+- The Lea Bridge Waterworks is Metropolitan Open Land and its status as such should be protected.
+- The Lea Bridge Waterworks plays a critical role in connecting the marshes of the Lower Lea Valley.
+- The Lea Bridge Waterworks backs on to one of the most beautiful and unspoiled sections of the River Lea, the haunt of kingfishers, stretching from the mighty Lea Bridge Weir to Friends Bridge.
+- The Lea Bridge Waterworks contains significant remnants of its industrial heritage, adjacent to the weir, which can be interpreted to promote understanding of this important historical site.
+- The Lea Bridge Waterworks can be linked to the Essex and Middlesex Filter Beds and managed and re-wilded over time.
+The East London Waterworks Park Campaign have put forward an alternative vision to the corporate exploiters, developers, scheming councils and quangos…
+Which includes proposals for a wild swimming site, an extension of the nature reserve, and opening up the fenced off land to link it up with the other green spaces it borders onto. A brilliant and far-sighted vision, well worth getting behind.
+Support Save Lea Marshes in calling for the Lea Bridge Waterworks to be protected from development and opened up to public access.
+and more on the history of the waterworks
+Worth a read: (Inside the Blue Fence, An Exploration, by Juliet Davis)
+The Listings
+EUROPEAN DREAM FESTIVAL In “Dreaming.Andersen,” Archa Theater parallels the lives of several young people with the life of Hans Christian Andersen using live performance, puppetry, computers, video cameras and more. The piece is part of the European Dream Festival giving NYC audiences a look into European culture. Fri. & Sat., Oct. 13 & 14 at 8pm. Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers St. $25, $15 students & seniors. 212-220-1460.. Festival continues thru Oct. 31.
+Showered with artistic talent
+“Awash,” pictured above, is a sculptural installation by Matthew Geller featuring a steel-and-Plexiglas structure similar to the ones that protect pedestrians at construction sites. A water tank splashes an artificial shower above as up to 8 people swing below on seats reminiscent of old-fashioned porch swings and traditional park benches. Continues thru Nov. 25. Collect Pond Park, Leonard St., bet Centre and Lafayette Sts. Supported by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and The September 11th Fund.
+Dance
+Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts
+Pace University, Spruce St., bet Park Row & Gold St. • Information: 212-627-0265 • Tickets: 212-868-4444
+Rennie Harris Hip-hop poetry, rap music & movement and traditional African dance in a sneak preview of “Prince ScareKrow’s Road to the Emerald City.” Wed. - Sat., Oct. 11-14 at 8pm. $15-$35.
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+Mulberry Street Theater
+70 Mulberry St., 2nd floor, at Bayard St. • 212-349-0126
+H.T. Chen & Dancers Teahouse Performances. “Bian Dan” (Chinese New Year), “Mott St.,” “39 Chinese Attitudes” set to songs by Irving Berlin and Louis Armstrong and Excerpt from “Shift.” Wed. - Sun., Oct. 18-22 at 7:30pm. $10-$25.
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+Tribeca Performance Arts Center
+199 Chambers St. • 212-220-1460
+MO-DE (European Dream Festival ‘06) An interactive dance and multimedia performance by Compagnia Ariella Vidach and Claudio Prati with video cameras and computers that record the movements of the performers and audience members. The European Dream Festival presents dance, theater, music, film, literature and more by artists from over 17 European countries. Fri., Sept. 29 at 8pm. $25, $15. 212-220-1460.
+Events
+3LD Arts & Technology Center
+80 Greenwich St., just below Rector St. • 212-645-0374 •
+Late Night at 3LD A variety showcase featuring performance art, comedy and music with Jollyship the Wiz Bang, a musical pirate puppet saga. Fri., Sept. 29 at 10pm. $5. Beer and wine available for purchase.
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+Battery Park
+Pagan Pride Harvest Festival The 6th annual Pagan Pride Day will offer music, vendors, workshops, a guest speaker, crafts for kids and a harvest circle. Sat., Sept. 30 at 11am. Battery Park. Free.
+Walk to Cure Juvenile Diabetes Raise money for research on juvenile diabetes in this 12K walk. Sun., Oct. 1 at 9am. Start at Battery Park. 212-689-2860.
+Culturefest Celebrate New York City’s cultural community with maritime arts and crafts. Sat. & Sun., Oct. 14 & 15 from 1-5pm. Historic Battery Park. 212-748-8758. Free.
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+Battery Park City Neighbors and Parents Association
+212-267-9700 •.
+A Little Fragment of Ireland Join contemporary art historian Dorothea Basile for a public art tour discussing Brian Tolle’s Irish Hunger Memorial designed to raise awareness of the events that led to the famine of 1845-52. Sat., Sept. 30 at 2pm. Meet at the memorial in Battery Park City. Free.
+Bird Watching Battery Park City is a great spot for autumn bird watching. Watch as birds begin the annual journey south to warmer climates. Walks are led by birder/naturalists. Thurs., Oct. 5 & 12 from 9:30-11am and Sun., Oct. 21 from 11am - 12:30pm. The Pavilions, Wagner Park. All ages. Binoculars & field guides available to borrow. Free.
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+Educational Alliance Art School
+197 E. Broadway, bet Jefferson & Clinton Sts. • 212-780-2300 x463 • artschool@edalliance.org
+The Creative Power of Drawing Learn how to use drawing as the starting point for creative exploration. Sat., Oct. 14 from noon - 1:30pm. Free, $10 donation requested to cover materials. Reservations required.
+Getting Stoned: The Tao of Sculpting A stone carving workshop for people who want to explore their creative side, but don’t know where to start. Sat., Oct. 14 from 2:30-4:30pm. Free, $10 donation requested to cover materials. Reservations required.
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+League for the Hard of Hearing
+50 Broadway • 917-305-7766 •
+Free Hearing Screening Sponsored by the League for the Hard of Hearing. Every Tuesday from 12-2pm and Thursday from 4-6pm. Call to schedule an appointment.
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+Light The Night Walk
+Walking Fundraiser Annual fundraiser for the New York City chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society celebrating and commemorating lives touched by cancer. Thurs., Oct. 5 at 5:30pm. To register as a walker or for more information, visit or contact Liz Walsh at (212) 448-9206 ext. 251 or walshl@lls.org.
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+National Museum of the American Indian
+One Bowling Green • 212-514-3700 •
+Celebration for Diker Pavilion Celebrate the museum’s newest space. Gallery tours, performances and refreshments will welcome visitors to the Pavilion, the “Beauty Surrounds Us” exhibition and the exhibition “Indigenous Motivations.” Thurs., Oct. 5 from 6-8pm. Pavilion.
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+Oyster Festival
+Hanover Square and Stone St. • 212-482-0400
+Day-Long Event The Oyster Festival is held in honor of the local Blue Point Oyster harvest is NYC’s version of the famous Galway International Oyster Festival held in Ireland. Enjoy oysters on the half shell and fried oysters with a pint of Guinness or a glass of white wine or champagne served by Ulysses Bar and other area restaurants. There will be live entertainment from local bands and an oyster shucking competition where everyone is invited to compete against the city’s finest chefs for the title of fastest shucker in the city. Sat., Sept. 30 from noon thru the evening.
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+Shaolin Kung Fu
+Grand St. & Chrystie St. • 212-592-1730 • dkkungfu@hotmail.com
+Classes All ages and ability levels are welcome. Every Sat. & Sun. from 7-8am. $10 per class.
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+South Street Seaport Museum
+Fulton and South Streets •
+New York Packet The NexTradition featuring Ken Schatz and Alison Kelley perform songs from American history, from plantations, railroad gangs and clipper ships. Sun., Oct. 1 at 3pm. Melville Gallery, 213 Water St., bet Fulton & Beekman Sts. $5 adults, $2 children. 212-748-8568.
+New York Review of Science Fiction Reading Series Guest curator Sheree Rene Thomas, editor of Dark Matters, welcomes authors Terence Taylor and Ahmad Wright. Tues., Oct. 3 at 7pm. Free, $5 suggested donation. Melville Gallery, 213 Water St., bet Fulton & Beekman Sts. 212-748-8568.
+Huichol Yarn Art Celebrate Hispanic Heritage month and enjoy traditional folk tales. Explore the traditional Mexican art form of drawing with yarn. Sat., Oct. 7 from 1-4pm. Museum,.
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+Tuesday Evening Hour
+49 Fulton St. • 212-385-3650
+Worldwide Adventures by Local Artists Join Ben Lyons, 2nd Officer of Queen Mary 2, travel writer and photographer for a slide show lecture on “Driving the Queen Mary 2.” Get a view from the bridge and take a look at life aboard the ship. Tues., Oct. 3 at 6:30pm. $2 suggested donation. Sponsored by the Fund for Creative Communities.
+Exhibits
+Abrons Arts Center
+Henry Street Settlement • 466 Grand St. • 212-598-0400 •
+Hip-Hop Don’t Stop View photographs by Martha Cooper (1978-2005) and sculpture by Carlos Rodriguez. Thru Oct. 8.
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+apexart
+291 Church St. • 212-431-5270 •
+Neo-Con Artworks by six international artists re-enact, with a twist, famous conceptual works by Acconci, Baldessari, Beuys, Boetti, Nauman & Ruscha. Continues thru Oct. 14. Free.
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+Art Avanti
+Art Show The art show of the Avanti group, a group of emerging New York artists whose works include watercolor, oil & acrylic paintings, pencil drawings and photographic collages. Exhibit is currently in progress.
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+Cheryl Hazan Gallery
+35 N. Moore St. • 212-343-8964 •. Continues thru Oct. 15.
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+The Drawing Center
+35 Wooster St. • 212-219-2166 •
+Common Destination: Selections Fall 2006 View the works of twelve emerging artists exploring the fictions, histories and futures of geopolitics through an expansive approach to drawing. Continues thru Oct. 28. _____________________________. Opening reception is Wed., Oct. 4 from 6-8pm. Continues thru Nov. 30.
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+Franklin 54 Gallery
+181 Christopher St., bet Washington & West Side Highway • 212-627-8690 •
+Gwyneth Leech: Perfect Families An exhibition of oil portraits featuring non-traditional families, some mixed-race, some same sex and some genetically diverse. Oct. 1-29. Reception is Sat., Oct. 7 from 4-7pm.
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+Hearing Aids In History View examples of non-electric hearing aids (speaking tubes, ear trumpets, etc.) and the development of electric hearing aids. Collection displays how manufacturers have tried to improve the quality of sound, to develop a smaller device and in some instances to conceal the device. Tues., Wed. and Thurs. from 9am-5pm. Free.
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+Maiden Lane Exhibition Space
+125 Maiden Lane, bet Water and Pear Sts. • 212-206-6061 • Open daily from 9am - 6pm
+Debra Pearlman: Some Girls Continues thru Oct. 6.
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+New York Law School
+47 Worth St., Student Center
+On Paper Three artists suggest new ways of creating work on paper. Michael Landis creates simple, direct warehouse drawings. Geraldine Cosentino’s work features computer-generated visualizations of algorithms. Objects are incorporated into Daniele Robbiani’s works emphasizing the organic nature of his paintings. Thru Oct. 13.
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+Parks & Recreation’s Public Art
+Garden for the Accused View a highly artificial, manmade landscape of trees, hedges and flowers. Thomas Paine Park, Foley Square, Worth, Lafayette & Centre Sts. Thru Nov. 8. Free..
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+The Skyscraper Museum
+39 Battery Place • 212-968-1961 •
+Giants The Twin Towers and the Twentieth Century. Exhibit commemorates the original World Trade Center, viewing its creation in the context of the ambitions of the era and the hundred-year history of New York’s skyline. Thru March 27.
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+Soho Photo
+15 White St., bet West Broadway & 6th Ave. • 212-226-8571 •
+Celebrating Soho’s 35th Season Bill O’Donnell’s show “Home” explores the idea of life as a journey that eventually leads to home. His photos feature model houses in studio dioramas. Also view Bill Travis’s exhibition “Venice,” Richard Shevlin’s works entitled “From The Creation to The Garden of Eden,” Miguel Starcevich’s “Oil” and Jessica Iannuzzi’s works “untitled series I.” Continues thru Sept. 30.
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+Festivals.
+The Cat Empire, A blend of jazz, hip hop, Latin and Australian soul music. Fri., Sept. 29 & Sat., Sept. 30 at midnight. $20 in advance, $25 night of show.
+Howard Fishman, Hear The Original Howard Fishman Quartet perform live on Oct. 1 at 6pm. $15.
+Jazz in the Garden, With the Greg Glassman Quartet. Fri. & Sat., Sept..
+Matt Munisteri & Brock Mumford, Matt Munisteri is a talented guitarist and songwriter. Brock features some of today’s most acclaimed traditional and modern improvisers. Fri., Sept. 29 at 6pm. $15.
+Meow Meow - Singing sensation and exotic performance artist performs obsessional love songs with multimedia, tricks and gorgeous suicide ditties. Sat., Sept. 30 at 6pm. $20.
+Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop-Shopping - The War on Tourism, Features exorcisms of all major credit cards and The Reverend leads holy hexes against Wal-Mart, Starbucks and home Depot. Sun., Oct. 1 at 2pm. $12 in advance, $15 day of performance.
+Films
+National Museum of the American Indian
+One Bowling Green • 212-514-3700 •
+Daily Screenings View “Beauty Surrounds Us” celebrating the Native peoples whose objects are on view in the Diker Pavilion for Native Arts and Cultures. “Songs in Minto Life,” the songs of the Tanana Indians living near Minto Flats, Alaska, are alive with creativity and tradition. Also “Desempolvando Nuestra Historia/Dusting Off Our History,” Quechua elders from different villages in highland Bolivia who belong to the same clan rediscover ties between their two communities through their clothing, games, songs and agriculture. Thru Oct. 1, daily at 1 & 3pm and Thurs. at 5:30pm. The Screening Room, 2nd Floor.
+October Film Screening Two films will be available for viewing. “Hopiit,” features impressionistic views from the Hopi Pueblos that highlight changes in village life during the four seasons. “Kiowa Cradleboard Maker: The Art and Tradition of Vanessa Jennings” teaches about the custom of many tribes of Indian people who celebrate and honor the birth of a child with a cradleboard. Vanessa Jennings, a Kiowa cradleboard maker, is featured in the film. Oct. 2-27 at 1 & 3pm daily and also Thurs. at 5:30pm. The Screening Room, 2nd Floor.
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+Music Fri., Sept. 29: Julian Velard. Fri., Sept. 29: Bob Schneider. Sat., Sept. 30: U-Melt and Matt Wertz & Toby Lightman. Sun., Oct. 1: The Smyrk, At All Costs, Airdate, Red Light Green Light & Abbott Hayes. Mon., Oct. 2: Aiden Eve & The Innocent. Tues., Oct. 3: Dragons of Zynth, Harlem Shakes, White Rabbits & The Subjects. Wed., Oct. 4: Nightmare of You, The Films & Blacklist. Thurs., Oct. 5: Wolf Eyes & John Weise. Fri., Oct. 6: Damien Jurado.
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+Location One
+20 Greene St., bet Canal & Grand St. • 212-219-8242 •
+Roulette Performances Shows are at 8:30pm. $15, $10 students. Check the website for upcoming shows.
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+St. Paul’s Chapel
+Broadway at Fulton St.
+Live Music Tim Hays plays works by Scarlatti, Mozart and Bach on the piano. Mon., Oct. 2 at 1pm. $2 donation suggested.
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+Tribeca Performing Arts Center
+Borough of Manhattan Community College , 199 Chambers St. • • 866-468-7619
+Feel the Beat A benefit concert to raise funds for the “Feel the Beat School Program,” which teaches high school students life-saving CPR techniques. Concert features jazz and classical artists including Wynton Marsalis, Wycliffe Gordon and more. Sun., Oct. 1 at noon. Mayor Michael Bloomberg will declare Oct. 1 CPR Awareness Day of NYC.
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+VinoVino
+211 West Broadway, bet Franklin and White • 212-925-8510
+Live Music Hear the music of Gary Wang on bass and Lee Metcalf on guitar. Every Thursday from 7:30-10:30pm.
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+Readings
+Collective: Unconscious
+279 Church St., 2 blocks south of Canal St. •.
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+Theater. 29 at 10pm. $10. Wine & beer available for purchase.
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+Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space
+15 Nassau St. • 212-868-4444 •
+Death in Vacant Lot A stage adaptation of Terayama Shuji’s 1974 film “Death in the Fields,” performed by the New York-based international theater company The South Wing. The play with music is a coming-of-age tale about an adolescent run-away in WWII Japan as remembered by himself 20 years later. Oct. 4-14, Wed. - Fri. at 8pm and Sat. at 7 & 10pm. $20.
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+Shooting Star Theater
+At the South Street Seaport bet Front & South Sts. • 718-852-7773 •
+Good Bye, My Lady Love A turn-of-the-last-century musicale written by and starring Sally Sherwood based on the lives and songs of Lillian Russell and 3 other celebrated singers of the last century. Fri., Sept. 29 and Thurs. - Sat., Oct. 5-7 and Tues., Oct. 17 at 8pm. Presented by Montauk Theatre Productions.
+Tours
+Joyce Gold History Tours of New York
+212-242-5762 •
+Gangs of New York & the Bloody Five Points Take a walking tour of a vibrant immigrant community in an area that was once the most notorious neighborhood in 19th century America. Sun., Oct. 1 at 1pm. Meet at Bayard St. & the Bowery, northwest corner. $15/$12.
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+the American kennel club have a breeding standard. Although historically there are two varieties of this dog the white and the colored.
+They have been regarded as different dogs since 1936, and the American bull terrier is now a white dog.
+The white breed did become fashionable about 1860 when it was first bred. It was actually bred as a fighting dog and was known as the “white cavalier”. It has massive strength as a result of it’s huge jaws and powerful neck, and it was bred to provoke a fight.
+Because of it’s courage it makes a superb guard dog, but it’s history means that this breed is misunderstood even to today. It is a loyal and loving dog, who loves to interact with humans. Most people do not believe that they make wonderful pets.
+They are actually very tolerant of children, and they will tolerate quite rough play from them, and they will remain good humored. However this dog nor any other should be left alone with children that are unknown to them, they love to frolic and fight.
+To me they are the king of the terrier’s, but I have often found people to be terrified of them. In my experience their temperament and personality is gentle, but they do love to play, and they will run and catch a ball for ever.
+In fact in my experience they do not know when to stop, they have a powerful chest and can chase and chase. One of their quirks is that they do not bark unless there is a very just cause, so if you hear one bark do something about it at least investigate.
+Primarily famous for being extremely intelligence and fiercely loyal, they do make very good, protective and caring additions to a family despite the press that they receive.]]>
+Cats are beautiful, elegant animals that often have something of a regal air about them. At the same time, they can be fickle and unruly. If you are interested in getting your cat to wear one of the many luxury cat collars out there, you will need to train them from a young age. There are many different types of collar that suitable for both kittens and cats alike. Like dog collars, a lot of people will attach a small pendant onto their cat’s collar. This pendant will normally have the cat’s name inscribed, as well as the telephone number of the owner.
+More and more people are beginning to take their cats for walks. This practice was once considered strange, but it is often seen as practical. Cat owners who live in high-rise apartments will often want to their animals for a walk simply because they do not get much of a chance to get out during the day, and leaving the window open provides them with too much risk of falling. It is possible to get harnesses which you can attach to your cat’s collar, making it easier to put on when you want to take them for a walk.
+This is a unique type of collar that comes in many shapes and sizes, to suit all cats. Some people may take their cats in at night, but others will allow them to wander. As a result of this, it is important to keep the animal safe. Giving your cat a glow-in-the-dark collar will ensure that it does not get run over. Cars will usually see the glowing collar and therefore be able to avoid running over the cat when they see it.
+Leather collars are often going to be of good quality, and are therefore a great choice. You can get a number of them which will also have bells included. Bells are sometimes added to luxury cat collars in order to frighten away birds. In some areas, the bird population is dwindling due to the amount of cats that are hunting them down. As a result, putting bells on collars can do a lot for the bird population and keep your cat free from any diseases that they may pick up from time to time.
+Online Shopping
+There are plenty of places online where you can go and take a look at the different merchandise. Make sure to take a look through the prices as well and do a little bit of comparison. You will be surprised at some of the Luxury cat collar collection which help to keep your pet safe when they are out wandering around the neighborhood.]]>
+If you’ve got children in your house, you’ve no doubt heard the familiar sing-song question, “Can we please get a puppy?” And if you’re like most parents you probably replied with a firm, “Well who do you think is going to take care of that puppy?” It’s a fair question that’s definitely worth unpacking.
+After all, pet ownership is a huge responsibility and parents who get stuck caring for the pets their children so desperately wanted are understandably upset and disappointed. To avoid this all too familiar situation, here are a few things you should definitely consider before getting a dog.
+The biggest consideration for potential pup owners is where the animal will relieve itself. If you’ve got a large yard, fencing off a small portion of it to use as a dog run and training the dog to use it exclusively shouldn’t be too tough.
+Apartment and condominium dwellers had better be prepared to take their dogs on several walks a day so that they can do their business outside. We urge people in this situation to think long and hard before bringing a dog into their live because these walks must be done every day, no matter what the weather is like outside.
+Another key aspect to dog ownership is what exactly you’ll be feeding the animal. That steady supply of dog treats and dry food doesn’t come cheap, even if you’re buying in bulk. New pet owners need to carefully consider what type of food they’ll be giving their pets. Bargain brand dog food won’t seem like much of a bargain if it winds up regurgitated on your carpet.
+If you’re willing to shell out big bucks on your pet’s daily diet, there’s a growing market of all-natural dog treats and food that’s a lot easier on puppy’s tummy than traditional brands like Purina.
+The last big expense you’ll need to consider when deciding on a pet is its medical care. Veterinary care does not come cheap and it’s definitely not optional. Pet owners can sometimes find values at big box pet shops like PetSmart that offer medical insurance plans for pet. We also recommend shopping around for a value priced vet in your neighborhood before ever bringing a pooch home.
+Owning a puppy, and having your children help care for it, can be an extremely rewarding experience, so long as everyone knows what they’re getting into.]]>
+In the beginning there was clay, and clay and oh look more clay for the little box for all cats. But oh look a new age in designer cat litter, from fancy pearl looking beads that would be really nice in an aquarium to the flushable trees that is suppose to be environmentally safe to recycled newspaper and more. From how they hold up to how many times if changing it needs and pricing. In US currency.
+Here is a documentary of all the types I have tried and put to the test with 3 different types of cats from the strong scent of male to the over flowing large female that can put any drunken man to shame when she lets loose the dam. Let’s not forget the average cat out there who does her piddles every moment she gets and digs till she reaches the other end of the earth. Also from a total of 3 adults having to change the litter box. So saddle up, get that pooper-scooper ready and lets go clean!
+Ever Clean Clumping Litter – 25LB for 17.99 US –
+Now this is a good clay product, just for cats that pee like truckers it makes the litter turns a little muddy if you don’t clean large bladders up right away. But its holds up but it doesn’t always do that job for the really stinky messes, but isn’t that what air fresheners are for?
+ExquisiCat Pearl Fresh Cat Litter – 7.2Liters for approx. 15.99
+Now first I would like to say is a good amazing product, but it has many downfalls. First if your going to use this litter make sure you stick another empty litter box infront of the entrance to the other box, as though if you have hardwood or tile floors this product will come out of the box with the cats feet and roll away. Making you step on them later. Some cats will try to eat this product first but it’s harmless. Some cats also will not accept the litter box at first, so you either have to force it on them or try there suggestion about mixing the beads with your litter, but to me that is money $$ down the drain. Other downfall is when its time to change the litter the whole thing, the urine that is not absorbs stays at the bottom of the box and produces horribly stench that if you have a weak stomach this ain’t for you. Other then that it gathers small amounts of urine at a time and dries out stools nicely but will not handle flooders. This product is good for 1 cat to pushing it 2, as though for 3 cats you have to change it max, every 15 days making it very costly and not worth it.
+Feline Pine – 32LB approx. $32.55
+Oh man who thought of this product had to be nuts. This product was rated very low; the only good thing about it was the value for the money. They claim that 20lb will substitute for 60LB of clay. Sound good? Hell ya.. But…. First of all these is pine, as in pine trees, great for being flushable but how many times you gonna flush your toilet as though you can maybe do a scoop or 2 at a time. These are wood-like pellets compressed that when the liquid gets to them they break down into sawdust and so called sink to the bottom. Well I had to siphon out the good pellets to the sawdust to make room. It was good that it didn’t track I’ll give it that but what was the worst thing of it was too human allergies. If you got allergies to stuff like grass, pollen, mold, dust, then this is not for you. This will increase your allergies right away and of course not thinking about it until later. So that was not good. Also the so-called nice scent of pine, well think about very wet molding pine as though that it what with the urine and poop will make it smell like. Not pretty. This is to me not worth the time or $$. Nice idea, but that is all it is. Also the special scoop it offers on the back is a waste cause you can buy one in the store for .99 cents with big holes instead of spending 5.00and up for there designer litter.
+Swheat Scoop Cat Litter – 14lb 10.00, 40 lb 25.00-
+NEW AND IMPROVED! Well what a good step into the right direction. Prior on swheatscoop litter I gave in only 2 stars but since the new and improved formula came out. Man what an improvement. This is terrific. I shall say for a regular litter box including flooders around and such, this is the brand for you. Sure the price is a little high but it lasts longer then clay. My flooder didn’t turn the box into a mud pie, and my stinky male didn’t let people know he was still alive. This litter didn’t allow the stink to get out. (not including when cats refuse to cover there poop). It says on the bag to clean it 3 times a day. Well sorry but I am not here to clean up after my cat every time. But that was still good. Put plenty of litter in the box like the bag says and let it go, heck even a day or two. It’s fab, it does the job that others haven’t done in a long time. The room has a slight odour of wheat which is not strong at all but a little on the light side that didn’t effect allergies at all. It’s totally flushable. Doesn’t track, has a little dust when you pour but it subsides fast. My cats took to it quickly and didn’t play with the litter. The only drawback. It’s not good in autmatic litter boxes. It will empty your whole box out by the end of the day. The reason is not mainly the litter but the box timmer doesn’t allow litter to have enough clumping time. So it drags half wet waste in the bins pulling the dry clean stuff with it. Bad if cat also is a bit runny. But in regular boxes, it’s priceless. I am converted.!!
+Yesterday’s News Cat Litter – 15LB aprox 8.59
+This is a nice idea for post-op cats to keep then as clean as possible, but… think about this… your newspaper found in the rain…I think that is all that needs to be said. Or if you need more, then lets do this, its no substitute for long periods of time nor flooders. It’s not a clumper so you use more, when urine gets absorbed it’s a mushy mess making the official change the big one a messy and irritable one. Who wants to keep stepping on urine soaked newspaper? I don’t.
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+The topic that is constantly stressed with all Humane Societies when you adopt your feline. Why you wonder is so important on this. The reason is simple, cats multiply like rabbits. And more and more stray cats get killed, abandoned and even stranded and left to starve to death. We expect cats to fend for themselves sometimes at too young of an age. Like many felines lovers/ pet lovers humane societies and other organizations that believe in animal rights ask you to do a simple thing called, taking responsibilities of your own pets. If you can afford and handle to keep a littler of kittens or have a purebred then this is not a good idea, but if it’s none of the above then fixing is the best for you. It calms down the ruthless male especially if living in with other female or male cats, and it will also help eliminate the females monthly howling! Which seems to be a good reason in the first place. So please have your pet fixed for your animals well-being as well as your own.
+What is FUS ? FUS – Feline Urological Syndrome also known as Crystals which accumulate fine crystals within the bladder and urethra.
+Straining, discomfort, sometimes bleeding into the urine, and, in male cats, possibly complete obstruction of the urethra so that the cat is unable to urinate. This is only likely to occur in males because in females the urethra is much wider and the debris can be passed.
+It is not fully known exactly why some cats develop FUS, but it is clear that diet plays a major part. The crystals that form are usually based upon a substance called struvite, which is a crystalline compound of magnesium that tends to form in an alkaline urine.
+A diet that is low in magnesium and produces an acidic urine can play a major role in treating and preventing recurrence in susceptible cats, but it is not known why one cat develops the problem on a normal complete feline diet whereas another may not. But after treatment reevaluate and find a better brand of cat food that will not cause this. As though it’s known that lower no name and some commercial brands help contribute to this problem even though it might say it helps the urinary track. They can stick that on the label even if it helps 0.001% only. So why take a chance. Get a better quality food and help to avoid this problem.
+Surveys have shown that the problem is more common in cats that are neutered, overweight, and not very active although of course these factors could be well be linked to each other It is vital that the owner of a male cat realizes that if their cat is straining to urinate and in obvious distress, it could be suffering from a urinary blockage and needs immediate vet attention to avoid serious damage to the bladder and kidneys as well as death.
+Cats with blockage obviously need to have it cleared and to have a urinary catheter to put into place under anaesthetic if it has progressed into a dangerous level. If the obstruction cannot be cleared, or the urethra keeps blocking up again when the catheter is removed, a permanent by-pass operation, called a perineal urethrotomy, may be performed. This piece of plastic surgery reshapes the lower part of the male urethra to resemble that of the female.
+Medical treatment of FUS mainly involves a change of diet to a complete pre-repaired food that is low in magnesium and produces an acidic urine. The brand that the vet will recommend is the brand they carry that is a bit expensive but if food is something that will help your cat, you are saving more then you know. For the catheter to the more intense surgery in Canadian dollars you are looking at around $300- 500.00 depending on vet. So buying the canned cat food for about $30.00 for a slab of 24 cans are a darn good option. Usually the crystals will be eliminated within a month or two depending on the case.
+Antibiotics are often given to prevent secondary infection, and although bacteria cannot usually be cultured from the urine, antibiotics often seem to help alleviate the discomfort.
+Cats that suffer from the repeated bouts of lower urinary problems are usually X-rayed to rule out other problems, such as large calculi (stones) that may form within the bladder, and tumors of the bladder wall, which are sometimes seen in older cats.]]>
+We are just beginning to appreciate the importance of this tiny parasite in causing diarrhea in cats.
+This disease is a relatively common, though often undiagnosed, cause of chronic diarrhea, causing loose or watery motions, sometimes with mucus.
+A single-celled parasite called giardia, that is passed by fecal contamination from cat to cat, particularly in conditions of poor hygiene or overcrowded housing. The organism can be identified in a stool sample examined under the microscope, although sometimes multiple samples have to be examined as the organism is only shed intermittently.
+A Course of a specific antibiotic called metronidazole can be used to cure this condition.]]>
+Unlike humans, who most suffer from disease of the coronary arteries, and dogs, that most usually suffer from disease of the heart valves, cats usually suffer from disease of the heart muscle itself, a condition known as cardiomyopathy.
+The main sign shown by a cat with a cardiomupathy is labored respiration caused by a build-up of fluids on the lungs, as well as lethargy and lack appetite. Some cats suddenly become paralyzed in their hind legs due to a blood clot forming in the main arteries, resulting from the poor circulation. A radiograph of the heart will often diagnose the heart problem, although fluid may have to be drawn of the lungs before a diagnostic X-ray can be taken. A referral center may use more specialized techniques such as an electrocardiograph to measure the electrical activities of the heart, an echocardiograph to record the heart sounds, and ultrasound, which can make visible the flow of blood through the heart.
+The condition is caused by degeneration in the heart muscle itself (as opposed to disease of the heart valves, which is by far the commonest condition in the dog). It can take two firms – dilated cardiomyopathy, where the heart muscles become weak and dilated, and hypertrophic cardiomypathy, where the heart muscle becomes greatly thickened and loses its ability to expand and contract properly.
+Dilated cardiomypathy used to be quite a common condition, until it was discovered that the major cause of the problem is deficiency of an amino acid called taurine in the diet. Although the vast majority of cats were able to manage perfectly well on the levels previously recommended in commercial cat foods, some cats seemed to have a higher requirement than others. Since this has discovered, the manufacturers of cat foods have boosted the levels of taurine in their diets. As a result, the incidence of the problem has been greatly reduced to the point where is it not only likely to be seen in cats eating very poor quality commercial or home make diets.
+Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can develop when a cat suffers from chronically high blood pressure, although this cannot easily be measured. An overactive thyroid is one of the major causes of the condition, although in many cases no underlying cause can be found.
+About 2 per cent of cats born with congenital heart disorder, ranging in severity from those that show no clinical signs through their life, to those that die of the problem sooner after birth. Affected cats tent to grow less quickly than others in the litter, they tire quickly and may develop breathing difficulties.
+If an underlying problem causing cardiomyopathy, such as an overactive thyroid or a dietary deficiency, can be corrected, then the long term outlook for the cat is quite good, but often the best that can be achieved is permanent drug treatment to try and control the problem, including the use of anticoagulants to try and prevent unwanted blood clots from forming. The life expectancy for a cat with severe congenital heart disease is poor, but surgical correction can sometimes be attempted.]]>
+The kidneys are responsible for eliminating waste products from the body and maintaining fluid balance. Kidney disease is a very significant cause of illness in cats.
+The first warning is an increased thirst due to an inability to concentrate the urine as efficiently, but as many cats do not drink from a bowl, this can be difficult to identify. An observant owner may notice a change in the cat’s pattern of behavior, and a cat that perhaps never used to drink much at all, may be spotted regularly drinking from a pond, a tap or other water source.
+As the disease process progresses, waste products from the breakdown of protein within the body start to build up, and, in turn, cause further damage to the remaining kidney tissue. Signs of kidney disease include: -
+Eventually, the cat will refuse to eat altogether. It may start to have convulsions, and will inevitably die.
+Once the disease develops, a blood test will show an increase of urea in the blood, as well as an increase in an enzyme called creatinine. An increasing number of veterinary practices are using a combination of blood and urine tests during routine health screens of elderly pets to pick up impending problems at an early stage.
+There are many possible causes of kidney disease, such as bacterial infections, congenital abnormalities, the effects of toxins, and tumors. However, by far the commonest cause is chronic interstitial nephritis – a gradual replacement of the normal kidney tissue with scar tissue that develops with age.
+The causes are not well understood, nor why some cats develop it much sooner than others. It is possible for the a cat to have up to two-thirds of its kidney filtration cells damage without showing any signs of illness at all, so by the time that the condition is clinically recognizable, the underlying disease process is already well advanced.
+A lot can be done to slow down the progression of the disease and give the cat a longer lease of life, but early diagnosis is essential. It an underlying cause such as infection can be identified then, of course, it bust be treated. However, most frequently we can only give palliative treatment to enable the cat to cope as well as possible with the kidney function that it has remaining. Cats are often dehydrated by the time the problem is diagnosed, so an intravenous drip may be needed to correct this. Drugs may also be used, such as vitamins and anabolic steroids to stimulate the appetite, and anti-emetics to control vomiting.
+The most important aspect of treatment kidney disease involves a change in diet to a food specially designed to reduce the workload of the kidneys. Cats cannot manage on very low protein diets, but a diet with a moderately restricted level of high – quality, easily digested protein will reduce the amount of protein waste products that build up in the body. Even more important is a restriction on the amount of phosphorus in the diet, as this accumulates in the body of cats with kidney problems and causes further damage to the kidneys.
+The levels of B vitamins need to be boosted because they tend to be lost from the body when the kidneys are not working properly. While it is theoretically possible to achieve this with a homemade diet, it is extremely difficult to get the balance just right, and a range of pre-prepared diets are available from veterinary surgeries to help control the problem.]]>
+The liver can be considered as the processing factor of the body, playing an essential role in the cat’s metabolism. Because the cat is a pure carnivore, the liver of the cat has lost the ability to carry out some of the processes that other animals designed to cope with a wider range of foods are able to manage, making the cat particularly susceptible to the toxic effects of certain substances.
+Liver disease tends to cause rather non-specific signs such as lethargy, lack of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea and weight loss. More specific signs can include an enlargement of the liver itself, and jaundice.
+There are many possible causes of liver diseases, but the most important in the cat are: -
+Lymphoctic cholangitis: an inflammation of the liver that is thought to be caused by a disorder of the cat’s immune system
+Cholangiohepatitis: another form of liver inflammation most commonly caused by a bacterial infection that invades the bile ducts within the liver.
+Toxic hepatopathy: there are many poisons that can affect the liver of cats, including plants, household and garden chemicals, and drugs such as paracetamol. Quite a number of cats have died because their owners have dosed them with drugs not intended for use in that species.
+Hepatic lipoidosis: yet another strange-sounding liver starvation, or from other metabolic diseases such as diabetes mellitus. Fat is laid down in the liver, causing serious interference with its normal functions.
+Liver tumors: the liver is a common site for secondary tumors to settle that have spread from another site in the body, but it is also quite common for primary tumors to develop in the liver or in closely related structures such as the pancreas.
+Differentiating the various possible causes of liver disease in the cat can pose a considerable challenge to the veterinary surgeon. Blood tests, X-rays, and ultrasound of the liver may all be useful, but in some cases it is necessary to carry out a surgical biopsy, taking a small piece of liver tissue to be analyzed under the microscope. Because the liver is important for breaking down many anesthetics in the cat’s body, and because blood clotting is often prolonged in affected animals, this procedure is not without significant risk.
+Nevertheless, this risk may well be outweighed by the benefit of obtaining a definitive diagnosis.
+Once the cause has been established, steps can be taken to try and correct it, as well as providing supportive treatment for the cat. Fortunately, the lover has a good capability to regenerate, but if chronic liver disease is allowed to persist, the normal liver will become replaced by fibrous tissue, a process known as liver cirrhosis. Antibiotics are effective against liver infections, and corticosteroids drugs will help to control inflammatory problems. The surgical removal of tumors is only occasionally possible when an isolated non-malignant mass can be identified. Cats with liver disease need a low-fat, easily digestible diet, fed little and often. In severe cases, the cat may need to be hospitalized and fed via a fine tube passed down the nostril and into the stomach.]]>
+
+What is WhatsApp?
+WhatsApp is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which uses the Internet to send messages. It’s a popular means of communication in many countries I have lived in/been to, although in some countries it is overshadowed by a similar mobile app called Viber.
+Why WhatsApp?
+Unlike some Learning Management Systems (LMS), which can be clunky on mobile phones, WhatsApp is very easy to use. The deciding factor for me was that most students I taught already had the app installed on their phones and were using it daily. Tellingly, at TESOL Greece I was one of the three presenters who gave talks on using WhatsApp. Jeremy Harmer, who was one of the plenary speakers at the conference, even made a note of this trend (and my presentation in particular) in his plenary talk (watch it here)
+The features that made this particular app suitable for my purposes were as follows:
+- The app allows users to create group chats
+- The app allows users to record voice messages
+- The app allows users to send/receive photos, videos, audiofiles among other things
+- While the app requires the use of the Internet, nothing is posted online thus all messages remain private, visible only to the members of the group (which will include only the students from a class).
+What are the advantages of using mobile phones (and WhatsApp in particular) for listening and speaking practice?
+Classroom management issues
+When I started using WhatsApp in class, I was teaching big groups of rambunctious young adults. it was difficult to conduct speaking activities, especially ones requiring pair work because the students often reverted to speaking their L1 or simply did their own thing instead of speaking. The class size meant that it was difficult for me to make sure everyone was on task. Similarly, for listening to both recordings and their peers, silence and cooperativeness did not always happen. Requiring learners to record some of their output and by moving some of the listening activities to the students’ phones allowed them to focus on completing the tasks and improving their English without being distracted by misbehaving peers. In addition, speaking over a mobile app can help lower anxiety and affective filters.
+Personalized feedback
+When you have recordings of students’ speaking, you can listen to them again and again to pinpoint the areas for improvement for a particular student. Additionally, comparing recordings made at the beginning and at the end of the course can help you (and the students) see their progress.
+Personalized listening
+Students work at their own pace and can listen to a recording as many times as they need to achieve comprehension and task objectives.
+Accountability
+When students deliver their speaking via WhatsApp, everyone is accountable because you can see when files and messages were sent/received/read.
+Improving speaking performance
+Recording speaking taks forces students to focus on both the language and the delivery. To ensure this happens, tell the students that when they are recording their speaking performance, they can re-record it as many times as they want until they are satisfied that their recording is the best they can produce.
+How can Whatsapp be used in class?
+Step 1. Create a WhatsApp group
+This step requires phone numbers of the participants. This is a tricky moment – not everyone is comfortable with sharing their phone numbers. I found that my students (18-19 year old students in an Intensive English Program at a private university in Turkey) would set up their own WhatsApp groups for ‘sharing’ (and I use this term ironically) homework so this was never an issue. I usually asked one of the students to create a new group specifically for my class, adding me to it as it’s created. I once made the mistake of not specifying that the group has to be separate from the regular student-only group and would wake up to hundreds of Turkish-language messages about homework, timetables and quizzes in my inbox.
+Step 2. Set the rules
+My two main rules were English Only and No Bad Language. You might want to add your own rules about whether it is ok for learners to send you private messages outside of the group, what kind of information should and should not be shared in the group, e.g. is it ok to post non-lesson-related English jokes or useful resources? Should the group be used for informal chats in English?
+Step 3. Set up for class use
+If you are using WhatsApp for listening in class, the learners will need earphones or headphones. Most students in my class had earphones and I only needed to remind them to bring the earphones to class the day before (and then the morning of) class. Having said that, there were always one or two students who forgot to bring theirs. Here you can either have students double up and share the earphones or have a few inexpensive headsets on hand to lend to students.
+Step 4. Assign the tasks
+An important stipulation is that WhatsApp is not a teaching tool as such – it is a means of providing input to students and a way for them to share their output. Both can be done in class to alleviate classroom management issues (e.g. large classrooms where students don’t get enough speaking time) and to help learners improve their speaking performance and outside of the class, to provide an additional opportunity for listening and speaking or to assign and collect homework.
+A side note: one big advantage of using mobile phones for listening in class is that it allows students to work at their own pace, listen to the recording as many times as they need to in its entirety or to focus on problem areas. However, this also means that some students will inevitable finish early. To deal with this, have some extension tasks on hand. For example, the task was for students to listen to a description of a photo and circle the differences on their own photo – have the early finishers write sentences about the differences.
+How can you deliver listening files to WhatsApp?
+- Send files directly to the WhatsApp group
+- Send a link to a file on an LMS (Moodle, Schoology)
+- Use QR codes to send links to online materials
+What kind of tasks can be assigned via WhatsApp?
+Listening task ideas
+Here you can do any listening tasks that you would normally do in class, but especially the tasks that require copious note-taking (e.g. listening to academic lectures) or transcribing.
+You can also quite easily create your own listening tracks – nowadays it is as simple as finding the voice recorder app on your phone. For example, you could adapt a pair-work activity such as describing pictures to find the differences:
+- Create a listening activity where you record yourself describing picture A
+- Provide the learners with picture B and the recording
+- Have the learners listen and circle the differences.
+Speaking task ideas
+Similarly to listening, the speaking tasks can be anything done in class. It doesn’t have to be a whole big performance either. I often send my students a recording of a short question, sometimes with my own answer as a model and set sending a recording of their answer as homework. Alternatively, I ask students to send their own questions to the group and then choose 2-3 questions they want to answer and record their answers. This allows students to engage in speaking outside of the classroom and gives them an opportunity to use the language they focused on in class that day. So if you focused on vocabulary related to university facilities in class, you could ask students to say what their favorite place in on campus is and what they usually do there. Or, to give a quick practice in using present continuous, get students to describe what they are doing right now or what is happening around them. I found that students love listening to each other when it comes to sharing something about their personal lives and they usually end up commenting on what the other person has said (e.g. I`m eating breakfast with my family – Ohhh, very good, good appetite, bro!)
+Example listening and speaking activities using Whatsapp
+Activity 1. Discussion
+- In class/Homework: Learners listen to a model recording, either from a textbook or created by you, e.g. a discussion. They answer some comprehension questions and then focus on the target language, e.g. the language for agreeing/disagreeing. This can be done by filling in the blanks in the dialogue script or having students tick the phrases they hear.
+- In class: Learners are given a task which is similar to the model, e.g. they conduct a discussion on a subject using the target language presented in the stage above. Below is an example from my B2 class. The learners prepare, rehearse and record their discussion and send it to the WhatsApp group.
+- In class/Homework: Learners listen to a peer’s recording and answer questions (see example below
+4. Grading: Depending on what you are focusing on in the task, I find it useful to create a simple rubric which you can use to assess specific aspects of the learners’ performance and leave short comments either praising them or providing guidance on areas for improvement.
+Activity 2. Presentation about a sport
+With my elementary listening and speaking class we covered the topic of sport. The speaking task section in the textbook called for class presentations on a sport. In my teaching context, class presentations never worked. Instead, I assigned each student a sport and asked them to prepare a short presentation about it, making sure to answer the questions in the task (e.g. whether it is a team sport, what kind of equipment is needed etc). I gave a deadline two days before a lesson in which I was planning to use their recordings. Once everyone sent their recordings to the class WhatsApp group, I listened to them, gave grades and made questions based on the learners’ recordings. When they came to class, they received a list of questions and instructions to listen to all the recordings and answer the questions (e.g. Who talked about winter sports? Which ones? In which sport do people use a stick? etc.).
+The learners really enjoyed listening to each other’s presentations and, in addition to revising the target vocabulary, they learned from each other. As they were listening to each other’s recording, they were asking their peers for the meaning or spelling of the unfamiliar words they used. If they were stuck and couldn’t understand something, they also had an option of asking a peer to clarify something.
+What do students think about using WhatsApp in class?
+When I started using WhatsApp in class, after each lesson where it was used I administered a short questionnaire asking for students’ opinions. Below are the responses from about 100 students of levels from A2-B2. The comments are copied directly from questionnaires without editing or error correction.
+Conclusion
+While WhatsApp (and other instant messaging mobile apps) is a useful tool for providing students with opportunities for listening and speaking practice, I don’t use it in every class or every day. Its additional advantage is staying connected to your learners and making yourself available for help and support in their quest to learning English. It does have its drawbacks, namely the need for access to smartphones and wireless connection. But, as a popular saying goes, if you can’t beat them, join them. Instead of viewing mobile phones as a source of distraction in class, they can be used for meaningful speaking and listening practice to the students’ and teachers’ advantage.
+References
+Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes; Norris, Lucy and Donohue, Jim (2015). Mobile pedagogy for English language teaching: a guide for teachers. British Council 2015, London.Retrieved from
+Thanks Yulia
+Thnx Yuliya . this worths trying 🙂
+Pingback: How to Present at an ELT Conference | Yuliya Speroff
+Thank you soooo much Yulia for making this research. I will use this as my bachelor thesis reference 🙂
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+Anonymous
+in Pompano Beach, Florida
+78 months ago
+Can anyone confirm if there are layoffs planned?
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+Xavier2008
+in Florida
+71 months ago
+Many employees are disappearing, but I have not heard about an official layoff.
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+Mad Mad
+in florida, Florida
+69 months ago
+Yes there is layoffs what your back!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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+office
+in Bradenton, Florida
+66 months ago
+Effective 6/26/08 all sales managers, logistics managers, logistics supervisors, DKC's will be laid off.
+New pay structures are in the works, no more salary associates exept for store manager. Everyone else will be a $10-$12 per hour key holder supervisor.
+This is the begining of the end for Officemax. What a shame.
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+Phoenix AZ
+in Arizona
+Store Manager and one ASM will remain on salary. One ASM will be laid off in every store. Most stores will get one sup and 2 specialists who hold keys. Specialists will make 12.75, sups will make same pay as will ASM.
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+Situationist
+in Aurora, Colorado.
+Cheetah
+in Chicago, Illinois
+Situationist in Aurora, Colorado said:.
+Anyone unfortunate enough to stay better start looking for a new job, because Office Max won't be around for long. They don't even have the money to pay out all the severence packages in one shot.
+I'm not surprised, because any company that doesn't know who they are going to layoff prior to announcing layoffs is totally incompetent. I'm just curious what you based your information on?
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+Sales Sup
+in Portland, Oregon
+Sales Sup in Portland, Oregon said:
+still on board, same pay, same store, same keys, lol...
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+CrazyinPA
+in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
+Good to hear Sales Sup!
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+out of a job in NM
+in farmington, New Mexico
+I was a supervisor in NM and got layed off yesterday as well as two other sups and one Logistics ASM. The thing I find odd is that they kept the lasiest employee in the place the Assistant Sales manager! Go figure?
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+carlitoso2
+in Kissimmee, Florida
+58 months ago
+Anonymous in Pompano Beach, Florida said: Can anyone confirm if there are layoffs planned?
+Yes I work in Office Max in Orlando Fl for a year an 6 month. I got layoff as 2/04/2009 along whit 6 others. It was a good company but the economy it taken us one by one.
+carefulwhatyousay
+in Orange, Connecticut
+55 months ago
+out of a job in NM in farmington, New Mexico said: I was a supervisor in NM and got layed off yesterday as well as two other sups and one Logistics ASM. The thing I find odd is that they kept the lasiest employee in the place the Assistant Sales manager! Go figure?
+I find that to be the case here as well. Laziness really pays off at OMAX
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+MARY
+in Elmwood Park, Illinois
+51 months ago
+I KNOW EXACTLLY WHAT YOU MEAN. I WAS LET GO FOR MAKING 4 MISTAKES IN 1 MONTH. THEY KEPT
+3 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS FOR YEARS. I HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT 1 OF THEM AND THAT IS WHEN MY TROUBLE STARTED. THEY LET 8 PEOPLE GO YESTERDAY, 08/01/09. 6 IN ONE DEPT AND 2 SUPERVISORS. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN MORE LET GO. THIS WAS IN OTTAWA.
+briar_rose
+in Colorado
+8 people in one store?! - wow that would be more than half of our staff. Maybe another restructuring is coming.
+It wasn't a store, it Ottawa is a call center where we got calls, emails, faxes, entered orders and did collections in the ssr dept. That is where 6 got it. I have now heard the whole order entry team was let go but I am not sure. I was on that team. Peresonally I am probably filing a complaint with the eeoc for several reasons. I have debated hard about it since I was fired. I had asked for hours to be modified because of a medical condition and that is when I started getting written up. Mary
+Oh, didn't realize it was a call center - but that's still a large number to be let go at once. Sorry to hear about your troubles with the company. I hope everything works out for you.
+Mary
+in Naperville, Illinois
+I went to work there in 2006 because I was pretty depressed. My mom had died of mesothelioma as did my grandmother. I had a hard time getting through it and still have some upset about it. Everything was fine and then I was put on a team with a person who you would call the playground bully. I defended another girl one night who was crying hysterically. The next day
+the whole team was called one by one in to the manager's office. I was last. They stated all the crap about OfficeMaxs core values-my thought how did it get to management as my sup wasn't there when this happened. Anyway one thing led to another and I got it and I knew I would. Thats alright as in the end I feel you get what you dish out. It is sad to see how they really don't go by their core values as they are good. Anyway there have been probably 40 people gone from Ottawa one way or another since the first of the year. Very sad. Maybe Sam should take a little pay cut.
+I'm sorry about everything. I agree that Sam should take a pay cut - but, that will never happen. I hope something turns around for you soon.
+I AM FINE. WHAT I HAVE IS CRONIC. I have filled out an eeoc form and hope that they wap these guys good. If they are going to say they are EEOC then they need to follow the rules. They seem to have a problem doing that. The law dealing with the disabled was updated in January 2009 and I am thinking they missed it.
+briar_rose in Colorado said: I'm sorry about everything. I agree that Sam should take a pay cut - but, that will never happen. I hope something turns around for you soon.
+Hi,
+I think OFFICEMAx WANT TO PORTRAY THIS WONDERFUL IMAGE OF how wonderful they are and all the stuff about the core values but the problem they have is they don't follow them in upper management. I am doing alright-what happened in myu family nevers leaves you. If you went throught the experience of watching someone die from meso you would know what I meant. It is truly devastating. I appreciate your kindness. Mary
+50 months ago
+Has anyone heard if they are going to eliminate the impress supervisor position?
+gtr1
+in Kingsport, Tennessee
+47 months ago
+I am sick to my stomach!! Just got off the phone with a best friend of mine. They canned the Impress manager, Operations Supervisor/Keyholder/, Impress Desk Top Publisher, Impress Supervisor. 4 top positions in the store. Human resources was there & informed them ,along with the store manager. Apparently the position of Impress manager is history & the other positions have been eliminated and re-named, and offered at part-time status!!!
+This is a company wide initiative, in case anyone was wondering. So expect to see good ole Sam on"Take Advantage TV" with another sob story on how the company has to "tighten" it's belts, like he did last time when he did this!! Funny since the company still doesn't match stock purchases since last year, AND, the stock keeps going UP!!! I'm sure the stock holders will benefit from this maneuver, once again!!! Just a footnote to this: These people collectively had more than 43 years with this company!!!! Way to stick it to them "To The Max" Officemax!!!! Where's your INTEGRITY you're constantly telling your employees to have????
+The impress manager position was quietly taken out of the picture over the past year or so. If someone quit or was let go for other reasons, they were not replaced. The official elimination of the position happened Monday. The Impress Supervisor was retitled and pretty much everything else stays the same. In the minis and advantage stores (I don't know if this happened in the hub locations) the Operations sup was taken out when the re shifting of ASMs happened. Key holders are still full time associates though.
+knightfal
+in Maryland
+Hubs were hit also, most either lost all supervisors.
+That's a shame. I really kind of hoped that raises & tuition reimbursement being reinstated was a sign that things are stable. Guess not.
+This is a hub store I'm talking about. It is a fact that they let go of the Desktop Publisher to re-title the position for a part-time one, and as far as the Impress Supervisor goes, the same happened to him, let go for a part time position and re-titled. The Impress Manager's position was quietly being phased out company wide, however he was just told today he was being laid off!!!All 4 positions were done in this store today!! Oh, & Operations .supervisor/keyholder was a position you were allowed to have in your store if you did over 3.6 mil yearly according to corporate. It's funny how this store made over 3.6!!, however this position was done away with as well today!! Tech Specialist stays with keys & full time, as well as Furn Spec. So basically now, You will be having part time people, that know next to nothing in these positions, , getting paid next to nothing, trying to run these stores! God help the managers & their assistants and 2 key carriers who will be picking up the slack!!!
+I knew that some of the larger volume stores got to keep their ops sup. The store I'm at wasn't one of them. We didn't even have a DTP. It's scary to think that I've see postings for DTP positions. You would think that they would have just not replaced any people that left (for whatever reason) since they obviously planned to eliminate all of them. Out of curiosity where is the store you're talking about. I was told that the "impress specialist" is still full time.
+Johnson City, Tn and no unfortunately he's not! Otherwise they would have kept him, he was good at production, knew DTP (some) and was really reliable. But he was told it was to be a newley titled part time position. Ofcourse he can't afford that, he's got a baby, wife & a new lease on a bigger apt. for the baby to have her own room. It's such a shame!!
+I'm really sorry to hear about your friend and I'm not doubting you, but I'm wondering if he can fight that somehow - the job description says that it's a full time position. (I just pulled out my copy and looked) It specifically says work full time hours - Unless they are splitting the hours between two people.
+Ya know what, that's interesting!!! I'm wondering if their next step is to keep 1 manager, and 2 key-holders and that's all the full-time the would have in each store!! I know of stores that can operate on this because I've been in that position! This would eliminate the Asst. position (1000 jobs). The other alternative would be for them to only have 1 manager, 1 asst. & 1 key-holder. This would work even better for them considering the first 2 are salaried positions & they can work the heck out of them, working them over 40 hours, etc and not pay them any overtime!!! I'm sure if I figured this one out, it's already in their future"cost cutting plans". Unfortunately!!!
+Oh, and P.S. I almost forgot!! Remember how all Specialist-Key-holder positions were to pay 12.00 per hour when they re-titled a while back? This was a memo you could pull up via company email!! Well, I know of several stores that pay as they please. Some Florida stores pay $10.00 per hour for this position, and has ever since the last company re-structuring. Did you happen to keep your memo on this? I wish I had!!!!! Can you believe it?
+Workhorse in Jonesborough are u there????
+I believe it - I wish I had the memo too. There was something interesting on the portal today. New Impress Staffing Standards - Long story short - Impress Manager and Impress Supervisor are still on there, along with Job descriptions. DTP is still on there as well. My curiosity is - why are they on NEW standards when they were supposedly eliminated?
+They are still available because depending on your staffing model you may still have one. Most stores are hiring keys at $10 - $10.50/hr Nature of the beast i suppose. Talent costs money, no money = no talent. However with the current state of the job market there is plenty of talent who will work for that and work hard just to have a job. As for eliminating the ASM position, doubt that would ever happen, its nearly impossible to run a location on 3 keys, unless you're a 14k and dead as hell, which in that case your store should be closed. Just keep your heads up and work through the adversity.
+the new SR is a joke too, it's plastered with red because the expectations are outrageous.
+That may be the case and I agree with you. But I was told that those 2 positions are no longer in play, anywhere. I can't imagine the whole district here falls under the "nope, you don't need a manager or supervisor anymore" staffing model. Besides that, according to the chart our store should have a supervisor - and our supervisor got changed to specialist.
+SR?
+briar_rose in Colorado said: SR?
+Sales Report - sorry was feeling a little brain dead :(
+Impress payroll dollars also got reduced today. I agree the chart does not agree with what they are saying. Impress is a high profit center so i can see their reasoning behind the changes, however it now make it that much harder to produce good numbers in that department in the higher volume stores.
+briar_rose in Colorado said: Sales Report - sorry was feeling a little brain dead :(
+Selling report.
+briar_rose in Colorado said:.
+Thats why they are pushing the cross-training of basic associates.
+They've always pushed it here, but never gave the payroll to actually accomplish it.
+an now with impress payrolls being slashed 25% there is no chance. Everyone just has to remember to work through all of this and not to dwell. we cant undo what they have done, but we can prove to them we can still succeed..
+I saw those & made copies of them!! Funny how all those positions are FULL_TIME just like you said!!!
+I honestly hate to say this, but if they can figure out a way to cover the stores open to close hours having a manager , assistant, and 1 key-holder, I believe this will be the norm in stores. I also believe they will start closing stores earlier as well, everyday in most areas. Store closings are a no-brainer this year. If you're not making enough money, you will be closed. (I'm sure the list is getting long and arduous). There's nothing we can do but our best in the circumstances. We can quit but I've been with the company 15 years and I wanted to retire in 5 years. So I work hard & do what I can. That's all you can do. We're stuck, for now!!
+Hi Briar:
+Can you tell me what your head count is, ie: how many keys, etc? Just curious! Thanks
+briar_rose in Colorado said:.
+If you increase your sales to the next payroll staffing model you will get more payroll dollars. Customer service is one of their three main objectives, running under staffed stored will not accomplish great customer service and thats not what they want.
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+TRANSCRIPT
+JUDY WOODRUFF: President Obama is still waiting for Republicans to pick a nominee to challenge him in next year’s election, but that hasn’t stopped him from entering the campaign fray.
+Eleven months from Election Day 2012, the president took to the White House Briefing Room in full-blown campaign mode. Mr. Obama’s appearance, announced just minutes beforehand, came shortly after Senate Republicans blocked his nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The president said he would continue to challenge Republicans to defend their position.
+PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I will not take any options off the table when it comes to getting Richard Cordray in as director of the Consumer Finance Protection Board.
+We have a Congress right now Republicans in Congress right now who seem to have entirely forgotten how we got into this mess. And part of the reason was because we didn’t empower our regulators to make sure that they were ensuring fair play. That’s what the Consumer Finance Protection Board is designed to do.
+JUDY WOODRUFF: The president also expressed frustration with the ongoing stalemate in Congress over extending the payroll tax cut, which is set to expire at the end of the year.
+Mr. Obama pledged to delay his holiday plans for as long as it took lawmakers to reach an agreement.
+BARACK OBAMA:.
+JUDY WOODRUFF: Those comments followed a Kansas speech earlier this week in which the president said the country faced a — quote — “make-or-break moment” for the middle class.
+BARACK OBAMA: I believe that this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot, when everyone does their fair share, when everyone plays by the same rules.
+(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
+JUDY WOODRUFF: Many saw those remarks as a general election preview. But they were not the only issues taking on a political context this week, from the administration’s announcement today about workers with disabilities, to yesterday’s decision by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to block over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill to young girls.
+Mr. Obama endorsed that policy today.
+BARACK OBAMA:. And I think most parents would probably feel the same way.
+JUDY WOODRUFF: The president also responded directly to criticism of his foreign policy by some Republican presidential candidates.
+BARACK OBAMA: Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22 out of 30 top al-Qaida leaders who’ve been taken off the field whether I engage in appeasement. Or whoever is left out there, ask them about that.
+JUDY WOODRUFF: With election year around the corner, most moves the president makes going forward will likely be seen through that lens.
+We are joined now by two political reporters covering the president’s re-election campaign, Anne Kornblut, White House reporter for The Washington Post, and Jeff Zeleny, national political correspondent for The New York Times.
+It’s good to you have both with us.
+Jeff Zeleny, let me start with you.
+How much is the campaign on the minds of the folks at the White House? Are we right to see everything going forward now through the campaign lens?
+JEFF ZELENY, The New York Times: Well, the campaign is entirely on their minds.
+I mean, it’s not unusual for that to be the case. It’s always the case in a re-election. And everything is going to be viewed through this prism. His State of the Union is going to be viewed — viewed through this prism and everything is. But the White House is still saying that they are focused on policy and focused on things.
+But the speech in — in Kansas earlier this week really sort of began to frame this argument that the president is going to make for the next 11 months about, he is the defender of the middle class and he is out there fighting for you. And I think that everything he does is going to be viewed through that prism, you know, rightly or wrongly. He will be criticized for it, but that’s how it goes when a president seeks re-election.
+JUDY WOODRUFF: Anne Kornblut, is that — I mean, is that the theme that they have now seized on? And, if so, why?
+ANNE KORNBLUT, The Washington Post: Oh, absolutely.
+I think we should start counting the number of times we hear him talk about the middle class. People in the re-election campaign are also taking note of when Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich don’t use the phrase middle class. This is all about the economy.
+But they don’t want to be talking about small-bore economic issues. They don’t even want to just be focusing on jobs, because the thinking is they are not going to be able to do too much to turn around unemployment between now and next November. Instead, they want to have a big-picture discussion about philosophy and about economic philosophy.
+And, as Jeff said, that’s what the speech in Kansas really was all about, was some of the bigger philosophical differences that the campaign hopes to set up between them and whichever of the candidates is their nominee on the other side.
+JUDY WOODRUFF: Jeff, do they worry that things look too political at this point? Or do they just assume that’s the way it’s going to be?
+JEFF ZELENY: I think that they have stopped worrying about that.
+I mean, I think, in the early days of the administration, and even in the months leading up to the midterm elections last year, I think they were very careful, sort of drawing a line: This is an official trip and this is a campaign trip.
+And now everything is sort of blurred. They still — the speech in Kansas this week, for example, was an official White House trip. And we’re going to see more official trips than political trips that he’s paying for out of the campaign fund.
+But, look, it’s just sort of how it is. I mean, he’s going to get the upsides and the downsides from running for re-election. And, I mean, everything is political. It just — I mean, it’s hard to escape it. It’s not saying he’s doing things only for political reasons. I mean, obviously, there are policy things here as well. But he has the music, the bunting, the banners. He is running for re-election.
+JUDY WOODRUFF: And, Anne, I ask that question because there was the announcement this week, yesterday, by Secretary Sebelius about the contraceptive, so called Plan B. We talked today about the decision coming out of the Labor Department about jobs for people with disabilities.
+How broadly does this campaign — I guess I’m asking, does the umbrella cover everything?
+ANNE KORNBLUT: Well, there’s no way that it won’t. And, of course, we’re going to look at all of these decisions through the lens of the political season. We’re doing that on the Republican side and the Democratic side. And we’re less than a year out.
+But I do think it’s important to note that’s why these decisions are coming out of the Cabinet agencies. This White House has not been one that has often distributed all the goodies to the agencies. This is a very closely controlled White House. But when there are big, controversial decisions that need to be made, you’re going see the cabinet secretaries doing it.
+That is why they have gone out of their way to say that, in particular, the Plan B decision was one that was made by Secretary Sebelius. For better or for worse, they don’t want to have that one be too closely tied to the president, even though obviously he did acknowledge that he agreed with it today.
+But, nonetheless, on some of the trickier issues, you are going to see those go back out to the agencies, because they know too well it’s all going to look political, no matter what they do.
+JUDY WOODRUFF: Jeff Zeleny, on the one hand, the president is dealing with the Republicans in Congress opposing much of, if not all of what he would like to see pass.
+But, meantime, he is facing the Republicans running for president. How is the White House reacting to the sudden emergence of Newt Gingrich?
+JEFF ZELENY: Well, they’re certainly intrigued by it.
+I mean, they have been focused, with almost a single focus, on Mitt Romney, because they, like most other people, assumed that he had a lot of advantages going into this and he might be the nominee. But the White House is trying to keep an open mind about the possibility of Newt Gingrich.
+It’s interesting. If you talk to Democrats who worked in Washington during the Clinton administration, they’re sort of viewing Newt Gingrich through an old lens. But some of these Obama political hands didn’t work in the White House or in Washington during that time. And they are trying to view him through a new lens.
+They’re really trying to find out what he is tapping into out there. So the focus is still on Romney, but they are going to begin to sort of bring Newt Gingrich into the fold. And the added benefit here, a long campaign on the Republican side, Democrats think, the president’s advisers think that that helps him at the end of the day. So we will see.
+But they are intrigued, and perhaps doing a bit of mischief-making here by highlighting Speaker Gingrich’s rise a little.
+JUDY WOODRUFF: What would you add to that, Anne? What are you hearing about thinking — the thinking — the Obama thinking about Gingrich?
+ANNE KORNBLUT: Well, Jeff is absolutely right.
+I will say there are a few people, perhaps the ones who were — who did live through the Clinton era, who are just the teensiest bit gleeful of the prospect of Newt Gingrich as the Republican nominee.
+But he does have something that Mitt Romney doesn’t that could be dangerous for the president, which is he has a way to tap into the Hispanic vote. He has this expansive network that is Latino. He has himself learned — been learning to speak Spanish.
+And the polling data suggests that he could do better among Hispanics in certain key states, places like Colorado and in the West, and especially in Florida. And that is something that, if a Republican nominee could just do a tiny bit better with Hispanics, could make him much more threatening to President Obama.
+So that is something that his re-election campaign is keeping an eye on.
+JUDY WOODRUFF: But, Anne, finally, for the longest time, the White House has seen Mitt Romney as the president’s toughest potential opponent. Do they still feel that way?
+ANNE KORNBLUT: In some ways, yes. They see him certainly as somebody who had at one point in time been able to tap into the centrist vote and to some independents.
+But I think, if anything, they see him now as weaker than he was before. They do think he is going to have to run to the right of Newt Gingrich, now that Gingrich has presented such a threat, and they think that only works to their advantage.
+JUDY WOODRUFF: How do you — what do you hear from the White House about their view of Romney, who was, their — the assumed nominee for the Republican Party, I guess, many people thought?
+JEFF ZELENY: They definitely are not taking their eye off Mitt Romney, because they believe that he is well-disciplined, well-financed, well-structured.
+He’s been thinking about running for president for a long time. This is his second go-round, so he is experienced in that front. So the White House — for the first time, there is a bit of disagreement. They’re not sure, frankly, who the nominee is going to be. But most people believe in their heart of hearts that Mitt Romney probably has a better shot at this, and they are still going to keep their focus on him.
+They believe, at the end of the day, all these flip-flops that he has had over the years on some social issues actually could make him more appealing to independent voters because he’s flexible. So the White House is very much not losing focus on Gov. Romney.
+JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, the whole thing has certainly gotten more active just in the last few days.
+Jeff Zeleny, Anne Kornblut, we thank you both.
+JEFF ZELENY: Thank you.
+ANNE KORNBLUT: Thank you.
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+A Note From Week One
+If you’ve come here expecting a fearful reaction to the Titans week one blowout of the Cleveland Browns, you’ll need to look elsewhere. I want to address this first because I assume
+every talking head literally everyone on Music City Miracles will be is pushing this narrative and I want to destroy it before I start talking about the Titans offensive system and the players that will attempt to execute it.
+The Titans vs. Browns week one game was ugly, but not because it was a blowout. In fact the score was 15 to 13 with 2:10 left in the 3rd quarter. Neither team played very well, not bad, but not great until somewhere around 1:50 left in the 3rd quarter. Derrick Henry caught a screen pass and took it 75 yards for a touchdown, after that Baker Mayfield did his best Curtis Painter impression and on the back of his terrible performance and nearly 200 penalty yards that the Browns wrapped neatly (I assume with plenty of tissue paper and decorative bows) and gifted to the Titans along with the game.
+The Browns weren’t blown out by a vastly superior team, they gave the game away and never gave themselves a fighting chance. This Titans team isn’t bad but based on what they showed last Sunday, that will be their most lopsided win of the season, by far.
+Offensive Scheme
+Last season the Tennessee Titans hired Matt LaFleur to become the great offensive coordinator that Marcus Mariota always needed. This season the Packers hired LaFleur to become the great head coach that Aaron Rogers doesn’t think he needs. In an effort to replace him, head coach Mike Vrabel elevated tight ends coach Arthur Smith to the offensive coordinator role.
+So what schematic changes will be made under Smith? None, according to Smith as noted in this article from Music City Miracles. From the article:.”
+So if you’re unfamiliar with the names on that list, Arthur Smith is telling us he likes the West Coast offense and what he’s put on tape so far confirms that, but we’ll get to that in a minute. In the article he goes on to say that the language the 2019 Titans offense uses is the same as the 2018 offense under LaFleur. Everything, save for him actually calling the plays (aka his tendency) is the same.
+So what can we gather from LaFleur’s offense based on his history? LaFleur’s first coaching job in the NFL came with the Houston Texans where he was a quality control coach and Kyle Shanahan was a receivers coach. From that point on LaFleur followed the young Shanahan to Washington and Atlanta as the quarterbacks coach before leaving in 2017 to become the offensive coordinator under Sean McVay in Los Angeles. McVay himself had been an offensive quality control coach under Mike Shanahan during the time that LaFleur and the younger Shanahan were there. In hindsight it’s possible we will one day talk about the 2010-2013 Washington Redskins coaching staff in the same way we talk about the 1995 Cleveland Browns staff.
+So what will the Titans under Arthur Smith do? Just watching his first game as a play caller Smith used a lot of zone run concepts in an attempt to set up all of the play action passes that he uses. Smith, like many who came before him, likes to use bootlegs off of play action to get his quarterback away from pressure with an open view of the field in order to make a throw downfield. In short, Smith hasn’t done anything that everyone in the Shanahan coaching tree already does.
+Leading up to the Falcons historic Super Bowl collapse, Matt Bowen of ESPN took a look at some of Kyle Shanahan’s favorite offensive concepts and after my study of the 2018/2019 Titans offense they are highly relevant to what we will see this Sunday. Matt Bowen’s article is worth a read but I will give you what I think some of the most relevant parts are in this excerpt:
+Cross-Country Dagger
+:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19181386/Cross_Country_Dagger.jpg)
+The Falcons led the NFL in multiple categories when running play-action during the regular season, such as passes thrown (133), yards per attempt (11.8) and total passing yards (1,531).
+Breaking down the exact concepts the Titans are using under Smith isn’t that valuable at this point given he’s one game in, though there will be constants. With that said, this is less about Cross Country Dagger and far more about play action passes and their huge role in this offense.
+Not Dagger but PA all the same:
+Zone right play action vs. Colts week 11 pic.twitter.com/H4dzjgWmbl— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 9, 2019
+As I expect him to do often on Sunday, Mariota checks down on this play too. Back to the article from Bowen:
+Outside Zone
+:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19181395/Outside_Zone_copy.png).
+We will see outside zone runs early and often and when the game wears on, maintaing gap responsibility becomes more and more difficult as fatigue sets in.
+If you’ve got some time and you want to learn more about football than the average fan will ever know, click that last link and that one article will give you everything you really need.
+The Titans Version:
+Henry zone run with FB pic.twitter.com/zy5Ks2j1Zn— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 9, 2019
+Back to the article from Bowen:
+Boot
+:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19181414/Boot.jpg).
+You’re going to see some version of this play early and often on Sunday. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
+The Titans Version:
+Zone left play action, naked boot right vs. Browns week 1 2019 pic.twitter.com/izOrjVSL8H— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 9, 2019
+Obviously this is just one look at the concept and it almost ended poorly but we will see plenty of bootleg on Sunday. Back to the article from Bowen:
+Follow Route
+:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19181465/R_Follow.jpg).
+The Titans will use some version of this concept early and often. It’s simple and effective. An example from Sunday:
+Using TE's pic.twitter.com/O5kD5Aww0D— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 9, 2019
+A lot of ink has been spilled on the Shanahan, Kubiak, McVay, et. al West Coast and Zone Run based offense, in part because it predates the concept of free agency in the NFL and it is still a highly effective system in professional football. On Sunday we will witness yet another version of this system and see if the Titans can pull one out against our Colts.
+Quarterback:
+Marcus Mariota went 12 for 24 with 248 yards, 3 touchdowns and no interceptions. At first glance you might think he’s a changed man, and I suppose that’s possible but I have some evidence that suggests that may not be true.
+First let’s take a look at Mariota inside this offense, we’ll start with the last time he played against these Colts:
+Zone right play action vs. Colts week 11 pic.twitter.com/H4dzjgWmbl— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 9, 2019
+As expected Mariota executes the play action pass and does the smart thing, not trying to fit the ball in over the middle and hitting the check-down for a few yards. As long as he can continue to make smart plays like this his team will have a chance in a lot of games.
+More play action:
+Zone left play action, naked boot right vs. Browns week 1 2019 pic.twitter.com/izOrjVSL8H— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 9, 2019
+I included this play, not for its success but to show how Mariota is used to roll out and is athletic enough to outrun NFL defenders and in this case he outran them just long enough to get a throw off.
+This counts in Mariota’s passing numbers:
+Arthur Smith worked all day long to set up this screen pic.twitter.com/rC4VENqszk— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 9, 2019
+Arthur Smith worked all day long to set up this play. He called a ton of these play action bootleg passes but this time instead of pushing the ball to a receiver in front of him, Mariota turned and hit Derrick Henry for a long touchdown reception. This was a well timed and well executed play.
+Very Sneaky:
+Nice play design, PA pass to Walker pic.twitter.com/85BZvLakmZ— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 9, 2019
+I love this and all plays like it. McVay uses them, Shanahan uses them, Reich uses them. The tight end blocks, there’s a play fake and all the QB has to do is throw a catchable ball. This makes it really easy on your quarterback.
+Yet another well designed play:
+Play action pick play to Walker? That just might work. pic.twitter.com/lmaAaSBccM— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 9, 2019
+First the play action, then the tight ends and receivers block, the receiver blocks the man covering the tight end, one thing leads to another and it’s just shooting fish in a barrel. Once again, all Mariota has to do is throw a catchable ball, maybe 10 yards.
+The best plays from Mariota are the plays that are 100% schemed open passes like the pick above. Every now and then he does something like this, which once again happened the last time the Colts played against Mariota:
+I don't understand why he chose to throw this ball. vs. Colts week 11 2018 pic.twitter.com/YN6qrD8taa— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 9, 2019
+I have no idea why Mariota threw this ball. Maybe he thought Quincy Wilson would fall off and cover the slot receiver running the out. Maybe he hit “square” and meant to hit “circle”, I’m not sure but surely this is an isolated incident of poor performance?
+Nope:
+Mariota to no one. pic.twitter.com/qIBOjJusC4— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 10, 2019
+It has to be frustrating for all 11 guys on the field and the entire offensive coaching staff to get a receiver that open 15 yards down the field on 3rd and 10 and then watch your quarterback be completely unable to get him the ball.
+I’m sure the sun was in his eyes, right? Nope:
+Mariota still throwing to no one. pic.twitter.com/DqpftVZdXn— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 10, 2019
+I’ve heard that a lot of people coach endzone throws as “touchdown or no one” which just means you only throw a catchable ball if it’s only catchable for an offensive player, but this is ridiculous. A.J. Brown is 6’1” 230 pounds and he has one on one coverage in the end zone with no other defender remotely close. Mariota just missed this throw and he missed it horribly.
+Marcus Mariota is who I thought he was; an inaccurate, injury prone passer with one or two elite traits and the ability to often make throws to players who have been schemed open. He is good enough to win games for these Titans but he isn’t able to elevate those around him.
+Also, I recommend not talking to Titans fans about their quarterback, many of them seem to believe he’s a true franchise quarterback who just hasn’t had enough ___________. You can fill in that blank with whatever you like. There are a thousand excuses, but seeing the borderline delusional takes of Mariota on a Titans fan site, very similar to Stampede Blue, legitimately saddens me as a football fan. Those people, due to bad organizational leadership have come to worship Marcus Mariota, who I’m sure is a great guy, as this weird sort of anti-scapegoat. It’s all someone else’s fault but it can’t be his! If that’s what they need to get through losing 17 of the last 20 games these two teams have played, let’s let them have it.
+Running Back:
+Derrick Henry seems to be at home in Arthur Smith’s, Shanahan-esque zone blocking scheme. Before I get too far into this breakdown I do want to make it clear, this team will use some traditional gap blocking schemes as well. They aren’t completely a zone team, but they mostly are.
+The zone run works to set up so many of the other aspects of this offense, from the play action bootlegs to the screens, both play side and on the backside, the zone run is the engine that makes this whole thing go and Derrick Henry has the ability to make it go.
+If you want to take a deep dive into zone blocking and how it is different than man blocking concepts this is a great resource from sometime before ESPN stopped producing quality sports related content.
+Designed cutback:
+Derrick Henry counter run pic.twitter.com/BSB5NtwfMq— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 9, 2019
+This is a designed counter hand-off. What wasn’t designed was the jailbreak that the left side of his offensive line let happen. Since I don’t have their call sheet in front of me I can’t be sure but I believe this play was supposed to cut inside, but seeing the defenders giving chase, Henry used his speed to get outside and turn this into a nice run.
+As above, so below:
+Henry zone run with FB pic.twitter.com/zy5Ks2j1Zn— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 9, 2019
+I think this is something that the NFL is going to start seeing more and more given the current defensive trend of smaller, quicker players who will be unable to holdup against an overwhelming rushing attack.
+What makes this play interesting is the fact that running backs are typically taught to follow their fullback through whatever hole they open up, where as with a zone, running backs have three options; bend, bang or bounce which mean cutback, up the gut or outside and the back chooses from those options based on what he’s seeing develop which is often referred to as a back’s “vision”. So adding a blocking fullback to the mix makes things more interesting but Henry seems to have taken to the idea like a fish to water.
+Derrick Henry isn’t the only back the Colts will have to defend on Sunday. Dion Lewis is a legitimate receiving back who caught 59 passes on 67 targets a year ago. Lewis didn’t have a huge impact in week one but I do expect his role to expand as the season progresses.
+Pass Catchers:
+For the first few years of Marcus Mariota’s career, excuse after excuse was made for him due to the lack of pass catching talent the Titans had managed to surround the young signal caller with. To the credit of those excuses, the receiving cupboard was bare. However, this isn’t the case anymore.
+The Titans have made a strong push to provide Mariota with talent at receiver and tight end. Corey Davis was taken with the 5th overall pick in the 2017 draft and last season he showed signs of life snagging 65 balls for nearly 900 yards. Realizing that one talented receiver is rarely enough the Titans drafted receiver A.J. Brown with the 51st pick in 2019 and they signed Adam Humphries in the off season.
+The Titans still have talented tight end Delanie Walker on the team and they drafted Jonnu Smith with the 100th pick in 2017.
+There are no more excuses to be made, this is a talented and young receiving corps.
+Zone left play action, deep shot to A.J. Brown vs. Browns week 1 2019 pic.twitter.com/EvlIswmwwI— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 9, 2019
+Guys who are 6’1” and 230 pounds are more likely to be found at running back, than playing receiver but A.J. Brown seems to provide the best of both worlds. Colts defensive backs need to be ready to wrap up when Brown has the ball in his hands.
+Brown sure looks decent pic.twitter.com/rzRCVtIiMQ— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 9, 2019
+Oh and not only do they need to be prepared to tackle Brown, they have to catch him first.
+Corey Davis:
+vs. Colts week 11 2018 pic.twitter.com/RNXeXy14kE— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 9, 2019
+This isn’t a play that highlights Davis’ amazing ability, but it is something we can expect to see against man coverage. Davis cuts to the middle of the field which has been cleared out by the safety that drops down to cover the back if he happened to escape into the flat. Kenny Moore had outside leverage and wouldn’t be getting beat deep, but Davis didn’t need to beat him deep when there’s that much green in front of him without a defender close. If Mariota leads Davis with this pass he’s easily picking up another 10 yards before any Colts are able to get their hands on the receiver.
+The Titans finally have a talented receiving corps and it will get them as far as their quarterback is able to take them.
+Offensive Line:
+Last Sunday the Titans gave up four sacks to a very talented Browns pass rush. Before the Browns amazing and sudden fourth quarter collapse Derrick Henry had rushed the ball 12 times for 44 yards. He didn’t have great success, in large part because the Browns were filling their gaps and the Titans line couldn’t do much to move them off the line.
+Things did change in the 4th quarter for Henry, the defense (almost as if they quit) gave up 40 yards on seven carries while the Titans did their best to salt the game away.
+The Titans line isn’t a bad one but they were without multiple starters last Sunday. This Sunday they will be without starting left tackle Taylor Lewan who is serving a four game suspension for a PED he strongly denies taking. As much as I would enjoy burying a division opponent for their PED use, he tested positive for ostarine. I’m not going to do a deep dive on this substance but the long and short of it is, it makes no sense for an NFL offensive lineman to take ostarine. Knowing the cost for getting caught, the benefits of taking it just aren’t even remotely worth it. I actually believe Lewan and I believe he most likely received a tainted supplement he believed was free of banned substances.
+Anyway, back to football.
+The starting right guard position was won by former Purdue Boilermaker, Kevin Pamphile who then sat out week one and was replaced by Jamil Douglas. If there is a drop off in play from Pamphile to Douglas, it is likely to be minimal.
+Ben Jones will start at center as he has for the past 51 games in a row. As a center he’s average at best but he is always available. At the left guard spot, free agent signee Rodger Saffold will get the nod. Saffold is a very good guard who has plenty of familiarity playing in a similar system as a former member of the Los Angeles Rams. Starting next to him is backup left tackle Dennis Kelly. Kelly has the impossible job of replacing Lewan during his absence, but this is really good news for Colts fans as Kemoko Turay will be lining up across from his second backup left tackle in as many weeks. You can expect to see some pressure coming at Mariota’s blindside.
+Over at the right tackle spot Jack Conklin will do his best to contain Justin Houston. As a rookie Conklin earned 1st team all-pro honors. Since then he has faced numerous injuries and his play has declined, seemingly in concert with those injuries. Word on the street before the season was that he was finally healthy and was poised to have a bounce back season. Conklin missed practice time leading up to last week’s game but made the start. After one week it’s far to early to tell if Conklin is back, so to speak, or if he truly peaked as a player at 22 years old.
+Mariota has often struggled identifying the blitz:
+Nobody identifies the blitzer pic.twitter.com/5rcMTb8ock— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 9, 2019
+Yet, we’re going to blame the sacks on the offensive line.
+The fourth quarter was good to this group:
+Novocaine. Give it time. It will work. The Titans get good movement up front, Myles Garrett has to watch for the backside boot, allows Henry to gain nice yardage on 1st down. pic.twitter.com/XUVZfYe0Bd— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 9, 2019
+Six game minutes prior to this play, the Browns were down by 2 points. The Titans line absolutely deserves credit for their solid fourth quarter play but anyone that’s ever had their moral destroyed in a hurry can tell you it’s an emotional swing that can take away your will to win, as you realize winning isn’t possible.
+It’s almost like teams know what to do to Marcus Mariota:
+Trouble with the blitz vs. Colts week 11 2018 pic.twitter.com/VyL2ICpdiX— Not Chris Shepherd's Burner Account (@NotShepsBurner) September 9, 2019
+Just send more guys than they can block off of the right tackle. Mariota won’t know what hit him.
+This isn’t a bad offensive line but they will be without their three time Pro Bowl left tackle and their right guard spot isn’t in the best shape no matter who starts. All told the Colts front seven will need to play better than they did last week to limit Derrick Henry’s opportunities, especially late in the game.
+Final Thoughts:
+If anyone from Music City Miracles gets a hold of this scouting report they are going to rip it to shreds. With that said, I feel very confident in my evaluations of this Titans offense. They aren’t a team that can just be rolled over with minimal effort but they are very beatable despite what the final score of their week one game, tries to make you believe. Don’t place any bets yet but I feel good about this game for our Colts.
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+While property tax rates can vary significantly by state, all states apply them to all properties, as well as land. Therefore, it’s essential to know how property taxes are determined. Additionally, property taxes can also vary within different areas of a state, as well, because local governments may charge differing rates or additional taxes to fund specific programs and services — such as an added county-level tax for capital infrastructure developments or even within certain parts of a larger city to garner additional funds for a specific school district.
+Property Taxes by State
+Property taxes can vary significantly from state to state, leading to a difference of potentially thousands of dollars in a homeowner’s bill for essentially identical properties. Therefore, it’s crucial to thoroughly research property taxes at both the state level — to get a general idea of a state’s level of taxation — and a very specific local level for an area you may be considering relocating to.
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+For an easy overview of a state’s general level of taxation, we calculated each state’s average effective tax rate by dividing the median real estate taxes paid by the median home value, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau. Essentially, we defined the average effective tax rate as a percentage of the state median home value.
+Map of Property Tax Rates by State
+Explore the interactive map below for a quick overview of average effective property taxes by state, including Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. Hover over or zoom in on each state for additional stats at a glance.
+Note: The average effective tax rates displayed on the map above are expressed as a percentage of home value and were calculated by PropertyShark for each individual state by dividing the median real estate taxes paid by the median home value.
+States with the Highest Property Taxes
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+Explore below the top 10 states with the highest property taxes in the U.S., according to the average effective tax rate. Also included are the median state home value, the median real estate taxes paid and the median household income.
+For an easier overview of the differences in tax rates among the states with the highest property taxes, explore our chart below:
+1. New Jersey
+- Effective tax rate: 2.47%
+- State median home value: $343,500
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $8,489
+- Median household income: $85,245
+New Jersey homeowners contend with the highest average effective property tax rate in the U.S. Paired with the seventh-highest state median home value, New Jersey homeowners have the absolute highest median real estate tax bill in the country at more than $8,000. Plus, New Jersey also charges one of the highest sales taxes at 7%, while its graduated income tax ranges from as low as 1.4% to as high as 10.75%.
+2. Illinois
+- Effective tax rate: 2.24%
+- State median home value:$202,100
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $4,529
+- Median household income: $68,428
+Although Illinois has the second-highest property tax rate in the U.S., homeowners face noticeably lower tax bills here than in New Jersey, thanks to the state’s significantly lower median home value. However, Illinois homeowners still pay the sixth-highest median property tax bill in the country. Its 6.25% sales tax is also on the heftier side and is joined by a 4.95% state income tax.
+3. Connecticut
+- Effective tax rate: 2.13%
+- State median home value: $279,700
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $5,966
+- Median household income: $79,855
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+4. New Hampshire
+- Effective tax rate: 2.13%
+- State median home value: $272,300
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $5,796
+- Median household income: $77,923
+Tied with Connecticut at a 2.13% effective property tax rate, New Hampshire homeowners pay somewhat lower bills than Connecticut residents thanks to New Hampshire’s lower state median home value. Regardless, New Hampshire homeowners still have to contend with one of the highest property tax bills in the country, coming in at a median $5,701. However, New Hampshire charges no state sales tax, thereby significantly offsetting the cost of living.
+5. Vermont
+- Effective tax rate: 1.9%
+- State median home value: $230,900
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $4,392
+- Median household income: $63,477
+6. Wisconsin
+- Effective tax rate: 1.78%
+- State median home value: $189,200
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $3,370
+- Median household income: $63,293
+7. Texas
+- Effective tax rate: 1.75%
+- State median home value: $187,200
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $3,281
+- Median household income: $63,826
+8. New York
+- Effective tax rate: 1.72%
+- State median home value: $325,000
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $5,590
+- Median household income: $71,117
+9. Nebraska
+- Effective tax rate: 1.68%
+- State median home value: $164,000
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $2,762
+- Median household income: $63,015
+10. Rhode Island
+- Effective tax rate: 1.57%
+- State median home value: $276,600
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $4,345
+- Median household income: $70,305
+11. Iowa
+- Effective tax rate: 1.56%
+- State median home value: $153,900
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $2,402
+- Median household income: $61,836
+12. Pennsylvania
+- Effective tax rate: 1.56%
+- State median home value: $187,500
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $2,917
+- Median household income: $63,627
+States with the Lowest Property Taxes
+Some U.S. states (and territories) boast attractively low property tax rates paired with low taxation in other areas, as well. For instance, Louisiana currently has the fifth-lowest property tax rate in the U.S. at 0.55%. And, at 4%, it also has one of the lowest sales taxes in the country, as well, while its state income taxes range between 2% and 6%.
+Explore our list below to see the 10 states with the lowest property taxes by their average effective property tax rate. Also included are the median state home value, the median real estate taxes paid and the median household income.
+For an easier overview between the differences in tax rates among the states with the lowest property taxes, explore our chart below:
+1. Hawaii
+- Effective tax rate: 0.28%
+- State median home value: $636,400
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $1,788
+- Median household income: $83,173
+Hawaii currently has the lowest average effective property tax rate in the U.S. at 0.28%. However, because it also features one of the highest median home values, homeowners’ tax bills can still easily surpass that of states with higher rates. Even so, at 4%, the state also has one of the lowest sales tax rates in the country — as states with a thriving tourist industry often do.
+2. Alabama
+- Effective tax rate: 0.41%
+- State median home value: $149,600
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $608
+- Median household income: $52,035
+With an effective property tax rate of 0.41% and the eighth-lowest median home value in the U.S., Alabama offers a homeowner-friendly tax environment overall. Plus, its 4% sales tax is also among the lowest in the U.S., while its income tax ranges between 2% and 5% — making this an attractive location for those looking to own a larger home on a lower budget.
+3. Colorado
+- Effective tax rate: 0.51%
+- State median home value: $369,900
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $1,868
+- Median household income: $75,231
+Although Colorado’s property tax rate sits at 0.51%, higher home values than in other states with similarly low property tax rates actually leave homeowners here with a bill that’s three times higher than in Alabama. And, while the state income tax sits at a middling 4.63%, Coloradoans do benefit from the lowest sales tax in the country at 2.9%. That’s surpassed only by the seven states that levy no state sales tax at all.
+4. Puerto Rico
+- Effective tax rate: 0.53%
+- State median home value: $111,200
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $591
+- Median household income: $21,058
+5. Louisiana
+- Effective tax rate: 0.55%
+- State median home value: $168,100
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $926
+- Median household income: $50,800
+6. South Carolina
+- Effective tax rate: 0.57%
+- State median home value: $170,100
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $962
+- Median household income: $54,864
+7. Delaware
+- Effective tax rate: 0.57%
+- State median home value: $258,300
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $1,468
+- Median household income: $69,110
+8. Nevada
+- Effective tax rate: 0.57%
+- State median home value: $290,200
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $1,660
+- Median household income: $62,043
+9. Washington, D.C.
+- Effective tax rate: 0.57%
+- State median home value: $618,100
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $3,551
+- Median household income: $90,842
+10. West Virginia
+- Effective tax rate: 0.58%
+- State median home value: $123,200
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $719
+- Median household income: $48,037
+11. Utah
+- Effective tax rate: 0.60%
+- State median home value: $305,400
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $1,837
+- Median household income: $74,197
+12. Wyoming
+- Effective tax rate: 0.61%
+- State median home value: $228,000
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $1,380
+- Median household income: $65,304
+13. Arkansas
+- Effective tax rate: 0.62%
+- State median home value: $133,600
+- Median real estate taxes paid: $828
+- Median household income: $49,475
+Expert opinion
+Relocating to a lower property tax state
+Christopher Berry
+“There are many other factors that are more important for the average person when considering a move — job, family, and local amenities, to name a few. Property taxes are a bigger consideration when choosing among localities within a region. Once you have decided to move to the Chicago region, for example, there are many different municipalities and school districts available. Property taxes will be a big consideration when choosing among them.”
+Bill Dare
+“Municipalities must get their money to pay for schools, roads, etc. from somewhere. Property taxes are considered the most stable source of revenue for governments as property prices, and therefore revenues, drift up over time. Sales and use tax revenues decline in bad economic conditions and so municipalities eschew those in favor of more stable revenues, which is why food is still taxed in most states, yet it is probably one of the most regressive on lower income folks.
+But municipalities (…) they all must tax, they just go about it differently. It becomes very complicated quickly. There are homestead and other forms of exemptions that make direct comparisons between states very difficult. You need to look at the entire tax package. At a minimum, you should also consider income and sales tax. Also, does it tax on food or not? Services? Fees? All sorts of taxes need to be considered. Location, Location, Location.
+For example, Hawaii has, by far, the lowest state property tax rate at 0.28%. It also has a low state sales tax (4%). So why isn’t everyone moving there? Hawaii has an 11% income tax (ouch). Let’s compare Florida, Texas, and California. Florida and Texas don’t have income tax and California has the highest income tax rate in the country. The data indicates folks are moving from California to Florida and Texas.
+Yet, at 0.89% Florida is slightly below the national average property tax rate of 1.11% and Texas is seventh highest in property tax rates at 1.8%. Meanwhile, California is 16th lowest in property tax rates at 0.76%.
+It appears they are fleeing California because of the highest income tax rate in the country. So, other factors are at play that outweigh property tax as a deciding factor. In other words, they must tax you somehow and you have to look at the whole “nest” of taxes to figure out if that state is the one you want to build your nest in.
+However, within my state and most likely yours, it also depends on the county and city property taxes. I live near the county line, and I could move less than a mile away and save about a quarter percent in property taxes. That is $250 per $100,000 of property value. The difference is primarily school district taxes. Now that I no longer have kids at home, the school district plays a minor role in my decision of where to live. Is it worth my effort to move to save in annual taxes? In my case, yes. Your mileage will vary.”
+Property tax mistakes homeowners make
+Christopher Berry
+“One of the biggest mistakes homeowners make is not taking advantage of all the exemptions and abatements that are available to them. For instance, many jurisdictions offer a homestead exemption (that is, for people whose home is their primary residence), as well as reductions for specific groups of taxpayers, like seniors, veterans, or those with disabilities. But often the taxpayer has to proactively claim these exemptions; they are not granted automatically. And sometimes you have to re-apply every year.
+The other big mistake people make is not considering an appeal on their valuation. People should take the time to look over their assessment and see whether their home is being valued fairly. If not, every jurisdiction offers some process for an appeal. It is much easier to do than people might think. Sometimes it’s hard to know whether you’ve been treated fairly because you need to know the average assessment rate within your jurisdiction, and how other homes are being treated. Do not assume that the assessor knows better about the value of your home than you do.
+The property tax is an ancient institution that hasn’t experienced dramatic changes recently. But one of the important changes is that owners are increasingly paying their property taxes as part of escrow included in their mortgage payments. This means that many people do not pay their property taxes directly and may not even look at their tax bill. This is a mistake. Even if you are paying by escrow, stop to look at that tax bill every time. “
+Bill Dare
+“They don’t realize that they will have to pay taxes annually when they own their home. It goes into the mortgage payments and so it is treated as part of the loan. They forget about them. Meanwhile, the big move up in real estate prices means everyone's’ tax bill has gone up. It will give everyone a jolt when their mortgage company raises their monthly payment to cover the new taxes owed.”
+Property tax mistakes first-time buyers make
+Christopher Berry
+“One of the biggest mistakes that first-time buyers make is not anticipating future property tax increases and making sure their budget can accommodate this growth in their tax bills over time. People think a lot about their mortgages. Those who take out a fixed rate mortgage may expect that their housing bill will not change over time. But in fact, the biggest reason for increases will be property taxes: they usually go up and seldom come down. Over time, property taxes can become a larger part of your monthly bill than the mortgage payment itself.
+First-time buyers should start by looking at the valuation of the home. When was the last reassessment and when will the next one happen? Reassessments are the time to expect larger increases. On top of reassessments, expect a regular increase in taxes over time.”
+Home value versus property taxes when choosing where to buy
+Christopher Berry
+“One is not more important than the other, and buyers should think of these costs together. The total cost of housing is the cost for the mortgage plus the cost of taxes. This total price is what people should be thinking about. And, of course, we should think about taxes as the price we pay for government services. The goal should not be to minimize taxes but to find a fair price for the services being provided. This is why people will pay more taxes for homes in a good school district, for example.”
+Expert opinions were provided by:
+Bill Dare is an Associate Professor at the Department of Finance at Oklahoma State University, with a main focus on research and teaching finance, primarily analysis of finance theories with sports gambling data and real estate analysis of property taxes and the pricing of real properties.
+Christopher R. Berry is the William J. and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and the College, as well as the academic director of the Center for Municipal Finance. Berry is the author of Imperfect Union: Representation and Taxation in Multilevel Governments, winner of the Best Book Award in Urban Politics from the American Political Science Association, Theory and Credibility, and is the author of extensive research on property tax fairness. His research has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, the Chicago Tribune, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and more.
+Methodology
+Data concerning median real estate taxes paid, the state (including D.C. and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) median home value, the median household income was extracted from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2015-2019 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates and the Puerto Rico Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
+Limited data concerning state income and sales taxes was extracted from the Tax Foundation’s 2020 Facts & Figures report.
+The average effective tax rate (also referred to as effective tax rate on this page) was calculated by dividing the median real estate taxes paid by the median home value.
+Median home value has been defined as the assessed median home value. However, it’s important to note that the assessment refers not to a tax assessor’s valuation, but to the assessment of American Community Survey respondents of what their property might sell for if it were on the market.
+Join WDAY sports director Dom Izzo and The Forum’s Jeff Kolpack for the Bison Video Blog.
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+Avid readers of the blog will remember the daily 100 NerdStat countdown that we did a couple years ago in 2013 in leading up to the Kansas State game, I’ve decided to try it again, with a bit of a tweak, head here for your daily update. New position preview on the linebackers hits the blog tomorrow. Enjoy your holiday weekend!
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+Join WDAY sports director Dom Izzo and The Forum’s Jeff Kolpack for the latest Bison Video Blog. Jeff and Dom will update you with a few notes about Bison softball, breaking news on Missouri Valley all-star facing a drug-related suspension and finally preview NDSU’s special teams unit.
+Now.
+The NFL Draft begins tonight in Chicago, it’s highly unlikely any FCS players are selected tonight, the first likely off the board according to most mock drafts I’ve seen is Samford safety Jaquiski Tartt. 18 players from FCS schools were selected last year, I think we’ll see more this season. Here’s a list of players that NDSU has faced in recent years that will likely get picked over the next three days:
+Garrett Grayson – Quarterback, Colorado State
+Remember Grayson? He was the starting quarterback for the Rams when NDSU when to Fort Collins in 2012, and had a terrific start throwing a 69 yard touchdown pass to Crockett Gillmore, giving CSU a 7-0 lead a 1:30 into the game. That turned out to be on the only touchdown they would score in the game, as Grayson finished 13-24 for 171 yards with an interception (Marcus Williams) as well. He’s been rocketing up draft boards lately, likely a third or fourth round pick.
+Tyler Lockett – Wide Receiver, Kansas State
+Bison fans will remember Lockett’s speed, he hauled in a 56 yard touchdown pass from Jake Waters early in the third quarter that gave KSU its first lead of the game at 14-7. Lockett finished the game with seven receptions for 113 yards and a touchdown, he was the best player on the field that night for the Wildcats. He has a terrific burst, something teams covet, Lockett we’re hearing is a third round projection.
+E.J. Bibbs – Tight End, Iowa State
+Bison fans will always needle me for how much I talked/written about Bibbs heading Dinto the game, asking Chris Klieman the week of the game, “How do you stop Bibbs? Klieman: “We don’t have a matchup for him.” Well clearly they found a matchup, holding Bibbs to just one catch for eight yards. Bibbs finished the year with 45 receptions for 382 yards and eight touchdowns. Most projections have Bibbs as day three pick.
+Malcom Agnew- Running Back, Southern Illinois
+Agnew isn’t the first player on SIU that you think of as being drafted, but has had some solid workouts to raise his value. Agnew was one of the few rushers to go over 100 yards against NDSU in the past couple of years, he ran for 117 yards in the game in Fargo this past season. He was hampered by an ankle injury that cost him the final three games of the season, part of a huge running back class in the Valley.
+David Johnson – Running Back, Northern Iowa
+He likely will be the first player taken out of the Missouri Valley, Johnson should have never played at UNI, his talent always screamed Big 10 or Big 12. He was dynamic all season long, then had a terrific week at the Senior Bowl. Johnson ran for 138 yards and added another 36 yards receiving this year against NDSU, to go on top of his sensational 80 yard touchdown run against the Bison in 2013. He was nearly unstoppable in that game before he injured his ankle. I think Johnson is a Day 2 selection, he’ll go in the third round.
+Zach Zenner – Running Back, South Dakota State
+You take away his career games against NDSU and he’s the all-time leading rusher in FCS history. I know you can’t do that, but his body of work speaks for itself. First player to ever run for 2,000 yards in three seasons, he too had a solid week at the East-West Shrine Game. Zenner’s running ability I think translates well to the NFL, I think Zenner gets picked somewhere in the 6th or 7th round.
+MyCole Pruitt – Tight End, Southern Illinois
+Just look at his touchdown reception against NDSU this past fall and you’ll see why he’s coveted by NFL teams. Pruitt has good size at 6’2, 251 pounds and his receiving ability is unquestioned, the conference record holder in receptions and touchdowns by a tight end. Pruitt had a solid East-West Shrine Game, Bleacher Report has Pruitt going in the 4th round to Baltimore.
+Zach Wagenmann – Defensive End, Montana
+Wagenmann was the rarity in the Big Sky, a standout defensive player. He had a tremendous career in Missoula, a three-time All-Big Sky player, he was held in check against NDSU back in September with just three tackles, a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup. I watched him though against Wyoming and he was tremendous in that game, consistently in the Cowboys backfield. A broken foot will hurt his draft stock, but still expect him to be drafted.
+Xavier Williams – Defensive Tackle, Northern Iowa
+Williams is the player that Kolpack believes UNI will have a harder time replacing than Johnson. His game against NDSU screams that. Williams was a man on the defensive line, racking up 7 tackles, a tackle for loss and a sack. He had eight sacks total from D-tackle, which is tremendous. Another guy that will be drafted in day three.
+I want to first congratulate my friend and colleague Jeff Kolpack on his writing venture, I have read his dad’s book, a copy resides in my office at WDAY, was mandatory reading when I started in Fargo in 2006. I look forward to reading his version, including the part where I made him and Big E TV stars with the video blog in 2011. Anyway on to today’s post.
+Chris Klieman says an updated depth chart will come out later this week, I wanted to focus on five players that helped themselves this spring and five that need to do some more work to get into the regular rotation.
+FIVE THAT HELPED THEMSELVES:
+1) MJ Stumpf – The junior linebacker by all accounts had a terrific spring. The coaching staff raved about his ability to pick up the playbook and adjust to a full-time role. Stumpf adjusted well to the will linebacker spot, as I wrote at the end of March it was a big month and the Harvey native responded. The big key now is taking this momentum into the fall, but Matt Entz can feel good that two pieces of his linebacker core are ready to go.
+2) Lance Dunn – The redshirt freshman running back stood out during the spring game rushing for 76 yards and two touchdowns, but it was the bulk of the spring that impressed me. Dunn showed a tremendous burst and shiftiness that the other two running backs likely don’t possess. Kolpack said on my radio show last night he believes by the third game of the season he could see Dunn getting the majority of carries in a game. One thing’s for certain, Dunn has inserted himself into the conversation at tailback.
+3) Jalen Allison – The redshirt freshman corner was pretty close to playing as a true freshman last year.
+He stepped up in the final week of the spring after CJ Smith injured his knee to get a lot of first team reps, he finished with four tackles on Saturday. Allison’s speed is tremendous, he may take the mantle of “fastest guy on the team” which we have bandied about over the past three years. Allison said he’s picked up the defense and now the game has slowed down. He’ll be on the field August 29th in Missoula.
+4) Aaron Steidl – Perhaps the next to step up in the line of great walk-ons is the redshirt freshman from Alexandria. Steidl got rave reviews on the scout team last year on the defensive line and we saw glimpses of it this spring. Saturday he stood out with three tackles, including a big tackle for loss in the first half. His size is good (6’2, 265 pounds); defensive tackle coach Nick Goeser told me on my radio show last night he has all the tools to become another Brian Schaetz. If Steidl can get to that level, NDSU will have hit another home run.
+5) Dan Marlette – Marlette was a tackling machine all spring long and showed it on Saturday, leading the team with six, two for loss and a sack. His athleticism was on display all month long, he told the assembled media after the spring game he wasn’t pleased with how he or the defense played, but make no mistake Marlette impressed this spring. He’s listed as the backup at will linebacker to Stumpf, but he’s definitely in the rotation for playing right now, we’ll see how big August is for him and earning more playing time.
+FIVE THAT HAVE WORK TO DO:
+1) Levi Jordheim – Jordheim had flashes where he impressed at the SAM linebacker spot and you could see the potential to be a big playmaker. He still has some learning to do at that spot, and that’s why I see the fall as being a huge month for him. Don’t count him out from seeing the field this fall.
+2) Khayvon Hawkins – Another redshirt freshman, every time I saw Hawkins on the field he made a catch on the sidelines and went over the middle. He scored a touchdown in the spring game, where he took a tough hit right in front of the goal line. I don’t believe he has that much work to do before he’ll be on the field, and after the departure of Carey Woods, he’ll have to produce in the fall.
+3) Tanner Volson – The offensive lineman from tiny Balfour, North Dakota had a great spring, according to offensive line coach Conor Riley.
+Volson has good size too, at 6’4, 291 pounds and he was starting at left guard for the last couple weeks of the spring with Zack Johnson out with a knee injury. Volson has shown the ability to be a solid lineman and if you saw the spring game, that offensive line was pushing the D-line around. If Johnson’s knee continues to be an issue, watch for Volson to be in the mix in the fall.
+4) Stanley Jones – Another North Dakota kid, his spring was hampered by a broken bone in his foot that prohibited him from participating in a majority of the practices. He did return for the final week and for the time I got to see him, he’s certainly bigger and has the build to be a good defensive end. Jones will need to stay healthy during the fall, but he’s already listed as the backup to Brad Ambrosius. With the departure of Alex Hahn at defensive end, the door is open for Jones to grab a spot in the fall.
+5) Tyler Wrice – Wrice enters his third year in the program and in my opinion the time is now for him to step up and be a factor in the offense. We’ve seen Wrice get attempts on the jet sweep to mixed success (the fumble against Youngstown was costly last year) but haven’t seen his ability as a pass catcher yet, just two receptions for 20 yards. In an offense that appears to have a bunch of weapons, there’s still a spot for Wrice to be a factor in the old “Ryan Smith” role.
+Join WDAY sports director Dom Izzo and The Forum’s Jeff Kolpack for the Media Blog Pre Game Show.
+Football Saturdays return to Fargo tomorrow with the Green and Gold game, Jeff laid out in today’s paper five position battles to keep an eye on, in case you missed them, here’s the link.
+Here’s three more that I’ll be watching tomorrow:
+After that, a group of young players have a great opportunity to impress. Dan Marlette, Levi Jordheim, Matt Plank and Bo Liekhus all figure to get plenty of snaps tomorrow. Head Coach Chris Klieman said that Marlette has had an impressive spring, while Jordheim’s grasping of the defense is still coming along. I’ve been impressed with Plank, who’s shown some nice tackling ability during the scrimmages. We’ll see how it shakes out tomorrow.
+That’s just a few other guys to watch tomorrow, reminder our radio show will be live from the tailgating lots tomorrow starting at 9am till 11, swing by and say hi! Pregame show here on the blog at 12, postgame show up at 6pm, should be a fun day!
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+7 December 2020
+Already under pressure, the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) sector is bracing for an influx of demand related to Covid-19. While new initiatives are being introduced along with a funding injection, services have big aspirations for what will be achieved on the ground, as Oliver Lewis reports.
+For some people seeking help for an addiction issue, providers often talk about the narrow window of opportunity — that fleeting moment when someone is prepared to change and get support. But what happens when the window is effectively shut in advance?
+Addiction treatment services around the country have, for some time, struggled to keep up with demand. They run on the smell of an oily rag, as one provider put it. This mismatch between resources and the level of need means people end up waiting; for some tangata whaiora, this doesn't work — they need the help to be there when they put up their hand.
+“If you can’t respond quickly,” NZ Drug Foundation chair Tuari Potiki says, “then often other things happen and you miss the boat.”
+Every year in New Zealand, about 170,000 people will experience a substance dependence issue, according to figures from the latest Mental Health Commissioner’s monitoring report. In 2018/19, 51,877 people accessed services, meaning less than a third of people who might benefit from treatment are asking for and receiving help. And treatment works, providers say. There just needs to be more services and options available.
+“We have got really good programmes. We’ve got evidence-based and well-evaluated programmes that work well,” says addictions expert Dr Vanessa Caldwell, Mental Health and Addictions Clinical executive for MidCentral District Health Board (DHB).
+“We just don’t have enough of them. So they are constantly under pressure, we have constant wait lists and the community — rightfully — has a level of frustration.”
+Following He Ara Oranga, the ‘once-in-a-generation’ review into mental health and addiction, the Government responded with a record investment of $1.9 billion in Budget 2019. This included $69 million over four years to support addiction treatment, $44m of which was earmarked for specialist AOD services.
+Of this, $24m has been allocated to ensure the sustainability of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) contracted to DHBs to provide residential care, managed withdrawal and other AOD services. A further $8m has been tagged for new staff and services, including a coordinated network of managed withdrawal services across the South Island.
+By the end of December, the ministry says about $12m of the overall $32m over four years will have been spent. Some providers, they say, will have noticed significant increases in their contract values. The service providers spoken to for this article, however, say they have only seen small increases — enough to help deal with cost pressures, but not to invest in new staff or much-needed services.
+They and other AOD experts hope, though, that the newly empowered Labour Government will have the courage to reform alcohol and other drug laws, address workforce pressures and make sure funding is in place to ensure services are sustainable and people have access to a wide range of treatment options, including dedicated kaupapa Māori and Pacific services.
+“We really want to see an appetite by the Government to actually make the transformational change they said they would,” says Selah Hart, chief executive of Māori public health organisation Hāpai Te Hauora.
+"The workforce is probably the biggest challenge."
+We really want to see an appetite by the Government... to make the transformational change they said they would.”
+Selah Hart, chief executive, Hāpai Te Hauora
+The Salvation Army is the largest NGO provider of AOD services in New Zealand, providing everything from outpatient programmes to detox and residential services. In 2019/20, the organisation supported 4586 people.
+Lynette Hutson, national director of Addictions, Supported Housing and Prisoner Reintegration for The Salvation Army, is in Palmerston North visiting supported accommodation when she picks up the phone. Staff there, she says, have just been telling her how hard it is to get people mental health and addictions support.
+And with the uncertainty and stressors linked to Covid-19 — unemployment, the precarious housing market, mental distress — demand is only likely to increase. The Salvation Army is already starting to see the impact, Hutson says.
+“A lot of people started drinking way more heavily through Covid-19,” she says. “So much so that people who might have been on the cusp of difficulty have really deepened the issues that they’re experiencing.”
+Demand varies across different services, but Hutson says there are wait lists for all the Army’s residential beds. Typically, AOD services in bigger centres have the longest waits, but services in more provincial centres are stretched, too. In Palmerston North, the NGO contracted by the DHB to run a day programme service had about 120 people on its wait list in March.
+Across the six DHBs that make up the central region, Caldwell, the MidCentral DHB executive, says there has been minimal extra resources for AOD services since Budget 2019 aside from funding for four extra beds at a residential addiction centre in Napier (the ministry says the DHBs identified this as as a priority and there has been other investment).
+“There has been no relative increase in staff, no relative increase in community-based services. Our wait list — we haven’t been able to impact our wait list, particularly for young people wanting access to addiction specific counselling or support.”
+Hutson, too, has yet to see much change since Budget 2019. The Salvation Army has seen an uplift in contract values, but Hutson describes this as a catch-up after years of underfunding, not an investment in expanding services. And that is a worry when it comes to retaining and attracting staff, something she describes as one of the biggest challenges facing the sector.
+“It is a constant challenge to remunerate staff at an appropriate level in order to retain them.”
+NGOs face stiff competition from agencies like Corrections, which can afford to pay better. Ironically, some AOD providers believe the NGO sector is also losing staff as a result of the $455m spend on new primary mental health and addiction services — the flagship Government investment aimed at people with mild to moderate mental health and addiction issues.
+While the pace of the rollout has been criticised, Mental Health Commissioner Kevin Allan and others say the services — which will include dedicated kaupapa Māori, Pacific and youth options — are already starting to make a difference. Responding to addiction issues is a core function, the ministry maintains, and staff are expected to have the skills to help people with mild to moderate alcohol and other drug issues. However, some AOD experts and providers are worried that isn’t the case; instead, they think more people will simply end up being referred on to stretched specialist services.
+“On the ground that’s what we’re experiencing — that they are mental health roles,” says Deb Fraser-Komene, director of child and youth mental health and addictions provider Mirror Services/Whakaata Tohu Tohu.
+“They are not addiction roles and the providers of those services are saying ‘we know we’re not providing addiction services and our staff aren’t trained in that area.’”
+Mirror Services, which is based in the Southern DHB region, provides a range of services including a day programme for young people aged 13-18 with addiction issues. The programme has been funded at roughly the same level, Fraser-Komene says, since 2001.
+“There’s no vision or capacity for development, or looking at how to build on a programme.”
+Fraser-Komene has a wishlist for the addiction sector. Among other things, she wants to see improved AOD training for GPs, more peer support, kaupapa Māori and rural services and a focus on developing the addiction workforce.
+She, Hutson and Caldwell all want to see increased capacity in the community, something that will require both workforce development and funding to ensure services can meet demand.
+“What we really want to see is an increased range of services so that if somebody calls you can respond to them right away,” Hutson says.
+There’s no vision or capacity for development, or looking at how to build on a programme.”
+Deb Fraser-Komene, director, Mirror Services/Whakaata Tohu Tohu.
+He Ara Oranga called for a health-based approach to transform alcohol and other drug regulations. The report recommended the Government adopt much stricter regulations around the sale and supply of alcohol and — for possession of other drugs — replacing criminal sanctions with civil responses, including treatment programmes.
+University of Otago, Christchurch professor of psychiatry and addiction medicine Doug Sellman says the Government could slash alcohol-related harm in the country by half if they dismantled alcohol marketing, took it out of supermarkets, restricted purchasing hours, raised the purchase age to 20 and lowered the allowable blood alcohol limit for driving.
+Asked if he had any hope of this happening, Sellman is blunt.
+“No, I have no confidence at all that they’re going to do it, unfortunately.”
+Recently released statistics from the 2019/20 New Zealand Health Survey shows one-in-five adults, or an estimated 838,000 people, drank in a manner defined as hazardous. Despite the enormous personal and social costs related to alcohol, Sellman says successive Governments have ignored calls to sufficiently strengthen regulations. Last term, the Labour-led Government responded to the He Ara Oranga alcohol recommendation by saying it would require further consideration.
+Sellman says the new Government led by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is aspirational — a good thing — but it also needs the courage to act on alcohol and other drug law reform.
+“I’ve seen the rhetoric, but I haven’t seen the bravery.”
+In a written statement, new Health Minister Andrew Little said his priority was to continue the work done by the Government in its first term to reduce harm from alcohol and other drugs. He would be closely monitoring the rollout of services, Little said, and — where possible — looking to accelerate progress.
+For Māori, reform is a matter of equity. Māori are disproportionately likely to experience a substance abuse issue in any given year, and more likely to be criminalised by Police for low-level drug offences, such as cannabis possession.
+In 2019, the Government amended the Misuse of Drugs Act affirming police discretion to take a health approach instead of prosecution for possession and use of controlled drugs. However, Potiki, chair of The Drug Foundation, says that doesn’t go far enough. He wants to see a complete overhaul of the act to officially treat alcohol and other drug issues as health issues, not criminal justice ones.
+“That then impacts on the whole sector,” Potiki says. “It also requires more alcohol and drug services to be available because treating drugs in health rather than criminal justice means you’re going to need to provide education and treatment for people. With less spent on locking people up, funds could be freed up to meet the costs of the expected growth in demand.”
+Little described the 2019 amendment as important. In the month after the law change there were fewer charges for meth offences and more health referrals, however his office acknowledged there had still been a smaller number of health referrals and a larger number of prosecutions than expected to date, suggesting the intent of the amendment — to take a more health-based approach to addiction — had yet to be realised. Little said he would be considering what steps were needed to ensure the law was doing what the Government wanted. In a separate development, the Health Minister announced on December 1 there would be a temporary law change to allow drug testing services to operate at summer festivals free from the risk of prosecution. Further work would take place next year on a long-term solution.
+“The Government is committed to minimising drug harm and to treating drugs as a health issue,” Little said in a statement about the change.
+While the referendum to legalise cannabis narrowly failed, Hart, of Hāpai Te Hauora, believes there is still a mandate for the Government to take action and not continue with the status quo, which she says perpetuates inequality.
+Mental health and addiction issues go hand-in-hand with other issues facing whānau, such as poverty and housing insecurity. Taking a holistic approach is important, Hart says. She hopes to see more investment in the Whānau Ora model including funding for more kaiārahi, Whānau Ora navigators, to work alongside whānau to identify solutions that will help them. Another potentially transformative change, Hart believes, would be the creation of a fully empowered Māori Health Authority with the ability to commission for-Māori by-Māori services.
+This year, Hāpai Te Hauora was contracted to undertake a psychosocial coordination response for over 70 Māori mental health and addiction providers to help understand the impacts of Covid-19. Some providers lacked basic infrastructure to be able to work effectively remotely, Hart says. And while it wasn’t the aim, the survey also highlighted pressures linked to underfunding and insufficient investment in kaupapa Māori approaches to reducing mental health and addiction prevalence.
+“There isn’t the dollar to actually have the suite of services right here right now that are needed to catch all of those families that are currently in the storm of addiction, substance abuse or mental distress, and the associated pressures that are perpetuated through that.”
+For many in the AOD sector, the Government response to date has yet to live up to the hope and promise contained in He Ara Oranga. As Potiki says, however, it was always going to take time to make change and invest properly in services — even without Covid-19.
+“I think most people that I know would prefer to see the machinery put in place first and then the money spent wisely,” he says.
+And there has been some progress.
+As part of the Budget 2019 investment, $4m was allocated over four years for Te Ara Oranga, the successful methamphetamine reduction pilot in Northland. Labour has promised to extend the programme to a further 4000 New Zealanders and expand nurse-family partnerships, which Little said provided better support to parents and whānau with mental health or addiction needs.
+There has also been investment in community AOD services, such as the Haven recovery cafe in Auckland. Other measures highlighted by the ministry include $20m for initiatives relating to harm from methamphetamine funded through the Provincial Growth Fund, funding for an AOD Treatment Court in the Waikato and new pregnancy and parenting services.
+The ministry is also working on an AOD Wellbeing Framework which, they say, will ensure people are able to access a range of responses that meet their needs when and where they need it.
+That is what providers want, too. And experts. However, despite the Budget 2019 funding and examples pointed to by the ministry, the addiction specialists spoken to for this article were fairly unanimous in their view that there had yet to be significant improvements on the ground. Some of them were able to point to positive developments, but often these came with caveats, like the possible flow-on effect of more referrals from the new primary mental health and addiction services. But there was still hope the Government would deliver more this term.
+As Sellman puts it, having an aspirational Government is better than the alternative. However, aspiration alone is not enough.
+“If they do nothing,” he says, “it’s going to be very demoralising in three years’ time.”...
+15 February 2021
+With the return to lockdown level 2 or 3 we are sharing some information to help anyone using alcohol or other drugs.
+17 December 2020
+Newly appointed Executive Director Sarah provides some insight and hope as we near the end of 2020.
+09 December 2020
+The Drug Foundation's annual State of the Nation report highlights increasing demand for treatment and impacts of 2019 law change.
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+Dangerverse Chronicles - 2June 16, 2016, 5 pmDesert hideoutDr DeathDefyingsmauilein: How did you save PartyPoison's life?DrDeathDefying: An adrenaline shot, pot of coffee, and two aspirin. Chase with saltwater taffy."
+until we meet on air, zonehoppers. Stay safe this stormy night."I switched the microphone off and let the channel be filled with a random selection of the "vanilla" playlist, one played when no particular message had to be sent. My approach to broadcasting was similar to my policy in terms of 'my' diner a station regularly broadcasting mostly music would draw less attention than a frequency of static interrupted only by messages. The mentioned time and weather would also help throw any curious people off my track. Good luck searching for me somewhere dark and stormy, my dears. It's a dead still and five in the evening here.My chuckle lost a bit of mirth when I drove to the next room and found that the kid from the other day showed no improvement. No signs of life
+Dangerverse Chronicles - 7May 4, 2017, 9:25 pmBattery City, Residential Quadrant 3PaigeThe phone rang for what was probably the tenth time this evening. I paid it as little as attention as I did the first nine times. No one on the other end of the line could tell me anything I wanted to hear or hadn't heard earlier today. I was insane. I was suicidal. I was irresponsible for quitting my job without a notice. That one I at least had an answer to. I looked in the face of Morris Bernett with an open smile and said that I'd like to view my resignation as giving a chance to one of the poor souls he had mentioned earlier. 'You know, the hundreds of those unemployed unfortunates who would kill for my job? I'm saving them the trouble.' Perhaps that would teach him that he shouldn't try to play the 'necessary and indispensible' card mere few days after grilling said necessary and indispensible employee for being ten minutes late? Likely not. But it felt good nevertheless.I glanced over the pile of things dum
+Dangerverse Chronicles - 5June 20, 2016, 4:30 amDesert hideoutDr DeathDefyingParty Poison: What's my motivation? Give me sounds.I had been awake for half an hour, and it was clear that the sleep wasn't coming back. Ah well, I thought, getting myself off the bed and into the chair. Funny how one of the few nights when I could've afforded to sleep all I wanted, I would wake up at stupid o'clock. The kid was in the radio room, under strict orders to wake me up if he caught anything of importance. There was little reason to worry he would doze off at his post, as during the first few nights, he had proven his ability to stay awake for a ridiculous amount of time. The only condition for that was the coffee mug that never left his hands. And, truth be told, he made much better coffee than I did."What're you up to, kid?" I asked as I wheeled into the room."Playing some of the old transmissions backwards," he replied, not lifting his eyes from a bit of paper he was scribbling on. "They're old, of c
+Dangerverse Chronicles - 4June 16, 2016, 6:30 pm - June 17, 2016, 5 amDesert hideoutDr DeathDefyingPartyPoison: Boogeymen- rash out. Max the high score and cash the sugar."So what you're saying is, Korse put this boogeyman inside my head.""Boogeyman. That's a good way to put it." I nodded. The boy popped another taffy in his mouth and shoved it from cheek to cheek with a thoughtful expression."And it works kinda like thought adjustment screens, only more, what, concentrated?""Exactly.""So, then..." The kid looked off into the distance for a bit, trying to remember the mind burn, by the look of it. "He wanted to make sure I'm so scared of him I'd never even dare to think of him again?""No. He wanted you to die a slow painful death, all the while thinking yourself a worthless creature not worth his lead. Metaphorically. And lay off the candy unless you know where to get more."He grinned in the corner of his mouth and dropped an umpteenth sweet back into the tin."So, he- dammit, I mean, <
+Dangerverse Chronicles - 8May 14, 2017, 8:17 amOld York outskirtsPaige"What have you been doing all night, sweetheart?"I jerked awake at the sound of the driver's voice, but, owing to the previous experience in the form of a nearly-healed bruise on my forehead, did not jump up and hit my head on the bunk above me this time."Nothing too interesting," I replied, while cursing myself heavily in my head. So much for my plan to be up and about as soon as we arrived, to leave with everyone so as to remain unnoticed and then break away from the crowd and- that part of the plan was still open to improvisation, actually. But the point of the plan was to avoid attracting unneeded attention, which was why I had woken up a few hours before we would arrive, to get dressed, make sure I had forgotten nothing somewhere around the van, and spend some time calming my nerves. The decision to brave the desert on my own certainly came more easily in a downtown Battery City coffeeshop rather than a
+Dangerverse Chronicles - 9August 16, 2017, 9:33 pmRoute 66, mile 1290, New MexicoPaige Nox"So that's Ted for the midnight shift, that's until two, and then City Girl, two to six."I nodded, trying not to glare at Mark for insisting on using that ridiculous nickname for me."Hey, no complaining, sugar, you get double time since you don't drive." Glenn nudged me, having misinterpreted my glum expression. "At least be grateful we didn't take advantage of you being a girl to dump the cooking on you.""That's more for your benefit than mine," I retorted, sticking my tongue out at him."You're right about that," Ted remarked, no doubt referring to the gruel I had made on my first and last cooking shift. It had started out as soup, but things somehow got out of hand."Yeah, you can't cook worth a damn," Glenn agreed. I stuck my nose up in the air haughtily."I happen to think I'm a terrific cook! It's not my fault you guys are rubbish eaters.""Hey, I wouldn't turn up my nose at iguan
+Dangerverse Chronicles - 13November 7, 2017, 11:32 pmBattery City TowerFun GhoulParty Poison: grab the H-bomb - it's time to get LIVE.Anyone outside of the circular glass wall wouldn't know that the screens on it were arranged in a way that allowed anyone standing on the inside see out through small intervals. Which was why, when the door to the room opened, I could see the newcomer without being discovered. For long enough to swear silently the temp broadcaster filling in for the arrested double-crosser wasn't supposed to get here until the official morning brainwash and hesitate between raygun and knife. A raygun was faster and easier to aim. A knife wouldn't explode a screen even if knocked into one. Maybe the guy would just save me the dilemma and leave without entering the walled-off area?Maybe not.I let off a blast, just one. Too much sensitive equipment around for a full-blown shoot-out. Plus, the one shot seemed to be enough. The figure stumbled backwards and collap
+Dangerverse Chronicles - 12November 7, 2017, 10:15 pmDesert hideoutParty PoisonParty Poison: Hard to see. With other people's. Blood in eyes.I dove to the side just in time to let the raygun blast singe the wooden wall behind the place where my head was a moment ago. Duck, roll, get up on one knee, aim at the shooter
+I chuckled and lowered the gun."Why so jumpy, Dr D? Didn't your screens pick me up?"The man in the wheelchair didn't answer, holstering his raygun while giving off an impression of being much less happy to see me than I was him."I'll tell you this, though what I said about you being vulnerable here, I take it back. You're a crack shot. Anyone slower than me would be on the floor now, with a hole where their head should be."My attempt at sucking up was a whopping failure."Wouldn't make a big difference to you if I hadn't missed, then," Dr DeathDefying replied with a glare."What'd you mean?""I mean that you already have a hole where your head should be! Whe
+Dangerverse Chronicles - 10October 25, 2017, 9:55 amOatman, ArizonaNox"So, Glenn said you'll be wanting some wheels, sugar?""Yes," I replied, standing in the middle of a workshop cluttered with every imaginable piece of technology. Was that an actual airplane turbine in the corner? I dragged my attention back to the guy in dusty oil-stained overalls who was asking me the question. "Two, if at all possible. Four I'm not exactly friends with.""Don't like four wheels? Want a tricycle, honey?""A bike will do. And it's Nox, pleased to meet you- er?""Mike.""A pleasure." I extended a hand, which Mike shook. I spent the next few minutes explaining to him what kind of ride I needed. Something that could handle rough terrain even though, obviously, I didn't need cross-country racing material, just something that didn't need to stick to the highways, as one wouldn't get very far that way. Something that wasn't too heavy even though I had gone a long way from an office girl over the months spent
+What Tomorrow Needs Chap. 1Thunk.Thunk.Thunk....Thunk.Instead of hitting a curled fist against the wall a fifth time, I stopped to look at the cold appendage. Instead of the dark tan I had become used to seeing the last few years, I looked like my old self: pale, somewhat sickly. Life out on the Zones had been hard, but, don't let anyone fucking lie to you. Life in there was worse. The Cells were the worst place I could ever come up with, and it makes the worst of nightmares look like the work of children. No, in the Zones, you've only got food, water, Dracs, and radiation to worry about. The Cells? Much worse.A frustrated growl rose up in my vocal chords, and was quickly silenced by the pain of thirst. I peered around the dimly lit room, and was reminded, for the thousandth time, of the attic of a haunted mansion. There I was in a tiny room where the only source of light was an exposed bulb. The room's other occupants stared at me, probably wondering why I was still trying. Days and nights were the
+Dangerverse Chronicles - 1June 15, 2016, 2 pmSomewhere in the desertDr DeathDefyingBattery Monster: How long have you known Dr DeathDefying?PartyPoison: All my second life.The diner's dilapidated façade if it could be called so even when it was brand new looked no different from usual, the three remaining letters on top of it spelling out their normal cheerful wish directed at anyone who'd care to look. For a moment, I wondered if it was time to loosen up on the usual paranoid level of security and simply swerve off the road towards the entrance. From what I could tell, no one showed up here for months at a time. No regular patrols, no caravans not even a Better Living representative to restock their vending machine. They probably thought that the gasoline burned to get here offset any possible profits from it, and were right about it. The only chance visitors to this place would be a very lost traveler or a squad on a mission, and neither of those would have a re
+Well, a fanfic is normally a work of fiction set in a world/setting that was created by another artist, and since the premise of the world in question is the creation of My Chemical Romance and especially Gerard Way, I don't see how this story is not</b> a fanfic.
+I'm somewhat curious as to what the mechanical errors you refer to are, so if you have the time to point any of them out, I would be grateful. As far as the rest of your concerns go, I'm afraid that in order to have a picture of what the heck is going on, you'd have to have some knowledge of that world's canon - as is very often the case with fanfiction, and maybe read a little further - as is very often the case with chaptered stories.
+Thanks for taking the time to rate it, anyway!
+- ...no caravans – not even a Better Living... I don't think a Hyphen is used here
+- So. Someone had... This could be combined with a comma.
+- I could see a figure sitting slumped by the wall, head drooping onto their chest. "Their" should be "its." (noun agreement, very common in today's language)
+- ...but if he were alive… It should be, "was alive." (subject verb agreement)
+I've mentioned this in just about all my reviews, but I believe that if people who've never seen/heard of the series you're basing your work off of (like me) can read through and not get lost, it makes for a better story. A number of Admins here think they should only review series they have knowledge about for a more accurate analysis, but I personally believe that translates to a biased grade and potentially a, "This story needs more background information, no need to ask for it in the first few portions" response from a neutral reader. So if I don't get the feeling that I'm reading a fanfic at all, it helps you get a better grade. One example is [link] , where I didn't have to know anything about the band mentioned, until the author personally told me he based it off a real one. I gave him/her an S on that work. That was quite a mouthful.
+ALso, I love the twitter quotes at the top of each chapter. Makes you rethink what you might have thought of them before.
+The whole "Dangerverse" idea is starting to make more sense to me, and I'm very happy that my friend "Supa-Novacaine" sent me the link to it.
+For,
+Ma,eflul.
+Alas for lost idylls. Like Levi jeans on youth and age,
+The dreams are faded, potholed at joints and even
+Milder points of stress. Ghosts are sole inheritors.
+Silos fake rotundity – these are kwashi-okor blights
+Upon the landscape, depleted at source. Even
+The harvest seeds were long devoured. Empty hands Scrape the millennial soil at planting.
+But Chinua, are you grapevine wired? Do you
+Tune in, listen? There is old music in the air.
+The word is out again, out from the closet.
+Renaissance beats are thumbed in government lairs, In lobbies, caucuses, on promotion posters,
+In parliaments. Academe’s close behind. Renaissance
+Haunts beer and suya bar, street and rostrum,
+Inhaled as tobacco smoke, chewed as kola,
+Clerics beatify the word, lawyers invoke it.
+Never word more protean, poised to incarnate
+In theses, conferences, investments. A historic lure
+Romances the Diaspora. Gang-raped, the continent
+Turns pregnant with the word – it’s sworn, we shall be Born again, though we die in the attempt.
+But then, our offsprings, Chinua, have they leisure
+To play at love? To commune with Source, shaded
+By coarse-grain village walls at noon? Crush wild mint
+Between their fingers, let the agbayun coat
+Their tongues, at war with the bitterness of kola?
+Raid the hoards of gods and ancients,
+Recite their lineage praise-names, clan histories?
+Or have the rigours of survival bred a race
+Of naked predators? Is sharing out of fashion?
+Community a dirty word, service an obscenity?
+Are ours the emerging children of Molucca
+Born to burn at six, slaughter at seven,
+Rinse their hand in the throat’s death gurgle,
+Secure in the arch-priest’s absolution? Attuned
+At noon to dissolution of the bond of dawn, deaf
+To neighbour cries? Easy reddened are the wafers
+Of communion – have we been here before?
+Still, here you sit before the travelled world, gathered
+To pay homage. Survived the kwashi-okor days.
+You’ve fed on roots, barks and leaves
+Your world contracted, ringed with iron
+Fenced with the wringing hands of the world
+As unctuous in neutrality as Pontius Pilate.
+But you made flesh what is so often said –
+Sweet are the uses of adversity – as even now
+Your silent eloquence attests. The ancient pot-stills
+Turned refineries. Neglected herbs, mystery silica
+Powered transistors to accuse the world, screaming
+We are not dead, but dying. And iron monsters
+Rose furtively from forest bays, hammered
+From the forges of Awka. Who can forget the errant
+Ogbunikwe that rose skywards, plunged to blast
+A fiery tunnel through encircling steel?
+Absences surround your presence – he
+The great town crier, Okigbo, and other griots
+Silenced in infancy. The xylophones of justice
+Chime much louder than the flutes of poets,
+Their sirens lure the bravest to their doom.
+But some survive, and survival breeds, it seems,
+Unending debts. Time is our usurer, but earth remains
+Sole signatory to life’s covenant – and thus I ask:
+Whose feet are these upon the storehouse loft?
+Shod in studded boots or jewelled sandals,
+Khaki crisp or silk embroidered – who are these?
+Did time appoint these bailiffs? Behold
+Enforcers out of time, shorn of memory but –
+Crowned are the hollow skulls, signets on talons.
+Their advent is the hour of locusts – behold
+Cheeks in cornucopia from the silos’ depletion
+While the eyes of youth sink deeper in despair.
+Death bestrides the streets, rage rides the sun
+And hope is a sometime word that generations
+Never learnt to spell.
+Chinua, I think with you I dare
+Be indelicate – we scrape our feet upon
+The threshold of mortal proof, denying
+The ancestors yet awhile our companionship –
+May that day learn patience from afar! –
+On the stage at Bard, behind the lectern,
+Gazing across time to your staunch spirit
+Wedded to a contraption we neither make nor mend
+My irreverent thoughts were – There sits the nation,
+All faculties intact, but wheelchair bound.
+Your lesson of the will, alas, a creative valour
+Marks the gulf between you and that land
+We claim our own.
+II
+There are wonders in that land, Chinua
+Are you wired? Tuned to images of cyber age?
+Severed wrists will soon adorn our walls
+And Conrad’s Heart of Darkness be fulfilled.
+The cairn of stones is building for the first
+Butchery in a public square, a female scapegoat
+Tethered for primordial rites that men devise
+To keep their womenfolk obedient to the laws of man.
+An encampment is on the move, biped
+Amorphous tents, a sorcerer invasion choreographed
+In castration shrouds, visors no less secretive
+Than face-masks, twin to ancestral masquerades
+Proclaimed infidel. They slink through streets
+And markets – yes, it is our women on the move
+Our mothers, wives and sisters, comrades-in-arms
+Bereft of limbs and faces, haute couture decreed
+By encyclicals of eunuch priests. Features
+Mummified by laws of terror. Oh my compatriots,
+Shaved bare-skull at initiation, convertites
+Dipped body and soul in the waters of salvation
+Are yours these zombies of the age, are these
+The paracletes of the new millennium?
+They’ll murder heritage in its timeless crib,
+Decree our, heroes, heroines out of memory
+Obliterate the narratives of clans, names
+That bind to roots, reach to heavens, our
+Links to ancestral presences. The Born-Agains
+Are on rampage, born against all that spells
+Life and mystery, legend and innovation.
+Imprecations rend the air, song is taboo,
+The stride of sun-toned limbs racing wind a sin,
+Flesh is vile, wine, the gift of earth, execrated.
+These tyrants have usurped the will of God.
+How did we fail to learn, that guns and boots
+Are not essential to a coup d ‘état?
+Shall Ala die? Ahiajoku be anathematised? Does
+Oya defile her streams, Ifa obstruct the paths
+Of learning and councils of the wise? Praise the Lord And launch the bulldozer – they’ve razed
+The statues of mbari to the ground, these
+Christian Talibans. Their brothers in Offa
+Murder Moremi in her shrine, shrieking Allah akbar.
+Rivals else, behold their bonded zeal that sanctifies
+Alien rape of our quiescent Muses, extolling theirs.
+We who neither curse their gods nor desecrate
+Their texts, their prayer mats or altars –
+What shall we do, Chinua, with these hate clerics?
+While we sleep, their fingers spread as brambles,
+Deface our Book of Life. How teach them:
+Some are born pagan, wedded to life’s seamlessness
+Tuned to the breath of things, magma and animus.
+The waters of the Holy Gospel bounced against
+This splinter of Olumo Rock, retreated
+In despair, seeking more porous earth. How reveal
+The sublimity of godhead that abhors
+The murdering tyranny of Creed? Has gore
+Proved godlove on Kaduna streets – ten thousand
+Mutilations and three thousand dead of faith?
+But the sun rose still the following dawn, indifferent.
+Let all creeds be recast. If the gates of Paradise
+Are locked behind the Pope’s demise,
+We wish him blessed occupancy of yonder realms
+With all the Heavenly Host. Has the last Imam
+Been here and gone? Then, Bon Voyage
+Seek me out among the questers, creed-divorced,
+In covenant only to that solvent that is earth.
+How shall they be taught, Chinua, that Ajapa
+Lives, but no longer borrows feathers from the birds
+To survey earth? Myths are our wise cohabitants. Icarus .1.
+Transcended wax, new trajectories lace the spheres.
+The galaxy is boundless host to a new race
+Of voyagers, seeking the once forbidden. Cinders
+From Promethean dares, shards of Ajapa’s shell,
+Are constellations by which ships of space are steered.
+The jealous gods are no more. Age by age
+We inched towards the sun, then raced beyond
+To drink the heady draught of space, returned to earth
+Emboldened. The voices of new prophets are not voided
+In the wilderness but fulfilled. Applause
+Is the new music of the spheres – it’s heard
+In other lands, I am told. I have not heard it here.
+But we survived, Chinua. And though survival reads
+Unending debt – for time, alas decrees us
+Witnesses, thus debtors – earth alone remains
+Our creditor. Yet I fear the communion pots
+Lie broken at the crossroads, kola nuts and cowries
+Scattered by scavengers. Couriers turn coat,
+Turned by profit, priest, predator and politician.
+The masquerade’s falsetto may reveal, not
+Artifice but loss of voice, its gutturals camouflage
+Death throes, not echoes of our spirit realms.
+The strongest eagle, wing-span clipped, talons
+Manicured in gilded thumbscrews may not hold
+Nor bear the weight of sacrifice. Our caryatids
+Are weary of cycles of endless debts. Incense
+Of burnt offering, heavy with abominations
+Hangs dose to altar, dissipates between Earth
+And Sky. Shorn of new alibis, our intercessors
+Falter at the door of judgement. What shall we say
+To the years that drift past, accusing?
+What shall we chant to their dew-bright notes –
+Our new tuned buglers of the Renaissance?
+Originally published in Guardian Nigeria
+Photo Credit L’Express Culture
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+How to Prepare For International Travel
+- RENUKA SHAHANE
+- UPDATED Mar 22, 2018
+- 1.4K Views
+We are the millennial generation. We are travel buffs. Every long weekend, we look for destinations to plan a trip to. And we have an international travel bucket list; places that we want to go to and explore.
+I am one of those. I have pictures pinned on Pinterest of the beautiful places that I want to be. I have a savings account to fund my travels and every single day, I dream of taking an international trip to my favourite spot in the world.
+But before we actually embark on your dream trip, you need answer for how to prepare for international travel. And however easy it looks, going for an international trip on your own, without the help of a travel agent and on a budget is not really easy. It involves a lot of pre-travel prep to make sure your travel is hassle-free and enjoyable.
+Here’s a little story of how I prepared for my international trip and you can do so too. This article will also come handy for those looking for tips for travelling abroad the first time.
+Initial Preparation for International Travel
+Decide a budget and Start Saving
+To begin with, make sure you zero on a budget for your travel and start a travel fund. I have it and I totally get why people who travel a lot (without a lot of money) insist on having it. Having a travel fund gives me the liberty to pick up my bags and travel whenever my heart desires. Always remember, a little goes a long way. Once you have set a budget, fit in your itinerary accordingly. Book the hotels, activities and transport accordingly. Also take into account the daily expense for basic sightseeing, food and transport in your destination and prepare for the funds accordingly.
+Stack up those leaves
+A major concern for travelling is- leaves and holidays. Save up your annual leaves, work extra whenever needed, take sabbaticals (if the provision is available) or ask for remotely working option to make sure you always have time to travel!
+Choosing the destination for an international trip
+Choosing the destination is one of the most important steps when preparing for an international trip. Just because some picture that looked really flashy and pretty on Instagram doesn’t mean it really suits your travel interest. Research well about the destination, refer travel guides and then make a choice.
+Picking the season for your travel
+After you have chosen your destination, the next step is to decide the time of your travel. The season you choose to travel can completely change your experience of the place, hence picking the right season is one of the most important things to do.
+The best time to visit any destination is also the peak time, so expect crowds, inflated rates and really costly flight tickets. The harshest season, weather-wise is also not the best pick since it will make your sightseeing difficult and experience dull. The shoulder season although, is the most favourable time to plan your international trip. It means lesser crowds, better deals and a pretty decent climate.
+Shopping
+Yes, this might sound strange. But if you plan to travel in near future, make sure you shop during the sales to suit the weather of the place you are planning a trip to. Look out for those online deals, festive season sales and shop for off-season clothing. For example, winter wear will be cheaper in summer and beach dresses get cheaper during winter. Be a smart shopper!
+Know the currency
+How many cents is a dollar? How many cents is a Euro? Which is the common form of currency- paper or coins? Learn few things about the currency of the destination country. It will come handy.
+Learn the local language of your destination
+Okay, you don’t need to be fluent in the local language of your destination, but you can and I recommend, that you learn few basics terms, phrases and words before you go. Language apps like Duo Lingo can help you with e-tutorials that will introduce you to the language.
+Know about the local customs
+On your travel, you don’t want to hurt the sentiments of the locals. Know the customs, the dressing protocol of the destination that you plan to visit. It is great to have an idea about the local history and culture before you visit, stock up some great travel guides or books.
+Tips for Planning International Trip:
+Planning your itinerary
+After you have chosen the destination and finalised the time of your travel, the next most important step is to plan your itinerary. This will determine your detailed travel schedule, step-by-step day-wise plan and this is when you will know the starting and ending point of your trip. Instead of being stuck with excel sheets, you can create a flawless itinerary using travel planners and travel apps.
+Booking your flight ticket
+After planning your itinerary you can start looking into booking flight tickets. There are so many hacks to book the cheapest flight , my top favourite is to go incognito while browsing the flights. The web is flooded with International flights travel tips that can really save you a lot!
+Booking Accommodation
+This one step will determine, more or less, how much you will spend on your travel. Book the right hotel, in the right neighbourhood and at the right price. Avoid these hotel booking mistakes on your international travel.
+Readying the visa
+Now that you have an entire itinerary ready, start applying for visas. Depending on your nationality, there are formalities that better be done in time. Always allow at least 3-4 weeks of time for the visa/permit procedure. The earlier it is done, the better.
+International travel packing tips:
+Choosing the right bag
+Check with your airline to know what dimensions of the bag are accepted. Check the size of the carry-on, the backpack and the main bag and shop accordingly.
+Keep it minimal
+The lesser luggage you pack, the lighter you will be travelling. A carry-on is the best piece that you should ideally take, especially if you are going to travel on cheap. They are easy to carry in public transports, to and fro hostel rooms and much more efficient to move around. Mix and match clothes so that you don’t have to carry a lot.
+Roll, don’t stack
+Okay, so this is a beaten to death tip! But it is really that good. Roll your clothes instead of folding them and stacking them, it is a space saver and one of the essential packing tips for an international trip.
+Pack for the season
+Know the weather before and pack to suit the season. You don’t want to be shivering on the lift up to the Eiffel tower in your sundress, however, pretty it is! Always have layered clothing, it goes well for all seasons. Always have scarfs and shawls in your luggage.
+Accessories
+Pack fusion jewellery that you can mix and match to go with all outfits. Avoid anything with sharp, pointed edges as it can be problem, if packed in a carry-on. Do not pack expensive items like watches, gold necklaces and diamonds. Go for the faux ones instead!
+Toiletries
+Pack lotions, shampoos, body wash, face wash and other liquid toiletries in smaller bottles. If carry-on is the only luggage you are going to have, check the list of TSA-approved liquids and their permitted quantities. Besides, most hotels, hostels will provide you with the basic stuff, so avoid packing generic items.
+Food items
+Granola bars, dried fruits, heat and eat items are your go-to if you want to travel on a budget. Pack high-energy foods that you can eat in case you miss a meal, carry microwavable foods, cuppa-soups or snacks. I always keep salt and pepper, ketchup in my luggage just in case the local food doesn’t suit my palette.
+Empty water bottle
+Yes, refill it anywhere, anytime and save money on packaged drinking water!
+Electronics
+Converter plug, chargers, extra batteries and memory cards for gadgets- never forget these!
+Travelling abroad checklist of documents:
+Visa and Passport
+You will have it, you should have it! Enough said.
+Travel insurance
+A must-have document for visa procedures, make sure you have a printed hard copy with you on your travel. Also, always have a clear idea of what you travel insurance covers- like health, loss of luggage, theft.
+Health certificates
+Now as a precaution, always have your health certificates with you, especially if you have any allergies or health problems. Always check the list of necessary vaccinations to be taken before you visit any particular destination and get yourself vaccinated before the trip. Carry a copy of all the vaccinations you took as they have to be presented at the airport.
+List of the items in the luggage
+I can’t even tell you how important this one is! When my luggage got misplace at the CDG airport, I was asked for a list of items in my luggage which they would refund against. Always, always have it.
+List of emergency contacts
+Keep a neat list of emergency contacts with phone numbers, email address and postal address. Keep this list along with your passport.
+Things to do before travelling abroad:
+Just a few days before you start your international trip, the tasks can get overwhelming. Here’s how you can be organized just before your trip.
+Have the itinerary ready
+After several changes, editing, corrections, now is the time to finalise your itinerary and keep a copy of the same with you. Although you would want to have a hard copy, you can create an itinerary here and you’ll have a copy on your email and phone.
+Know your airport well
+Travelling internationally, the airport is one of the first things that you will arrive at. Know the airport of your destination, whether it has public transport to your hotel, what the taxi fares from the airport to hotel are going to be like and so on.
+Exchange Cash
+Exchange your currency to the local currency of the destination. Doing it back home will be beneficial and you’ll save on exchange rates.
+Get a traveller’s check or a card
+Contact your bank, inform them that you will be travelling abroad and ask for exchange rates on card swiping. One of the best international travel tips is to get a traveller’s card that can be prepaid and swiped without losing on currency difference.
+Visit your doctor
+Although you might be pink and glowing in the anticipation of your international trip, it is always better to get checked by a professional so that you don’t fall sick on the vacation.
+Check the country’s entry/exit fees
+Yes, many countries charge a fee for entry/exit. Make sure you calculate it and carry that extra cash.
+Spread your money
+Don’t keep all your money in one place; divide it between bags, valets instead.
+Carry hard copies of important documents
+Keep a photocopy of your important travel documents with you. This includes passport, visa, hotel booking, flights and transport bookings. Also keep one copy at home, just in case.
+Research about a local SIM Card
+If you plan to extend your stay, research about international calling card or local SIM so that you can purchase it once you reach your destination. Here's a guide on top tips to use cell phone abroad.
+Contact your host
+If you are staying in a homestay or an AirBnB, inform your host about arrival. This will help you in case the host offers to pick up or gives you directions to reach.
+Download the essential apps
+Translator apps, language guides and travel apps come in handy when you travel. Download them while you have an internet connection. Download TripHobo , if you haven’t already to access your trip plans and travel guides to more than 140000 destinations on the go!
+Get ready and start planning for that long pending international trip now!
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+The PRO (Professional Rapid Online) Chess League is well into its second season now, with six rounds complete. The league is easier to follow online than it was last year, because it now has a website independent of chess.com (), and there are recaps posted on the day of the rounds. Most rounds take place on Wednesdays, although this week is an exception (round seven will be on Saturday).
+I was bummed that one of the teams from my area, the San Francisco Mechanics, failed to qualify for the league. However, the other team, the San Jose Hackers, is still very much alive and kicking, led by current world #2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. (No, he doesn’t live in San Jose, but teams are allowed to have one “free agent” player at a time.)
+San Jose got off to a shaky start but they are still in playoff contention with a 3½-2½ record. Their season may have turned around last week when they scored a 9-7 victory over the team that had been leading the Pacific Division, the Chengdu Pandas. At first it appeared that the Pandas had won, but in the year’s first cheating scandal the Pandas forfeited two wins by their fourth board Junyuan Xiao. Apparently the chess.com anti-cheating bots found his win against Mamedyarov (yes, a 2000 player beating a 2800 player) to be a little bit too suspicious.
+Chengdu is still leading the division with 4½-1½, but they are tied with the San Diego Surfers and Dallas Destiny at that total, and the Australia Kangaroos are just behind at 4-2 in what suddenly looks like the most competitive division.
+As strange as it may seem, my favorite game so far this season was one that San Jose lost. In round three, Ioan-Cristian Chirila of the Hackers got snagged by the Fishing Pole — an attacking formation made famous by Colorado master Brian Wall. The “fisherman” in this case was Conrad Holt of the Dallas Destiny. Holt’s mating attack should be studied by all players because it is an absolute model of piece coordination.
+Ioan-Cristian Chirila — Conrad Holt
+1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. e3 d5 6. Nxc6 bc 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O? …
+Position after 8. O-O. Black to move.
+FEN: r1bqk2r/p1p2ppp/2pb1n2/3p4/4p3/1P2P3/PBPPBPPP/RN1Q1RK1 b kq – 0 8
+It’s amazing to see this kind of conceptual mistake by a grandmaster. Even an amateur would shy away from castling here, because Black’s threat are too obvious. White has no knight on f3 to defend his kingside, and his queenside pieces are undeveloped and far away. All Black needs to do is play … h5 and he will already be threatening the standard “Greek gift” sac on h2.
+What was White thinking? I don’t know. He may have been playing a sort of “rope-a-dope” strategy, hoping to lure Black into going for a quick knockout and overextending himself. But in chess as in boxing, you have to be a really great defender to make the “rope-a-dope” work. And you need an opponent who lets his emotions get the better of him. Neither of those happened in this game.
+8. … h5 9. h3 …
+Preventing … Bxh2+, but not preventing the entry of Black’s knight.
+9. … Ng4!
+Position after 9. … Ng4. White to play.
+FEN: r1bqk2r/p1p2pp1/2pb4/3p3p/4p1n1/1P2P2P/PBPPBPP1/RN1Q1RK1 w kq – 0 10
+Brian Wall calls this setup the “Fishing Pole,” most likely because he is dangling the knight on g4 hoping that his fishy opponent will not be able to resist the bait. Brian usually gets into this as Black by playing 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4?! 5. h3 h5. In our game, White cannot take on g4 (perhaps hoping for 10. hg hg 11. g3) because Black answers 10. hg immediately with Qh4, and the threat of mate is overwhelming.
+In Brian’s version of the Fishing Pole, White can simply decline the bait and try to strike back in the center with c3 and d4. But here White doesn’t really have any way to strike back, and Black’s threats are already too strong — for example, … Qg5, … Nh2, and … Bxh3. The computer initially recommends 10. c4 Nh2 11. c5!, and this is indeed the type of thing that White is hoping for — using the threat on the bishop to discoordinate Black’s pieces. However, on deeper analysis it just plain fails. After 11. … Qg5! 12. cd Bxh3! Black’s threats are just too strong.
+Thus White has to slow down Black’s attack by contesting the dark squares, either with 10. f4 or 10. g3. But both of these moves create new weaknesses on the kingside and add more fuel to Black’s attack. Frankly, I think White is just about lost.
+10. g3 Ne5
+And now the hole on f3 is a huge target.
+11. Kg2 Qd7 12. Rh1 h4 13. g4 f5!
+Very instructive. White keeps trying to close lines, but Black pounds away at them. White just doesn’t have enough pieces on the kingside to defend, and he has to make a concession.
+14. Bxe5 Bxe5
+Giving away the dark-squared bishop is a huge strategic loss, but there was no other way for White to hold onto his strong point on g4. We’ll see, though, that the dark squares will come back to haunt him.
+15. Nc3 O-O
+Again very instructive. White has survived the first wave of Black’s assault, but Black sees that his opponent’s pieces are all stepping on each others’ toes. All he needs to do, then, is bring in more attacking units. The rook was no longer needed on the h-file, so it makes sense to bring it to the f-file.
+16. f4 …
+White would dearly love to buy some king safety with g5 next move. But of course, Black will not let him.
+16. … ef!
+Obvious but powerful.
+17. Bxf3 Qd6
+I like Black’s quiet but strong building moves. Black threatens to take on g4, take on c3, and checkmate on g3. When even a quiet move like … Qd6 carries such a powerful threat, you know that White is in big-time trouble.
+18. Ne2 …
+The only way for White to survive.
+Position after 18. Ne2. Black to move.
+FEN: r1b2rk1/p1p3p1/2pq4/3pbp2/6Pp/1P2PB1P/P1PPN1K1/R2Q3R b – – 0 18
+This position is a test of your chess character. Obviously Black can simply snatch the exchange on a1. Is that what he should do?
+Many chess players would settle for the exchange here. In some circumstances I think I would, too. Objectively Black is probably winning.
+But to beat a grandmaster, you have to play like a warrior. Given a choice between playing a long technical endgame, or pounding your opponent into submission, pounding is your best option. But watch out: White’s strategy all along has been to play the “rope-a-dope.” He wants you to get swept up in your emotions and play something unsound. So there’s definitely a bit of risk here.
+Holt doesn’t back down. He chooses the path of the warrior, and that’s what makes this my favorite game of the season so far.
+18. … fg 19. hg …
+If 19. Bxg4, Black can “pin it and win it” with 19. … Qg6.
+19. … Rxf3!! 20. Kxf3 Bxg4+!
+Relentless!
+21. Kxg4 Qg6+ 22. Kh3 …
+If 22. Kxh4 Kf7 with mate in the offing. If 22. Kf3 Qe4+! is the most effective, with themes similar to the game.
+22. … Qf5+ 23. Kg2 …
+Position after 23. Kg2. Black to move.
+FEN: r5k1/p1p3p1/2p5/3pbq2/7p/1P2P3/P1PPN1K1/R2Q3R b – – 0 23
+23. … Qg4+?
+Even though this move is a mistake, it is one of my favorite moves of the game! Why? Well, first of all, it tells us that Black is a human, not a bot. These days, that is not a trivial point.
+But more interestingly, it shows us that Holt did not calculate his attack all the way to checkmate. It means that he truly was going on instinct as well as calculation when he decided to play 19. … Rxf3. To me, this makes the sac more impressive. If he had actually calculated all the way to checkmate, then there would be no warrior spirit involved, just a cold and clinical execution.
+The reason that 23. … Qg4+ is a mistake is that Black needs to chase White’s king to a dark square. (You’ll see why in a second.) So 23. … Qe4+! 24. Kg1 Rf8 25. Nf4 Rxf4! would be clearly winning.
+24. Kf2? …
+If Chirila had had his wits about him, his rope-a-dope defense might actually have worked after 24. Kf1! The reason is that 24. … Rf8+ 25. Nf4 Rxf4 26. ef is only a draw, because Black does not ever get a chance to play … Bd4 with check. (That’s why Black needed White’s king to move to f2 or g1.) Believe me, I’ve checked this with Rybka. According to the computer, if Black wants to play for a win he has to settle for 24. Kf1 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Bxa1 26. Qxa1 Qxe2 27. Rh2 with a 0.7-pawn advantage for Black. If we forget the computer evaluation and look with our eyes, we can see that something has definitely gone wrong for Black. Yes, he’s a pawn up, but White’s queen and rook have amazingly found their way to effective squares (a1 and g2) and White has some significant counterplay for his pawn.
+This mutual blunder shows why chess is so hard, even for grandmasters! The critical moments of the game are upon you, your flag is hanging, your heart is pounding — yet you still have to be calm enough and objective enough to realize that there is a difference between Kf1 and Kf2.
+Now Holt finishes reeling in his fish.
+24. … Rf8+ 25. Nf4 …
+If 25. Ke1 Qg2 wins a rook, and Black’s two passed pawns should win easily.
+25. … Rxf4+! 26. ef Bd4+!
+At this stage of the attack, it’s essential to see the checkmates. There are two of them — one with the queen on f2 (obvious) and the other with the queen on e4 (not so obvious). Without the bishop on d4, there is no mating net and there is no win.
+27. Ke1 Qg3+ 28. Ke2 Qg2+
+and White resigned, because Black will play one of the two aforementioned checkmates next move.
+{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }
+Nice article and wonderful game.
+However…
+On move 23 for black, I would have played 23…Rf8 to double cut (if there is such a thing really) the king of the f-file, and couldn`t see a defense. After checking with computer, indeed 24. Nf4 Qg5+ and white (king) gets positionally dominated since f4 is falling and the attack continues.
+…not that the line really differs much of the ones that you already presented, of course. But it does perhaps highlight the importance of not rushing when control of the position is key to finish the attack.
+I was watching Dallas’s live stream of this game, with commentary from a GM and a couple 2200 guys. I am pretty sure none of us noticed this Kf1 subtlety, especially since Holt was playing all his moves pretty much instantly.
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+iPhone Alley introduces a brand new way to stay up-to-date on all things happening in the world of iOS. Alleyside Daily is a roundup of news headlines, applications, and products delivered in a unique IM-style, opinionated format. The goal is for one article to provide everything you need to know about iPhone 5GS while also hyping up an amazing new time travel app and an indestructible case, along with everything in between – first. In addition, our seasoned editors’ knowledge adds insight. Interviews, giveaways, and special guests are coming very soon down the line. Keep in mind that the concept is very much still in “beta,” so we’ll need your help shaping Alleyside Daily into the ultimate collection of daily iOS information. (A few weeks, probably even a few days from now: Alleyside Daily will be quite different than the below.)
+|News Headlines
+Apple Ranked #10 in List of Best Places to Work for Employers - View
+Nikhil: So, I’ve always had aspirations to work for Apple someday
+Nikhil: Just seems like the ideal place to work
+Nikhil: Despite our coincidental positions at this blog, even if I didn’t write for iPA, I’d definitely want to work for Apple
+Nikhil: and obviously others do too
+Michael: Of course, Apple is in a very good position influentially and money-wise
+Michael: So they can “afford” if you will nicer employee treatment
+Nikhil: And working for one of the best companies in the world is probably just a novelty to some
+Michael: Though one thing is to be said – happier employees = better products so it’s all part of the business plan
+190 Million iPhones Predicted to Be Sold in 2012 - View
+Nikhil: Wow, that’s an incredible amount certainly surpassing the amount initially predicted
+Michael: With 31-36 million iPhones predicted to be sold this quarter, who says people would skip the 4S?
+Michael: In fact, it seems to be selling well to upgraders and iPhone virgins alike
+Nikhil: For comparison, AT&T activated over 1 million iPhone 4S handsets in a total of four days
+Nikhil: So 200x that, although that was just in a period of 4 days
+Michael: According to the rest of the tablet industry, 15 million more iPads could be sold if they were $100 cheaper, a total of 90 million iPads are predicted to sell at that rate
+iPhone 5 Ranks as 6th Most Growing Search Term in Google’s Annual List - View
+Michael: It seemed like people would expect a jump from iPhone 4 to 5, makes more sense than adding an S
+Nikhil: Insane considering that the iPhone 5 isn’t even releases or even announced yet and so many people already want it
+Michael: Though expectations just led iPhone 4S to be a bit of a disappointment
+Nikhil: Yup, in fact remember that news published some time ago that said Apple would’ve released the iPhone 5 this October
+Nikhil: but something held them back, so they quickly put together the S
+Michael: So when the summer passed without a new iPhone, interest increase exponentially
+Nikhil: Another marketing tactic or just pure chance?
+Michael: I honestly don’t think 4S was a quick distraction
+Nikhil: Well, when I say quick I don’t mean it was constructed in a period of a few days but rather 2-3 months
+Michael: Apple couldn’t release another major iPhone revamp so soon after iPhone 4
+Nikhil: If, of course, that news was true
+Michael: It seems like we’re following a cycle of small upgrade – major upgrade and so on
+Nikhil: Especially with the CDMA (Verizon) version releasing just a few months before
+Nikhil: It sure seems so, Apple have concreted that cycle in place
+Michael: Also on the list are Steve Jobs at #9 and “iPad2″ at #10
+Michael: Rebecca Black ends up at #1. Hey, there’s a lot of Fridays in the year.
+iTunes Match Available Internationally
+Michael: Now, iTunes Match is not just limited to the U.S.
+Nikhil: It’s actually a great service if you haven’t purchased songs through iTunes and want accompanying info to autofill for your library
+Michael: Users in the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Canada can reportedly also begin upgrading their music collection to cloud for the yearly fee
+Michael: Plus, it upgrades song quality and syncs your library across multiple devices
+Nikhil: Hence the fee
+iPad 3 Ribbon Cable Pictures Leaked - View
+Nikhil: For users awaiting the release of the next-generation iPad, they’re in luck
+Michael: Nothing to get excited about
+Nikhil: More concrete evidence of the device’s existense has been revealed, though
+Nikhil: I’d be excited if I was wanting an iPad 3
+Michael: It just means that iPad 3 will be coming soon as expected
+Michael: Mic Flex Cable Ribbon, yay!!
+Nikhil: Retina display is something that its predecessor lacked. I don’t currently own an iPad, but do you notice the difference?
+Michael: Absolutely, the iPad 3′s display will look stunning with a Retina Display
+Michael: Same as the jump from the non-Retina to Retina Display iPhone 4
+|Applications
+Grand Theft Auto 3 - View in iTunes
+Nikhil: Released last night for iOS, the game marks Rockstar Games’ biggest step into the platform
+Nikhil: I haven’t bought it yet, but people definitely claim that it provides a nostalgic experience that in itself is worth paying for
+Michael: It further solidifies how the iPhone is very much a console
+Nikhil: Apart from the amazing 3D visuals, the game offers the same fun that all fans have loved in previous iterations: car jacking, countless missions and shooting
+Nikhil: Yup, OnLive is definitely going to have to compete if games like this keep getting released!
+Michael: Yup, the impressive part is that it’s the full game
+Michael: All of the cut-scenes, voice acting, and the same graphics engine
+Michael: This is a revamped port better than the original
+Nikhil: Yeah, and apparently it’s executed brilliantly. Unfortunately, the package is wrapped in a large file size if your device lacks in space
+Nikhil: But that’s expected for a game like so
+Michael: That will be a limitation of more “full games” coming to iOS though it’s only 700MB – not too bad for a 64GB device
+Michael: Remember, folks – go for the biggest flash memory size!
+Michael: If you plan on gaming, that is
+Sonic CD - View in iTunes
+Nikhil: Another classic was released today in the frenzy of App Store releases before the official shutdown
+Michael: The story of its release is actually a developer’s fantasy
+Michael: So, a guy named Christian Whitehead spends his free time porting the original Sonic to iOS
+Nikhil: Go on…
+Michael: Upscaled and running at 60 frames per second
+Michael: Then his project goes dark
+Nikhil: How so?
+Michael: And two years later, this is officially released by SEGA
+Nikhil: The version he was working on?
+Michael: Yup, they worked with him to revamp it for release
+Michael: Previously, Sonic was sold on the App Store
+Michael: but it was in an emulator wrapper that looked and performed terribly
+Nikhil: Yeah, and personally, I thought that the game was too stretched
+Nikhil: Yup, not very good press reviews for those versions
+Michael: Thus why he created his own version of Sonic CD
+Nikhil: But this has gotten awesome rep so far, and continues to climb in the charts
+Nikhil: Well, technically, anything released by Sega will climb up the lists, but…you get the point.
+Michael: Word is that it works as beautifully as expected
+Michael: Grab it for just $1.99
+Christmas Updates for Applications
+Nikhil: So as Christmas season comes closer, and so does the official shutdown of the App Store in light of the holiday, apps are being revamped to represent the cheery holiday spirit
+Michael: Ah yes, Santa hats and snow galore
+Nikhil: I’ve got three of my favorites updated and ready to be played, which includes Jetpack Joyride, Super Bit Dash and Ninja Ponk
+Nikhil: Not sure if you’ve played any of the three, but they’re great
+Michael: What does each put “under the tree” for the holidays?
+Nikhil: Anyways, the main characters have been outfitted with all of that Christmas swag and all three’s in-game stores have been updated to include either holiday-themed characters or apparel
+Michael: which is your favorite?
+Michael: well, favorite update anyway
+Nikhil: Hmm, tough decision, but I’ve got to say Ninja Ponk
+Nikhil: Other than the fact that the game was already amazing, the game’s store has been updated and the actual gameplay has been tweaked to provide snowy environments, reindeer and santa hats.
+|Products
+Hidden Radio - View
+Nikhil: Though it’s not been released yet to the public, this product has seen a lot of success on the popular funding website, Kickstarter
+Michael: Well, it does look slick. I’ll give it that
+Nikhil: It’s surpassed its original funding goal, but over $200,000, from the already considerably high goal of $125,000
+Nikhil: Yup, it does
+Nikhil: It’s essentially another speaker to add to the long list that connects to your iOS device via bluetooth
+Michael: If they sound good, then there could be potential
+Michael: Though there are really not many benefits over a typical AirPlay speaker
+Nikhil: By twisting/lifting the top, the sound increases
+Nikhil: True, but it’s elegant and these days that’s irrestible
+Michael: Still expensive. It’s basically a fancy speaker.
+Michael: Only justifiable if it has a quality sound
+Nikhil: Obviously, by the whopping amount of money that the product has reached as well as the amount of backers that nears 2,000
+Nikhil: Well I’m guessing that it will. The accompanying video surely makes it seem so, but I guess you can’t tell for sure until the reviews start to pout out
+Nikhil: If you’re interested in backing, there are 34 days left
+Prank Pack - View
+Michael: Okay, so this could be a fun way to gift-give for the holidays
+Michael: A Prank Pack is basically a box that you can put another gift into
+Michael: But the outer Prank Pack box deceives the receiver into thinking they’re getting something ridiculous
+Michael: Such as an “iDrive,” which is a box for a fake steering wheel iPad mount
+Nikhil: That seems like a good idea. And most things seem fairly cheap
+Michael: Well, you’re only buying the box
+Michael: There are no products inside.
+Michael: $8 isn’t cheap for a box, but the conversations could be priceless
+Nikhil: If you’re too late in purchasing one for Christmas, it may be a good idea to bookmark the website for April Fool’s Day!
+Michael: Well, all of the mentions of Christmas remind me I’m late in my holiday shopping
+Nikhil: Nah, all I do is go out on the night before and buy my family a bunch of presents from the Dollar Store
+Nikhil: Just kidding
+Michael: That’s the “I barely love you” approach
+Michael: But we love you, dear readers
+Michael: So check in again tomorrow
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The failure of the Iran hostage rescue mission in 1980 demonstrated to the United States military a need[4][5] for "a new type of aircraft, that could not only take off and land vertically but also could carry combat troops, and do so at speed. The flight director panel of the Cockpit Management System (CMS) allows for fully coupled (autopilot) functions that take the aircraft from forward flight into a 50 ft (15 m) hover with no pilot interaction other than programming the system. This is a gradual transition, occurring over the nacelles' rotation range; the lower the nacelles, the greater effect of the airplane-mode control surfaces. [149][150] On 10 July 2007, an MV-22 landed aboard the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, the first time it landed on a non-U.S. ", "BAE Remote Guardians Join Osprey Fleet. [155] By July 2008, the V-22 had flown 3,000 sorties totaling 5,200 hours in Iraq. [23] Full-scale development began in 1986. [196] After the incident, AFSOC developed optional armor floor panels. ", "Advanced flight control technology achievements at Boeing Helicopters", "An Afghan Report: The Osprey Returns from Afghanistan, 2012. ", National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [124][125] The V-22 can use the "80 Jump" orientation with the nacelles at 80° for takeoff to quickly achieve high altitude and speed. [126] BAE Systems developed a belly-mounted, remotely operated gun turret system,[127] the Interim Defense Weapon System (IDWS);[128] it is remotely operated by a gunner, targets are acquired via a separate pod using color television and forward looking infrared imagery. [105] Due to the requirement for folding rotors, their 38-foot (11.6 m) diameter is 5 feet (1.5 m) less than optimal for vertical takeoff, resulting in high disk loading. As of May 2015, 16 kits had been delivered to the USAF. The second sea trials were completed onboard USS Saipan in January 1999. Flying from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa alongside two KC-130J tanker aircraft, they. ", "Chapter 9: Research, Development, and Acquisition. [7][14][15] The JVX combined requirements from the USMC, USAF, Army and Navy. Registrist leiab iga huviline infot avaldatud hangete, sõlmitud lepingute ja esitatud vaidlustuste kohta. [170] In May 2010, Boeing announced plans to submit the V-22 for the VXX presidential transport replacement. The V-22's capabilities exceeded current Japan Self-Defense Forces helicopters in terms of range, speed and payload. ", "USAF seeks special operations CSAR vehicle. 0120-15-7352. åä»æéï¼æï½é 10ï¼00ï½17ï¼00. ", "Defense Industry's Favorite Think Tank Daydreams of Obama Defeat", "V-22 Is The Safest, Most Survivable Rotorcraft The Marines Have. [88] A provision gives NAVAIR the option to order 23 more Ospreys. [58] In 2011, the controversial defense industry supported Lexington Institute[59][60][61] reported that the average mishap rate per flight hour over the past 10 years was the lowest of any USMC rotorcraft, approximately half of the average fleet accident rate. Route T17 was replaced by routes G12 & G14 on December 17, 2010. [31] By 2008, $27 billion had been spent and another $27.2 billion was required for planned production numbers. [137], The high-speed version of the hose/drogue refueling system can be deployed at 185 knots (213 mph; 343 km/h) and function at up to 250 knots (290 mph; 460 km/h). [231], Israel had shown interest in the V-22. Interest was expressed by Aérospatiale, Bell Helicopter, Boeing Vertol, Grumman, Lockheed, and Westland. Bus service changes. 6376 may have been the last in the series to retire in 1996. One suffered a hard landing after an engine failure, injuring two of the crew; a bomb later destroyed it. Moyers, Al (Director of History and Research). Have you been happy with your website experience? ", "Marines: Actually, Our Tiltrotor Is ‘Effective And Reliable’ (Never Mind Those Accidents). [32] Multiple studies of alternatives found the V-22 provided more capability and effectiveness with similar operating costs. ip classless . [178], In 2013, the USMC formed an intercontinental response force, the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF),[179] using V-22s outfitted with specialized communications gear. [24], Exhaust heat from the V-22's engines can potentially damage ships' flight decks and coatings. [90] In 2013, Bell started laying off production staff following defense cuts which reduced the US order to about half of the planned number. This happened in both QF A380 flights to & from DUB .. so found that frustrating. [227] Elements of the Indian Navy have also looked at the V-22 rather than the E-2D for Airborne early warning and control to replace the short-range Kamov Ka-31. ", "AFSOC Crash Report Faults Understanding Of Osprey Rotor Wake. Due to fuel leaks, multiple air-to-air refuelings were performed en route. In late 2014, it was stated that V-22 tankers could be in use by 2017,[139] but contract delays pushed IOC to late 2019. [120] The fuselage is not pressurized, and personnel must wear on-board oxygen masks above 10,000 feet. "Hardware-in-the-loop testing for development and integration of the V-22 autopilot system, pp. ", "Controversial Osprey aircraft heading to Iraq; Marines bullish on hybrid helicopter-plane despite past accidents. ", "Military Aircraft: The Bell-Boeing V-22. Roads, Trains and Bus updates in your area. Timetables have been added where available. [66] Captain Richard Ulsh blamed errors on incompetence, saying that they were "not malicious" or deliberate. . ", Half-airplane, half-helicopter, totally badass, "Lifetime cost of V-22s rose 61% in three years. [97], The V-22 is equipped with a glass cockpit, which incorporates four Multi-function displays (MFDs, compatible with night-vision goggles)[74] and one shared Central Display Unit (CDU), to display various images including: digimaps, imagery from the Turreted Forward Looking Infrared System[118] primary flight instruments, navigation (TACAN, VOR, ILS, GPS, INS), and system status. "Marines' New Ride Rolls Out Years Late. [75] Though vortex ring state (VRS) contributed to a deadly V-22 accident, flight testing found it to be less susceptible to VRS than conventional helicopters. Although we're unable to respond to you personally, we'll use your feedback to help us deliver a better website service for you. It could also take some helicopter roles by fitting a 600 lb hoist to the ramp and a cabin configuration for 12 non-ambulatory patients and 5 seats for medical attendants. ", "U.S. eyes V-22 aircraft sales to Israel, Canada, UAE. [64], By 2012, the USMC reported fleetwide readiness rate had risen to 68 percent;[65] however, the DOD's Inspector General later found 167 of 200 reports had "improperly recorded" information. ", "Saving the Pentagon's Killer Chopper-Plane. ", "HMX-1’s ‘Super Stallions’ reassigned to operating forces. 6313 sold to Gallop Bus Lines. [237] However, in October 2014, media reports implied Israel's deferment or cancelling of its V-22 procurement due to budget restraints and changing policies. ", "Block C V-22 Osprey with new radar, cockpit displays, and electronic warfare features delivered to Marines", "LTG Davis Talks To Boeing On Upgrading Half Of Marine V-22 Fleet", Bell-Boeing award V-22 multi-year contract, US military orders additional V-22 Ospreys, Bell to lay off 325 workers as V-22 orders decline, "Bell to lay off 325 workers as V-22 orders decline", A Hybrid Manufacturer For A Hybrid Airplane, A PERSPECTIVE FROM VISITING THE BOEING PLANT NEAR PHILADELPHIA, Air Force special ops looks to add armor, firepower to Ospreys, AFSOC Ospreys Armor Up After Painful Lessons Learned In South Sudan, "ALIS's Children: Networked Prognostics For The V-22", Osprey Pilots Receive First FAA Powered Lift Ratings, "USMC V-22 Osprey Finds Groove In Afghanistan. [98], The Osprey is the world's first production tiltrotor aircraft, with one three-bladed proprotor, turboprop engine, and transmission nacelle mounted on each wingtip. "UAE Picks AW609 for Tiltrotor Requirement", "UAE Armed Forces: No Negotiations on V-22 Tiltrotor", "Bell-Boeing V-22 Guidebook – Bell Helicopter", "Maritime Airborne Surveillance and Control (MASC)", "Japan becomes first V-22 export customer", "Fact Sheet: 8 Special Operations Squadron", "CV-22 commencement of operations ceremony held", "Fact Sheet: 71 Special Operations Squadron", "418th FLTS tests CV-22 terrain-following radar in East Coast fog", "USMC presidential helicopter squadron starts flying MV-22",, "Bell Boeing MV-22 Osprey accidents and incidents". [209] In February 2016, the Navy officially designated it as the CMV-22B. Gross, Kevin, Lt. Col. U.S. Marine Corps and Tom Macdonald, MV-22 test pilot and Ray Dagenhart, MV-22 lead government engineer. tel : 086-255-2000 fax : 086-255-2010 ©asahi medical college The United States Marine Corps began crew training for the MV-22B Osprey in 2000, and fielded it in 2007; it supplemented and then replaced their Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knights. V-22s assisted in inserting 1,000 USMC and 150 Afghan troops into the Now Zad Valley of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan to disrupt Taliban operations. Costing $270,000, the ABSS consists of 66 plates fitting along interior bulkheads and deck, adding 800 lb (360 kg) to the aircraft's weight, affecting payload and range. ", "Osprey delivers for Honduran villagers. Upon the opening of the new King St-Old Town Metrorail Station bus terminal, buses will be relocated from their temporary bus stop to Bus Bay K. 29K, 29N Alexandria-Fairfax [113], The V-22 has a maximum rotor downwash speed of over 80 knots (92 mph; 150 km/h), more than the 64-knot (74 mph; 119 km/h) lower limit of a hurricane. ã ®ã»ãã¬ã³ã㣮ãªã©ã®ååæ å ±ãã³ã¼ãã¼é¢é£æ å ±ãã³ã¼ãã¼ãªãªã´ç³ã«é¢ããç 究éçºãä¼æ¥æ å ±ãªã©ããç´¹ä»ãã¾ãã (quoting USMC Karsten Heckl). [140] As part of a 26 May 2016 contract award to Boeing,[141] Cobham was contracted to adapt their FR-300 hose drum unit as used by the KC-130 in October 2016. [12] The OSD and Navy administration opposed the tiltrotor project, but congressional pressure proved persuasive. Other weapons were studied to provide all-quadrant fire, including nose guns, door guns, and non-lethal countermeasures to work with the current ramp-mounted machine gun and the IDWS. [41] The first of four low rate initial production aircraft, ordered on 28 April 1997, was delivered on 27 May 1999. If you are coming from somewhere other than Europe itâs probably best to fly into Paris and then take the high-speed train in about 2.5 hours to Bordeaux. Route maps South Yorkshire Bus Route Maps. [73], While technically capable of autorotation if both engines fail in helicopter mode, a safe landing is difficult. [143], By early October 2019, the fleet of 375 Ospreys in service in the US Air Force, the US Marine Corps and the US Navy surpassed the 500,000 flight hour mark. [31][78], On 28 September 2005, the Pentagon formally approved full-rate production,[79] increasing from 11 V-22s a year to between 24 and 48 a year by 2012. [134] However, by 2019, the USMC opted for IDWS upgrades over adopting new weapons. The V-22's speed allows it to outrun conventional support helicopters, thus a self-defense capability was required on long-range independent operations. "Ospreys, with boost in firepower, enter Afghanistan. [198] On 5 April 2018, the USAF announced that it is to deploy five CV-22s to Yokota Air Base in Japan earlier than planned to "address regional security concerns". [168][169] On 11 August 2013, two MV-22s from Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) made their debut ferrying Secret Service agents, White House staff, and press members from CGAS Cape Cod to Martha's Vineyard during the President's vacation. [190], In June 2009, CV-22s of the 8th Special Operations Squadron delivered 43,000 pounds (20,000 kg) of humanitarian supplies to remote villages in Honduras that were not accessible by conventional vehicles. å°åã®ã¿ãªãã¾ããå¥ããã«ç¬é¡ã§æ®ããã¾ããããæä¼ãè´ãã¾ãã The British Council IELTS Partnership Programme is a membership scheme for organisations that register and prepare candidates for IELTS. [50] In October 2015, NAVAIR tested rolling landings and takeoffs on a carrier, preparing for carrier onboard delivery. Bell partnered with Boeing Vertol to submit a proposal for an enlarged version of the Bell XV-15 prototype on 17 February 1983. ", "US Marine Corps says V-22 Osprey performing well in Iraq. 28A Leesburg Pike. [202] Bell and P&W designed a frame for the V-22 to transport the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine of the Lockheed Martin F-35. ", "USMC Statement in Response to Article on the Safety Record of the Marine V-22 Osprey. ", Attack on U.S. Aircraft Foils Evacuation in South Sudan, "Four U.S. soldiers injured in South Sudan after their aircraft CV-22 Osprey came under fire", Air Force looking at using Ospreys for search and rescue, "US Air Force To Accelerate CV-22 Osprey Deployment To Japan : The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics", "Tilt-rotor helicopter still looking for mission. [81] Each CV-22 cost $73 million in the FY 2014 budget. [101][102] Other orientations are possible.. ip subnet-zero . (2) "Light transmission" means the ratio of the amount of total light to pass through a product or material to the amount of the total light falling on the product or material. [33] The Clinton Administration was supportive of the V-22, helping it attain funding. 28–36" (PDF). "FY 2009 Budget Estimates" (PDF), p. 133. The ramp must open to extend the hose, then raised once extended. [72] V-22 ownership cost was $83,000 per hour in 2013. "A Research Report Submitted to the Faculty, In Partial Fulfillment of the Graduation Requirements: The CV-22 'Osprey' and the Impact on Air Force Combat Search and Rescue" (PDF). Der Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX) ist der größte internationale Verkehrsflughafen im Großraum der kalifornischen Metropole Los Angeles.Mit 87,5 Millionen Passagieren im Jahr 2018 ist er der zweitgrößte Flughafen der USA (nach Atlanta) und der viertgrößte weltweit. ", "Software Change Gives V-22 Pilots More Lift Options. ", "Boeing Vertol launches Three-Year, $50 Million Expansion Program. ip name-server 10.4.4.4 . Have your say on plans for the Neepsend - Kelham area, Coronavirus - COVID19: Service information. STOL rolling-takeoff and landing capability is achieved by having the nacelles tilted forward up to 45°. -22C temperatures cause widespread rail disruption. [200][201] Proponents said that it is capable of similar speed, payload capacity, and lift performance as the C-2, and can carry greater payloads over short ranges, up to 20,000 lb, including suspended external loads. ", "BAE Systems Launches New V-22 Defensive Weapon System, Begins On-The-Move Testing. The militants were eliminated, but the hostages had been moved elsewhere, thus the commandos returned empty handed. The CV-22s flew nonstop from Hurlburt Field, Florida with in-flight refueling. ", "Gramm defends Osprey's budget cost: Senator makes pitch for V-22 as president stumps for B-2 bomber. [189], The USAF's first operational deployment sent four CV-22s to Mali in November 2008 in support of Exercise Flintlock. [109] If a proprotor gearbox fails, that proprotor cannot be feathered, and both engines must be stopped before an emergency landing. Contractors were encouraged to form teams. "US Marines land Osprey aircraft on Japanese ship". voice dnis-map 1 . Entous, Adam, Julian Barnes and Siobhan Gorman, "Intelligence gaps crippled mission to rescue hostages", intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Africa, Accidents and incidents involving the V-22 Osprey, American Helicopter Museum & Education Center, National Museum of the United States Air Force, List of military aircraft of the United States, BBell Boeing delivers 400th V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. [96][97], In 2015, Bell Boeing set up the V-22 Readiness Operations Center (VROC) at Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, to gather information from each aircraft to improve fleet performance in a similar manner as the F-35's Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS). [218], In 2012, former Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto ordered an investigation of the costs of V-22 operations. ", RL31384, "V-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft: Background and Issues for Congress. [241] As of 2017, Israel had frozen its evaluation of the V-22 Osprey, "with a senior defence source indicating that the tiltrotor is unable to perform some missions currently conducted using its Sikorsky CH-53 transport helicopters. ", "Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 History. [232][233] In 2009, Israel reportedly favored the Sikorsky CH-53K over the V-22. [145] On 8 December 2005, Lieutenant General James Amos, commander of II Marine Expeditionary Force, accepted delivery of the first batch of MV-22s. Production begun in FY 2018 and deliveries start in 2020. ip default-gateway 10.5.5.5 . [30] When the projected development budget greatly increased in 1988, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney tried to defund it from 1989 to 1992 in order to cancel it. Unleashing Nature's Fury: A Preparedness Guide. [234] In 2011, Israel was interested in using the V-22 to support special operations and search and rescue missions. A snowy Rotherham Minster this morning. [110], In August 2014, the US military issued a request for information (RFI) for a potential drop-in replacement for the AE-1107C engines. [24] During external load testing in April 1999, a V-22 transported the light-weight M777 howitzer. "Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey Tilt-Engine VTOL Transport (U.S.A.)". 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[111] In September 2014, the US Navy, who already purchase engines separately to airframes, was reportedly considering an alternative engine supplier to reduce costs. V-22 pilot Captain Justin "Moon" McKinney stated that: "We can turn it into a plane and glide it down, just like a C-130. Naval Air Systems Command worked on software. [222] In January 2015, Japan's parliament approved a defense budget with funding for five V-22s. [204] Initially designated HV-22, four aircraft would be bought each year from 2018 to 2020. [1] It started replacing the CH-46 Sea Knight in 2007; the CH-46 was retired in October 2014. dnis 111 . [25], The first V-22 was publicly rolled out in May 1988... [226] It is planned to eventually station some of the aircraft on board the Izumo-class helicopter destroyers. [51], Development was protracted and controversial, partly due to large cost increases,[52] some of which are caused by a requirement to fold wing and rotors to fit aboard ships. On 3 June 2005, squadron Marine Medium Helicopter 263 (HMM-263) stood down to transition to the MV-22. [107] A heat-resistant anti-skid metal spray named Thermion has been tested on USS Wasp. [74],). duplex half . [69] From 2009 to 2014, readiness rates rose 25 percent to the "high 80s", while cost per flight hour had dropped 20 percent to $9,520 through a rigorous maintenance improvement program that focused on diagnosing problems before failures occur. ", "V-22 Osprey Aircraft’s Reliability Improves in Pentagon Testing. Unacceptable really after paying for BUS class seats. On 29 occasions between 1 November and 24 April 2015, two V-22s and a KC-130J tanker spent 145 flight hours standing by for rescue missions; however, the only downed pilot landed too close to ISIL forces and lacked a radio. [112] The General Electric GE38 is one option, giving commonality with the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion. 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+Protein 12 g 47 cal
+RDA % RDA
+Vitamin A 18.4 mcg 700.0 3
+Vitamin A 222.1 IU -- --
+Vitamin B6 0.32 mg 1.3 25
+Vitamin B12 0.32 mcg 2.4 13
+Vitamin C 72.6 mg 75.0 97
+Vitamin D 0.0 5.0 0
+Vitamin D 0.0 -- --
+Vitamin E 0.57 mg 15.0 4
+Vitamin E 0.85 IU -- --
+Calcium 160.3 mg 1,000.0 16
+Cholesterol 23.2 mg -- --
+Copper 0.12 mg 0.9 13
+Iron 0.89 mg 18.0 5
+Magnesium 40.9 mg 320.0 13
+Manganese 0.42 mg 1.8 23
+Niacin 1.1 mg 14.0 8
+Pant. Acid 0.79 mg 5.0 16
+Phosphorus 121.4 mg 700.0 17
+Potassium 642.2 mg 4,700.0 14
+Riboflav 0.24 mg 1.1 22
+Selenium 3.2 mcg 55.0 6
+Sodium 61.2 mg 1,500.0 4
+Thiamin 0.13 mg 1.1 12
+Water 251.1 g -- --
+Zinc 0.7 mg 8.0 9
+We kind of had our own version of that yesterday. I have a 'picture frame' on my computer, and this picture of me from 18 months ago came up. It was truly awful to look at. I called Mike over to see, and younger son had to see what the excitement was about.
+"That's a picture of me from a while ago. Do I look different?"
+"Yeah."
+"What's different?"
+"Well, your hair in that picture is blonde, and I don't like that. It's too golden. But your hair is really dirty blonde, which is the same as mine, and I like it better." (Mike and I are snickering at this point already. The reason I'd been coloring my hair is that it was coming in a gunky grey-brown prior to my celiacs diagnosis.)
+"Okay...what else?"
+"You're wearing earrings now, and you weren't then. Also, you went to Florida and have this really cool NASA shirt that you're wearing now."
+He wandered off at that point...never mentioning the fact that I looked pale, puffy, and sick in the picture.
+I didn't dry him, though, because the groomer told me last week that he didn't like the dryer. Not that I was expecting much, but I get the sense he wasn't bathed very often. We'll have to fix that. We walked home from the bath place and it mostly dried, except his legs. I'll take him again next week as I don't expect the rash will be completely gone by then. I think I'll try drying his legs, maybe start on getting him used to the dryer. He's going to have a gorgeous coat when it comes in, but I imagine it'll be a bit of work to take care of it. (I know fixed females coats are more prone to mats and stuff like that than unfixed females, but I don't know anything about males.)
+We tried soaking his front feet in a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and water. His right foot is still tender, and he didn't keep it in very long. The left foot went better. Hopefully this will help them to heal up as they're very inflamed between the metacarpal and toe pads. I was wondering if he'd been hot and/or was digging for food a lot after his 'liberation'. The groomer said she'd had to clean a ton of stuff out of his feet.
+I was petting him yesterday afternoon while he was lying on the floor, and you won't believe what he did: he flipped on his side (almost on his back) and wanted a belly rub! Seriously! I think he was still not 100% sure about it, but he let me rub his belly for a while. :-)
+We're working on getting him to wait before he starts eating. This is really hard for him, but he's starting to get it. He's learned he has to stay seated, but once the bowl is on the floor, he wants to go for it. On the up side, he seems to have no issues with food aggression at all. I've taken away his bowl a couple times when he was in the middle of eating, and the only thing that happened was that he looked at me with those pleading eyes of his. Yesterday morning, the cat decided he wanted to try some of the rice goop that Rainier was eating, so he stuck his head in and helped himself. Rainier let him and just kept eating himself. So not only is he okay with people taking his food, he's okay with cats taking his food. (Ada hasn't tried it yet, though, so I have no idea what would happen if another dog tried.)
+I think I need to work with him on some heeling, though. He really has no idea where to go when we're walking. He's incredibly alert to human body language, so he stops when I do, but if he gets ahead of me and can't see me, he'll start circling around me, which makes walking difficult. I think he'll pick up on the heeling fairly quickly, though.
+He still seems to have a strange relationship with Ada. There are more 'corrections' going back and forth from each of them. She plays too rough, and she's okay with his mounting to a certain point. The humans are getting less freaked out when these corrections happen, which is good because there's usually 2 or 3 each day now. But they still like to play together.
+Rainier has started to run in short bursts, just a few steps each time. I'm hoping this will improve once his feet are better and he's lost some weight. I think he needs to lose 10-15 lbs. He's got some serious neck rolls and I can't feel his ribs. The good thing is that he really enjoys walks (comes running whenever I pull out the leash), so I think exercise will be an easy way to work on it.
+- Angular Momentum:
+cheerful
+First, he obviously has no clue what "fetch" is. Ada and I play a variation of fetch that I like to call "fetch-tug". I throw something, she brings it back, and then she want so play tug rather than give it back. Probably not the healthiest habit to get her into, but she seems to enjoy it and the whole "drop it" thing just wasn't coming. I'm assuming it's a maturity thing. However, when we play this in front of Rainier, he seems to have no clue what the whole thing is about. He just stands there and looks at us like, "What the hell is wrong with you two?" I tried playing fetch with a rawhide. He picked it up and brought it back but really didn't want to let go of it. The second time, he didn't bring it back...went someplace else with it.
+Second, belly rubs make him nervous. I'm getting him to lie down and so I can rub his back. Tonight, I nudged him over on his side, and started rubbing his belly. When I do this with Ada, she gets SO happy and rolls completely on her back. Rainier looked very nervous the whole time. I think he took it as my attempt at dominance. He never rolled onto his back and wouldn't look at me. I think it must've felt pretty good (especially with the rash on his belly) or he wouldn't have let me do it. He was definitely nervous the whole time, though.
+Other interesting things: he let Ada jump on him, so I'm not sure if he's going to start backing down on being dominant. She likes to go up and put her head on his neck. It's very cute, but I'm sure it's a dominance play.
+I brought him for an evaluation at a doggy day care/boarding kennel, and he did great. We have a trip planned soon, so he'll be able to stay at the kennel. (Ada will have to stay with a friend since she's not fixed. You can't fix dogs while you're showing them.)
+I think Rainier is definitely younger, probably 5 or 6. He's run a couple short bursts, but definitely seems reluctant to do much more than that. Also, he tried to jump on me a couple times. One was first thing after I let him out of the kennel this morning and then when I got home from work tonight. I think it was excitement. While I don't like being jumped on, I am happy that this means he's getting some energy back. Also, his digestive issues seem to have settled down, and I'm transitioning him from the rice goop I made onto some Purina. I decided I am going to put him on Acana after that simply because it'll be easier for me not having to do separate food for the dogs. We gave the dogs bones tonight, so I hope that'll help his teeth...but I am worried it might bug his tummy again.
+He's definitely coming out of his shell, but it's also apparent he needs more training. I tried to do some training with him, and Ada came over and started showing him up. I started having both of them execute commands, hoping he'd follow her lead. Not sure how well that will work. But I have to admit that doing that showed me how well trained she really is...she's just terribly impulsive yet. I really wish we could get Rainier to lay down and stay while we're eating dinner. His head is easily above table level, and this makes it hard to block him...not an issue we have with Ada.
+Anyway, the more I see of him, the more I wish he could talk and tell me what was going on. The belly rub thing really got to me...
+- Angular Momentum:
+curious
+- Angular Momentum:
+exhausted
+When the younger son was being evaluated for occupational therapy, he was asked what he would buy if given $10.
+"I would buy something that costs less than $10."
+Can't beat that logic.
+- Angular Momentum:
+amused
+"This one's D?"
+The orthodontist looked surprised and said yes. They began a little conversation where the younger boy got to learn the 'names' of all his teeth. When they were done, the orthodontist gave me a very serious look and said, "You know he's pretty smart."
+I guess I didn't think anything of his figuring things out...but then I'm not an orthodontist and don't have a frame of reference for determining what is normal and what is not in that context. From his reaction, I gather it's pretty infrequent when a 2nd grader figures out the code language he's speaking.
+Younger boy and the orthodontist hit it off, so younger boy seems okay with the fact he's going to need braces for a few months.
+So we're fully expecting him to finish fourth grade math by the end of February and fifth grade math by the end of the year.
+He has gotten upset that it's hard a couple times, saying he doesn't want to do it. He doesn't like it when he gets things wrong. I've had to sit down and say that, yes, it is hard. However, it's okay to get things wrong sometimes, and he really seems to have fun once he gets into it. He likes to figure things out, and you can tell he's proud of himself when he struggles through something and then finds the answer. I think this is helping him to work through some of his perfectionistic tendencies.
+I'm very glad we talked the school into this arrangement. It's going far better than we expected.
+- Angular Momentum:
+chipper
+A lot of stress this past year is going to lead to a lot of changes in the coming year. I'm hoping those changes are for the good, but you never can tell. This year has been pretty good by all accounts...and it seems like I have better odd-numbered years that even.
+However, I've been dwelling a lot on the potential outcomes of all these circumstances. I keep asking myself what I should be doing because I really don't know. How do you prepare for the unknown.
+Recently, a Quaker saying popped into my head: "The way will open."
+In other words, when the time comes, I'll know what move to make or how to handle the situation. I just need to keep paying attention and stop worrying so much about things that are beyond my control.
+I guess I'm inclined to believe that things happen for a reason, but it's not always apparent what that reason is at the time. I need to just keep in mind what's important to me and then make a decision when the time comes.
+- Angular Momentum:
+calm
+You are Passionate, Conscientious, and Intellectual..
+Conscientious
+You feel it's important to work according to a plan and finish every task, to do things correctly and thoroughly.
+You are not the kind of person who abandons a project before finishing it, or slacks off when you've lost interest..
+- Angular Momentum:
+curious
+6 eggs
+1/2 c. sour cream
+1/2 c. whole milk
+1/2 tsp. white pepper
+1/2 tsp. dry mustard
+2 c. fresh spinach
+4 oz. cooked breakfast sausage (~ 4 links)
+1 c. shredded cheese (usually use colby jack or mild cheddar)
+Preheat oven to 350°. Blend eggs, sour cream, milk, mustard, and pepper until smooth. Chop spinach coarsely and finely dice sausage. Mix spinach, sausage, and cheese into egg mixture. Pour into oiled pie plate. Bake 50 minutes. Serves 6-8.
+- Angular Momentum:
+hungry
+- Angular Momentum:
+angry
+OP (other person): Now we have A covered. What about B?
+Me: Don't worry about that. I wrote that out for someone else. Just focus on B.
+OP: But I can do B, too.
+Me: You can if you want to, but you don't have to. I think the more important thing is getting A done.
+A couple days later, we were meeting with someone else (whom I'll call IP for important person).
+OP: We're planning on doing A and B.
+IP: Are you sure? You know that we don't have the widget for B yet. Will that hold you up?
+OP: No, getting the widget for A will be the difficult thing.
+And what happened this morning, less than two weeks later?
+OP starts complaining about how the widget for B isn't ready, which is holding him up, and then has the audacity to claim I TOLD him to do B.
+I am amazed at how some smart people can be so dumb.
+- Angular Momentum:
+irritated
+This week, he started at the new school. He seems much happier there. He actually comes home and tells us what he did during the day.
+We're still having one major conflict, though. He keeps refusing to read. And I am placing the blame for this squarely on the shoulders of the previous school.
+By the end of kindergarten, we knew that he could read. He would only read to me, but he could read. We attributed this to his perfectionism issues: apparently he isn't as worried about making mistakes in front of me as everyone else. Strangely enough, his kindergarten teacher didn't seem perturbed by this: she just kept sending progressively more complicated books home and assuming we were getting him to read.
+At the beginning of this school year, they started sending home books that were below the level he was reading at in kindergarten. They kept saying that he wasn't showing good comprehension. Honestly, I couldn't comprehend what was going on in most of these books. They were so worried about keeping certain sounds throughout the story that they apparently thought a plot wasn't important. They were confusing, and it was no wonder he couldn't figure out what was supposed to be happening.
+We asked the school to PLEASE send more appropriate books. The teacher kept arguing with us about how he couldn't comprehend things. Finally, she gave in and started sending two books home. One was a phonics book (i.e. a nonsensical thing with pictures) and the other was a bit better...but usually not much. Mike and I opted to ignore the phonics book and get him reading the other books. Really, we have a bunch of Bob books at home that he already knew how to read. No reason to make him go through that again. (And the Bob books seemed to have a better way of setting up a story than some of these other books.)
+Honestly, I would've been fine if they'd been sending home Captain Underpants books, just so long as the books were understandable and helping to learn how to read.
+Now the new school is sending books home. These are definitely appropriate to his reading level. Interestingly enough, when we got the first one, there was a letter talking about how parents' feedback on how their child is reading is very important. We're supposed to let the teacher know if the books are either too advanced or too easy. This is a huge contrast, where the teachers were the experts and we were just supposed to play along and not make waves. And we're fortunate that the teacher set the reading level just at just the right level. He's a hair shy of chapter books right now and that's what the teacher sent home.
+Getting him to read, however, has been difficult. He starts crying and saying that books are boring and he hates reading. After what they were sending home before, I'm not surprised at this reaction. In fact, he'd basically started to refuse to do any homework at all by the time we pulled him from the other school.
+He won't listen to reason on this issue, so we took a different tack. We basically said that his new teacher likes him and wants to pick out books that are fun. I also said that I felt like the books he was getting from the old school really were boring. We told him that if he thought this book was boring, maybe he could ask his teacher if he could help pick out books that aren't boring.
+That seemed to do the trick. He read the book, and better yet, he said he liked it. I imagine we're going to be struggling with this for a while, but at least we're making a bit of progress. And it helps that his teacher is apparently better at figuring out where he's at.
+- Angular Momentum:
+relieved
+The younger boy wanted to know how all the stuff works. Basically, there are four ingredients: water, sugar, flavoring (or extract, if you want to be fancy), and yeast. I explained that the yeast eats the sugar and then makes gas from it. He didn't understand exactly what that meant, so I said the yeast farted.
+Oh boy. All I've been hearing about all weekend is farting yeast and how we made 'fart beer'. I'm betting the kids at school are getting an earful, too.
+At least yeast farts aren't too malodorous.
+- Angular Momentum:
+amused
+Goal #1: finish the half-marathon at the Fargo marathon in May. More to come after, but for now, that's what I'm setting my sights on.
+I'm actually riding my bike as I'm writing this. This is usually late for me to be exercising (I prefer the morning), but I think this is a good sign.
+See, I thought about skipping. But I didn't. I decided that I didn't care if it was 9:30, I was going to STICK with it.
+So the good news is that I have done my exercise this week, the first week of the plan.
+There is one but...
+Part of my plan is to be doing some swimming. I have decided to put the swimming on the backburner due to lack of a cheap, easily accessible pool. I'm going to have to figure out what to do around April, but I figure this is one area where I can probably wait a bit.
+So my plan is to ride bike 2x per week as if I were training to do a sprint tri in May as well as walk twice per week as if I were doing a half-iron. In reality, the actual goal is the half-marathon. I can't handle walking six days per week, like most half-marathon training plans recommend. I like cross-training. The goal is to finish, and that's all I'm worried about.
+Week 1 is finished with 100% of biking and walking workouts complete. Woot!
+- Angular Momentum:
+accomplished
+- Angular Momentum:
+indescribable
+I am now going to collapse into bed (after doing pretty much nothing all day) because I still have this cold and will be having a small crowd over for Christmas dinner tomorrow.
+Also, the Kuchen baking should be happening tomorrow morning. Wish me luck.
+- Angular Momentum:
+exhausted
+2 - On the fourth day, drive to another city.
+3 - Day five, have a surgery. Make sure it's traumatic. Spend several hours driving back home.
+4 - Spend the weekend in pain. Add in restless children to maximize distractions.
+5 - Realize that school gets out three days earlier than you thought, so scramble for daycare.
+6 - Get daycare for only half the week. (Although remember to have fun Christmas shopping with the kid.)
+7 - Get a cold. Be terrified that every time you sneeze, you're going to reopen your surgery wound.
+8 - Have a boatload of papers to read.
+9 - Have a book chapter to review. Make sure it's already past its deadline.
+10 - Have a boatload of meetings at work so that you have to be there. Make sure critical people don't show at one of the meetings so that you sit and wait and then end up rescheduling.
+I have to admit that I thought things would be a bit easier without having a boatload of labs and exams to grade. Instead, we're starting a new project at work, I was asked to add on a second project (although I expect the time commitment to be fairly minimal), and then I had everything else like normal.
+Still...even though I'm hopelessly behind, I know I'll catch up when I'm feeling better, and it's still much better than being in Minneapolis. However, I almost fell asleep driving yesterday (started drifting into the center turn lane), so I decided that today after my meeting, I'm going to come home and try to do some work from home...and rest if I need it. Don't want to be a bundle of ickiness this weekend with family here.
+- Angular Momentum:
+sick
+This is my letter:
+I am not representing any organization, but I am one of many people who suffers from fructose intolerance. I was initially diagnosed as having IBS, which afflicts approximately 10 percent of the world population. Recent research has indicated that up to half of IBS sufferers actually suffer from saccharide intolerance, including an intolerance to fructose.
+I personally am extremely sensitive to fructose, and consumption of fructose, even naturally occurring fructose such as in fruit, leaves me very ill for the next 48-72 hours. This reaction is so severe that I am unable to leave my house and, in the past, has led to other serious side effects such as chronic dehydration resulting in kidney stones.
+Consumption of high fructose corn syrup almost always causes a reaction. I have to choose carefully what I eat and, because of the prevalence of HFCS in processed foods, cannot eat out and must prepare most of my own foods from scratch. It is already extremely difficult to avoid HFCS. However, changing the name to corn sugar will only serve to make it more difficult to identify and avoid this already ubiquitous substance.
+Please do not allow the name to be changed. There are many people like myself who rely on proper labeling in order to avoid adverse health effects caused by consumption of high fructose corn syrup.
+I have a lot of thoughts on the topic, but I think I can summarize them briefly:
+1 - Assange is a jerk. He's a manipulator. But after reading the accounts of what happened with the two women in Sweden, I still don't know that he's a criminal. It sounds, by their own accounts, like the women are pissed off because he was a two-timing jerkoff. It's reprehensible, but not criminal.
+2 - Assange being tried under the Espionage Act strikes me as the stupidest thing ever. Anyone with any familiarity of wartime history understands that he Espionage Act (and the accompanying Sedition Act, which was later repealed) has traditionally been used to shut people up who disagreed with government acts during wartime. In particular, it was used initially to throw socialists in jail, a response to the 'red scare' after the Bolsheviek Revolution. The act itself is an attempt to curtail freedom of speech and keep those in power from being questioned.
+3 - I think Wikileaks is, in general, a good thing. I think that too many people are willing to hand over their critical thinking abilities to the government and never question that what it's doing is wrong. During the Bush (W) years, I was horrified at how American's rights were being suspended and the Constitution was followed only when convenient. The Patriot Act should have never happened, nor should Guantanamo, among other things. Despite Obama's statement that government needs to be more transparent, he's not delivering...perhaps realizing that those empowered by this arrangement, once entrenched, are loathe to give it up. I couldn't help but laugh at the commentary that Wikileaks is helping to keep Obama good on his promises.
+4 - I am horrified by the continuing ignorance of constitutional and international values. Lieberman apparently has no clue about the notion of a free press (see here). And then there are the calls for the assassination of Assange. What about a trail to determine if he actually HAS broken any laws? Hague convention, anyone? And, of course, there are issues of things we are actually doing, being exposed by wikileaks, which are probably violations of the Geneva convention. All of these things need to come to light.
+- Angular Momentum:
+cynical
+Easy enough.
+"Do you have a paper wasp?" he asked.
+"Nope. Go bug! Do you have a carpenter ant?" I replied.
+After three rounds, I realized something that should have been obvious.
+Every card was different. These were identification cards, not playing cards. If we'd kept playing, we would have pulled all the cards and had no matches.
+I'm thinking we'll try a different game tonight: learn about biological classification and identifying the correct order of the insect. I don't imagine it'll go over all that well, but you never know.
+- Angular Momentum:
+amused
+I will warn you, however, that this is anything but low sodium.
+I also suspect it would taste good with potatoes in it...but since it's low carb, I've never tried it.
+So here goes:
+Low carb New England clam chowder (3-4 servings)
+3 tbsp. butter
+5 pieces of bacon, diced
+1 med. onion, diced
+1 clove garlic
+1 tsp. thyme
+1 tsp. basil
+1/2 tsp. oregano
+1 tsp. white pepper
+2 cups chopped celery
+1 bay leaf
+2 - 6 oz. cans chopped clams
+2 cups low sodium chicken broth or seafood stock (or you can use the liquid from the clams, but be aware it usually has boatloads of salt - just be sure to drain the clams if you're using the broth)
+2 tbsp. fresh minced parsley
+2 cups half and half (or heavy cream, if you really want to cut out the carbs)
+Cook bacon in butter in a 3 qt. saucepan. Add onions and garlic and saute until onions are translucent. Add celery, thyme, oregano, basil, and white pepper. Cook until celery is softened...up to 45 min. (I usually add small amounts of plain water frequently at the step so that things don't stick to the pan and start to burn. It also seems to speed up the celery cooking.) Add clams, broth, bay leaf, and parsley, and simmer for 15 minutes. Lower heat and add cream while stirring. Continue to stir and heat to desired temperature but do not boil.
+- Angular Momentum:
+content
+Ever since then, I've been dying to get back to it, but my body has not been cooperating, not to mention I haven't had the time, and then I keep injuring my knee.
+A couple months ago, I got it in my head that I need to get back into it, so I have started training. When I initially trained, I used Eric Harr's book. I was considering using it again, but I wasn't sure I wanted to because I had some real problems with the training program. It's not that it's hard to follow...in fact, I think it's one of the easiest ones to use. However, I learned a lot from that experience that I decided meant I was going to have to come up with something different. I looked at all the free training programs on the net and decided none of them were suitable, either.
+Some things I learned: I have a hard time exercising two days in a row. I simply cannot handle three days in a row. (The exception is bellydancing, which I seemed to do on my off days and be just fine, probably because it was a bit less intense and worked different muscle groups.) It's easier for me to do long periods of exercise less frequently than frequent small workouts. I really need to watch my heart rate so that I don't set off a flair of fibromyalgia.
+What I decided to do was come up with my own program. I decided I would start very simple...three days a week, every other day. I'd start with small time frames (e.g. twenty minutes). I'd do two easier workouts during the week and then a harder one on the weekend and give myself two days to recover. After a while, I switched from 3x per week to simply every other day...so 7 workouts in the 2 week period. I also switched to two more intense workouts and one long, slow workout on the weekend. I'm going to keep working my way up, trying to get to the point where I do an easy workout one day, a hard or long workout the next day, and then have a day off. My schedule won't be based on a certain number of hours per week...it'll be something like a six day cycle instead.
+The down side is that I'm just currently working on walking, but haven't incorporated swimming or biking into the mix. I'm working on racewalking as I don't think I can ever handle running.
+It seems to be working so far. No overtraining or exhaustion or getting sick, which is what happened pretty often before, and I've been doing this for the same period that I trained for the triathlon. And I have definitely seen some improvements, which is always a good way to stay motivated.
+- Angular Momentum:
+accomplished
+I think the most surprising thing about this is that people seem surprised. This isn't something new...both Mike and I have talked about our experiences being brutally teased and harassed in school. So I have seen it on a very personal level.
+I've seen my son go through it. In fact, it got to the point where I had to go with him to the counselor and effectively complain about sexual harassment on the part of another student. Nothing happened to that student. The student reduced the bullying, but it never did stop. My son was often targeted in sixth grade to be picked on while the teachers turned their backs. When they started paying attention, the other kids would snap to and my son would be left steaming and frustrated. When he said something, he was the one that ended up in detention, not the other kids.
+After that year of school, when he went into a full-time gifted program at a new school, he was so defensive that he would lash out at the teachers and other students. He thought they were all out to get him. It took him nearly a year to realize that the people at this school really did want to help him. Then he had another year where he was finally treated kindly and no one mistreated him because of his quirks. Were it not for those people's kindness and patience, I think he would be an angry and potentially violent kid.
+Which makes me think of Columbine...have we forgotten that already? How many times have people talked about school shooters often being the victims of bullying and mistreatment?
+When I have told people that I homeschool and they say kids ought to go to school for "proper socialization", I guffaw in their face. Are people just waking up to the fact that "proper socialization" usually entails some group of kids mistreating another group, and neither group has the emotional maturity or skills to deal with the problem? I'm sorry, but schools don't and generally can't do much about it, but it is rampant. It has always been a problem. It never stopped.
+Primarily, however, I'm disgusted by the example being set by adults, by the media, by every place that tries to polarize people against each other. Our national conversation is one of anger and derision of anyone who disagrees with us. We can't compromise or try to see the other side. We can't respect that people have good reasons for their beliefs, even when they differ from ours.
+We can't have a conversation where people respect differences of opinion or differences in people, so how can we expect our kids to?
+- Angular Momentum:
+frustrated
+I'm not sure why, but I remembered something that happened a long time ago, when I was still a teenager. I became friends with someone via email. This friend actually was someone fairly important and stood up for me when other people were refusing to do so, even when they agreed with me. I decided meet this person, but due to a chronic illness, I would have to go meet him where he lived. I planned the trip, but a couple weeks before, I realized that my financial situation was more tight than I had thought it would be, so I cancelled the trip.
+I didn't think too much of it, planned maybe to go a few months later if the situation improved. Unfortunately, less than a month after my planned trip would have been, this person passed away. I was in complete shock and still, to this day, am so disappointed that I never got to meet this brave person face-to-face.
+At that point in my life, I decided to start looking at things a bit differently and began accumulating some thoughts about the 'right' way to live.
+I've been pondering on this, and in the meantime, my friend Antoinette sent me a great video of a poem on being alone. I thought both might be worth sharing.
+-----
+Be independent. Don't depend on other people. Accept help when others offer it with good intentions but not if they give with strings attached. Be a person they can depend on, even if they don't want to.
+Never take your friends and loved ones for granted. Never hold back your feelings for them. Take every opportunity to let them know you care about them and appreciate their place in your life. Spend as much time with them as you can. You will regret missed opportunities later on.
+Don't wait around for other people to do things. You miss out on a lot of wonderful experiences, and our fears about doing things alone are often unfounded.
+Don't expect loved ones to easily let you know their feelings because a lot of people aren't very good at expressing them. Just know that caring for a person never goes unappreciated and take their words at face value.
+There is an unlimited supply of love in the universe, and you're free to give out as much as you can. And you should!
+Don't be too hard on yourself and don't hang around others who are negative about you or anyone else. You can't make everyone happy, but you should be honest with yourself and be the best person you know how to be. That doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement, though.
+Never react to someone in anger. If you're angry, take some time to go away and think about it before you say something stupid.
+A person will remember the way you treated them and talked to them for the rest of their life. Think about that every time you interact with them. This is especially important when this is your family and you'll be around them for many years.
+Have goals in life, but be flexible. Having goals doesn't always mean reaching them, and failing to reach them doesn't reflect badly on you. The path toward the goal is a means to growing as a person, and that is important than reaching the goal. Sometimes, often times, those diversions away from the goal will make you a better person.
+- Angular Momentum:
+contemplative
+The younger one is in the same stage (reading everything in sight), and when we drove past Hooters today, he started talking about it. The older used to see a sign on a bus stop bench with the Hooters logo and a large owl. He asked to go a couple times. When I asked why, he said he wanted to see the owls. When the younger one started talking about it, the older one immediately asked if he wanted to see the owls and then snickered. The younger boy said no, there's no owls there. I asked how it got its name, and the younger boy said that the construction workers who built it decided to name it that.
+After babbling on a little while, he suddenly piped up, "That Hooters is better than Mom's Hooters." Both the older boy and myself completely cracked up. After we'd finally stopped laughing, I asked him to explain. Apparently, that's a different restaurant (that he made up).
+- Angular Momentum:
+amused
+A different secular problem also occurs to me: what if I pulled through and the pious faction contentedly claimed that their prayers had been answered? That would somehow be irritating.
+Just for the record, I think this is one of the very few times that I have agreed with everything he's said.
+If you think that God gave cancer to Hitchens as punishment, then you should also believe that everyone who ever had cancer did so because they, too, were being punished. If you don't believe that it's punishment for everyone, just him, then I think that's your own hatred talking, not your religion. Frankly, I think anyone ever deserved to have cancer is speaking hateful things, regardless of who the person was or is.
+The article highlights points out that what people are say or believe may very well contradict or violate their own belief system or represent ill will toward some. It's something that I think people should consider very carefully if they really want to be consistent in their beliefs. Maybe you may not like the source, but that doesn't mean there isn't a lot of truth in what he's saying.
+- Angular Momentum:
+awake
+After the older boy's classes at the high school, I picked him up and we had lunch. Then we set to work. I talked to him about how we wanted to do his schedule. My goal was to have him work 1-5 or 5:30 and then he would either have the evenings free or have time to do homework in his other classes. His major classes are going to be English, US History, algebra with trig and chemistry (all of which are meant to be at college freshman level so he can take the CLEP exams), but we want to spend a small amount of time on handwriting and keyboarding skills. Since his concentration peaks later in the afternoon, we figured he should hit English and and US history first. Then he'll take a half-hour to work on handwriting or keyboarding, then finish up with chem or math. He had the option of doing more classes per day, but he said that he doesn't transition well, so too many changes would be hard on him. (Try telling that to his high school!) I'm glad he's aware enough to say that.
+We have it worked out to do A weeks, where he does English, handwriting, and math on MWF and the other subjects on Tuesday and Thursday. Then he'll flip the following week.
+We started with English. I am starting with a course from the Teaching Company called Building Great Sentences (or something like that). There's also a booklet that comes along with it, which has a couple questions. After that we'll do a very comprehensive grammar review, and then finally hit the freshman comp text that I picked up at NDSU.
+He watched the first lecture and surprised me because he stopped to take notes. He actually sounded very interested in the topic and excitedly told me the gist of the lecture.
+Handwriting is handwriting. The kid has major problems because while he was young, he refused to learn the mechanics of it choosing instead just to get the visual correct. So how he's fighting the tendency to start with upward pencil strokes. He can write neatly, but it takes some serious effort. To break him of it, I'm teaching him cursive. Fortunately, we're at a point where he understands how important it is for his handwriting to be legible...probably because he's gotten comments about how it looks like something a little kid would write.
+We're using Aleks for both math and chemistry. He used that at his old school for algebra I and geometry. I really like it because it seems to do a good job of assessing things regularly and breaks things down into reasonable chunks. It's great for working independently. This always starts out with an assessment, which he worked on yesterday for algebra.
+Mike has said that, as far as he's concerned, once the boy has finished college algebra, he's done with math, if he wants to be. I kind of wish he'd keep going, but realistically, he wants to do something in English and it's a waste of time to put him through four more years of math when he only needs one.
+The nice thing about this schedule is that we basically set a timer for the end of a period. If he wants to finish things up, he can, or if he's ready to pack it in, he can. I think we both like that sort of flexibility.
+- Angular Momentum:
+cheerful
+In a twisted up way, things ended up working out for the older boy's high school classes. He decided to take both semesters of the computer applications class. He said learning more powerpoint and Excel was probably a useful thing, and the second semester would cover Access, so he'd get some experience with databases.
+It turns out that half of the second semester covers web design as well. So he'll get to have some web design after all, and he won't have to do it through independent study. Despite all my fretting, he will get some useful skills as well as the stuff he wanted. His first couple days went well.
+He got Friday off, however, as we went to the Minnesota State Fair to see Rush in concert. It was a great concert, although I was slightly dismayed by the fact that I am extremely vertically challenged and the people in front of me were...not. (Funny comment of the evening: Friend who was standing next to me, and is significantly taller, said he'd never seen Alex wearing a plaid shirt when they came out on stage. Then he looked at me and commented that I still hadn't.) There was sampling of some unique fair food. We also took some time to veg over the weekend, especially indulging in the hotel's hot tub and some excellent Chinese food. We normally run a million miles per hour on vacation, but we really tried to avoid doing that this time. Hopefully we're all rested up and prepared for the school year to begin.
+But I am very anxious. I am always anxious at the beginning of the school year as I never know how soon crises will start popping up and, now that the younger boy is officially in school, which child may be the first to have one. I am hoping that maybe I will have a nice, anomalous year, and everything will flow smoothly. Not counting on it, though.
+- Angular Momentum:
+worried
+So right when I have deadlines at work, a chapter to finish, and background material on dissertation stuff to read, I am home full-time with the world's most hyper six-year-old. After listening to him talk for an hour solid, my poor brain has gone into shut down, and I'm falling into the mindless nodding and agreeing one does when it's obvious that nothing can stop the verbal onslaught.
+I think if I took the Myers-Briggs test, my I would jump to about 99%. :-P
+I love my children, but how in the world can they talk that much? Older boy was the same way at this age. All he ever talked about was Lego Bionicles. How long can someone go on about them? In his case, about 3 years solid.
+But the older boy, who is no longer such a talk box, came back today. It was nice to have some almost grown-up conversation and someone with whom to share those "What the heck is he talking about?!" stares.
+Unfortunately, I had to turn about to the older boy and talk incessantly for a while. After dinner, we went through the eighty million forms that the school sent home for us to go through. He did say that he might be willing to try the computer applications class or another class. We'll see if one of them sits next to his German class. Then we went through what we're doing at home. He seems reasonably enthusiastic about the idea of CLEPing a bunch of his courses. We discussed that doing this would either be a good foundation for going to a big name school or help him get done with classes if he went to a state school.
+He admitted he'd been thinking a bit about college and said he'd probably rather go to a state school either here or an adjacent state.
+Can I just admit that I breathed a huge sigh of relief when he said that? I realize that's not the final word, but I have had terrible anxiety about what might happen if he decided he wanted to go to a high-powered school and discovered what a pressure cooker it can be. I really don't think he needs to go through that.
+Yeah: I'm so stupid that if my kid got accepted to Harvard or some place similar, I would tell him not to go because it really isn't worth it. I think he'd meet a lot of cool people there, but I also think he'd run into a lot of things that suck for no good reason. Maybe I'm wrong, but then again, I'd also tell him that there's a good chance I'd be wrong and he should go where ever it is he really wants to go. Really, it's up to him. But I let him know that if he wants to go there, he's going to have to start working for it now.
+Back on track, my goal is to have him take English Comp, US History I and II, and Chemistry by the end of the year. I'm going to set him up to do math using the program they used at his old school. And then he'll have a course or two and possibly lunch at the high school. :-)
+I am a bit amused because Dean Dad wrote a post talking about whether faculty from other departments should be able to teach certain courses in related fields. I have been giggling wondering if I'm going to be okay teaching a series of varied freshman level courses to my own kid...and if he does well, maybe I could go pro. Not really, but this is the best solution I can come up with to make sure that the older boy is getting a good education and that I have indisputable proof of such.
+So tomorrow he starts high school...
+- Angular Momentum:
+anxious
+I get such incredulous looks when I try to explain that many "healthy" foods are actually horrible for me. It's really hard for people to understand that fruit is one of the absolute worst things I can eat. Next up is stuff with a sweetener that is anything other than plain sugar and certain vegetables. And then we go to the grains.
+If I had to be a vegan, I would starve to death.
+For most of the past six years, I've been trying to deal with the constant upset stomach by having things like bread or applesauce. The last thing I want to eat when I feel that way is spinach, for instance. But it's those foods that have been helping me to feel better.
+It's funny that now that I'm finding out what's been causing all this shrek, if i can force myself to eat things like spinach and some chicken or steak, my stomach will feel better. I don't enjoy eating it at first, but it gets better quickly. The thing I do have to be concerned about is feeling full. Ironically, if I feel that way, it's usually a sign that I've eaten something that doesn't agree with me and that's my body's way of letting me know. Unfortunately, it's also usually after-the-fact, so I will end up being sick later.
+I'm starting to feel like everything I've been told about 'healthy eating' was a big lie. Except the cake. That's still not a good idea.
+- Angular Momentum:
+cranky
+But really, the big problem is that the older boy wants to go to high school and be around people his own age. He doesn't want to go to college. He seems to think that somehow, he can do things so that he'll fit in and his teachers will be okay with him. In the two years he was at his other school, he's forgotten how nasty they were to him. He seems to be blaming everything on the school psychologist. (Whom he nicknamed the "psychopath"ologist.)
+I have tried to tell him that I took college classes and that the college students were far nicer to me than my fellow classmates were. My profs seemed to be more helpful and encouraging than my high school teachers. This is one of those things that's coming from me, however, so I think he doesn't believe it...or thinks I don't know what I'm talking about.
+As far as the web design class goes, I have decided not to push the issue and am going to let him take it through independent study. I don't know how things are going to go with him in school, and I don't want to push to get him into a class only to find that he decides he's not happy with it and starts acting out...or does remember how bad it is and ends up dropping.
+I am amused, though, that I'm getting calls from the school to remind me that he needs to pick up his schedule before school starts on Wednesday. He's getting back tomorrow, and we already arranged for him to take care of those things on Wednesday morning. Still, the calls are coming.
+Later on, we ended up in a discussion about telescopes. There was a picture of a radio telescope, so we ended up explaining how light has different wavelengths (I explained it in terms of how fast the photons jiggle) and how we can only see some photons...which led to an explanation of the electromagnetic spectrum. (Yay, Google!)
+All this discussion made the younger boy get very excited. He was quite animated when asking questions, trying to make sure he understood what we were talking about.
+Mike made a point: how can people say that understanding how things work takes away the mystery? Just because I know how something works makes it no less fascinating or even exciting for me, and not knowing can be frustrating until I figure it out. All I can figure is that some people are more confused by the answer, which is why they prefer not knowing.
+On the more practical side, it seems the younger boy has the basic concept of multiplication down. He has decided he wants to be a film-maker, and he said he needs to make enough movies to have 66 scenes. Each movie is supposed to have six scenes, so he asked his dad, "Dad, how many times does 6 go into 66?" Mike responded eleven. "That means I need 11 movies to fit all 66 scenes!" Then he wondered how many sixes he would need if he already had three and figured out he'd need 8.
+I'm rather surprised by this. First, he seems to have a good handle on the fact that multiplication is really addition or subtraction of groups of the same size. Second, he seems to understand how it can be applied to a real problem and that it's not just an exercise in numbers.
+I have the feeling first grade is going to be interesting. :-)
+- Angular Momentum:
+content
+I looked up this guy. He's a republican running for MN governor. One of his biggest complaints is that MN's largest employers are the state and the university system.
+I don't know where he's going with this because the largest employer in ND is NDSU. UND is like the 3rd or 4th.
+And last time I checked, it's not like we've had a huge influx of people from MN. Even with all the oil activity in the western part of the state, my understanding is that they still can't get the people out there that they need because people don't want to live in rural ND.
+Based on that alone, I'm not sure the guy has done his homework...
+YB: "Mom, did you know that we live in a giant web and it's invisible? And dragons and aliens live on other planets!"
+Me: "Actually, we're floating in neutrino soup."
+YB: "Is that the web?"
+Me: "Pretty much. And dragons live in Calabi-Yau spaces."
+YB: *pause* "What about the aliens?"
+Me: "They live in different Calabi-Yau spaces than the dragons."
+YB: "I knew it!"
+Poor kid is going to be so messed up as an adult.
+- Angular Momentum:
+geeky
+They won't let him take one because it's not on the list of approved freshmen classes.
+Seriously.
+It's a web design course. They said he could take a 'computer technology course', which teaches you how to use Word, PowerPoint and Excel. He's been using Word since he was 7 and spent the last two years giving presentations on all his work at the previous school in PowerPoint. I declined.
+I guess the whole thing was horrible for me because his high school counselor is the same one I had in high school.
+The one who wouldn't let me take geometry with algebra because supposedly they're sequential. The one who didn't want me to sign up for so many AP classes. The one who told me and my parents that I shouldn't try early admission to the college because "I was going to burn out." The one who made it impossible for me to get calc before I showed up at Caltech.
+I wanted to say, "Forget it." I'll see what the boy wants to do, but I'm going to tell him he can take it independent study if he wants or, if he'd prefer, he can sign up for one of the other "approved" classes at the high school. One or the other, but not both because I don't want him overloaded. I want him to have time for his books and writing.
+Oh yes...and I was asked again about the paperwork for homeschooling (which is none of their concern...I deal with the district for that) and there was the comment made that it might be easier if I weren't so set on homeschooling.
+Easier how? Maybe it's easier on them and even me, but he still won't get to take the design class.
+Personally, I'd prefer that he just drop out of high school and go entirely with homeschooling. I know that's pushing my bad feelings about the place on him, but I really hate the idea of dealing with all these people who are so rule-bound that they fail to recognize what's best for the kids, especially when it happens to be my kid.
+- Angular Momentum:
+irritated
+A few minutes later:
+Younger son (YS): Ow! Ow!
+Me: What's wrong?
+YS: The back of my neck hurts.
+Me: Why?
+YS: Because there's gum stuck to it.
+Me: Why did you do that?
+YS: Because I wanted to see what it would do.
+I'm not sure what he thought it would do. We spent about an hour using vinegar to rub it out of the peach fuzz on the back of his neck, which was pretty red by the time we finished.
+- Angular Momentum:
+giggly
+#1There is probably some adaptor somewhere, but there is no mass-produced way of doing it. Jul 31, 2009
+#1.
+#2
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Nintendo DSi Hits 100,000 Units in Australia:
+@ Jericholic Josh
+Hmmm, it would appear so.
+#3
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Epic Games: Give Us HD Wii and We'll Talk:
+Why not play the superior versions (to the console ports) on PC - everyone has one of those.
+#4
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Nintendo DSi Hits 100,000 Units in Australia:
+@ Kawaii
+Want to buy mine? Wouldn't mind getting a DSi, even if it means no more GBA and GBC games.
+#5
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Nintendo Rep: Virtual Console Being Toned Down:
+@).
+#6
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Scribblenauts GameStop Preorder Bonus For The ...:
+So we have to buy it from EB to get the hat?
+It looks cool, but not worth the extra $20 - $50 depending on what deal JB HiFi do.
+#7
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince...:
+Oh, so I guess my stealth first was too stealthy. No-one noticed it...
+#8
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince...:
+Oh, this is no Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for GBC then. That was actually a good game if I remember right. That was the first licence video game I ever played...
+#9
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Podcast: Episode 6 - WayForward Interview!:
+Ah, thank you Prosody! The world needs more people like you!
+Also, great Podcast. And I am still shocked that you managed to get Billy Ray Cyrus to agree to interview WayForward for you. Nice job!
+And while I'm at it, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! (say in MK64 voice for extra awesomeness)
+#10
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Podcast: Episode 6 - WayForward Interview!:
+DW, someone fixed the page. Thank you, masked webmaster!! (Ant?)
+#11
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Podcast: Episode 6 - WayForward Interview!:
+How to I listen to it?
+#12
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Review: Wii Sports: Resort (Wii):
+Corbie, I expected better of you. You should go into far more depth....
+#13
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Review: The Conduit (Wii):
+
+#14
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Max & the Magic Marker Trailer and Screenshots:
+looks really awesome now
+#15
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Review: BlastWorks (Wii):
+@ Corbie
+I got a US copy of this lying around that I never play.
+Wanna swap it for something?
+#16
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Incoming Trailer and Screenshots:
+Wow, nice homebrew. Oh wait...
+#17
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Game & Watch Games to be Released on DSiWare:
+Wow, I can't understand why everyone's so excited about this. The G&W games are shallow and get boring quickly. Now if they released Game Boy games....
+#18
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Interviews: Super Meat Boy - Team Meat:
+@ Swerd
+Are you offended by swearing? Because the only people I know who use the word cuss are offended by it.
+#19
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Interviews: Super Meat Boy - Team Meat:
+@ Pinguy
+It doesn't really matter. These people are cool so they will tell us that it's awesome in the comments too.
+#20
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Review: Let's Tap (Wii):
+@ Sean
+In Australia it costs AU$44 (about 20 pounds) from JB HiFi. We are PAL too, BTW (although I'm sure you know).
+#21
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Podcast: Episode 5 - June's Download Round-up!:
+Daddy Newts... LOL!
+And I loved the voice you did for Drake's review.
+Oh, and I would just like to clear up that I do not think this is a bad podcast, and you have a great radio voice. But I LOL'd when I heard those^^ bits.
+#22
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Mega Man Star Force 3 - Boss Trailer:
+@ Swerd Murd
+Please don't tell me took it in to the computer repairman.
+If you did you paid him to insert a disc and play DS for the next 30 minutes....
+#23
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on The Hanabi Festival Returns to Europe Next Month:
+I really want Earthbound to come out!
+I've already got it via "other means" (playing it on my DS right now, actually) but I want to give Itoi my money!
+#24
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Mecho Wars Confirmed for WiiWare and DSiWare:
+How many points, Luc?
+And Corbie, why would Luc bail?
+#25
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Review: Drill Sergeant Mindstrong (WiiWare):
+@ Mickeymac
+He wasn't sure whether to give it a 3 or a 7.
+In the end he just averaged them and posted that.
+#26
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Retro Game Challenge Needs to Sell 100,000 Cop...:
+The R4 strikes again...
+#27
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Muramasa: The Demon Blade Gameplay Trailer:
+Ooh, I'd really like to try out Odin Sphere. Got a spare PS2 you'd give to mee for free/cheap anyone?
+#28
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on New Chronos Twins DX Screenshots:
+Y'know devs, we really like it when you guys post here...
+#29
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Shia LaBeouf Disses the Wii:
+@ TwilightV
+Like how Shia LaBeouf Jewish?
+#30
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on First PAL Screenshots of LIT:
+@ Mickeia
+What happened to Weegee's Mansion? Wiki doesn't mention anything.
+@ Stuffgamer
+Sonic the Hedgehog. Need we start this endless discussion of bugfixes vs. PAL issues?
+#31
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on First PAL Screenshots of LIT:
+@ Djungel
+PAL60 is (not noticeably) better than NTSC, but when we finally got it NTSC games were 480p. Oh, and don't forget Final Fantasy X.
+#32
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on First PAL Screenshots of LIT:
+PAL and improved in the one sentence!?
+The world has changed a lot over the years.
+#33
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Reggie Wants Your Dream Nintendo Franchise/Dev...:
+Treasure Star Fox sounds great, actually!
+#34
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Reggie Wants Your Dream Nintendo Franchise/Dev...:
+@ Slambert
+God no, I would tear out my eyes if that happened.
+But another Ouendan/EBA game, maybe with iNiS, or maybe Okami II with Platinum Games would be good.
+And WayForward and Kid Icarus sounds really nice.
+#35
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Factor 5 Being Sued By Ex-Employees:
+@ Incognito D
+[sarcasm]The world needs more people like you.[/sarcasm]
+#36
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Flipper Coming to DSiWare:
+Coincidence, methinks.
+#37
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Flipper Coming to DSiWare:
+What a strange looking dolphin.
+#38
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Factor 5 Being Sued By Ex-Employees:
+@ Burn
+Wow, I was going to post exactly the same thing. Mine would have ben post #4, too. Are you my twin?
+#39
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Factor 5 Being Sued By Ex-Employees:
+@ Tails
+Have you had a traumatic experience where you found Goatse under a rock or something?
+#40
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Nintendo Download: Icarian, Let's Catch and Br...:
+@ Captain Jack
+Why buy a game again that you've already got when you can support the developers of great new games?
+#41
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Marvelous Sad Over Poor Sales:
+@ Tealovertoma
+If so, then why do game publishers license their games to rental places. You are aware they get like $200 per copy or a royalty from the video store, and as previously mentioned the publisher has to give permission to the rental place for them to do it. Piracy on the other hand....
+#42
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Marvelous Sad Over Poor Sales:
+That's sad. If you're Reading this Mr. Wada, I bought LKS about a week or so ago and I think it's up there with Nintendo's best. It would be my second favourite Wii game after Okami.
+#43
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Dragon Master Gameplay Video:
+@ Everyone complaining
+This looks way better than WoG! It's even 3d! And that music was so epic! Day 1 for me!
+#44
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Feature: Tending and Feeding Your Japanese Wii:.
+#45
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Review: Eduardo the Samurai Toaster (WiiWare):
+@ Odd69
+What makes you think that.
+I don't see the word "Corbie" anywhere.
+#46
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Molyneux: Nintendo Made Rare Too Secretive:
+@ Damo #5
+How DARE you compare that to Dungeon Keeper!
+My friend would call you an interesting combination of genitals, swear words and vers for saying that.
+#47
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Miyamoto Borking Super Mario Galaxy 2's Story:
+If you want a great story play TWEWY, if you want to jump on goombas play Mario. Personally, I play both.
+#48
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Luc Bernard's Mecho Wars out now on iPhone:
+@ Yossarian
+I was just pissing off Kawaii. He has this principle hatred against the DSi because it's a stopgap system. I'm not buying a DSi either, because they cost more than double was a (second hand) Lite does.
+#49
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Luc Bernard's Mecho Wars out now on iPhone:
+@ Kawaii:
+You won't regret getting a DSi is got good games great music player & a pretty good web browser to take advantage of those hotspots
+I'm even using my DSi to type this right now
+#50
+Kim_Jong-Il commented on Luc Bernard's Mecho Wars out now on iPhone:
+LOL, "Jump into an exciting advanced war."
+OK, me wants nao!! When does the WiiWare port come out? I refuse to pay for anything with an Apple logo on it.
+The boom in Nigeria’s table water industry has created numerous underground water producers putting consumers’ lives at risk in the face of low capacity by regulatory agencies, KUNLE FALAYI writes
+In Nigeria, drinking a bottled water may save you from thirst or kill you.
+If there is one person, who has now learnt this lesson, albeit in a hard way, it is 36-year-old Bimpe Adebiyi, a banker, working in Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos.
+That day, Adebiyi was stuck in the usual rush hour traffic that made the journey from her office on Lagos Island to her home in Ketu area of Lagos, Nigeria’s most densely populated city, a daily nightmare.
+On Thursday, July 21, 2016, after two hours in the traffic crawling at a snail’s pace, she called one of the numerous vendors hawking bottled water in bowls balanced on their heads. She bought a 75cl bottle water for N50 (about 16 cents). That was the day she nearly lost her life.
+“I would have died and no one would have known why,” she said.
+According to her, it was like buying death (or something close to it) for N50..”
+Bottled water industry to the rescue
+The dire position of Nigeria’s water sector underscores the vital position the country’s bottled water industry has occupied over the years.
+In Lagos State alone for instance, there are more than 2,500 registered table water producers, according to ATWAP.
+Unfortunately, the most viable source of water for the bottled water industry has been boreholes, which experts warn may create a bigger environmental problem in the future.
+For instance, despite Lagos’ better water coverage in relations to other states in the country, boreholes rule in the state.
+In fact, the Lagos State Government once considered banning the sinking of boreholes in the state, which created apprehension among residents in 2015.
+“Let us shut down those boreholes because they have long term environmental impact and environmental damage to our state and our people,” the then governor of the state, Babatunde Fashola, said.
+A Hydrogeologist and lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Prof. Owolabi Ajayi, explained that more boreholes mean a long-term effect that may have a huge impact.
+He said, “Nature abhors a vacuum. You are taking out water from a space down there. It may lead to a drop in the level of the land. That can cause problem for buildings because you will have deferential settlement. That may lead to building collapses in the future.
+“If you do not control the rate of abstraction, you will continue to lower the ground water level beyond a safe withdrawal limit. All the water in the ground comes from the atmosphere and rainfall.
+“As you are taking out, the water level might stay the same when rainfall seeps into it, if it is equal to the amount of water that is replenishing the ground. If you take out that equilibrium and take out more than is replenishing, your water level will continue to go down and becomes economically high to take water out of the ground.”
+Inadequate regulatory effort
+However, as the bottled water industry, which has become the backbone of Nigeria’s water sector continues to grow, the lack of regulatory capability puts the lives of Nigerians at risk.
+Apart from the Federal Government’s NAFDAC, Standard Organisation of Nigeria and the Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission, findings by Saturday PUNCH revealed that most of the states do not have agencies regulating water quality in the country.
+But in the case of NAFDAC and SON, the capability is so minute that underground operators in the table water industry operate for years without detection.
+NAFDAC has a few hundred foot soldiers, who track illegal producers of food, beverages and water, which are large sectors individually.
+Experts say the size of the industry has outgrown the scale of NAFDAC and SON’s capabilities.
+But the Managing Director of Forthright Manufacturing Company, makers of Etana Premium Table Water, Mr. Goke Faromoju, said the bureaucracy at NAFDAC alone is a cog in the wheel of adequate regulation in the industry.
+“If NAFDAC can align with its code of operation strictly, it can clamp down on them. There are codes of regulation for setting up such factories. If the regulatory authority does not activate its regulations, underground operators will always find their ways around the regulations because of gratification.
+Chairman of Oak Group Limited, makers of Lasena Artesian Water, Dr. Yusuf Elakama, even said the underground producers of illegal bottled water are cartels.
+According to him, the operation of the underground producers has become so huge that they can only be tackled by NAFDAC through proper planning and strategy.
+“To completely eradicate counterfeiting in the industry would be a bit tough but it can be reduced. As an organisation, we try to put certain identification marks on our bottle to help people know our products. We select and limit our distributors to registered and credible persons. These are part of the ways we are protecting our brand and consumers as well.
+“NAFDAC and other government agencies saddled with such responsibilities are trying but a lot still has to be done. These counterfeiters are everywhere, they are strong cartels.”
+Lagos Chairman of ATWAP, Ibeawuchi, also corroborated the fact that NAFDAC and SON do not have the manpower or capability to police the huge water industry.
+He said the union had concluded that sanitising the industry requires self-regulation in partnership with the government.
+NAFDAC’s Director of Special Duties, Dr. Abubakar Jimoh, confirmed this much to Saturday PUNCH.
+According to him, the agency has been depending on information from the public about the operations of illegal producers.
+Jimoh said, “Regulating a country as big as Nigeria is not a small task. We cannot do this alone because we are thinly spread out because of staff strength. Policing a country of more than 160 million Nigerians with a very large land mass is a massive responsibility.
+“We are making efforts to stay ahead of the people we are regulating. The industry is so wide that we have to embrace technology that will put the power of detection in the hands of consumers.
+“For instance, people can buy drugs now and text a pin code on the back of the packaging to a certain number to determine whether it is genuine. We plan to do the same in the food industry, including water. Meaning, you could text a pin on the bottle to a certain number and determine if the product is genuine.”
+Jimoh said as a result of the limited capability of the agency, it once planned that a NAFDAC desk should be established by local councils throughout the federation.
+He said, “It was supposed to be an opportunity to get information in the local areas and track those producing counterfeit products.
+“The chairmen of the local governments came to Abuja and thought that we were going to give them allocation for that. Most of them went back and did nothing. As I speak with you now, we don’t have up to 100 of such desks.
+“We have tried a lot to clean up the mess in the packaged water industry in the past. We identified four years ago that there is a gap in the quality assurance in the industry.
+“This was why we launched the recertification exercise and that exercise allowed us to reassess all the packaged water in Nigeria – both bottled and sachet. For those ones that did not meet up or were not compliant, we shut them down. For others, we gave them compliant directives and reopened them when they complied.
+“Right now, we are trying to experiment with another technology called, MOVE100 (a portable colorimeter) that can be used for on-the-spot water analysis. But because of fund, we have not been able to acquire the technology.We have to use technology to circumvent the challenge of the country’s landmass.”
+However, the lack of regulation extends to public supplied water as well, says Hydrogeologist, Prof. Ajayi.
+In the UK, the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs regularly conducts inspection on the quality of public water in all public places like hotels, restaurants, schools etc.
+Prof. Ajayi said there should be a structure such as this in place in Nigeria.
+“This kind of operation will assure the public that pipe borne water supplied by the government is safe for drinking people and won’t have to depend on bottled water all the time,” he said.
+“Water that is meant for domestic consumption is tested regularly. This is why in many countries abroad, they come to your house or restaurant or hotel and take water samples for testing to certify if they are safe. And if it doesn’t meet standard, they shut you down”
+Experts say if a solution is not found to Nigeria’s water crisis soon, by the next ten years, the country’s spending on bottled and sachet water may reach N40tn.
+Huge population, no potable water
+Considering the water crisis in the country, buying bottled or sachet water is unavoidable for many Nigerians.
+Even though someone like Adebiyi dodged the bullet, casualties of water-related diseases such as Bella are common in Nigeria where a high percentage of the population has no access to potable water.
+Experts say so far as the water infrastructure in Nigeria remain underdeveloped, the bottled water and sachet water industry would continue to grow larger.
+With a population of over 170 million people, about 70 million Nigerians have no access to safe drinking water, says the United Nations Children Fund.
+In fact, the situation is so bad that an international organisation, WaterAid Nigeria, puts the country third in the list of the WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) 10 top countries without access to safe drinking water.
+In Nigeria, this statistics translates to a grim reality, one in which deaths and diseases feature prominently.
+Few months ago, cholera outbreaks ravaged some parts of Nigeria, the most recent cases recorded in Borno in the Northeast and Ebonyi in the Southeast.
+The Ebonyi State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Daniel Umuzuruike, said cholera killed 76 residents of the state across 38 communities between February and July 2016.
+In February 2016, an outbreak, believed to have originated from the community water killed 25 residents of Otodo-Gbame community in Ikate Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State.
+The residents have no access to pipe borne water. When tests were conducted on water samples from the community, it was confirmed that the bacteria infection caught by the victims from water claimed their lives.
+The situation in other states is equally dire. In fact, some states are sitting on a keg of gunpowder in terms of how widespread the lack of safe water is.
+In 2015, Saturday Punch did an exposé on Opoo, a community in Oyo State, where potable water was so scarce that residents are forced to source for water in the same stream that served cattle as water hole.
+Children and adults in the community were left at the mercy of cholera, chronic typhoid fever and diarrhoea.
+In February 2016, cases of abdominal pain and stooling swept through Saburi community of the Abuja Municipal Area Council under the Federal Capital Territory.
+By the time authorities intervened and found out the cause of the epidemic, 38 residents of the community were dead.
+The Federal Capital Territory Primary Health Care Development Board would later conclude that the deaths resulted from food poisoning.
+When water samples from a well and three boreholes in the community were collected, a test conducted at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control revealed the presence of clostridium perfringes. The victims complained about headaches, high fever and died within days.
+In Saburi, like many other communities in northern Nigeria, residents share their source of drinking water with cattle.
+Some of the communities in the Federal Capital Territory like Sauka Mapanyi, Pyakasa, Kuchingworo, are currently facing a similar crisis. The residents say people are falling ill, while dysentery and diarrhoea are becoming common in the areas.
+In fact, residents of the communities say they are forced to source for their drinking water from the same spot used for bathing and washing clothes and have had to compete with cows to get drinking water.
+To explain the result of this kind of situation, UNICEF says an estimated 124,000 Nigerian children under the age of five die every year because of diarrhoea, mainly due to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene.
+The organisation also said lack of adequate water and sanitation are also major causes of other diseases including respiratory infection and malnutrition in the country.
+In another corner of the country, in Igbo Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, for instance, lack of access to safe water and sanitation has created a breeding ground for cholera and diarrhoea. As of April 2016, the residents of the area said four residents had died of cholera.
+With fear of contacting the disease, residents of this community are forced to trek many miles on a daily basis to access water.
+The interconnectivity of safe water and the general well-being of the people explains why it stands as No. 6 on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
+,” the UN says.
+Government houses run on boreholes
+The Nigerian water situation is so dire that state government houses in the country run on boreholes.
+“If government houses do not make use of the general public-supplied water, how do you expect the public to have access to such commodity?” a water researcher, Dr. Fagbuyi Ekundayo, told our correspondent.
+Ekundayo, who had conducted a research on water infrastructure in government houses in Nigerian states, told our correspondent that states would rather spend huge amount of money sinking boreholes and buying bottled water in the official residences of their executives than actually spending money on water corporations in their domain.
+“State governments in Nigeria run on bottled water and borehole water, which run through treatment plants,” he said in his report.
+However, in urban areas, the existing water infrastructure are so moribund and bad that the piped public water supply sometimes poses danger to public health.
+Our correspondent conducted a research in 2015, which explained the reason for this problem. A Saturday PUNCH report showed thereafter that much of the water is polluted in its journey from the water corporation to the households in Lagos.
+A test conducted on samples of water taken from some pipes in the state showed some carcinogenic metal in dangerous quantities due to the damage to the pipes along the routes through which they are laid.
+Polluted ground water find their way into the damaged pipes and this is distributed to the public.
+Government and borehole scandals
+While state governments run on boreholes and bottled water, huge amount of public funds are spent on sinking boreholes rather than waterworks.
+In August 2015, former Lagos State Governor and Minister of Works, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, was accused of spending 139m on two boreholes at the Lagos House, Ikeja.
+In 2013, the chairman of a local council in Sokoto State, drew the ire of the public when he claimed to have constructed 10 boreholes for N100m in the state.
+In 2010, a similar controversy arose when the Bauchi State Government spent N4bn on boreholes in the state.
+Also, Nigeria’s Millennium Development Goals office claimed to have spent N154.2 million to construct a single borehole in Abuja in 2015.
+A crisis bigger than Boko Haram
+In 2015, Bloomberg asserted that Nigeria’s safe water shortage is a bigger killer than Boko Haram.
+The former President, Goodluck Jonathan, admitted that Boko Haram killed about 13,000 Nigerians during his tenure. A 2015 report by Amnesty International said that within a few months after President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office, Boko Haram killed 1,600 people.
+The number comes to about N15,000 but still does not come any close to the annual 124,000 deaths of children under the age of five reported by UNICEF.
+The number of adult deaths may never be known.
+For many experts, the situation is nothing short of an emergency in the country.
+Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Clinical Services, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos, Edamisan Temiye, said there is a crisis in Nigeria and government at all levels are not handling the situation with the seriousness it requires.
+“We keep on hearing from time to time of the outbreak of diarrhoea and dysentery all over the place, many of these are linked to poor water supply. But apart from the two, there are so many other diseases that are related to lack of hygienic water that Nigerians are suffering from,” he said.
+According to him, even though UNICEF gives statistics of children who die from water related diseases, many of the victims are affected through their parents.
+“The country has to take this situation seriously and work towards getting Nigerian children and adults better access to safe water. In most cases, adults transmit the diseases to their children.
+“For instance, a mother has just used the lavatory without good access to water and prepares food for her child. That child will normally contract the disease.
+“Sometimes, when the cases of water-related diseases come, the victims develop other problems like malnutrition, stunted growth and so many problems.”
+Lack of water infrastructure
+In the last five years, Nigeria has expended the sum of N217bn on water infrastructure, less than the amount spent by Nigerians on bottled and sachet water every month.
+Findings by Saturday PUNCH revealed that N60bn was budgeted for water capital projects in 2011. In 2012, it was N30.4bn; N80.3bn in 2013; N30.6bn in 2014 and N15.6bn in 2015.
+Despite the N217bn budget of the last five years, abandoned projects dot different states of the federation. Experts say many of these are due to corruption.
+For instance, in 2008, an effort to build a waterworks in Markurdi, Benue State, ended in scandal with officials unable to account for $6m. Ironically, the state suffers water shortages despite the fact that people in that region wake up to see the expansive River Benue every day.
+In Adamawa State, the six water dam projects, contracts which ran into billions of Naira, were discovered to have been abandoned in the state.
+The Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr Julius Kadala, said the dam projects were awarded by past administrations at both state and federal level, across three senatorial zones with no hope of recovering the huge public fund wasted on them.
+In Plateau State, another multi-billion Mangu Regional Water Dam project awarded by the Federal Government in 2000 and abandoned, had to be re-awarded at the cost of N5.6bn 14 years later in 2014.
+States down south also have their own share of abandoned water projects. In Ondo State, a N14bn Owena dam project awarded during the last administration, has been neglected after N7bn had already been spent. The current administration in the state government recently said it only put the project on hold due to “error in the contract agreement.”
+A former Vice Chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Prof. Boniface Egboka, explained that the neglect of water projects all over the country has to do with the process of initiating the projects.
+He said, “The resources that are made available are often not fully disbursed. Projects are frequently handled through the top-down approach without the participation of the grass roots populace needed for sustainability.
+“Some politicians fail to agree on the tariff structures needed to underpin the financial autonomy of urban utilities; they selfishly intervene in the allocation of rural projects creating inequity in access to service and improper citing that may result in the possible failure of such projects.”
+But the Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu, has insisted that the Federal Government is committed to completing all such abandoned water projects without any political sentiment.
+Unfortunately, Nigerians are at the receiving end of these abandoned water projects.
+Other experts say the water crisis is connected to the power problems in the country.
+Executive Chairman of the Abuja-based Water and Dam Services Company, Dr. J.K. Okeke, said the viability of modern water supply facilities in Nigeria is substantially dependent on the availability of reliable power supply.
+“Power supply, where such possibilities exist, is unreliable. Consequently, all water works in the country are planned with diesel generators as the main source of power. Depending on the size of the plant, the cost of diesel and maintenance of the generators constitute 30-40 per cent of total operating costs,” he said in a report he submitted to the Federal Government.
+‘What pipe borne water?’
+Lagos State has one of the most extensive water supply systems in the country. Yet, in many parts of the state, public supplied water is a strange thing.
+The Lagos Water Corporation says it distributes 210 million gallons per dayin the state.
+But many residents of the state still depend on cart pushers for their daily water need.
+Our correspondent spoke with a resident of the state, who expressed incredulity when asked if he had piped public water in his house.
+He said, “What pipe borne water? I have lived in Lagos for 15 years and I have never lived in a house in which public water runs. You are on your own if there is no borehole where you live. I currently live in a house where the borehole needs servicing.
+“So, for now, I have to patronise water vendors every day. Even despite that, I still have to buy sachet water for drinking every day too. I am not sure I have met anybody in Lagos, whose source of drinking water is not either sachet water or bottled water.”
+This is the reality for many people all over Nigeria.
+For those in riverside communities of Lagos, the situation is worse.
+In Agboyi riverside communities in Ketu, Lagos for instance, water is so valued that residents have to secure the jerry cans of purchased water with chains in front of their houses.
+The residents told our correspondent that when they travel by boat to buy the water across the river on the mainland, some neighbours steal the water under the cover of night.
+Experts proffer solutions
+Ibeawuchi said the solution to the problem of illegal water producers in the country is for the government to partner with unions such as ATWAP.
+He said, “We will look out for the underground operators ourselves because if we wait for NAFDAC, the illegal operators will destroy the industry and people will continue to die.
+“The government agencies do not have the manpower or the structure to cover the entire Lagos State alone for instance.
+“They don’t even know where these quacks are. This is why ATWAP is trying to embark on self-regulation in partnership with these regulatory agencies.
+“We have the structure on the ground and are represented in all the local government areas in the state unlike these regulatory agencies. We also know every inch of the state and every producer of water in the state.
+“Our aim is to ensure that we produce good water that conforms with the World Health Organisation’s standard but the illegal ones don’t want this to be possible.”
+To develop the water infrastructure in the country, Elakama advised government to be more proactive in its approach.
+According to him, there is need for the government to partner with water producing firms.
+“If the government builds the infrastructure, we will definitely play our part. In the neighbourhood where we operate, we are already giving people water almost free of charge.
+“I think the Federal Government can also adopt this strategy by going into partnership with firms like ours to address the water challenge in most parts of the country. Consuming bad water is highly injurious to the health, we must do all we can as a society to overcome this problem.”
+Faromoju on the other hand, said more fund, that would be monitored and not embezzled, should be expended on the development of water infrastructure in the country.
+According to him, as long as Nigerians do not have access to safe water, the country cannot be said to be developed.
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+「 Sorry~ I don’t know what happened, but they all fainted, look~ 」
+Nei opens up the room of the four devas of president Oodori on the 13th floor of the hotel and speaks to the Yakuza outside.
+「 W-What did you say?! 」
+「 T-Takasaki Aniki?! 」
+「 Morisawa-neesan?! 」
+「 O’Sullivan Aniki’s blowing foam in his mouth!!! 」
+「 All of the elite guards are knocked out?!!! 」
+The Yakuza who came into the room checked the situation and screamed out.
+「 Y-Youu! What did you to do Aniki?! 」
+Then, Margo-san;
+「 Who knows? Maybe it’s food poisoning? They’re all knocked out when we entered the room 」
+「 Food poisoning, you said!? 」
+「 Maybe they ate something terrible during lunch?! Lmao 」
+Nei’s laughing.
+「 That can’t possibly be true! Hey!!! 」
+One of the Yakuza’s getting furious but, Margo-san;
+「 Isn’t food poisoning a better excuse? 」
+She speaks in a low tone.
+「 Or could it be that you’ll insist on saying that we knocked out all of the living four of Kansai Raijin Houkai by ourselves? 」
+「 If I recall, the heavyweights in the Yakuza industry are coming to this hotel as well! 」
+「 I heard that Satake and his group are in here too 」
+「 Let’s say that we knocked Takasaki-san out, are you okay with everyone else knowing about that? 」
+「 That would be embarrassing, right? 」
+Nei and Edie looked at each other and laughed.
+「 Kuh 」
+The Yakuza looks disheartened.
+Even if they avenge them, it’s too late.
+It can’t overturn the fact that the four major leaders were defeated by girls.
+That includes the over-50 Yakuza on the floor.
+「 Oh, if you contact the lobby, Kouzuki SS’ relief team would come. They’ll give you medical treatment, and if you want, they’ll send you to your desired hospital 」
+Kinoshita-san from Kouzuki SS said.
+「 I mean, I think you should get yourselves some food poisoning too 」
+Margo-san smiles.
+「 If you come together with Oodori-san in the venue, you might not be able to return to Kansai alive 」
+「 D-Don’t fuck with us! W-We’ve come here because of a dispute!! This place is where we’d make a deal! 」
+「 T-That’s right! N-Nobody kills during a deal! 」
+「 That’s Yakuza’s common knowledge! 」
+Though they’re trembling, they shout back at Margo-san.
+「 Indeed. That’s common sense for Yakuza, but we’re not one 」
+「 Kouzuki-ojiichan too! 」
+Margo-san and Nei laugh.
+「 Hey, do you really think your logic still applies after all these events? 」
+「 Sorry, but we have a better common sense compared to Yakuza 」
+The hallway quiets down.
+「 Let me say this again, take this as a warning 」
+「 There’s no next time 」
+Margo-san and Edie emit bloodlust.
+「 H-Hey, I’m Takasaki-Aniki’s underling. I’ll bring him to a hospital 」
+「 Ah, I’ll bring Morisawa-Anego! 」
+「 I’m O’Sullivan Aniki’s follower, I-I’m sorry for Big Boss, but I have to prioritize Aniki here 」
+「 T-That’s unfair of you! 」
+「 Are you guys even Yakuza?! 」
+「 Yeah! You go with Big Boss Instead 」
+「 Ugh, I feel my stomach is grumbling. It might be food poisoning! 」
+「 Ugh, my chronic disease! 」
+「 Aaah! My old scar on my knee hurts!!! 」
+「 Hey! Wait! Tanakaaaaaa!!! 」
+Most of the members are starting to run away.
+「 Then, we’re going back now 」
+Edie laughs.
+「 T-That’s right, let’s hurry up! 」
+Kudou Haruka’s still clinging to me.
+「 With that said, could you guys give way? 」
+Margo-san said. Then the black-clothed Yakuza makes way by sticking to the wall.
+「 Oh, by the way, My name’s Margo Starkweather Kuromori. In one year, I’ll be a world-famous personality 」
+「 And I’m Nei! Remember that! 」
+They smiled at the Yakuza guys.
+「 Okay, okay! Give way!!! 」
+Kinoshita-san orders the Yakuza.
+Then,
+Margo-san and Nei taking the lead, Edie, Kudou Haruka, and I walk in the center as Kinoshita-san follows behind. We walk through the corridor as the Yakuza gives us a sidelong glance.
+Then, we reached the elevator hall.
+Oh, the Yakuza’s still on the floor.
+「 Here 」
+The floor guard from Kouzuki SS opens the elevator and is waiting for us.
+「 Thanks 」
+Kinoshita-san thanked her colleague.
+We get in the elevator.
+「 Well then, goodbye everyone! 」
+Nei waves her hand to the dumbfounded Yakuza.
+Then, the elevator door closes.
+Phew.
+「 With that, Oodori-san will only have only the new guards with him 」
+Margo-san mutters.
+「 But, he didn’t show up at all 」
+I thought that was strange.
+After one of the four major leaders were taken down, Morisawa Mami appears right away.
+She changed her response in no time after knowing the strength of our group.
+Even so, Oodori doesn’t appear even after his minions are beaten up.
+「 It can still count as a failure of the subordinates 」
+Margo-san said.
+「 The living four are all equal rank, and so the failure of one is also a responsibility of the three. Therefore, she responded right away. But, Oodori-san is the big boss. With that, Oodori-san can pretend that he didn’t know what happened and throw all of the blunders to his subordinates. But if he showed himself before us, it would involve him in the case, and that’s why he had to draw the line 」
+「 What does that mean? 」
+I asked.
+「 That would be to kill all of us 」
+Edie smiled. Kudou Haruka trembles.
+「 That’s it. It’ll affect Oodori’s name if he doesn’t go that far. But, Oodori-san saw our power 」
+Oodori knows that Kinoshita-san knocked out over 50 Yakuza by herself, and he also knows that O’Sullivan is knocked out quickly.
+「 Even though there’s only a small group of guards among his subordinates, it would be impossible for him to kill us, The other floor has Kouzuki SS, and then Satake’s group 」
+Margo-san explains.
+「 Oodori-san didn’t show up because he can’t 」
+Nei laughs.
+「 By the way, which floor are we going to next? 」
+Kinoshita-san asks us as she faces the elevator’s control panel.
+Ah.
+We still haven’t decided which floor should we go to.
+The elevator door is closed, but we’re not moving anywhere.
+「 I guess, we’ll head to the 11th floor? 」
+We’re here to do power scouting.
+We’ve drastically reduced the strength of Oodori on the 13th floor, so we should go to the 11th floor, right?
+「 No, let’s go to the 14th floor now 」
+Margo-san said.
+14th floor.
+That’s the venue for the deal today.
+「 As said earlier, Satake’s just a new guy, he doesn’t have the same prominent name leaders, and I don’t think he’s that close with the old names in Yakuza 」
+She smiled and looked at me.
+「 Therefore, it would be impossible to employ the same strategy we just did earlier. If things go badly, they might come at us ready to die 」
+「 Son Goku said that don’t chase someone that’s cornered already 」
+Edie nods to herself.
+「 Son Goku, what? 」
+「 That’s not Son Goku! It’s Sun Tsu! 」
+Kudou Haruka retorts.
+「 Oh right! I messed that up! 」
+「 How can you mess that up?! 」
+「 Both have Sun in their names! 」1
+Edie’s doing that on purpose.
+「 Okay, how do you differentiate the two? 」
+「 One’s from Dragon Balls and the other one is a Chinese General! 」
+「 Oh! I get it now! 」
+See?
+「 But, why 14th floor? If we’re done with the recon, then let’s go to the 16h floor with Jii-chan 」
+Minaho-neesan and the sisters are in there.
+I still have to talk to Jii-chan about the three.
+「 Yo-chan, take a look 」
+Nei shows me her watch.
+The time is 2:50 PM.
+「 Do you remember what time the deal will start? 」
+Three o’clock.
+「 That’s right. We only have ten minutes left, it’s better if we go to the venue and wait 」
+Margo-san tells me.
+「 That’s right, either way, Kouzuki-ojiichan’s coming down 」
+No.
+Even if I’m dumb, I can tell what’s going to happen.
+「 Margo-san, could it be 」
+「 You don’t have to say it. You’re correct 」
+I was made to join this power scouting because,
+Jii-chan’s making prior consultations with Minaho-neesan and the Takakura sisters before the deal.
+Maybe it’s problematic if I’m there.
+「 Is it Minaho-neesan? Or Jii-chan? 」
+Who can’t make a choice in my presence?
+「 Why not both? 」
+Edie smiles.
+「 Minaho and Kouzuki-san are having a mature talk 」
+Margo-san tells me.
+「 Yoshinobu-kun, you should be aware that you’re powerless, and that your opinion doesn’t hold weight 」
+Yeah, I’m just a high school boy.
+I’m dumb. Poor.
+I’m a failure, an inferior being.
+「 Once you feel hopelessness in yourself, then you’ll start to know what you can do by yourself. You’ll see what’s your true power 」
+In this case, Minaho-neesan had me take care of the Takakura sisters, but,
+In a conversation between adults,
+In Jii-chan’s business and Shou-neechan’s strategy meetings,
+I can’t participate in there,
+No, that’s natural.
+There’s no meaning in me participating in that conversation.
+They’re adults, and I’m just a kid.
+「 But, Tsukiko, Yomiko, and Luna, 」
+I still need Jii-chan to approve that the sisters won’t become prostitutes.
+「 Do you think that Minaho can’t persuade Kouzuki-san? 」
+That’s.
+No, Minaho-neesan can persuade Jii-chan better than I can.
+「 Just leave it to Kouzuki-ojiichan and Minaho-oneechan! Yo-chan, you should do what only you can do 」
+Nei smiled and hugged me.
+Nei buries my face in her plump breasts.
+「 But I can’t think of anything that only I can do 」
+Right here, right now.
+We’re in a hotel with Yakuza and Kouzuki SS.
+What can I do?
+「 If you can’t think of it, look for it, there surely is one. That’s why Yo-chan’s here ��
+I don’t get it
+「 For now, let’s go to the 14th floor! 」
+Kinoshita-san pushes a button to raise the elevator.
+◇ ◇ ◇
+We arrived on the 14th floor.
+「 Okay, we’re here 」
+The 14th floor is filled with Kouzuki SS guards.
+Jii-chan’s gonna show up, so it’s natural.
+Kinoshita-san leads us to a room large enough for a banquet.
+「 Oh, looks like they’re ready 」
+Margo-san looked around and said.
+This really is a spacious room. It’s wide enough to fit in our school’s gym.
+The ceiling’s also high.
+However.
+「 Why are the chairs lined up like this? 」
+「 Who knows? I don’t know much about Yakuza customs 」
+The venue has a large square space in the center.
+Then, chairs are arranged facing each other on the left, right, and in the front.
+The front is covered in a large amber curtain.
+Could this be?
+「 A karate match venue? 」
+Kudou Haruka’s right.
+If that curtain had a sign saying “Heisei Judo Tournament” or something, then it would be perfect.
+「 The space in the middle is about four times as large as the Judo grounds. 」
+Yeah, the seats divided into the left, right, and front, have considerable distance.
+I guess this is to prevent the Yakuza from fighting each other.
+「 Oh, you’re finally here 」
+Shou-neechan’s near the microphone stand placed in front of the curtain.
+「 Kinoshita, good job. Stand in position for now 」
+「 Okay~ 」
+「 Thanks a lot 」
+I thanked her.
+「 Not at all! It was fun for me too! See you later! 」
+Kinoshita-san parts from us while swinging around her flail as she smiles.
+「 Err 」
+I look around.
+Where’s Jii-chan, Minaho-neesan, and the sisters?
+「 Kakka will arrive last 」
+Shou-neechan smiled as she looked at me.
+「 We can’t afford to have Kouzuki-san come down before the safety of the whole venue is confirmed, right? 」
+Margo-san tells me.
+Oh. I see.
+「 That’s not it 」
+Huh, Shou-neechan?
+「 Well, there’s various stuff on in regards to the ceremony 」
+I-I see.
+「 Then, is Tsukiko and the two coming after Jii-chan? 」
+「 Yes, that’s the plan 」
+Then, Taki-san from Kouzuki SS comes in trotting.
+「 Seki-san, the west side is ready 」
+「 I see, what about the east side? 」
+「 That side seems to be taking a bit more time 」
+East. West?
+「 What about our guys? 」
+「 They’re on standby 」
+「 Then, let’s begin in five minutes. The others will be right after the ceremony 」
+「 Roger 」
+Taki-san starts half-running again.
+「 It would be hard to have the two groups of Yakuza bump each other on the way, right? And so we used the elevators and stairs at the end of the building and have them go to this floor. The big bosses will take the elevators, and the followers will take the stairs. The other floors are open for the general customers, and so we can’t have the elevators occupied forever. The dozens of underlings going in the elevator would bother the other guests 」
+Oh my, we occupied an elevator for a long while though.
+Sorry about that.
+「 And so, for the left and right, no, I mean east and west side of the banquet room, There are waiting rooms in the east and west, but once they’re there, the Yakuza will stay in there and enter here in turns. This is to prevent confusion 」
+I see. There’s a lot to consider.
+「 As for the witnesses, they’ll come from the southern reserve room, and they’re already there 」
+「 Then that means 」
+「 In front of us, the curtain side is the north. 」 Well, for the sake of convenience, I’ll just call it front. Then, on the east side comes Oodori. Satake’s group will be from the west side 」
+And from the south side, would be the witnesses from the big names in Yakuza.
+Then that means,.
+I think Jii-chan would be sitting behind this big curtain in the front.
+「 And, where should we go? 」
+Margo-san asks. Shou-neechan;
+「 Can you see the chairs near the wall at the end of the curtain? For now, stay over there 」
+Yeah, there’s some pipe chairs near the wall.
+「 Sorry, but this is a place where Kouzuki house and the two groups of Yakuza would have a deal, Kuromori house isn’t involved 」
+I see.
+We can observe the deal, but,
+We’re not a direct participant in this.
+「 Minaho-san and Michi-chan should be going there too 」
+As for Tsukiko and the two.
+They’re the descendants of Takakura shrine and the root of today’s deal.
+Therefore, they’ll be involved in this ceremony.
+「 It’s okay. Reika’s with the sisters, don’t worry about it 」
+Rei-chan is an ace of Kouzuki SS, if she’s guarding the three, then there’s no problem.
+The Yakuza should know Rei-chan, she’s a celebrity by now.
+「 It’s okay. If anything happens, Michi and I will jump in 」
+Edie tells me.
+「 Then, let’s go to our seats. Shou-oneechan’s busy in organizing the ceremony after all 」
+Nei said and smiled.
+「 That’s right. I’m the MC today thanks to Kakka’s orders 」
+MC?
+「 Master of the ceremonies, I’m basically the host 」
+Shou-neechan sighed.
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+The BookMark
+Buy n sell kids imported books/toys.
+“Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read.”
+Spread the joy of reading…
+Read Read Read
+The books club – India
+Not run by a single mompreneur but a place where anyone can sell their books. A books club for all book lovers who want to share, sell or buy books. For selling just add pics of a book you want to sell. Interested people can respond. For sharing create a sale entry and mention share along with book name. Interested members can say interested and can decide in case if they want to do a book swap or share at a price. This group can be used for any kind of books. Technical, children’s stories. Text books. Fiction books Etc. All mompreneurs and parents are invited to sell on this group.
+Explore Kids world
+Explore kids world is a decade old venture working towards rendering child care services.It’s a space for kids to Read | Learn | Enrich | grow. Rendering child care services and curricular and co-curricular activities.Montessori Inspired activities / DIY and a initiative to pass on the inspiration. We also are now contributing towards Parenting | Homeschooling | Nutrition (Infancy and child care) | Travel for kids | Kids library | & many more to add on.
+BOOKS FOR TOTS
+This group deals with pre-owned imported books for kids which includes Board books, Hardcovers, Paperbacks, Flip-Flap books, Pop-up books, Activity books, Sound books, puppet books, touch and feel books, Magnetic books etc at affordable price…
+These books will help to inculcate the passion of reading among young children.
+Books for Tinytots
+Gently used Pre-loved imported Books
+Munchkinz Bookery
+Munchkinz Bookery is an online book store for kids where you can find a huge variety of hygienic imported pre-owned books like Sound books, Touch & Feel books, Flip-Flap books, Puppet books, Story books, Board books with best quality and at an affordable price.back to menu ↑
+Book Bunnies
+Book Bunnies is a group which sells pre-owned kids books. We are motivated by the book-loving kids and parents interested in involving kids with a valuable habit of reading.back to menu ↑
+The Bookshelf India
+Children learn to read by being read to and reading. What better thing is there for children than the literature created just for them?
+Books ‘N’ Tots
+We have created this group to Sell Fabulous Collection of Imported Pre-Used/ New Books in Mint Condition at a very economical price.
+Litle Fingers at Work
+Link –
+Your one stop shop for toys and books for your loved little one.back to menu ↑
+Read N Explore
+Imported preloved books for kids.Read n Explore is an FB group where u can get imported preloved kids books at reasonable prices. All types of books for kids like Board books, Hardcovers , Touch n Feel , Paperbacks, Jigsaw books etc are available in the group. Books will be posted with prior intimation and you can grab the books of your choice. Join our Facebook group to grab the books..
+Free shipping above 750..
+Changing Hands Bookshop India : Preloved & New Books
+Your one stop shop for new and pre loved books for all ages.
+Currently in stock we have books in English , Hindi , Kannada ,Tamil , Bengali, Malayalam , Marathi,Gujarati and Urdu . Customised theme based birthday return gifts can also be arranged.
+My Little Bookshop
+My Little Bookshop is an unique online book and learning store which celebrates being Indian.
+It is the first to start Indian Publishers on facebook group… This group was also started with an intention to build awareness among parents to appreciate the beauty around us, to appreciate and value things made in India, to spread Organic parenting.
+Anything which grows organically is slow and difficult, our intention is to preserve childhood and not rush children into early academics or skills they are not ready for. I hope we have achieved this and would seek more support going forward.
+Kids bookistan (buy pre-owned/new books)
+Pre-Owned Imported Children’s Books. We sell a wide range of children’s books – Board Books / Paper Back Pop-Ups / Flip – Flap Books /Touch & Feel Books/ Alphabets / Numbers/ Opposites / Shapes / Colors Story Books Atlas etc. at an affordable price.
+Sillyputty – buy preloved/new/used childrens books
+Welcome to Sillyputty – the one stop for shopping for children’s books.
+We deal in preloved, new, imported and Indian origin books. Sillyputty is a crazy compound that bounces,moulds, stretches and transforms. Let’s get our kids off screen-time and make them fall in love with books!! Just like sillyputty, we can mould them, shape them and stretch their imagination with lovely stories and illustrations.
+Bookland – For Little Bookworms
+This group is for buying used imported and Indian kids books. which are in very good condition as new and at very reasonable price.
+Booktoonz
+Booktoonz is a group which sells imported pre-owned / Pre loved kids books and some interesting new Indian books as well.
+This group is created with the intention of promoting reading at a very young age at an affordable price range of Rs.60 to Rs.500 .
+Wings for BusyBees
+I am happy to welcome you to our group.I am sure you will be excited and ready to make your kids grow with wonderful books.Its very simple grab a book & own it.
+The Book Street (Marketplace for Preloved/ New Childrens Books)
+“We all can dance”, he said. “If we find the music that we love”. – Giraffes can’t Dance.
+This is the beauty of Children books. They are fascinating blend of simplicity and life lessons. They are like security blanket – all warm and fizzy on the outside, but deeply symbolic on the inside. They can be funny, touching, deep, dark, poignant, or charming, but in the end, they’re just the books we love.back to menu ↑
+BOOK ELVES
+Book Elves is the place where you can purchase preloved (gently used) books for your little ones and loved ones. You can customize your orders according to the occasion as we also provide services like gift wraps, inclusions of texts, verses, bookmarks, etc. Get in touch with us to know more! Happy booking! 🙂
+The Booktique
+The Booktique – The Books Boutique offers a wide range of gently used children’s books at lower prices without compromising the quality.Encouraging kids to read is very important for the development of their young minds and it will promote a life long thirst for knowledge.We offer various varieties of books for age group between 0-10 including board books, touch n feel, sound, puppet, flip flap, teen fiction and so on..
+The Rabbit Hole Childrens Bookstore
+READiscover – the book fair by The Rabbit Hole children’s travelling bookstore !!! Here, you will find new and pre-loved imported children’s books at affordable rates in a wide variety of genres – both Indian and International – from board books and open-the-flap books to award winning picture books and classics. Revel in the high quality, carefully selected exciting titles that your children will want to read. Let your children discover the magic of books!
+Books Treasure
+This group is created to benefit all the moms who need to introduce their kids to the world of knowledge.. and books play a very essential role in it..so here we offer all those books for kids of all age groups in affordable prices,as they are preowned/used…but in excellent condition.F
+Kiddiwinks (Gently Used & Pre-Owned Imported Kids Books)
+Kiddiwinks is an online book store for babies & kids selling gently used & pre owned imported books from UK & US. We pick choose and sell unique books which is rare to find in India at unbelievable prices .The main objective is to create the passion for reading in young minds through fun, informative, interactive and an engaging way. We sell all sort of kids books including Board Books, Puppet Books, Sound Books, Flap Books, Touch & Feel Books, Pop up Books, Activity Books, Bedtime Story Books, Hardcover, Paperback, etc of various international brands and authors.
+Kids Pre-Owned Books for Sale
+Pre-Owned Imported Children’s Books. We sell a wide range of children’s books – Board Books / Paper Back Pop-Ups / Flip – Flap Books /Touch & Feel Books/ Alphabets / Numbers/ Opposites / Shapes / Colors Story Books Atlas /Picture Dictionary Scholastic/ Disney / Lady Bird to name a few brands.
+Hungry Mind
+Do u know that toddlers can learn as many as 6 languages?
+Feed their thirst by adorable books from us…
+We sell all kinds of kids pre owned imported books..
+Mad about books
+The one place where you’ll get used/new books for your kiddos and yourself.
+Read & Play – Books
+There are many ways to enlarge your child’s world,love of books and toys are the best of all.
+We have wide range of educational toys and new n preloved books at reasonable rates.
+we will mention new or preloved books in our individual posts.
+Wee Bookworms
+This group is created for buy/sell/trade of books for little readers.
+How are we unique from other groups who sell books?
+We sell books by KG ( in kilogram). You can pick up any number of books you like and once your books reach 1 Kg you would pay and get it shipped. Yes Pay by weight 🙂 Only paperbacks are priced by weight & the price mentioned under each book is the final.
+Boards, hardcovers & other special books are priced individually. We sell board, paperback, hardcover and special type of books.
+Little Bookworms
+Welcome to ‘Little Bookworms! This group has been solely created to encourage members to spread the love of the written word, especially among kids. Here, you will find an exciting range of gently-used or pre-owned children’s books that promise to take kids on a magical journey into the wonderful world of imagination and limitless possibilities. There are used books as well as new books and all of them are nominally priced to enable a larger section of readers to benefit.
+Eat Play Read
+Buy,sell and swap new and used kids books and educational toys/CD
+BUSY BEE STORE
+We are in to educational busy activity boards, busy books, preloved imported books, Flash cards, wooden toys and many more for age group 0-8 years.
+Fun with Books
+Fun with Books is an online bookstore for kids of board books / sound / touch & feel / paperbacks / educational / shapes / colours / numbers / novels.
+Great Beginnings
+Learning to read is one of life’s great milestones.Studies prove that kids learning to read benefit from exposure to books that blend well-written narratives with eye-catching visuals.
+Kids stop
+KidsStop is an online toy store on facebook, where you will get learning/educational toys. This is our small initiative in order to make “Early Learning” as a cheerful experience for Toddlers and Preschoolers.
+KU – Kids – Toys Books and More
+Re-sell / Sell – Books, childcare stuff and most other second hand stuff, upcycled stuff on this page….
+Young readers
+Imported books for sale
+Book stop
+Imported Pre- Used/New book for Kids
+Todworld
+Todworld , is all about babies/toddlers . we have allnkinds of toddlers/babies books that includes board books , touch and feel , sound books , paper back , hardcovers, activity and much more .
+We also deal Tulika , Tara , pratham books that focus on regional languages.
+My Little Bookshop
+As a Waldorf early childhood educator, I have learnt the deeper understanding of how important it is to provide a young child with materials and playthings that will nourish a child’s senses. Most of the early childhood educators understand the importance of sensory play for young children.
+A child as being ‘wholly sense organ’, That is, she learns about the world and takes it in through all her senses.
+Books for kids
+Kids indian and imported second hand / pre owned books for sale at extremely affordable prices.
+Secret Garden Bookstore
+A unique experience that will delight the senses of children through the magical world of books… Help your child fall in love with books 🙂
+Books Treasure
+It’s an online Bookshop for kids in the age group of 0-5 yrs.
+Bookosaurus
+Bookosaurus has started an online bookshop for kids. He dreams of raising a generation of readers. He believes he needs to induce love for reading and books in young kids before they fall in love with animation on TV and YouTube. He plans to do this by bringing to you a curated collection of kids books ( age 0-5 yrs) from the best of Indian and Foreign Authors.
+Hakunamatata
+Hakuna Matata is a online store for imported, beloved children books.
+Premium quality books at affordable prices.
+Stepup
+The main aspect of this group is to nurture the creative and bonding in you & your little ones. To start the creative journey and to reduce stress lets start to grab our favourite books 🙂
+Little Munchkins
+Little Munchkins is an online bookstore for kids. We sell new as well as gently used imported books.A complete store with a wide genre of imported books for all age groups starting ranging from Rs. 20.
+Buggy for Books
+These children books are presorted, quality controlled, curated for reselling purposes. I am ensuring that the books are with working pop ups/ working music/ lights / lift a flap/ no tears / no damage.
+Little’s Books World
+Let’s give the wings to our little’s imagination.Books are said to be the best friend of a person. Give them an early start and introduce them to their friend for life.
+Little’s Reader Treasury
+At Little Readers’ Treasury we offer you a wide selection of new and pre-loved quality books at reasonable price.
+Little stars-new/ preloved books
+We have wide range of books ( new/ preloved).We will mention it in post. Books are best for healthy child growth.
+Pink N Blue
+We sell “gently handled/new” books, brand new dresses n much more for babies !
+Book World(Free shipping)
+BOOKS give ,A soul to the universe,Wings to the mind,Flight to imagination and Life to everything
+Kiddo Karnival
+One stop destination for all kinds of books for your kiddo. Happy Shopping, Happy Reading..!!
+Mom and Kids Books
+Mom and Kids books is a home library and we sell imported and Indian pre loved books and new books at a very less price.The Mom & Kids Books home library is a convenient way to access an exciting collection of books and educational toys. Become a member and borrow from over 10000 titles take away or get them delivered to your home.
+Baby’s first book
+We sell GENTLY USED and NEW books for babies
+Munchkins World
+Munchkins world is a small initiative for all book lovers.Created for children of age groups 0 to 10yrs All kinds of pre-owned imported books like touch and feel,lift the flaps,musical boards,hard covers, paperbacks,board books,puppet ,pop up ,activity books and many others.. Happy parenting with the world’s most precious jewels – Books
+Little Bookworms
+We are committed to providing access to quality pre-loved children’s books and while we continue to run the ‘Little Bookworms’ group, it is solely for the purpose of providing updates. Books are sold through our online bookstoreback to menu ↑
+Little Books World
+Welcome to Little’s Books World!!! Let’s give the wings to our little’s imagination. Books are said to be the best friend of a person. Give them an early start and introduce them to their friend for life. While nowadays kids stay glued to TV and mobiles through out their free time. Books can help mommies to keep kids away from gadgets. Story books introduces kids to new world and characters, improves their creativity. It gives the wings to their imagination. Book reading leads them to the world of new words hence improves their vocabulary. Reading is learning. So Kiddos, Learn and Grow while you Read.back to menu ↑
+Booky Wooky – New Imported Kid’s books
+As an avid reader, I was keen to inculcate the habit in my children as well. But I was unable to find a good source of quality imported books for children. And that’s how Booky Wooky was born. We bring to you some of the best names in kid’s books, at very reasonable prices. All the books we sell are absolutely new! We hope to help you bring up young bookworms 🙂back to menu ↑
+Advi’s Books Train
+We sell preloved books next to new ones, new books imported from UK and US.. At very affordable costs. We sell touch and feel, sound books, paperbacks, hardcovers, board book, pop up books, encyclopedia and almost every thing that is in a book format.. Give ur child an experience of global reading cos at Advi’s we belive every child deserves to have the best..back to menu ↑
+STEP UP – To Nurture The Creative In You
+The main aspect of this group is to nurture the creative and bonding in you & your little ones. To start the creative journey and to reduce stress lets start to grab our favourite books
+Hope you found this list or directory of Books selling Facebook pages and groups by Indian mompreneurs useful. If you have bought from them do comment below your experience with them as I am sure its going to help.back to menu ↑
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+Don’t you find this directory of facebook groups selling preloved imported books in India useful ? Do let us know using comments below. Would love to hear from you.
+This is an awesome idea. Love that there is this kind of support out there. It gets me thinking. Im excited to diversify my reading as well.
+Thanks a lot christa.was not aware of these groups until recently and great to have this support available..
+This is such a dangerous list for a book lover like me!!!! I’m glad though that our local library is filled with amazing books, so that we can keep clutter minimal and only cycle through a handful of books at a time. Thank you for this list!
+Thanks a lot I am glad you have a local library that’s good. Here there are no such library available. Have actually bought hundreds of books and started a library so that we can read books
+Wow, super insightful post. I have never bought books online, but I might now that I know where to go!
+Thanks a lot Alexis. I an glad. Most of the books I have bought are online either via Amazon or via these Facebook groups
+John McCarter is the chief executive officer and president of one of America's premier science research and exhibition centers: the Field Museum in Chicago. Under his leadership, the museum has embarked on a major expansion of its physical structure and the scope of its research activities. He oversees the work of 200 scientists, including far-flung legions of field researchers at the forefront of international efforts to protect endangered tropical environments, and home-based teams of laboratory investigators doing cutting-edge studies in new disciplines like molecular evolution. McCarter, who also serves as a trustee of the University of Chicago, has emerged as one of the leading critics of the intelligent design movement and an outspoken proponent of teaching modern evolutionary theory to all students. In March the Field Museum opened a controversial new exhibit called the Evolving Planet, which takes visitors on a 4-billion-year journey that shows life on Earth developing from single-celled organisms to dinosaurs and finally to humans.
+Why did the museum create this exhibit?
+The fundamental goal is to improve scientific literacy. We are concerned that middle schools and high schools are not doing justice to scientific curricula. There are lots of ways of getting at that goal. I'm very up-front about making our dinosaurs the marquee attraction of this exhibit. People love dinosaurs, and they are going to come to see them. But we want visitors to see the broader story of evolution, with dinosaurs in that evolutionary context.
+Is the exhibit in response to the recent attention given creationism and intelligent design?
+We've had an exhibit on evolution for many years, but as we went through it with children and teachers, we discovered that it was not having the impact we wanted. It was constructed in such a way that visitors rushed through to get to the dinosaurs, so we decided four years ago to change it. We think this will be a much more effective educational experience, telling a broader story. The intelligent design and creation controversies really came to the fore over the course of the last couple of years.
+Is evolutionary theory losing ground?
+No. It is being strengthened every day. We have ongoing bio-geography studies in the Philippines that look at live animals to see how the complexity of island populations evolves. We are getting a grasp on geologic forces like plate tectonics and how continents and mountains rise and form. We are able to look at contemporary living species and infer from the molecular diversity how those organisms evolved over time. Evolution is the base of much that goes on in health care. I don't think evolution is losing ground at all.
+Are you frustrated by the attention intelligent design is getting?
+I'm disappointed. I think it underscores the importance of the educational mission of institutions like this. It adds responsibility. Unlike a young teacher who has just finished his or her master's degree in education with an undergraduate degree in science, we can't be intimidated by a 55-year-old school board member who says "Don't teach evolution" or who wants to teach it in parallel with other so-called theories.
+Why do you think anyone listens to the people pushing intelligent design as an alternative to evolutionary theory?
+I think we are going through a period of time where faith-based institutions are becoming more powerful in people's lives. It tracks with the political climate. It is the theological dimension of an upwelling of conservative enthusiasm in this country.
+Do you think that upwelling will grow in strength?
+That is hard to predict, but the pendulum swings back and forth. I think that five years from now, creationism as a theology will still be powerful, but this intelligent design tactic, which is supported by a very small group of people, will be history.
+Is the public embracing these ideas because they don't understand what science is?
+Yes, absolutely. I think that kids get turned off to science at some point—fifth grade, sixth grade, seventh grade—when science is perceived as too hard and too complicated. I've traveled to China and visited universities where students are triple-bunked and start school at seven in the morning. They are studying computer sciences, mathematics. They are studying hard scientific subjects. That does not happen here, and I think we disadvantage ourselves as a country and as a society if we fail to capture the imagination of kids when they are 10 to 15 years old and enable them to direct themselves in scientific pursuit.
+Even if the museum can reach these kids, aren't they likely to go home and get a different view?
+You can counteract that by telling stories. We try to make the museum experience telling enough that it becomes a conversation with families over the dinner table two nights later. There is no hubris in this. We realize that we are a very limited part of the world. There are magazines, television, a proliferation of cable channels. There is a lot of competition for time, from playing Little League baseball to computer games. We know we are a very small part of a family's or an individual's experience. There are polls showing that half the U.S. population accepts the theory of evolution. But 75 percent of the people who come here do. You could say that we are preaching to the choir or, more positively stated, that we are reinforcing their understanding of evolution and building their confidence with fact and effective storytelling. They can say, yes, this is something that I can see evidence for in the fossil record. And for those people who don't accept it, the exhibit may enable the families to have a discussion about what their 15-year-old saw and how that fits into the overall faith of the family. We are not against religion. We are very supportive of religions and religious institutions. Much of this museum is a celebration of the impact of religion on cultures. But we do that in anthropology. We don't do that in paleontology.
+What's the danger in meshing science and religion?
+Where we get in trouble as a society is when people of one persuasion or one capability jump into another field—when theologians come into science and attempt to reinterpret scientific records through supernatural intervention, and alternatively, when scientists go into theology and say "There is no God." It is really not the business of either. There should be a common dialogue, a middle ground where people can discuss issues like this as matters of philosophy as well as matters of theology and matters of science. We've lost a lot of that public discourse as we've moved to this frenetic, fast-paced life, with no time for reflection and discussion and debate.
+Is it wrong for people to want their universe to make some kind of sense, in all its facets—to want to make it orderly?
+I think people want to simplify, because everyone is so busy. We have moved from a society with the traditional family of four, with Mom at home and the father working, to dual-career families, and we have the complexity of raising children at the same time. There is a real desire to simplify. People don't have the time to reflect on what is going on in the world. Look at this polarization of attitudes toward the war in Iraq. There is a much more complicated set of issues concerning how Iraq fits into global strategies, but there is no time for a public discourse about those larger issues. Look at Ted Koppel on ABC's Nightline. He would present a very thoughtful analysis of these larger issues, but two comedians with light talk on CBS and NBC had 80 percent of the market in that time slot. Same thing with National Public Radio. It may be part of your life, and of my life, yet only 2 percent of the population is listening to NPR. I think institutions like this don't have a crack at people's attention and time, so you have to be really good at delivering messages or explaining controversies in a way that sticks in people's minds.
+Does promoting a particular point of view go against the traditional role of a museum as a collection of objects?
+At the core is the collection, but based on that collection is all the science that we do. That fish [McCarter points to a large fossilized fish in his office] is a beautiful object; it is fascinating to look at, but in and of itself, it is not that important. Where it becomes important is in the story of what happened 50 million years ago in Wyoming, in the Green River Formation, where this fish once existed. The fossil helps us interpret what was going on there geologically, how evolution has taken place to lead to contemporary living things. So collections are important only to the extent that you are able to interpret them scientifically.
+Should museums make their holdings more freely available to the public? Does the public have a fundamental right of access to the information?
+When I started here nine years ago, I was warned not to build a Web site. People said that if the images were available online, no one would come to the museum. But I think that's wrong. I think it stimulates physical attendance. We are trying to make our collections more broadly accessible. Right now, we are slowly making digital reproductions of the 23,000,000 specimens in our collection. Eventually, we will have a lot of those images on our Web site, so that people in Peru or in Kenya will be able to share these collections.
+It seems museums have switched from being repositories of artifacts and information and history to being advocates for a specific viewpoint.
+I don't think I'd call it advocacy. Again, I call it storytelling. For example, when we open our Pre-Columbian America exhibit in 2007, we will focus on a wonderful collection of artifacts that traditionally were displayed in cases—the beadwork of the Plains or Woodland Indians, or the Maya or the Toltecs. You would see an object, but there was no contextual story around that object. What we are doing now is using the artifacts to tell a story, from people coming over the Bering Land Bridge at the time of the Ice Age, through the peopling of hunter-gatherer societies, to the development of agriculture and complex urban societies.
+Aren't you communicating a particular message with that story?
+Yes, a point of view. For example, we are telling the story of the land bridge, but we are also telling these cultures' creation stories: "We have always been here . . . we came from the sky . . . we came from the ground." We respect their traditions.
+But you don't respect Western religious traditions in the same way in the evolution exhibit.
+No, we don't, and maybe that is inconsistent. Western religions have their own fascinating traditions. We have brought exhibits such as The Dead Sea Scrolls and Heaven on Earth: Orthodox Treasures From Siberia and North America, thereby sharing important dimensions of Western religions with our visitors.
+What is the harm in telling the other story?
+I don't think there is any harm, as long as it is not posed as a scientific alternative to the story of evolution. Many of my colleagues here and many scientists around the country are people of faith. It is not an either/or issue. Rather than saying that something like the human eye is too complicated to understand, so a supernatural intrusion must have enabled it, we are saying that it is possible because of a scientific theory that has been under development for 150 years and has been reinforced by the fossil record and now by the molecular record. Trilobite eyes will be an important part of the exhibit because in them you start to see the development of vision. You see the ability to discriminate between light and dark, and then the capability to pinpoint direction through vision. Ultimately, after hundreds of millions of years of evolution, the primate eye comes about. Once you understand that context, the history of how vision developed, you don't need to bring the intrusion of an intelligent designer into the process.
+Do you really believe trilobite eyes can change someone's opinion about the hand of an intelligent designer?
+Sure. The mainstream theological community is already way beyond the literal interpretation of the biblical accounts of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden and seven days of creation. Instead, they are saying that those are wonderful stories, created 2,000 years ago by people who were trying to explain their world, not that they are scientific fact. To me, the important issues of theology are the applied morality of behavior and guidance, rather than that this whole thing took place in seven days. That's an example of the simplification: Give me easy answers, simple stories, rather than challenging me with very tough issues. Stem cells—that's a tough issue. Abortion—that's a tough issue. That's where we should be focusing our attention.
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+Arts & Culture
+How climate change and population growth threaten Egypt’s ancient treasures
+In his 40-something years as an archaeological excavator on Luxor’s West Bank, Mustafa Al-Nubi has witnessed a flurry of changes.
+Tourist numbers have surged, fallen, and then slowly grown again. Local villages have exploded in size. Even the landscape has undergone a radical transformation, as Egyptologists slowly pick their way through the vast Theban Necropolis. “It’s like one big museum now,” Nubi says. “My grandfather would not recognize his own house.”
+Yet none of this, he insists, compares to the unusual weather that’s gripped southern Egypt in recent years. Where once he could work much of the dig season – usually from October to April – without breaking a sweat, now his traditional galabeya robe is often stained dark by 10am. Winter can be chilly one day, and stifling the next. Amid periodic downpours at unusual times of the year, Nubi and his colleagues have almost got used to dashing for cover. “I don’t know what’s happening,” he said. “But it was not like this before.”
+The millennia-old treasures tell a similar tale. For much of history, conditions around Luxor were almost calculated to preserve its trove of pharaonic riches. With little rain, low humidity, and piles of swirling desert sand that cocooned the ancient temples in a protective bubble, there were few climatic concerns. And with a comparatively small local population, here on a previously isolated stretch of the Nile, there was little reason to suspect that the likes of the Ramesseum might go the way of their crumbling counterparts in densely populated northern Egypt. The pharaohs called their massive mortuary temples the temples of a million years; they were meant to last forever.
+All that, however, is slowly beginning to change. Increasingly erratic weather that many largely attribute to climate change is eating away at the ancient stones. At the same time, booming population growth is complicating preservation efforts. After surviving thousands of years of war, invasion, and cannibalization for building materials, the splendours of ancient Egypt might have finally met their match. “We have a fear,” said Mostafa Ghaddafi Abdel Rehim, a senior antiquities official in Luxor. “Like all the world, we have a fear of climate change.”
+Changing conditions
+It starts with the temperature. The temple-heavy expanses of Egypt have always been sizzling during the summer, but it was never this hot – or for this long, both locals and archaeologists say. Some excavation days have had to be cut short, as overheating workers wilt in the exposed digging trenches. In other instances, changing conditions have even forced archaeologists to alter the way in which they document the hieroglyph-dotted walls. “We used to make blueprints using natural sunlight, but starting about 20 years ago, we found it harder and harder to burn the image onto the paper,” said Ray Johnson, director of the University of Chicago’s Epigraphic Survey, which has been working at Madinat Habu temple for almost 100 years. “It was then that we realized that it was getting hazier and hazier.” At Karnak, the gargantuan New and Middle Kingdom complex that dominates the northern approach to Luxor, blindingly bright sunshine has already robbed most of the walls of their color, leaving tourists to crane their necks up at the sheltered ceilings.
+Even more worryingly, soaring summer highs also appear to be leaving their mark on the building blocks themselves. Around Aswan, several hours train ride south of Luxor, temperatures that sometimes rise well over 40 C are slowly cracking many of the rose granite structures. The granite expands in the daytime sun, and then contracts overnight in the cooler air. “It can look like a bag of wool. It gets rounder and rounder, and then eventually breaks away,” said Johanna Sigl of Cairo’s German Archaeological Institute. On her dig site at the bottom tip of Elephantine island, mid Nile, several inscriptions, including one in which a senior official records his duties collecting stone for his pharaoh, have more or less disappeared as a consequence.
+The effects of climate change will only get more intense, experts say, possibly requiring some tricky decisions about the viability of maintaining vulnerable historic sites.
+“In some instances these places are the foundations of a tourism industry that brings a lot of benefits to the local people,” said Mette Wilkie, Director of the Ecosystems Division at UN Environment. “But then you have a lot of buildings that are in the middle of nowhere, and here the situation is much more difficult.”
+The greatest damage, however, is seemingly done during winter. Though still rare, increasingly frequent downpours are savaging ancient mud brick buildings, most of which have only lasted so long because of limited rain. “Every year, we notice this is more of a problem,” said Christian Leblanc, head of the French Archaeological Mission at West Thebes, who’s directed conservation efforts at the Ramesseum for over 25 years. “Of course it degrades the stone.” Particularly vulnerable are the temple’s half dozen arched mud brick granaries, some of the largest remaining structures of their kind, which are periodically layered with new mud bricks to shield the originals from the elements.
+In 1994, a monster storm illustrated the devastation rain can wreak. Hundreds of tombs, including many in the Valleys of the Kings and Queens, were swamped, the Temple of Seti I morphed into a lake, and hundreds of traditional mud brick houses collapsed. At Deir al-Bakhit, an early Christian monastery, the rain fell so furiously that it punched drop-shaped imprints into the mud brick. Wary of a repeat and fed up with frequent water-related repairs, most locals have since rebuilt in concrete.
+Human impact
+And then there’s the direct environmental impact of human activity. Until the late 1960s, the Nile burst its banks every August, inundating the valley for miles on either side. These were the conditions that the ancient architects knew, and they factored them into their designs accordingly. But after the completion of the Aswan High Dam, the annual flood ended, and with it came a glut of new problems for the temples. Without the regular “cleanse”, there’s no longer anything to clear the salt from the topsoil.
+“It eats away at the stone like an acid,” Ray Johnson said. And with more humidity, in large part because of the enormous quantities of water evaporating off the dam’s reservoir, there’s more crystallization, as the salt particles in the temples’ sandstone blocks expand. “So the lower walls of almost all temples are missing and filled instead with a kind of breathable mortar,” Johnson added. From the toes of the Colossi of Memnon, the 700-ton statues of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, to the periphery of Karnak’s Sacred Lake, faint white saline traces betray the danger at hand.
+Population growth, too, has levied a heavy toll. More people means more agriculture, and so instead of the fields around the temples lying dry and fallow for part of the year as they once did, they’re now under constant cultivation. It’s raised the water table throughout the East and West Banks (hydrologists suspect that the dam has also played a part), and swamped the foundations with far more water than they were designed to handle.
+“Just look, there are people and water everywhere,” Christian Leblanc said. Many of the central pylons of Luxor Temple, the most centrally located of the great sites, have had to be patched up with cement after the fast-expanding city’s sewage percolated upwards. As Egypt’s numbers surge, already leaping from about 66 million in 2000 to over 95 million now, the pharaonic treasures are having to share their space with ever more houses and sugar cane crops.
+“This is a phenomenon across the world, and there will be some areas where we will simply have to give up using land for our livelihood,” Mette Wilkie said. UN Environment is working to tackle climate change and environmental degradation by helping countries embrace low-emissions growth; supporting the sustainable management of forests and other ecosystems; and finding innovative new ways to fund climate action. UN Environment also helps countries adapt to the changing climate, and build their resilience to future challenges.
+In Egypt, there is some cause for optimism. In fact, officials have more or less resolved the groundwater issue for the time being. With funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Ministry of Antiquities has installed an extensive drainage network around the key sites, which has seemingly lowered their water levels by up to four meters.
+“It has been a big success. The problem is fixed,” said Mohammed Abdelaziz, the ministry’s top official in Upper Egypt. Authorities have ringed many of the antiquities’ zones with walls to prevent further urban or agricultural encroachment, and established four field schools in the Luxor area to teach inspectors how to better treat the treasures and identify potential threats. All this coming at a time of new technological innovations has made some archaeologists quite bullish about the temples’ long-term prospects.
+Just to be on the safe side, though, others have stepped up their documentation efforts. If worse comes to the worst, at least we’ll have a record of what’s been lost. “There is more urgency now,” Ray Johnson said. “That’s why we go first to what’s most threatened.”
+Arts & Culture
+Experiencing Chinese Society and Culture
+Today Chinese Culture and society is a combination of ancient traditions, customs, and modernized developed and also westernized lifestyle. The Chinese culture and traditions are ancient, its history has huge diversity and variety. Historically, Chinese society is rich in arts, science, and literature. The culture of china has maintained its unique identity till the beginning of western culture in the 19th century. The historical influence of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism is the reflection in Chinese society and culture. Confucianism spread the love and rituals to give respect for society and social hierarchy. The characteristics of Chinese culture unchanged over the period despite the influences and several invasions from the outside. The philosophy of Confucianism stressed that people could be good if they follow the moral principles and made the rituals that respected the gods. In the hard times and war times, Confucianists emphasized carefully follow the traditions that could maintain unity within the society. historically, several Chinese rulers have adopted the core principles of Confucianism. During the Hans dynasty, Emperor Wu had encouraged the hierarchical social structures, the Emperor believed these principles would bring and also maintain the social harmony within the Chinese society throughout history. The Confucius philosophy was dominant during the Hans dynasty in ancient China. during this period the core principles were flourished and reached within the societal structures. The state ideology was based on Confucius’s philosophy, it has improved the societal values and norms. During 500BC the teachings of Confucius have played an important role in shaping the character of Chinese society, shaping behavior, and the way of life of Chinese people. The main objective was to achieve societal harmony and social norms and values. Another core principle and value of Confucianism is forgiveness, compassion, and tolerance. Even today, Chinese society and academicians give immense respect and also promote the core principles of Confucius’s philosophy.
+Modern Chinese society and culture are rapidly influenced by western cultural values and traditions. It’s quickly changing nowadays with popular American culture and other cultures of the world. The youth in urban areas are more influenced by popular western culture. Their lifestyle although reflects their wish to adopt the world’s popular culture. This is the 21st century and era of globalization, no society in the world is pure now. The free flow of information through different sources of media has been influenced by the societal existing order. So the modern Chinese society especially in urban areas, developed cities are more likely to become modern, acceptance of new cultural values, lifestyles and easily adopt it.
+Personally, it is my observation so far, I interact with general people in the market, train stations, shops, many other public places. The people more like to open to the world now. The youth want to interact with other cultures, curious to know about other people thinking, ideas. But in rural areas and the countrysides there still traditional societal norms and values exist. The people have strong connections with their family backgrounds and also the Confucianism. The strong family system, the hierarchy with the society, and obedience exist.
+Here I want to share an example of Chinese modesty when I was doing volunteering in Wuhan railway station, the general people came to me and tried to speak, I just can speak, hello, thank you, bye-bye in Chinese, but still, they are complimenting on my excellent Chinese by saying that (your Chinese is very good). The Chinese people are excellent compliment givers and encouraging other people to learn. They never discourage, although they complement that, you are handsome, wow your nose is so big it’s beautiful. Indeed the traditional Chinese traditional food, delicious and also healthy. The hotpot, although its too much spicy but its interesting to eat in the winter. The hot pot is not only a cooking method; it also provides a way of eating, it is also a cultural mode.However China has opened its doors to the world now, it means that society is more sophisticated and also the acceptance of new ideas and thinkings. The youth want to interact with the world and also want to contribute to the peace and development of the world’s underdeveloped societies. The philosophy of Confucianism works here, dominance in every sector of society.
+I would like to conclude by one sentence that yes there should be accepted for new ideas and values but also should promote their societal rich traditions and values to the world.
+Arts & Culture
+Rising Pak-Turk Cultural Diplomacy: “Dirilis Ertugrul”- The Prime Catalyst
+Amid massive success of famous Turkish drama series Dirilis Ertugrul, also titled as Resurrection Ertugrul in English for Netflix, is both a fictional and historic story based on the life of father of Osman I; Ertugrul Ghazi- set in 13th Century made records across Pakistan in terms of its views and popularity. It gained massive fan-following among all age groups inspiring them to value integrity, steadfastness and have faith. The current Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr. Imran Khan urged people to watch this series to increase their knowledge about the glorious history of Muslims and true essence of Islam and learn from it. The high-budget drama got dubbed in Pakistan’s national language; Urdu, therefore reaching mass audience.
+The viewership of the series shoot up primarily during the month of Ramadan. As a result not only did the people of Pakistan get enlightened and entertained but also the state television earned huge profits. Most importantly it boosted cultural, media and public diplomacy between two Muslim countries; Turkey and Pakistan. The drama serial promoted people-to-people contact, join forces for mutual media and cultural ventures and promote Pak-Turk Tourism, and last but not the least – strengthen relationship between the Muslim countries purely based on love and mutual respect. Therefore, establishing a strong mutual alliance is raison d’être for these potential efforts by the both ends. Pakistan having a strong support-system in Europe and for Turkey to have in South Asia is a prerequisite for both to counter the future challenges – as it has become the need of times keeping the geopolitical dynamics in perspective. Speaking of challenges – Saudi Arab; with whom Pakistan’s relations are already struggling – expressed their reservations regarding the broadcasting of Turkishdizi (dramas) in Pakistan. Irked by the success of Dirilis Ertugrul – Saudi Arab has come up with their own counter narrative version of historical series titled, “Kingdom of Fires”, with an aim to combat Turkish cultural invasion and growing global influence. Fatima Bhutto, in her article for Foreign Policy, ‘How Turkey’s Soft Power Conquered Pakistan’, says that in contemporary times – Turkish dramas has come second only to American ones, otherwise it has toppled the previously most viewed languages in the world, such as, French, Spanish, and Mandarin. Turkish has now become the most watched language worldwide.
+Acknowledging the blockbuster success, the lead actors visited Pakistan receiving a warm welcome, immense praise and love from people. The actors too expressed their gratitude and happiness. Several lead actors of the super-hit series namely Engin Altan Duzyatan aka Ertugrul, Cavit Çetin Güner aka Dugan Bey, Nurettin aka Bamsı and Ayberk Pekcan aka Artuk Bey etc.on their short visits met selected Pakistan’s media personnel henceforth expressed their willingness to strengthen the cultural bond by collaborating with each other in future media-based projects and bring together the people of the two nation. Rumor has it – both the Muslim countries are already in talks to come forth with a Pak-Turk TV series; a Pakistan-original with joint efforts for the project by Ansari Films and TRT Films named, “Lala Turki”, commemorating the Khilafat Movement – with an ultimate aim to aware the unaware about the legacy of Islam.
+It must be mentioned here that it is not the first time that any Turkish drama series had been aired in Pakistan. The trend was set few years back by URDU 1 channel which ran mostly Turkish dubbed dramas in Urdu so that people of Pakistan would also get a taste of Turkish flavor of serials. It gained massive popularity. Thereon, the trend to air Turkish productions became a new normal. Another series that gained massive popularity was “the Magnificent Century” locally known as “Mera Sultan”. This was run by the channel Geo Kahani. The trend of Turkish dramas never seized till date. However, what “Dirilis Ertugrul”managed to do in this past year can’t be matched. This is the only drama that started involving the two nations on diplomatic level and opened up new ways for collaboration among the brother countries. It helped people realize that not only the flags but the hearts of the two nations are also very similar united by a shared magnificent past and a hope for an incredible future.
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+New European Bauhaus: Commission launches design phase
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+Age: waiting, we were finally on our way to having a baby light our house with his or her own brand of sunshine and happiness. I delighted in my pregnancy, I consciously thought out my meals, so they were balanced, I took my vitamins, exercised lightly, and, all in all, had the perfect pregnancy. At the end of my pregnancy I had gained 25 lbs and didn’t have a single stretch mark. I should have been the world’s happiest woman, except I wasn’t. Our Kate died just before she was born; our delivery room was silent when she arrived.
+A week after she was born my body made that amazing Hollywood like change that would have left one guessing whether I was ever actually pregnant. I was so sad. I had absolutely nothing to show for my pregnancy. People would later tell me “Don’t tell people that you made out so well, other women will hate you with jealousy” Who ever thought it would be me jealous of those who’s pregnancies left their bodies transformed? I longed for one stretch mark to prove she had actually existed, just one tiny one. My tummy only showed signs of the baby within for a few days. The comments that, at least, I looked great at the funeral where a slap in the face, really is that what you chose to say, did I really look great?
+The truth is we’re all made up of different genetic material. I went on to have twins and another singleton, and amazingly enough I still have no stretch marks. I ate no special diet and slathered no expensive creams on my belly. My body springs back quite quickly, with no miracle exercise regime. I’m lucky, I guess. Nursing three babies exclusively (yep you can nurse twins and never have to supplement, women you are equipped and powerful) have left my, never were A cups, in somewhat dismal shape. My hips have always been a bit on the largish side leaving my upper body super out of proportion. I don’t love the way I look, but it’s how I’ve been remolded.
+Some of us will go to accept, and eventually love our bodies, others will not, opting instead to change the outside to better live in their skins. Instead of either group working to make the other one feel bad, or less valuable. Let’s open our eyes to the bigger transformation, the one that takes no physical form, the metamorphosis we make from women to mothers. I love watching my friends embark on the journey of pregnancy and motherhood. I fascinate at the changes these women are able to make within their character to make way for a new being. This is our biggest change, and it is our most remarkable undertaking. No matter who we are on the outside, we all want the same thing for our children, room to grow, happiness, and love. How we provide that, is as diverse as our physical appearance.
+I know now that no mark would make Katie more remembered, she lives within me, my husband, and my children. I have grown as a mother in many challenging ways starting with stillbirth, then having a son who works harder than most to overcome Autism, and it’s many challenges to him and to our family, also by having two other little girls who are seeking to find their roles and carve out their spots in our family, and by the three other early losses all at varying times in my life. Pregnant again, I wonder, if there is any room left for me to grow, but I know the growth of a mother is ever expandable. I wear my stretch marks on my heart, you can’t see them with your eyes, but ask me to show them to you, and I will share the stories that have changed my shape in seemingly impossible ways.
+Embrace yourself as a mother, whether able to stand naked in front of a mirror boldly and love yourself, or as a woman who feels more comfortable undressing with the curtains tightly closed with the lights off, and do not forget to embrace other mothers whether they share your sense of self or not.
+Holding Katie’s hand
+33 comments… add one
+My son passed away when he was 19 months…it is the most difficult thing a parent will ever go through. Our babies are up in Heaven, happy and playing…we will be with them again some day. I love your twin belly!
+beautifully written
+What a truly amazing story. So inspiring.. Kate is lucky to have such a lovely mother and she was much too special for this world god decided he wanted her with him.
+Hun, This brought tears to my eyes. You are such a strong woman.
+I read somewhere that once you carry a child, you retain some fetal cells in your blood. Katie is with you always, a permanent record that she existed, written in your blood.
+I don’t know what to say. Happy for you to have all these wonderful kids.
+thank you so much for sharing.
+Wow this brought tears to my eyes. Thanks so much for sharing.
+Take Care,
+Lauren
+I have read most of the posts on this site, and I am in awe of the strength of the women who post here. But none have touched me as much as this entry. It spoke to a part of me that I’ve been pushing away for the last 3 weeks. I had a miscarriage at 8 weeks and have been refusing to deal with it emotionally. Thank you for showing me that even though there is no physical evidence that my child existed, I can still celebrate the life I carried for such a short time.
+This made me cry. You are inspiring and honest. It has helped me like myself abit more at my lowest point today… and be grateful for what I have. Thanks.
+As I lie here nursing my daughter to sleep, and sharing in the stories of other mothers over her shoulder, you beautiful writing brought brought tears rolling down my cheeks. I love the image of a stretch marked heart. Thank you for sharing your Katie. You remind me to be greatful for and treasure every single moment of my girl’s life.
+Warmest thoughts to to you and your family and your little one on the way. Robyn
+Your story made me cry, thank you for sharing your wonderful attitude and beautiful pictures
+this is the most well written, and one of the more touching posts i have come across on this site. i cried. you are an incredable woman and i pray i can be as strong for my daughter as you are for your children.
+god bless.
+I have tears running down my face as I feel what is only a slight amount of the pain that you have endured. Thank you for sharing…
+I´ve been a reader of this site for a long time, but this is the first time I write, I have a 5 month old boy and I can´t imagine my life without him, this brought tears to my eyes, God bless you and stay strong.
+I am so very sorry for your loss. Words cannot go far enough to say how badly I feel for you. Congrats on your other babies. Your twin belly is very beautiful.
+You are truly a remarkable woman, an incredible mother, and a beautiful person.
+I’m so very sorry for your loss. Words cannot express it. You have a beautiful pregnant twin tummy! You are blessed. To be a mom for a moment or even for living babies… it’s all a blessing. Every moment.
+Thank you so much for sharing. Your words have touched me deeply and left me in tears.
+My, you are remarkable! what precious words you have shared. I shed a tear just reading them. It touches home.
+Thank you
+I’m so sorry for your loss. This brought tears to my eyes. I can’t even begin to imagine how hard that was. You are a very strong woman.
+A stretch marked heart. That’s beautiful.
+as I sit here ready ur entry and crying my son gets up on my lap to kiss me and won’t stop. u r very right and I love what u wrote. I’m so sorry for ur loses but u have gained so much more.
+This is such a lovely story.
+The photo with your daughter’s hand is lovely. I am a photographer for NILMDTS, and they send professional photographers for no charge to do photos for moms with still born or very premature babies, and having done this types of photos, I can tell you, they are the most touching type I’ve ever done, and the mothers and babies stick with me always!
+Your story is the most poignent I’ve read on here.
+Your twin belly is also one of the prettiest pregnant bellies I’ve seen!
+You know I came to this website because I was feeling sorry for myself. My tummy is loose and I have strech marks. I never expected to find a story that would make me apprieciate what I have and be so grateful for all the hell I went through with my pregnancy. I have my daughter she is almost 6 months old now. I know everyone has thanked you for sharing your story but I will never again allow myself to feel badly about my body. You have made me realize that my body is just a gift that my daughter has given me. Thank you for your story it has trly changed my heart. I hope that it will do the same for other girls who are thinking so selfishly and not remembering what each mark on our belly is for! Thank You again.
+Oh Erron, I have tears rolling down my face! You are such a great mommy and I feel so blessed to know you.
+You have been in my thoughts and prayers all day today.
+((hugs!))
+Thank you for sharing your beautiful journey. I too have has a few losses, although very early on in my pg, a loss is still a loss no matter how far along you are! I LOVE the picture of you holding little Katie’s hand, and love the beautiful twin belly picture!
+i really shouldn`t have read this story before needing to go out. make up everywhere. being pre33 weeks pregnant i can`t imagine going this far and losig her or my son:(
+I’m crying as I write this response. Thank you for sharing your story with everyone who reads it. Very inspiring. Your a very strong woman. This has made me less vain about my post pregnancy body. I used to have a stretch mark free body with perky B cup breasts…after 3 children I’m embossed with marks of motherhood. I just hope I feel this way the next time I look in the mirror. God bless!
+The picture of you holding your daughters hand was so touching! Thank you for sharing and your honesty. This is what I needed to remind me how more grateful i need to be for all that I have including my beautiful daughter and my droopy belly. I am finally, after five months accepting the new me.
+Thank you for writing this. I can’t tell you how much that last paragraph touched me. I’m crying. I am a Mother and a Doula and suffered an early loss about 6 weeks ago. Within a week of my loss I attended two beautiful births. That last paragraph is a perfect explanation as to why I attended those births when everyone told me I shouldn’t. Thank you.
+Thank you for sharing, I could never imagine that a loving heart of mother can be so strong. I had one early loss and I have one wonderful son (9 months now), and I always was sure that if anything happen to him I would die, or end with endless depression. And you – you lived through that pain, and your love just increased. What you wrote about embracing other people, other mothers with love is one of the most inspiring things I read in years. It’s no need to tell I was crying.
+I really hope that you and your Katie will meet in heaven, and I will pray for strenth for you and love and health for your family. Thank you.
+Wow! I am actually speechless right now. Just tears and the overwhelming urge to hug myself and my kids. Wish I had the words…
+Eric Peterson
+Leon Valley, TX 78240
+2/13/96
+Dear Pontiac,
+I am BEYOND being frustrated. I'm not even sure why I'm bothering to write you again, except maybe to vent some of the frustration, anger, and disappointment I've accumulated dealing with you.
+I've been trying to buy a Firebird, on and off, for more than two years. To date, I've visited SIX different Pontiac dealerships a total of TWENTY-FOUR times. I've spoken to other dealerships via long distance, and I've spoken numerous times with your customer service people. To be sure, I've run across a few individuals who seem both interested in selling cars and in NOT being rude, but these people appear to represent the exceptions. To save time, and paper, I'm going to summarize my experiences with Pontiac and Pontiac representatives in bulletized form. This will still take some time.
+- I decided in early 1994, after nine years of owning high-tech turbocharged four-cylinder performance cars (a 1986 Ford Motorsport-Spec T-Bird Turbo Coupe and a 1990 HKS Stage IV Eclipse GSX), that it was time to renew my relationship with pushrod V-8 American automobiles. In other words: I'm tired of the buzz, and the turbo lag, and the premium gas, and the expensive parts, and the fact that it takes me 45 minutes and a metric socket set to change an air filter. I don't want to have to wait for a crate from Japan or Germany the next time I want more power, and I'd like not to have to special order alternators. I begin my search. Almost immediately I find that I very much want to find a Firehawk. 1 - In the summer of 1994 I visited Red McCombs Superior Pontiac in San Antonio. I'd had very bad experiences with Red McCombs dealerships before, but that had been years in the past, and I very much wanted to see and drive a Firehawk, and that dealership had advertised two cars, both red, both fully optioned. This is what I want. I visit the dealership and meet a salesman named Todd. Todd shows me the cars, which are not available for test drives, and shows me the sticker - which posts a price $10,000 over list. After several days of soul-searching, I return to Red McCombs and offer list, cash. Red's salesmen laugh in my face. I am no longer enthralled with Pontiac.
+- Over the next eight months, during the second half of 1994 and into 1995, to be certain I'm clear on my wants, I visit Mitsubishi, Ford, Toyota, Mazda, and Nissan dealers. The new Eclipse GSX is a good start, but I can't sit upright in it. Scratch that real fast. The dealer offers me the chance to take a 3000GT VR-4 home for the weekend. If I wanted to spend $50,000 on a car, I'd send off for a replica GT-40 kit. I decline.
+- Wow, Toyota dealers are trying hard to sell their Supra Turbos. The Yen has bitten them badly. Wonderful car, much better than the 3000GT VR-4. It FITS. Everything about the car is right. It seems cramped but that's just because so much of the bodywork is visible outside the greenhouse. A Toyota, it'll probably feel as good at 100,000 miles. Too bad it's also pushing $50,000. The salesman is polite and well-informed, and he's waiting for me upon my second visit. He offers me an almost irresistible trade-in allowance on the GSX - he says he has a friend who is looking for a fast SCCA event vehicle and already has it sold. He offers me a weekend in the Supra. No. Fifty-thousand dollars would buy a Saleen S351, or a Callaway Camaro without all the cosmetic bells and whistles, or a Firehawk and still leave some hefty change.
+- The Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo is as close to a muscle car on rails as I've ever driven, and again, I can take one home for a few days to make up my mind. Two seats, though, and the insurance burden that goes with it. Neither consideration is a showstopper, but sometimes Audrey and I take off for the weekend and we need a little space for luggage. I really don't want a two-seater...
+- The RX-7 is great, and leftover '94s are selling at $13,000 off list! Those thin aluminum doorskins in the land of Bubba are scary, though, and the sound system consumes the entire trunk! And we still have only the two seats. I don't think so. The RX-7 is a car for when we finish our home in the country with the car barn.
+- I consider Mustangs: Hmmmm... The T-bird spent 117 days in the shop undergoing warranty repairs in the three years I owned it. That's why I bought the Mitsubishi. More: the Mustang's ugly, sort of a generic HondaFordToyotaPodThing, sure, but the suspension and those 17" tires are tops. A Cobra-R? The salesmen laugh hysterically, unless I want to put up $20k - and they'll try to get me one. Finally, the spectre of the Lemon Thunderbird wins out...
+- A Viper?? No, way too expensive. And not practical in the least. Not that that's an indictment of the car. It is what it is.
+- This takes me back to this around March or April of 1995: I REALLY like the Formula or the Trans Am. Yeah, I think, lower tires like the Firehawk, ZR40-17s on a convertible, the SLP cat-back exhaust from Summit, and a Vortech, and I'll have something unique, for a bargain. Time to start looking seriously, I think.
+- Against my better judgement, I visit the Red McCombs Superior Pontiac showroom again not three miles from my home. I seek a red/grey leather hatchroof 6-speed Formula or Trans Am coupe or a red/white/white leather 6-speed convertible. Either should have the unidirectionals and the 3.42 gears without traction control. To my vast surprise, I browse for thirty minutes and no salesmen accost me. There are cars I'd like to look at here. Finally, I intercept a salesman. He tells me "We have no 6-speed convertibles. Can't get 'em. Special order only. Very expensive. And we only give test drives in LT-1 6-speed cars when we have a deposit."
+- After cooling off for a few days, I visit Rush Pontiac/GMC on the extreme outskirts of the city. There are two cars with potential: one Formula and one Trans-Am. I am told by a large truck salesman (that's a salesman of large trucks, not a large salesman) that there are no Pontiac salespeople available, that he doesn't even know where the keys are, that I should return Monday.
+- I drive immediately to Park Pontiac, which is nearer my home, but with whom I am completely unfamiliar. There are many Firebirds, including a large number of 6-speed LT-1 cars, parked right in the front lot along the highway. Several have been there unmolested long enough that the brake disks are very rusty. I browse for thirty minutes. There are salesmen -- inside. I go into the showroom, where a number of individuals are clustered discussing adult cinema. Upon excusing myself and interrupting, one apparent salesman turns and tells me "Go back out to the lot. Take a card off one of the cars and call us back for an appointment."
+- I log onto Pontiac's online literature request service on Compuserve. I am rewarded with a large glossy brochure (which later turns out to be full of inaccurate option information) and a certificate worth a savings bond when I take a test drive in a new Pontiac. These materials arrive within days of my visit to your online literature request area. I am armed with information! If I can't get your idiot dealers to talk to me, I'll start my research without them!
+- I visit Red McCombs Superior Pontiac again. I browse the lot, enter the showroom, compare my brochure with the brochures on display, SIT in the open Anniversary Special Trans Am convertible, which is indeed an automatic car. I am ignored.
+- I visit Park Pontiac again. They are in the midst of a huge sale, pushing GrandAms. There are dozens of customers in the showroom. There are no Firebirds out front. After waiting in the showroom for twenty minutes a salesman dashing by stops and asks me if I've been helped. "No." He asks me if I'm looking for something in particular. I tell him I'm looking for a red/grey hatchroof 6-speed LT-1 or red/white/white 6-speed convertible, but that I'll happily look at ANY 6-speed LT-1 car. He tells me they have no 6-speed convertibles, but that they have lots of coupes "in the garage." He tells me he will find someone to help me. I wait for another twenty to thirty minutes, at which time I leave.
+- A phone call to Rush Pontiac confirms that I can arrive in time to speak with a Pontiac salesman. I wasted a lot of time at Park. I drive forty minutes. Rush Pontiac has closed fifteen minutes prior to their posted closing time. No one waited for me. They're dark, and everything is locked.
+- After once again cooling off for a few days, I see a transporter unloading at McCombs. I visit there that evening. They are in the midst of peak sales hours. I am unable to secure the attention of a salesman. As I move around the showroom a youth drives up in an older white Trans Am. The old 6.6 T/A is smoking badly. A salesman talking to other customers sees him, disappears into the back area, and returns with another salesman. As I leave a few minutes later, the second salesman is unlocking one of the Trans Am convertibles out on the lot for the youth...
+- After seeing Red McCombs' immense newspaper ads the following weekend, I visit Superior Pontiac a FOURTH time. I browse quickly because I have a meeting after lunch. There are new cars here. A salesman approaches me. I thank him, and explain that I have a meeting in twenty minutes. He tells me that there are no 6-speed convertibles, but that I'm welcome to look through all the cars with him and drive anything I want. I promise to return. He tells me he looks forward to that. The salesman was Todd. He had remembered me from my attempts to buy the Firehawk almost a year before, and told me he knew I was serious if I was back again. About that he was right.
+- I return the next evening. Todd is nowhere to be found. I am able to get two other salesman to tell me that they don't know where Todd is, but they offer nothing else as each hurries off to his other business. I browse the showroom for half and hour, and leave.
+- Hearing these stories, a close friend calls a friend of his who owns a Pontiac dealership in Karnes City, two hours south of San Antonio. Randy Witte calls me. He apologizes for the behavior of the 'big city salesman' and runs a computer search for me. There are two red/white/white leather 6-speed LT-1 convertibles in San Antonio, he tells me. One is at Park and has been for weeks. The other is at Red McCombs and has been for months. I suggest that the one at McCombs is the sales manager's car - a red/white/white leather 6-speed TransAm convertible with aftermarket chrome wheels. Randy speaks with the Superior Pontiac sales manager and calls me back. Randy says Superior re-affirms that the car is present, that it is NOT the sales manager's demo, and he offers me a discounted price because he's already worked out the transfer... Since I HAVEN'T DRIVEN ONE OF THESE THINGS YET, I must decline. Randy gives me the VIN for the convertible. I check at lunch and find that it is indeed NOT the sales manager's car. Pontiac's computers say that precisely the car I seek is here, but I haven't seen it, and twice I've been told it doesn't exist! While I'm in the lot adjacent to the showroom, closely inspecting the sales manager's beautiful car, three salesman on the apron ignore me.
+- That evening I go to Park Pontiac to see the red/white/white LT-1 6-speed convertible Pontiac's computers claim they have. They are very busy. I am ignored. I try to get the attention of any salesman for twenty minutes. I fail. I leave.
+- Furious, I drive out to Rush again in an attempt to drive ANY 6-speed LT-1 car. They have closed half an hour early.
+- On a business trip to Austin I stop at South Point Pontiac. A salesman there is friendly and courteous, and greets me as I exit my Eclipse. I thank him profusely and explain the problems I've been having with other dealers. He expresses shock, and apologizes for them, but admits that he has MANY other customers from San Antonio. Unfortunately, South Point has no 6-speed cars whatsoever. I leave him my card and a written description of the car I want to find.
+- Upon returning to San Antonio I pick up my lovely wife and try Superior one last time. Audrey DETESTS visiting car dealers, and has been absent at the purchases of my last five cars and trucks, but she agrees to accompany me "to attract salesmen". It works. Todd approaches us, remembers me. I try to resolve the inconsistencies in the different brochures. He refers us to the sales manager, who is very well-informed although somewhat aloof. My questions are answered, but I am told A THIRD TIME that 6-speed LT-1 convertibles are special order only, very expensive, and that there are none there. This is the same sales manager who told Randy Witte two days before that precisely the car I specified was in his back lot and available for transfer to Witte Pontiac. Ignoring this evident misinformation, I apologize to Todd for returning without an appointment (he was keeping customers waiting for the few moments it took to take us to the sales manager), and we agreed that my wife and I would return after dinner in one hour to test drive "any car on the lot", in Todd's words. He and the sales manager also told me that 'If you don't see it on the lot now, it's not available.' My wife and I returned in exactly one hour. Todd never showed up for the appointment he had set with us. We waited almost forty minutes past the appointed time. No other salesperson would speak to us, except to insist that we wait for Todd. The sales manager seemed to actively avoid us.
+- Realizing that there is yet a final alternative to Mustangs, Camaros, Firebirds, and various Japanese supercoupes, I visit the lone local BMW dealer to see an M3. After browsing the lot for twenty minutes I enter the showroom. A salesman immediately rises from his desk and greets me. I think this is promising. He asks me what I'm looking for. I tell him. He looks me up and down and tells me 'You probably couldn't afford an M3. You want to see these 325s out here....' I'm back to Firebirds.
+- I wrote a scathing and angry letter to the individual whose name appeared on the savings bond certificate. It must have hit somewhere, because a gentleman named Roger Ackels with Pontiac regional sales in Houston called me the same morning the Pontiac headshed faxed my letter to him. We spoke for nearly an hour. We are both 'car guys'. He apologizes and makes no excuses for the two largest Pontiac dealers in south Texas. He does suggest that I try Rush Pontiac again, because that dealership has changed hands - and was changing hands during my previous experiences. I agree that this upset at that dealer may gave sapped the motivation of some of the salespeople there. He offers to bring any car I care to name to my door for a test drive. He makes an open ended offer of assistance to do whatever needs to be done to get me into a Pontiac. He cares about his job, about his company, and I do not wish to inconvenience him to that extent, and I am angry in the extreme over this whole thing. I will wait, I tell him, or devote my resources to the several collectable cars I already own. It's not at all like I NEED to replace anything or to augment the collection.
+- Because Roger Ackels took the time to correct the problem your salesmen caused, I started looking at Firebirds again after some weeks of cooling down. On the fifth of June, I travelled to the I- 35 Auto Ranch, a Pontiac-GMC truck dealer some distance north of here. I browsed the lot for fully thirty minutes. There were cars I wanted to see. As I prepared to enter the showroom, a clattering old Camaro with a front tire almost flat pulled up into the lot. A young man, maybe 18 or 19, dressed in rags, got out and began to look over the Firebirds. The man's family piled out of the car to accompany him. A salesman appeared. As I began to say hello, he walked right past me and began to show the small family the car I had just been looking over. This repeat of the experience at McCombs does not make me happy. I entered the showroom. I excused myself and interrupted the conversation of two apparent salesmen. One asked me what I was looking for. I told him, but added that I'd be VERY happy to drive ANY 6-speed LT-1. "We don't have anything like that. Firebirds are scarce, and what you want we don't have and won't be getting. You need to try someplace else."
+- I tried South Point in Austin again. Upon arriving there the evening of the 28th of June I found them to be VERY busy. They also had a large number of cars that seemed to fit my requirements in most respects. Although I had left a card and a written description with them, they had never called back. Neither could I secure the attention of anyone that evening. After forty minutes of browsing and waiting, during which time I entered the showroom and sat in the black LT-1 convertible on center stage, I left. Again, they were very busy, but that doesn't excuse the fact that they failed to call me when several cars fitting my requirements showed up.
+- Over the next few weeks, I saw several hatchroof red Formula coupes appear on the Superior lot, which I pass twice a day or more. No one ever called. Having visited that dealer SEVEN TIMES, I refuse to take the initiative again. They have my card and my number and a description of what I want.
+- On the 26th of June, while leaving my accountant's office, I saw a shiny new red hatchroof Formula parked in the parking garage. The driver had in fact parked along the back row near my Eclipse. I examined the car. It was a red hatchroof grey leather 6-speed Formula. And it had new Auto Ranch dealer tags on it. I guess they were getting one after all.
+- I don't like the Camaros. That mirror blending in with the fender has bothered me since it first appeared on Probes. Nevertheless, I believed that if I drove an LT-1 Camaro, and liked it, I would order a comparable Firebird from Witte Pontiac.
+- On the 2nd of June I visited Ancira-Winton Chevrolet in Leon Valley, not more than a mile from my home. I thought that any dealer whose owner drove around town in a silver Callaway Supernat couldn't be all bad. I browsed through ALL the Z28s in the lot, sat in the car in the showroom, collected literature, and left after forty minutes of not having seen one free salesman - and of not having been offered the assistance of any, either.
+- On the 3rd of July I visited Ancira-Winton Chevrolet again. The results were precisely the same, except that some of the salesmen weren't busy. But none approached me.
+- On the 5th of July I visited Benson Chevrolet some distance from home. I spent FIFTY MINUTES going through the sticker of every last Z28 in stock, and five minutes sitting in the car in the showroom - a beautiful polo green 6-speed LT-1 convertible. After browsing the literature, I left.
+- On the 6th I tried to call the 1-800-2PONTIAC phone number listed by the CIS online service. They tell me they're set up to handle problems owners have with their cars, not problems potential owners have with becoming owners.
+- On the 10th I visited Smith Chevrolet in downtown San Antonio. I HATE driving downtown, but as my options are somewhat limited, I did anyway. I drive up near the parked row of Z28s, and immediately a salesman appears and introduces himself. I think maybe the attitude has changed at local GM dealers because Kelly AFB is closing, and they're worried about sales, but I've never been to Smith before and so I give the gentleman the benefit of the doubt. Within ten minutes I am driving a 6-speed LT-1 Camaro Z28 coupe. It's not a hatchroof, and it's dark red, and the leather is graphite and there's no monochrome trim package, and I have problems sitting up straight in it, but it is nevertheless the VERY FIRST 6-speed LT-1 I've DRIVEN. After months, I get to drive one of these machines. I like it, except for the headroom problem. I thank the salesman profusely. He runs an inventory search for me, but no hatchroof Z28s or are in stock, and neither are there Z28 convertibles. He offers to run a computer search.
+- Wayne calls me within HOURS that same day. I am impressed. He has located two bright red/tan leather/tan top 6-speed Z28 convertibles in Houston, and a green/tan one in San Antonio. It's the one at Benson, in the showroom, that I sat in, reading their sales brochures, where they ignored me. Seeing that green/tan is an option, I agree to try to test drive the car at Benson and then return to Smith to get it transferred if I like it.
+- That same evening I stop off at Ancira on the way home because it's obvious they have a new group of Camaros. I am immediately greeted by Glenn, who explains that he's just moved over from the Benson dealership. Within ten minutes I am sitting in a dark red/beige leather/hatchroof 6-speed Z28. I have plenty of headroom. We drive the car. I like it. I tell Glenn that I will return with my wife to see it. As I'm about to leave I check the headroom in a Z28 automatic convertible on the lot; there is plenty, more than in the hatchroof.
+- Two days later I get a thank-you note from Wayne at Smith re-affirming his willingness to order me anything, or search for a specific car, or generally go what it takes to sell me a Camaro. This guy cares!
+- The early afternoon of the 7th I visit Benson again. They also have lots of additional cars that I hadn't seen before. Most are automatics. I spend nearly forty minutes in the lot. I am ignored. I enter the showroom - no mean feat because of the construction - and move over to the 6-speed convertible. It's not leather, but it's the only one there is. If I could drive this car, maybe I could order what I wanted.... Salesmen come and go, some eating, most talking among themselves. Other customers come in, are immediately greeted, are led into cars to take test drives while I'm standing by the convertible. After a time I politely (it is getting DIFFICULT to be polite) interrupt some salesmen. They confirm that there are no other 6-speed convertibles. I ask if it might be possible to drive the one they have. 'Sure,' comes the response, 'we'll be happy to move that car out of the showroom provided we have a purchase order first.' I leave in disgust.
+- I call Wayne at Benson to tell him this story. He isn't in, but he returns my call within minutes. He apologizes for the Benson dealership. We laugh at the impasse I've reached, that I want a convertible but can't drive one.
+- The evening of the 7th I return to Ancira with my wife. Glenn sees us come in the door and meets us with the keys. 'Take your time', he tells us, and tosses me the keys. Audrey is uncomfortable in the car; she is tiny, and the passenger seat isn't adjustable. She says she could live with the hump in the floor if she could get comfortable in the seat, but she can't. We return the keys to Glenn and wait while he finishes with other customers. He does some research for us, tells us that NO Camaro has an adjustable passenger seat. He doesn't know if that will change for the '96 model year. He can tell us that no Z28 6-speed convertibles are arriving before the end of the model year. He tells us that the convertibles don't perform, anyway, that they're 800 pounds heavier. This is incorrect, but I don't call him on the bluff... er, the 'error'. This is the only problem I have with Glenn at Ancira-Winton. He's been a big help, really.
+- On the way home we happen to drive by Red McCombs Superior Pontiac. There are FOUR Formula or TransAm convertibles on prominent display out in front. We pull off the highway and drive into the lot. One of the cars is a bright red/white leather/white top 6-speed TransAm with a three-month-old inspection sticker and nearly 2000 miles on the clock! I check the VIN. It is, of course, the car three different people here had told me didn't exist - the car Randy Witte's computer search had located weeks before! It is, of course, the car that I would have bought if Todd had bothered to show up for the appointment we made so many weeks before, and if we had 'found' the car on their lot. There is a salesman approaching us. Audrey and I are both so blindingly furious that we ignore him and leave. It would have been impossible to deal with these people now. One of us would have hit somebody.
+- Audrey and I have a discussion that evening. She convinces me that I wouldn't really be happy with the level of equipment in the Camaro. She's right; it would be another step down, like the change from the T-Bird to the Eclipse. A step-up in performance, to be sure, especially after I got a chance to hotrod it, but a step down in trim and equipment nevertheless. And of course she didn't like the hatchroof Z28 because of the seat, but that was the only problem. She suggests, and I agree, that if I'm going to purchase an LT-1, it'll have to be a full-dress Formula or TransAm. And she comments that I really have been talking convertibles. That would solve the seat issue, too, I note.
+- When I arrive home I find two new issues of auto trade magazines: Autoweek and Car&Driver. Both feature prominent articles on the new WS-6 package in the Firebird. It's exactly what I want: 275-40ZR17s, more power, better handling, and at a price far below that of a Firehawk. Sure, I've never driven a convertible, but that's what I really want. A hatchroof coupe would be nice, but the convertibles are making me crazy. The articles present different information on the availability of a WS-6 convertible.
+- On the 9th I call Randy Witte in Karnes City. He knows nothing at all about the WS-6, but he will research it for me. He calls me later that day with some rough preliminary information. Only coupes this year, he tells me.
+- I call my contact Roger Ackels in Houston. After all, he promised me he'd try to do anything he could to sell me a car. A customer service type named Barbara returns my call the same day. This is a good sign; she tells me Roger remembers me. I ask her to find out when I can get a WS-6 Convertible. She promises to find out for me.
+- I hear from Barbara in Houston the same day. WS-6 convertibles MAY go into production in early 1996, but she can get me one of the very first WS-6 coupes in the southwest, possibly as soon as October. Would I rather wait for the convertibles? Yes, I would. She tells me to call her the first business day after the 1st of January, 1996. I put her number up on my blown-up zerox copy of the photo of the PPG WS-6 convertible prototype that was published in Autoweek. I wait. And wait. And wait. I REALLY want a WS-6 convertible. At this point the Eclipse had been my daily driver for longer than anything I've ever owned.
+- In the meantime Chevy announces the Z28 SS in both coupe and convertible forms. I am tempted. I think maybe we could fit an SS with Recaros for Audrey, but the convertible still clips you for the full package price but omits the wheel, tire, and suspension upgrades. I regard that as something approaching a ripoff. Nope, not for me. I'd like to do business with Wayne at Smith Chevrolet, but I need to find out about the WS-6 convertible first.
+- In November of 1995 I start checking with Pontiac dealers again. I visit the all new Gunn Pontiac in Universal City, the group that bought the old Rush franchise. They have no Firebirds that I can find and no place to park. After driving around the lot for ten minutes I THINK I find a customer slot, but a security guard waves me away sternly. I leave.
+- The following week I visit South Point in Austin again. I am greeted by a different salesman and told that the other person has left the firm. I am shown all available literature and all the cars on the lot. Unfortunately, South Point has no 6-speed cars except for an already-sold WS-6, the first they've seen. Neither South Point nor I really want that I should drive someone else's car. However, the polite sales reps at South Point verify while I wait that WS-6 convertibles are not yet available and that '96 Firebirds will NOT have those ridiculous DRLs, something about which I had been concerned. (The 2-3 shift lockout is bad enough, but the lockout combined with DRLs is almost enough to write off the car.) The salesman takes my card and promises to look around for me. I think to myself though, "Why didn't they call me about the WS-6 they got?"
+- In early December I visit the Auto Ranch again. There is a metallic green TransAm on the apron, a new car. I stop to examine it. It's a 6-speed taupe leather, hatchroof, CD, performance axle, uprated tire car - PRECISELY the car I was looking for earlier in the year except for the color, and green is my second (Audrey's first) choice. A salesman materializes. I explain that I had been looking for precisely this combination for some time, and that his employer had treated me quite badly the last time I visited. He apologizes profusely and immediately sets three other workers in motion to move minivans and trucks so that we can take the car for a drive. He tells me the car is "Top of the Line". I tell him that I realize this was true some months before, but that I'd really prefer a WS-6 now that they're available. "Oh, well, yeah, the WS-6 is technically top of the line, now." We start the car. It stalls twice. The salesman moves it down the ramp and into the lot. It stalls. We move it off the property and change places. I like this car A LOT. We proceed two miles down the highway and the car stumbles. The "CHECK ENGINE" light comes on, begins to flash, steadies down. The car is VERY down on power, and it takes a heavy foot to keep it moving with traffic. It wants to stall, and almost all the power is gone. I limp it around the turnaround to head back to the dealership. It stalls. I get it into traffic, sluggishly, and whatever problem there was disappears in a cloud of tire smoke. With the pedal all the way down to make the malfunctioning engine move the beast, the car is now under full power acceleration with no apparent problems. My attempts to regain control are hampered by the sudden failure of the driver's seat adjustment mechanism, tilting my seat back against the rear split bench. I like this car, but I am NOT thrilled. The salesman, obviously a little shaken, tells me "Of course, these are problems we'd fix under warranty."
+- Two weeks later my wife and I return to drive the car. Both the engine malfunction and the seatback have been repaired. Audrey is comfortable in the TransAm passenger seat, but agrees with me that I won't be happy unless I get the best available. The salesman is disappointed, but I keep his fax number on file so that when I find out if WS-6 convertibles will be built I can include the Auto Ranch on the quoting list. He offers to order me a WS-6 coupe, but I really want to wait to find out if convertibles will be available.
+Towards the end of the year I change jobs. I am offered a lucrative position in one engineering firm, and my own graphic design and illustration firm and my wife's software development business are both doing extremely well. It is time for me to move on. In the packing and moving of my voluminous professional materials I misplace the phone number for the customer service people in Houston. I am not worried about it at the time.
+- In early January I visit Gunn Pontiac again. There are parking spaces. I browse the lot and the showroom, but I am ignored. There are a large number of LT-1 cars, but all are locked, blocked, and boxed in.
+- That same week I get a call from the salesman who had worked for South Point, the one who took my card. He now works for Red McCombs Pontiac in Austin, a franchise transfer. I am not thrilled about the Red McCombs affiliation, but he has a green, leather, 6- speed, optioned hatchroof WS-6 coupe on the lot. I travel to Austin frequently, so I am able to visit this new dealership within two days. The car is precisely the same as the TransAm at the Auto Ranch, except it is of course a WS-6 and the leather is dark gray. The salesman has the keys within minutes, and we're driving the car as quickly. This machine is AWESOME. The intake noise coming through the windshield is exhilarating, and the performance surpasses the promises made by wonderful engine noises. The overall impact this car has puts the Camaro to shame, although in fairness I've not driven an SS. I REALLY want one of these. I begin to regret that I hadn't priced it out, and that I hadn't even brought my pricing guides.
+Three miles out a horrible noise starts coming from the rear end, a clanking, rattling noise like a loose anti-sway bar. It happens mostly on bumps, but there is a light rattle in the straights, and a grating noise in turns. The salesman says, "Hmm, yes, there is a noise. I'm sure it's normal." (thunk, thunk, rattle, rattle, thunk rattle GRIND) "Or at least it's nothing we wouldn't fix under warranty."
+"Er, um, the upholstery is the wrong color in this one, John, sorry." Too bad. I had had my checkbook with me, even if I wasn't completely prepared, I probably would have bought this car.
+- After some weeks of serious consideration, I decide that I really must have one of these despite the fact that neither Firebird I test drove has made it four miles without breaking. My continuing research indicates convertibles won't be available, and a reassessment of my needs demonstrates that a coupe will be a more practical alternative. Of course, seeing a red-orange metallic hatchroof WS-6 coupe with the taupe leather interior had a lot to do with that decision, too. I had a long talk with the owner at a rest stop between Austin and Dallas, a very happy man despite what he called "Spotty quality". Audrey and I had a long, long talk about this, too. She understands that I'm most likely going to buy something fast and expensive, and she'd rather we plan it together than for me to make the decision without her. We decide this: I would still consider buying a Ram Air Firebird if I can get an extended test drive, at least a weekend, hopefully five or six days, and if it doesn't break during that interval.
+No problem, said I to myself; I've got the phone number of some people in Houston who can set that up for me. Or, I did. After frantic searching I located the piece of paper with the photo and the phone number on it. I am saved, I think. On February 2nd I called Barbara. She was unavailable and I left a message. No one returned my call. On February 5th I left another message in the morning, and no one returned my call. In the afternoon I got through to her, and she remembered me. She told me, and I told her that I understood, that WS-6 convertible production was still uncertain. She was suddenly interrupted by another line and promised to call me back within ten minutes. I gave her my new phone numbers. She did not call me back. On the sixth I reached her again on a second line, and she promised to "call ya right back babe." She did not. I left a message for her on the eighth, and on the ninth I reached her, but she was busy and promised to call me back immediately. She did not. Six tries is quite enough, thank you.
+I accessed your area on CIS on the tenth of February to find that there was no provision for feedback. I found your website and left a shorter version of this letter there. I received no response.
+I tried your 1-800-PMCARES hotline. No one answered. The second time someone answered but the line cut off immediately. The third time no one answered.
+I've spent more than 100 hours trying to buy a Formula, TransAm, or Firehawk. I've written three letters, spoken to three people who tell me they want to help, visited several dealers who sometimes want to help, and another several dealers who really don't give a hoot.
+Just for your reference, I did a lot of experimenting during these exercises with my apparent level of prosperity and appearance. At times I tried driving the Eclipse, my Nissan 4x4, my wife's Neon, rental cars, my old Cobra Jet T-bird. That made no difference. I tried t-shirt and jeans, suit and tie, shirt and slacks, and my $120 lifting sweats with new Nike Airs. No difference. I tried clean-shaven, and I tried covered with stubble. I tried hair loose, ponytailed, and hidden under a baseball cap. All. no difference. I'm 6'2", 220 pounds, and I don't frighten small children. I use complete sentences and I say "Excuse me" when I try to get the attention of a salesman.
+You have taught me something, however. Through this experience I've come to realize that instead of hoping that a new high performance car will be problem-free, that expecting -- indeed, planning -- for potential problems opens up a world of possibilities. In fact, after Audrey and I sat down and discussed this a final time, we came to the conclusion that another option would be for me to buy TWO cars, one practical with a warranty and one completely impractical for short trips and fair skies. Thus, I've traded my Eclipse even-up for a '96 Neon Coupe with the twincam SCCA ACR package. The second car will be an '84 Ferrari 308GTS, or a Westfield SEight, or possibly that ERA GT40, since finances have improved pretty dramatically over the past year. When I wrote the note via your web page, the Ferrari looked like it was going to be the one, but it turned out to have some problems that probably can't be corrected by the seller cost-effectively. I'm leaning towards the SEight, or an equivalent like the Rotus. Every time I see a new TransAm I just get MAD.
+Do you realize that in the amount of time I spent trying to buy a car from you bozos, I could have earned enough to pay cash for the SCCA Neon? Do you have any idea of how absolutely insane that fact is? You wouldn't BELIEVE how much "mileage" I get out of this story!
+In the last twelve years I've owned more than a dozen new and project/hobby vehicles, not counting the three motorcycles. I'm 33. Let's figure, assuming some advances in medical technology, that I'll have until I'm 70 to enjoy my automotive hobby. Figuring conservatively, that gives me the potential for another forty cars or so. I've never owned any GM product, let alone a Pontiac. Would you like to guess how many of those potential cars will be Pontiacs? How many will be GM products? Here's a hint: it' s the same number for both answers and if you add it to itself it doesn't get any bigger.
+I'm really glad to hear you had a record year last year. So sorry I couldn't do my part to help out.
+Eric Peterson
+Vice President, Sisyphus Software - A Registered Autodesk Multimedia Developer
+Owner, Sisyphus Graphics
+Director of Forensic Animation Services and Principal Engineer, Manufacturing Systems Division, Engineering Spectrum, Inc.
+Contributing Author, Artist, and Technical Editor, New Riders Publishing
+- 
+Bear Research in Oklahoma
+OSU researchers investigate rising black bear population in Oklahoma
+By Sean Hubbard
+Natural Resource Ecology and Management graduate student Erica Perez holds a black bear. (PHOTO / TODD JOHNSON)
+She has to feel like an actress gracing the red carpet for the first time. Everyone is going crazy over the rare chance to catch a glimpse of her. Cameras are snapping and spectators are in awe.
+At just five weeks old, this young lady is creating a long-lasting memory for the group of 25-or-so eager onlookers. But, more importantly, over the next several years, she will play a role in helping answer some of the questions lurking around her lifestyle.
+Black bears are becoming increasingly prevalent throughout the landscape of eastern and southeastern Oklahoma. The Ouachita Mountains have served as the backdrop for many landowners in the area to tag along with researchers from Oklahoma State University’s Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
+“Often, landowners will see a bear on their property and contact the Wildlife Department,” says Sue Fairbanks, NREM assistant professor and adviser to the project. “They (landowners) typically invite their families to join us when we check on the dens because most are excited to see the bears and take some pictures with the cubs.”
+Catching a glimpse of a black bear in the state does not happen very often, however the species has been making a strong comeback in portions of Oklahoma.
+Before humans developed much of their habitat, black bears ranged all over the forested regions of North America. However, early in the 20th century, black bears were extirpated from the state. As more people began to show up, the bears started to disappear and eventually did completely.
+It wasn’t until the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission successfully reintroduced black bears into the Ouachita and Ozark Mountains in the 1960s that the bears even had a shot at survival in the region.
+Because of the increase in the Arkansas bear population, by the late 1990s, black bears had begun to naturally disperse and recolonize in portions of eastern Oklahoma, leading to a drastic increase in the volume of nuisance calls about bears ransacking campsites and breaking into places for food.
+The researchers currently have 148 bears tagged in the Ouachita study area. (PHOTO / TODD JOHNSON)
+In 2001, Sara Lyda, then an NREM graduate student, began researching bears in the state to get a handle on population numbers and the habitats they preferred.
+Fast forward 16 years to present day Oklahoma, where there are now two separate and distinctive black bear populations. One lives in the Ozark region and totals less than 100 bears.
+“Most of those are males, because those are the ones that move into the area first,” says Lyda, who is now a senior research specialist with NREM. “That is a very young and unstable population.”
+The other group, which is much larger and more established, calls the Ouachita Mountains in extreme southeastern Oklahoma home. In fact, this group has been doing so well that the Wildlife Department opened a hunting season in several counties in the area in 2009.
+"The southeast has a very stable population,” Lyda says. “Even with the hunting season, this population is still growing, is doing well and has room to grow here.”
+There is good reason for that, and with the continuing study of the bears, the researchers have been collecting data to fnd out why. Erica Perez, NREM graduate student, has adopted the program and currently holds the keys to this ongoing research vehicle.
+“The Ouachita National Forest in the southeast provides a large, contiguous stretch of forest that is an excellent habitat for bears since it provides many of their main food items like berries and acorns,” says Perez. “The area in the Ozark region is much more fragmented due to human development, making it less able to support a big population like in the Ouachita region.”
+The researchers currently have 148 bears tagged in the Ouachita study area, 79 males and 69 females, which means they’re catching roughly the same number of each sex. However, the group doesn’t put GPS satellite collars on all of them.
+Perez records weight, chest girth, sex and distinguishing marks for the cubs. (PHOTO / TODD JOHNSON)
+Of the 27 collared bears, 24 are female. Male bears give the team a snapshot of how the population may expand geographically, but the females are the stars of the show.
+“Since population fluctuations rely heavily on adult female survival, we primarily focus on collaring females that are reproductively active,” Perez says. “We can get an idea of how they are surviving within each age class — cubs, yearlings, subadults, adults — and how successful they are at reproducing. This also allows us to track females to their winter dens to obtain counts of how many cubs they’re having.”
+The team uses the GPS collars to find the bears before they leave their dens in late February and early March. This is the part of the research where landowners are invited to tag along for a den check.
+Joining the researchers for the day’s work begins with a quick, early morning briefing of what the day will hold, then loading up in the trucks and heading out. With anticipation spilling out of the spectators’ pores, the drive through the Ouachita Mountains seems to take forever.
+The train of vehicles park a half-mile-or-so away from the den location, which is home to one particular mama bear and her cub for the winter. The group waits as Perez and the team begin to meander through the hillside, quickly disappearing in the heavily forested area.
+The spectators wait patiently and get their cameras ready while the researchers locate the den, sedate the approximately 200-pound mama bear and give the “all clear” to come on down, which doesn’t take too long.
+It is a peaceful hike, with only the sounds of twigs breaking and leaves crackling under their boots. After a couple pit stops to catch their breath, the entire group has fnally made it to the den, where Perez has the cub wrapped in an orange OSU blanket.
+The Ouachita Mountains in southeast Oklahoma provide the right habitat for a stable population of black bears. (PHOTO / TODD JOHNSON)
+The cub, seemingly feather-weight, cuddles as closely as possible to whoever is holding her. With a distinct odor, already razor sharp claws, thick fur, a wet nose and an endless supply of whimpers, the five-week-old cub clings on for dear life, searching for the warmest spot possible.
+She gets passed from person to person, each equally excited about the novelty of holding one of Oklahoma’s most unique species of wildlife.
+While the media frenzy is taking place, the researchers continue to monitor the vitals of the mama bear — checking her temperature, breathing and heartrate. The GPS collar around the bear’s neck also gets a thorough examination and replaced if there is any damage or the battery is getting low.
+Once the spectators all get a chance to hold the baby and take as many photos as they can, showtime is over and it is time to get to work.
+Perez records weight, chest girth, sex and distinguishing marks for the cubs before inserting a passive integrated transponder or PIT tag, which can be scanned for identifcation purposes if the cub is ever caught again.
+Finally, a small sample of hair is plucked from the cub and out comes the cutest roar of all time. The group feels some sort of sympathy for the poor, little cub, but knows in the near future, the roar may be more terrifying than cute.
+By tracking radio-collared bears to their winter dens, the researchers have found bears use a variety of shelters for dens including rock crevices, hollow trees, holes dug into the ground under the root ball of fallen trees and more.
+New to the ongoing research is the use of ibuttons. This technology is programmed to record the temperature every four hours beginning at midnight.
+“This will help determine the warmth provided by different types of dens, and determine whether pregnant female bears choose warmer dens than other bears,” Perez says. “The more we know about what constitutes a safe, warm den for the birth and survival of black bear cubs, the better we can identify and manage good black bear habitat.”
+The research is centered on the increasing population of the species in Oklahoma. (PHOTO / TODD JOHNSON)
+The bears enter their dens in December or January and typically remain there for several months.
+“Black bears in Oklahoma will find a cozy spot and sleep through cold winters,” says Fairbanks. “They don’t eat or drink while denned, and their heart rate and metabolic rate drop. But, their body temperatures don’t decrease as much as small hibernators, like chipmunks and skunks.”
+They’ll leave the collars on the mama bear in hopes of using her life story to gain more knowledge about the entire population.
+“Our goal is to keep those females collared as long as possible,” says Lyda, who helps with the research efforts. “If you can follow that female from year to year, you can see how a good rain year has affected whether she has a lot of cubs, or her condition, things like that.”
+The research has shown the habitat in southeastern Oklahoma is prime real estate for these bears, with ample amounts of forage being a major perk. Black bears in Oklahoma prefer to not work too hard to fnd their food. A steady diet of fruits, berries, plants, ants and hard mast — like acorns and hickory nuts — typically does the trick.
+However, throughout the year, a few of these items may be taken off the bear buffet. Changing seasons, lack of rainfall, human intrusion and fire can all play a role in what types of food will be available to the bear population.
+“The bears in Oklahoma and Arkansas are predominantly vegetarian. They eat acorns, in particular, in the winter,” says Fairbanks. “They go into a situation where they are trying to put on weight as fast as they can and those acorns are a great food source for doing that.”
+The good news for the folks with bears living amongst them is there have been no instances of bears attacking livestock, pets or people — at all — in Oklahoma.
+Each cub has a passive integrated responder, which can be scanned for identification purposes. (PHOTO / TODD JOHNSON)
+“They are just not looking for meat,” Fairbanks says.
+The research heavily suggests the population in the state is very healthy and bears will be around a long time. Continued research will be of great benefit, however.
+“We’ve been extremely fortunate with our partnership and relationship with the Wildlife Department,” Lyda says. “If we can continue the research we’ve been doing and the monitoring, not only will it help the ODWC and their management efforts and help the bears, but it also will help other generations of students who will be coming up and will be our future wildlife biologists and managers to get the experience they need.”
+Leading this research project until she graduates with her master’s degree in May 2018, Perez is hoping to use her experience to further her education and career in wildlife.
+“I have really come to enjoy the whole research process — from developing research questions and collecting my own data, to the end product of seeing the practical application of the work I have had the opportunity to be a part of. It’s my hope to enter into a Ph.D. program to further my education in ecology and wildlife science,” she says. “Upon completion of my schooling, I hope to work for a nonproft or government agency that aims to better understand and manage our natural resources.”
+DIRECTV has informed several bloggers and journalists in the
+Media Center community that they suspended development of the HDCP-20 Media
+Center Tuner. Windows 7 will not include
+native DIRECTV support, which will servely impact the Media Center platform as
+a whole.
+I’ll have more on this later tonight, but I wanted to go
+ahead and get it out there.
+32 thoughts on “DIRECTV Kills Media Center Tuner; Windows 7 to be DIRECTV-less”
+Hopefully the dish network tuners are still coming. I know some one that recently signed up for windows media center 7 beta that included giving their dish account number.
+if this is true, then hopefully they will eventually work out the kinks and add the capability to Windows 7 as a patch/update later down the road.
+Holy crap that sucks. I was really looking forward to this.
+Maybe I’ll splurge and get a cable-card system.
+I guess they don’t want my business then. I watch everything exclusively through the HTPC and right now just settle for the OTA broadcasts from the networks. The first company to come out with a decent interface to media center gets my money.
+I was seriously considering switching to DirecTV solely to get the option to use on a custom built PC if they allowed for use on non-OEM built systems.
+Sad. And I had hoped this would put pressure on Cable Labs, too.
+Its true..
+Here is the email I got from DirecTV…
+The word is from CTO, Romulo Pontual to share with you:
+.”
+Best,
+Scott
+SatelliteGuys.US
+I also had plans on getting directv once they released this. Now there is no reason for me to do so….
+this is truly sad…DirecTV announced this integration product almost 3 years ago (jan 06) which caused me (and others i’m sure) to hang on to their service, but I am through with DirecTV, as soon as UVerse comes to town.
+I sure hope Uverse has some sort of MCE integration!
+You’d think that Direct TV would want to work with MS more seriously on a project like this. WMC is on a TON of computers, giving them the best shot at new aquiring new customers. Wonder why they’re dragging thier feet?
+That’s sad. This was the one thing that would have got me to switch to DirecTV. Guess I’ll be a DISH Network customer for life. (Not that I’m complaining about that.)
+Yikes, should be “DirectTV Kills Media Center” period.
+Oh well, Just one less reason to upgrade to Windows 7.
+Until Microsoft can get _real_ support for non-OTA digital TV media (besides that scourge which is Cable Card), I am afraid that Media Center’s days are numbered
+Another let down with Media Center. I too was looking forward to swtiching to DirecTV just because of this product.
+Interesting that DirecTV was trying to get this in for the August update. I don’t know if MS screwed up or what, but given theeir lack of communication and the August update fiasco I have to assume MS doesn’t know what they’re doing.
+Agree, MS is effectively killing Media Center. Too bad… all that good work that went into it, but I guess if you have an operating system/office software that are licenses to print money you probably don’t care anyway.
+Haven’t they ever heard the phrase “Better late than never”?
+And ditto to Couple of Points’ comment: RIP WMC 2002-2008
+Well, this is screwed. Unless there some real alternative plans that DirecTV and MS have, then this could be the nail in the coffin. OEM-only for CableCard was bad enough. I was another switcher to DTV if this was going to be released. But now? Forget it, unless they have another compelling solution. 3 years, and this is what they have to show for it. Sad.
+I’ll be very interested to see what else you have on this tonight, Chris. Any word on the rumored Dish tuner? I thought there was some indication that Dish was interested in WMC a while back. Good blog by the way.
+Also, Chris, I’d be interested to see if there is anything in the works like a closed D* box running WMC-type software. They are going down that path with Tivo. I wonder if that is why they killed the WMC tuner, or if maybe they are looking at that kind of solution for WMC.
+This makes me so sad. I’m using over the air HD now while waiting for the HDCP-20 ship that will never come.
+I guess this world is destined for crappy set top boxes.
+I guess they just made my mind up for me. I’m going to go with SageTv and the HD-PVR. That sucks I really wanted to stay with Media Center.
+Wow, that is really disappointing. Hopefully DISH can come through.
+Yet, the longer I have OTA only, I wonder what was so compelling about DTV that is worth $50+ per month. I had DTV for years and was ready to go back but seem to find plenty of TV OTA, I think something like only 12% of people get OTA only.
+You have got to be kidding me! Right after I finally bit the bullet and ordered 3 DMA 2100 extenders and a Vista Ultimate upgrade. Well, hopefully I can sell that stuff on eBay and get some of my money back.
+That just tears it!
+The whole pay-TV model (cable or satellite) is old world, and will go the way of CDs and DVDs soon. The combination of broadcast/OTA programming, NetFlix streaming, Video Podcasts, and Hulu offers more than enough programming choices, all for free or nominal cost. I cancelled my $65/month Dish contract 6 months ago and never looked back.
+RIP HDPC-20 tuner.. no shed tears for you here.
+I switched to Sage back in August, when M$ dropped the ball with Fiji. I am glad to see it hurt M$ as much as it hurt their customers for once. Ha ha eHome. I hope it stings. You deserve it.
+Argh. I’ve been waiting for this thing for years now, limping along with SD recording in Media Center, putting off getting a DirecTV HD PVR, etc.
+I’m going to have to rethink now. Maybe Comcast….
+Well, that’s it! I’m not waiting any longer. After Fiji was a bust I was again suckered into waiting for Win7. I’m so angry about this I’m canceling my DirecTV service after 12 years with them. I’m sure it won’t make any difference to them, but I think I can talk some of my friends into switching as well. I guess it’s the Dish Network DVR for me. Dish Networks HD only plan is so much cheaper than my current DirecTV plan I can’t believe I didn’t switch before.
+Interesting comments here. I do not use DTV except for the 4 months of pigskin. After that I use OTA. That said, DTV has released their DirecTV2PC which can be “integrated” with MCE, which in the end gives me all that I need. I can view my MCE content or my DTV content.
+DTV gave me what I needed because they are giving the HDR20 away for freee when you sign up. Either way they were going to charge you 5 bucks for the DVR or for the DVR USB device (like cable does).
+Live with guys – they have given you the better option – except for maybe power consumption. Though this gives me a low power device (HDR20) with TONS of recording space and allows my HTPC to be used for OTA or even better OTA and Cable card and still have access to DTV content from the same place!
+I have been using this for some time and it is quite nice:
+My 2 cents!
+Microsoft messes up again, Kills H.264 support in the TV Pack, Directv pulls the plug.. Great job MS.
+I just got a new machine planning for this. About to turn in the towel on media center…
+Man, that just sucks. How fucking competent do have to be so ship a well understood addon to a well understood product. They have been screwing around with this in a vacume for years, meanwhile there are lot of people waiting to give them MONEY yet they still can’t get their shit together.
+You know what Direct TV, I think I will fire you and go give my money to somebody who wants to give me what I want as a consumer, you clearly don’t and so you don’t deserve my money. You think your going to have a tuff year so you should cut out giving people what they want? Yeah lets see how that works out for ya’.
+Wow! Yeah, I’ve been waiting like everyone else. MCE is still the better solution for me for now. Hoping headless shows up soon. Extenders, Remote access, media server, I can’t give that up. Hopefully HDCP-20 suspension is more marketing that reality. A headless device that can support Cable card (with external USB OCUR) that can connect to MCE PC would be nice! OEM cable card just blows!
+Hey Chris, what happened to the “more on this later tonight”? I thought maybe you had more insight into what went wrong.
+Seriously guys… I know we all wanted this to come, but if you’ve followed DTV at all (and their relationships with TiVo and/or MS) you just had to know this was going to happen…
+This is what happens when two technological losers try to do something. The blind leading the blind never gets anywhere.
+It doesn’t sound THAT bad people. The email reads that they killed the HDPC-20, not the project. Both Microsoft and DirecTV realize there is a market – they’re not stupid – and are going back to the drawing board.
+I’d rather wait for something that works perfectly than someting rushed to meet some OS release date.
+I think this is a definte wait-and-see situation.
+Debunking the Money Merge Account Scam (Games Lenders Play, Part 8)
+Mortgage Accelerators, or Money Merge Accounts, have become the thing that everyone's pushing of late. I have gotten so much junk mail about this from more originators (who don't know who I am) and wholesalers (who should) in the last few days that I'm going to have another whole go at the entire concept. The claim most often advanced is "pay off your mortgage in a fraction of the time!" In fact, typical numbers say they're only going to do a fraction of the good done by biweekly payment programs, which effectively make one extra payment per year. Money merge accounts or Mortgage Accelerators (to use the term I originally learned years ago) have been pushed and over-promised so badly of late that I hope whoever manages to do an elementary search will be able to find a voice of sanity..
+What goes on with these accounts is complex, and they're not all identical. The basic idea is the same, however. You create a special account of some nature, where you deposit your entire paycheck in the mortgage account, where it lessens the amount of interest you pay on a day-to-day basis. Then you pay your other expenses of living out of the account, gradually increasing the amount back up until the next time you get paid. The idea is that by paying down the balance with your entire paycheck, less interest accumulates and people making the same regular payments will pay their balances down faster with the same balance.
+Sounds like a cute idea, right? If it was free, they would be a pure gain for the consumer. Unfortunately, they're not free, and I've never yet seen one that wasn't more costly than it could possibly be worth.
+Lenders like these things for a lot of reasons. Most obviously, they're getting pretty much all of a consumer's banking business. Checks come in, go out, clear or don't; all those lovely fees. In the vast majority of all cases, there's the initial cost and interest expense of an associated home equity line of credit. This also raises the bar to make it more difficult for a consumer to refinance away from their loan if someone offers them a better deal. Furthermore, there's usually an explicit charge of about $3500 to set the thing up. I'll show where this money would be better spent on a direct paydown of the mortgage.
+Also, the people who sell these things have these beautifully intricate presentations. While people are watching the money whizzing about between one account and another, they're usually not considering whether those figures are reasonable, typical, or even anything like the numbers they personally experience.
+Most importantly if consumers are shopping for a new loan, their attention is distracted from the most important part of shopping for a loan - getting the best possible tradeoff between rate and cost, focusing instead on this fascinatingly complex toy that doesn't make nearly the difference most of the people pushing it say it will. Taking the attention of consumers off the question of what rate they are getting, on what type of loan, at what cost, means that they don't have to compete nearly so hard to give you the most competitive rate-cost tradeoff. In plain English, their loans can charge a higher rate of interest. In fact, this difference will cost the typical borrower far more than they could ever hope to save via a money merge account. I'll go over that in this article, as well.
+So, first off, let's consider what typical numbers are. Here in San Diego, the median property sale is $558,000. In order to qualify for the loan, consumers need a back end Debt to Income ratio of 45%. Front end will most typically be around 36%, with property tax, insurance, vehicle payments, credit cards, student loans etcetera. I'll be really nice and say 32% - chances are that if it's lower than that, the people would have bought a more expensive property. I'm going to assume 20% down payment or equity, which is, if anything, larger than typical. We'll postulate a rate of 6%, which is probably a hair higher than most folks with conforming loans have - and more favorable to the money merge account - and I'm going to put it all into one loan even though that's theoretically a jumbo loan amount, just to give the money merge/mortgage accelerator every possible benefit of the doubt. After all the smart thing to do is split the loan amount, which leaves roughly $30,000 out of this account in a higher interest rate loan, and so the scenario envisioned is more beneficial to the Money Merge than what happens in the real world.
+This gives a loan of $446,400. At 6 percent, the payment would be $2676.40. Assuming 32% front end ratio, that's a gross monthly pay of $8365. I don't have withholding tables, so I'll use the actual tax rate for couples making slightly more than $100,000 per year with about $55,000 taxable, which is $7400, plus about $8700 in Social security taxes, plus state taxes which I will assume to be roughly $2000. This money gets withheld - it never comes to you in the form of a check. Since you don't get it, when your check goes into the money merge, it doesn't help you pay the interest. This leaves $81,900, or $6825 in take home pay. I'm not going to worry about other deductions like health care, or how your pay is structured, which further erode the benefit. I'm just going to assume it hits your account in full on the first day of the month, maximizing benefit, although I'm still going to assume all of the excess goes out every month. If nothing else, for investment accounts. It's pretty silly to have your money paying off a 6% tax deductible debt when you can have it earning about 10% elsewhere! But this isolates the benefit gained from the actual Money Merge, and separates it from any benefit derived from making extra payments, which is another way the people selling these play "hide the salami" with consumers, distracting them from what's really causing the benefit - the extra payment, which almost anyone can do, anytime they choose, for free. I'm even going to assume that you don't have an impound account, so the money you eventually spend for property taxes and homeowner's insurance goes to help the money merge as well.
+So you get $6825, less the payment of $2676.40, leaves $4148.60. Over the course of the month, money goes out to pay for all of your expenses. They people who sell money merge accounts urge you to leave paying your monthly bills as late as possible to get the maximum benefit from these accounts, completely ignoring the costs of the occasional late payment this is going to cause, as well as detrimental effects upon your credit when it does happen. In fact, a certain amount of these bills are going to wrap into the next month, meaning that under the conditions we've agreed upon, you write that check to your investment account for this month and pay that bill out of your next month's pay if you're smart. Since you're going to write that particular check ASAP if you're smart, that's going to diminish the effects of the $4148.60. But I'm going to be nice and give you a $1000 "cushion" that you carry into the account from month to month (again, you won't do this if you're smart), while the $4148.60 is going to be paid out evenly over the course of the month, giving you a mean daily amount of $2074.30, plus $1000, or $3074.30 per month of temporary principal reduction. This reduces your interest paid by $10.37 that first month! I'm going to assume this is pure gain, every month, and that it continues to compound. If you do this every month for thirty years, you'll actually pay off that loan a grand total of three months early, and the last payment is reduced to a shade over $400! All of this hooting and hollering and shouting and frustration over three months of paying your mortgage off - in an absolutely optimized, perfectly favorable environment where the Money Merge account didn't cost you a penny in set up fees or monthly cost. And even in this ideal situation, with the maximum reasonable advantage compounding over the course of the entire mortgage, out of $963,000 in payments, the money merge saves you about $10,000 at the very end - just over 1% of total payments, heavily discounted for time value of money thirty years from now. That's not the "pay your mortgage off in twelve years for the same payment!" come on used by the most popular of these! Were I the regulatory authorities, I'd be looking very hard at their advertising!
+But most people don't pay their mortgage off in this fashion, and these accounts are not free - or at least I've never heard of one that was. Most people refinance or sell within three years. When they do that, the accounts have to be set up again - which requires new set-up fees. In the example given above, that $10.37 per month compounding for three years is worth $407.92 - and that's if there are no countervailing expenses.
+In point of fact, most of these accounts charge a monthly fee that ranges from roughly $1 to whatever they think they can get away with. Plus, there's an upfront cost that ranges from $1995, the cheapest I've seen, up to nearly $6000 depending upon the plan, with most seeming to fall in about the $3500 range. Plus, most of them require you to use a special Home Equity Line Of Credit (HELOC), which costs money in and of itself. The rates on HELOCs are higher than for regular mortgages, forcing you to effectively pay a penalty in interest of having $2000 or $5000 or whatever it is at a higher rate of interest, by usually about 2%. Keep in mind that this is ongoing, and for the entire month. The $2.30 to $8.30 per month this costs directly soaks off a large percentage of the $10.37 putative gain you get. Not to mention whatever the initial costs of the HELOC are. Some are cheap - I've seen others that had thousands of dollars in upfront costs. The HELOC costs, both upfront and monthly, are not relevant to the few plans that don't require HELOCs, but most do.
+So with a middle of the line account, you've spend $3500 just to set the money merge (or mortgage accelerator) up, versus $407.92 in benefits over three years, which is longer than most people keep a given loan. Would I do that? Not on your life or mine! Why should I expect one of my clients to do so?
+Now, let's consider some alternatives. Remember I told you the money merge account saves you $10.37 per month in optimal conditions, which works out to just about $10,000 saved at the end of thirty years? Well, let's ask ourselves, "What would be my benefit if I just took the $2000 the cheapest one of these costs me and instead used it for direct principal reduction?" In other words, what if you added that $2000 to your regular mortgage payment once? The answer is, for the example above, that you pay off your mortgage four and a half months early, as opposed to about 3.8, saving an additional $1800! Using the upfront costs for the cheapest of these that I'm aware of pays the mortgage off sooner than the accelerator account! After the three years that's all most people keep their mortgage, you're still $1985 and change ahead of the poor stupid schmoe who signed up for the accelerator account! For a middle of the line $3500 set up fee, the difference, mutatis mutandis, is $3780 and growing at the end of three years, to the point where that mortgage is paid off 6.7 months early, as opposed to the mortgage accelerator's 3.8, saving thousands of dollars more than the "accelerator"! This doesn't count the monthly costs, HELOC set up fees, or additional HELOC interest charges that the vast majority of these accounts require, and which do siphon off the benefits as noted above.
+Keep in mind that with all of this, I've been building a "best reasonable case" to maximize the money merge's advantages. I've mentioned several assumptions that I was making in the account's favor. If any of them changes, the putative benefits basically vanish entirely, or even go decidedly negative.
+Now, let's ask ourselves if getting distracted by a mortgage accelerator caused us to not shop as aggressively, or not pay as much attention to the tradeoff between rate and cost as I should have, and as a result, I end up with a mortgage rate that is a mere 1/8th of a percent higher for the same cost. An eighth of one percent is the smallest rate bump in the "A paper" world, and quite often I see differences of a quarter to half a percent for the same loan between various A paper lenders when I'm shopping a loan. What would that cost me if I could have had 5.875% for the same cost instead, even keeping the benefits of the accelerator?
+The answer is $35.77 per month on the payment, but more importantly, $46.50 the first month on the interest, and this adds up to $1641.77 less interest paid over the three years most people keep the mortgage, while the $10.37 per month benefit of the money merge put the 6% loan as having a balance that's actually $20 lower. Not counting fees of the money merge account, or anything else - just pure difference on the actual cost of that loan, in the form of interest you paid that you wouldn't have had to. How does that sound: Even if everything about the money merge was free, you'd be getting a $20 lower balance over three years in exchange for having spent $1600 more on interest. If you offered people $1600 for $20, what proportion do you think would take you up on it? If you offered them $20 for $1600, how many suckers do you think would go for it, even if you personally begged ten million people?
+For those of you who may be loan officers - or real estate agents - reading this, can you point to one single putative benefit that you would think worth the cost that lenders charge to sign up for these programs yourself? As I've said, I can't. There is nothing here that justifies the wild ways in which these are being marketed, and the ridiculous promises that are being made about them. In point of fact, I can think of only a few possible reasons to sell these:
+- Eyes only for a commission check (probably number one in terms of the overall market)
+- You don't understand what's going on, took some marketers word, and haven't done the numbers yourself (hardly a recommendation of your services or professionalism)
+- You just don't care about your clients welfare
+A year and a half ago, when these started being marketed, I wrote about the broad outlines. Never had the urge to hose a client by selling one, so didn't really investigate any further, although I wrote that the benefits were quite minimal as compared to the costs a few months later. But the ridiculous promises and over-aggressive marketing these have been subjected to in recent weeks have finally motivated me to do a rigorous analysis, and what I see is not "merely" of minimal benefit in even the scenarios most amenable to said benefit, but actually costs more than any putative benefit. I can see precisely zero justification for counseling any client in any situation to pay the money that every one of these I have yet encountered to set it up, as the benefits derived from any of these programs with which I'm familiar never do manage to equal the opportunity costs.
+Now before I sign off, the point needs to be made that the psychology the account engenders in the consumer is likely to be beneficial, rewarding themselves psychologically for making what are extra payments on the mortgage, and as far as that goes, the account does accomplish something praiseworthy. But the vast majority of all mortgage borrowers can make extra payments of principal any time they want, for free, and when you consider these accounts strictly on the basis of actual numerical advantage over real alternatives, the costs of the program are literally never recovered.
+Caveat Emptor
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+It's interesting you find such bundle accounts utterly useless in the States while they work better in Canada, due to two key differences:
+Granted, the interest rate on the mortgage portion is at least 0.50% higher than a traditional mortgage. For people who can afford to make the extra mortgage payments, traditional mortgage still generally works out better.
+First off, half a percent higher interest rate will cost you much more than any putative savings - even an eighth of a percent will do that.
+Second, what are the upfront fees? How long before you're not better off using the upfront fees to just pay the balance down?
+Tax deductibility isn't a factor when the basic computations of benefit say it's a crock. Since the idea is to pay your mortgage down, the idea is achieve a lower balance and less deductibility. However, the idea fails on the first point, so the second isn't going to help you.
+I found that really interesting, I was wondering how money merge accounts work and how they compare to just making extra payments. Thanks for writing it.
+you say: "But the vast majority of all mortgage borrowers can make extra payments of principal any time they want..."
+The problem is that "the vast majority of people" don't and won't make extra payments - that's why the MMA helps them to be disciplined - and for them it is worth it.
+DM: It doesn't "help" them do a damned thing. If they're living up to the edge of their means and have no extra money, there won't be anything extra applied. If they're not, they still have to decide to live on less money to get significant benefits. I fail to see how wasting anywhere from $2000 to $6000 on something like this, that gives them no additional options, is going to improve anyone's financial discipline. Finally, if you look at the numbers, for most people there are better investments than paying off your mortgage faster.
+As a financial planner I'm investigating one of these MMAs. Your critical analysis is helpful. One aspect however is missing. The MMA under scrutiny in the best scenario uses a HELOC, takes detailed input from all debts to be reduced, and then, using math the vendor has not been able to explain to me yet, after a few months of running the budget through their online program, advises the client to pay extra principal lump sums to one debt or another. This creates the facility where the debts and mortgage is accelerated (ie. an additional 4 to 5k, one to three times per year). The "system's intelligence" supposedly had determined that taking this extra payment from the heloc is within the client's demonstrated budget and will not adversely affect them....? It looks good on paper, but where the numbers come from for these periodic additions just doesn't make sense -- have you seen this twist on the MMA concept? It doesn's seem like there'd be that much slush in leveraging short term numbers, even if you have a 30 day grace period to play with....
+Frank,
+Some of these require HELOCs, some do not. I did the math for the overall case without a HELOC, but that is more favorable to the program than with a HELOC.
+Assuming the HELOC is at a higher rate of interest than the main loan, the case with a HELOC is less favorable still for the borrowers (they are paying a higher cost of money for that month's borrowing).
+Excellent analysis. I've come to the same conclusion and often butt heads with MMA agents. Adding your article to my list of MMA articles.
+Joe
+My wife and I have been looking into this. We are debt free except for our mortgage and owe about $72,000 on it. We make $100K+ per year and max our our IRAs and Thrift Savings at work. We are disciplined and think we could pay it off in a few years. If not a MMA, what should we do? Pay a thousand or so extra per month? Thanks.
+Absolutely - just pay extra towards the principal of the loan. No special program required. I hate to sound like a Nike commercial, but Just Pay It. Although I'd talk to my financial planner about alternative uses for the money first, were I in your shoes.
+I find all of this content quite intresting and it is usefull in helping me to decide how to proceed with my own situation. I have been speaking with a gentelman who is touting the money merge account and his particular product requires the use of a HELOC. He has shown me his records for the money merge acct that he utilizes for his personal primary mortgage. It appears that he has been able to skip more than 90 months of mortgage payments in a fairly short period of time. When I say skip I mean that if you look at the current outstanding balance and compare it to where he would be in an amoritization schedule had he not been using the MMA, he seems to be way ahead. He tried to show me that the program decides when to make extra payments toward principle and how it reduces the principle and thus the interest that is paid. I am not certain where the money comes from for the extra principle payments. I is my understanding that the whole premise is that given the same amount of cash flow, the principle will be paid down at a much quicker rate through reduced interest payments as compared to makeing regular monthly or biweekly payments on a conventional mortgage. I also am led to believe that the principle is reduced at such an increased rate, that the percentage of interest paid on the loan is of little concearn and that I should not get hung up on the rate. would like some additional information about the inteligence of the program and the rationale behind the timing of the extra payments and the proposed origin of the funds required to make the xtra payments. I also am confused about how the agent was able to show me how the MMA was beneficial for him personaly. The information provided by Dan seems to contradict strongly the information that was provided by the agent. It doesn't seem posible that what I was veiwing was accurate. Please shed some light on my concearns.
+What's going on is that the person trying to sell you the product is making extra payments of principal. The money merge did not give him the right to do this - he could do it on his own, any time. Nor does the money merge in any way lessen the interest you pay. But even small amounts of additional principal make a huge difference in how quickly you pay a loan off. Making one extra payment per year will cut about 8 years off your loan. Just paying one extra payment once will cut six months off your loan period.
+What the salesmen are trying to lead you to believe is that your $3500 (or whatever) will magically transform into a paid off loan more quickly - the illusion of free money. This is demonstrably not true. I have an open challenge to the purveyors of these things to show me the math, and they always rely upon large amounts of additional principal being paid, while pretending the payments will be the same. Also demonstrably not true.
+I completely agree that the MMA accounts are worthless but there are some things to consider:
+1. Most people don't have equity in their homes and the very few who do are going to have an extremely difficult time getting a HELOC
+2. Are these MMA accounts FDIC insured? I would not trust someone with my full paycheck if there was not insurance on the account.
+3. Interest is calculated monthly, not daily so the premise of putting money into the account ASAP is misleading. Most mortgages do not calculate the interest based off of daily principal balances, rather a balance at a point in time.
+4. Depositing your paycheck each month into the account also makes the assumption that you have total job security and if you do, it's essentially forcing you to live off a line of credit. You are paying down cheap debt and living off of more expensive debt.
+In the end, these accounts have bad news written all over them and they are a waste of money.
+I understand these comments. However, do you agree that, for a person who is not disciplined enough to commit to these extra payments, AND if you do not use a HELOC for the account (you just use a separate checking account, hence less risk) that it can be a helpful tool to keep people on track and let them know exactly where they stand with the timing of their payoff. Also, since you can incorporate other debts into a program like this (cars, credit cards, etc.) it can do more for you to help pay off these other debts more quickly than a person trying to figure out when and how to make those payments on their own. Do you agree that, if the person does not buy into hocus pocus, but the reality of it being a useful tool to keep them on track, and if they feel that the buy-in amount ($3000 or whatever) would be worth it to be a "coach" then it could in fact be worth it???
+Absolutely not. The program will not help someone with no discipline acquire some, any more than it will help someone with no extra money. For it or any quicker payoff program to do any good, the subject must acquire the discipline not to spend every penny they make - the program makes absolutely no difference there. Matter of fact, the HELOC that some require can get a lot of people in trouble. Nor is paying off your mortgage faster likely to be the best use of money. Mortgage accelerators are an expensive gimmick that do absolutely zero good. They are sold by the false illusion of free money, and only by the false illusion of free money.
+And I have done an entirely separate article about debt consolidation:
+The Lure and the Trap of Debt Consolidation - Payment Versus Cost of Interest
+Upshot: If you keep the new loan and don't charge up any additional debt, it's wonderful. But it takes years to show any benefit, and most people don't keep it up that long.
+when i first heard about MMA, it made no logical sense to me. thanks for confirming my suspicion. as always, when it sounds to be good to be true, it is. of course if it did work it would be a run away sensation and touted by Ophrah and every other talking head.
+anyway, i am thankful that when typing "money merge account" into Google you are the first returned result.
+thank you too for pointing out that one extra payment per year leads to a paid off mortgage 8 years earlier... imagine if MMA agents told you that up front... would you bother with anything else?
+and one of the most interesting things in your post.... in paragraph #2 "setting the US for one of the worst financial crisis we've experienced in the past eighty years" written in March 2008 or 6 months before most of us had any idea how bad things really were
+so i think i'll stick around and read some more.... thanks for drawing me in with the above post
+Hi, Sorry not going to register to post, but this article is great. I did look into a MMA account about a year ago and drank the kool-aid of the presentation. Then i saw the 3500 fee and said, no way. I instead wrote a check for 3500 to my mortgage and haven't looked back. Now I just try to make a quarterly prinicipal payment to my mortgage and i do that by scheduling it in my online bank account so that it goes out automatically without me thinking about it. For those that need discipline, that's as simple as it gets. Now the math I haven't done yet is could I be putting that extra money into a bond fund which pays a monthly dividend and whether that is a better tradeoff or not. I'm sure it probably is based on interest rates, but there is something to be said for not having a mortgage. good luck all.
+Glad to have found your site on MMA and MCA (sydney financial group version). Ihave been researching the money merge account for about 4 weeks now; and have come to the conclusion it is a waste of time. For one thing, Sydney Financial states that Mortgage Checking Accounts or MCA's have been used in Australia, U.K. and Canada for about 20 years or more. United First Financial has to owners (names forgotten) that stated that they created the MMA a few years ago after having an engineer create the algorthim after a decade of research to help "the poor mistreated and unfortunate Americans's that the financial industry has taken advantage of in the past." LOL.
+So, I was excited at first because the presentation made it appear to work and a friend of mine and I have been working the math. Though logical, the risk seems too high. And i believe it would only work if your line-of-credit or HeLoc interest was daily based instead of monthly. I vote a complete waste of time. Follow DAve Ramsey instead.
+Thanks for the post and discussion. I wonder what the lack of credit availability is doing to this "business."
+I know one thing - we are not upside down in our mortgage (we have approximately 60K in equity), we have no debt other than mortgage, we have very high credit scores, and yet our 35K equity line was recently canceled by B of A (and I am employed at B of A!)
+The current situation cannot bode well for any "business" built on the premise that their customers must open a HELOC, right?
+It amazes me, also, how people can think that ANY product of an MLM scheme is a good idea or created for the "good" of the people. MLMs always try to lure people in by convincing them that they just want to help people achieve x, y or z (usually financial freedom, "time" freedom, or "don't you and your children deserve the best?").
+Yuck. I feel dirty even talking about it.
+Thank you for the clarity regarding MMA's. It did sound too good to be true! I plan on paying my mortgage bi-monthly and adding an equity payment whenever possible.
+Thank you for this explanation. I have friends who are selling this "product" and while I haven't heard their pitch yet, it sounded a little shady. I wouldn't apply the word "shady" to it after reading this, but definitely unnecessary.
+I have only $137 in discretionary funds and the analysis by the MMA Agent shows the MMA software would help me pay my $138,000 30-year mortgage off in 12.1 years without using a HELOC, but using a credit card instead. I run these numbers through Bankrate.com's amortization calculator and it states with an additional $137 principle payment a month, my $138,000 mortgage would be paid down in 21 years. The MMA analysis sheet beats that by 9 years using the same numbers. The agent assures me my credit card would not have a large balance at any point and it would be paid off most months with no interest charged. I can't say yes, because he wants $3500 for the program but can't explain how the MMA software works and is asking me to "trust" it. I can't say no because the difference of 9 years is significant. He is a trusted friend so I no he is not purposefully deceiving. He says it is guaranteed to work or my money back. I have yet to read a negative posting by someone who has actually bought the program, and I would think if someone felt like they were ripped off, they would tell the world how horrible MMA is. Thoughts?
+DM: That's because the MMA program is not returning accurate numbers. How in the heck is it going to beat a "no charge" paying the principal down directly? Especially with using a credit card which is going to result in occasional interest charges, late payment fees, etcetera, let alone after a $3500 hit to your pocketbook? There is no "MMA discount" on your mortgage. They are selling the illusion of free money, plain and simple. As for your friend, he's likely an innocent dupe who uncritically believed the nonsense that was spouted.
+There is no magic free money. But people who waste the $3500 want to believe they didn't get taken, and so don't monitor their situation as closely and carefully as they should - especially vis a vis where they would be if they just took their $3500 and monthly discretionary money and used it to pay the mortgage down.
+JT,
+Do you have other debts that you are paying currently? If you do, then the MMA will use the payments for those items as they are paid off to send towards your mortgage. If you want, you could post all the info you gave the agent for the analysis and we could show you how to beat his number on your own, without paying $3,500, or even $1 for that matter.
+DM: This comment was so egregiously bad that I felt I had to pre-empt and respond lest someone not read it all to the end, yet I'm still letting this salesman make his case, albeit without free links to aid in his SEO
+To the comment itself: So many logical and mathematical fallacies, so little time. First, you spend the whole comment constructing an elaborate Straw Man Argument. It also makes use of False Dichotomy and Red Herring.
+It also deliberately ignores the computation of how much good the temporary reduction in principle does - which is about $10.37 per month for a $446,000 mortgage at 6%.
+The alleged "good" that the Money Merge (and similar programs) claim come from their scheme in reality comes from paying extra money to their mortgage, which pretty much anyone can do, at any time. No special account needed. But when you do that, you must in all honestly, consider alternative uses for the money and whether those alternate uses are likely to produce superior results. You can't honestly call yourself a financial planner if you fail to do that. You are failing in the first duty of a financial professional: To figure best use of a client's available funds to place them in a position of maximum benefit. And the picture that paints of using extra money says that there are better uses for that money for the vast majority of all people than to use it paying down a low interest tax deductible debt. I have dealt with that issue in these two articles, among many others:
+Should You Pay Off Your Mortgage Faster?
+Fifteen Year Loans: Are They A Good Idea?
+In short, your comment is so fallacious - mathematically fallacious, logically fallacious - and disingenuous in terms of serious financial planning principles that I do not believe it is made in good faith.
+The only alternative explanation that fits observed facts is that you are somehow unaware of basic financial planning principles.
+END DM - begin original comment
+The debate here is awesome and I am grateful for everyone's insight on this topic about the MMA and mortgage acceleration as well as debt consolidation. Obviously everyone here has put time and effort into researching this program as well as I myself has. IF you are a supporter OR not, this does seem to be a "too good to be true" concept for face value doesn't it? The only thing that I cannot debunk about it is a "law of money" or "principal" of money that exists independent of the MMA program. This "principal" is called time value of money and I am sure every person posting here realizes what I mean. This is interesting so, supporter or not, please hear me out.
+The TVM(time value of money)existed BEFORE this MMA concept and will exist after the MMA program, if the MMA ever goes away. Obviously, we ALL can agree on that correct? Banks have used the principal of TVM since the beginning of banking conception to leverage money. This concept is VERY dynamic in the sense that the TVM returns you 1 thing: INTEREST. You either pay interest or you earn it, right? So, what banks have done and will do forever is use the flow of money in their bank to EARN interest faster than they pay it. They manipulate HOW they pay interest and not IF they pay it. There is no "magic" creation of money for banks. The only place that "creates" money from nowhere is the Fed Reserve or the "World Banks" that are out there. Everyone else be it banks or consumers borrow it and pay interest on it. So, I do have to say to all the supporters of the MMA that this programs strategy doesn't literally "create" money like I just referred to. I will though get to the "conceptual" creation in a bit... Everyone still with me? Great!
+Now everyone here knows that when you go to your bank and they give you a measly little 2% on the dollars you deposit into your savings account they are lending back to you or other clients of the bank at much a higher interest rate than that. Point in case, if you have a mortgage at the same depository bank that your checking or savings account is at they lent you a portion of or all of your money in those accounts back to you at much higher interest rate. Obviously you don't have to believe me all you have to do is take out the statements form all 3 accounts and look at the interest rates. For those who say they didn't use "my" money they got it form some other entity, you are exactly right and the principal is the same. Borrow LOW, lend HIGHER. No matter how much is coming in they will always be ahead of the game. TVM at it's best. This is a universal LAW that cannot be changed until money itself is whipped out of our society. When money does not exist this will not
+So, what in the world does this mean in regards to the MMA? For people like JT who are NOT using line of credit and are using a credit card or for those who are using a line of credit, the MMA is using the "principal" of the time value of money. THAT'S IT. The credit card, the line of credit and interest rate on your savings account is the vehicle that facilitates the TVM. For instance, here is how an example of how the TVM works with the MMA strategy:
+The BEST line of credit that works with the MMA is one that calculates interest on an AVERAGE DAILY BALANCE. The bank uses the "law of averages" to figure out what type of payment to charge you. Most of these have an interest only payment to them. So, If you had a line of credit that has a total line of $10,000 with a balance of $10,000 at a 12% interest rate your INTEREST ONLY payment is $100. So what happens to the principal if you continue to just make the $100 INTEREST ONLY payment? Your right, nothing, it's only interest.
+Now lets say that your monthly income is $5,000 and your monthly expenses are $5000 as well, with $100 of the dollars allotted to your line of credit. Still with me.....good! What if you deposited your paycheck of $5000 into the line of credit just like you are ALREADY doing with it by putting it into your line of credit? Now, remembered, this is something banks have NEVER educated you on. The line of credit that works with the MMA mimics a checking account. They have routing numbers and checking numbers becasue, guess what, they have checkbooks for them! Also, most of them have debit or credit card usage assigned to them, just like your checking account. If they do not have these tied directly to the account they will always have a checking account linked to them so you can move money freely from the line of credit into the checking account and you achieve the same capabilities. this lets the line of credit act like a checking account. The ONLY difference between the checking/savings account that you have right now and these lines of credit is that the interest rate on your checking/savings is given to you and on the line of credit it is charged to you....THAT'S IT people! Remember, you either EARN interest or PAY interest in the TVM. So, back to depositing money in your line of credit....So, you have your $10k balance line of credit with a $100 interest only payment and you now begin to deposit your $5k of income into it. For illustration purposes and simple math you deposit the $5k on day 1 of the month and leave your income in the line for 30 days, until day 30. Then on day 30 you sit down and pay all your bills form it and write checks totaling $5k. What you did here was manipulate the way the bank calculates interest by using the law of averages to YOUR favor and not the bank. When the bank looks at the line of credit the take the balance on day 1 add it to day 2, to day 3, to day 4 and so on until the the get to day 30. they take the total of that number and divide it by 30 to get Average Daily Balance(ADB). So, now the bank says that your ADB is not $10k it's $5k becasue of the LAW OF AVERAGES, something no one here can disprove, ever. Guess what, your new payment isn't $100 its $50. It just made the $100 Interest only payment that you made have $50 in principal reduction that never existed before. You just took the monthly cash flow that you have work FOR you and not for the bank in the traditional checking/savings account.
+Now this is just the principal that the program uses when utilizing the line of credit. It is very dynamic so this is why the there isn't a dollar for dollar comparison to just doing taking your extra money left over at the end of the month and paying down your mortgage. With that simple strategy you are only using 1 benefit of your cash flow, the money itself. The MMA uses the FLOW of your money AND the actual dollars itself. So you get the tangible and non-tangible use of it. All in all, what the MMA does is take the amortization table of your first mortgage dollars and strategically moves it to a place where it can manipulate the interest paid to reduce it. All using your own monthly cash flow to work FOR you and NOT for the bank.
+So, now you are thinking, I can't get a line of credit and I am just like JT above. Well, lets flip the line of credit concept on its head. Do you remember how interest works? You earn it or pay it right? Well, if you don't have a line of credit to reduce what you pay you have to make more than what you pay right? Good, we are on the same page. So, this concept works with 3 tools: 1, your monthly income 2, your interest rate on your savings account and 3, a credit card.
+Before I go any further I first have a question, if you have a balance on your credit card and you pay it off BEFORE or on the day it's due, how much interest do you pay? ZERO, right? The only way you pay interest is if you carry a balance and that is what the credit card companies bank on. So here is the rest of this strategy. If you moved as much of your monthly expenses that you pay off every month anyway like groceries, cell phone, electric, cable, ect., to a credit card and paid it off every month before the bank charged you interest, didn't you get an "free loan" every month? You "floated" the banks money until you needed to pay them off. Well, what if you took all of those dollars that were waiting to pay off the credit card every month and put them into an interest bearing account, let's say the savings account you already have? What happens here is you use the TVM to EARN interest on those dollars. Yes, it may be little but when you do it over and over and over again it adds up.
+Here is why....if you make $20 in interest the first month you can apply that to principal pay down of a separate credit card that you have been dying to get rid of. For example purposes only let's say that $20 reduction saves you $5/month in interest payment on the credit card you paid down. Now we enter month 2 and you earn another $20 in interest. The difference this month is that you not only have the $20 in earned interest you also have an extra $5 from the savings form pay down last month. So now you apply a $25 principal reduction on this card that you have been dying to pay. Now for illustration purposes and easy math let's say the $25 reduction saves you an extra $2.50 in savings. So we are all on track, your monthly savings on this credit card you have been dying to pay down is $7.50. Makes sens right?
+When you do this over and over and over it really adds up. When you reduce interest, you can earn more of it and you can take your earnings and apply it balances to reduce even more interest that you may have to pay.
+Obviously, you don't have to believe me. All you have to do is believe in the TVM and understand the principals on how math works. That's it. This program wasn't invented by U1ST and it really wasn't invented by people in Australia. All they did was take banking and money principals and make them work favorable to people who hold mortgages. I also know that there are a lot of misconceptions about MLM and direct sales and I do understand. Trust me my first job out of college my boss was getting overrides from my sales and I hated it. The owner of the company made even more off of me then my sales manager. Funny thing is our products sucked. Once you start to look at the intelligence that this program gives, who really cares how the people in the company are compensated? the product outweighs any type of company structure that is present.
+We are a professional financial services company that utilizes the MMA strategy in out daily practice. We help people build true wealth in their lives and help the concentrate on things that mean more to them than their money. This tool helps them focus on that and stop worrying about money. Something that no matter who you are can agree with me that our country need right now. I would love to have an open discussion with anyone about the MMA that has already posted here or comes and looks at this in the future.
+With Much Gratitude to EVERYONE,
+Bryan McDonald
+Director Debt & Equity Division
+Maddox-Group
+As always, the sales creatures looking to put money in their pockets are relying upon the illusion of free money to sell this scam.
+A friend of mine called a similar program to my attention a few days ago. After hearing what he had to say, an idea formed in my mind, so I started running some numbers through various calculators. Now mind you, I have no intention of paying for one of these MMAs.
+I was preparing to refinance my 30 year 5.375% fixed rate loan to something like 4.625%. This would have incurred closing costs. Meanwhile, I was trying to figure out what to do with my emergency (money market)fund of $35K which is making a measley .36% return. And thinking about what to do with another $30K in a CD that matures this year, possibly renewing around 2.25%
+So, I started researching HELOCs. My regional bank offered me a 4% HELOC for $160K with absolutely no application fee or closing costs and will waive the first year annual fee of $65. The actual rate is 3.5% (prime plus a quarter point) with a floor of 4%, so if prime rate goes up two 1/4 pt increments the rate remains unchanged.
+I am in a positive equity and cash flow position and have been paying an extra $500 a month on my mortgage, plus saving another $1000 a month into my money market account. This is all in addition to putting $16K a year into my 401K and $2K a year into a college fund. My job security is quite good. And I have other semi-liquid investments (stocks, equities, bonds, other longer maturity CDs).
+The way I see it, I can put the $35K (MMF) plus $30K(CD)against my mortgage, use the 4% HELOC money to payoff the remainder. Then put my original mortgage payment, the $500 in extra principle and the $1000/mo in savings all toward paying down the HELOC and be mortgage free in 17 months (including the money to pay property taxes and insurance).
+Given the current economic environment (lousy fixed rates, low prime rate and uncertain equity markets) I can see no reason to continue paying a 5.375% mortgage while getting practically no return on my savings. What the HELOC does is provide the emergency fund I might require in a pinch. And this can all be accomplished without paying a penny to refinance.
+Sure, I could invest even more than the 18K a year, I presently put into the equity markets, but right now I simply do not have the appetite for more risk when I can get a guaranteed return of 5.375% on the cash I use to pay down the mortgage balance and a tax deductible rate of 4% on the remainder as long as I act quickly before rates move up. And who thinks that will happen in the next year or so? Plus, the money I am committing to paying off the 5.375% debt is money I would not commit to risk anyhow. All this for the cost of a $65 annual fee?
+So, while these money merge "plans" may not be worth the cost, applied correctly the fundamental concepts behind them can be utilized to dramatic effect.!
+DM:
+1) What evidence do you have that it works any better than paying your mortgage quicker, by yourself, without the program? The answer is none, because there isn't any
+2) Ad hominem is always an invalid argument
+3) Insults ditto (although I deleted that part). You want to try argumentum ad insultum, you'll likely discover I'm better at it than you are. Better would be to present evidence it does work - but wait, it doesn't work so you can't do that, can you?
+4) You evidently do not understand, or did not read what I wrote. These programs sell themselves based upon the illusion of free money. But to the extent their clients paid off their mortgage early, the same people could have done it by themselves, for the same amount of money, and without forking over thousands to the people selling these scams.
+Do you really expect me to believe your real address is "john@yahoo.com"? What precisely is your financial stake here? I could sell these abominations and hose my clients while I made a thousand dollars a whack, but I decline to do that because it's not the right thing to for my clients or anyone else. Advertising these would make a real good foot in the door for other business also. But it doesn't work and it's a waste of client money so I don't do it. That's my financial stake. What's yours?
+John,
+!"
+I've used it. JoeTaxpayer has used it. Others have used it who choose not to post, but have come to the same conclusion. United First Financial's Money Merge Account is inefficient.
+If by "the program works" you mean, it gets users to apply their own discretionary income to their mortgages, while incurring unnecessary interest charges, and at an inflated cost to pay off those MLM uplines, well I could agree with that.
+I suggest reading JoeTaxpayer's writeup of his use of the MMA v.4.2 and his results. They can be found here:
+JoeTaxpayer's analysis
+As for Bryan McDonald's post, well any "Director" of a debt & equity division who consistently confuses "principal" and "principle" multiple times is not someone I would trust my money with. It may be a simple spelling error, but I expect more from my financial professionals!
+Yep. Got suckered into this program by a good friend and two bottles of expensive wine. As a person who clearly should not be involved with this program, I can honestly say I drank the electric KoolAid.
+I've come to realize I should listen to my instincts at ALL times. The thing they gloss over most of all is the monthly fee. Not only that, you're charged interest on top of it. Supposedly, it's factored into your payoff years. When all is said and done, you're paying a lot more than $3500.
+After using this program for two months, it hasn't saved me anything. Actually, it hasn't been any different than my scribbled budgets I make for every paycheck.
+I was told I could factor in anything, find out when the best time to make a purchase would be, allow the program to choose which credit card to pay off first, etc. Tooling around with it for a while, it takes a lot to get to that information and by the time you figure out where it was and check your action plan, you just forgot where it was to begin with.
+And it can be completely altered. How do they know how much money I had for my paycheck? They don't. It's whatever you say it is. If you're not good with money in the first place, you can make your account look like anything. Yes, you're only hurting yourself, but what do they know?
+If anyone is considering this program, United First Financial considers you a member for life. You cannot stop this program. You have three days to decide, and no way to try it for yourself. At least I wasn't able to.
+The examples they use are not typical examples of normal people. I shoulda known better, and I trusted my friend to not steer me wrong. "I'm on this program now, and it's saved me $XXXX!" Even her training agent said the same thing. "I was laid off, and in debt up to my ears. We've been using it for a year now, and have paid off most of our debt."
+This guy was in a million dollar house and that shoulda been another warning sign.
+Bottom line is, trust yourself.
+I've survived the first round of layoffs at my job. Chances are, I won't survive the next. If I lose my job, I can't afford this monthly payment. I wrote them, since they encourage you to IM chat with them first, and presented this scenario.
+They said since I've signed a contract, I'm obligated to pay until the debt is settled. This program is supposed to help you reorganize and put your money towards eliminating your debt. The problem is, your payments are still the same.
+They also say that you've purchased this program. In all reality, it's a service. You are paying for access to their server. You don't "own" anything. You are financing a subscription to a service. You are inputting your own information. You are executing your own Action Plan. All they're providing you with is a fancy calculator. There should be a way out of this. There should be more time to experiment with the program. There should be some flexibility. My worse credit card is more flexible than this. But, oh wait, I got three vacations and car repairs out of that credit card. With MMA? I got a password.
+Do something better with your money. Only you know yourself and your habits. This program doesn't promote responsibility unless you're open to it, and since nothing is set in stone, you can still be your irresponsible self.
+So here I stand... Short a friend, feeling a little betrayed, and most of all mislead.
+PT Barnum was right!
+sucker2009,
+Sorry to hear your experience. I believe there are many more with similar experiences who haven't made their feelings public, so kudos to you for doing so. It really is sad that a company can take your money even when "Independent Agents" make very misleading comments and promises. But since they are "independent", UFF is protected by typical "legalese" mumbo jumbo.
+It's true that when you actually get down to it, the MMA is just a expense/income tracking system, which you have to enter in and confirm every detail. There are much cheaper software packages on the market that let you do this. And since you pay $3,500+ for UFF's "system", you start out behind those who use a paper and pencil to determine how much money they have left over in the month to pay additionally to their debts (which doesn't cost a thing).
+I would suggest that you file a complaint with the Utah chapter of the Better Business Bureau (utah.bbb.org). I would also suggest filing a "Consumer Complaint" with the FTC ()
+Good luck.
+Dear Dan,
+I was sent your analogy of the Money Merge Account program "Debunking the Money Merge Account Scam". I am curious to know if you ever educated yourself on the power of compounding interest, or are you still paying your mortgage the same way? Let me know when you get tired of paying the bank back the way they want you to. It's kind of like, "if you don't vote - you can't complain". You really can't complain about the greed in banking. You are only doing what they want you to - pay as much interest as possible. Good luck with your option.
+Becky,
+I quite agree that the power of compound interest is awesome. However, I've also educated myself on alternatives and better ways to do things and not wasting money on stuff that doesn't work and doesn't give you any rights or abilities that you don't have without it. I am a mortgage professional whos earned financial planning licenses. None of the mortgage accelerators gives you anything real or beneficial for your money. You obviously have not read the article or did not comprehend it, let alone previous comments.
+The year in Canadian magazines
+Canadian Magazines is taking a brief holiday from posting, as it does this time of year. We'll be back on January 2. In the meantime, and as a wrapup of the year just past (towards the end, there, 2008 was getting a bit grisly, wasn't it?) we present our annual, completely arbitrary, listing of some of those posts (just click on the heading for the link to the whole story -- remember search our archives for any other story.)
+Best wishes for the season to all our readers; we've grown more than 70% in visits and page views since last year at this time; thanks to you.
+And, as always, we'll appreciate even more tips in 2009 with information about what's going on in your magazine, your publishing company or the Canadian magazine industry.
+Toronto Star architecture critic Christoper Hume, writing about Toronto Life's purchase of naming rights on the corner of Yonge and Dundas Streets in Toronto, called the branded building "not just an offence against good taste, but a crime against urbanity."
+They're not old people, they're consumers
+Moses Znaimer is going to launch Zoomer, conjuring it out of CARP, the magazine for the 50-plus. Former Flare editor Suzanne Boyd to be editor.
+Going out in style
+John Macfarlane, the editor of Toronto Life for 15 years, helms his last issue. What was he going to miss? "The talented people".
+What took you so long?
+Maryam Sanati is promoted from deputy editor to editor-in-chief of Chatelaine, after a months-long international search to replace Kim Pittaway, who resigned.
+It's not us, Ken, it's you...
+Both senior editors at The Walrus -- Marni Jackson and Nora Underwood -- go on leave, simultaneously, ostensibly because heavy editing responsibilities interfered with books they wanted to write.
+All in the family
+François Olivier became president and chief executive officer (replacing Luc Desjardins) of Transcontinental Inc. so it is once again more or less a family-run business (except for those pesky shareholders). Olivier was Chief Operating Officer and is son-in-law of founder and chairman Rémi Marcoux.
+Sunday funnies
+Bob Hambly of the Toronto design firm of Hambly & Woolley turns out to have completed his 500th illustration (!) for the "Lives" back page of the New York Times Sunday magazine.
+Glowing achievement or glaring mistake?
+Vice magazine sells a glow-in-the-dark front cover campaign to auto company BMW.
+We don't know her and we don't like her already
+Jessica Rose was named Toronto Life art director and the choice of someone without magazine experience for this marquee job drew a lot of criticism; it was one of the blog's most-read, most commented-upon items of the year.
+But who's counting?
+Masthead reports a 15% decline in magazine launches.
+Happy birthday to us
+Chatelaine launches redesigned, biggest issue to mark its 8oth anniversary.
+Almost as long as it takes to get an invoice paid around here
+The Toronto Freelance Editors and Writers listserv notes that it's, more or less, 10 years old.
+B2B to be eligible for MC
+Magazines Canada's board announces it is recommending that trade magazines be eligible for membership in the association. Phil Boyd of Canadian Business Press is not well pleased.
+Racks going to ruin
+Vancouver's Magpie Magazine Gallery announces it is to close; blames iPods and distributors.
+A man outstanding
+It is announced that Charles Oberdorf, writer, editor, teacher, is to be honoured for outstanding achievement by the National Magazine Awards Foundation gala in June.
+All revved up
+Motorcycle Mojo magazine scoops the world with a cover story about the " Uno", a funky electric unicycle.
+What ever happened to...?
+Michael Ignatieff was one of four Canadians named by Foreign Policy magazine in the U.S. and Prospect magazine in Britain to their list of 100 leading world intellectuals.
+What a flap!
+Better Farming magazine wins a Canadian Association of Journalists award for its investigation of a pigeon-breeding pyramid scheme.
+Mr. and Mrs. Magazine
+Linda and Jim Gourlay of Saltscapes in Halifax named to jointly receive the volunteer of the year award from Magazines Canada.
+Alert for Amber
+A well-respected Calgary freelancer, Amber Bowerman, was one of five people killed in a multiple murder-suicide in a Calgary home where she rented a room.
+You can subscribe, but it'll cost ya...
+Canada Post pushes ahead with intention to implement distance-based pricing.
+We imagine they leapt for joy
+Dance Current magazine celebrates 10 years
+The first day of the rest of her life...
+Cobi Ladner resigns as editor of Canadian House & Home. It meant a lot to people, because this item was viewed more than any other on Canadian Magazines.
+My work is done...
+Ken Alexander resigns as editor of The Walrus.
+Good doggie
+Time Inc. unveils Newshound, a "mix 'n' match" consumer subscription site.
+The father of us all
+Clay Felker, the founder and visionary of New York magazine, dies at 82
+That was a short retirement
+John Macfarlane named to be interim editor of The Walrus magazine.
+Go with God
+Bayard Presse Canada, the publishers of Owl, Chickadee and Chirp, buys out its religious partner, the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
+Last call
+Front Page, a much-loved Edmonton newsstand, announces it is closing up.
+Twice as nice
+PMB announces that it will move to bi-annual release of data in 2009.
+That happened at This
+Graham Scott named editor of This Magazine.
+Biting the hand that fed you
+Douglas Bell, until recently a daily blogger at Toronto Life (now blogs for the Globe and Mail) takes his former employers to task for misleading its readers about gun violence in the city: "[it] fails in even one instance to place this 'trend' in any sort of context. The issue is violence, not guns."
+Editorial. Retail. We do it all
+A former editor of Flare magazine, Bonnie Brookes, is named chief executive officer of The Bay.
+Electrons, not atoms, geddit?
+Kat Tancock of Best Health magazine launches an online magazine blog.
+We're dancing as fast as we can
+The Department of Canadian Heritage says that the implementation of the Canada Periodical Fund (the merger of the Publications Assistance Program and the Canada Magazine Fund) won't come into force until fiscal 2010. Seems it was harder to do than they expected.
+Robber barons we know and admire
+Ken Whyte, the publisher and editor of Maclean's magazine, publishes a biography of William Randolph Hearst and says he's going to set the record straight. Yes, Hearst fomented the Spanish-American War. But who's perfect?
+Re Cycling
+The first issue of Dandyhorse, a magazine for city cyclists, is launched in Toronto
+Freelancers of the world, unite!
+Former editor of Toro magazine, Derek Finkle, announces that he is going to start a literary agency to represent independent writers of all kinds, including magazine freelancers. Today, $1 a word. Tomorrow?
+Rack 'em up!
+Coast to Coast Newsstand services publishes a 2007 box score for the newsstand sales of Canadian and U.S. titles on Canadian newsstands; the number one spot among Canadian magazines is Hello! Canada. None of the top 10 and only three of the top 20 newsstand sellers are Canadian.
+My store, my racks, my rules
+Indigo Books & Music tells publishers that, within 5 years it will only sell magazines that have at least 50% recycled paper; this comes on top of its edict that magazines that sell in its stores must sell 50% of their draw or be dropped.
+One side, I'm a lawyer
+Maclean's magazine's rankings of the country's law schools is criticized for its methodology and its intentions.
+One side, I'm a water bottler
+The industry association for the people who put water in plastic bottles criticizes an article in Canadian Water Treatment magazine which says that bisphenol A is leaching out of plastic bottles and cans, with possible very serious side effects.
+One side, I'm a copyright cop
+A new, web-based product called iCopyright helps publishers fingerprint their content and track when someone uses it without permission or payment.
+Happy anniversary I
+Cottage Life staff celebrates Penny Caldwell's 50th issue by hijacking her editor's blog.
+Happy anniversary II
+The Walrus celebrates its 5th anniversary.
+Go figure...
+Jewish Living magazine, started in New York by former Toronto Life art director Carol Moskot and her husband, Dan Zimerman, folds after only five issues.
+I thought you told them...
+Books in Canada magazine turns out to be out of business, but forgot to tell the funders.
+Wearing two hats; one of them for gardening
+Erin McLaughlin the editor of Transcon's Canadian Home & Country magazine, assumes the additional duties of editor-in-chief of Canadian Gardening. Aldona Satterthwaite, the editor since January 2001, moves on.
+We're outta here...well, we're half outta here
+North Island Publishing announces it is folding Masthead magazine and its companion website, mastheadonline. (Postscript: it later changes its mind and says it will keep publishing the website.)
+We're also outta here...
+Frank magazine folds. Founder Michael Bate says it is "time to move on". Fans of Remedial Media suffer in silence.
+Reaching the end of their leash
+DogSport magazine of Guelph is sold to one of its major advertisers, a U.S. manufacturer of dog agility products.
+Where do we sign?
+A study done for the Ontario Media Development Corporation recommends that Ontario create a refundable tax credit for magazines, the only cultural industry in the province that doesn't have one.
+Shocked and appalled
+A Toronto Life cover story on an "honour killing" draws harsh criticism from critics who say it should be ashamed to foster sterotypes; editor Sarah Fulford says, far from being ashamed, she's proud of it.
+The medium gets a message
+Magazines Canada hires the ad firm Zulu to promote magazine to agencies and advertisers.
+When the going gets tough, the tough close magazines
+St. Joseph Media announces the closure of Gardening Life and Wish magazines, in anticipation of plummeting advertising sales.
+Will they give out diplomas?
+Canadian Business Press, the trade association for b2b magazines, buys Magazines University from North Island Publishing and intends to continue with a June conference under that name, in direct competition with Magazines Canada and its partners in MagNet.
+Well, it's a start...
+Zoomer magazine reports a $402k loss on $1.7 million of income in its first quarter.
+Gentlemen, start your negotiations...
+The Canadian Writers Group, the literary agency started by former Toro editor Derek Finkle, says it has signed 200 people to its list, even before making a swing through the west.
+R.I.P. Ted Rogers
+Ted Rogers dies at 75. He ran Canada's largest magazine publisher (consumer and trade). He had no sooner expired than...
+No offence, you're fired
+...Rogers Media lets 100 people go across all its properties, including magazines and the Blue Jays baseball front office. It described it delicately as "right sizing" and said that those chosen for the chop shouldn't think it had anything to do with the quality of their work.
+It's not the principle, it's the money
+Maisonneuve magazine said it could no longer afford to run its daily MediaScout online briefing about the journalism of the big players in publishing and television.
+We thought you'd already gone...
+Time Canada is folded and its ad sales staff let go. The editorial staff went some time ago. Canadians will now get the U.S. edition, says the company, which is what they've essentially given Canadians for years.
+Labels: Year end review
+Q&A With Artist of the Week: Mondega
+After one of the most heated votes in MTV Iggy history, the Montagnard rapper Mondega is officially our Artist of the Week!
+It’s well-deserved. The Vietnam transplant (he lives in North Carolina, USA) not only has a fascinating story that includes abject poverty and jail time — he drops impeccable flows about rifts in the Asian community…and he just released his debut album, Music for the People.
+Fans voted hard this week for Mondega, and we were thrilled to chat with him about his life in Vietnam, the Montagnard community in the States, and his romantic side!
+Check out our Q&A with Mondega, and don’t miss his upcoming mixtape, Food, Clothing & Love!
+You seem to have some pretty rabid fans. Where are they from, for the most part?
+Everywhere, really. From Los Angeles, California to New York, Rhode Island, Texas to North Carolina, Canada and overseas, everyone who is “free-wired” in the Asian-American blogosphere and local music scene. They saw Mondega and MTV Iggy in the same sentence and just wanted to be a part of history.
+The passion and enthusiasm really came from people who have faith that my music is a step towards greater achievements for, not only Montagnards, but Asian-Americans in general. My fans come from all walks of life. No matter where we’re from or what color our skin is, more than likely, anyone can feel and relate to the content of my music. It’s not just bubble gum rap, it’s the soundtrack to people’s daily lives and realities. I represent for them, so they represent me back. My Montagnard brothers and sisters showing love will always hold a special place in my heart.
+Tell me a little about growing up in Vietnam. Why did your family eventually seek refuge in North Carolina?
+I’ll tell you a story. I met a friend in school one day and decided to eat dinner with his family. We walked to his house with holes all over the ceiling and shared a bowl of rice together. His father was murdered by the police and his mother was sick. He was only nine-years-old and begging on the streets. He wore the same shorts everyday and never had a pair of shoes. Those were my friends and that’s what I saw daily. I hope that gives you all a little insight to how I grew up. I will save the rest for a novel one day.
+Of course we came here to live a better life in a free country, but if we didn’t, my father would have been imprisoned, again. I don’t say these things to gain anyone’s sympathy, it’s the truth. Life in Vietnam is crazy. People die and disappear before you can even remember their names. In North Carolina, my family is basically a low-income household who knew how to make our expenses stretch. I didn’t come from a family who owned a nail shop or a restaurant, I came from the bottom and I’m still here trying to make it to the top.
+From Vietnam to Raleigh..,.must have been some serious culture shock, right? What was the hardest to adjust to? The food?
+The food was easy! I was addicted to McDonald’s chicken nuggets for quite some time. My new addiction is Burger King’s Jr. Whoppers. It’s only a buck, you can’t beat that!
+The hardest part for me was trying to find a common ground for my family and I to meet at. My relationship with them is kind of off at times. My mom and dad will always be my parents of course, but in America, my older sister was more like a second mother to me. She was always more tolerant and understanding. During my days of going in and out of jail, she was the only one to help me out. Her husband was also a huge mentor to me. My sister, H’Yit Siu, once a singer, performed everywhere, including the Apollo theater in Harlem. She understood the psychological damage that came with always having to figure things out on our own. Without her support over the years, I wouldn’t be here talking to MTV.
+Is there a large Montagnard population in North Carolina?
+In 2000, we had over 3,000 Montagnard brothers and sisters living in North Carolina. In the summer of 2002, close to 900 people resettled as refugees in Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte and New Bern, but we still have less than a million people worldwide. We don’t have a big Asian-American demographic here compared to California, but it’s my home. This is where I grew up for the most part of my life.
+How do you come up with your rhymes? Is it all in a special notebook somewhere? Are you always editing yourself, or do you just let it flow?
+After a long day, a new experience, whether good and bad, I sit back, maybe toast a few Heinekens with Sonit, Aviator, Tommy G, SamNang, a few homies and just write. I usually come up with a concept, then stick to the script. But as an avid writer, I tend to side track and end up writing a whole book full of rhymes, only to pick out the ones most relevant. Thank goodness for laptops, because I would’ve destroyed the whole forest by now.
+The concept itself is usually inspired by my current mood. I try my best to write and speak articulately on subjects without compromising the depths of my flow, rhythm and overall vision for my audience’s reaction. I can easily get caught up on the business side of things and lose my inspiration, only to come back a few days later and wrap the whole song up less than an hour.
+Are you performing live these days? What do you do to get yourself amped up? (stretches, energy drinks, etc.)
+Yes, and we’ve been invited to perform everywhere from local bars, clubs and college organizations in North Carolina to U.C. Berkeley, California. In the coming months and new years, I’m expecting exponential growth and progress as we expand our vibrant show reputations. To prepare, I usually walk the stage a little bit, thank everyone personally for coming out, sip down a cup of Bacardi with coke, take a deep breath and it’s on!
+What do you hope your art will bring for Montagnard people — and to Asians in general?
+First of all, the Montagnard community of North Carolina already know that I’m the first Montagnard-American recording artist in hip hop. When I first picked up the microphone and tried selling my songs on a burnt CD, some people laughed and gossiped, while some gave me twenty bucks and encouraged me to pursue it. If it weren’t for those individuals, I would’ve stopped a long time ago.
+A lot of Montagnard brothers and sisters here are still skeptical about supporting a “rapper”, but the problem is deeper than a hip hop stereotype. We, as a community here still live with an oppressed mind state. Some parents teach their kids to settle for less and discourage their dreams. In fact, some families don’t faith in anything. We say to our kids, “see that white man? He is smarter and better looking than you! You are ugly and dumb! You will never succeed because you are not white American.“ I am a true believer in that “anything is possible if we put our minds into it.”
+You’re also a romantic, according to some of your songs. Are you looking for that special someone?
+Of course! I’m 23 like Jordan, baby! I’m trying to get a championship ring, feel me? But honestly, in this day and time, who isn’t looking? Everyone is tired of games, we all want something real, am I wrong? I know I wrote a blog about it on my Facebook “Mondega Musiq” a few days ago, (it’s a good read by the way!) but honestly, I meet women everyday. I just do my best to keep things professional and remain humble. I just got out of a relationship, so I just need to keep doing shows, stay busy and work my way up to headlining sold out concerts one day. If I happen to find someone along the way who treats me right, who knows. I can’t predict it, I can’t look for it, it’ll happen naturally if it’s meant to be.
+It took you three years to get this album out. What were you doing?
+I was “trying to live.” Lac Su, the executive producer of the album coached and mentored me into finalizing the project during the summer and fall. He flew me out to Los Angeles in September where Byron Chan directed a documentary and ground-breaking “Stand My Ground” music video. The album dropped on October 1st, and two months later, here I am on MTV Iggy and MTVmusic.com.
+For three years I kept leaking music out on my website MondegaMusic.com, AznRaps.com, KhmerLife.com, Myspace and Facebook to gain support. While balancing my long double-shift hours, I kept networking and collaborating with producers such as Aviator, Kinesus, X-Facta and more. Impak of Jug-A-Knot TV showed love and directed my breakthrough music video “My Mama Don’t Know”, “Sucka Ass G##k” and “Human Nature” in 2008 and 2009. I also opened up for Dumbfounded, Lyraflip and others at Asian Hip Hop Summit in Charlotte. I spent a lot of time trying to work the kinks out with my girlfriend at the time, who was always inspirational and supportive of the music. I had over a hundred potential songs, but selected only fifteen tracks to fit the concept, properly. I was very picky about how I wanted it to sound. I wanted to keep it serious without going too extreme. X-Facta, a well known Asian-American Hip Hop producer suggested I release one song we did called “Ponah Bing Yuon”, but I didn’t want to perpetuate further violence and uprisings in Vietnam. I’m all about progress.
+What’s next for Mondega?
+Food Clothing and Love, the mixtape album, a bunch of gas and departure receipts, collaborations, interviews, music videos, speeding tickets, long double-shift weekends and cheers from the crowd as Sonit, DJ Shadow, Boogie Styles and I steal the show and leave you feeling educated and inspired.
+Check out Mondega’s latest video “Stand My Ground” off Music For the People!
+Mondega “Stand My Ground” from Byron Q on Vimeo.
+Photo Credit:Alessandro Vecchi
+tv The Ten O Clock News on KTVU Fox 2 FOX June 18, 2019 10:00pm-10:59pm PDT
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+president trump makes a bid for four more years. officially kicking off his reelection campaign tonight. >> we begin our campaign with the best record. the best results. the best agenda. and the only positive vision for our country's future. >> a reelection rally tonight in the swing state of florida. good evening. i'm julie haener. >> the president touted his
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+achievements saying the administration and his accomplishments achieved deals despite being under siege. he said he restored a government of, for, and by the people. >> jana has more as he tries to build support. >> the president spoke for more than an hour in his first 2020 campaign speech. he refashioned his campaign slogan to "keep america great" and had several pointed comments aimed at california. president trump kicked off his reelection campaign in orlando tuesday with the same song from his 2016 and with thousands of supporters sporting signs and red hats bearing the same slogan. president trump called his presidency a turning point in history. >> it's a movement made up of
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+hardworking patriots who love their country, love their flag, love their children, and who believe that a nation must care for its own citizens first. >> reporter: campaigning in 2020 will be different. as president, be running on a record. >> our economy is the envy of the world. perhaps the greatest economy we have had in the history of our country. >> reporter: the record shows the economy, in fact, has grown by 2.9 and 3.2% under the trump white house. about the same pace as under president obama in 2015. >> almost 160 million people are working. that's more than ever before. >> reporter: the pre record on . though the higher number reflects population growth. the president did receive big applause on immigration policy and the southern border wall. >> i changed the design. it's stronger.
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+bigger. better. and cheaper. >> reporter: president trump said he has been a victim, calling the mueller investigation a democratic attack. >> we went through the greatest witch hunt in political history. >> reporter: he promised the crowd he'd remain a protector of conservative values on abortion and court appointments against a democratic party he called socialist. >> democrats in california even voted to give free healthcare to illegal aliens instead of helping homeless democrats in democrat dk-run cities. when i get behind my desk in the beautiful oval office, i think about only one thing. how the american people are going to win, win, win today. >> reporter: whether president trump can win reelection is uncertain. >> normally incumbents do have at least a little bit of an advantage in presidentia>> repop does not have a clear edge. >> i think in this case given how polarizing the president's
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+been and given his consistently relatively low a it looks much >> president trump does face a challenger in the republican primary. former massachusetts governor bill weld is a moderate republican who ran as a libertarian four years ago. he called president trump's behavior appalling and was reportedly in washington dc tonight at a private fundraiser. >> next week we have the democrats who are gonna be debating each other. we'll see how things pan out. in the east bay, a group of trump supporters gathered to watch the rally in hercules. a number of republican volunteers who worked for the 20 campaign in 2016, most of them from hercules and pinole area. they acknowledge the bay area is not a republican stronghold but they say volunteers can have an impact. >> it's difficult in california. but not impossible. and we know more and more and more people in
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+california who are supporting him as well. so we're looking forward to a fun campaign like we had in 2016. and it'll be way more organized and way more fun. more fun. >> supporters say they are confident president trump will win reelection in 2020. patrick shanahan withdrew his name from consideration as security secretary. he said it was cause his family to relive tragic events domestic violences ex-wife. ex-wife. the defense secretary post is one of confirmed by congress. the list includes an acting dea administrator, an acting epa administrator, an acting interior secretary and acting
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+chief of staff. acting united nations ambassador post also has not been filled. firefighters made quick work of a fire late this afternoon. it was reported around 4:30 on sutter street. flames and smoke coming from a group of large trees on that property. the fire started in the backyard there. they say the home sustained minor in san francisco a fire at food truck complex put up a plume of dark smoke. firefighters say a shed caught fire along with astroturf that helped produce the thick smoke. crews managed to get the flames under control in just a few minutes. an extension cord started that fire. the board of supervisors in san francisco voted unanimously today to ban the sa e-cigarettes. that measure is ment meant to prevent young people from vaping, but small business owners say they're the ones who will take the hit.
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+>> reporter: puff and stuff on castro street in san francisco is mao mostly stuff instead of puff. you'll find just a small section of vaping products and a wall of cigarettes. >> we lost about 25% of our business. >> reporter: they only make about a dollar on a pack of cigarette with the tax imposed per pack. cigaretties alone can't pay the $6,600 a month lease for the space. >> i already called my landlordg of two ordinances that would ban the sale and manufacture of e-cigarettes in san francisco passed unanimously tuesday, but not without serious concern among the board of supervisor iy have to be sitting down to talk
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+about how the impact. >> i am concerned about the impacts of the legislation on small businesses, especially our corner stores, markets and liquor stores. many owned by immigrants and people of color. >> reporter: the supervisor who sponsored the vaping ban says tax exemptions could be coming to small businesses relief. >> we're introducing legislation to work on alternative revenue sources and help them be successful. >> reporter: he is confident these ordinances will pass at next tuesday's final vote.
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+>> they're only beginning to understand the possible ris e-cigarettes. medical researchers believe vaping could harm the lungs. there are concerns that e-cigarettes could result in damage to blood vessels. members of the san francisco school board met tonight to consider the fate of a controversial mural at washington high school. >> reporter: more than 100 people packed into the meeting at the district's office. speakers from both sides were passionate. this mural inside the main entrance of washington high school in san francisco has been here for more than eight decades. it depicts the life of jorning washington. some are offended by the image was black saves at washington's mt. vernon home. >>
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+>> reporter: on tuesday night, a school board meeting gathered public opinion. native americans object to the panel showing white settlers stepping over the body of an american indian. >> why do we have to explain the pain caused by the visual sense what we see in that building that is supposed to know an institution for learning? >> reporter: those who want to preserve the murm say it was drawn by artist victor arnitoven, not to glorify slavery or the killing of native americans but to illustrate history. >> the mural tells in part story of the conflict and colonization of the united states, including the genocide of native americans. it reminds us that this nation was born in blood and gore. >> we should be teaching about the mural and what it means. notorious r as a half native american indian i see no problem
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+with the mural. it depicts what happened. >> it's not in the museum. it's in the entire school. >> reporter: the school board will consider three options in deciding the fate of the mural. covering it up with curtains, covering it with panels, or painting over it. >> we do want to respect its age and comply with all of the regulations associated with it. it will just take some time. >> reporter: the cost to cover or paint over the mural ranges from $375,000 to $825,000. each option requires an environmental impact report along with the cost of labor and materials. and materials.
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+a plan to help the homeless tonight met with opposition in fremont. details on the city's first ever navigation center. and where it could be built. >> temperatures are extended at the coast to the 50s. 90s inland. we'll tell you how that matches up for tomorrow. >> coming up, how wildlife officials explain a bobcat's behavior on a hiking trail. >> i definitely swatted it, and it was trying to bite me. alright boys, time for bed.
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+10:14 pm settlement calls for nine north bay counties to receive $415 million. $270 million will go to the town of paradise which includes $37 million going to
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+the paradise recreation and parks district. it provides $250 million for county where paradise is located. strong opposition in fremontonight. plans for a new navigation center to help the hundred millions. to help the homeless -- it's one of several sites up for consider. >> reporter: both churches volunteered their properties. the other sites are on city-owned land. city officials like the niles church for its proximity to public transit and the church's willingness to combat this growing problem. >> discovery church is willing. >> reporter: a message to city leaders in fremont. >> we do not want this as the location. and the only people who want this as the location is
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+the ones who have the department's interest. >> reporter: residents stood up with signs in solidarity against a proposed navigation center. >> choose a location near support services such as wellness centers, tri-city health, and job training. not a location tucked away in a residential area. >> this particular location is a very bad loca a resident started too close to schools and are worried about the wetting process. city officials say a center is necessary. a 40% rise in homelessness in alameda county in two years. >> our numbers have gone up 21% since 2017. we have at least 608
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+homeless people in our community. >> reporter: the navigation center moltded after one in berkeley. double-wide portables to house 25 men and women and their pets with stock provisions. half a mile near food service, a bus stop, and bus service to bart. and easy access to utilities. >> i think people are fearful. i think they're concerned for their safety and their families. >> reporter: associate pastor from niles discovery church understands neighbors' concerns but also understands homelessness is not going away. >> i also feel like we need to do also come from a place of compassion rather than fear.
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+>> reporter: the costs are roughly $2 million. and the city was awarded funding. part of that needies to be used by 2020. the council is now providing their feedback. no vote tonight. they are expected to approve criteria. and city officials will go back to the city council next month with a final list locations. from the south bay the chp is investigating a possible freeway shooting in san jose. the highway patrol says a driver reported shots fired on southbound 680 near king street around 8:30 tonight. the car pulled over with a blown-out window. and one passenger suffered minor injuries from broken glass. authorities are also investigating a deadly shooting on 680. it happened overnight in the northbound lanes of
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+millepedeace. the 30-year-old had been shot several times. at this point authorities are not release information about a motive or suspect. the san mateo county coroner has identified the body of a man found on the side of highway 35 as abdul nashar of pacifica. the chp spotted the body last night. investigators determined the man was a victim of a homicide based on his injury. they have declined to reveal the exact nature of the crime. the sheriff's department is asking anyone with information to come forward. joseph vallejo has agreed to serve as vallejo's police chief. police chief.
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+>> a pretty typical day today. temperatures warmed up just a little bit. we saw numbers generally a degree or two warmer in some places. a degree or two cooler in others. and these are the highs. fairfield 90. these numbers up in and the southcentral valley. we saw the triple digits. with that sea breeze, really keeping things cool. we're seeing that again tonight. tomorrowines up a lot like today did. and look at the push of this fog. it's over 1,800 feet of the inversion. way up into the sacramento area. the delta breeze, is what they would call that. that sets us up for the day tomorrow a heck of a lot like what we experienced today. a lot of fog tomorrow morning when you wake
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+up. burns off. temperatures go right back to where they were today. the first graphic, lots of 70s around the bay, mid and upper 80s with low 90s inland. that's tomorrow. at's tomorrow. facebook under fire again. why the company who plans to go into cripso currency segetting scrutiny from a california democrat. >> and the comp news on new legislation. legislation. we're the slowskys. we like drip coffee, layovers- -and waiting on hold. what we don't like is relying on fancy technology for help.
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+facebook is getting ready to launch its own digital currency similar to bitcoin. the virtual money, called libra, will be accepted around the world by uber, paypal, visa, and spotify. facebook is already facing scrutiny. the head of the house financial services committee, maxine water, says she wants facebook to suspend its plans until congress can study is more closely. today we spoke with ben ty, president and managing partner at ways financial. he says facebook has the power to change the e-commerce market.eyn users.
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+and if they were just to each participate with $10, that's $22 billion of economy right there. >> facebook said "we look forward to responding to lawmakers' questions as this process moves forward." libra is expected to launch next year. stock surged today after president trump said he would meet with the chinese president to discuss the long-running trade dispute. boeing says it has a new order for its troubled 737 max jets. the company announced the parent air show and inteirlines group signed a letter of intent for 200 boeing 737 aircraft. this is the first sale of the aircraft since the crash in march. the planes were grounded during an
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+investigation into software. governor newsom has tightened the rules on vaccine exemptions for students in california. it does not require public health officials to approve every vaccine request for paraphernalia was school-aged children. it gives those officials more oversight of doctors and schools with high numbers of xeflgzs. one father says he doesn't want the government to have a hand in any vaccine decision. >> this legislation would potentially cause otto to only be exempt from one vaccination and sendhim would have to get them all. >> it needs to pass both house of the legislature before it moves to the governor's desk. a bobcat, too close for comfort. what cause today to approach tigers even take some nibbles out of them, and why rescuers say the young cat isn't
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+day 2 on the witness stand for defendant, max harris, on the ghost ship trial. >> reporter: prosecutoroffry james wasted no time getting defendant, max harris, admit to the jury that he had lied to police by saying no one lived at the ghost ship. after haggling over the difference before a lie and an admission, harris admitted that was not the truth. he initially testified that the first time the landlords complained to him about not paying the electricity bill was a little more than a month before the fire at the illegally converted warehouse that killed 36 people. the dea showed harris e-mails from the landlord stating that in 2015. harris conceded the point saying "now that my memory is refresh, i would agree with that. thank you". >> i think he's been very well
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+trained into lying and what to say and what not to say. >> reporter: she was among many family member was victims who shook their heads as harris spoke. >> if i'm having power outages in my house, i have a problem. so he knew those problems were there. >> you'd think he was handing him a gun with bloodiy fingerprints on. it >> reporter: but his attorney wasn't impressed with the examination, saying the prosecutor was trying to trip up harris over semantics and minor inconsistencies. >> okay, wow. he shows an e-mail from a year before where the word electricity is used by ev.a. so max's response was okay. you got me. >> reporter: the defense objected numerous times to the da's tone, saying the prosecutor was being argument tiv. harris's attorney says he has no regrets putting his client on the stand. >> the d.a. is trying to rattle him. they're very good, autrey
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+is a very good cross-examiner. he know what is he's doing. so we're just trying to tell max stay calm, be yourself, answer truthfully. you have nothing to hide. >> reporter: max will be back on the stand wednesday for a second day of cross-examination. almena is expected to take the stand next week. the u.s. supreme court has cleared the way for the federal government to prosecute the man acquitted of killing kate steinly. a jury acquitted her of murder and involuntary murder in 2017. but he faces federal gun charges. on monday the supreme court ruled criminal custodies may be prosecuted for the same crimes in federal and state court. this double jeopardy ruling means his long-delayed federal trial can finally get underway. marin county. now a bobcat is in quarantine after approaching people and biting them on a hiking trail on
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+several occasions. >> reporter: wild care treats some 4,000 animal every year and releases most of them to nature. this cat, we're told, was more hungry than aggressive. >> i was clapping, and i was screaming really loudly. >> reporter: alicia mora was walking in the fairfax hills and saw a small bobcat on the trail. cute, she thought. until it charged, growling. >> it suddenly started trying to bite my leg. and i just made a lot of loud noises and i clapped at it, and i kicked it a little. >> reporter: it finally retreated and mora ran all the way back. alerting a ranger. >> this is one of the most pathetic cats i've ever seen. >> reporter: rabid, not likely.
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+but definitely starving. the young female came in emace katded, covered in emaciated, covered in fleas and ticks and very ill. >> what might be perceived as an attack was actual total desperation on the part of this cat. >> reporter: wednesday the bobcat lunged and bit a hiker on the heel. a few days before it, bit and scratched a woman's ankle. >> startling. shocking. you don't expect to actually have physical contact with a wild animal. it looked surprised. and i was a little upset the cat did that. >> a light goes of >> reporter: many of the animals brought to wild care have problems stemming from contact with humans and food. bob cas heave their mothers to go on their own within a year. only half will survive. struggling to establish territory and find
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+prey. this one probably wasn't going to make it. if someone fed her, it doesn't do her any favors. >> any time a wild animal gets the idea that humans are friends or a source of food, that is a wild animal that is going to be in trouble or already be in trouble. >> reporter: and the other takeaway, let rescuers know at the first sign of distress or odd behavior from an animal. don't wait until its desperation. >> and you realize it's a wild animal that could definitely bite you and hurt you. >> it was really scary. >> reporter: the bobcat is in quarantine, getting food and fluids. her condition is guarded. mill valley saw something similar a few years ago. a starving bobcat there figured out there were snacks in the back of baby strollers and started jumping into them. it too was caught, rehabbed, and later released.
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+33,000 pound was cocaine was seized at the port of philadelphia today. authorities are calling it one of the biggest drug busts in american history. the drugs have an estimated street value of $1 billion. the cocaine had been loaded onto a large ship off the coast of south america. two crew members were arrested and face federal charges. drug screening may be coming to the next burning manifest val in nevada. an environmental report for the event's next ten-year permit recommends hiring a private security firm to check attendees heading to black rock desert. critics say those screens could be unconstitutional. federal authorities may provide more details on the plan closer to the event which happens at the end of august. 4th of july holiday is around the corner. and firefighters are prepping for illegal fireworks. the controlled burn was set today at
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+the military ocean terminal designed to train firefighters for what could happen if illegal fireworks were to start a grass fire. all fireworks are illegal in contra costa coyne. and firefighters say the threat of fire is high this year. >> with the extra rain we had in the spring, and given the ladder fuels and the underbrush, additional moisture. i think we should anticipate that we're gonna have these higher this year than last year. >> homeowners have until june 30th to cut weeds and grasses to reduce fire risk. the public park at the heart of san francisco's north beach neighborhood is closed for the next six months. the city shut down washington square park yesterday so public works crews can begin work on the park's aging irrigation system. the system uses more than thee million gallons of water a year. and it often causes the grass to be muddy and damp. the plan is to fix the system and krael a more appealing grass lawn.
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+transit leaders approved a $35 million project designed to make major safety improvements in the south market area. the folsom howard project will fund the makeover along howard and folsom streets. passengers who use cash to ride buses and light rail trains believe paying more in just a few weeks. starting july 1st, the cost of a ride for muni passengers using cash will rise by $0.25. riders using a single pass can pay just $2.first for a single ride. a tech giant stepping forward to help cure the affordable housing crisis. some say their plan is long overdue.
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+10:44 pm. a beloveca francisco's missn district is closing its doors, saying the cost of doing
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+business in the city is too high. mission pie says its operating costs have increased substantially in the last five years, even as it got busier. the restaurant's owners say they pay higher than average wages and benefits but they're having trouble finding employees who can afford to live in the city. >> the thing i'll miss the most is the direct interactions with our customers and our community which is really what mission pie is about. as well as those within our internal community of the folks who work here. >> mission pie plans to hold its 13th annual pie contest in august before closing september 1st. google has pledged $1 billion to ease the chronic shortage of affordable housing in the bay area. google says teammates to be a good neighbor.
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+>> reporter: google's search to make a sizeable impact in the housing shortage led to a blog post. "our responsibility to-starts at home. we're announcing an additional $1 billion investment in housing across the bay area. our goal is to help communities to succeed over the long-term. ." >> seeing google's commitment again to affordable housing. >> reporter: the mayor hailed the plans as an add-on to an agreement that calls for 24% of the housing in the google village to be deemed adorable housing. the new plan calls for $750 million of google commercial land rezoned for the construction of 15,000 unit was housing across all income levels. additionally, $2 first million will be fund in build another 5,000 of units of affordable housing throughout the bay area.
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+>> today is a bigin for those leaders and workers and community members who have been doing the hard work of organizing. >> reporter: the google plan is long on promises but short on specifics. where will the new housing go? how will the company work with local mrig, some of whom are again growth? those other kind was questions that have some experts worried. >> all we have so far is basically a press release. >> reporter: kelly schneider is a professor in the san jose state department of urban and regional planning. >> the last thing that we still need is political will. so cities like cupertino and palo alto are famous for not allowing any housing. >> reporter: city councilsville to come on board before there's any building. community and will council. >> reporter: now that one tech giant has stepped forward, politicians and stakeholders are hopings others will follow and put money in places where there are only small sign was change.
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+looking into the temperatures. these other highs from today. they bear looking at again. i think that's where tomorrow's numbers go. fog out there, already in the livermore valley. the inversion deep. over almost 2,000 feet deep in places. spilling all the way into the dealta. we're seeing it in concord. strong winds pushing it up into the delta, past discovery bay. and the greens representing the sea breeze. that wind, that moist air. that fog. and look how far inland it irfield, 61 degrees right now. and that's about 2 degrees cooler than last night because of the push of cool area. 5 degrees cooler than last night in livermore. so big push last night. big push again tonight. temperatures tomorrow very much like what we had today wonderful that dayed, you're looking at the forecast highs tomorrow.
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+and you can see that temperature footprint with the microclimates, coast, bay and inland. plus a few more thrown in. standard late spring, early summer microclimate pattern. be a little cooler as we head into thursday. then it warms right back up. and the thursday cool-down is subtle too. so what's going on this week? that's what's going on this whole week, basically. fog in the morning, and this kind of temperature footprint. low 90s in most spots. fog and cloud, san jose, mountain view. a little bit of fog, low cloud. burns off quick. san francisco 62 degrees at lunch. mid-60s at the end of the day in mostly sunny. a good-looking day tomorrow. and an interesting forecast high. a whole bunch the microclimates. mid-60s, saus richmond. and over the hill, east to castro valley, and you come up 10, 11 degrees. that's how it goes. that's how tomorrow will be.
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+87 in morgan hill. 87 in gilroy. and temperatures on the coast remain cool because of the fog. and we're getting used to it. this whole week is how this goes. absolutely cool on thursday. we're splitting hairs. coming up, the a's hit six home runs while taking on the worst team in the league. >> two freeway shootings to tell you about tonight. both in the south bay. the latest on what we know so far.
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+unlike yesterday, it's completely flip-flopped. the other way. 3-2 win last night. here's the mix for the oakland a's tonight. they're a good hitting team. they're playing, by far, the worst team in baseball. what do you get? a whole lot of home runs. and you have a juiced-up ball. it was bring your cintarsame nigh going in the
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+3rd inning. it is ramon lariano, three-run jack, his 11th of the year. then a ten-run six. three-run shot of his own there. his 16th. it's 11-2. piscotty again with two on, the three-run homer. and the route to say the least. organization pitchers have now given up 623 home runs since 2017. meanwhile, after the giants kinda squeezed by the dodgers last night, 3-2, by the skin of their teeth. it's like l.a. got together and said enough of that nonsense. they bulldozed the
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+giants tonight, no-brain little kid, being raised by dad, apparently. it all happens for rookie, sean anderson, in the 1st inning. his second pitch is deposited into the bleachers in left by jacque pedersen. you give kersaw plenty of room there against the giants. justin turner whacks it down the line. brandon crawford a little offline. he's in and it's 2-0.nty for kershaw the way he was rolling. but a 6-run 7th. hernandez off gott. a grand slammer. kershaw, seven innings, gave up only three no runs, 9-0 final. very lopsided. only four hits for the giants all night. for elaborate celebration after that grand slam. 21 years in the national
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+hockey league, not enough. apparently. for joe thornton. he's gonna turn 40 come july. but somewhat of a surprise. looks like he's returning for his 22nd season. last year, well, he was shaking hands with the st. louis blues. figuring that's the end. but a reporter caught up with him today at the nhl awards ceremonies going on in las vegas. and you tell me. sounds like he's coming back with a smile. >> are you gonna play next year? >> yeah, and longer. >> have you talked to the sharks about that? >> we'll talk and sit down. i'll sit down with them and figure my body feels great. and it's gonna be the first time in a long time i don't have to rehab. >> he's feeling good right now. he says he could play five more year fist he stays healthy. we'll see.
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+you can really make a case the women's world cup, every bit if not more entertaining than the men's. two soccer power and soccer-crazy countries get together. italy against brazil. onto the pitch they come. and onto the 40th minute they will go. a nil-nil game. great chance for italy right here. it's barbara, denied by brazianit's . 74th minute, brazilians' penalty kick, marta would score more goals, than any player in world cup history. 17th of her world cup group r career. and there it is. 1-0 win, brazil.
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+check this out. the return of star, giancarlo stanton, 0 for 4 at the mate. this was a nice play. into the seats he goes to it away from a fan. almost a backhanded grab by the fan. in minnesota, jackie bradley jr. will rob jorge polanco, climbing the wall. jbj with a beautiful grab there for the red sox. in st. louis, we got a great play to show you down the right field line. look out for the tarp down there cooper, garrett cooper, sacrifice live and limb to make that grab. pretty good play right there. meanwhile in the a's clubhouse, you want to know what sean minaya is a baseball player
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+and not a basketball player? keep watching him. i don't know who the other guy is. they cannot. put the ball in. that little bafblet. basket. >> not a bad job either. >> doing all right in baseball. all worth checking out for a tuesday night. that's the sporting life. it is 11:00. time for more news. two more freeway shootings in the south bay on the heels of a deadly shooting overnight. the highway patrol is confirming two freeway shootings in the south bay tonight. >> one of the shootings injured a child weech begin with that developing news. >> the highway patrol says a driver reported shots fired from another vehicle on southbound 680 near king street 11:30 tonight, shattering the car's left rear window.
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+exiting through the right front window. and a 12-year-old girl suffered minor injuries from broken glass. the chp has a vehicle description. right now it is not sharing that information so far. >> the second shooting happened on southbound 17 at the transition to northbound 85. a driver heard a thud during an encounter with another car. the driver returned home and noticed a bullet in the back of his car. >> chp officers found matthew wield behind the wheel of a gray toot camera in toyota camera. >> what can you tell us about tonight's shooting in san jose?
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+US Drones Strike ISIS Targets BBC Reports; Pentagon Denies
+Moments ago, in what would be a clear escalation in the Iraq war, and confirmation that the US has finally gone "kinetic" as it warned on several occasions in the past it would, Iraq state-sponsored Iraqiya TV reported that US drones had struck ISIS targets near the Iraq-Syria border attack without giving details or saying how it obtained the information.
+BBC Arabic has more:.
+From the Pentagon's Press Secretary John Kirby:
+No truth to rumors in media today that US drones struck ISIL targets in Iraq.
+— Rear Adm. John Kirby (@PentagonPresSec) June 24, 2014
+Clearly these are not the drones you are looking for...
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+Oh, now I get it. This is how we finally get that war in Syria off the ground we've wanted so bad. Start in Iraq, work west.
+O: "I said no boots on the ground. I said nothing about drones in the sky. Let me be clear......."
+Oh they hit SOMETHING on the Syrian border; maybe not ISIS...
+Maybe the Brits confused it with the US drone that Iran captured and then reverse engineered? This is good theater!
+Arm both sides. Stimulus.
+Keynesianism 101.
+Bankster mantra
+What's it going to take to get you into a new drone today? Did I mention we have low, low financing for recent graduates of jihadist school? If you finance an even dozen drones, we'll throw in a free beach towel for you and five friends.
+The Farce is strong with these assholes
+The most disturbing part of the article for me was the fact that our leaders are twittering (whatever the fuck that is). War is just entertainment for these fucking sociopaths.
+They took out a camel...
+They want to give them some practice shooting down air borne targets with all the shoulder launched air-to-air missiles U.S. sources provided them.
+...Obama denys any responsibility..."I'm not in charge, You see I'm just the President".
+Yes he did talk about air strikes actually. Kerry said today that US air strikes would be irresponsible. This is what happens when you vote the 3 stooges into office. Moe talks peace while Curly is stuffing somebody's foot with fireworks.
+That cat is fucked. "I'll drone you my pretty....and your little cat too."
+...that cat is dinner..
+Leave the cat out of it! They built the sphix I'm the image of a cat for a reason.
+Cats don't care for Al-CIAda anyhow.
+Cats will piss in your shoes if you fuck w/ them.
+you really need to get some pussy... you know, the good kind...
+Meh, you truly cannot get back in the womb...
+I don't understand why the rest of the world can't develop and use an effective detection and missile system to shoot down drones on regular basis. After all, this cannot be so difficult, they move relatively slowly.
+Such a device should be a basic and standard equipment in the military munition of other armies.
+Low flying, radar evasion
+Hmm... perhaps the hight time to develop an alternative ground or satellite detection system for low flying objects.
+Hope Volodya is already working hard on it.
+You'll notice that drones aren't flown over countries with real air defenses.
+Winifred Ames: Why Syria?.
+Wag the Dog
+Save the cat! Cat killers burn in Hell!
+.
+hang on that "pussy" is a dog in disguise and its tail is about to wag!
+Israel has already started the aerial attacks in Syria.
+No debt, it would seem so, at least that would be the effory. They better act fast because the rebels are in disarray in Syria. On the weekend they had a couple of thousand savages storm in from the Golan and they got their asses kicked and retreatedunder israeli air cover. Figure that one out.
+Uhm.. This can suddenly go say too west!
+Some tribal leaders say it was the SAF. I would go with that, given Syria has done more to fight the war on terror than any country in the world.
+Just. Stay. Out.
+Never. Actually. Left
+(the super-sized fortress US "embassy" in Baghdad is the de facto Iraq government)
+Maybe we can sell the embassy to Iran for gold. If we hurry...
+PPP ('public private partnership) mercs take over 'regular' army role in 'Embassy defence' post-Surge, pre-departure (one of Obama's key re-election platforms). How is this different to the other 'warlords'/factions/fictions (current and historical) imposing their will/snatching the resources they want, irrespective of the murder, mayhem, destruction and human 'collateral damage'? NeoCon=neoprefeudalwarlordism. Goodbye enlightenment, thanks for trying......
+both could be telling the truth, could be the CIA drones killing people.
+"These aren't the drones you're looking for." [/CIA mind trick]
+This is a friendly fire incident and they are embarrassed ergo the denial. L O L
+CIA-Obama is not bombing the CIA's ISIS buds in Iraq, Syria, etc.
+Believe me, they are expendable when their use is over.
+I agree with you, however, they did not setup the money and equipment in northern Iraq for these guys to take to then just go and bomb them.
+This was a disguised funding run by the CIA--They did learn something from Iran-Contra after all.
+JEEE-HAD!
+IRAN drones...... you know the one we flew to them so they could reverse engineer and make clones... according to shit for brains bendover barry we have mutual interests now... wonder how the house of saud feels bout that.... ah couple of barry bows and all is forgiven
+muslim on muslim ...... lots of blood and gore soaked into the sand ..... keep it up and lets send bigger weapons to both sides and pcp and crack too. the "brave jihadis" were as high as a kite on that shit in iraq.... a little chemical courage ... now go blow your islamic ass up...
+Iranian Drones?
+Drone Congress
+Oh, you meant drone as a verb
+Nope, drone the (fill in the government agency)....
+Does the truth really matter anymore....
+Never did.
+The truth, yes... the details of their lies... no.
+All the servers have crashed...
+..and all those lies have been lost forever.
+Wartime President.
+Wartime golfer.
+DC criminals deny everything, every time. Nothing new. They use these drones like they are playing Elite Dangerous!
+DC criminals (fascist/Nazis) in-charge are lawless thugs roaming the globe right now.
+The 4th of July is coming up and the vast majority of Americans have absolutely NO CLUE that they live in the Nazi 4th Reich. And, those mindless ones in the military who they thank for 'fighting for our freedom', - are the greatest threat to all life on the planet ever created by mankind.
+This just in!!! John McCain has a hard-on. News at eleven.
+Little bald-headed fucker is probably flapping his stumpy chicken wings with excitement.
+Sheeit. Pfizer stock goes up 10% when McStain needs to get a boner.
+And Lilly! Only his Urologist knows for sure.............
+I thought ISIS and ISIL were two different organizations, just with kind of the same purpose.
+Perhaps a follow up tweet will clear this up for me.
+It's like Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac, but with guns.
+bit like the false choice of reds and blues
+It all depends on what one means by a drone "strike".
+/sarc
+sorry but I never get enough of this, definitely in my all time greatest hits....
+the meaning of is:
+I'm sure it wasn't any off those clearly identifiable ISIS US Humvees that are on loan by the US government they couldn't target when they first marched in that would be clear targets without collateral damage and couldn't identify as clear targets afterwardsonce in places like Mosul knocking over Central Banks.
+What?! After the WTC7 timing issue? Is there no pride in the job anymore? :(
+Why do I believe BBC Kerplakistan more than my own Pentagon?
+Not top be left out car bomb in beirut Shiite district.
+Israel bombing Syria .mil targets yesterday
+Reported US strikes on Syrian Border.
+2013: Dempsey: No-fly zone in Syria would be 'act of war'
+Still?
+Barry is good at making executive decisions without Congress.
+Looks like the military is getting good at making anti-executive decisions when Barry behaves like the stubborn, fatherless/motherless child that he is.
+There is nothing to see here... move along...
+Send in the drones
+There has to be drones
+The grammar drone approaches. Make your correction now!
+I fail to see how ISIS is "terrorists", more like revolutionaries. It's a relatively small group which, if it did not have the support it does, would have been wiped out quickly. They are busy setting up social services, rebuilding and administrating their territory and restoring peace while advancing on the enemy. Honestly, the US needs to just stay out of this entirely. If the US gets involved and hits ISIS, then ISIS will direct their forces on the US, as the US becomes the enabler to their enemies. If the US gets involved and fails, that's the end of US "legitimacy" or whatever's left of it at this point. What needs to happen will happen. Let it happen and then open diplomatic channels and seek a peace.
+I agree they are more revolutionaries than terrorists. Many, many Sunni Iraqis prefer the secular life they had for so many years under Saddam. They are pretty much terrified and caught between these Sunni Islamists and the corrupt murderous Shiite regime in Baghdad. Not a good place to be. Have to go along with whoever is in charge at the moment. Eventually there will be conflict between the Islamists and the more secular-leaning Sunni tribes.
+Yesterday I watched that hour-long ISIS video. They are brutal, very publicly kill their enemies armed or not, then go into mosques and "forgive" those who repent (Sunnis, of course) before them. These tactics are very reminiscent of Communist revolutionary movements from Lenin to Mao to PolPot. Spread the terror then, after re-education or self-cleansing, the rest of the masses are "forgiven" and made docile.
+Truly fascinating.
+One thing is for certain -- there is no return to the previous Iraq whether the current figurehead Maliki is removed or not.
+Yep, glad to see you watched their video. Yes, it's propaganda, but so is all media. Being able to identify it as such and watch objectively is something the media does NOT want you to do. Here's the simple fact... under a caliphate system, islam works out pretty ok. In fact, it worked out pretty ok for over a thousand years. That was ripped from them, they were hacked randomly into various "countries" and put at each others throats for imperialism. This is the end result. The message from them has been very clear, they want to be left alone, they want to preserve their own values without outside interference. The secular-leaning tribes can still be rather secular under the system, they just want their culture back.
+See how the media claims they are randomly breaking into civilian homes and killing people? Not really, they have a target list. Randomly shooting at vehicles? No, they did their homework and are hitting legit targets. If they were indiscriminately killing civilians, then the civilians would not be backing them. It's clear that they have local support, as they may not be the desired outcome, but they are the best option on the table at the moment given the alternatives.
+it also depends on the perspective that is given by the presstitues.
+I'm a freedom fighter, you're a rebel but they're terrorists, but ask "them" and it's the other way round.
+in ukraine if the easterners were "our guys" they would be freedom fighters but since they're not then they're terrorists and there's little media mention of the army shelling towns:-(
+it's just slightly more difficult when "they're" elected but hey-ho let's gloss over that, with enough stories about what a bad guy he is we can force him out and the sheeple think we have the moral high ground. Now back to bread and circuses.
+I suppose we'll see whether ISIS is controlling by fear or with the support of the Sunni tribes. For the moment, all the Sunnis want to rid themselves of the Shia domination. Yes, they definitely had "hit lists", but looking at those faces in the mosques, I also saw fear and not enthusiasm. Sorry, but it looked like Mao re-education camps to me. "Come along or die". Hard to say with certainty what exactly is going on though I certainly agree they couldn't be holding onto territory without some public support.
+How much of ISIS is Iraqi and how much is internatinalist? There was a segment of "volunteers" from Qatar tearing up their passports. No way will the Sunni tribes have allegiance to a foreign dominated "caliphate", no matter how phony those borders are. In fact, the border issue is more related to lumping Kurds, Iraqi Shiites and Iraqi Sunnis together rather than the separation of Syrians from Iraqis.
+Basically I just envision more chaos, which I believe was the goal of Obama/Nato/Saudi all along. I suppose Israel could benefit too, but having a dozen indpendent Islamist movements around your borders isn't exactly more controllable than perhaps buying off some new leader in Damascus or Amman.
+laomei
+shut up you useless fucking tool.
+isis is israel
+israel are using the kurds to steal iraqs oil now you cunt so fuck off.
+isis is simply an act set up by the mossad,cia and mi6 ideas by brookings and rothschilds chatham house.
+money from the jewish royal house of saud.
+A world of such pervasive lying that even when they speak the truth I don't believe them.
+Putin? I found Israeli reports he was moving hardware into Iraq 2 days ago
+Very Surprised ZH used a Dave Dees graphic.
+Surprised and Pleased.
+If you weren't aware Dave Dees is the Greatest Graphic Artist on the 'Net today. IMHO
+His work is featured at Rense.com BTW.
+And No, I am Not Dave or Jeff Rense, for all you conspiracy theorists
+GALLERY ONE...
+Phew, who passed a EMP load? Shit is falling from the sky. All joking aside, we we're very venerable to our superior military technology. I have screamed from the top of my lungs. These fucking things will drop like a lead balloon without mechanical backup services. The engineers just laughed.
+The administration really does find out what is going on when they see it on the news.
+Should be interesting to see if the USA recognizes ISIS once the Kurds declare their independence.
+Could be ISIS Drone striking Iraq target, what model did the US deliver to ISIS?
+The Syria- Iraq border, well maybe the drone was striking at Assad's men that were stopping the Syrian rebels supplying the ISIS.
+Is it technically an "Escalation" if we only blew up our own captured equipment?
+That could be anybody's drone. I have 2 homemade ones in the garage.
+same old, same old bollox - mfers usa
+the bbc made the missile hit annoucement 30 mins before the missiles exploded in the syrian theatre.
+.............
+As much as i like ZeroHedge, at least RT gives both sides more clearly:.
+...
+defination - fog of war
+its a clusterfcuk to the nth degree and will continue like this always so that the truth is lost somewhere inbetween
+media whores - its deliberate
+Is this "BBC" story in Arabic or is it in English? Even the headline makes no sense, because if it's news that drones are being used there, how can they assume everyone knows what this "drone region" is?
+------------------------------------------------.
+for fcuk sake - already explained
+fog of war - truth is lost inbetween
+quote old timers - first casualty of war is truth
+cant fix stupid but can numb it with a 2 x 4 - doh
+Reminds me of an IRA Missing e-Mail hearing, where yes/no questions get answered with a four minute fuzzy answer that avoids answering either yes or no.
+So, no 'US' drones struck targets -- which likely means that the drones are considered to be owned or operated by the Iraqi government.
+Obviously Bush's fault - a bunch of those missiles he shot at Saddam Hussein must have missed and gone straight up into the higher levels of the atmosphere. Now they are finally falling back to earth after years of near earth orbit - and right onto ISIS positions.
+I am pretty sure (as of today) the whole Iraq/isis thing is a feint and we all fell for it.
+The real plan was to arm isis to fight in Syria and there wasn't a good legal way obama could give missiles, ammo and hummers to terrorists so they just told them where to find them and got out of the way.
+There is no way that US drones could have missed truckloads os humvees being shipped out. A missile into each semi would have been all it took. No, the plan here was to get as much weaponry as possible to isis without a paper trail.
+The rest of the fighting is just crazy muslims doing what they do to make it look good.
+Audio copy: You can listen to this story on my podcast: There Are Three of Me. It is read in Ep1 S1E1. You can find There Are Three of Me on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and .
+Disclaimer: This story is not intended to infringe on any rights by Tolkien or the estate there of. It is merely a story from my imagination regarding Tolkien's characters. I write it in honor of those characters and I make no profit on it whatsoever.
+A/N: This story takes place after the War of the Ring, long after. In Appendix B of the Lord of The Rings, you can find a timeline of events of all the ages, including the rest of the Fellowship's lives. This story concerns this one:
+"1484 S Peregrin went to Gondor and passed what short years were left to them in that realm, until they died and were laid in Rath Dinen among the great of Gondor."
+This story takes place near the end of Pippin and Merry's lives.
+The Lord of the Rings
+Immortal
+By Ainaechoiriel
+Merry watched the Elf enter. He had seen him on and off through the years, though not as often as he'd seen Strider. He knew that Elves didn't age as mortals did, but still it amazed him to look upon Legolas, for the prince looked just as young as the day they'd set out from Rivendell so many long years ago. For a moment, Merry forgot his own age, his gray hair and withered skin, and felt this was just days after he'd helped to slay the Witch-King before the Ring was destroyed. They were in the same room in the Houses of Healing as when Legolas and Gimli had come to visit after the siege had lifted.
+Only this time, Pippin was the one in the bed. He coughed and the years came back to Merry, the good ones, the bad ones, and all the ones in between. He thought of King Éomer and their last visit and how that visit had stretched into this one and how this one had become their very last. It was odd to think he and Pippin would end their lives in Minas Tirith and not the Shire. How their lives had changed when they'd decided to go with Frodo and Sam so many years ago!
+"We were worried about you," Pippin said, his words coming slowly for the effort it took him to speak. This was his idea though, so Merry didn't tell him to save his strength. Not yet.
+Legolas stood at the foot of the bed and gave Pippin one of those Elf looks: amused, confused, sad, comforting. All at the same time. Legolas was particularly good at such expressions. It was his eyes that carried it off, Merry decided.
+"Me?" the Elf asked.
+And his voice. Merry couldn't help but smile. Even in the darkest dark of Moria, Legolas' voice had had a lightness to it. Merry's throat constricted into a painful knot, but he willed the tears away. He was so proud to have been able to be companions with Legolas, for to him Legolas was not just one of the Fair Folk, he was the best of them.
+"Yes, you," Pippin replied, but that started him coughing again.
+Legolas stepped forward and picked up a glass of water from the table beside the bed and held it to Pippin's lips while he drank. Merry rubbed his cousin's back and the coughing subsided. Pippin waved the glass away.
+Legolas replaced the glass and sat down in the chair Arwen had placed beside the bed. Merry had made sure not to sit in it, but instead had perched himself on the bed just beyond Pippin's feet. Arwen was in on their plan and had approved of it. She'd even gone so far as to help them decide what to say so that Legolas might hear it correctly. Merry took her advice now: Jump right in. So he jumped. "We've heard that Elves, though they do not age, can die of grief."
+Merry watched his face closely to see what Elven expression that would provoke, but Legolas could have been a Man just then were it not for the points on his ears. His countenance fell until only sadness remained, and Merry wondered just how old the Elf really was, how much grief he'd already seen.
+"You're immortal, Legolas," Pippin said. "You and Gandalf, but he left for the Havens a long time ago." It nearly put Merry's poor cousin out of breath to say all that.
+"Let me, Pip," Merry told him. The knot came back to his throat. It hurt to know how weak Pippin was, to realize his younger cousin would die before him. But it also hurt to imagine the alternative, to leave Pippin behind to mourn him if he should be the one to go first.
+Merry choked the knot back. That wasn't what this was about. Well, it was. But it wasn't.
+"I'm dying, Legolas," Pippin said, ignoring Merry's offer, as he held out his hand to the Elf. Legolas took it and one of Merry's, too.
+"Maybe not right now," Merry felt the need to add, "but soon enough, and we felt someone had to talk to you about this before it happens. And, well, we're going to be the first-since Boromir-to go. Frodo and Sam may be gone already but we don't know. Maybe they'll live as long as old Bilbo and be there to greet you when you go to the sea."
+Legolas squeezed his hand gently. "I do know something of death, Merry, though doubtless it is different for my people." His voice was soft, but sincere.
+"Yes, but you'll see the Elves again, won't you?" Pippin asked. "Like Glorfindel. You won't see us again. Or Strider or Gimli."
+Legolas' brow furrowed and lifted at the same time and Merry read a plea mixed with the sadness in Legolas' eyes. It was as if he was asking them not to do this, not to make him think of what was coming. It had been a long time since Boromir had died. Legolas had not had to face the death of mortals in quite some time.
+But that was the point of this whole conversation. Pippin had felt, and Merry agreed, that Legolas would be safer if he were prepared for what was going to happen, especially considering that he, barring some unfortunate happenstance, would be the last remaining member of the Fellowship in Middle-Earth. "That's a lot of mourning, my friend," Merry told him. "So we're worried about you."
+"We don't want you to die, Legolas," Pippin breathed. "We don't want you to grieve."
+As they spoke, Legolas looked from one to the other. He swallowed and his breath pattern changed. They were upsetting him, but it couldn't be helped. It was better they sadden him now than that their mortality would end his long life. "We know you'll have to grieve," Merry said, "but we don't want you to grieve too much. Who would remember us to Gandalf?"
+"We need you to remember us, Legolas," Pippin told him, enclosing the Elf's hand in both of his.
+"We've had long lives, Legolas," Merry explained, "longer than most Hobbits. Good lives. Full lives. We love that youre immortal, but we dont want it for ourselves. We're tired. We're ready to go when the time should come. It'll be so much easier knowing we don't have to worry about you and knowing that you'll take us with you through all the circles of the world. Your friendship has been a gift to us, a joy. Allow us to burden you this one last time."
+"It would not be burden," Legolas said, shaking his head. His eyes glistened with unshed tears, but his voice was steady when he spoke. "It will be a privilege to remember you."
+"Promise us then!" Pippin demanded weakly, but with a desperation that frightened Merry.
+Legolas left the chair and knelt on one knee beside them. "I promise," he said, and he squeezed their hands, "I shall remember you and take your memory with me to the Undying Lands. And all the Elves there shall grow tired of hearing me tell the tale of the brave periain of the Fellowship of the Ring."
+Merry couldn't hold back his own tears as the knot in his throat finally got the better of him.
+"Thank you," Pippin whispered. Then he closed his eyes and relaxed into his pillows.
+"Pippin?" Merry called softly, worried but not wanting to wake him.
+Legolas rose and studied Pippin for a moment. "He sleeps, Merry. He is still here." He pulled the chair closer to the bed and held his hand out to Merry. Merry took it and slid off the bed. The chair was not Hobbit-sized, but Legolas was still there to help him into it. The Elf even found a pillow to place at Merry's back and draped a blanket over his lap.
+Merry sighed as he watched the rise and fall of Pippin's chest. Not yet, he thought silently to Pippin, sensing that time was short now. They had done what they'd set out to do. Pippin had said his goodbyes and they'd secured their memory with Legolas. It was a strange feeling he was left with. They were finished.
+Legolas remained and Merry thought how fitting that was. For Legolas would remain, and he was filled with pride again for the privilege to call him friend. "Has your father already gone?" Merry asked him as he took one of Pippin's hands in his.
+Legolas nodded and knelt again beside the bed. "Many years ago. Few of my people remain now in Eryn Lasgalen."
+"You're waiting for us, aren't you? For all of us." He knew the answer before Legolas could nod again. Merry touched his young, perfect face and marveled at the age he saw in his crystal blue eyes. "Go quickly then," he told him, "when the last of us leaves. Go to the sea and let her comfort you."
+Legolas only nodded and Merry felt a bit of dampness on his fingers. Merry felt a little guilty for bringing the Elf to tears, but he just smiled once more for his immortal friend and let him go. He nodded back and then turned toward his cousin. He didn't even hear Legolas' soft footsteps as he left the room.
+Legolas closed the door softly behind him and took a few steps down the corridor before he felt he couldn't go any further. He sat with his back to the wall and released his tears. He would not break his promise but he could not help but weep. It would be easier to keep his promise when the time truly came for each if he shed some of his grief now.
+He felt more than heard when someone approached him. His eyes were closed but he knew it was Arwen by the lightness of her step and the shuffle of her skirts as she sat down beside him. "It is not very queenly to sit on the floor," he told her when she took his hand in hers.
+"Nor is it princely," she replied. "But what are such titles between us?"
+Legolas just nodded and wiped at his tears with his other hand. "You knew what they would ask of me."
+She merely squeezed his hand and they sat long together, sharing their tears.
+The End
+No woman is the same, which means answering the question ‘how many calories should a woman eat per day’ isn’t always cut-and-dried.
+Your individualized calorie needs will depend on a variety of factors, including:
+- Height
+- Weight
+- Age
+- Weight management goals
+- Activity level
+- Metabolism
+- Body composition
+Tracking your current calorie intake is a good place to start, but knowing how to estimate individualized calorie needs helps you achieve your goal weight to live a happier, healthier life.
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+How Many Calories Do Women Burn in a Day?
+Knowing how many calories you burn in a day, or your total energy expenditure (TEE), helps determine your calorie needs for weight maintenance, weight loss, or weight gain if that’s your goal.
+TEE is broken down into several categories, including:
+Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
+Your BMR is the number of calories your body burns to maintain life and function properly during rest.
+It’s based on your weight, height, age, and gender.
+Men often have higher BMRs than women, as men typically have more muscle mass.
+The formula for determining BMR for women using the Harris-Benedict equation is:
+65.5 + (4.35 x weight in pounds) + (4.7 x height in inches) – (4.7 x age in years) = BMR
+Activity Factors
+An activity factor helps determine your TEE based on the number of calories you burn throughout the day when you’re awake and moving around.
+This number includes the calories you burn exercising and calories burned doing daily activities — such as showering, getting dressed, working, cooking, doing laundry and other house chores, taking care of kids, and doing yard work.
+Multiply your activity factor by your BMR to determine TEE.
+Choose from the following activity factors based on your lifestyle:
+- 1.2 = sedentary (little to no exercise)
+- 1.375 = lightly active (light exercise 1 – 3 days per week)
+- 1.55 = moderately active (moderate exercise 3 – 5 days per week)
+- 1.725 = very active (hard exercise 6 – 7 days per week)
+- 1.9 = extremely active (hard daily exercise and/or a physical job)
+Here is the formula for determining TEE:
+BMR x Activity Factor = Total Energy Expenditure (TEE)
+What is a good rate of weight loss per week? Find out the ideal and average weight loss per week for women!
+How Many Calories Should a Woman Eat Per Day for Weight Maintenance?
+To maintain your current weight, eat about the same number of calories as your TEE.
+This number increases or decreases when you alter daily activities or workouts.
+The U.S. Department of Agriculture Guidelines
+According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020, average daily calorie needs for weight maintenance in normal-weight women are:
+The USDA classifies you as sedentary if you do not exercise at all, but participate in daily activities of independent living.
+You’re considered moderately active if you walk 1.5 to 3 miles per day at a pace of 3-4 miles per hour (or participate in similar exercises) in addition to activities of independent living.
+The USDA classifies you as active if you walk more than 3 miles per day at a pace of 3-4 miles per hour (or participate in similar exercises) in addition to activities of independent living.
+Calories-Per-Pound Method
+Another simple way to estimate daily calorie needs for weight maintenance (if you’re within a normal weight range) is to multiply your current body weight by an activity factor.
+According to Harvard Medical School, you can use the following guidelines to estimate your calorie needs for weight maintenance (this applies to both men and women).
+Multiply your current weight (in pounds) by:
+- 13 calories per pound of bodyweight if you’re sedentary
+- 15-16 calories per pound of bodyweight if you’re moderately active
+- 18 calories per pound of bodyweight if you’re active most days
+Using the equation above as a guideline, a 130 pound moderately active woman needs about 1,950-2,080 calories daily to maintain her current weight.
+If she becomes more active, she may require 2,300-2,400 calories daily to maintain her weight.
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+How Many Calories Should a Woman Eat Per Day for Weight Loss?
+Once you know how many calories you burn daily (your TEE), you can easily estimate how many calories you’ll need to lose about 1-2 pounds per week.
+Weight loss calorie needs are about 300-500 fewer calories than your usual intake.
+Track Usual Calorie Intake
+To track your usual intake, keep a food journal (use the USDA’s food composition database to determine the calorie content of your favorite foods) or use a calorie counting app, such as:
+- MyFitnessPal
+- MyNetDiary
+- FatSecret
+- ControlMyWeight
+- Noom
+Once you know your usual intake, simply subtract 300-500 calories from this number to determine your weight loss calorie needs.
+Learn how to count calories to lose weight with our Calorie Calculator for weight loss!
+General Weight Loss Calorie Guidelines for Women
+For many women, consuming 1,200-1,500 calories daily will get the excess weight off at a safe, healthy pace.
+Women who weigh more or those who are very active may need about 1,500-1,800 calories daily to lose 1-2 pounds per week.
+Weight Loss Tips and Tricks
+There are several tips and tricks you can use to help cut calories and get the excess weight off, including:
+- Replace soda, lemonade, sweet tea, and juice with water.
+- Avoid greasy and fried foods.
+- Eat at home vs. at restaurants.
+- Sleep at least 7 hours each night to control your appetite.
+- Fill half of each plate with non-starchy vegetables.
+- Fill half of each plate with healthy protein foods plus fiber-rich starches.
+- Drink at least 2 cups of water when you first wake up and before each meal.
+- Eat low-calorie, non-starchy vegetables first (after drinking water) at mealtime.
+- Keep a daily food journal to track calorie intake.
+- Reduce stress as much as possible.
+- Avoid skipping meals (eat small meals every few hours).
+- Join a structured weight loss program that offers motivational support.
+- Complete at least 30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise most days.
+- Weigh yourself daily to track progress.
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+Sample Weight Loss Menu For Women
+When shedding pounds is your goal, it’s helpful to have a low-calorie menu on hand to give you an idea of what 1,200-1,500 calories look like:
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+How Many Calories Should a Woman Eat Per Day to Gain Weight?
+You might be wondering how many calories women should eat in a day to gain weight?
+If you've recently been ill or you’re simply skinny and desire more muscle definition, slightly boosting your calorie intake and working out regularly can help.
+If your body mass index (BMI) is less than 18.5, you’re classified as underweight and you may be at risk or certain health conditions — such as osteoporosis and vitamin and mineral deficiency.
+Use the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s BMI Calculator to determine if you’re underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese.
+General Calorie Requirements for Weight Gain in Women
+A good rule of thumb is to increase your daily intake by 300-400 calories, by adding nutrient-dense, high-calorie foods to menus.
+This means moderately active underweight women seeking muscle gain may require 2,100-2,500 calories daily, and active women might need 2,300-2,800 calories (depending on usual intake) per day to gain about 1/2 to 1 pound of lean body mass each week.
+Weight Gain Tips and Tricks
+Healthy weight gain isn’t just about adding consuming more calories; it involves eating the right foods and working out regularly so you gain muscle vs. just body fat.
+A few simple weight gain tips and tricks can help:
+- Eat high-calorie foods, such as nuts, seeds, avocados, dried fruits, and cheeses as snacks or meal add-ons.
+- Drink high-calorie protein shakes containing nuts or nut butter between meals.
+- Add dried milk powder or protein powder to soups, stews, and casseroles.
+- Use extra plant-based oils when cooking.
+- Switch from low-fat to full-fat dairy foods.
+- Drink water after meals instead of before.
+- Eat frequently throughout the day (every few hours).
+- Eat plenty of protein (1.5 to 2.0 grams per kilogram, or 0.7 to 0.9 grams per pound of bodyweight daily). Aim for 20 to 40 grams of protein at each meal.
+- Get enough sleep (at least 7 hours a night) to maximize strength training workouts.
+- Try Fit Father Project’s Old School Muscle program to increase muscle mass.
+- Stay active daily but focus on strength training (plus some aerobic) exercise.
+- Weigh yourself daily or weekly to track progress.
+Aim to gain about 1/2 to 1 pound of lean body mass each week, but choose healthy calorie-rich foods (avoid sweets and added sugars) to do so.
+Begin understanding how food affects your body and take your health to the next level!
+Sample Weight Gain Menu For Women
+The sample weight gain menu for women below contains about 2,500 calories:
+Do you know what you're eating? Once you understand your nutrition labels, you will have more control over what goes into your body.
+How Many Calories Should a Woman Eat Per Day?
+Answering the question ‘how many calories should a woman eat per day’ isn't always black and white, as every woman is different.
+However, knowing how many calories you’re burning and how many you’re currently eating (track your calorie intake) helps determine your daily calorie needs for weight maintenance, weight loss, and weight gain.
+Make sure to work out regularly to achieve the figure you’ve dreamed of, and if you need a structured plan to meet body weight goals and provide inspirational support, get started today with the FREE Fit Mom 3-Day Weight Loss Jumpstart!
+*Please know that weight loss results & health changes/improvements vary from individual to individual; you may not achieve similar results. Always consult with your doctor before making health decisions. This is not medical advice – simply very well-researched info to answer the question, “How many calories should a woman eat per day?”
+A service of the Dante Society of America educational programs to all communities and walks of life.
+If your institution or association would like to invite a member of the Dante Speakers Bureau (see below).
+Listed in alphabetical order; last updated June 7, 2020
+This listing may also be downloaded as a PDF file.
+Ted Cachey is a professor of Italian Studies at the University of Notre Dame, where he has taught Dante for the last thirty years. He was the co-founder of the Teachers as Scholars Program at Notre Dame, a professional development program for K-12 teachers in the South Bend, Indiana, area school systems, through which teachers gather with colleagues from neighboring school districts to study, discuss, and reflect on scholarly topics and texts, including Dante’s Divine Comedy. He is the prolific author of books and articles on a range of subjects including Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, the literature and history of travel, the history of cartography, and the history of the Italian language. Professor Cachey directs both the Center for Italian Studies and the Devers Family Program in Dante Studies at Notre Dame. He is currently a councilor of the Dante Society of America.
+Danielle Callegari is Assistant Professor of Italian in the Department of French and Italian at Dartmouth College and Councilor for the Dante Society of America. Her research and teaching focuses on pre-modern in Medieval Italian Literature, is forthcoming with Amsterdam University Press. She has taught at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and New York University, and held fellowships at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and at the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. She is frequently invited to lecture for both academic and non-academic audiences in both the US and in Italy, in particular on the use of the social and cultural values of food in Dante’s works.
+Dan Christian taught at the Gilman School in Baltimore from 1980 until his retirement in 2019. Beginning in 1982 he taught a senior elective every year on the Divine Comedy. During this time he also taught Dante extensively to church groups in the area, and his presentations to the Church of the Redeemer in Baltimore have been transcribed and published in Lingua Romana at Brigham Young University. He received many awards from Gilman, for both teaching and coaching, including the Meritorious Teaching Award in 1998. Many of his students’ essays now appear on line on the Dante Society’s Website under “Student Encounters.” He has also published two collections of his students’ work: Educating the Eye: Essays by High School Students Inspired by Dante and A Harry Chapin and Dante Alighieri Anthology. In 2017, he was awarded the Robert M. Durling Prize from the Dante Society of America for outstanding teaching of Dante in the pre-collegiate classroom. His talks for both classroom and public presentations integrate both the visual arts and folk music in his approach to Dante.
+Beth Coggeshall is Assistant Professor of Italian at Florida State University. She is the co-curator of the digital archive Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. An expert on the contemporary reception of the Commedia in American popular culture, she researches and teaches Dante from the perspectives of ethics, reception history, and media studies. Her presentations for general audiences include “What’s Love Got to Do with It: Divine Justice and Human Desire,” a discussion of what love might have to do with hell, and “Dante’s Friendship Dilemma,” part of a book project on how Dante resolves the issue of preferential love in a system that strives for universal affection. She also has given presentations on the seductive vision of love in pop music, both in the Middle Ages and now, with particular reference to the speech of Francesca da Rimini in Inferno 5. She has received teaching awards from Stanford University and from Florida State (the University Teaching Award for the 2018-2019 academic year). She is currently a Councilor of the Dante Society of America.
+Alfred Crudale has extensive experience teaching Dante and Italian culture at both the high school and the college level, presently at the University of Rhode Island and at Bridgewater State University. At the high school level, he has taught Dante with excerpts from both the Vita Nuova and the Commedia in Italian Honors and AP classes. His publications and conference papers are wide ranging, including studies of the Italian lyric tradition and its relevance for the present, with special emphasis on Ezra Pound; portrayals of the body in Dante; studies of citizens and citizenship in Dante and other Italian authors; and images of light in the Divine Comedy. He has developed and presented PowerPoints talks for local high schools and is eager to expand to elementary and middle schools, libraries, assisted living facilities, and correctional facilities.
+Christian Dupont is Burns Librarian and Associate University Librarian for Special Collections at Boston College. His interest in Dante began in the 1990s while a graduate student in theology and philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, where he became involved in the establishment of the Devers Family Program in Dante Studies and its online initiatives. An expert on the reception of Dante in America and Dante bibliography, he has published a series of articles on the formation of collections of works by and about Dante at American universities. He has also given illustrated talks for community organizations and colleges on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the “Dante Club,” and on the illustration of Inferno from the Middle Ages to the present. He has served as Secretary and Librarian of the Dante Society of America since 2014.
+Ron Herzman is Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York, Geneseo. He has also taught Dante at Georgetown University, St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New York University, Regis High School, and Attica Correctional Facility. Of the eighteen summer seminars he has directed for schoolteachers through the National Endowment for the Humanities, fifteen have been on Dante. He has followed these teachers into their own classrooms, giving presentations on Dante in schools throughout the country, as well as to church groups, book clubs, faculty workshops, and senior citizens. With his colleague Bill Cook, he teaches the Divine Comedy through a twenty-four unit lecture course available through the Great Courses series produced by The Teaching Company. Together with Cook, he was the recipient of the first CARA Award for Excellence in Teaching Medieval Studies from the Medieval Academy of America. He has written extensively on Dante, on Dante and the Franciscans, and on Dante and the visual arts. He is currently Director of Education and Outreach for the Dante Society of America.
+Christopher Kleinhenz is Carol Mason Kirk Professor of Italian Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin. In addition to his home institution, his teaching has included extensive sojourns in Italy. He is a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America and the first recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Dante Society of America. A longtime editor of Dante Studies, he has also edited or co-edited sixteen volumes and texts, including The Dante Encyclopedia and, most recently, the second edition of Approaches to Teaching Dante’s Divine Comedy (2020). A prolific scholar and lecturer, he is the author of over one hundred and fifty scholarly articles and reviews. In addition to innumerable lectures for scholarly audiences, throughout his career he has lectured widely on Dante and medieval Italy to continuing education classes, local groups such as the Italian Workman’s Club, and the University of Wisconsin Alumni Association, as well as giving many presentations in K-12 schools in Wisconsin. Virtually all of these lectures are accompanied by PowerPoint presentations that situate Dante within his cultural milieu. He is especially interested in the relationship between Dante and the visual arts of his time and how they are incorporated in the Comedy and in the long tradition of illustrating Dante’s poem.
+Anne Leone is Assistant Professor of Italian Studies at Syracuse University. She has previously taught at the University of Notre Dame. She teaches courses in medieval literature and religious culture, including courses on Dante’s Comedy and Boccaccio’s Decameron, as well as courses that go from the ancient world to the contemporary on such subjects as love in the Italian tradition, and masterpieces of Italian cinema, music, and literature. Her research interests are also broad, encompassing medical, theological, literary, and historical perspectives, with emphasis on Dante’s treatment of female figures, the issue of nature in medieval culture, and visual and material culture in the Middle Ages. Her publications on these subjects include a monograph under review entitled Dante’s Blood: Science, Sacrifice, Semiosis, and articles and reviews in Italian Studies, Le Tre Corone, Vertical Readings in Dante’s Comedy, The University of Toronto Quarterly, and Medium Aevum.
+Christian Moevs taught Dante and medieval literature and culture at the University of Notre Dame for 27 years. He studied philosophy at Harvard and Italian literature at Columbia. His particular interest is how poetry, philosophy, and theology can fuse to become—as in Dante’s view—revelatory and life-changing. Hence, besides teaching Inferno, he has made a specialty of leading students through Dante’s Purgatorio and Paradiso. Many students feel that it is in those two canticles that Dante’s medieval Christian/Catholic understanding of reality first comes alive for them in all its profundity and power, and that Purgatorio and Paradiso are actually more gripping, more stunning, than Inferno. Moevs was awarded the first Junior Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching by the Department of Romance Languages, a Kaneb Teaching Award, and the Sheedy Award for Excellence in Teaching in the College of Arts and Letters (Notre Dame’s highest teaching award). He is co-editor of the Notre Dame’s Devers Series in Dante Studies, and has served on the Council of the Dante Society of America. His book, The Metaphysics of Dante’s Comedy,.
+Philip O’Mara, Emeritus, Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia, has taught the Divine Comedy as part of several courses in world literature or medieval literature in translation, at two historically black colleges in Mississippi (Tougaloo College and Jackson State University) as well as Bridgewater College. He has presented several papers on aspects of the Comedy at the Medieval Institute, for example the didactic current in the Comedy, and kinship and tragic transformation in Inferno and Purgatorio, and alternatives to the Empire as envisioned in the Comedy. He has presented papers on black responses to the Comedy, including, most recently, at a Black Studies conference in Rochester, NY, on Derek Walcott’s use of stylistic and thematic features of the work in his epic poem Omeros. He is currently preparing a paper on the Franciscan spirituality of mourning in the Vita Nuova, following on an earlier publication in The Franciscan Leader.
+Nicole Pagano is Chief of Staff to Saul Perlmutter, Nobel Laureate of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley. In the late 1990s, she first read Dante as an undergraduate at Georgetown University. That formative experience inspired her to pursue a master’s degree in art and religion at the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley, where her work focused solely on Dante’s oeuvre, specifically the historical, philosophical, theological, and biblical underpinnings of the Divine Comedy, and the art it has been motivating ever since. In the classroom, she teaches the poem as a liberation text, where students bring their personal experiences into dialog with Dante’s words to form a vision of peace for their own lives and communities. She has led workshops in this style at the San Francisco County Jail, Incarnation Monastery, and the School for Applied Theology in the Bay Area. She is currently a member of the Education and Outreach Committee of the Dante Society of America.
+Deborah Parker is Professor of Italian at the University of Virginia. She is the author of Commentary and Ideology: Dante in the Renaissance (Duke University Press, 1993), general editor of the World of Dante website (worldofdante.org), and co-author of Inferno Revealed: From Dante to Dan Brown (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). In addition, she has published numerous articles on Dante’s reception in art and literature. Recent articles includes “Bronzino’s Dante” and “JFK’s Dante.” She has taught courses on Dante’s Inferno and Purgatory in Translation for over 25 years at the University of Virginia. She has also directed an NEH seminar for high school teachers on “Reinventing Dante: Influence, Adaptation and Appropriation” in 2014.
+Barbara Ellison Rosenblit studied Dante in Siena as a member of the 2002 NEH Summer Seminar. When she returned, Barbara introduced a year-long course in the Commedia at The Weber School, a Jewish high school, where it became a seminal course for 14 years. Barbara has a masters in Jewish Studies from Emory University and one in English Literature from Columbia Teachers College. Interested in the exploring the text in interfaith groups, she and a Catholic colleague received an NEH award in 2003 to teach a Dante course to Catholic and Jewish faculty members at their two schools. The inter-religious faculty liaisons resulted in the development of a Catholic-Jewish-Muslim student group, Peace by Piece, that has been engaging in interfaith dialogue for twenty years. Since leaving the classroom in 2019, Barbara continues to teach groups interested in the Commedia. She has won several teaching awards, including The Covenant Award for Exceptional Teaching in 2004 and, in 2016, the first annual Durling Prize for excellence in secondary school teaching of Dante. Many of Barbara’s students’ works appear on the Dante website under Dante Notes “Student Encounters,” and her annotated syllabus appears in the “Pedagogy”section. She is currently chair of the Education and Outreach Committee for the Dante Society of America.
+Sherry Roush is Professor of Italian at Penn State University. She has won two distinguished teaching awards, and her favorite class to teach by far is “Dante in Translation,” which she approaches largely in terms of ethical decision-making with a view to Dante’s afterlife. She has also incorporated Dante in courses on early Italian ghost storytelling, and Italian translation theory and practice. In addition to presenting her research at national and international conferences she has led discussions at a local high school, at the State College Literary Club (a group of retired life-long learners), to the Bottleworks Cultural Center, to the Penn State Catholic Community, and to UNICO, an Italian American Cultural Community in Pennsylvania. A widely published scholar, she is the author of Speaking Spirits: Ventriloquizing the Dead in Renaissance Italy and Hermes Lyre: Italian Poetic Self Commentary from Dante to Tommaso Campanella. She has also edited and translated several volumes, and has won several awards for translation from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
+Eve Salisbury is Professor Emerita of English at Western Michigan University. She has taught Dante in translation to both undergraduate students and graduate students at WMU’s Medieval Institute, the home of the annual International Congress on Medieval Studies. Her graduate course brought together the visual and the verbal, imaginatively tying in manuscripts, illustrations and a wide variety of texts, and led to a subsequent undergraduate version called “Holy Road Trips,” designed to appeal to first time Dante students, and bringing together Dante’s Inferno, Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, and Paul Simon’s Graceland. The course encouraged students to address modes of pilgrimage, both sacred and secular. Another class, ”Magic, Marvels, and Monsters,” used The Inferno to enable students to think more seriously about systems of justice, correlations between actions and consequences, and our need for guidance. She has published widely on Chaucer (Chaucer and the Child, 2017) and Gower, and is currently working on a study of echoes of Hildegard of Bingen in Dante. She is interested in working in the pre-collegiate classroom, as well as book clubs and community organizations.
+Brenda Deen Schildgen is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Davis. She is a prize-winning teacher, having been awarded the UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement in 2008, as well as other distinguished teaching awards. She has written about Dante, the Bible, Chaucer, Saint Augustine, and Boccaccio. For ten years, she led a reading group for retirees that focused on Dante, Virgil, and Augustine. For almost twenty years, she took undergraduate students to Florence for the summer where they focused on Dante, his city, and his major poem. More recently, she led a National Endowment for the Humanities Institute on Dante in Florence that was designed for humanities faculty in community colleges and liberal arts colleges. Among her books are Divine Providence, A History: Bible, Virgil, Orosius, Augustine, and Dante (2012); Dante and the Orient (2002), translated into Italian (2016) and Arabic (2009); and Power and Prejudice: The Reception of the Gospel of Mark (1999). Violence in Dante’s Comedy is forthcoming from the University of Notre Dame Press.
+Bill Stephany is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Vermont, where he taught Dante in various contexts for 35 years, including 3 summers in Assisi, Italy. His research interests and published scholarship include Dante’s responses to the visual art of his world, as well as to his literary sources, and he has made many presentations to academic conferences and university colloquia. He has given presentations on Dante to a wide variety of audiences, from Attica Correctional Facility to high school classrooms, church groups, local libraries, and elder enrichment programs. In addition, he has been deeply involved with in-service teachers, having directed or co-directed 16 National Endowment for the Humanities seminars for school teachers on Dante, 11 of them in the city of Siena. Bill is a member of the Education and Outreach Committee for the Dante Society of America.
+Mary Watt is a Professor of Italian Studies, Co-Director of the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, and Associate Dean at the University of Florida. In addition to teaching at her home institution, she has also been an invited Goggio Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto. Her professional service includes membership on the Modern Language Association, Executive Committee of the Division on Medieval and Renaissance Italian, and Secretary of the Canadian Association for Italian Studies. She currently serves as a review editor for the journal Speculum. She is the author of The Cross that Dante Bears and Dante, Columbus and the Prophetic Tradition. Her third book, Dante’s Golden Legend, is forthcoming in spring 2021. She has published more than 50 articles, book chapters and reviews and most recently, one historical fiction novel. In addition to the many lectures she has given on scholarly topics, Mary has given numerous talks on Dante as well as medieval and Renaissance Italy to local groups, including continuing education classes and Italian cultural societies, at venues ranging from embassies to art galleries. She is a lively speaker whose talks are accompanied by visual materials where appropriate and encourages active Q&A opportunities. She is especially interested in the relationship between Dante and the age of exploration, and how Dante’s legacy has shaped our perception of the afterlife.
+By: Majority 60 Editorial Board
+Majority 60 is proud to endorse Senator Elizabeth Warren to be the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States.
+Senator Elizabeth Warren is a Midwesterner from Massachusetts. She’s a policy wonk and a political street fighter. She has the empathy needed to connect with voters everywhere but the strength and tenacity to throw a political punch that will knock a bully like Donald Trump on his ass. Warren is an outsider to politics. She grew up around Republicans in Oklahoma, got an Ivy League education, studied bankruptcy law which gave her a unique perspective on capitalism–perhaps developing what could be called compassionate capitalism. She developed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for President Obama to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial collapse and finally after 40 years in the private sector, at the age of 63 she ran for and won a seat in the US Senate. It’s hard to call someone who won her first race at 63 a “product of Washington.” And as she enjoys saying, she will be the youngest woman ever elected President of the United States.
+As an insider, Warren has risen through the Democratic ranks on her own charisma and reputation as a fighter for “the little guy.” Seeing the division growing between the center-left and the far left, Warren kept her powder dry and her endorsement to herself in 2016 until it was clear that the nomination would be won by Hillary Clinton. Unlike Senator Sanders, Warren has refrained from attacking the Democratic Party. Instead, she embraced it and worked to change it from within. Yes, she has a plan for that. But in her role as a US Senator she knows that her plans are proposals and Congress will need to pass legislation and she has committed to signing any legislation that will help.
+Warren was a free-market Republican for a large portion of her adult life, hardly a radical leftist, but has been Democrat for 30 years. Her efforts as a private citizen and academic gave her a focus on education and the importance of childhood development and a desire to protect our children from the scourge of gun violence. Her advisory role in the Obama administration led her to create the Consumer Protection Bureau to stand up for consumers and save and protect capitalism from itself. Her time in the US Senate has clearly been defined by her leadership in holding big corporate interests accountable.
+Also as a US Senator, Warren serves on the Armed Services Committee. She has been exposed to the inner workings of the military and their budgetary concerns. She has visited hot spots from Iraq and Afghanistan and the North Korean Demilitarized Zone to learn and work with the military to meet their needs. She’s demonstrated her ability to know how to tell an ally from an adversary which is something that Donald Trump has been unable to do in three years with the benefit of being on the job.
+Senator Warren can be portrayed as a simple politician or challenged by her struggles to describe her origin story in a clear and consistent way. But she is not a lifetime politician and not everyone is going to tell their life story with caveats in every sitting. The last two election cycles have proven that slick political machines are not always looked upon favorably by the voting public. Voters need to believe a candidate is shooting straight with them and has their backs. Warren has proven time and time again that she is a fighter for the middle class and the people aspiring to be in the middle class. She can be portrayed as being anti-wealth, but what she actually is pro-accountability. And with a current regime filled to overflowing with corruption and incompetence, Warren’s willingness to roll up her sleeves, her humility to change her mind and her happy warrior ability to get in the fight make her the perfect antidote to Trumpism and she will have our vote in the Democratic primary. I hope you will join us in making Elizabeth Warren the next President of the United States.
+The Democratic Field
+Vice President Joe Biden is a capable politician and his foreign policy experience, compassion and strength would make him a good president. However, his lifetime of service, and reputation for being of strong character will (continue to) be attacked mercilessly for his son’s and his campaign’s inability to explain his work as a board member for a Ukrainian energy firm with a checkered past. Biden may very well become the nominee and he could still defeat an illegitimate regime that behaves like a “disorganized” crime family but without a good explanation (perhaps Burisma was trying to reform and repair their reputation after their corruption was exposed and they thought having someone named Biden on their board would lend credibility to their efforts and could reasonably have thought that the Obama administration might look favorably on that) the ads write themselves and the press has proven that they are incapable of avoiding blanket coverage of fake scandals, one need look no further than the Clinton email situation.
+Senator Bernie Sanders is a lifelong politician and the quintessential Washington insider yet perpetually running as an outsider. He rose to national prominence in 2016 as the surprise dark horse alternative to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary. He sparked a genuine political movement for progressive change. However, even as he tries a second time to takeover the Democratic Party, he continues to call himself an Independent. But since his failed race in 2016, Sanders has softened some of his attacks on the Democratic Party and made a real effort to add depth to his policy proposals. But he has made little to no effort to demonstrate how he would work with Congress to implement his “revolutionary” policies.
+Sanders is also unique in his ability to divide those left of center and those closer to the far left. Whether it’s his campaign attacking Biden or Warren or more recently one of his primary surrogates leading a crowd to boo Hillary Clinton. Bernie and his opponents are impulsive and reactionary and it will take patience and restraint to reform the entire government to reflect Sanders’s vision. (Note, in her capacity as a private citizen, Hillary Clinton took a public shot at Sanders in a new documentary and it’s natural for his supporters to want to defend him. It wasn’t a helpful comment.)
+Senator Amy Klobuchar is qualified and capable. She has proven herself as a campaigner in her home state of Minnesota, winning in blue, red and purple districts to win her state. On the other hand, she has failed to manage the national press following reporting that seemed designed to derail her campaign. The story, which was one-sided, characterized her as a temperamental and allegedly abusive boss. It would be difficult to find a similar story about a male candidate doing much harm to his chances of winning a nomination. Her personal style and folksy sense of humor seems to result in her being better in front of smaller crowds and when people leave her events they leave convinced she can win. It can be a successful strategy to win a statewide race but this is a big country and it will be hard to reach the necessary amount of voters to carry her to the nomination and frankly it is difficult to see her leading the street fight of an election that 2020 promises to be.
+Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Andrew Yang have been treated quite differently by the American press but when it comes to high elected office their experience and their lack of are comparable. Yang has built an entrepreneurial empire, including a business designed to empower entrepreneurship in the Midwest. He has inspired audiences and shaped the debate around the threat of widespread automation to American jobs and the benefits to instituting UBI-Universal Basic Income. He brings a fresh perspective and as a complete outsider, he is beholden to no one. That said, in a Washington post-Trump, the new president will need a vast network of allies to move legislation and to simply advise someone completely new to public service. Donald Trump is a terrifying example of the damage puppeteers can do with an inexperienced vessel.
+Mayor Pete Buttigieg also has an experience deficit. As the mayor of small town USA and the potential to be the first openly gay president, he has ignited the donor class of the Democratic Party. He’s a veteran who knows the value of service, is well educated, and a capable debater. But in a diverse party, Buttigieg’s support is almost entirely white. There is also an electability issue. Buttigieg did win his small town mayorship (South Bend, IN population 102,000), in “Mike Pence’s Indiana,” as he likes to say, but in his only statewide race he lost badly. The lesson might be found in the experience he did have: he ran, prematurely, for statewide election and lost. He very quickly rebounded. Pete ran for mayor and won, and easily won reelection. We would support Pete wholeheartedly in a governors’ race and having build some national name recognition, he would be a formidable candidate in the near future with a serious resume.
+That brings us to the billionaires. Together Tom Steyer and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg have dumped nearly $150 million into advertising and staffing. Both billionaires have pledged to different degrees to keep their money on the field should they fail to win the nomination. Steyer was a successful businessman who grew a conscience, left the corporate life and dove into philanthropy. He led an AstroTurf campaign to convince Congress to impeach Donald Trump. It’s difficult to measure the success of the campaign since the reason for the eventual impeachment came long after the Steyer campaign started but he can claim credit for putting on the public’s mind.
+Mayor Bloomberg was a Democrat, a Republican, an Independent and now back to being a Democrat. His inability to pick a party and stick with it aside, being the mayor of New York City, a city with a population greater than the entire state of Indiana, allows Bloomberg more credibly to claim executive experience than the other mayor in the race. But with that advantage comes a long record scrutinize and many within the Democratic Party take issue with his record on policing. Bloomberg does have a solid foundation to build on with a network of mayors across the country and his philanthropic work as well as his campaign to encourage sensible gun laws. And his decision to run on his own money can be looked at two ways: sure it can be viewed as an attempt to “buy an election” but it can also be a demonstration of Bloomberg’s imperiousness to corporate influence. He’d be an interesting foil to Donald Trump.
+The Democrats offered a deep bench for this 2020 season, including several memorable “also-rans” that aren’t discussed here. The challenge the eventual nominee will face is vast: a nationwide Republican Party effort to suppress likely Democratic votes through voter purges and Voter ID Laws that disproportionately disadvantage the African American base of the party as well as the Latino community and those attending college. They will face a Russian propaganda machine as well possible efforts from any other foreign power who sees Trump’s corruptibility as an asset. And of course paperless ballot machines. The nominee will also face the challenge of uniting a divided left which, now has several factions, some include disaffected Republicans (this group should not be overvalued but it is worth noting that the 2016 election came down to less than 1% in 3 states. So it shouldn’t be written off either.) We believe that the best candidate to be able to do all of that is Senator Elizabeth Warren and we urge voters in the early primary states to look past her campaigns early political stumbles. Her knowledge of policy, her critical thinking ability, her empathy and her strength make her uniquely qualified to re-calibrate the American government. And beyond that, she can win a political street fight.
+Andy and Diane
+Andrew and Diane were informed by a sonographer that their son had a cleft lip at their 20 week scan. When their son was born it was clear that he also had a cleft palate.
+Andrew and Diane are married and both White British. Andrew works full-time as a scrutiny officer for a housing association and Diane works part-time as an administrator for a publishing company. They have one 2 year old son.
+More about me...
+Andy and Diane were informed by a sonographer that their son had a cleft lip at their 20 week scan. The couple were then sent away with little information and told to come back the next day when a consultant would be there to confirm the diagnosis. In the meantime Andy and Diane looked on the internet to try and find out more information and were overwhelmed by the range of experiences reported on the web. The consultant who confirmed the diagnoses delivered the news to the couple in a blunt and negative manner, and it was suggested that their son may be born with other syndromes and have potential breathing problems. Most distressing for Andy and Diane was the fact that were asked to consider a termination and were left to consider the options over a weekend without knowing the full context of the situation. Andy and Diane were deeply upset and responded by asking for a second consultants’ opinion. The second consultant confirmed the presence of a cleft but was much more positive and explained that there were many things that could be done about it.
+The couple went on to have appointments with specialist cleft nurses. The care pathway for cleft was explained to them and they were shown pictures of ‘before and after’ surgery. The couple began to feel more reassured and now felt able to ask the professionals questions about their son’s future care and treatment.
+Andy and Dianes’ son was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate and had to be fed with special squeezy bottles as he was unable to breastfeed. One positive aspect of bottle feeding was that Andy could be involved with feeding his son. Following their sons’ cleft lip repair the couple were able help healing by massaging and rubbing Vaseline on his scar and they also had to put stents in his nose to help shape the nose. It took a while for Andy and Diane to adjust to the look of their son and also the new sounds he made when he laughed. As cleft babies can often have glue ear he will also have his hearing and speech monitored regularly alongside sessions of speech therapy.
+Having a child born with cleft means that there are a lot appointments, and the travelling involved impacts on the families’ financial resources. Although they have accommodating employers they often have to take annual leave which means spending time together as a family is also compromised.
+Andy and Diane were upset by the way health professionals communicated with them after discovering their son had a cleft lip. One consultant asked them to consider termination (abortion) of the pregnancy.
+Andy and Diane were upset by the way health professionals communicated with them after discovering their son had a cleft lip. One consultant asked them to consider termination (abortion) of the pregnancy..
+Andy and Diane found support through telling other people and getting involved with their regional Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) parent groups.
+Andy and Diane found support through telling other people and getting involved with their regional Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) parent groups..
+Andy and Diane found themselves questioning their behaviour when they found out about their son’s cleft. The health professionals reassured them that it was not their fault.
+Andy and Diane found themselves questioning their behaviour when they found out about their son’s cleft. The health professionals reassured them that it was not their fault..
+Andy was glad to be able to share the responsibility of bottle feeding his son and gave him the opportunity to bond with his new son.
+Andy was glad to be able to share the responsibility of bottle feeding his son and gave him the opportunity to bond with his new son.
+Andy: I think probably for me... you know, obviously if Diane had breastfed then I probably wouldn’t have had that kind of, you know, hands-on, you know, approach kind of all the, all the time. But the fact that I could share the kind of, the responsibility, so we took it in turns at night and things like that, probably made it a lot easier for, for, you know, certainly for you, Diane.
+Diane: Yeah.
+Andy: And you know, and then it gave me the time as well to, you know, to do it as well and help. So, yeah, it was probably...
+So do you think it made a difficult situation…
+Andy: Yeah.
+…perhaps easier?
+Andy: I think easier because, as I said, you know, otherwise, like I said, I’d have felt as though I wasn’t sharing the, you know, sort of the burden of feeding all the time. So, you know, I think that kind of... we, we shared it out equally.
+Diane: That was a positive thing actually, wasn’t it really, [laughs] sharing him out?
+Andy: [laughs] Yeah otherwise, yeah, I think you’d have made me awake anyway, and not asleep, [laughs] yeah.
+But as a father, did you feel that helped with the bonding side of things?
+Andy: I think so. I think, yeah, personally I think, yeah definitely. Because, you know, you want to do that kind of thing as a father, and if you feel as though you can’t kind of help or you’re kind of, you know, [laughs] you don’t... you don’t kind of get that opportunity really, do you? So, yeah, for me, you know, I think it was, it was good.
+Andy and Diane explain how they share the same ideas about the treatment their son has undergone for his lip and palate and the availability of future treatment taking him up to an adult.
+Andy and Diane explain how they share the same ideas about the treatment their son has undergone for his lip and palate and the availability of future treatment taking him up to an adult.
+Diane: And I think our surgeon’s very good, isn’t he? Because he’s, he’s very much “If you’re not happy with it, you know, come back and there are things that we, we can do, if you’re not happy with the palate repair, if you’re not happy with the lip repair.” If he’s... you know, when he grows up, if he’s not happy with the, you know, the way his, his lip has, or his nose has formed, you know, there are things that the surgeon is happy to do.
+So do you feel like you’re sharing the same agenda then?
+Andy: Yeah, oh yeah, yeah.
+Diane: Yeah he definitely wants, you know, the best for them, and doesn’t want... you know, wants the parent and the child to be happy, you know, happy with what he’s done.
+Andy: I know someone, like my, my best friend basically, and she’s 18, I think it is, and she was the one with the cleft, and she’s had like, I think it’s like 12 like, you know, nose, you know, alterations and stuff like that because she hasn’t quite been happy with everything. But, you know, that to me, knowing that that’s available is, you know, in, but then it’s up to [son’s name] to make that kind of decision. So that in itself is, like I said, you know, we’re perfectly happy with everything.
+Diane: The fact that they’re there until, I think they don’t get signed off until he’s about 20 so, you know, if he’s 18/19 and wants something changed then... he can speak to the surgeon.
+Andy and Diane were anxious in the lead up to their son’s closure of his cleft lip but were reassured by the skill of the surgeon.
+Andy and Diane were anxious in the lead up to their son’s closure of his cleft lip but were reassured by the skill of the surgeon.
+Andy: …I don’t know, I mean it’s always apprehensive when you, when you take your child in for surgery, you know, anything like that, especially something that kind of... like that.
+Diane: Yeah.
+Andy: I mean...
+Diane: Yeah I think I was nervous for about three months before the operation.
+Andy: I was getting [laughs] just, yeah, you kind of build yourself up and go, “Yeah it’s going to be fine, it’s going to be fine. Everything’s going to be perfectly alright.” And, and, you know, and then, then you get to that kind of... you know, yeah, you’re going down and, you know, yeah, you’ve kind of said, no you couldn’t.
+Diane: Yeah.
+Andy: You know, you were having [laughs] kind of, you know, you couldn’t kind of do it.
+Diane: All that yeah.
+Andy: And it was, yeah, it was quite... you suddenly think it’s going to be traumatic. Because when you... when you see him there and... and you put the mask over him and it’s kind of... you know, and then somebody like, you know, someone takes him away, you know.
+Diane: Yeah I don’t, I don’t think you can ever imagine unless you’ve been in that situation. [brief interruption] Yeah I don’t think, unless you’ve been in that situation, that you can know
+Andy: No.
+Diane: how it feels to hand your child over, you know.
+Andy: And then you’re sat waiting for like three hours or four hours.
+Diane: Four hours for the first operation, yeah.
+Andy: You know, it kind of
+So it must require an awful lot of trust, I imagine?
+Andy: Oh I think it’s comforting to know that you’ve got the, you know, the quality of the... the surgeon that’s involved.
+Diane: Hmm.
+Andy: I think that certainly sort of helped. And then seeing a few sort of before and afters in what’s, you know, things like that, those... that again you see the kind of the work that can be done. I think it’s damned amazing, frankly. And... so certainly we got the confidence in you know, the surgeon, in the fact that he’s a perfectionist in what he, what he’s doing. And that, to me, is... because I’m a bit like that sometimes as well, so it was kind of nice to know that people are kind of like that.
+Andy was fortunate that his employer was able to grant leave to get to his son’s appointments with Diane. However, ultimately it impacted on the family’s holiday time.
+Andy was fortunate that his employer was able to grant leave to get to his son’s appointments with Diane. However, ultimately it impacted on the family’s holiday time.…
+Andy and Diane encourage parents to look at UK based information from reliable sources such as CLAPA. They also question the information given through the NHS and how it is delivered.
+Andy and Diane encourage parents to look at UK based information from reliable sources such as CLAPA. They also question the information given through the NHS and how it is delivered..
+Andy and Diane were not satisfied with the way in which their son’s cleft lip was diagnosed by a sonographer. Later they met the Clinical Nurse Specialist who introduced them to the cleft team.
+Andy and Diane were not satisfied with the way in which their son’s cleft lip was diagnosed by a sonographer. Later they met the Clinical Nurse Specialist who introduced them to the cleft team.
+Andy: Didn’t have the people skills.
+Diane: Scan, they didn’t have the, they didn’t have, yeah, they didn’t have the people skills and they didn’t have the... I don’t think they had... you know, all the, the information either, to be able to say. You know, to be reeling off, “Oh it could have this, could have that, could have,” you know, is not very helpful for anybody.
+Andy: I think especially if you are delivering and you’re doing that kind of job, surely, you know, it’s like an electrician turning around and telling what a plumber’s job is when they haven’t... it’s not the same thing. You know, if you’ve got the very basic skills you’re not going to deliver that... what’s really needed at the time.
+Yeah sure.
+Andy: So I think that... yeah, that system needs to be maybe altered. ...In terms of level of care, support, whatever, I think, you know, I think it’s been really, really good.
+Did you feel empowered to ask the questions you wanted to ask as well?
+Andy: Until we…
+Diane: In terms of when we were put in touch with the cleft team definitely, because they were very open to all your questions and could pretty much answer.
+Andy: Hmm.
+So at what level was the communication easiest? At what level of health professional, was it the nursing level, the?
+Andy: I think the specialist nurses, I think.
+Diane: Specialist nurses, yeah.
+Andy: Definitely.
+Diane: You know, they were always there, weren’t they, and?
+Andy: They were the ones who’d got answers basically to everything and they were the ones that dealt with it first-hand and like, you know ... you know, hundreds and hundreds, thousands of, you know, children so…
+So they were actually quite a mediator between you and the higher level of consultant…
+Andy: Yeah.
+Diane: Yeah.
+…would you say?
+Andy: Yeah absolutely, yeah.
+Diane: And if you’ve got any worries or, you know, any queries about... anything, you contact them and they’ll put you in contact with the... get you an appointment with the right team and the right person and the surgeon if you need to so…
+Andy: They’re on the doorstep if you want them as well.
+CONTENTS: Heritage Cloakroom; Melanie Phillips; America’s governors; Ann for Senate?; Hayes – Hagel; Klein – Hagel; Klein – Borders; Levin – Brotherhood infiltration; McCarthy GOP’s brotherhood; Steyn – Hagel; Keystone languishes; Kerry hired before Rice quit; Medical records to the feds; Malkin – Sleaze Bob; Dollars & babies; Our baby bust; BO hints for bucks; Heritage – balance in 10 yrs; Senate moves on gun control; Wyoming blocks feds?; NRa is winning; Docs kill 2450% more; Walsh – Left & guns; Deadly Deserts; Glick – ISR’s next govt; Phillips – middle ISR; Iran’s new jet; Barry got his gun; Announcements
+“Well, [I donated] with great reluctance, because I think that Citizens United has really unleashed an unlimited amount of money into the political system, which is very, very unfortunate. But you have to live with it.” George Soros
+“The country may be catching on: Barack Obama is our first knee-jerk liberal president. And now that he will never face the voters again, he doesn’t mind showing it.” John Fund
+February 4th
+1789: The Electoral College chose George Washington to be the first U.S. president.
+1861: Six Southern states form the Confederate States of America.
+1932: The first Winter Olympics was held at Lake Placid, NY.
+1945: Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin met at Yalta in the Crimea to discuss the post-WWII world. (Bennett & Cribb, 2010)
+Josh Robbins, Heritage Foundry Cloakroom
+House Cloakroom
+Analysis: This week, the House returns from a week of recess to take up a bill that would require the President to produce a date by which his proposed budget will balance. The Require a PLAN Act would be triggered when the President sends his budget to Congress and it does not balance within the time span of the budget.
+Major Floor Action:
+HR ___ – Require a PLAN Act
+Major Committee Action:
+The House Budget Committee will hold a hearing on “Budget and Economic Outlook.”
+The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on the “FHA Financial Situation.”
+The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on “Immigration Issues.”
+The House Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a hearing on “School and Workplace Challenges and Opportunities.”
+Senate Cloakroom
+Analysis: This week, the Senate will return to the Violence Against Women Act, which it passed in the last Congress but was never able to reach a compromise with the House-passed version. Heritage evaluated the previous Senate-passed bill and found it deeply flawed. Heritage Action’s Katherine Rosario addressed the this bill:.
+The bill is expected to have enough support to pass the Senate this week.
+Major Floor Action:
+S 47 – Violence Against Women Act
+Major Committee Action:
+The Senate Select Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of John Brennan to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
+The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing on “No Child Left Behind and State Flexibility Waivers.”
+Melanie Phillips, Daily Mail: “How Tory left-collaborators undermine marriage, conservatism and Britain”
+“. . . ‘back to basics’ fiasco under John Major, and then staged a full retreat under a barrage of attacks from the Left. . .”
+Conn Carroll, Washington Examiner: “America’s governing party”
+“. . .. . .”
+Joe Battenfeld & Hillary Chabot, Boston Herald: Ann Romney for Senate
+Thanks Ted,
+. . .”
+Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard: “The Hagel Fiasco”
+Thx Ted,
+. . .”
+Klein’s Podcast, 2/3/23
+“. . . Israel bombs Syria for the first time since 2007. What should we expect from the Middle East in the coming days? Aaron has Obama’s specific immigration reform and border security plans exposed, including how he will likely push massive second term amnesty. Is there Muslim Brotherhood infiltration of the U.S. military? More devastating information on defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel. . .”
+Aaron Klein, KleinonLine: “Hagel Review Ignores Jihadists In U.S. Military. Instead fears Muslims will be harassed, attacked by fellow soldiers”
+.”
+“That section contained only the following two questions:
+*Are you concerned that the attack at Fort Hood could lead to harassment or even violence against Muslims in the military?
+* If confirmed, what strategies would you advocate to address the potential for harassment or violence against Muslims in the U. S. military?
+“Not a single question was asked about. . .”
+Aaron Klein, KleinonLine: “White House idea factory: Borders ‘safer than ever.’ Hypes questionable claims alongside Obama’s amnesty push”
+“The Center for American Progress, or CAP, a group heavily influential in helping to craft Obama administration policy, released a briefing paper entitled, “The Facts on Immigration Today.”
+“The subtitle is ‘Everything You Need to Know About Our Foreign-Born Population, Current Immigration Policy, and the Voting Power of New Americans.’
+“While the paper was released this past July, the CAP is currently hyping it again on the “immigration” section of its website as interest in the topic seems to be spiking nationwide.
+“A section of the paper claimed ‘Our borders are safer than ever.’
+“As proof of that supposition, the how the Obama administration has delayed construction of the remainder of the fence along the 1,951-mile U.S.-Mexico border. . .”
+LEADS . . .
+Mark Levin, WND: Muslim Brotherhood infiltration? ‘It’s Obama himself’
+ ‘treated like pariahs,’ Levin recalled.
+“The talk host contended Obama’s nomination of former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as defense secretary is evidence that Obama himself embodies the infiltration of the Muslim Brotherhood.
+“‘You want to look into Obama’s soul?’ Levin asked, then look at Hagel. . .”
+Mark Steyn, N. . .”
+Andrew McCarthy, NRO: Senate.
+Timothy Gardner, Reuters:” Keystone pipeline decision to languish until mid-June-US source”
+* State Dept needs to take series of steps
+* Environmental review due any day
+* No time frame for national interest determination
+.”
+Daniel Halper, Weekly Standard: Kerry: Obama Offered Me the Job a Week before Susan Rice Pulled Out
+“White House refuses to comment
+. ..”
+Jack Doyle, UK Mail:
+Michelle Malkin, NRO: “Ladies against Sleaze Bob”
+ Senator. . .”
+BUDGETS
+Michael Barone: RealClearPolitics: “Fewer Dollars and Babies Threaten Social Programs”
+. . .”
+Also – Jonathan Last, WSJ: . . .”
+Reread: Mark Steyn, (2006) America Alone.
+Roger Runningen, Bloomberg: “Obama Says U.S. Needs Revenue Along With Spending Cuts”
+. . .”
+Romina Boccia, Heritage:..
+2. Reform entitlement programs. Congress must make much-needed reforms to entitlement programs to provide an affordable safety net. Congress should first repeal Obamacare or at least stop the subsidies and Medicaid expansion that begin in 2014. Social Security and Medicare should become true safety net programs and focus assistance on seniors in need. The eligibility age for both programs should match and reflect increases in longevity. Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment should be based on a more accurate measure of inflation.
+3. Reduce discretionary spending. Congress should immediately stop all spending for programs that benefit only a few and have even the appearance of cronyism, like subsidies for public broadcasting, agriculture, green energy, and ethanol. The federal government should focus on a limited number of appropriate national duties. States and local governments are better able to meet the needs of local populations.
+5. Do not sacrifice the nation’s security. Allowing myopic cuts to reduce military capabilities today risks incurring higher rebuilding costs tomorrow. Congress should responsibly fund defense at adequate levels. . .”
+GUNS
+Boles & King, WSJ:  goal is to get the bill to the Senate floor next month, at which point lawmakers could then seek to amend the legislation by adding a ban on certain semiautomatic weapons or other provisions, the aide said. . .”
+Cyrus Afzali, NewsMax: “Wyoming House Seeks to Block Proposed Federal Gun Restrictions”
+Thanks Ted,
+. . .”?
+Heather Ginsberg, Town Hall: The NRA is Winning the Battle
+Thanks Ted, the week before the school shooting and follows the trends over the following 5 weeks. There are some important pieces of information gathered from this study that are important to note:
+1. The Republican politicians are not part of this debate. Instead, many solely have their eyes on the NRA and its president, Wayne LaPierre. Of the top 25 stakeholders in the gun control debate, only one is a Republican politician, Chris Christie.
+2. The pro-gun rights voice is gaining influence while the gun-control voice is losing influence. The shifting platform is favoring those who support gun rights and the gun-control advocates are losing their influence.
+3. The fragmented voice of the gun-control advocates is hurting their cause. “Of the top influencers on the pro-gun rights side, the majority of the most prominent voices are from the NRA. The pro-gun control voice is split between Obama and several gun control advocacy groups which dilutes the message.”
+Mike Adams, Natural News: Docs “kill 2450% more than all gun-related deaths combined”
+Thx Ted!
+“.”
+Michael Walsh, PJM: . . .”
+MIDDLE EAST
+Ralph Peters, NY Post: “Deadly deserts”
+“. . ..
+Caroline Glick, CarolineGlick.com: “About the next government”
+. . .”
+Melanie Phillips, Jewish Chronicle: “Lapid listened to Middle Israel”
+“. . .. . . :
+Sharona Schwartz, The Blaze: “Iran Claims It’s Rolled out a Stealth Fighter Jet — But Is it Real?”
+
+From Drudge (2/3/13): Barry’s Gun
+BARRY GETS HIS GUN!
+White House Mocks 'Skeeters'...
+Warns against photoshopping image...
+Photoshoppers photoshop anyway...
+Shooters mock...
+Palin fans encourage president to shoot like a girl...
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+2.5i Premium 4dr Sedan AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
+I like the Legacy. (Mine is a 2015, so some of the glitches may have been remedied.) It feels like a heavier, more expensive car than it actually is -- streets ahead of the 2003 Honda Accord I previously owned and as good or better than the 2006 Acura TSC my wife drives. Like the other Subarus I have owned (a 1982 Hatchback and a 2000 Outback) the fit & finish leaves a lot to be desired. The fuel-filler door won't open in freezing weather, which could potentially kill someone living in a climate like mine. (You're driving home at two o'clock in the morning and the only gas station is self-service. What are you going to do, find a rock and smash the fuel-filler door?) If it's seriously cold, I'll trip the fuel-filler door the previous afternoon and drive to the gas station next morning with it ajar. After a year, I'm still waiting for a real fix, rather than FILING DOWN the nubbin that secures it, as the dealer wants to do.) Worse yet, on another sub-zero morning last winter, the car wouldn't start when I came out of the gym. I phoned my genius daughter, who rummaged in my desk and found the valet key, which she speculated would work when the radio chip key didn't -- she was right! Both of these are known flaws (see the Subaru 6th Gen Legacy forums) and there is no real fix. Another serious problem is the gas mileage. 30 mph combined? Forget it! I get 28 mpg in the summer, 23 mpg in the winter, driving country roads at 30-40 mph, typically five miles in one direction. I attribute this to the CVT tranny, which turns over at 1100 rpm in warm weather, 2000 rpm in cold weather (until it gets thoroughly warmed up). Then too our gasoline is adulterated with 10 percent alcohol, unlike the EPA testers'. Finally -- and yes, I know I'm nit picking, but this is a review, right? -- it's almost impossible to read the time on the clock. You must look down at the very bottom of the dashboard, and the size is minimal. (The same is true of the temperature, which is otherwise a nice feature.) By the time your eyes are back on the road, you may have run over the neighbor's dog, or worse yet, the neighbor. Updated at four years and 24K miles: Check Engine Light came on. Expensive, stupid repair for the failure of a sensor supposed to warn if the fuel cap was loose! Fuel filler door was repaired at two years but failed again in third year; now supposedly fixed after three visits to the dealer (who wanted to charge me $150 until I raged a bit). Backup camera passed as okay by dealer even though it fails to show the guidelines at least half the time. I've owned a lot of cars since the 1934 Chevy I bought in June 1953. The 2015 Subaru Legacy has been by far the most troublesome.
+Swiss,05/15/2015
+2.5i Premium 4dr Sedan AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
+Well I have had plenty of Subaru vehicles to compare the 2015 Legacy to. I wanted more safety features, the reliability I have grown to expect, comfort, fun, bells and whistles. I did not want leather seats if I could not get them ventilated and I wanted all the newest safety features that might prevent an accident from happening. Eyesight is impressive, blind spot help has already paid for itself, the rear camera with cross traffic indication in any parking lot seems a must when backing out of a busy lot with people walking in both directions and distracted drivers in cars rushing about. The car is comfortable, filled with new technology, fun to drive and decent gas mileage all with AWD Update Nov 2017. Still impressed with this vehicle. It feels poised and solid driving on all roads. It is quiet and refined, the car has given me no problems. MPG can be vary, but driven around 60 on highways the high 30s to low 40s is possible. The car is often referred to as under powered, this has not been an issue for me I have found no issues for my driving style. I do prefer the higher mpg than a lower 0 to 60 time. I find the performance to be great getting on the highway and cruising at all highway speeds. The safety features are amazing I cannot imagine not having them now. Safety and prevention is where this car excels l
+ethanallen,05/26/2015
+2.5i Premium 4dr Sedan AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
+I'm 72 years old. My 2013 Accord beat me up over the potholed, patched and re-patched local roads. The Legacy glides smoothly over almost all imperfections. The seat and car was comfortable and quiet for a 8 hour trip, only stopping for toilets. Computer said 33.8 MPG then; but I usually average 28 MPG. Car corners like it's on rails. My handicapped wife can get in and out better than the other sedans. For a car that I consider light weight, small, economical, and lower priced, this does everything quite well. No problems at all at 3,000 miles. And the rear windows go all the way down, not half way, like some newer cars. P.S.:: now after 1 1/2 year and 8,000 miles total: The fuel mileage just gets better ( lifetime average is now 31 MPG ). I have no oil consumption problems, like some earlier Subaru's have reported. The CVT transmission is flawless. And the paddle shifter, wherein any gear can be selected and locked in, is useful in slippery snow and ice. This not as good as a manual transmission for deceleration on snow; but close to that, except for 1st gear (which "coasts"). The air conditioner, and climate control, keep us old folks cool on the hottest of days; and cools down quickly after the car "sits", closed up, all day in the sun.
+Dan,09/09/2015
+2.5i Premium 4dr Sedan AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
+I am not sure if I should love or hate this car. At this time I am glad that I only have a three year lease and will not consider a Subaru again. The car overall is an excellent design and there is much to love: The handling on the street is superb in my opinion, visibility is great, and I would not want to miss the Eyesight feature. Fuel economy is good for a 4 wheel drive sedan (depending on how I handle the car, I get in-city from 23mpg to 30mpg). Air conditioning can keep up with southern Arizona. Now, the downsides: The stereo system is a a joke, with a very thin sound - forget hearing any classical music in this car. The system is not up to it; my old Toyota Matrix had a better sound system! The worst, however, is a lot of rattling sound in the car: The plastic cover around the EyeSight vibrates very well with every bump, and my brand new car was worse than my 10 year old Matrix. A trip to the dealer fixed the issue for maybe half a day. I have since put my own felt pads in place to reduce that rattle. Deep behind the instrument console there is a lot of other vibration going on wich resonates with the motor at certain rpms. And overall, after 9 month, a general rattle and squeaking sets in. Since I sold my old Matrix because I was annoyed by its rattling and squeaking, go figure how I think about my new car doing the same. Lastly, I find the front seats not very comfortable on long rides. After about two hours I start getting back pain. This might be an issue of my anatomy, but make sure the seat is good for you. So while I really love the Legacy overall, the rattle, squeaking, and very bad sound system are a deal breaker for me, and I would not buy this car again.
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+Deep carpet washing is a somewhat inconvenient method of carpet washing that has only been performed by professional carpet cleaning centers.
+Carpets received from the address are taken to carpet washing centers and passed through a series of processes. First of all, the coarse dust of the carpets is taken in the dusting cabinet. Then, the carpet is washed using semi-automatic and fully automatic carpet washing machines. After the washing process, the rinsed carpets are left to dry in the drying rooms. After cleaning is checked in the final stage, the carpets are packaged and then ready to be delivered.
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+Since water is not used in this method, it is named as dry carpet cleaning. In the dry cleaning method, the carpet is washed using an absorbent powder containing detergent, solvent, and very little water. The absorbent powder is sprinkled on the carpet and spread with the help of machines. After waiting for 15 minutes, the dust is removed with a vacuum cleaner and thus the dirt absorbed by the dust is removed. If you are considering surface cleaning, you can try this method as the carpet does not need to get wet.
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+1Revelation of this book is from Allah Who is the most exalted, the most powerful, the most honorable, the invincible/the subduer, the best law maker, the One Who precludes corruption best/makes incorruptible.
+2Surely, We have sent down this book to you in truth. Then, worship Allah by purifying the religion only for Him.
+3Be careful, the pure religion belongs only to Allah. Those who take some familiars who help, guide, protect from among those that are inferior to Him: “We worship those familiars that we have taken as our helpers, guides, protectors from among those that are inferior to Allah so that they may bring us closer to Allah”. Indeed, Allah will judge between them about that over which they conflicted/differed. Indeed, Allah does not guide those who are liars and ungrateful.
+4If Allah had intended to take a child, He would definitely have chosen from what He forms whoever He wills. He is purified from this. He is the One and the Only, the prevailing Allah.
+5The One and the Only, the prevailing Allah, formed the heavens/universe and the earth in truth, He wraps the night over the day and wraps the day over the night. He put the sun and the moon in your service by creating them in a such form and mechanism that is beneficial to you. All of them are moving to the end of a predetermined term. Know well that He is very powerful and very forgiving.?
+7If you disbelieve; consciously deny the divinity of Allah and the fact that He is Rabb/If you will be ungrateful, know that, Allah is indeed the One Who does not need you at all and He does not approve disbelief; conscious denial of His divinity and the fact that He is Rabb/ungratefulness for His servants. And if you repay for the blessings you are given, He approves it for you. No bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. Then your return is only to your Rabb. Thus He will inform you about what you did. Indeed, He is the One Who knows well what is hidden within the essence of the hearts.
+(59/39; Az-Zumar/1-7)
+Division: 228
+8When an adversity touches man, he calls upon his Rabb, turning to Him with his deepest devotion. Then when He bestows a favor on him from Himself, he forgets himself when he called upon Him before and he attributes partners to Him to lead astray from the path of Allah. Say: “Enjoy your disbelief; your conscious denial of the divinity of Allah and the fact that He is Rabb for a little! Surely you are among the companions of the fire”.
+9Or is the one who wakes up at night, who is respectful by submitting, standing, fearing Akhirat [Afterlife] and who hopes for the mercy of his Rabb like the one who does not? Say: “Are those who know equal to those who do not know?”. Indeed, only those who possess a pure mind are capable of remembering/thinking properly.
+10Say: “O servants who have believed!245 Enter under the guardianship of your Rabb. There is a good for those who do good in this world. Surely, the earth of Allah is spacious. Only those who are patient will get their reward fully”.
+11,12Say: “I surely have been commanded to worship Allah by purifying the religion only for Him. And I have been commanded to be the first of the Muslims”.
+13Say: “Surely, if I disobey my Rabb, I fear the punishment of the great day”.
+14,16Say: “I worship Allah by purifying my religion only for Him. Despite this, you, worship what you will from among those that are inferior to Him”. Say: “Surely the real losers are the ones who will make themselves and their families and the ones who are close to them lose on the day of Qiyamat [Resurrection]”. –Be careful! This is what is an explicit loss. They will have layers of fire above them and layers below them. By that threatens Allah His servants: O my servants! Enter under the guardianship of Mine.-
+17,18And those who avoid to worship Taghut246 and turn to Allah, it is those for whom are the good tidings. Now give the good tidings to My servants who listen to the word and follow the best of it! They are the ones whom Allah gave the guidance to the righteous path. And they are the ones who have the capability of understanding/a pure mind.
+19And is the one upon whom the “word of punishment” has been justified? Then, is it you who will save the one who is in the fire?
+20But those who have entered under the guardianship of their Rabb are the ones for whom will be mansions built high, underneath of which rivers flow as promise of Allah. Allah does not break His promise.
+21Have you not seen/never thought about that Allah sends down a water from the sky and places it in the springs on the earth through a way, then makes a crop of varying colors with it, then it ripens and you see it turned yellow, then He makes it debris? Indeed, there is a reminder in this for those of understanding; those who have a pure mind.
+22So, is the one whose heart Allah opens to Islam not be upon a light? Then, woe to those whose hearts are hardened against remembrance of Allah! They are in an explicit astray.
+23Allah has sent down the best of the word as a book with synonyms and reiterations.247 Those who respect their Rabb get the shivers of it.248 Then their skins and hearts soften at the remembrance of Allah. This is the guidance of Allah. Allah guides whomever He wills with it. And whomever Allah leads astray, then there is no one that will guide him to the righteous path.
+24So, on the day of Qiyamat [Resurrection] while those who do wrong; act against their own good by associating others with Allah are told “Enjoy the recompense of what you earned!”, is the one who will try to protect himself from the evil of the punishment or the one who will come in safety better on the day of Qiyamat [Resurrection]?249
+25,26Those before them denied and the punishment came to them from where they could not think. Then Allah made them taste disgrace in the simple worldly life. Indeed, punishment of Akhirat [Afterlife] is greater. If only they knew!
+27,28And indeed, We have presented in this Qur’an for the people from every kind of example as a perfect Arabic reading so they may think and remember; so they may enter under the guardianship of Allah.
+29Allah has presented the example of a man who has quarreling partners and another man who is affiliated to just one person, who is in peace, safety, happiness. Can their condition be equal? –All praise is to Allah; no one else may be praised.- Rather, most of them do not know.
+30Surely, you will definitely die and they will definitely die too.
+31Then surely, on the day of Qiyamat [Resurrection], you will dispute before your Rabb.
+32Then, who can do more wrong; act more against his own good than the one who lies about Allah and denies the truth when it comes to himself? Is not there a refuge in Jahannah [Hell] for those infidels; those who consciously deny the divinity of Allah and the fact that He is Rabb!?
+33And the one who brings the truth and confirms it; it is those who have entered under the guardianship of Allah.
+34,35There will be whatever they desire for them with their Rabb. This is the recompense of those who produce good so that Allah may remove from them the worst of what they did before and give them their reward as a recompense for the best of what they did.
+36Is Allah not sufficient for His servant? Yet they threaten you with the ones that are inferior to Him. And whomever Allah leads astray, then there is no one to guide him.
+37And whomever Allah guides, there is no one to lead him astray. Is Allah not all mighty, the One Who maintains justice by seizing, recompensing the criminal?
+38And if you surely asked them: “Who is the One Who formed that heavens/universe and the earth?”, they would definitely say: “Allah!”. Say: “Then have you ever thought about those whom you invoke from among those that are inferior to Allah? If Allah intended to harm me, are they the ones who can remove His harm? Or if He intended a mercy for me, are they the ones who can prevent His mercy? Say: “Allah is sufficient for me. Those who rely, let them rely only upon Him”.
+39,40Say: “O my people! Work in accordance with your position. Surely, I am also the one who works. Then, soon you will know to whom the punishment that disgraces him will come and upon whom a enduring punishment will set”.
+41Surely, We have sent down this book to you with the truth for the people. Then, whoever follows the righteous path he is guided, then it is for himself. And whoever goes astray, he goes astray against himself. And you are not a guardian over them to make them stand.
+42And at the time of their death, Allah reminds those souls one by one what they did in the past and what they failed to do while being obliged to. And He keeps those for whom He decreed death when they are asleep; and He releases all others until the end of a predetermined term. Indeed, there are many evidences/signs in this for a people who think.
+43Or have they taken some supporters, helpers, intercessors from among those that are inferior to Allah? Say: “Will you do so even though they do not possess anything nor do they reason?”
+44Say: “All help, support, intercession belongs to Allah. The dominion of the heavens/universe and the earth belongs only to Him. Then only to Him you will be returned”.
+45And when Allah is mentioned as “the One and the Only”, hearts of those who disbelieve in Akhirat [Afterlife] shrink with hatred and when the ones from among those that are inferior to Him are mentioned, they rejoice immediately.
+46Say: “O my Allah, the creator of the heavens/universe and the earth from nothing, the One Who knows the unseen, the unheard, the unfelt, the past and the future and that which can be sensed and are comprehensible! It is You Who will judge between Your servants about that over which they disputed continuously”.
+47And if all that is on the earth and the like of it with it belonged to those who do wrong; act against their own good by associating others with Allah, they would definitely give it as ransom to be saved from the evil of the punishment on the day of Qiyamat [Resurrection]. And that which they never took into account will be made appear for them by Allah.
+48And evil of what they earned will appear to them and that which they used to ridicule will surround them.
+49And when an adversity touches man he invokes Us and when We bestow a favor to him from Us, he says: “It has been given to me upon a knowledge”. Rather, the blessings that are given is a tool of trial. But most of them do not know.
+50Indeed, those before them had also said, “It has been given to me upon a knowledge” and what they earned did not avail them.
+51And evils of what they had earned eventually hit them. And those from among them who did wrong; acted against their own good by associating others with Allah; the evils of what they earned will hit them too. And they will not incapacitate.
+52Do they still not know that Allah indeed extends provision for whomever He wills and restricts it? Surely, there are many evidences/signs in this for a people who will believe.
+53Say. “O servants who have transgressed against themselves!250 Do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, He is very forgiving, very merciful.
+54And before the punishment comes to you, turn to your Rabb and submit to Him. Then you will not be helped.
+55-58And follow the best of what has been sent down to from your Rabb
+before the punishment comes suddenly,
+and he says, “O woe to me for my transgression in regard to Allah! I truly was among those who ridiculed”
+or “Had Allah guided me to the righteous path, I would have indeed been among those who have entered under the guardianship of Allah”
+or “If only there was a return for me so I might have been among those who have produced good” when he sees the punishment.’’
+59Quite contrary, My Ayat came to you and you denied them immediately, acted arrogantly and became of the infidels; those who consciously deny the divinity of Allah and the fact that He is Rabb.
+60And on the day of Qiyamat [Resurrection], you will see those who lied about Allah with their faces blackened. –Is there not a residence in Jahannah [Hell] for those who act arrogantly?-
+61Allah will save those who have entered under the guardianship of Allah in their shelters/for their attainment. No evil will touch them and they will not grieve either.
+62Allah is the One Who formed all things. He is the One Who “arranges everything pursuant to a schedule and implements this schedule by supporting, maintaining it” of all things.
+63The keys of all heavens/universe and the earth belong only to Him. Those who conceal the Ayat of Allah; it is those who are the losers.
+64Say: “Despite this, is it other than Allah you order me to worship, o ignorant ones?”.
+65,66And surely, it was revealed to you and those before you like this: “Indeed, if you associate with Allah, your deed will definitely become worthless and you will certainly be among the losers. Therefore, rather, worship only Allah and be among those who repay for the blessings they have”.
+67And they did not appraise Allah as they should. And on the day of Qiyamat [Resurrection] the earth entirely will be in His grip. And the heavens/universe will be folded with His power. He is purified from what they associate with Him and high above them.
+68And the Sur will be blown251, and whoever is in the heavens/universe and whoever is on the earth will be struck and will fall except whom Allah wills. Then the Sur will be blown again and then they will stand and will be looking on.
+69And the area on that day will shine with the light of your Rabb, the book will be placed, prophets and witnesses will be brought and it will be judged between them in truth. And they will not be treated unjustly.
+70And Allah will definitely pay everyone fully the recompense of whatever deed he did. And Allah is the One Who knows best what they do.
+71And infidels; those who consciously denied the divinity of Allah and the fact that He is Rabb will absolutely be sent to Jahannah [Hell] in groups. And when they arrive there, its gates will be opened. And its guards will say to them: “Did there not come to you messengers from yourselves who recited you the Ayat of your Rabb and warned you that you would meet this day of yours?. They will say: “Yes they did”. –But the word of punishment has been justified upon the infidels; those who consciously deny the divinity of Allah and the fact that He is Rabb.-
+72It will be said, “Enter the gates of Jahannah [Hell] to abide therein eternally”. –How evil is the residence of the arrogant!-
+73And those who have entered under the guardianship of Allah will definitely be sent to Jannah [Heaven/Paradise] in groups. And when they arrive there, its gates will be opened and its guards will say to them: “Salam [health, peace, happiness…] be upon you! You have come pure!”, it will be said to them, “Enter it to abide therein eternally!”.
+74And they will say: “All praise is to Allah Who has fulfilled His promise for us and made us inherit this earth and placed us in Jannah [Heaven/Paradise] so we may settle wherever we will”. –How good is the reward of those who worked!-
+75And you see all of the forces of the universe252 purifying Allah from all deficiencies with the praise of their Rabb as those who surround254 the greatest throne on one side253. And reward and punishment will be judged between them in truth. And it is said: “All praise is to Allah, Rabb of all universes”.
+(59/39; Az-Zumar/8-75)
+Analysing the AirAisa organisation of Malaysia
+AirAsia Berhad is perhaps one of Malaysia’s most instantly recognizable companies. Launched in 2001 by its founder and CEO Datuk Sri Tony Fernandes, it has the distinction of being Malaysia’s first low cost carrier. With its famous tagline, “Now Everybody Can Fly”, it democratized air travel and made it accessible for the masses. The company has moved from strength to strength despite some setbacks and it is currently one of Malaysia’s most famous brand names. At the moment, AirAsia has a fleet of 72 aircrafts and flies to over 61 domestic and international destinations with 108 routes. The company operates over 400 flights per day from hubs located in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.
+AirAsia’s very existence was an audacious move. It was launched at a time when the global airline industry was reeling from the devastation caused by the September 11 terrorist attacks in America. In addition, its founder had no prior experience in the airline industry, being a music executive at Warner Music (Malaysia).. Air travel was only available to the rich who were accustomed to travel in relative luxury. The idea of having free seating arrangements, no in-flight meals or movies ran contrary to most people’s impression of what air travel should be. Yet, Tony Fernandes believed that air travel should be for everybody and to do so, it must be made affordable. As a result, he created an airline that was ahead of its time.
+AirAsia’s success can be attributed to many factors, but in this writer’s opinion, it is largely the product of a successful business strategy. This report examines the current strategic focus of AirAsia which has contributed to organizational success with the use of selected strategic model. It also provides recommendations of strategic moves for the immediate future.
+1.2 Industry Background
+In order to understand better the strategy used by AirAsia and why it succeeds, it is worth briefly discussing the global airline industry from the time AirAsia was founded until the present.
+In general, the airline industry is in what is dubbed Stage 4 maturity. This is particularly the case for non-low cost carriers in which the market is saturated with many players, profit margins are squeezed to the limit and there is virtually no room for growth. Indeed the trend for the last decade has show a decline in Revenue Passenger Kilometer growth, which is used as a measure of the airline industry. In this industry, the bargaining power of customers is very high since they have so many options to choose from. Therefore, airlines are forced to drastically reduce prices and absorb costs just to stay in business.
+Another major problem faced by the industry is an ever increasing fuel cost. The global aviation industry was rattled in 2008 when fuel prices threatened to rise to US$200 per barrel and we are witnessing a similar scenario at present. Fuel is a major expense for all airlines and rising costs threaten a company’s bottom line.
+Owing to these trends, it can be surmised that it is unprofitable to run a traditional airline. Indeed, the number of bankruptcies in the airline industry is proof of how competitive and difficult it is to succeed in the industry. Even national carriers like Malaysian Airlines (MAS) suffer from periods of flagging revenues, in spite of strong government backing.
+Therefore, the only way to succeed in the industry is to either pursue a niche or a low cost strategy. Low cost carriers are the most successful players in the industry because they keep costs low. Also, at the time of AirAsia’s founding, research showed that just 6% of Malaysians traveled by plane, owing to prohibitively high air fares. Therefore, if an airline could provide low fares, it could be profitable if there is high sales volume. This represented a tremendous opportunity for AirAsia.
+Similarly, AirAsia took advantage of market deregulations. After MAS incurred losses of up to RM300 million per annum from serving unprofitable Malaysian routes, the Malaysian government decided to free it from this social obligation and allow others to fly these routes. Therefore, AirAsia would be filling a void.
+When we examine these factors, we can see why the establishment of AirAsia was not based on a whim but a calculated business move. Tony Fernandes realized that there was a need for low cost air travel among price sensitive customers and that there were many flight routes that were now for the taking. This led to the formulation of the company’s business strategy.
+2.0 CURRENT STRATEGY
+2.1 General Overview
+AirAsia’s business strategy flows from its corporate vision which is stated as continuing to be the lowest cost short haul airline in every market it serves, delivering strong organic growth by offering the lowest airfares at a profit.
+Consequently, the company formulated four pillars of its corporate strategy. They are safety, low fares, service and simplicity. The company places a premium on safety by following International Aviation Safety Standards and practices, maintaining simplicity and transparency in its operations and making sure that its employees and passengers are safe. When passengers feel safe, they can overcome their aversion to flying, especially in smaller airplanes like Boeing 737s.
+AirAsia’s next pillar is low fares. The company can provide low fares because it applies the leanest cost structure. More of this will be explained in a later section. The company’s third pillar is its services. Customers are referred to as guests, as a sign of AirAsia’s customer oriented approach. Guest satisfaction is of the paramount importance. Employees are advised to show friendliness and expose guests to AirAsia style hospitality as guest satisfaction is critical to the long term success of the company.
+The final pillar in AirAsia’s strategy is simplicity. This means the company not only simplifies operations to the bare essentials, but makes things simpler for guests. When successful, guests find air travel to be an enjoyable, hassle free experience
+2.2 SWOT Analysis
+2.2.1 Strengths
+Very Strong Management Team
+AirAsia is renowned for the strength of its management team. Executives are drawn from diverse backgrounds and consist of retired senior government officials and captains of industry. This strong team, under Tony Fernandes’ visionary leadership, is the main driving force for the company’s strategy. In addition, the company cultivates strong links with international governments. This approach has enabled it to penetrate new markets such as in Thailand and Indonesia. Also, AirAsia cultivates good relationships with other companies in the airline industry to form strategic alliances and other mutually beneficial associations. For example, its close relationship with Airbus has enabled the company to get a sizeable discount for purchasing aircrafts.
+Excellent Strategic Formula and Execution
+From the outset, Tony Fernandes made a careful study of successful low cost carriers like Ryanair and Southwest and sought to emulate their best features. However, instead of being a mere clone, AirAsia is an amalgamation of the strengths of these companies and also formulates its own approach. Once the corporate strategy is formulated, executives tirelessly execute it throughout the organization.
+Strong Brand
+AirAsia is currently one of Malaysia’s most recognizable brand names. From the start, Tony Fernandes emphasized the importance of good branding. Initially when the company was new and had limited funds, the company used simple but effective approaches like caps to highlight its brand. Later, it embarked on sponsorship of sporting events such as Formula One and Manchester United. These endeavors have increased the brand profile on an international level. Similarly, the company has advertising in traditional and non-traditional media as well as using promotions, offers and discounts to attract more customers to the brand.
+Excellent Workforce
+Like all successful companies, part of AirAsia’s success is attributable to its employees. The company currently employs over 6, 000 employees in 9 countries. Interestingly, AirAsia does not pay its employees top notch salaries compared to its peers. Yet, the company prides itself on providing a stimulating and flexible work environment. To this extent, the company has adopted a slogan “One people, One culture, One AirAsia, One family”. The company stresses the importance of work life balance and strives to create a happy workplace. Employees respond by showing great commitment and passion to their job.
+Low Cost Leader
+Tony Fernandes is an accountant by training and he has drawn on his knowledge and experience in accountancy to establish a low cost structure at AirAsia. This low cost “mentality” is a driving force behind the company as everybody is committed to cutting costs and eliminating waste and inefficiencies throughout the entire value chain.
+Successful Utilization of Information Technology
+AirAsia uses IT extensively in its marketing activities. Customers can purchase tickets online through the company’s website and it has a strong presence in social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Also, the company uses IT in its cost management structure as part of its low cost leader strategy.
+2.2.2 Weaknesses
+Lack of Maintenance Facilities
+When AirAsia began, it was a small airline with few planes to maintain. However, now that it has over 70 plans and plans to order another 100 within the next five years, the company will face serious difficulties in maintenance if it continues as it began. While the current system may work with few planes, it is unfeasible in the long term as if maintenance work is outsourced, costs may increase instead of decrease and this goes against the grain of having a low cost structure.
+Problems in Customer Service
+Despite its success, AirAsia still receives a lot of complaints from customers. These range from complaints about flight delays to lack of refunds, lost baggage and being charged for services not requested. The company needs to seriously address these grievances especially in the face of increasing competition from rival low cost carriers.
+Over-reliance on Tony Fernandes
+Like Virgin Airways and Richard Branson, AirAsia will inextricably be linked to Tony Fernandes. It is no exaggeration to say that Tony Fernandes is AirAsia and vice versa. This poses the problem called “founder’s trap” in which an organization is only successful because of its founder. Once the founder retires or dies, the company goes under. Fernandes has indicated that he is grooming successors but who they are is unknown, as he is still effectively running the business. It is uncertain whether the company will be as successful post- Tony Fernandes.
+2.2.3 Opportunities
+ASEAN Open Skies
+ASEAN countries have signed and agreement that have abolished the Visa requirements for travel within ASEAN countries, beginning in December 2008. This open skies approach has the potential of greatly facilitating air travel within the region.
+A booming middle class in Asia
+In 2010, Asia’s middle class population reached 700 million. This is a tremendous untapped market for air travel as the middle class are more adventurous and fond of traveling. Low cost carriers can take advantage of the new found wealth of this middle class to promote flights across the region.
+2.2.4 Threats
+High operating costs
+Oil prices in particular are subject to wide fluctuations. The current crisis in the Middle East has cause oil prices to rise once again and the company is sometimes powerless to overcome this problem as hedging may be ineffective. The rising costs of raw materials for planes and even food prices all threaten to escalate the company’s operating expenses.
+Terrorist attacks
+Each time there is a major terrorist attack, people get frightened and stay at home. While it occurred a decade ago, many are still wary of air travel after terrorists used airplanes to launch the September 11 attacks in America.
+Disease
+Similarly, global pandemics like bird flu force people to stay at home and cut back on discretionary travel. Indeed, airlines are powerless to prevent people from traveling during such outbreaks.
+Natural disasters
+Natural disasters can cause flight disruptions. For instance, the volcano eruption in Iceland in 2010 cause many flights to be cancelled and cost the airline industry an estimated 100 billion euros. The recent earthquake and nuclear reactor disaster in Japan has caused flights to be cancelled to the affected areas in Japan and such instances can seriously affect a firm’s bottom line.
+2.3 EFE Analysis
+UST – Key External Factors
+Weight
+Rating
+Weighted Score
+Opportunities
+ASEAN Open Skies
+0.25
+4
+1.00
+Booming Asia middle class
+0.25
+3
+0.75
+Threats
+High operating costs
+0.20
+4
+0.80
+Terrorist attacks
+0.10
+2
+0.20
+Disease
+0.10
+2
+0.20
+Natural disaster
+0.10
+1
+0.10
+Total
+1
+3.05
+IFE Analysis
+Key Internal Factors
+Weight
+Rating
+Weighted Score
+Strengths
+Very strong management team
+0.10
+3
+0.30
+Excellent strategic formula and execution
+0.15
+4
+0.60
+Strong brand
+0.15
+4
+0.60
+Excellent workforce
+0.15
+3
+0.45
+Low cost leader
+0.15
+4
+0.60
+Successful utilization of information technology
+0.05
+3
+0.15
+Weaknesses
+Lack of maintenance facilities
+0.10
+3
+0.30
+Problems in customer service
+0.05
+4
+0.20
+Over-reliance on Tony Fernandes
+0.10
+2
+0.20
+1
+3.4
+2.5 Strategic Model
+Porter (1990) identified four generic strategies that organizations commonly use. They are differentiation, cost leadership, cost focus and differential focus. AirAsia uses the first approach, which is cost leadership. This is a firm’s generic strategy that is based on appeal to the industry wide market using a competitive advantage based on low cost.
+A business that wants to achieve low cost advantage must obtain a complete cost advantage relative to its competitors. AirAsia does this by providing no-frills flights to a broad target market using standardization of service to obtain the most benefits from economies of scale and experience. Other tactics that are use are an aggressive construction of efficient scale facilities. The company also vigorously pursues cost reduction that it learnt from experience. Overhead is controlled and flexed based on volume. This means that when customer volume increase, overhead costs per customer reduces and the company is able to offer lower fares. At the same time, the company avoids “marginal costs” customers, whose costs increase as volume increases. AirAsia also minimizes costs in all activities throughout its value chain.
+2.6 Low Cost Strategy
+2.6.1 Yield Management System (YMS)
+AirAsia uses IT in a number of major ways including yield management system, computer reservation system and enterprise resource planning system. Yield management system (YMS) is a revenue management system that understands and analyzes the behaviour of customers and responds in a manner that maximizes revenue. This is useful because the company can use the information to evaluate operating costs, allocate capacity and optimize prices. For example, if a customer books a seat early, he or she will enjoy discounts not provided when booked later. Secondly, the company can adjust prices for routes or destinations that are more in demand compared with other destinations.
+2.6.2 Customer Reservation System (CRS)
+AirAsia also implements IT in the form of customer reservation system (CRS). This is an integrated web-based reservation and inventory system. The system encompasses the internet, call centers and airport departure control. This is a direct sales system that can remove unnecessary intermediaries like the travel agent and the sales commissions that are normally paid to them. This system is also customer friendly since customers can order online from the comforts of their own home instead of having to wait in line for hours to buy a ticket. This enhances customer satisfaction.
+2.6.3 Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP)
+This is a comprehensive software approach to support decisions that are in tandem with the planning and control functions of the business. The system integrates comprehensive software to make the entire system more efficient and effective. Consequently, processing time for financial statements generation is dramatically reduced, data access and retrieval is sped up and there is greater process integrity. Transactions can be obtained and monitored on a daily basis and this helps strategic decision making, apart from lowering process costs.
+2.6.4 Sales Volume
+To succeed at a low cost strategy and achieve economies of scale, a company needs to have a large sales volume. AirAsia is very successful in this area. Firstly, its tickets are generally cheap and affordable so this enables it to achieve a high sales volume. Secondly, it employs a series of tactics to create volume during off peak seasons or low flight days. For instance, the company is famous for its free or extremely low ticket price promotions. This is done to draw more passengers to the company. However, from an accounting perspective, the company is not actually providing free tickets. By utilizing its YMS, CRS and ERP, the company knows precisely what percentage of a flight will be unutilized so it provides “free” tickets to fill up these vacant seats. Even when tickets are sold at a nominal rate, it still has the effect of lowering fixed costs per unit. However, the public is unaware of this and buzz is created for the company which pushes sales up further.
+3.0 STRATEGIC MOVES FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE
+Overall, AirAsia has good strategic management. However, what is good can always be made better. The following are some recommended strategic moves for the immediate future that will help the company achieve greater success.
+3.1 Maximize the Impact of Information Technology.
+AirAsia already uses IT extensive in its operations. The internet has created new opportunities for it to achieve low cost leadership by allowing it to manage costs and achieve better efficiencies. Transaction costs are greatly lowered through IT. For instance, in AirAsia, online ticket sales eliminate the sales for sales calls and minimize the expenses associated with sales force. At the same time, paperless transactions reduce procurement and other paper costs. Transaction costs can also be lowered by removing intermediaries that add costs. Collaborative design efforts that employer internet technology can link designers, suppliers and customers, thus reducing costs and speeding the process of new ideas generation.
+AirAsia AirAsia’s own value creating activities, but those for its suppliers and customers as well. This is also part of the virtuous business cycle that will be described in a later section.
+However, AirAsia should be aware of the pitfalls of using this strategy. The main treat is imitation by competitors, especially when business is done online. This is because many of the advantages related to connecting directly on a real time basis to the customers, such as software can be easily duplicated by others without any real threat of copyright infringement. Another pitfall is that companies become so enchanted with using the internet to cut costs that they lose sight of the big picture. When one business activity, such as cutting costs is given a priority over the others, then the whole organization will suffer from lopsided and myopic strategic planning.
+Reconfiguring AirAsia AirAsia.
+Short term cost advantages can be obtained by reconfiguring the value chain. This can be done at AirAsia by making structural changes in the value chain such making improvements in its capacity utilization, reducing processing time, and enhancing vertical integration. As a result, costs are lowered and value is added. All these result in lower costs, lower ticket prices and greater customer satisfaction.
+3.3 Diversification
+There are two approaches here – related and unrelated diversification. In related diversification, AirAsia can enter into agreements whereby main resources and or capabilities are shared or leveraged. Synergies exist when relationships are formed between business units. There are two major sources of cost savings and improved revenue. The first is economies of scope that can be derived when core competencies are leveraged and when activities are shared. The second is market power, which is obtained when there is a larger pool of resources, vertical integration or the power of negotiation.
+Alternatively, AirAsia can undergo unrelated diversification. It can enter product markets that are dissimilar to its present business. For example, it could run hotels or start a chain of retail outlets. Nevertheless, there is not much opportunity for a firm to leverage core competencies or share business units between business units. Hence, synergies are achieved as a result of vertical relationships between the parent office and business units. Otherwise, AirAsia can opt for unrelated diversification through corporate restructuring or it can use portfolio analysis techniques.
+AirAsia could diversify its product markets through mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures or strategic alliances. It could merge or acquire rivals like Tiger Airways but there could be expensive premiums to pay or there may be problems integrating the acquisition. Otherwise, it could form strategic alliances with other low cost carriers or even traditional carriers if it proves to be advantageous. This can be used as a risk reduction technique since the effort entails the combining and sharing of resources. Still, they may also give AirAsia less control since corporate governance has to be shared between two separate companies.
+3.4 Rethinking the Business Model
+This might be viewed as a long term business strategy, which is partly true. However, rethinking the business model also involves making strategic moves for the immediate future which is why it is recommended..
+Still a majority of these companies view the creation and evaluation of business models as an isolated activity, devoid from how they will impact the business and how they will connect with the business models of rivals.. This strategy is using business models to gain competitive advantage.
+A good business model has three characteristics..
+To evaluate how redesigning its business model can help AirAsia, let us consider another famous low-cost carrier which served as inspiration for AirAsia – Ryanair. In the early 1990s, Ryanair switched from a traditional business model to that of a low cost carrier. This was accomplished by eliminating all frills, ruthlessly cutting costs and lowering prices to unprecedented levels. The company provides low fares, its planes fly out of secondary airports only, caters to one class of economy passenger, charges for all extra services, does not serve food or drinks, makes only short haul flights and uses a standardized fleet of small sized Boeing 737s. Its workforce is non-unionized and employees get many types of incentives. As a result of these choices, the company enjoys high volume, low fixed and variable costs, an aggressive management team and a reputation for reasonable fares. Consequently, the business model permits Ryanair to provide good service at low cost without compromising on customers’ willingness to pay for the company’s services.
+Ryanair’s business model has created three virtuous cycles that maximize the company’s profits through increasingly low costs and prices. These cycles are shown in Figure 1 below:
+RYANAIR’S KEY VIRTUOUS CYCLES
+CYCLE 1
+Low fares High Volumes Greater Bargaining power with suppliers Lower Fixed Cost Even Lower Fares
+CYCLE 2
+Low fares High Volumes High Aircraft Utilization Lower Fixed Cost per Passenger Even Lower Fares
+CYCLE 3
+Low fares Expectations of low quality service No meals offered Low Variable Costs Even Lower Fares
+AirAsia is currently in the first cycle so it has potential to move on to the second and third cycles.
+The common outcome of these cycles is reduced costs and this permits the company to lower prices which in turn increase sales volume and finally contribute to greater profitability. The company’s competitive advantage grows as the virtuous cycles created by the business model. All of these cycles result in reduced costs. These in turn allow lower prices that propel revenue and ultimately lead to increased profits. Its competitive advantage keeps growing as long as the virtuous cycles generated by its business model are in momentum.
+However, things do not go on forever. There is always a limit for virtuous cycles in which they trigger counterbalancing cycles that slow them down or whenever the clash with other business models. If these cycles are interrupted, the synergies move in the opposite direction and then reduce competitive advantage. For instance, if Ryanair’s workers decided to unionize and ask for more wages, then the company’s operating cost could increase and it can no longer provide lower fares. As a result, sales volume would be lost and the utilization of airplanes would decline. Consequently, this would have a negative multiplier effect on profitability.
+3. The ability to move from a maturity stage of one type of business to the growth stage of another type of business is what separates the long term success stories and the ‘one hit’ failures.
+All businesses undergo what can be described as a financial S curve, which is similar to the product life cycle curve.. Such an approach is most prevalent in the mobile phone industry in which companies periodically reinvent their product offering. On the other hand, successful companies like Google seemed struck in a trap in which it cannot move from its existing business model and strategy, though it is not for want of trying.
+To move from one S curve to another, AirAsia needs to be aware of some ‘hidden’ curves.. This is a mistake AirAsia cannot afford to make.
+To succeed at reinventing its business, AirAsia. AirAsia.
+CONCLUSION
+By any measure, AirAsia is a success story. Its strategies work at providing it with competitive advantage. However, it is in an industry that is extremely vulnerable, challenging and complex. This means that the company cannot be complacent with just one business strategy, but must continuously examine, modify and even change strategies if they are irrelevant or no longer work. Currently, its overall strategic model of low cost leadership is successful and it is anticipated that the company will continue to be successful so long as it retains this key feature. Yet, the company should be open to new possibilities or financial S curves to ensure that it continuously reinvents itself to stay relevant and profitable.Order Now
+The Great Gatsby By Francis Scott Fitzgerald.
+At the beginning of the 20th century in between the two World Wars, one of the biggest tragedies was the death of a great American author of The Great Gatsby, Francis Scott Fitzgerald.
+The Great Gatsby is Fitzgerald’s masterpiece. All of the author’s other novels have both positive and negatives sides to them. In Tender Is The Night, the reader will see more of psychological observations on human nature. The Last Tycoon was his attempt to analyze the American power-class and their reality, and it could have overshadowed The Great Gatsby but was never finished to acquire its polished form.
+The book has particular traits that are unique and extraordinary. Despite the tragic events portrayed, the text radiates the untamed desire to celebrate life, and infinite confidence in one’s abilities which is so typical of young Fitzgerald ‘s personality. The book was written early enough in the times when the author still hadn’t allowed the bitterness and coldness of life get through to his writing. It screams triumph, festivity, and celebration in every sentence and every character.
+Fitzgerald started his career with publishing a novel about American student life in 1920 titled This Side of Paradise. It instantly made him popular and wealthy. He went from being an unknown provincial person who thought he could write as a well-situated man to one who lived in one of the most expensive New York hotels. He and his wife literally lost count of the money they had and the young couple lived life fast, occasionally making the front pages of the newspapers.
+It seems like a fairy tale, yet it is a real story. Don’t get it wrong. The Great Gatsby author was really a talented and bright man. Moreover, he fiercely believed in himself and was optimistic about his prospects from the very beginning. After the success of his first book, Francis started writing short stories for magazines. It paid well and made him even more popular, but many of the well-known and respected literary minds of that time advised him against “selling his soul and stripping his talent” for the shallow and overly popular publications, particularly The Saturday Evening Post. A famous American novelist, Charles Norris, warned the writer that the magazines would strip him to the buff, then throw away and forget his name the next day.
+Some critics still agree that this is exactly what happened to the great author. When he published his The Beautiful and Damned in 1922, it was still radiating with optimism and glory, yet the tone of the text demonstrated some worries about the fate of those he praised for being beautiful and damned.
+His most known book that later turned into an even more popular movie, The Great Gatsby was written in France in 1925. In this book he reveals himself as a painter who votes against the capitalistic tendencies in the society, separating himself and his ideals from esthetic and moral standards of the people who surrounded him back home. Despite showing the power and depths of Fitzgerald’s talent, this creation didn’t have much commercial success in the United States. This was because the audience was expecting more of a jazz rhapsody from him, having read and got used to many of his magazine stories.
+The publishing of The Great Gatsby marks the beginning of the tragedy of its author’s life. Despite partial bright sparks in his career, he becomes very unsatisfied with his talent and his mode of life. He ruins his health by turning to alcohol, scandals, and drama. The illness of his wife only worsened his mental condition. Fitzgerald died of a heart attack before his wife died and was even denied a burial at his family’s Catholic cemetery plot.
+The Great Gatsby Summary and Plot
+Nick Carraway is from a respected and well-off family from the Midwest. At first, we can’t help but wonder whether Nick is the one who wrote The Great Gatsby? He studied at the Ivy League school, went to war as a soldier, and then moved to New York in 1922 to study credits and bonds. He settled in a house in West Egg, a nice place in Long Island that is expensive yet not too well known. For just 80 dollars a month he got a nice house and wealthy neighbors, among which was Jay Gatsby.
+At that time, wealthy people who have made their fortune not so long ago and were keen to show off their prosperity and success inhabited West Egg. East Egg was a little bit more fashionable, and that’s exactly where his cousin Daisy lived. Daisy has made it in life, judging by the standards of that time. She is married to Tom Buchanan, a fabulously wealthy man, who even owns his stable for playing polo. Tom and Nick went to school together and didn’t manage to build a very close friendship. Nick always thought Tom to be arrogant and full of himself.
+Tom and Daisy’s relationship leaves much to be desired. Tom started cheating on his wife already during their honeymoon. He couldn’t wait to tell Nick about his new affair with Myrtle Wilson already in the first evening they met after a long time. Daisy knows about it, and it bothers her. After the first encounter at his cousin’s house, Nick leaves with an impression that they should part.
+Nick takes a trip with Tom to New York. They visit an apartment at which Tom spends time with his mistress. She lives in an industrial district of New York and is married to a car repair engineer. The apartment is filthy, and so are the people who are there. They have a party that leaves Nick indifferent. At the end of the party, Tom breaks Myrtle’s nose for mocking Daisy.
+Very often Nick hears music and party sounds from the house of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Many famous people frequent these parties. The nice music, live orchestra, huge tables, expensive alcohol, Rolls Royce as a taxi to New York… No summary of The Great Gatsby is enough to describe those crazy nights. After each party, at least a dozen of housekeepers clean up the consequences of previous nights.
+Finally, Nick gets an invitation to one of these parties. Mixing with people, he learns more rumors about the owner of the house than the truth. People say that he murdered somebody, or that he is a German spy. Men think of him as a fat and ugly man, ladies dream of him as a son of a devil. An important point that shouldn’t be missed in any Great Gatsby summary – Nick was one of the few characters who got an invitation to a party. People didn’t get an invitation to the Gatsby parties, they simply came and had fun!
+When we finally meet the legendary Jay Gatsby, he is different than what most readers expect reading The Great Gatsby summary: he is cool, reserved, keeps his distance. It seems that the public that used Gatsby for having fun on the premises of his house paid him by not meddling in his affairs. Upon closer look, he turns out to be a great listener and an interesting person.
+At the party, Nick also meets Jordan Baker – a beautiful young lady whom he met for the first time while visiting his cousin Daisy. Jordan finds out a secret that Gatsby is in love with Daisy. They knew each other before. They met when Daisy was 18 and Jay was just a soldier without any money in his pockets. When Jay went to the war, Daisy married Tom.
+What Jay doesn’t know is that right before the wedding, Daisy got drunk with her friend, threw away her wedding present – an expensive pearl necklace, and begged her friend not to let her marry Tom.
+Now Jay is rich and ,famous and still loves Daisy. He knows exactly where she lives and how her life turned out so far. But he doesn’t dare approach her. That’s why so much effort for the parties and notorious lifestyle was to attract the attention of a woman he truly loves. So if you ask a person to tell you what is The Great Gatsby about in just one sentence – it’s about extravagant things a man could do for the woman he once lost but continues to love.
+Nick arranges an “accidental” meeting for Jay and Daisy in his home. After a couple of weird moments, the love between them reignites again and they begin an affair. After Daisy entered Jay’s Gothic mansion house for the first time, which was very important to him, the parties became less frequent and almost stopped altogether. He changed the maids to those “who knew how to keep quiet”. Needless to say, when Tom Buchanan met Jay Gatsby, he liked neither his house nor his parties, or the man himself. He started wondering and doubting the origins of Gatsby’s wealth.
+After a clash between Tom and Gatsby over who will stay with Daisy, Daisy is driving Gatsby’s Rolls Royce and accidentally hits Myrtle. Tom decided to take advantage of the opportunity and persuaded her husband, George, that the driver was Gatsby. George, overwhelmed with sorrow and rage, kills Jay and then himself.
+Only three people came to Gatsby funeral: his father, Nick and one of the party lovers. Even though Nick made thousands of calls to people who used to be at Gatsby’s house every weekend. Tom and Daisy left town without letting anybody know where they were headed. They were a careless couple, they broke the things and relationships who surround them and then ran away and hid behind their money, letting others clean up after them.
+That’s it for a quick The Great Gatsby synopsis. But the essence of the book isn’t in a plot, which is quite simple and short. The reason why the novel resonates with so many readers are the all the symbols that are in it, and especially in its characters.
+Great Gatsby Characters Analysis
+The biggest question of any Great Gatsby characters analysis is which character impersonates the author himself? Is it Nick Carraway or the legendary Mr. Gatsby himself? Let’s try to find out.
+Nick Carraway
+Nick Carraway is the narrator of the book. Unlike Jay Gatsby, he is from the “old rich” – he inherited his money from the family of hardware business owners and is constantly surprised by the lifestyle of the “new rich”. The money his family provided him with was enough to live a decent, but not a very posh life: his house was one of the smallest in the West Egg.
+He is well-educated and has a well-rounded personality overall. He didn’t exhibit any desires to show off or prove to others that he is rich and successful. Nevertheless, he had very high standards both to his living conditions and people around him.
+He likes literature and went to war. Quite a strange combination, but those were the attributes of a proper man of that time. At the same time, he can’t restrain from judging the people he meets.
+At the end of the book, Nick is disgusted with the lifestyle he has experienced in New York and heads back to his home. He is mostly disgusted with what he became under the influence of the people he met. He realizes that his aspirations are corrupted by money and lies and that the American dream is over.
+Jay Gatsby
+Though Gatsby’s name is in the title of the book, the character is actually pretty simple. Jay Gatsby started as Jimmy Gatz, a young boy from a farmer’s family ashamed of his origins, but he had a dream: to escape his position and become rich and famous. His father saw the boy’s tendency to develop and move forward fast and helped him change the course of his life.
+The reader meets the protagonist already as Jay Gatsby, who is living in an extravagant house next to Nick Carraway and is constantly throwing loud parties for hundreds of people. He might have made his money illegally, but neither the author nor society seems to care.
+Jimmy Gatz made his fortune once he met Dan Coddy and worked on his boat for 5 years. The millionaire left him 25,000 dollars after his death, but he never received the money. He used his experience to make his dreams come true, but are his dreams really worthy of him?
+Daisy Buchanan
+Even though Gatsby had met many women in his life, Daisy was the first lady from the upper society that he met and fell in love with. He had been to her home many times, together with other officers. He liked the beautiful house and liked her company but knew that he didn’t deserve it at the time.
+When they parted, he went to stock his pockets with money and positions while she hid behind her rich house, in her expensive and life full of perspectives. But the weird feeling that they were meant to be a husband and wife remained.
+In her letters, Daisy was impatient and bored. She was young and wanted to live her life in the here and now, and to live it well. She was ready to make a decision but needed an incentive: love, money, benefit, fame, anything. That’s where Tom appeared which helped made her decision easy. They had a daughter whom Daisy never discussed during the whole book.
+At the very end, she lets the man she loves take the blame for her crime. She then runs away with her cheating husband, leaving everything behind for the sake of tranquility. Despite some incidental events, her life was easy, careless, and shallow. Tom Buchanan is a commanding and forceful character. He is rich and arrogant.
+He likes sports, pays great attention to his looks, and is very possessive. He cheats openly on his wife with Myrtle Wilson, but becomes very annoyed when he finds out about her fling. He is willing to do whatever it takes to break Daisy and Jay’s affair not for the sake of love, but for the sake of self-esteem. In the end, he doesn’t seem to care about the crime his wife committed, but cold-heartedly takes advantage of the opportunity to destroy his opponent.
+Jordan Baker is a careless traveler of the years of her life. From the young age, just like Mayer Wolfsheim, she got used to silly actions and was even planning to make a fortune by cheating golf players.
+She has very good instincts and manages to avoid smart and clear-sighted people. She feels confident among those who can’t even conjure a thought that she might be dishonest. Just like in the case of Buchanan, she is used to getting away with all her small crimes, even though they were frequent.
+Meyer Wolfsheim is a real predator of the book. He is making a fortune by inventing different affairs. He plays the “too rich to fail” card cheating on 50 million baseball fans and getting away with it. He helped get Gatsby out of poverty, but only because he saw the benefit in it for himself.
+With Mayer Wolfsheim, the author demonstrates the gradation between the rich of that time. Despite wealth, Wolfsheim didn’t make it to the true upper class but was still a desired guest for many companies.
+The Great Gatsby Themes Analysis and Interpretation
+The Great Gatsby Theme – Money
+Gatsby’s natural talents, fearlessness, and agile mind allowed him to get unbelievably rich. Just like the author himself, he didn’t know what to do with his funds. He earned them through illegal ways of selling alcohol when it was prohibited to do so.
+The author speaks very little about the way the protagonist made his fortune. Crime, however is not one of The Great Gatsby themes. At least not in the classical interpretation of the book. The wealth itself and the prosperity it brings is all over The Great Gatsby themes: one way or another Gatsby made it in life and the reader is overwhelmed with the descriptions of his huge villa, yachts, expensive cars, luxurious interior designs, amazing parties. Life is easy for those who are rich and those who are lucky enough to know them.
+Love is often noticed as one of the main themes in The Great Gatsby. Love for another person and love for money. It’s important to say that in order to get close to Daisy, Jay (who was Jimmy at that time) has to lie to her. She was a young beautiful girl popular among the officers and in order to prove that he’s worthy of her, Gatsby lied about his origins and financial standing. Love, money, and lies are all intermingled throughout the book.
+Aristocracy is also a theme of The Great Gatsby. Here we discover the upper class of America from their downsided viewpoint. The bourgeoisie built their life on cold calculations of cost vs. benefits. They are simply curious about other people’s money and worship whoever has more.
+Gatsby’s surroundings don’t care about the origins of his money. They do think he might be a criminal to spend so much money on other people, but it doesn’t bother them much and the number of party guests keeps growing.
+Another Gatsby theme is the American dream. With a not-so-happy ending, Gatsby still achieved what he wanted in life through hard work. He was a poor farmer’s son who made a lot of noise in the busiest city in the country – this is one of the more dominant themes of The Great Gatsby and many other American books of the 20th century.
+The Great Gatsby Symbolism Examples
+The book is full of different symbolism examples that are typical for American literature of the 20th century, but also unique for Fitzgerald.
+Most of the critics agree that any analysis of the examples of symbolism should start with the interpretations of the American dream concept. The protagonist of the book is pursuing his craziest dreams. He is a child from a poor family who dreams of money and the colors it brings to one’s life. This dream did indeed come true for him.
+But Jay paid a lot for his success. This is where the decline of the American dream concept is especially noticeable. It wasn’t the honest ways that brought him there. Education from a top school, perfect war record, and pure love for a girl wasn’t going to make it. In order to enter into the upper class society, Gatsby did different things, including running a shadow business.
+The American dream in The Great Gatsby, particularly for the protagonist was simply to be worthy of the woman he loved. That’s what the Green Light at the end of the lake is for – a hope for being happy in the future. The money was a goal but also a tool to achieve the dream of marrying Daisy.
+While love isn’t one of the major meaningful symbols of the book, the social standards of that time are. For Gatsby it wasn’t enough to love the girl and receive love in return: Daisy couldn’t marry a man of a lower class. The Valley of Ashes between West Egg and The Big Apple also signified the gap between the two lovers. In the end, the reader is still left wondering if Daisy would be as impressed with her long-forgotten lover if he appeared in front of her being the same poor officer that he used to be?
+Other symbols in The Great Gatsby book include infidelity and weakness of the characters. Finally, one of the more subtle but key components of symbolism in The Great Gatsby is the fickleness of happiness. After finally acquiring everything he wanted, Gatsby doesn’t realize that his current situation is temporary. Even when Daisy almost agreed to leave her husband, she is still more impressed by his wealth than by his personality. The first doubt planted by her husband about the origins of Gatsby’s wealth breaks her confidence.
+Once he loses the old dream forever, Gatsby is left with nothing to wish for. The author remarks that his character paid too much for the dream that was isolated and didn’t have a chance to grow, develop, or transform into something new. It is like Gatsby’s aspirations were stuck in time and space and the writer had no choice but to kill his protagonist once they were gone.
+Key Facts About The Great Gatsby Book:
+What is the full title? – The Great Gatsby By Francis Scott Fitzgerald
+When was The Great Gatsby written? – The book was written between 1922 and 1924. The author started writing it in New York and finished the text while spending his vacation in France.
+When was The Great Gatsby published? – The novel was published on April 10, 1925. It was met with some interest but was then forgotten during the period of the Great Depression. After regaining its popularity in the 1950s, the book has stayed on the top of the reading preferences ever since. It is now included in the school literature list in the USA. In 1998 it was named among the top three English-speaking novels of the 20th century.
+What is The Great Gatsby genre? – The novel belongs to the Modernism literature and is a bright representative of the Jazz Age period.
+What is The Great Gatsby setting? – The events of the text take place in the summer of 1922 on the premises of New York and Long Island.
+What is The Great Gatsby modality? – The Great Gatsby author managed to stay objective in the writing. Fitzgerald reveals the personality of his characters through their actions and facts from the past. Rarely does Nick Carraway (the narrator of the story) shows his attitude towards the events.
+What are The Great Gatsby main topics? – The story unfolds around American dream, emptiness and desolation of the aristocratic class, a fierce desire of a poor boy to get rich to be worthy of the woman from the upper class, and the price of becoming rich and famous.
+Was The Great Gatsby a commercial success? – The author considered the book a failure. The sales amounted to 24,000 copies, which was less than his previous books. He received all together $4,000 of advance and $1,900 as the honorarium, but he could get as much as $4,000 for writing a short magazine story in a couple of days. Despite bad sales, the reviews on the book were very positive.
+The Great Gatsby Quotes – Explanation and Analysis.”
+Related Characters: Nick Carraway (speaker)
+Explanation and Analysis:
+In the novel’s opening lines, Nick Caraway recounts this important piece of counsel from his father. He presents himself as a character who is simultaneously privileged and empathetic.
+This statement establishes, first, the high socioeconomic status enjoyed by most of the protagonists in the novel. Though Nick is far from the wealthiest character, his ties to old money and academic pedigree as a Yale graduate bring him into contact with the élite of both West and East Egg. Yet this line also immediately creates a level of distance from those élite: Nick is aware of his position and actively seeks to treat those from all walks of life with respect. He thus establishes himself as not only an accepting character, but also a relatively impartial narrator.
+Fitzgerald gives us, then, a character who is both inside and outside of this privileged social sphere. At times he is fully enamored by the culture, while at others he points out the flaws in its decadence. The implication here, after all, is that many others with similar “advantages” as Nick are far more critical of those who hail from different social backgrounds. The more accommodating perspective that will pervade the novel, this line implies, comes from an early piece of “advice” from Nick’s father—indicating that his views are shaped by key developmental experiences.
+“And I hope she’ll be a fool — that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
+Related Characters: Daisy Buchanan (speaker), Pammy Buchanan
+Explanation and Analysis:
+Daisy reflects while Nick visits her on her relatively despondent state of mind. As an example, she tells the story of her daughter’s birth, during which she exclaimed this disconcerting wish for the child.
+This passage gives excellent insight into Daisy’s character and relationship with Tom. Her desperation at the moment of her daughter’s birth was partly caused by his absence—which is characteristic of his generally selfish and neglectful nature. Yet Daisy’s hope for her daughter is, intriguingly, not that she has a supportive husband or can take care of herself. Rather, she wishes her to be a “fool”: someone who is too simple or ignorant to correctly perceive what is happening around them. The implication, here, is that Daisy wishes she herself could be a fool, for it would allow her to enjoy the luxuries of Tom’s life without being aware of his unfaithful behavior or the hollowness behind the extravagance.
+Fitzgerald thus presents Daisy as not only confined by Tom but also by her own conceptions of what it means to be a woman and a wife. She is, rather ironically, herself a fool for not having realized how narrowly she defines a good female identity. The passage shows how Fitzgerald perceived gender roles to have functioned in the American twenties: men, in his account, saw themselves as bread-winners expected to be chasing the American Dream, while women like Daisy and her daughter were told to be no more than “a beautiful little fool.”
+Lesson Plans and Webquests on The Great Gatsby
+F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby: Teacher’s Guide 
+The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. From novelinks.org. Contents: Anticipation Guide, Before During and After Lesson Plan, During Reading Strategy, Question Answer Relationships, Concept Vocabulary Analysis, Think Aloud, Reading Activities, and more.
+F. Scott Fitzgerald Lesson Plans @Web English Teacher. Contains links to various sites with lessons on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life and on The Great Gatsby.
+Teaching ‘The Great Gatsby’ With The New York Times – NYTimes.com Multiple lessons plans linked which are designed to keep The Great Gatsby current and relevant. Contains archives from The New York Times, articles on Class and Wealth, Gatsby Characters, The Novel’s Setting, the Fitzgeralds, and Adaptations.
+Teaching Great Gatsby: Instructional (VHS). Note from Amazon: English teachers can utilize the expertise of a master teacher with this creative and focused approach to teaching this Fitzgerald masterpiece in the classroom. Included in the video are detailed lesson plans with Aims, Motivations, Objectives, Discussion Questions and Homework Assignments. Format: Color, NTSC. Rated: NR. Studio: Video Aided Instruct. Video Release Date: April 23, 2002. VHS Features: NTSC format (US and Canada only. This VHS will probably NOT be viewable in other countries.)
+Film, Movies, Videos, Images, Opera, Music Sites on The Great Gatsby
+Film from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Great Gatsby has been filmed four times: In 1926, 1949, 1974, and 2000.
+Google Images of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
+The Great Gatsby (1926) from IMDB – Internet Movie Database. Film directed by Herbert Brenon. Writing credits: F. Scott Fitzgerald (novel), Becky Gardiner (writer – filmography). Plot Summary: “Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbour…” Runtime: 80 min. Country: USA. Color: Black and White. Sound Mix: Silent. Trivia: “No prints of this film are known to survive. Check your attic.” User Comments, Message Boards.
+The Great Gatsby (1949) from IMDB – Internet Movie Database. Film directed by Elliott Nugent. Writing credits: Owen Davis (play), F. Scott Fitzgerald (novel). Plot Outline: “In this ‘adaptation’ of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, a Jazz Age bootlegger learns the hard way about the wages of sin.” Cast: Alan Ladd (Jay Gatsby), Betty Field (Daisy Buchanan), Barry Sullivan (Tom Buchanan), Shelley Winters (Myrtle Wilson), and others. Runtime: 91 min. Country: USA. Color: Black and White. Sound Mix: Mono. User Comments. Message Boards.
+The Great Gatsby (1974) from IMDB – Internet Movie Database. Film directed by Jack Clayton. Writing credits: Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay), F. Scott Fitzgerald (novel). Genre:
+Drama / Romance. Tagline: Gone is the romance that was so divine. Plot Summary: Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor…. User Comments, Photo gallery for The Great Gatsby (1974) – 24 photos, Cast Overview Robert Redford (Jay Gatsby), Mia Farrow (Daisy Buchanan), Bruce Dern (Tom Buchanan) and others. Runtime: 144 min. Country: USA. Color: Color (Eastmancolor). Sound Mix: Mono. Trivia: Goofs: Anachronisms: Quotes: Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins ; 3 nominations. User Comments. Message Boards.
+The Great Gatsby – Opera (1999). John Harbison, Composer: “The Great Gatsby is a music-driven opera … a generously proportioned opera based on a very compact novel … the opera differs from the novel in many ways … Gatsby is not shadowy and mysterious, he must be heard. … Fitzgerald’s magnificent portrait of the Jazz Age – in all its idealism, hopes, excesses, nostalgia, and decadence – remains one of the most widely read American novels.” Includes Synopsis and Reviews.
+The Great Gatsby (2000) (TV) from IMDB – Internet Movie Database. A made-for-TV movie directed by Robert Markowitz. Writing credits – Writers Guild of America (WGA): F. Scott Fitzgerald (novel), John McLaughlin (teleplay). Tagline: “He risked it all to give first love a second chance.” Cast: Mira Sorvino (Daisy Buchanan), Toby Stephens (Jay Gatsby), and others. Country: UK / USA, Color: Color. Sound Mix: Stereo. Quotes. User Comments. Message Boards.
+Student Projects on The Great Gatsby
+The Nerdy Teacher: 10 Weeks and No Tests VIII “The standardised test.” – Nick Provenzano
+Cornell University 2006 New Student Reading Project. “This website is your portal to the New Student Reading Project’s 2006 selection, The Great Gatsby, as well as all the activities and details of the events surrounding our reading of this popular novel. Please use this site to explore some of the activities going on throughout Cornell and surrounding communities. I encourage you to take part in as much as you can, and broaden your understanding of what Fitzgerald’s writing can mean in our lives today.” – Carolyn (Biddy) Martin, Provost
+Special Topics Related to The Great Gatsby, e.g. Jazz, Roaring Twenties
+PBS – JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Jazz in Time – Roaring Twenties. An Excerpt from Jazz: A History of America’s Music. Contains a brief biography of jazz music in the 1920s as well as the audio example “Cake Walkin’ Babies” by Clarence Williams Blue Five (recorded January 8, 1925).
+The Red Hot Jazz Archive – A History of Jazz Before 1930 by Scott Alexander. Includes photos, suggested reading, Red Hot Bands, 1895-1929, Jazz Films – short Jazz films made in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Jazz Essays, Red Hot Musicians, 1895-1930.
+1920s Fashion ; Music by Jesse Boland. A look into the Roaring Twenties, it’s fashion and it’s music. With pictures.
+Miscellaneous Topics on The Great Gatsby
+Quotations of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
+Links to other The Great Gatsby Web Sites
+The Great Gatsby Essays | GradeSaver. Academic essays for citations. Written by students to give critical analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.
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+pleteness with which this object is accomplished is of all degrees, from Epilobium with its style merely turned to one side, to Iris with its short extrorse anthers hidden away under the broad styles stigmatic on the inaccessible side; from mere heterosty ly to complete dichogamy.
+I need not review the conclusive reasoning by which all these morphological modifications are accounted for as the results of the long continued agency of insects. It is important only to point out that this influence has been powerful enough to reverse the entire course of sexual differentiation, which, as we have seen, has been in all lower forms constantly in the direction of a more and more complete separation of the sexes. It may be said that this proves too much, since progress in that advantageous direction once gained would not be likely to be lost. The sufficient reply to this is that, independently of the natural tendency to revert to the normal or monosexual state, when the separative influences are withdrawn, the reserve power of possible self-fertilization when for any cause cross-fertilization fails, as it clearly often may, is a positive advantage, and one whicn, under the proper circumstances, natural selection will insure.
+The most significant fact which palæontology reveals is that of the simultaneous appearance of an insect fauna and a hermaphrodite flora. . When the insects came upon the scene they found only a diclinous flora with usually apetalous flowers destitute of both fragrance and color. The succeeding strata immediately commence to exhibit plants of the rose, mallow, magnolia, pulse, and crowfoot families with showy petals, often fragrant, and provided with special nectaries for the secretion of honey. Most of these had already made their appearance in the chalk formation, while during the Tertiary the still more perfectly organized Gamopetala were developed. The agency of insects in the fertilization of plants and even in the transformation of flowers to adapt them to their uses is no longer questioned by any at all familiar with the facts, but wide differences of opinion exist with regard to the degree of this influence, and also to the meaning of particular facts. Much of this confusion is due to the prevalence of the notion to which attention was called at the outset, that all adaptation must be regarded as completed at the present time. This assumption of a statical condition in nature now, while admitting the necessity of a dynamical condition in the past, is
+wholly gratuitous and belongs, as already remarked, to the same class of ideas as that by which all changes were once explained as the results of great and sudden catastrophes. It is due to the kind of reasoning which denies change to everything which can not be seen to move- -a kind of reasoning which leads the savage to deny that the great trees have ever been other than they are, while admitting growth in the herb and the sapling. In point of fact we find nearly all possible degrees of adaptation to the agency of insects. The mere existence of colored flowers must be regarded as an initial step in this direction, and the greater part of all flowering plants exhibit in a more or less marked manner this evidence of the influence which insects have exerted upon them. But it is evident that an ordinary hermaphrodite flower, however showy or fragrant, if devoid of special appliances for preventing self- and securing cross-fertilization, represents a very rudimentary and imperfect state of correlation to the insect world. This condition, which is now the predominant one, must therefore be regarded as constituting the first step of a long progressive series of morphological changes in the same direction, all tending to complete the degree of adaptation to insect life. The various specializations which a few species have already undergone mark so many additional steps taken by such species toward the same end and afford a faint idea of what the whole flora of the globe might become in the remote future, if wholly uninfuenced by man.
+In the great majority of plants, self-fertilization is doubtless still the rule, and cross-fertilization the exception, but this occasional crossing, even though very rare, suffices to maintain the vigor of the stock. Such plants will appear to thrive as well when selffertilized as when cross-fertilized, and this would probably be the case if the experiment were repeated a great number of times, for it is not once or a score of times, or a hundred times even, that count in these processes of nature, but vast periods and innumerable repetitions, each with its minute differential to add to or subtract from the general sum. When these facts are properly understood, therefore, the partial or total failure of all human experiments on cross-fertilization becomes nothing more than naturalists ought to expect. The really surprising fact in such
+See an address by Maj. J. W. Powell, delivered before the American Geographical Society, at Chickering Hall, New York, Dec, 29th, 1876.
+experiments is that some of them actually do show a clear difference in favor of cross-fertilization. It may be compared to the attempt of astronomers to obtain the parallax of a fixed star. The result is in the highest degree satisfactory if it is certain that any positive angle is measured. And, as in the astronomical parallax, the greatest exactness is required to measure the vastness of space and its contents, so in the biological parallax equally great precision is needed to measure the vastness of time and its effects.
+Independently of insect agency, however, the vegetable kingdom furnishes many facts which prove the unstable state in which the sexual relations are still found to exist.
+In many cases it is difficult to determine whether the movement is at the present time towards a greater or a less degree of separation. In a former paper read before this Association? I endeavored to bring forward the evidence to prove that certain species of Lauraceæ, and notably the genera Sassafras and Lindera, had already passed through three different stages, of which traces are still left in the form of “ rudiments” or obsolete organs. In this case the movement has obviously been towards more complete sexual separation. In the majority of other common cases, such as Smilax, Ilex, Rumex, Rhus, Chamælirium, &c., where the rudiments of both stamens and pistils remain, though one or the other set is functionless and the plants are really diecious, the direction of development seems also to be towards sexual distinctness, and it may well be doubted whether the flowers of the oak, the alder, or the willow were ever hermaphrodite. Still, progress toward hermaphrodism may also be going on in some species where insect fertilization is found a sufficient substitute for the distinction of sex.
+Upon the whole, however, it must be concluded that the special effect of the appearance of insects in the Mesozoic or Secondary age of geology was to render the evolution of new hermaphrodite forms possible, which vastly enriched the world's flora, since prior to that time only diclinous species could survive, and that this great army of plants, having been thus brought into existence in this imperfect condition, have since been gradually throwing off their encumbrance, and at different rates moving forward toward sexual independence.
+Published in the Scientific American Supplement of Sept. 20, 1879, p. 3089.
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+A PARTIAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE GREEN LIZARD.
+BY SARAH P. MONKS.
+THE green lizard (Anolis principalis) of the Southern United
+States is sometimes called the American chameleon, but it is not related to the chameleon of the Old World.
+Its changeable coat, however, gives it a popular right to the name. Two specimens of Anolis that I have kept for months in a wire-cloth cage, have shown some interesting habits.
+The female came from South Carolina in November, 1879, in good condition, but with the greater part of the tail wanting. She was placed in a small cage and supplied with flies, but refused to eat. During the winter the cage stood among house plants, in a room heated by a furnace, and although she was lively and ran around a good deal, she ignored the flies. Thus she remained without food and water (except an occasional drop that fell by accident when the plants were watered) for four or five months.
+But when the warm spring days came, she greedily devoured the flies, and when water was sprinkled in the cage, she eagerly lapped it up with her tongue. It is said that the Old World chameleons drink in the same manner. She would not notice water that was in a small jar in the cage, although very thirsty.
+Sometimes when I approach the cage she lifts her head and opens her mouth. I do not know whether she is conscious of asking for water, but I soon recognized this as an indication of thirst. In April a new tail began to show itself, looking like a small black wart, and since then it has grown nearly an inch. At first it was distinct and looked like a graft on the other portion, but now, after several moultings, it is continuous, although it can be easily distinguished from the rest; the scales are smaller, it always remains darker than the rest of the body.
+About the middle of May another and larger specimen, a male, came from South Carolina, and I put them in a large box in which were twigs and a stick of wood. After the larger one had dined, their antics on seeing one another were exceedingly amusing.
+First, one would raise itself to the full extent of its front legs, and bow its head and the fore part of its body in a regular and dignified manner. It worked as though there was a hinge joint at the shoulders. Then the other would repeat the gesture. The male, when bowing, erected a small nuchal crest, and after several bows, held its head still and stiff and distended a dew-lap.
+This expansion, of which ordinarily there is no trace, is not inflated, but is a flattened disc about an inch in diameter. It is orange-red in reflected, and crimson in transmitted light. At this time the lizard is a beautiful sight, the body being green above and white below, and the vivid dew-lap edged with white.
+I have seen them bowing several times, but they scamper off on finding themselves watched; and even in the midst of their ceremonious courtship, if a fly comes near they dart after it like a flash of green light.
+There is a difference in the change of color in the two specimens, and the same cause does not affect them alike. The female, in the day time, is generally dark-brown, or drab, speckled with white, and has a lighter dorsal line. Sometimes, however, she is grayish. When very dark, even the under side is brown, but when lighter colored the under side is gray, or white. But at night she becomes some shade of green, rarely a pale-green. Once or twice during July I have seen her green in the day time. On the other hand the male is generally pale-green. Their colors are different shades of green, yellow and brown. When changing, the coming color does not suffuse the entire body at once, but first appears on the legs and sides of the head and the body, the dorsal line and tail often remaining darker long after the other parts are light-colored.
+When they are green, yellow, or drab above, they are white below; when dark-brown, a lighter shade of the same color below; and sometimes I have seen them a uniform dark brown. Occasionally, the light-green color remains on the eye-lids and a few scattered scales of the body, after the other portions have become brown. They do not always grade regularly from brown, through yellow, to green, but sometimes change from dark brown to palegreen and white, without showing yellowish. The bronze (yellow) is the rarest color, and is very seldom assumed by the female. They change from one color to another in from two to eight minutes, and one changed from green to light-brown, then back to green again, in five minutes.
+I see no reason, as yet, for this changing of color, for it comes regardless of the object on which they are placed, or amount of light and darkness. They become green or light-brown when placed in sun-light, but also assume the same colors in the darkest room. When disturbed, they sometimes get darker, and at other times do
+Progress report for FNE16-842
+Decreasing small ruminant exposure to parasites by reducing slug and snail populations through a sheep/duck grazing system
+Project Type: Farmer
+Funds awarded in 2016: $10,963.00
+Projected End Date: 12/31/2018
+Grant Recipient: Wellspring Forest Farm
+Region: Northeast
+State: New York
+Project Leader:
+Steve & Elizabeth Gabriel
+Wellspring Forest Farm
+Project Information
+Summary:
+This project aims to explore the potential benefits of multi-species grazing of sheep with ducks in order to address the parasite Parelaphostrongylus tenuis (P. tenuis, a.k.a brain worm/deer worm). This parasite is transmitted to sheep through deer and then slugs/snails before affecting sheep. Infection often leads to paralysis and death of the affected sheep. In the past, we’ve demonstrated that ducks can reduce slug populations that are a pest to shiitake mushroom production (Project FNE12-745)
+Due to the historic D3 drought in our region this did lose one sheep to the P. Tenuis parasite in 2016, a previous infection from 2015 that was not treatable. No new sheep were infected, possibly because of the extreme drought and thus poor parasite conditions. Because of new job responsibilities, the original project leader Elizabeth has brought in co-owner and husband Steve Gabriel be responsible for all aspects of implementing, monitoring, and reporting for the project.
+Introduction:
+Wellspring Forest Farm is a 10-acre agroforestry and permaculture inspired farm and homestead. The farm is coowned and operated by Elizabeth and Steve Gabriel and we’ve been growing crops since 2011. We also graze our neighbors 20 acres of pasture. Our gross income was $11,063 in 2014. We develop our operations systematically, analyzing resources and challenges of the site, our economic capacity, time, personal interest and market demands.
+Our main crop is shitake mushrooms, which we sell to restaurants and through a CSA. We maintain a flock of 50 ducks that provide slug control to the shiitakes and nitrogen to our gardens. We sell eggs to a butcher and restaurant. Since 2012, we have planted trees to eventually provide wind protection, fodder, shade and wood.
+Sheep complemented the operation because our pasture is in need of regeneration and sheep are much more sustainable than mowing between the rows of tree crops. We expect to have around 28 sheep in 2016 and have a goal of managing about 20 ewes and 30 lambs each year from 2018 onward. Adding ducks to the sheep rotation, we hope further improve soil health, reduce sheep exposure to parasites and increase farm production.
+This project builds off our previous research (FNE12-745) where we determined best practices for utilizing ducks to control slugs in our log-grown shiitake enterprise. We are mostly interested in having ducks on the farm for this pest control benefit, but have also found a modest income from egg sales. Our success with ducks in the mushroom enterprise and anecdotally in our gardens and orchard systems has led us to see their benefit to many systems. Moving them into the sheep rotation may be beneficial, but there is likely an issue with getting the proper timing down to have efficacy. Our main question; is it worth rotating the ducks in sheep paddocks to reduce the slug population and thereby reducing our sheep flock’s exposure to parasites?
+Big thanks to Jonathan, Shaun, and Claire, our on-farm help in 2017 who were awesome and stayed positive even while counting slugs!
+Project Objectives:
+Our goals for the project are to:
+Objective 1: Determine if grazing 50 ducks reduces gastropod populations in paddocks ~12,000 square feet
+Objective 2: Reduce brain worm parasite risk to grazing ruminants, thereby reducing the need for Ivomec, dexamethasone, and Safeguard
+Objective 3: Determine ideal timing of leader-follower rotation that results in low gastropod population, minimal duck poop presence on pasture, and diverse and abundant forage
+Cooperators
+Research
+Materials and methods:
+Due to the historic D3 drought in our region this 2016 grazing realized as we planned for the 2017 season that starting to rotate ducks into paddocks would not be useful without first establishing baseline data for each paddock, since it cannot be assumed that slug populations are the same for each location, nor do they stay consistent with the seasonal changes in weather patterns.
+If we stated integrating ducks right away, we might observe differences in control vs. treatment paddocks that we would attribute to duck activity, when the variability may in fact be due to other factors. The main factors we believe affect the presence of slugs in paddocks include 1) recent weather, especially precipitation, 2) length of the grass, 3) previous impacts on slug populations
+Therefore, we decided that in 2017 we would collect slug population data and track our sheep grazing, as we might normally do. We could then look and see if there are any trends in slug populations, any differences among paddocks, and any correlation with weather events.
+Figure 1.1: Map of Trap Sites
+In order to monitor slug populations in 2017, we distributed traps made from soda bottles (see figure 1.1) in 10 locations in each paddock, roughly 50 feet apart. Each trap was sunk into the ground using a bulb digging tool and set so that the opening of the trap sits at ground level. We filled the trap with about 1 – 2″ of fresh beer. The map (see figure 1.2) of these trap shows we aimed for a relatively even distribution of traps, though there is some variability in the shape of the paddock. We selected the paddocks in the wettest locations closest to the woods edge, as we assume these are more likely to have slugs (intermediate host) and also deer visiting the pasture, who are the origin host for the parasite in question.
+Figure 1.2: Slug Trap
+We planned to monitor traps twice each week, counting slugs captured and also emptying and refilling with fresh beer, an important practice to ensure the traps would continue to attract slugs. A basic count of the total slugs was taken per paddock and recorded. We tracked these figures from June 19 through October 13 a total of about 17 weeks of study.
+Research results and discussion:
+As the graph below shows for the year 2017, results of the data collected indicate there will be some consistency to the pattern of slug presence among the collection of paddocks selected for this study. This is useful as we attempt to add ducks to 3 of the paddocks in 2018, to see if we can affect populations. If successful, those paddocks would hopefully deviate from the overall trends.
+When comparing this graph to local precipitation data for the same timeframe, there is not a clear correlation between anything happening with precipitation and a “response” from slug populations:
+We are ready to proceed to the treatment portion of the research in 2018, and will better track grazing in the paddocks, as well as grass height, as we are curious if this has any effect on slug presence. We will accomplish this by measuring the average height as we take slug counts. Our theory is that less grass = more drying out, which could have an effect.
+2018 Results
+For the second year, the goal was to track the changing dynamics of slug populations in the same paddocks, as well as attempt to implement the “treatments” – that is, a roughly week long residency of the ducks in 3 our of the 6 paddocks, to see if there was any impact they offered to reduce slug populations. While as previously mentioned we delayed the start of this projects in 2016 because of historic drought, 2018 was notably wet, after a normal/dry May and June. The months of July, August, and September each were 2 – 3 inches more rainfall than normal (almost double the amount) and for the year we are 10 – 15 inches over normal rainfall. This is important to mention from the outset, as the rain likely affected our data, since excessive rainfall was found to flood the traps on several occasions, which dilutes the beer and effectively suppresses the yeasts that attract the slugs.
+That said, our overall slug counts were reasonably aligned with those of 2017, at least in terms of showing the high variability and change that naturally occurs in slug populations, as shown in the graph of counts for the 2018 season:
+There are two notable patterns when comparing both years that are useful. One is that in both seasons, the highest slug counts were in the spring, though we started counting in late June in 2017, and mid May in 2018. Regardless, in both seasons, the relatively high counts dropped below 100 per paddock by early July, and never returned to the spring and early summertime high points.
+The other relevant pattern is that… there isn’t really a consistent pattern. Rates are not consistent or constant, but rather ebb and flow. As noted in 2017, rainfall wasn’t a reliable indicator of these dynamics, and in 2018 we looked at grass height, where we also found that the height of the grass didn’t prove to be a helpful indicator of slug levels, either, as noted from a few sample paddock data sets. For some paddocks, we even intentionally let the grass grow very high (see paddock 3) to see if there was any effect – and there was no clear correlation.
+While we had hoped to do two visits of the ducks to each of the three treatment paddocks (for six total treatments), because of the heavy rainfall and persistently wet soils, we were only able to do one set (three treatments). Our duck house, small tractor, slopes, and mucky soils led to many issues early in the season.
+Before doing a treatment, we were also looking for a data set with a good high number of slugs in each paddock, because we figured if one or two paddocks had a low reading, it would be hard to see any dramatic effect the ducks might have. In retrospect, we missed our best window of opportunity in May, when counts were very high. We then had a lot of variability in June through mid July, and finally decided to just give it a try when we took our 7/24/18 readings and saw some reasonably high numbers across the board (in light orange below):
+The yellow blocks indicate samples that took place during the residency of the ducks in one of the treatment paddocks (1, 3, or 4). Each paddock was randomly selected from the entire sample group as the treatment areas. We attempted to sample as consistently as possible on a weekly basis, sometimes taking an additional sampling point during the season because of the rain affecting the viability of the slug traps. Perhaps the biggest takeaway from this project is how hard it is to track slug population dynamics, given all the variables at play.
+During the treatment weeks, our ducks were brought in and kept in the space for approximately one week. If we zoom into this period of time and compare the results between the control paddocks and the treatment, one interesting pattern emerged:
+While the plots above show the characteristic rise and fall we see as a large pattern, the treatment paddocks had a noticeable flatlining of the counts during the residency period, though for widely differing durations. The flat line persisted in paddock 1 for seven days, versus ten days in paddock 3, and just four days in paddock 4. The arrows indicate how long the ducks were in each paddock:
+Notable also is that in all cases, slug levels were already in decline for each treatment before the ducks arrived. But when we compare to the larger picture of all paddocks, we do see some indication of effect. With the first treatment (blue), all other paddocks rose, while paddock 1 stayed flat for a longer period. For the second treatment (gray), all other paddocks were on a sharp upward trend, while paddock 3 remained low. For the third treatment (yellow), all paddocks were on the decline, but started to rise again, whereas paddock 4 lagged a bit further behind:
+Important to note is that while some effect was seen above from duck activity, it was not particularly long lasting. In all three cases, in just a few days after the ducks left the paddock, the slug numbers generally rejoined the overall pattern of population dynamics across all of the paddocks.
+Since the pastures also clearly needed some rest and recovery time post-duck before sheep could graze, this approach doesn’t seem to be particularity effective when taking in the larger context of our goal, which was to reduce exposure of our sheep to parasites. We found that a paddock needed 7 – 10 days of rest before the pasture was just grazeable, and thus by the time the sheep arrived there would be little benefit of any substantial reduction in slugs.
+Given this result, and the amount of labor it took to monitor slug population dynamics, and the high variability within the 10 traps in each paddock, there is a larger question about the practicality of this on a farmer level.
+Even if we could replicate this trial and get better results, could farmers easily decide if and when to put ducks into a rotation in a way that might offer clear benefits to their grazing animals? Since weather, precipitation, grass height, and overall slug population dynamics act independently of each other, there seems to be little benefit in attempting to utilize ducks in this way.
+Its notable that in two seasons, the population of slugs were significantly higher in the spring and early summer months. Also important is that for both seasons, the really high numbers were in paddocks 1, 2, and 3, which are situated lower in our landscape, border a creek, and often have wetter soils that take longer to dry out. Paddocks 4, 5, and 6 were higher in the landscape and dried out sooner.
+So, there may be benefit of putting ducks through the pasture in early Spring to reduce the overall slug populations, which could reduce their ability to reproduce. This is the general approach we concluded from our last grant, where we more effectively utilized ducks to control slugs in our woodland shiitake mushroom operation (). The major difference is that its easy visually to see the effect of ducks clearing out slugs on our mushroom crop, but harder to measure the efficacy in pasture, since its literally harder to see the slugs, as well as monitor any effects on the “crop”- i.e. if the sheep are ingesting them (versus the slug damage visible with the mushrooms).
+Research conclusions:
+We have concluded that while some short term impact/benefit can occur on slug populations from duck grazing activity, it is not enough to justify the labor and time to monitor populations, coordinate moving them into the right place at the right time, all with special effort just to realize a benefit on reducing parasites. In other words, if you are in a situation where you have ducks and are rotating them, you might receive some secondary benefits of running them through pasture, but its not worth going out of your way.
+While in some respects this finding is disappointing, it is in fact the reality of trying to solve an on farm problem by managing a complex ecological dynamic. At the end of the day, this idea would just be one more way to reduce parasite impact on our grazing sheep, along with breeding and selection practices to favor resistance, and the inclusion of high-tannin forages in their diet to reduce the effects of parasite build up. These two other approaches are likely more effective tools to reduce the impacts of parasites, and they certainly are easier to manage!
+To revisit our original objectives one and two, we sought to assess if ducks could reduce slug populations meaningfully in a rotational grazing system. We found that while we can potentially reduce a population in a given paddock, the effect is not one that lasts, and is therefore impractical as a meaningful activity.
+As with any research project, more years and subsequent trials could further improve on the methods and attempt more treatments, which could offer better results. Its very time consuming to measure and refill traps on a more than weekly basis; and it was impossible to do every 2 – 3 days as would be ideal, given that the beer wears out.
+Should we have found that ducks were effective, objective three was then to figure out a feasible leader-follower rotation for ducks and sheep. Since the duration of any effect is so short, this objective was not able to be met, since we’d need a longer recovery of the forages before getting the sheep on them, when slug populations would potentially be back to more “normal” levels.
+In summary, we can suggest a few important points and lessons learned that we think other farmers can benefit from:
+- Slug population dynamics are highly variable, and cannot be predicted using the month of the year, precipitation, or height of grass in a paddock. They rise and fall throughout the season dramatically.
+- In springtime and early summer, slug populations could be significantly higher than during the rest of the growing season, which potentially increases grazing ruminant exposure. Avoid the wettest grazing sites in early spring. Consider this as a place to target with ducks if it’s easy to do without extra effort.
+- Monitoring for slug population dynamics is difficult, and not a feasible task for most farms to undertake in a way that will provide clear directives for action.
+- Ducks DO reduce slug populations – but maybe not for long periods of time.
+- A holistic approach to reducing parasite impacts on grazing animals suggests that ducks could play a role in slug control, but are not a reliable method to replace breeding for resistance, including high tannin forages in an animals diet, and other methods.
+1 Farmer participating in research
+Education & Outreach Activities and Participation Summary
+1 Curricula, factsheets or educational tools
+1 On-farm demonstrations
+2 Online trainings
+5 Tours
+Participation Summary
+20 Farmers
+10 Ag service providers who participated in the project
+Education/outreach description:
+We will be offering an educational webinar in early 2019 and are completing and reformatting our guide book to be published before the project terms in March, will update this section during our final report.
+Learning Outcomes
+1 Farmers reported changes in knowledge, attitudes, skills and/or awareness as a result of their participation
+Key areas in which farmers reported changes in knowledge, attitude, skills and/or awareness:
+We will be offering an educational webinar in early 2019 and are completing and reformatting our guide book to be published before the project terms in March, will update this section during our final report.
+Project Outcomes
+Project outcomes:
+We will be offering an educational webinar in early 2019 and are completing and reformatting our guide book to be published before the project terms in March, will update this section during our final report.
+Assessment of Project Approach and Areas of Further Study:
+Will complete during final report.
+Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or SARE.
+NJ Spotlight's
+Democrats in the Legislature are moving ahead with a proposed constitutional amendment that would delay the redrawing of district boundaries by two years, a plan unpopular among a number of progressive groups and Republicans.
+The Assembly Judiciary Committee has scheduled a required public hearing on the amendment, which must ultimately be approved by voters, for Monday at 10 a.m. Both legislative houses need to move quickly to approve the measure with 60% majority votes by Aug. 3, the deadline for placing a question on the November ballot.
+It’s Democratic lawmakers who are most supportive of the change embodied in ACR-188, which would push the redrawing of the state’s 40 legislative districts back from next spring until as late as March 1, 2022. That would keep the current district lines in place until the 2023 election, for a total of 12 years, instead of the 10 now mandated in the constitution.
+There’s really no other choice, say the sponsors of the legislation and Democratic leaders, because the COVID-19 disruption in the decennial census count means the U.S. Census Bureau is not planning to provide the state with the new population numbers needed to redraw district lines until mid-June of 2021. That would be after the primary elections for those legislative districts would typically have occurred.
+Assemblyman John McKeon (D-Essex), prime sponsor of the amendment, said that, between redistricting rules and legal election deadlines, next year’s primary would wind up being held around Oct. 22, 10 days before the general election, if the amendment is not approved.
+“I’m sure all of you would agree that that would be chaos, not palatable for the democratic process and, unfortunately, this is one other thing that’s a fallout as to life that’s no longer usual, based solely upon COVID,” McKeon told the Judiciary Committee during a hearing Thursday. “I really put this forward with a heavy heart. I don’t want to be here. I don’t think any of us want to … do something that is going to change what a 10-year cycle was going to be. But we really have no choice.”
+Critics: There are other ways
+Yet the many critics of the plan say there are other, better options than allowing current districts that have become imbalanced due to population shifts and increased immigration to remain in place for two more years.
+Such progressive groups as the NAACP State Conference, Salvation and Social Justice and Fair Share Housing Center that normally support Democrats expressed strong opposition during the hearing and called for a slower, more thoughtful solution. They suggested other reforms to make the process more transparent and less apt to result in gerrymandered districts.
+“Today’s bill is not in the best interest of the people of New Jersey generally, and its people of color, in particular,” said Henal Patel, director of democracy and justice programs with the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. .”
+Patel suggested that officials could start working now on drawing preliminary districts using the most recent census estimates to enable a speedier adoption of boundaries next year that might still allow for elections then. He also said the state’s notoriously low-turnout legislative elections could be switched to even years when federal seats are also on the ballot.
+Correcting imbalances
+Decennial census data has many purposes. In the case of legislative redistricting, it is used to redraw boundary lines to ensure that districts have roughly equal populations to follow the constitutional principle of one person, one vote.
+While the census of total population and racial and ethnic characteristics is continuing, voter registration data shows some major discrepancies among districts are likely to emerge, at least as far as the adult population is concerned. For instance, McKeon’s 27th District, which covers parts of Essex and Morris counties, had about 55,000 more registered voters on July 6 than the nearby 32nd District that includes parts of Bergen and Hudson counties.
+New Jersey’s population has also diversified over the last decade. Non-Hispanic whites made up about 55% of residents in 2019, down from more than 59% in 2010. At the same time, the proportion of Asians increased from 8% to 10% and Hispanics from roughly 18% to almost 21%. Blacks remained at nearly 13% of the population.
+The state’s rules for redrawing districts are enshrined in the New Jersey Constitution, which is why an amendment is needed to change them. Under the rules, as a practical matter, a 10-member commission has a month from the time it receives the new census counts to redraw the state’s map of 40 districts. If it deadlocks — and it always has in the past because each major political party chairman appoints half the members — the chief justice of the state Supreme Court appoints an 11th member. That member gets an additional month to get a majority vote on a map. The current map favors Democrats.
+New Jersey and Virginia are the only states that hold legislative elections in odd-numbered years and need their population counts as early as possible so the new districts are ready for an election in 2021. The U.S. Census Bureau typically prioritizes getting data to these states first.
+Census delayed by pandemic
+As of Monday, 64% of New Jerseyans had answered the census, according to City University of New York’s Hard to Count map. Right now, the bureau is not scheduled to begin non-response follow-ups — going to the homes of those who did not complete the survey — before Aug. 11. That follow-up was to have ended by July 31 and is now three months behind due to the health concerns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
+In an April 13 online posting, census officials said they plan to give all states their data by July 31, 2021.
+However, census reporting deadlines are set in law, so the bureau needs Congress to act to change them. One measure proposed to extend the deadlines has not moved in Congress. An extension is also included in the $3 trillion HEROES Act, which would provide additional COVID-19 relief to individuals and states among other provisions. But while that measure has passed the House, it is stalled in the Senate.
+Regardless, census officials have been quoted as saying they can’t meet the legal deadline of Dec. 31 to complete their count, a process that includes using statistical methods to account for those who don’t respond to try to prevent a population undercount.
+Democrats are taking the bureau at its word and assuming they won’t get any data until June. The amendment holds that if the state does not get its data by Feb. 15, redistricting won’t happen until after the general election and the new districts won’t be used until the following election.
+Some of those opposed to the bill might support it if the revised timeline were in effect only next year. But the bill would make the change permanent — so in every year following the census, if counts are not received by Feb. 15, new districts will not be put in place until the year ending with a 3.
+“It’s not clear to me why that action has been chosen in a constitutional amendment affecting every election in perpetuity,” said Laura Zurfluh, a member of both Indivisible Cranbury and Good Government Coalition of New Jersey. “This could be introduced as a similar amendment, enabling us to accommodate the delayed census numbers for this unique challenge, probably very similar to the amendment you propose currently, but that would not permanently alter our future redistricting.”
+The Princeton University Gerrymandering Project agreed. In written testimony to the Assembly committee, Sam Wang, a Princeton professor and director of the project, also said Feb. 15 is too early a date, given that the Census Bureau is not required to provide data to states before April 1 of the year after the count, but has given New Jersey and Virginia its data sooner “traditionally and out of courtesy.”
+A changing state
+Wang has other concerns about the amendment, most particularly that it would “dilute the voting power” of Latinos and Asians, in particular, whose numbers in New Jersey have grown by 20% since 2010.
+“The Legislature therefore faces the task of weighing the loss of representation by those communities against the benefit of taking an extra two years to redistrict the state,” Wang wrote.
+Map shows changes in the Hispanic population in New Jersey, 2010-2018
+The project’s analysis shows that the white population has decreased in every state legislative district except the 30th along the Shore in Monmouth and Ocean counties, while the Asian and Hispanic populations have risen in all but four districts. In three districts in particular — the 16th, 20th and 22nd — the white population declined by more than 5% while the Latino or Asian populations grew by at least 4%.
+“To avoid representational harm to these communities, it would be best to adapt the redistricting and election schedule for 2021 to be as efficient as possible,” Wang continued.
+The project put out its own timeline suggesting that even if data is not received until July 1, the state could have a new map in place by Aug. 1, an Oct. 12 primary election and a general election delayed until Dec. 12.
+That schedule would need a change already allowed under the New Jersey Constitution, according to Wang: the appointment of the 11th member of the commission immediately, rather than after the partisans deadlock. It’s a change Wang and others have called for previously.
+McKeon disagreed. “I’m no expert in this area, but about the worst way to get additional minority representation into the Legislature is to have any kind of consolidated process,” he said, also noting that part of what a candidate needs to win an election is enough money and it would be difficult for a newcomer to do that in a very short amount of time.
+Moving election dates and changing certain rules are certainly possible. Through an executive order, Gov. Phil Murphy delayed this year’s primary by five weeks due to the novel coronavirus and made the vote primarily by mail, with about half the normal polling places open.
+Following a confusing timeline — the measure, only introduced last Monday, was scheduled for a hearing, then withdrawn, then re-scheduled — the Judiciary Committee voted 4-2 along party lines for approval. The step had to be completed 20 days prior to a vote by both houses, with a public hearing in the interim.
+Leaders of both the Assembly and Senate say they should have enough votes to pass the measure and put it on the ballot.
+GOP: Democrats looking to maintain unfair advantage
+The Democrats’ last attempt to revise the redistricting process in late 2018 was not successful. Introduced late in the last legislative session and put on a fast track, the measure was criticized as giving Democrats an edge in redrawing districts. Vocal and organized opposition from progressive groups, among others, killed it.
+Sen. Tom Kean said Republicans are in the upper house are unanimous in opposing this effort as a political move to protect incumbents for two more years.
+“This is just the latest in a series of efforts by Democrats in recent years to hijack the redistricting process for partisan gain,” said Kean (R-Union). “This newest effort is another thinly veiled attempt by Democrats to maintain an iron grip on the Legislature after two decades of control.”
+Helen Kioukis of the League of Women Voters said lawmakers should use this as a chance to improve the redistricting process by including such reforms as an independent commission that includes regular citizens, rules for protecting communities of color and mandatory public hearings in a constitutional amendment they place on the November ballot.
+“This is an opportunity to really put into place some measures that would give us a better process,” said Kioukis, who’s part of the League’s Fair Districts New Jersey project. “If we’re going to put something forward to the voters in November, let’s give them a question about whether they want a better and fairer process.”
+Assemblywoman Carol Murphy (D-Burlington), vice chair of the committee, said that’s not the goal of the measure.
+“We’re not talking about redesigning the redistricting commission with this bill,” she said. “We are saying, ‘Can we put it on the ballot for our public to decide whether or not they want to delay the redistricting.’”
+Even if the resolution is ultimately approved by voters, it might not withstand a legal challenge. Patel said that while the courts might approve of a delayed redistricting because of logistical problems posed by the pandemic, they “may not allow a postponement of those new districts to 2023, which could trigger a series of special elections … which would come at great cost to the taxpayers at a time when the state is facing a mounting budget shortfall.”
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+- JavaScript Language Overview
+JavaScript Language Overview
+This article provides an overview of the JavaScript language. The idea is to provide a thorough overview of all of the language’s features. You may want to read through this article from start to finish to learn about all the basic features of this language – especially when you are getting started with a JavaScript related technology.
+Whenever possible, you should try out the examples in an interactive console. Most Linux distributions ship with the SpiderMonkey [mozilla.org] console (smjs). If you prefer using a native Qt-based console, try qtjs [github.com] or qmlscriptconsole [github.com]. See the QML_Script_Console article if you’re curious.
+Introduction
+JavaScript is a minimalistic dynamically typed scripting language. It is truly object-oriented, although it lacks support for classes. Frequently associated with client-side web development, JavaScript is a language of its own. Originally developed at Netscape and nowadays standardized as ECMAScript-262 [ecma-international.org] , the language has found wide-spread use and circulates under various names. “JScript” is Microsoft’s derivative of the language. “JavaScript” was the original name chosen by Netscape when the language was introduced with Netscape 2. Adobe’s ActionScript was also based on ECMAScript-262 before version 3 was released.
+Qt has been supporting a JavaScript engine compatible with ECMAScript-262 since Qt 4.3. This engine is called “QtScript” and was originally an independent implementation. Since Qt 4.5, QtScript has been based on JavaScriptCore from WebKit. Qt’s new markup language(QML) makes intense use of QtScript. Property values in QML are JavaScript expressions and are evaluated using QtScript.
+The Type System
+JavaScript supports the following fundamental types:
+- boolean
+- number
+- string
+- object
+- function
+New variables are introduced into the current scope using the var statement:
+- var flag = false // a boolean
+- var x = 1., y = 2 // numbers can be integers and reals
+- var s1 = 'abc'; // a string
+To query the type of a variable, use the typeof keyword. typeof returns the name of the type as a string.
+- var x = 0; typeof x // 'number'
+- typeof { x: 1 } // 'object'
+- typeof typeof { x : 1 } // 'string'
+- typeof JSON.parse('{"a": 7}') // 'object'
+Everything in JavaScript acts like an object.
+- 1.3333333.toFixed(2) // '1.33'
+- 7..toString() // '7'
+Note that in JavaScript the expression ‘7.toString()’ can’t be interpreted correctly. ‘7.’ is parsed into a number and thereafter results in a syntax error.
+The primitive types boolean, number and string are implicitly converted into objects when needed. For this purpose, the global object provides special constructor functions which can also be invoked manually:
+- typeof 1. // 'number'
+- typeof new Number(1.) // 'object'
+- typeof new String('Hi!') // 'object'
+Functions are special kinds of objects. They only differ from objects because they can be called and used as constructors. Properties can be added to functions dynamically:
+- function f(x) { return f.A * x * x }
+- f.A = 2.7
+- function Buffer() {}
+- Buffer.MAX_LINE_LENGTH = 4096
+Usually those properties serve as global constants and therefore are written in uppercase.
+Objects themselves can be expressed using an array or object literal. Arrays have no separate type, but are specialized objects which use array indexes as properties:
+- var o = { name: 'Werner', age: 84 } // allocate simple object
+- print(o.name, o[age])
+- // both notations are valid, but [] notation allows generated strings
+- var a = ['a', 'b', 7, 11.]
+- // an array, equivalent to {'0': 'a', '1': 'b', '2': 7, '3': 11.}
+- typeof o, a // 'object', 'object'
+Expressions
+The expression syntax follows mostly “C” syntax (as in C++ or Java). As a major difference, there is no sharp distinction between statements and expressions. Basically everything evaluates to something. Function declarations and compounds can be included on-the-fly:
+- function f() {} // evaluates 'undefined'
+- function f() {} + 1 // evaluates to 1, because 'undefined' is casted to 0
+- (function() {}) // evaluates to a function object
+- (function() { return 0; })() // evaluates to 0
+- {1;2;3} * 2 // evaluates to 6
+Expressions are separated by semicolons or line breaks.
+Control Flow
+Branching
+Conditional branches follow “C” syntax.
+- if (<expression>)
+- <statement1>
+- else // optional
+- <statement2> // optional
+The switch statement follows the same fall through semantics as in “C”:
+- switch(expression) {
+- case <expression1>:
+- <statement-list1>
+- break;
+- case <expression2>:
+- <statement-list2>
+- break;
+- ...
+- default:
+- <statement-listn>
+- }
+Repetitions and Iterators
+Repeated actions can be expressed using do, while and for loops:
+- do <statement> while (expression)
+- while (expression) <statement>
+- for (<init-expression>;<test-expression>;<step-expression>) <statement>
+For iterating objects JavaScript provides a special for-in statement:
+- for (<expression> in <object>) <statement>
+The given expression needs to be suitable for the left-hand side of an assignment. In the simplest case, it is just a variable declaration. Consider the following example:
+- var a = [1,2,3,4]
+- for (var i in a)
+- print(i, a[i]*a[i])
+- // '0', 1
+- // '1', 4
+- // '2', 9
+- // '3', 16
+Here the variable i is assigned to all keys of the array a consecutively. In the next example, the left-hand expression is dynamically generated:
+- var o = {a0: 11, a1: 7, a2: 5}
+- var k = []
+- for(k[k.length] in o);
+The keys of o are copied to k. The loop statement itself is left empty. For each member in o, the name is assigned to another member of k.
+Labeled Loops, Break and Continue
+In JavaScript, loop statements can be given labels. The break and continue statements break or continue the current loop. It is possible to break an outer loop from the inner loop by using the label name as shown in the following example:
+- label_x:
+- for (var x = 0; x < 11; ++x) {
+- for (var y = 0; y < 11; ++y) {
+- if ((x + y) % 7 == 0) break label_x;
+- }
+- }
+Objects and Functions
+Objects are created using an object literal or the new operator.
+In the following example, a point coordinate is expressed as object literal:
+- var p = { x: 0.1, y: 0.2 }
+Objects are entirely dynamic sets of properties. New properties are introduced on first assignment. They can be deleted again by using the delete operator. To query if an object contains a certain property, use the in operator.
+- 'z' in p // false
+- p.z = 0.3 // introduce new property 'z'
+- 'z' in p // true
+- delete p.z // remove 'z' from p
+- p.z // undefined
+Property values can be of any type – including the function type. Methods in JavaScript are just function properties. When a function is invoked in method notation, it gets passed a reference to the object as an implicit argument called this.
+- p.move = function(x, y) {
+- this.x = x
+- this.y = y
+- }
+- p.move(1, 1) // invoke a method
+JavaScript allows any function to be called as a method of any object by using the call method, however, there are only a few cases in which you would want to use the call method.
+- p2 = { x: 0, y: 0 }
+- p.move.call(p2, 1, 1)
+Prototype based Inheritance
+The second way of creating objects is by using the new keyword together with a constructor function:
+- var p = new Object
+- p.x = 0.1
+- p.y = 0.2
+The new operator allocates a new object and calls the given constructor to initialize the object. In this case, the constructor is called Object, but it could be any other function as well. The constructor function gets passed the newly created object as the implicit this argument. In JavaScript there are no classes, but hierarchies of constructor functions which operate like object factories. Common constructor functions are written with a starting capital letter to distinguish them from average functions. The following example shows how to create point coordinates using a constructor function:
+- function Point(x, y) {
+- this.x = x
+- this.y = y
+- }
+- var p = new Point(1, 2)
+Each function in JavaScript can be used as a constructor in combination with the new operator. To support inheritance, each function has a default property named prototype. Objects created from a constructor inherit all properties from the constructor’s prototype. Consider the following example:
+- function Point(x, y) {
+- this.x = x
+- this.y = y
+- }
+- Point.prototype = new Object // can be omitted here
+- Point.prototype.translate = function(dx, dy) {
+- this.x += dx
+- this.y += dy
+- }
+First we declared a new function called Point which is meant to initialize a point. Thereafter we create our own prototype object, which in this case is redundant. The prototype of a function already defaults to an empty object. Properties which should be shared among all points are assigned to the prototype. In this case, we define the translate function which moves a point by a certain distance.
+We can now instantiate points using the Point constructor:
+- var p0 = new Point(1, 1)
+- var p1 = new Point(0, 1)
+- p1.translate(1, -1)
+- p0 === p1 // false
+- p0.translate === p1.translate // true
+The p0 and p1 objects carry their own x and y properties, but they share the translate method. Whenever an object’s property value is requested by name, the underlying JavaScript engine first looks into the object itself and, if it doesn’t contain that name, it falls back to the object’s prototype. Each object carries a copy of its constructor’s prototype for this purpose.
+If an object actually contains a certain property, or if it is inherited, it can be inquired using the Object.hasOwnProperty() method.
+- p0.hasOwnProperty("x") // true
+- p0.hasOwnProperty("translate") // false
+So far, we have only defined a single constructor with no real object hierarchy. We will now introduce two additional constructors to show how to chain prototypes and thereby build up more complex relationships between objects:
+- function Point(x, y) {
+- this.x = x
+- this.y = y
+- }
+- Point.prototype = {
+- move: function(x, y) {
+- this.x = x
+- this.y = y
+- },
+- translate: function(dx, dy) {
+- this.x += dx
+- this.y += dy
+- },
+- area: function() { return 0; }
+- }
+- function Ellipsis(x, y, a, b) {
+- Point.call(this, x, y)
+- this.a = a
+- this.b = b
+- }
+- Ellipsis.prototype = new Point
+- Ellipsis.prototype.area = function() { return Math.PI * this.a * this.b; }
+- function Circle(x, y, r) {
+- Ellipsis.call(this, x, y, r, r)
+- }
+- Circle.prototype = new Ellipsis
+Here we have three constructors which create points, ellipsis and circles. For each constructor, we have set up a prototype. When a new object is created using the new operator, the object is given an internal copy of the constructor’s prototype. The internal reference to the prototype is used when resolving property names which are not directly stored in an object. Thereby properties of the prototypes are reused among the objects created from a certain constructor. For instance, let us create a circle and call its move method:
+- var circle = new Circle(0, 0, 1)
+- circle.move(1, 1)
+The JavaScript engine first looks into the circle object to see if it has a move property. As it can’t find one, it asks the prototype of circle. The circle object’s internal prototype reference was set to Circle.prototype during construction. It was created using the Ellipsis constructor, but it doesn’t contain a move property either. Therefore, the name resolution continues with the prototype’s prototype, which is created with the Point constructor and contains the move property, whereby the name resolution succeeds. The internal prototype references are commonly referred to as the prototype chain of an object.
+To query information about the prototype chain, JavaScript provides the instanceof operator.
+- circle instanceof Circle // true
+- circle instanceof Ellipsis // true
+- circle instanceof Point // true
+- circle instanceof Object // true
+- circle instanceof Array // false, is not an Array
+As properties are introduced when they are first assigned, properties delivered by the prototype chain are overloaded when newly assigned. The Object.hasOwnProperty method and in operator allow the place where a property is stored to be investigated.
+- circle.hasOwnProperty("x") // true, assigned by the Point constructor
+- circle.hasOwnProperty("area") // false
+- "area" in circle // true
+As can be seen, the in operator resolves names using the prototype chain, while the Object.hasOwnProperty only looks into the current object.
+In most JavaScript engines, the internal prototype reference is called __proto__ and is accessible from outside. In our next example, we will use the __proto__ reference to explore the prototype chain. Because this property is non-standard, you should avoid using it in all other context.
+First let us define a function to inspect an object by iterating its members:
+- function inspect(o) { for (var n in o) if (o.hasOwnProperty(n)) print(n, "=", o[n]); }
+The inspect function prints all members stored in an object, so if we now apply this function to the circle object as well as to its prototypes, we obtain the following output:
+- js> inspect(circle)
+- x = 1
+- y = 1
+- a = 1
+- b = 1
+- js> inspect(circle.__proto__)
+- x = undefined
+- y = undefined
+- a = undefined
+- b = undefined
+- js> inspect(circle.__proto__.__proto__)
+- x = undefined
+- y = undefined
+- area = function () { return Math.PI * this.a * this.b; }
+- js> inspect(circle.__proto__.__proto__.__proto__)
+- move = function (x, y) {
+- this.x = x
+- this.y = y;
+- }
+- translate = function (dx, dy) {
+- this.x += dx
+- this.y += dy;
+- }
+- area = function () { return 0; }
+- js> inspect(circle.__proto__.__proto__.__proto__.__proto__)
+- js>
+As you can see, the move method is actually stored in circle.__proto__.__proto__.__proto__. You can also see a lot of redundant undefined members, but this shouldn’t cause you any concern as prototype objects are shared among instances.
+Scopes, Closures and Encapsulation
+In JavaScript, execution starts in the global scope. Predefined global functions like Math or String are properties of the global object. The global object serves as the root of the scope chain and is the first object created. The global object can be referenced from the global scope by explicitly using the this keyword. It means the following is the same:
+- this.Math === Math
+Further scopes are created on-demand, whenever a function is called. Scopes are destroyed as any other object when they are no longer needed. When a function is defined, the enclosing scope is kept with the function definition and used as the parent scope for the function invocation scope. The new scope that is created upon function invocation is commonly referred to as the activation object. The scope in which functions are defined is commonly referred to as the lexical scope.
+The following example shows how to use lexical scopes to hide private members:
+- function Point(x, y) {
+- this.getX = function() { return x; }
+- this.setX = function(x2) { x = x2; }
+- this.getY = function() { return y; }
+- this.setY = function(y2) { y = y2; }
+- }
+When the Point constructor is invoked, it creates get and set methods. The newly generated scope for the invocation of the Point constructor carries the x and y members. The getters and setters reference this scope and therefore it will be retained for the lifetime of the newly created object. Interestingly there is no other way to access x and y other than via the set and get methods. This way JavaScript supports data encapsulation.
+The concept of a function referencing the enclosing scope and retaining it for the lifetime of the function is commonly called a closure. Low-level programming languages like “C” do not support closures because local scopes are created using stack frames and therefore need to be destroyed when the function returns.
+Namespaces
+Functions play a pivotal role in JavaScript. They serve as simple functions, methods, constructors and are used to encapsulate private properties. Additionally functions serve as anonymous namespaces:
+- (function() {
+- // my code
+- var smth = new Smth // safe
+- other = [1,2,3] // bad, goes into global scope
+- Array = function() {} // forbidden
+- }) ()
+- var smthElse = {} // bad, goes into global scope
+An anonymous function is defined and executed on-the-fly. Global initialization code in particular is commonly wrapped in such a way to prevent polluting the global scope. As the global object can be modified as any other object in JavaScript, wrapping code in such a way reduces the risk of accidentally overwriting a global variable. To ensure that it actually works, all variables need to be duly introduced using the var statement.
+Named namespaces can also be created with functions. If for instance we wanted to write a utility library for painting applications, we could write:
+- function PaintUtil() {
+- PaintUtil.Point = function(x, y) {
+- this.move = function(x2, y2) { x = x2; y = y2 }
+- this.getX = function() { return x; }
+- this.getY = function() { return y; }
+- }
+- // Ellipsis, Circle, other painting utility methods
+- }
+- PaintUtil()
+Once this little library module is executed, it will provide the single PaintUtil object which makes the utility functions accessible. A point can be instantiated using the constructor provided by PaintUtil as follows:
+- var p = new PaintUtil.Point(0.1, 0.2)
+Reusable JavaScript modules should only introduce a single global object with a distinguishable name.
+Common Methods
+JavaScript allows the default behavior of an object to be changed using the valueOf() and the toString() methods. valueOf() is expected to return a value of fundamental type. It is used to compare objects (when sorting them) and to evaluate expressions comprising of objects and fundamental types. toString() is invoked when an object is cast to a string.
+In JavaScript, objects are compared for equality differently than for being greater or lower. Comparison for equality always compares the object references. Comparison for being lower or greater, on the other hand, converts objects by first converting the objects to values of fundamental types. First valueOf() is invoked and, if it doesn’t return a fundamental type, it calls toString() instead.
+For our Point class, we could define the methods as follows:
+- Point.prototype.valueOf = function () {
+- return Math.sqrt(this.getX() * this.getX() + this.getY() * this.getY());
+- }
+- Point.prototype.toString = function () {
+- return this.getX().toString() + "," + this.getY().toString();
+- }
+Exceptions
+JavaScript provides an exception handling mechanism like most other high-level languages. Exceptions are thrown using the throw statement. Any value can be used as an exception object:
+- throw <expression>
+When an exception is thrown, JavaScript unwinds the current scope until it arrives at a try-catch scope:
+- try {
+- <statement-list>
+- }
+- catch (<name for exception object>) {
+- // handle exception
+- }
+- finally {
+- // always go through here
+- }
+The name of the exception object is only locally defined inside the catch scope.
+Exceptions can be re-thrown.
+Resources
+Web Links
+- The JavaScript Reference [developer.mozilla.org]
+- JavaScript. The core. (Dmitry A. Soshnikov) [dmitrysoshnikov.com]
+- Changes to JavaScript: EcmaScript 5 (Mark Miller) [youtube.com]
+- Standard ECMA-262 [ecma-international.org]
+Books
+- JavaScript: The Good Parts (Douglas Crockford) [oreilly.com]
+- JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (David Flanagan) [amazon.com]
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+Our team were actually able to get access to all hosting servers, and our link times were a capable 6-8 seconds. How To Enter VPN Coupon Code. (Some VPNs might be actually a little bit of faster, but various other occupy to two times as long.) Ping times were actually within the expected variation, and also our geolocation examinations suggested that all our examination hosting servers remained in the expected places.
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+If you choose, you may likewise decide on locations coming from an easier message list. As with the Android application, this may be arranged through nation or even metropolitan area, yet these areas are actually displayed in different rows which creates the checklist a lot easier to search. Web server bunch as well as ping opportunities are shown, also, helping you to think out which is actually the ideal place for you.
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+Having genres that informed American life in the 1950s, including country, pop, blues, bluegrass, folk, and gospel. Battleground Korea offers selections from a wide range of artists such as Gene Autry, Ernest Tubb, Tex Ritter, Red Foley, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Fats Domino, Lloyd Price, The Louvin Brothers, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe (among others, of course).
+The set is organized in more or less chronological fashion by theme. Disc One is built around Going to War, while the second disc is entitled In Korea. The third, On the Homefront, takes a stateside view, and the fourth, Peace and Its Legacies, considers the impact of the War. Several song cycles in miniature populate this collection. The On the Homefront CD has Jean Shepard and Ferlin Husky’s “A Dear John Letter,” followed by Pete Lane and Bernice Stabile’s “John’s Reply,” Jack Cardwell’s “Dear Joan” and Shepard and Husky’s “Forgive Me John.” Another mini-suite goes from Skeets McDonald’s “Please Daddy, Don’t Go to War” to George Simerly and His Tennesseans’ “Why Does the Army Need My Daddy,” Cecil Gant’s “God Bless My Daddy” and The Oklahoma Sweethearts’ “Don’t Steal Daddy’s Medal.” The Peace and its Legacies disc promises to emotionally revisit the return home from Korea with a group of songs beginning with Soldier Boy Houston’s “Leavin’ Korea” and ending with Jimmy Witherspoon’s “Back Home.” Clearly, the label wasn’t content to rest on its laurels for obvious tune selections or a revisit of the day’s hit parade.
+As with other of Bear Family’s previous box sets, there is also non-musical material to better conjure the period. Sound clips are present from General Douglas MacArthur, portions o speeches from Presidents Harry Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower (also represented with The Promenade Band’s rendition of Irving Berlin’s showtune “I Like Ike”), and PSAs from entertainers like Vic Damone and even the popular children’s marionette. Howdy Doody.
+In true Bear Family style, the set is packaged with a hardcover book – totaling 160 pages and including liner notes from Hugo A. Keesing with historical background on each song and artist. It’s illustrated with photographs, advertisements, album and single artwork, and period memorabilia. Country singer Frankie Miller shares his memories of serving in Korea in one segment, while others focus on the history of the war, and Marilyn Monroe’s fabled overseas visit with the American troops.
+Battleground Korea looks to be not only a time capsule for those who were there, but a historical document for others to learn more about The Forgotten War in an engrossing and entertaining fashion. Look for it on March 23 in the U.S. from Bear Family Records. You’ll find the track listing and pre-order links below!
+Various Artists, Battleground Korea: Songs and Sounds of America’s Forgotten War (Bear Family, 2018) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD)
+CD 1: Going To War Again
+1. War starts in Korea [War starts….]
+2. Lightnin’ Hopkins: War News Blues
+3. Sunshine Boys Quartet: God Please Protect America
+4. Wally Fowler and His Oakridge Quartet: Pray, Pray Pray (For The U.S.A.)
+5. President Truman speaks on war in Korea
+6. Hank Harral and His Palamino Cowhands: When They Raised The U.N. Flag In South Korea
+7. The Four Barons: Got To Go Back Again
+8. Sunnyland Slim and His Trio: Back To Korea Blues
+9. Harry Choates and His Fiddle: Korea, Here We Come
+10. Vince Mondi: Goodbye – Maria (‘I’m Off To Korea’)
+11. Paul Mims: My New Career Is In Korea
+12. Vance Brothers: Draftboard Blues
+13. Ray Anderson and Tennessee Mountaineers: Draft Board Blues
+14. Arkie Shibley and His Mountain Dew Boys: Uncle Sam Has Called My Number
+15. Smilin’ Eddie Vernado and the Delta Ranch Hands: I’m A Soldier Boy Again
+16. Harvey Stone: Here We Go Again
+17. Fats Domino: Korea Blues
+18. Clifford Blivens with the Johnny Otis Band: Korea Blues
+19. Willie Brown: Korea Blues
+20. Max Bailey: Sorry Girl Blues
+21. B.B. King: Questionnaire Blues
+22. John Lee Hooker (Johnny Williams): Questionnaire Blues
+23. Sonny Thompson: Uncle Sam Blues
+24. Lloyd Price and His Orchestra: Mailman Blues
+25. Big Boy Crudup: Mr. So And So
+26. Tani Allen and His Tennessee Pals: I’m Back In The Army
+27. Cactus Pryor and His Pricklypears: (In Again, Out Again) Packing Up My Barracks Bags Blues
+28. Montana Slim (Wilf Carter, The Singing Cowboy): The K.P. Blues
+29. Bob Newman: Greetings
+30. Vic Damone: Message From Vic Damone
+31. The Rockets and Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra: The Girls Are Marching
+CD 2: In Korea
+1. Armada to Korea
+2. The Gospel Pilgrims: Korea (Fightin’ In The Foreign Land)
+3. Bill Cason: Foxhole In Korea
+4. Steve Rogers: Inchon
+5. Sonny Osborne: A Brother In Korea
+6. John Carpino: The Ballad Of Chosin
+7. Oscar Brand & Short Arms: We’re Moving On
+8. Jimmie Osborne: Thank God For Victory In Korea
+9. Robert Pierpoint Under fire in Korea
+10. Delmore Brothers: Heartbreak Ridge
+11. Ernest Tubb: A Heartsick Soldier On Heartbreak Ridge
+12. The Four Lads with Narration by Edward R. Murrow: Where The Need Is
+13. Elton Britt: Korean Mud
+14. Howdy Doody: Request for blood donations
+15. Sherman ‘Blues’ Johnson & His Clouds of Joy: Lost In Korea
+16. The Louvin Brothers: From Mother’s Arms To Korea
+17. Jack Powers: From A Foxhole
+18. William Cook Accompanied by The Marshall Brothers: A Soldier’s Prayer
+19. Rocky Porter: Please Say A Prayer (For The Boys Over There)
+20. Slim Rhodes: Red White And Blue
+21. J.B. Lenoir: I’m In Korea
+22. Lightnin’ Hopkins: Sad News From Korea
+23. Elton Britt: Rotation Blues
+24. Billy Mize: Pusan
+25. Tommy (Weepin’ and Cryin’) Brown: No News From Home
+26. Carl Sauceman and The Green Valley Boys: Wrap My Body In Old Glory
+27. Jim Eanes: A Prisoner Of War
+28. Kay Kellum and His Dixie Ramblers: When I Get Back
+29. The Kalvin Brothers: Somewhere In Korea
+CD 3: On The Homefront
+1. A GI Writes to His Kids – a Posthumous Letter
+2. Tiny Hill: Two Letters
+3. Red Foley: Dear Little Girls
+4. Tex Ritter: Daddy’s Last Letter
+5. Jackie Doll and His Pickled Peppers: When They Drop The Atomic Bomb
+6. The Truman-MacArthur dispute that led the President to fire the General
+7. R.D. Henden with The Western Jamboree Cowboys: Oh! Mr. President
+8. General Of The Army Douglas MacArthur Reports To Congress
+9. Gene Autry: Old Soldiers Never Die
+10. Jimmie Short and the Silver Saddle Ranch Boys: (Old Generals Never Die) They Just Fade Away
+11. Ray Snead: Fade Away Baby
+12. Rep. James E. Van Zandt supports the use of the Atomic Bomb in Korea
+13. ‘Skeets’ McDonald: Please Daddy, Don’t Go To War
+14. George Simerly and His Tennesseans: Why Does The Army Need My Daddy
+15. Cecil Gant: God Bless My Daddy
+16. Oklahoma Sweethearts: Don’t Steal Daddy’s Medal
+17. Jimmie Heap and The Melody Masters: God Is On Our Side
+18. The Dixie Ramblers: I’ll Be Glad When It’s Over (Over There)
+19. Roscoe Hankins: I’m Prayin’ For The Day (When Peace Will Come)
+20. Edna McGriff: Heavenly Father
+21. Gene Autry: At Mail Call Today
+22. Jean Shepard with Recitation by Ferlin Husky: A Dear John Letter
+23. Pete Lane and Bernice Stabile: John’s Reply
+24. Jack Cardwell: Dear Joan
+25. Jean Shepard with Recitation by Ferlin Husky: Forgive Me John
+26. Emitt Slay Trio: Male Call
+27. Hank Penny: A Letter From Home
+28. The Promenade Band with Male Chorus: I Like Ike
+29. ‘I shall go to Korea…’
+30. ‘Little Maxie’: Drive Soldier Drive
+31. Eddie Kirk: Five Star President
+CD 4: Peace and Its Legacies
+1. President Eisenhower announces an armistice in Korea…
+2. Sister Rosetta Tharpe: There’s Peace In Korea
+3. The Revelers: Ike
+4. Jimmie Osborne: The Korean Story
+5. Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup: The War Is Over
+6. Lightning Hopkins: The War Is Over
+7. Soldier Boy Houston: Leavin’ Korea
+8. Jimmie Dale: Hello Maria
+9. King Perry Orchestra with Vocal by Dell St. John: Welcome Home Baby
+10. Rose Brown and Jimmie Harris with Bubbles and His Band: Back From Korea
+11. Dave Bartholomew: No More Black Nights
+12. Jimmy Witherspoon: Back Home
+13. Margie Collie: His New War Bride
+14. Harry Holt brings Korean war orphans to Portland, Oregon
+15. Kwan Li: The Legend Of Harry Holt
+16. Don Windle with Band: The Iron Curtain Has Parted
+17. Ernest Tubb: Missing In Action
+18. Smilin’ Jim Eanes and His Shenandoah Valley Boys: Returned From Missing In Action
+19. Billy Strange: I’m Still A Prisoner
+20. Merle Travis: Re-Enlistment Blues
+21. Red River Dave: The Red Deck Of Cards
+22. Eddie Hill: I’ve Changed My Mind (And I’ll Go Home Again)
+23. Jim & Jesse and The Virginia Boys: Purple Heart
+24. Don ‘Red’ Barry: White Cross In Korea
+25. Marvin Rainwater: Korea’s Mountain Northland
+26. Carl Sauceman with the Green Valley Boys: A White Cross Marks The Grave
+27. Elton Britt: The Unknown Soldier
+28. Red River Dave: Searching For You, Buddy
+29. Don Reno, Red Smiley and the Tennessee Cutups: Forgotten Men
+30. Dick Curless: China Nights (Shina No Yuro)
+Looks interesting…..i still have to get thru the “Louisiana Hayride” set and have never finished the monster “Atomic Platters” box!!!!!
+Surviving Scotland's weather - Part One.
+No doubt some of you may be considering travelling to Scotland for a holiday and indeed millions do every year and why not? We have some of the finest views in Europe, some of deepest lochs, probably the best whiskies and the oldest cities to boot. Scotland has more castles than just about anywhere else, more Munros than even the most terminally enthusiastic climber could want, huge swathes of forests in which to hide and more glens than a country and western society.
+And we rely on you, dear traveller, more than you could possibly know. Each year you brave your way hundreds, often thousands, of miles from the comfort of your own homes to bring us the equivalent of £11 Billion. That’s a lot of money and is £11 Billion more than we would have to find if you all stopped arriving overnight, which is, of course, unlikely because of all the wonderful things we have to offer.
+But if you are travelling up here soon, or indeed even if you are a seasoned Highland traveller, wouldn’t it be nice to know a bit more about this land fabled in literature, film and music?
+Well, please sit back, relax and let me take you on a tour of some of the things you thought you knew about this country but were blissfully unaware of.
+Hang on tight!
+The first thing you will notice as we begin the slow ride up towards the higher latitudes is likely to be the weather. Now, I know you were probably expecting a bright orb set against a blue sky, possibly just above the crest of a mountain and if you had decided to visit in summer, it may well have been the sight greeting you through your window.
+But its winter just about now, I’m afraid, and things are rather different. The noise you hear, as you look hopefully through the wet glass, is rain. Not the type of rain that falls with delicious sweetness upon a parched earth to refresh and renew both your spirit and your fellow beings, but the type of rain that is so far beyond the laws of gravity that it falls not just sideways but upwards. Were you unwise enough to step out of our cosy little cabin it would appear that every little needle-like drop would steer immediately towards and make a concerted attempt to dissolve you.
+I won’t lie, Scottish rain hurts, particularly in the Western Isles, and this is because of the way the whole of the United Kingdom is orientated. The more mountainous parts are generally in the North and West which is the direction, incidentally, from which the weather systems come and being hilly it is rather exposed to the wind. Just how windy it can get here was recorded by a, presumably rather startled, Head of Ski Patrol in the Cairngorms national park on the 8th of December 2008. An anemometer (a machine used to measure wind speed) was inspected and found to have a reading of 194 miles-per-hour, about the top speed of a formula one car, or rather more lift than needed to get a jumbo jet airborne.
+Unfortunately due to a ‘technical problem’ the machine failed to print or otherwise record this information for posterity and because it wiped its memory clean every other day, there was no corroborating evidence except for the lonesome ski patrol who happened to come by, presumably heavily chained to a nearby boulder. The fact remains that Scotland is the windiest part of the UK of which the Western Isles, though which we are now passing, is officially the 5th. But the region’s topography is also responsible for the physics-busting rain.
+Because air tends to carry moisture up mountainsides, it tends to get dropped as rain, so the more mountainous the area, at least in what is laughingly called a ‘temperate’ region, the more rain will fall. If you do a search on ‘wettest part of the UK’ you would expect a clear result, wouldn’t you? But you would be wrong. Depending upon which website you favour you will learn that it could be the top of Ben Nevis (Scotland’s highest mountain at 1,344.5 metres above the sea and about which more will be discussed later) Cardiff in Wales, Dorset, Dartmoor, Newcastle, Glasgow or just about any Westerly town, city or landscape. Isn’t the internet great?
+The combination of wind and rain is why a trip outdoors at this time of the year is an adventure in the realms of both hypothermia and pain in which the word ‘stinging’ assumes a new dimension.
+I say this because shortly after moving here (I don’t know why I chose mid-winter, but there you go) I decided to take my children on a day trek down one arm of the many peninsulas that cut a swathe in this region. Their existence is owed to the vast sheets of ice, several miles thick, that once completely covered Scotland and much of England as well. As these behemoths started to melt they were carried inexorably toward the Atlantic, grinding and gouging rock to form the landscape we have today. To get to where we wanted to start the walk required a relatively short drive down a single-track road (about which more later) and the opening and closing of two gates. Here the road ended, although calling a track with some tarmac on it a ‘road’ could be stretching the meaning of the word. The day was gloriously sunny and rather warm for a change. That is one of the beauties of this place because you cannot always tell, even with the most up to date forecasts what the weather will do next. This was going to be one of those days.
+I will admit I was relatively new to this part of Scotland and in my naivety I assumed that because it was brightly sunny now it would probably remain so for at least a few hours. This was more than enough time in which to visit the Kiells Peninsula, the tip of which pointed like a finger about 2 miles out into the Sound of Jura. So I didn’t bother to encumber myself with a coat. I laughed gently at the sight of a more seasoned tourist and his partner returning thence, covered in an array of articles that may have included emergency rations, flares and an SOS beacon location-finder.
+We left the car and headed out West. The strip of land although quite long was just over half a mile wide. On either side, the crystal clear waters abounded with sea-birds and the occasional glimpse of a seal, wary about showing too much of themselves above water. Way out on the horizon we could see the edge of the island of Gigha, abutting its more massive neighbour Jura, a place with perhaps more red deer than the average Scottish town and dwarfing the island’s human residents of 200 by about 30 to 1. Beyond Gigha, way beyond, was a tiny sliver of dark cloud, so far away as to be partially eclipsed by the earth’s span; absolutely nothing to worry about.
+The land was surprisingly hard to cross. What had looked from a distance to be short grassland was, upon closer inspection, a mass of gully’s, pits and hidden marsh. The latter were rather tricky to negotiate because of their habit of looking just like ordinary grass. Stepping confidently into them I found myself suddenly ankle deep in a clinging, oozy mud which did its’ damnest to hold onto my boot before reluctantly letting go with what can only be described as an organic, alien-esque belch.
+Both my children thought this was the height of amusement which only goes to show that youth is wasted on them.
+After a while the land began to dry up somewhat but by which time my boots had a thick layer of mud across them. Bits of moss and unnamed varieties of plant adhered to this and poked jauntily out of my, by now, very wet socks.
+Still, we couldn’t be far from the end and the vision of a blazing log fire at home afterwards along with a good sized dram of Islay malt warmed my soul and lengthened my stride. I topped a ridge, confidently expecting to see the end of the peninsula and the small chain of islands leading out to the Atlantic only to be greeted by another long mass of land, rising gently. I looked back in dismay to the hill from which we had come. Distance is deceptive here because the landscape is so big and because of the sometimes tortuous routes one has to take to get from here to there.
+I now guessed we had only come about halfway, even though we’d been walking for about 45 minutes. Given the length of this strip of land that meant a speed of about one mile per hour, or about 14 times slower than a red squirrel can run. In fact, if there had been one with me it could theoretically have made the return trip in about 6 minutes and by now be lying cosily in its dray wondering if it was going to have acorn for dinner or be more adventurous and go for the hazel nut. But of course there wasn’t a little red companion with me. Red squirrels like trees and out here the tallest plant was less than a foot high (with good reason, as I was to find out) and anyway reds are much too sensible. In fact the whole landscape was eerily without movement or sound apart from the occasional gull and even that fell more distant as we walked stoically on.
+At the crest of the highest part of the walk we stopped for a moment and gazed down upon what seemed to be a lush meadow of very short, very green grass. The change in topography from boggy moonscape to hidden valley was both startling and very welcome. I positively bounded downwards, momentarily glad that gravity was actually helping me for a change and headed joyously over what I thought at the time was a tiny hillock but was actually an 8 foot drop.
+The rate of fall an object achieves is scientifically proven to be the same for anything else on this planet which is 9.8 m/s squared. This means that in the first second of a fall, an object can travel 4.9 meters. Well, call me Mr Sceptic because I was convinced I was falling for about 10 times as long. Ok, yes, my body was helpfully hindered from a free-fall by various helpful objects like tussocky (and very sharp) grasses, rocks, slightly bigger rocks and a small pile of sheep droppings, but as I rolled to a halt, picking what I hoped were small plants out of my teeth and hair I felt sure I must have broken something. Later on my children, looking at me rather sadly, would tell me that a 10 second free fall would have resulted in me hitting the ground at 115 miles per hour, so I was clearly being hysterical about this.
+My mind racing, I wondered how long it would take for my kids to walk home, call the emergency services and get a chopper out to me or whether, having got home they would just forget to call and plug themselves into Total Annhilitaion 3 instead.
+As it was I need not have worried. Standing up slowly I discovered that apart from a few scratches I was otherwise unhurt and my children were staring in disbelief over the crest above me.
+“Didn’t you see that, Dad?” one of them cried incredulously.
+“Yes of course,” I called back lightly. “It was just a bit steeper that I thought, ha ha.”
+As they wound their way down in more careful fashion I looked about me at yet another surreal landscape.
+See part two of this post.
+Written by: TrainSim-Sabine
+Early Problems
+With the launch of the new site, there are some early problems we’ve noted and there is still work on-going in the background.
+Most of you will note that for now, all the articles are assigned to TrainSim-James. Don’t panic, we’re working on allocating all the articles back to the respective users over the next few days. Please do not contact us about this.
+Also, while some of you have been transferred over, others may not have been. If you wish, you can sign up for a new account but we request that you use the same username as the old site so that we can match you up with any articles you’ve had published.
+In some articles, there are a few minor issues with photos or screenshots, we’re currently investigating this and will update when we know more.
+If you spot any problems other than those noted above, please feel free to contact us at engine-driver@dovetailgames.com
+Orion126
+There is talk about a problem with uploading WS scenarios for Feather River Canyon. Many upset. This issue was reported to DTG them saying it is a Steam issue. Can you press Steam for a fix to get these scenarios up and running. I personally love the route and will purchase when WS scenarios are available.
+TrainSim-Steve
+We’re continuing to work with Valve to address the current Steam Workshop troubles. Please bear with us, the problem is a complex one and needs to be handled carefully to avoid further complications but we hope to have some news soon.
+david9
+Now that we have the option to put photos in our articles, it says I don’t have permission to put my own photos in my articles. Why is this?
+TrainSim-Steve
+Bear with us, it’s still being developed so keep checking back. Let us know how you get on.
+general wo
+I’ve encountered two bugs:
+I couldn’t set a password with special characters in it, I had to resort to just alphanumeric ones. The error would say the new passwords didn’t match.
+The site doesn’t mention RSS anywhere. Not in the page headers either, which means that most feed readers cannot discover the URL to subscribe to. But, like any other WordPress-based website, the feeds can be accessed through /feed so I was able to successfully add this site to my feed reader and get notifications of updates. The full URL to subscribe to is
+TrainSim-Steve
+Thank you very much for taking the time to provide your feedback. The issues mentioned have now been logged and passed to our developer for attention. Once we know more about when we can expect the fixes to go live, we’ll post an update to make sure everyone knows what’s happening and when.
+YouBlewIt
+Any ETA on when we can add pictures/bold/italics in the article submission process?
+TrainSim-Steve
+There’s still lots of work to do and our developer is working extremely hard in resolving many of the problems we’ve seen up to now. As soon as we know more, we’ll post an update so everyone knows what’s happening and when
+david9
+Yes, I have just had the same problem.
+Foreman Dan Hernandez
+Aesthetically… it’s beautiful. Functionally… it is/will be wonderful. Do I look forward to exploring it? In the words of one former governor, who says all the wrong things, “You betchya!” But I don’t want any social networking. I don’t want the security- and social awkwardness of managing “friends” requests and profile visibility, et al. So, for all 5 of you–(“3, sir!”)–for all 3 of you who might want to “friend” me, it doesn’t mean I dislike you. I expect to use this beautiful site to explore TS… and probably not dialogue nearly as much. (Everyone may now cheer at once, wink, wink!) 😉 Probably a good thing for me. See you grognards on the forums. Cheers!
+Peter749
+With the old website there was a support section where you could download the Manuals for a DLC.
+But I cannot find that section on this new site and if you are thinking about buying a new DLC then the manual is helpful.
+Peter
+TrainSim-Steve
+Unfortunately, the manuals have not yet found a home on the new site. We’ll add this to our list and review in due course.
+Orion126
+If a manual is available for that product there is a link on that product page. Still it would be nice to have a link in the Categories column to have easy access to all of them. You can also find the manuals if purchased in:
+C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\RailWorks\Manuals
+Frisco1522
+I LOVE the new site Steve! Feels…organized. Can’t wait to send my articles!
+bloodknok
+It’s a great improvement. Pity I lost all my ‘points’ garnered from posting and doing scenarios, but there you are.
+TrainSim-Steve
+All is not lost, we’ll be announcing something about the points system soon
+island electric
+Any thoughts to restoring the screenshot of the day feature? Or, is it somewhere on the new homepage that I missed? That was usually kind of fun to see a new view most every day, plus vote on it, not that I think it mattered.
+YouBlewIt
+I’m addicted to changing my profile picture!
+send help!
+northrail1
+How do you add an image when creating an article?
+TrainSim-Steve
+Unfortunately it is not possible at this moment in time. We’re aware of the problem and hope to have it fixed soon. If you’d like to submit an article, upload your screenshots to your steam library and provide links in place and we’ll sort it all out for you.
+YouBlewIt
+@northrail1
+Apparently, it’s a known bug and they are working on it 😛
+juan manuel 85
+Congratulation for the decision to join two web sites in one. I suggest the convenience of showing the prices of the addons in Euros, which also it is a common currency to more users (or in both coins, at least. 😉
+TrainSim-Steve
+The issue you’re describing is a known bug, we’re currently working to resolve this. Thank you very much for taking the time to provide feedback.
+rogert
+Hallo everybody
+I am a self admitted zero level, purely for pleasure player on TS2013/14/15/16.
+The PC boffins under you have, rightly so, lots of technical input but for me 2016 has improved my TS2016 playing fun.
+I have a couple of questions.
+1) How do I get rain on the windscreens? I have been on TS since 2013 and havnt sorted that yet while I can see it on videos on youtube. Can/will anybpdy advise me on this point please?
+2) I have a question if the sceanario menu would please indicate up front if I have the right DLC for the scenario instead of me having to wait untill it loads to get the dreaded black box with things I am missing to be able play the scenario. I cant follow the logic when the scenario is voor a 101 diesel unit (which I have) and the scenario cant be played because I havent got some DLC with nothing to do with the scenario.
+In the hope people in the know will point me in the right direction to an answer please.
+I remain a fan of TS2016 especially the 1950’s routes and stock.
+till next RogerT
+DatPikaYT
+Welcome the new website, Hooray!
+island electric
+Question on new site and its link to “Store.” I’m in the US and any store items are listed in British Pound prices. If I want to purchase it, I’m sent to Steam, where the full price in US dollars appears on items advertised as on sale at lower prices. Is anyone working to connect US users to a site with US prices, especially for items on sale? Is that on the “to-do” list?
+TrainSim-Steve
+The issue you’re describing is a known bug, we’re currently working to resolve this. Thank you very much for taking the time to provide feedback.
+Airlazy
+New site looks amazing, perhaps more capabilities for more user articles?
+TrainSim-Steve
+Thank you for your feedback. There will be a whole host of updates to come and hopefully a raft of improvements and features. Always great to receive your ideas so please feel free to send them to us at engine-driver@dovetailgames.com
+YouBlewIt
+Uhm, how do I add photos to articles I am submitting? I mean, I know how to add the cover photo, but the article submission process seems to have doubled in complexity.
+TrainSim-Steve
+The issue you’re describing is a known bug, we’re currently working to resolve this. Thank you very much for taking the time to provide feedback.
+rosschris10
+love the look of the new site its so slick looking really nice
+Mylo Lehmann
+Lovely new site, I’m really liking the options of profile customization.
+Joshua Harkness
+Congratulations on the new site. Are you guys at DTG aware of the photos not appearing in all articles older than “Feather River U-Boats”? And are you aware of no add photo and add video button when submitting an article?
+TrainSim-Steve
+The issue you’re describing is a known bug, we’re currently working to resolve this. Thank you very much for taking the time to provide feedback.
+50044 exeter
+Best of luck with the updated web site.
+West Coast Rail
+Nice looking website, looks better than the old one but where is the point system (at writing the first comment)
+TrainSim-Steve
+As posted on the old site, due to the differences in the data format between the sites, we were unable to port over your points from your profiles. We do have these all listed on record however and we’ll be announcing what we’re doing with these soon. A new points system is on its way though and more information on that will be provided soon.
+West Coast Rail
+Thanks for the reassurance, I will look out for this in the future
+Orion126
+Very nice change. A couple of suggestions though:
+I cant find a link to Marketplace. I had to do a search to locate it. It would also be helpful if there was a link to the manuals in the “Categories” column.
+One more thing. The link to email you with issues does not work.
+Again nice job on combining both sites
+TrainSim-Steve
+Thank you very much for taking the time to provide feedback. The link to email us will only work if you have an email application, such as Microsoft Outlook, you’ll need to copy and paste it if you use an online provider such as Google for your emails.
+David Searle
+Well done with the new site, it looks very good.
+Raf
+The site looks nice. Do you plan to enable integration with Steam? I’d like to use my Steam avatar and show off my achievements and hours played 🙂
+TrainSim-Steve
+Thank you very much for taking the time to provide feedback. The good news is that yes, we are currently investigating ways to integrate Steam with the new site. Unfortunately, the existing interfaces for Steam doesn’t do what we need it to do so it’s going to take a little time for us to write our own. As soon as we know more, we’ll share it with you here.
+JacobD
+Good job guys, can’t wait for it to be fully functioning 🙂
+rarecommonsense
+Congrats on the new site. Hopefully, this will be more user friendly.
+I recently ran, jogged, and walked from Newquay in Cornwall to Barnstaple in Devon, along the south west coast path, a distance of 120 miles.
+I was inspired to do this by reading abut the adventures of Sean Conway (who ran the length of the UK self supported) and Alastair Humphreys (who thought of Microadventures). I also wanted to do another adventure similar to my Shetland trip last summer, going somewhere I did not know much about and “making things up as I went along”. Although this time I decided that instead of taking my camera and focusing on photographing wildlife, I would do something physically challenging. The south west coast path seemed like a good place for such an adventure, because it would be easy to navigate (you can’t get lost when you just keep the sea on the left), there are plenty of villages where I could stop for food, and, judging from google maps satellite view, the vegetation along the coast was mainly gorse, bracken, and small woods, so it should be easy to be able to find somewhere to sleep where I would not be noticed.
+So I booked a train to Newquay, bought a tarp, lightweight sleeping mat, and GoPro to record my adventure, and set off. In my rucksack I had: sleeping bag, bivvy bag, sleeping mat, tarp, small first aid kit, chlorine tablets (there was never actually any need to use these), GoPro, phone, money, base layers, fleece, waterproof, plus a pair of shorts, a t shirt, and trainers to wear.
+Arriving at Newquay was a bit weird, since obviously it wasn’t a race so there was no start line or anything. I just walked for a bit, recorded a video of me saying something and looking nervous, and started running. At first I got distracted by the many fulmars which were nesting on the cliffs, and the fact that there were signs that said there were corn buntings breeding in this area (they have become very rare due to intensification of agriculture and here many fields were left aside to provide ideal locations for nesting, because they nest on the ground, and foraging for insects in the rough grassland). Fulmars are one of my favourite bird species. Although they are often mistaken for seagulls, they are in fact related to albatrosses. They fly with stiff wings, superbly using the wind to fly using minimal energy when searching the sea for food, and often very acrobatically around the cliffs. In fact, studies have shown that at wind speeds above 25 miles per hour, flying at sea uses less energy than sitting on the nest, as they never need to flap their wings at all. This energy efficient flight is achieved by a technique known as “Dynamic soaring” that is used by many wide ranging seabirds such as albatrosses. It works in a cycle: Facing into the wind causes the birds to gain height, as the air flowing over their wings generates lift. Then they fly downwards in the direction they want to travel, using the height gained to move forwards. Then they turn to face the wind agin and repeat the process. This allows them to fly in pretty much any direction they want, provided it is windy (which it reliably is in the ocean).
+Anyway, unfortunately I didn’t have time to watch the fulmars all day, so I took a quick video of the on my phone (regretting the lack of long lens), and moved on. This first afternoon was really fun, as I was running at a decent pace considering I had a 10kg rucksack (maybe 6 mph), and it was cool running over beaches (people looked at me like I was a bit weird) and down hills. On this first afternoon, I covered 27 miles in 6 hours, with one cafe stop for a cheese panini, and a few other stops to eat peanuts and drink water. I arrived in the village of Polzeath (just past Padstow in Cornwall) as it was getting dark and went to a cafe where I ate a very large pizza, a flapjack, a cereal bar, more peanuts, and an egg. Then I found a small valley with a dense thicket of trees that looked like a good sleeping spot, set up my tarp, and went to sleep feeling really tired.
+Day 1 had gone better than I had hoped, so I decided to try to get to Bude the next day, which I thought was about 40 miles away, but I wasn’t sure cause there was no internet connection. I actually felt alright as I started running, and the weather was really nice. Despite more distraction by fulmars, I ran 7 miles in the first hour, and then pulled into a cafe to get some beans on toast. I then ran a bit slower (probably average 5mph) for a few more hours, ate a beanburger in another cafe around midday, ran a bit more, ate some bread and dates that I had bought, and it seemed like I was doing well. However at some point in the afternoon I rounded a corner and saw in the distance the coastline going on for miles, and realised that to complete the whole thing I would have to cover all that distance. Whereas up till now I had only though about reaching the next village, I was now thinking about the whole journey, which is a bit demoralising really considering its so long. Its much better to break it into many manageable chunks and just focus on each section at a time. Also at this point I was getting tired and the terrain was getting more hilly, so I slowed down quite a lot and was walking up hills and when it was especially muddy. I almost reached Bude after 12 hours and 36 miles (with 3 cafe stops), but it was getting dark so I went to a pub, then slept behind a bush in some sand dunes. It was pretty cool to see 2 snipes and a curlew (both live in marshy areas and are declining in the UK) near to where I was sleeping though.
+The next morning I felt pretty dead, and basically walked most of the 2 miles to Bude, where I got a massive breakfast, because judging from google maps there were hardly any villages where I could get food for around the next 30 miles. This day was pretty slow, with an average speed of only 2.4mph (28.5 miles in 12 hrs with 1 cafe stop and many stops to eat dried fruit, take pictures, and generally rest for a few minutes), because it was really muddy, hilly, and my knees hurt when going up and down hills, so I basically only ran on the flat areas. I went through a village that I remembered from English GCSE had some significance for the poet Thomas Hardy, and I was a bit tempted to write some depressing poetry about the meaninglessness of life or something, cause I felt really tired by this point and my feet had blisters. On a brighter note, I saw a peregrine falcon. The coastline of north Cornwall and Devon was the last refuge of peregrines in the UK when they were almost wiped out by persecution and bioaccumulation of pesticides (leading to thinning of the eggshells causing the adult birds to break them accidentally when incubating the eggs) in the late 20th century. In this area there are many large cliffs which are perfect nest sites, and relatively low human disturbance, so its easy to see why they clung on here. They’ve since made an incredible comeback across the UK, and breed in many of our cities (such as Cambridge), where the tall buildings mimic the cliffs that they nest on and urban pigeons are ideal prey.
+There were also some pretty cool rock formations, with massive cliffs and lots of folding. Also I found a hairy orange caterpillar (the hairs probably make them very unpleasant for birds to eat) and 2 species of beetle, although I’m not sure what species they were because unfortunately I’m rubbish at identifying invertebrates. I reached Clovelly, a village in north Devon, at 8:45, went to a pub, and went to sleep in a nearby wood. I could have shown a better sleeping spot but, having sat down for a bit, my legs had become really stiff and my feet hurt when I tried to walk up the hill.
+Unfortunately it rained a lot in the night and I hadn’t put up the tarp cause I felt so dead, so I got really wet. The next morning it was also raining and very muddy, so I hardly ran at all for the first 7 miles. Also there were no pubs or cafes, so I just ate a 250g bag of salted peanuts and some dates throughout the morning. I reckon its actually inadvisable to eat around 5g of salt and 150g of fat in one morning, but I didn’t have any other food and I was very hungry. I saw a roe deer, which was nice, and there were a lot of funky lichens on the trees (due to the minimal air pollution of this area), but unfortunately I’m not a lichen expert so I didn’t know what species they were. After a while the landscape got flatter and the weather improved, so I actually started running, and the last 10 miles were on a completely flat tarmac cycle path so I ran it non stop, ending with a sprint finish just in time to catch a train home.
+The whole thing took 75 hours 38 mins, so just over 3 days, although I actually spent 4 days doing it, as 2 of them were half days.
+It was a pretty cool adventure, and I’d definitely recommend trying something similar. Alastair Humphreys’s website has a lot of helpful advice that’s worth reading if you’re deciding what to do. I’d never run more than 16 miles before, so you can probably achieve more than you think, and anyway you can just walk if you feel tired. Just go! It’ll be really fun.
+
+Sorry if this video is only of interest to my mother, but I wanted to share with you how cute Jackson is lately and how much he’s growing up. He talks (sort of…)! He walks! He knows stuff, like where his head is, and where his teeth are, and how to play the “Jacks-a-phone” (My mom taught him that one. She, of course, plays the “grandma-phone.” My dad taught him how to do the clucking thing with his tongue. And I taught him that farts are hilarious, but that part isn’t in the video, you’re welcome.)
+Anyway, I hope everyone had a wonderful week. Last weekend, I was in Chicago for a very brief getaway — too brief! — sans family. I basically spent the whole time holed up in my friend, Chad’s, apartment, parked on his couch, watching movies and eating chocolate cake. I made one trip to M. Henry where my friends and I were treated like utter garbage — I’m only mentioning this so that anyone in Chicago stays away from that horrible place. It’s not like they need your business anyhow and they’ll sure let you know that if you do bother to go.
+Anyway, I had dinner and karaoke plans Saturday night, but ended up co-hosting a spontaneous get-together at Chad’s home where I got to partake in one of my very favorite activities of all time: falling asleep during a party. Any time I ever end up at a party, whether it be an intimate dinner party or a big holiday party, there’s a very good chance that as soon as the clock strikes 11, I’ll pass out. I mean, I guess this isn’t unique to just parties. I pass out at 11 no matter where I am, but there is something specific about being surrounded by people having a good time — especially if they are people I love — that makes me feel so cozy and warm that I just can’t help but curl up and zonk out. I used to fight the urge or feel embarrassed when it happened, but these days sleep is so precious, I just embrace it when happens and I think my friends have come to find it endearing. Maybe? Or maybe they still think I’m a pain in the ass. Whatever! I like to sleep at parties, end of story.
+So, that was my weekend — couch-surfing in Chicago, sleeping at a party, and getting in a fight with the manager at M. Henry. On Monday morning I headed back to New York, missing the inauguration (but I caught it on DVR later). When I got back home, Jackson was there with his babysitter and another nanny and a couple kids who were over for a play date. It was total mayhem, complete with the Chinese nanny singing loudly in Cantonese, but when Jack saw me, he broke from the group, ran over and threw his arms around me — the first time he’s ever greeted me with a hug — saying, “Mama! Mama!” and my heart exploded all over the place.
+It may be bitter, bitter cold here, but I’m feeling pretty good this week — definitely better than I was a couple weeks ago. How are you?
+lets_be_honest January 25, 2013, 4:07 pm
+Love those heart exploding hugs!
+So what happened at M Henry that was so awful? I heard the craziest story from a co-worker I hate the other day about her going to a restaurant and long story short, she was so annoying someone at the restaurant slashed two of her tires!
+lets_be_honest January 25, 2013, 4:09 pm
+Also, how do you find yourself handling these weekend trips? I so admire you taking them.
+BecBoo84 January 25, 2013, 4:28 pm
+Yes, I second this! More details on the M Henry fight, please!
+Wendy January 25, 2013, 4:34 pm
+You can read my Yelp review for the whole story:
+the_optimist January 25, 2013, 4:48 pm
+Ha, I thought that was your story I referenced below (one of your friends posted a review as well)! What an awful experience!
+BecBoo84 January 25, 2013, 4:54 pm
+Holy cow, that is horrible!
+scattol January 25, 2013, 7:26 pm
+I see reviews but none by a Wendy NY in the last week. Is it under another name?
+Wendy's Dad January 26, 2013, 7:00 am
+How come when I click on the link, I get 1033 other reviews but I can’t see yours? What did I do wrong?
+Wendy January 26, 2013, 8:55 am
+I don’t know why my reviews never show up. Maybe because I occasionally use swear words. Here’s what I wrote for M. Henry:
+Back in Chicago for the weekend visiting some friends, we decided to brunch at m Henry. I arrived first and was to,d the wait would be 20 minutes. No big deal – I didn’t expect my friends to arrive for another ten minutes anyway. I decided to wait and gave the hostess my name. My friends arrived, we caught up with each other in the crowded lobby for half an hour and were getting very hungry. I asked about the wait and was told we were “next on the list.” The hostess proceeded to seat about four other parties over the next 15 minutes. When she wasn’t seating everyone in Chicago before us, she was spilling half a pot of coffee on my friend. Didn’t even apologize. I think she said, “Oops.” My friend, easy-going as she is, said’ ” It’s okay. Just get us a table.” Five minutes later, nothing. I asked how much longer and was told ten more minutes and that we were “next on the list.”
+Starving and irritated at this point, I decided to step outside and check the wait at nearby restaurants. Two minutes, I was a block away and got a call from my friend that my name was crossed off the list because members of our party had stepped away for a minute. When I called the manager to explain that we had been waiting AN HOUR and that I could be back faster than my friends could order drinks, I was told that “policy is policy.” When I complained about the wait – how I was told 20 minutes and it took an hour, he said that its hard to estimate waits. Really? Unless this is your first day on the job, you should have a general idea what a brunch rush is like and how long it takes to get people in and out. A ten minute difference in estimation, I can understand. A 300% difference? That’s called lying. Not apologizing for spilling a half pot of coffee on a customer? That’s called unprofessional. Giving away a table after a group of people have waited over an hour for it? That’s just being an a**hole.
+And I’ve had better pancakes.
+the_optimist January 27, 2013, 9:57 am
+@Wendy: it shows up as a filtered review. Yelp has some weird system where certain starred reviews don’t actually factor into a place’s overall rating (*scamcoughscam*) which sucks. I’ve given certain places some pretty bad reviews, and, mysteriously, they’ve gone to the filtered section. It’s all rigged I tell you! Rigged!
+scattol January 28, 2013, 12:13 am
+Clearly they already have too many customers. Go somewhere else and don’t miss them
+Addie Pray January 25, 2013, 4:37 pm
+I was at M Henry last weekend! Small world. But we had good service … so I’m not ready to say no to M Henry yet. Though, imho, I think the Bongo Room has the best brunch. ….
+Also, I noticed this thing that my boyfriend does that makes no sense. Often we always end up choosing the same entre. He always feels that’s a waste – I guess a waste of an opportunity to try two different entres? There are usually a few items that look good to me so I say, fine, I’ll get this. … Except we never go halfsies or anything, so I never get why we can’t just order the same entre! Does anyone get him on this point?
+katie January 25, 2013, 4:39 pm
+i am like that. ill never order the same thing as someone else.. or, ill try not to, i guess. even if you dont split them, a bite or two of the others meal is just more fun tastes to experience.
+my whole family is like that, actually… we coordinate what we order with everyone before we order so we all get to taste everything. usually we end up rotating plates around the table before dinner is over, lol
+Addie Pray January 25, 2013, 4:43 pm
+ha, well I get that – if you end up sharing or at least tasting everything. but we never do. that’s not true, i taste his. then eat all of mine. then unbotton my pants. that’s how i do brunch, but i guess you know that since we’ve brunched a few times. 🙂
+katie January 25, 2013, 4:44 pm
+you forgot downing a whole bottle of champagne… haha
+Fabelle January 25, 2013, 4:48 pm
+I am like that too, which is one of the unexpected pros of dating somebody who’s not a vegetarian? (My ex was a vegetarian, like me, so often we’d want to order the same thing, but I’d neurotically change my order at the last minute/make him change his)
+I guess it’s partially because of the whole “let’s try each others'” (although I just countered my first statement by saying this? since I don’t eat meat & “trying each others’ ” usually doesn’t work….)SO actually, I think it’s just me feeling weird that the waiter will be like “Ew, they must be one of *those* couples who do everything the same! Even order the same dish!” when I know that’s a totally cray-cray thought. Maybe your boyfriend is secretly crazy like this?
+Wendy January 25, 2013, 5:14 pm
+I wanted to try the Bongo Room. Next time!
+scattol January 25, 2013, 7:20 pm
+I must have missed the memo. I though you were done with the boyfriend. Or is that a new one?
+Addie Pray January 27, 2013, 1:19 pm
+I wrote that just before he dumped me, ha. But now here is everyone’s day 2 update: last night he called and berated me for a long time, said it was my fault, said I was too excited about the mundane stuff and it put pressure on him, said he is really hurting seeing me so sad because he loves me so much and what sucks is he wants the same as me and he wants me but I’m too impatient and excitable – kept saying I’m too “excited” – and I was apologizing profusely and said j wish I had not been so excited to see him and that I will learn from this and not put pressure on the next guy and he kept going on and on…. And honestly I had not slept since Thursday and I was so tired from crying all Friday night and Saturday and it was so soothing to hear his voice even though he was yelling at me that I fell fast asleep. I woke up at 3 or so and has a text from him but it was just about his sister and an update about her. He sent me a text just now asking if I was hiking ( I think I told him on the phone that I was find to home today – But no still no interest on putting on pants and going anywhere). So I don’t know what that update means but there you go.
+Addie Pray January 27, 2013, 1:23 pm
+Stupid iPhone changed my words! But anyway that’s my rambling update. I’m not sure it’s over. I don’t want it to be over because I feel so lonely. Rationally I don’t think Isis anything wrong, I just think we are in different places and want different things, but my heart is not up to speed with my brain yet. And right now I just want to do whatever he wants me to do to make it work. Though I don’t know what he wants from me because he keeps contradicting himself.
+Addie Pray January 27, 2013, 1:24 pm
+I’m a mess.
+Addie Pray January 27, 2013, 1:29 pm
+I need an intervention. I need someone to take my phone away so I cannot respond to Jason. Because what I know is right is the OPPOSITE of what I want to do, which is to beg him to let me try again and to promise I will do everything he says. Barf! But I don’t trust myself. I should get rid of my phone. That may be the only solution.
+LuckySeven January 27, 2013, 1:33 pm
+Hey AP, so this is awkward because I don’t know you, but I wanted to encourage you to NOT CALL HIM! Call one of your friends, relatives, anyone instead, or stay on DW, or get rid of your phone instead. I also think that if he was really that smart and great he would not have broken up with you, over the lame excuse that you are too excited to see him. It stings, but you deserve a guy who is just excited to see you.
+Classic January 27, 2013, 2:39 pm
+OK I’m kind of starting to hate this guy. I’m not qualified to give advice on romantic relationships because that’s the least successful area of my own life. But I know this isn’t right and you deserve to be treated so much better. Please let me know if there’s any way I can help. You are a powerful woman, don’t let this guy diminish you, take back your power and keep your chin up, Addie.
+jlyfsh January 27, 2013, 4:59 pm
+Call a friend AP and have them come over. I mean he is way too old to be treating you this way. You might be excited, which I don’t think is a bad thing!, but he is lacking in communication skills. I’m really sorry AP you deserve better than this.
+katie January 27, 2013, 4:10 pm
+Wtf? You’re “too excited”? Seriously? That’s not even a thing.
+Ap, you are very excited and happy and goofy all the time. If that guy has a problem with that… He deserves what he wants then. That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of.
+HmC January 27, 2013, 6:34 pm
+Just in an attempt to read between the lines here and provide an alternative viewpoint, the issue might come down to him feeling pressured… and in my experience people tend to feel that way when they just aren’t ready to move forward with the relationship for whatever reason. Honestly Addie, if that is the case he did you a big favor by bowing out this early and not wasting your time. You want a family/kids… can you imagine if he did this three years down the line? I know that must be a cold comfort now… it makes me sad to think of you hurting! But really I think if you guys truly wanted the same things and he saw you as his future partner he wouldn’t be saying stuff like this.
+Or, maybe after a pretty quick beginning he is starting to face the reality of a future with you and questioning that seriously in order to be sure that he’s going down the right path? I don’t like the yelling at you, but giving him the benefit of the doubt, maybe he just needs some space and time? You seemed to like him so much so quickly, maybe he just processes his emotions more slowly and it scared him a bit that you seemed to decide on him right away?
+Anyway I think you’re awesome and it’s his loss and even giving him the benefit of the doubt he’s acting like a butthead as far as how he’s communicating his emotions to you. If he’s still communicating with you and sending you texts, it sounds like you still need to figure out where you guys stand. I think you should try and do that in person, and only after you’ve really thought about what YOU want and what changes in behavior you need from him in order to feel comfortable with him.
+Hugs to you.
+Addie Pray January 27, 2013, 7:28 pm
+Update No. 182: I think you’re absolutely right, HmC. He just called this afternoon and wants to get back together. So this is how the break up when: Friday night was “we’re in different places; you have a career, I don’t, I need to do well in these classes or else I’m screwed, it’ll take 4-6 years”; Saturday’s call was, “I’m sorry I made you so upset last night, it was killing me to see you so sad, but you gave me no choice, if you had just been more patient this would have worked out beautifully, why did you do that, why did you do that”; and Sunday was “if you can not show excitement over stupid things like riding the train together, i’ll give you a second chance.” <——– I feel sick to my stomach. This relationship is not right for me. But I am so weak. It's only been 2 days!
+HmC January 27, 2013, 7:49 pm
+Yeah, it sounds like he just doesn’t “get” and appreciate you, and is now asking you to be someone else, and that is not ok. If you truly feel like this is not right for you, then just imagine the heartache and wasted time that are in store for you if you stay. It can either hurt now, or hurt potentially much worse later when you are even more attached and have lost even more time possibly open to Mr. Right.
+This is really tough Addie. I know it can be a thin line between wanting to compromise and make something work (especially in your 30’s), and feeling like the person doesn’t truly like you for you, which is really the most fundamental dealbreaker.
+Wendy January 27, 2013, 7:49 pm
+He’s being a jerk because he feels so threatened by your light. He can’t — in his mind, and perhaps in reality — measure up to you. He can’t measure up to your career success, life success, financial success, and apparently, the expectations your project through your general enthusiasm for life (and, specifically, life with him). He feels weak in the shadow of your light and so he yells at you to gain some power. It’s totally effed up and you, of all people, deserve better. Screw him. HE LOST. Game over. He’s going to kick himself so hard when he comes to his senses and realizes what he just fucked up.
+It sucks that you have to hurt because this guy isn’t man enough to handle a woman’s success and doesn’t have the inner strength to find his own damn light. But this hurt is far less intense than what you’d feel if he pulled this shit a year from now or two years from now or after, god forbid, you legally committed yourself to him. He did you a favor showing his true colors early enough that although your heart feels shattered, I’m sure, your life can disentangle from his fairly seamlessly.
+His loss. Big loss.
+HmC January 27, 2013, 7:53 pm
+Wendy, what the hell is up with guys being intimidated by successful women? This is freaking 2013, and I hoped for so long that this notion was a myth, but honestly I see it play out so often in real life! WTF
+applescruffs January 29, 2013, 11:33 am
+No joke. “We’re in different places, I’m still going like a kid shot out of a cannon and you’re starting your career” blah blah blah. Newsflash, he owns a home and has a career, too. And still going like a kid at our age isn’t a good thing, it’s a “what’s wrong with you” thing. That’s not different places, that’s immaturity.
+Sorry. I’m projecting all over Addie’s thread.
+CatsMeow January 27, 2013, 8:19 pm
+WWS. If he doesn’t appreciate you for who you are, then he doesn’t deserve your love.
+katie January 27, 2013, 9:49 pm
+WWS. and seriously, again, i have to ask- you were too “excited” to do stuff like ride the train together? thats literally what he said? that is, again, the dumbest thing i have ever heard.
+people like that arent cool to be around. and i love how wendy put it- he cant stand your light. hes a dark gloomy dumb-face.
+Addie Pray January 27, 2013, 10:13 pm
+literally. see we were supposed to get dinner friday. but then fri. he emailed that he had a change of plans – he needed to take the train home, get his stuff, get a hair cut, and he’d drive in and pick me up at 8. i said ok. then i thought about it and i though i’ll just go with him – it’s a 40 minute train ride and it’s fun b/c a) the train station is RIGHT by my office, so it’s so easy for me and b) you can bring booze on the metra. So I said, “hey, instead of going home and just goofing around can i join you on the train? i can go with you to your haircut then we can drive in together.” he was like “you don’t want to do that, just go home and relax and i’ll be there at 8.” and i was like “really i don’t mind, i love it when i get to take the train to the burbs!” (has only happened a few times in our relationship. so he was like “ok.” then my plans changed and i wasn’t sure i was going to make it, but then i could, so i got there. i bought a mini bottle of wine for me and a beer for him, and i waited by the platform. and long story short he was running let and we miscommunicated and i did not hop on the train when it took off b/c i didn’t see him and i didn’t want to be on the train out to the burbs without him! but he actually somehow snuck by me and hopped on the train a second before it took off thinking i was already on the train. … i was so bummed! but i said “ok, looks like we’ll just stick to the original plan, ill see you at home in a bit whenever you get there.” i was so bummed! but whatever, shit happens. ….. and i kid you not, this led to the break up. all the back and both during the day stressed him out. (he is not very easy going and gets flustered easily.) he was like “why couldn’t you have just let me meet you at home at 8 like i said, you insisted on wanting to ride the train with me, that is so dumb, who does that, it’s insane, and then you missed the train and i was bummed.” (i was like, “wait, which one, you’re pissed i wanted to come or pissed i missed the train <— very hard to get a clear understanding of what happened b/c he flip flopped a lot.) anyhoo, then from the train he's like "shit, now the train is delayed, i'm going to be so late." and i said "well i'll be home in a few, i can come pick you up wherever the train is then." and he flipped out, he's like "why do you want to do this, why on a friday night would you want to take a train when you don't have to, drive out when you don't have to?" and i said "well, because i like you and i haven't seen you all week and we are going out tonight anyway so it's not like i am going to go make plans with someone." and he said "no, it's because you're impatient and impulsive. you aren't riding for me, you're riding for yourself. go fucking ride a train all the live long day if you'd like, you have the time and the money, you don't need me." … and this started the break up. and he literally kept saying "you're like your 3 year old nephew 'train! train! drinks on train!' and you don't listen to me and you can't just stick to the plan i tell you, you're always trying to push it, just fucking go home and stop complicating things, but you can't just do that, you can't, you insisted on coming on the train." … and i was saying "is this really about the train? you were taking it anyway, i was just going to try to make it, then i couldn't, then i could, and oops we miscommunicated and i thought you'd call me when you got to the train but you thought i was on the train and no big deal! c'est la vie! i'll just take the bus home." and then he was like "you're always like 'no big deal' – nothing is a big deal to you, you have no fucking idea how big things are when you're overwhelmed, you don't get it, you just don't get it, you never got it, you're all set, you're done, you're ready to just play, you have no idea what i'm going through."….. Whoa. Ok. So this break up WAS LITERALLY ABOUT THE FUCKING TRAIN AND ME BEING EXCITED ABOUT HAVING 40 MINUTES TO DRINK ON A TRAIN ON A FRIDAY EVENING WITH MY BOYFRIEND. WELL FUCK! I'M SORRY!"
+Sigh. I am really touched by the words of encouragement here. I'm so confused about this guy. He keeps getting so mad at me for things I really think are no big deal!
+katie January 27, 2013, 10:32 pm
+WOW.
+well, yea, this is definitely about him, its not about you… i dont even think its about you being “too excited” or whatever the hell else he said- this is just about him and whatever issues he is dealing with. maybe he is scared of your success (ps, that reason is so stupid i cant even stand it), maybe he is so uncertain about his own life, maybe he feels directionless and like an adult child.. i dunno. but its about him. he took a normal interaction (very, very, normal, i would have done/said the exact same things as you AP- seriously) between you two and used it as a scapegoat for his own issues. whatever his deal is, and if you ever get it out of him/if you guys make up, just know that you dont need to change anything. this is about him.
+Imsostartled January 29, 2013, 1:42 pm
+You can drink on the train?!!!!! That sounds pretty damn exciting to me, but then again I’ve also had someone say they were going to break up with me because I was too excitable. I’m so sorry Addy, don’t let him make you believe that your awesome personality needs to be fixed, because it doesn’t. Being excited about the small things is a GOOD thing. He should be happy that you wanted to take time out of your day, just to have some drinks on the train with him. I would find that super touching, NOT irritating, sure it sucks it didn’t work out, but hey, that’s life buddy.
+jlyfsh January 27, 2013, 8:06 pm
+What Wendy said, I feel like you should print it out and read it to yourself every time you’re feeling weak. You deserve so much better, Addie, so much better.
+MissDre January 27, 2013, 8:20 pm
+He told you to stop being excited over stupid things?? No, that’s not cool. Being a cheerful, positive, optimistic, enthusiastic person is an AMAZING quality and you SHOULD NOT have to alter who you are for anyone else. This guy is an idiot. I’m sorry that you’re hurting but seriously, that is NOT cool. You deserve better.
+katie January 27, 2013, 10:02 pm
+seriously! it amounts to “youre too happy too much of the time”- what is that? who says that?
+Addie Pray January 27, 2013, 10:24 pm
+he gets annoyed when i get excited about the little stuff. he thinks it’s weird and i don’t know. i used to think he got mad b/c he thought i was BS’ing. is it just me or is this not the most fun ever: taking the train together; getting snowed in; eating pizza at midnight; marathon movies on a sunday morning; sharing the reader on the bus; … i dunno, when those things happen, i usually get a little excited. and when i say “excited” i mean i make a comment like “this is so fun, i’d take this over a fancy dinner any day!” or “seriously i wish i rode the metra every day instead of the el” or a “commuting is so fun together.” …. and that’s it. i’m not like a fucking annoying mary poppins idiot. … i think he just tries to pick on me. which he does a lot.
+like this: did you know when you say the word “the” before a vowel it should be pronounced “thee” instead of “thuh”? … I apparently NEVER do that. i say “thuh” each time. He is constantly correcting that. Like every time. I usually just laugh because he’s right but whatever my grammar is not the best. whatever. He seems to find the negative in everything I do. He also said he thinks I’m going to be a bad mother because I’m too impulsive – this was because one morning I decided to hang my paintings and I did them myself and he thought that was ridiculous because I could have dropped them or had to redo them. I am so impulsive that what am I going to do when we have kids and we have to make the right decision and I just do whatever I want without thinking! …
+My sadness has turned to anger a bit. …. I want to rant.
+katie January 27, 2013, 10:38 pm
+rant away.
+that is so weird. being angry because someone else is happy is … not a good thing.
+also, thee/thuh?? seriously??? thats a thing? i just had to literally think about different words and say them in my head to even see if i did this or not (for the record: i dont. i say “thuh”. cuz thats how you say “the”).
+also, he seems to have control issues…? why does he care when you hung up your pictures? and who cares if you have to redo them? why is that the end of the world?
+Rachel January 27, 2013, 10:50 pm
+Wow, Addie, I’m pissed for you. I don’t see anywhere in your list of stuff anything that he should have a problem with. Really? I love doing things like riding the bus with my boyfriend. And how in the world can he be angry that you are too easy going? Maybe he is just bitter about how stressed he is? But that’s his choice. He shouldn’t try to bring you down. I think Wendy said it best. This is his loss.
+Addie Pray January 27, 2013, 10:53 pm
+Well, the thing is he has always been very critical – but I just didn’t notice or care because I am pretty receptive to criticism. I mean, I take it well, and I usually don’t get offended, and I dunno make it’s because I am not that confidant but when someone close to me criticizes me my first instinct is to try to understand what they’re saying and see if I agree and how I can fix that. I know I am critical of myself so I dunno I take criticism well. My first reaction is not defensiveness. And it’s too bad b/c sometimes I feel like I’m right but I want to give the criticizer the benefit of the doubt… and then after time I realize, “fuuck, i wish I had had the confidence to say “fuck off” right away. instead of letting them make me doubt myself.” So that’s a little problem of mine.
+There have been several instances over our (short) relationship that in hind sight were not nice. He never criticized me personally – never my looks, my weight, my clothes, make up, no make up, … which is cool b/c i can get pretty comfy in my attire, no make up, etc. It was mostly the stuff I did. He didn’t think I put enough thought into things. He was very critical about what I spent money on, what I didn’t spend money on, which cable provider I chose, my cell phone plan (i’m on a family plan – saves us all like $40 each!), the picture hanging incident (i didn’t wait for his help), my cooking (bad, no recipe, again I just do what I want without a plan, which is not how you do things), let food sit around too long, non-wastefulness (I’ll wrap up a piece of cheese to save it instead of just throwing it away, which pissed him off), not paying for more (we always split bills, but i make more than him so he thought i should pay for the meals and he puts the tip down), paying too much (he thinks i paid too much for a condo), being stingy (i’ll take the bus instead of a cab), etc. … There, now you know all the things he got upset with me about. But that was it. And again, one problem is me – I am really easy to criticize, because I usually find some truth in it and agree (yes, it was a little nuts to hang these big paintings – but look it i did it!; or yea, i didn’t do enough research before I bought that; or yea, i’ll go out of my way to save $10, but then I’ll buy a pricy table or whatever, that is a little odd but somehow in my mind it’s not. because one is an item i saved for and chose, and the other (taking the bus v. a cab or saving the morsel of cheese v. just throwing it out it more of a life style thing and a “don’t’ be wasteful” idea… but maybe it is odd to the outsider. W H A T E V E R. right now, i’m pissed. pissed b/c i was happy to support us until whenever, i was happy to turn one of those rooms into his study, i was happy to not go to nice places and not spend money he couldn’t afford and to eat in and whatnot. and … i’m just so fucking pissed.
+Addie Pray January 27, 2013, 11:03 pm
+Damn, this is all so therapeutic. Whenever I get going on the rant, things are so clear to me. … But then I start to feel sad and confused and he calls and I am unsure again. It’s so hard to let go. Because, things are so great (when they aren’t not great)!
+katie January 27, 2013, 11:04 pm
+im pissed too. what an ass.
+and, lets be totally honest, he would have had a ***great*** thing with you, and not just romantically. you make awesome money, you just bought a condo, you are easy going, you want the same things he does, you love life, ect, ect, ect… and he somehow found a way to pick all those positive things apart into negative things. how sad is that? he is a glass-half-empty person, he must be.
+ill be very blunt- i dont like to be around those people. im like you- i want to be happy to just have a movie marathon on sunday, i want to be excited about small things that dont matter, i want to just be happy and content in my day to day life and not constantly be searching for more. someone who would pick that apart would quickly sink my soul.
+Addie Pray January 27, 2013, 11:14 pm
+Ok but now I’m feeling bad. I don’t think he criticizes from a bad place. I think he’s really good. He’s just really overwhelmed by life and he has a lot of responsibilities. And most of the time he is right – I am a shitty cook, I always keep food and then weeks later i’ve got this old shit and I need to throw it out, he’s right I do do that!; plus I *can* be a little spontaneous, just like the “hey, let me buy this couch and i think i’ll carry it myself” or “hey, i’m gonna try to make the train!” … whatever. My point is, it’s not all his fault – he gets overwhelmed and agitated and likes to have a plan and stick to it, and I usually/often don’t have a plan. … Though I also like to plan, that’s true, so I get what he’s swing. let’s see what else: he can be incredibly sweet; he has the sweetest raspy voice; i picture him as a lonely 8 year old and it makes me cry; he doesn’t have a lot of friends or family with a positive influence on him; he’s been pretty much alone forever; family is very important to him and he cares about my family and knowing what’s gong on with them, etc. … And he is really motivated right now with his classes and he is so determined to better himself and do what he is passionate about, and I think that is so great.
+MaterialsGirl January 27, 2013, 11:17 pm
+So I went over to AP’s last night and just wanted to point out what an awesome person she is and how lovely her condo is and her new big girl TV. Also, anyone that berates you for getting dish instead of… Comcast? RCN? I dunno? Is a dummy.
+This is a ferret!
+quixoticbeatnik January 27, 2013, 11:40 pm
+Hey Addie, I don’t think I’ve ever talked to you – but I don’t comment much anyways – but I just wanted to say that I think you dodged a bullet. I felt compelled to chime in because my best friend just broke up with her boyfriend yesterday and I am her buddy to turn to. The dick tried to manipulate her into second-guessing her decision but I was there to be like “NO!” But I second what others said about speaking to friends and not him. I know you love him. But right now, this is probably good for you. This will help to bring up issues you didn’t see/ignored and you can hash it all out….at the end, if it works out and you get back together feeling better about everything, great, if not, well – his loss. You are one of my favorite commentators and I don’t understand how anyone can NOT love you! I’d better go before I get all fan-girly…..but hang in there!
+Amanda January 28, 2013, 12:35 pm
+Addie, this guy seems really miserable and cruel. A potential life partner would never say that you would be a bad parent, among the other stupid things that he has said to you. You deserve so much better than this guy.
+MJ January 28, 2013, 1:52 pm
+This sucks, Addie.
+I will say that I know people like your boyfriend. My dad, for one. My ex, for another. They think too much emotion and excitement is weird, especially when they are stressed (and they can’t handle it at all at that point.) If that’s the case, your personalities might not be compatible, and that is very sad and blah.
+One of the things I noticed when I started dating my bf is that I feel comfortable being completely silly, emotional, excited about random things, etc., and he likes it and finds it endearing. I think and hope you can find someone like that, too, because you are a crazy good catch (at least from what all the DWers who’ve met you say).
+Diablo January 28, 2013, 5:59 pm
+Addie, I’m late seeing all this. First, so sorry you are in this situation. I’m going to respectfully say that you are giving him way too much credit here. I’m highly imperfect and i don’t think I’ve gotten as much criticism in total from my wife in 24 years as you list in this thread. As for your enthusiasm about the train or whatever, my missus still expresses joy if I offer to drop her at yoga, or go with her to get groceries. After all this time, she’s still like “Yay! we get to spend more of our day together!” And I am overjoyed that anyone would feel that way about me. Wendy is right – this guy doesn’t have the stones to stand in your light. You can do better. Hope you are doing OK.
+anonymous January 28, 2013, 12:42 am
+My head hurts. My original comment was “You kids get married and you will outgrow this”. For long you’ve stated that you have so much in common and this relationship has been long enough that as much should have been sorted out.
+However the problem is clearly on his side. You are established and successful and he’s not. It throws back into his face his own failure and I could see how that would be hard for him to deal with. Who want to be reminded of their own failures on a daily basis. I doubt that it’s about you being more successful than him as much as it’s about him not being as successful as he wanted to be. He pretty much said so straight out. Pushing you away certainly will ease his pain but it wouldn’t fix his problem. Is that worth hanging around and work out? I don’t know. He’s had a few kick at the growing up can and it hasn’t fixed the problem so there is a real risk that it never will but it’s hard to tell.
+I am with Wendy though, it’s his loss more than it’s yours and good think it’s playing out early, not 5 years in.
+I would give it a bit of time, but not too much, and see if this can be worked out. After all if there is that much in common it might be hard to replace. It’s not a popular opinion here but people do change and working things through does happen. After all, remember these old folks that look like they were made for each other? They probably weren’t as much in the beginning and it’s their commitment that gave them the strength to adapt to each other. But when God was sending you to hell if you didn’t try it might have been an easier thing to do.
+Good luck.
+iwannatalktosampson January 25, 2013, 5:35 pm
+Quick confession – I hate brunch. I think it’s the dumbest meal ever. Well mostly I don’t like breakfast food. And I can’t even comprehend paying $10 for pancakes that cost 30 cents and taste better at home. So I always just end up going and ordering lunch at brunch. Except I like to eat two meals a day – at 2pm and 6pm. Soooo I hate brunch.
+Addie Pray January 25, 2013, 5:40 pm
+Blasphemy! Brunch is my favorite meal of the day. But you know my obsession with breakfast burritos.
+jlyfsh January 25, 2013, 6:47 pm
+the only reason brunch is nice is that it’s appropriate to get a mimosa, not so appropriate to get one at breakfast though. try that maybe you’ll like it better 😉
+painted_lady January 26, 2013, 9:42 am
+See, I generally make terrible pancakes. My mom as well. Maybe it’s hereditary.
+Also, my favorite brunch place in town has a crab cake benedict that might be the best thing EVER.
+jlyfsh January 26, 2013, 11:21 am
+crab cake eggs benedict is one of the best things ever. although this one place where i live serves a crab stuffed portabella mushroom with hollandaise sauce that is even better. i could eat them every day.
+painted_lady January 26, 2013, 1:42 pm
+Oh my god. I love crab. I’m not even picky about it – if real crab is unavailable I will totally accept imitation crab.
+jlyfsh January 26, 2013, 3:06 pm
+nice to know there is another crab lover 🙂 i’ve definitely have my share of imitation crab, which strangely my grandmother has always called sea legs. people look at me just a bit strange when i ask them if they want any, haha 😉
+FireStar January 26, 2013, 8:32 pm
+I went to Joe’s Crab Shack in Texas in the summer. Best 2 hours + of my trip. My husband took a picture of me and the huge bucket of crab and then just sat there watching me eat it all. SO good.
+kerrycontrary January 25, 2013, 4:17 pm
+Kids running towards their parents with joy on their face = one of the best parts of life. Sounds like you had an awesome weekend. I’ve actually had really bad seasonal blues this week because of the cold cold weather. My heat went out one day (it’s back now) so all I’ve wanted to do is sit on the couch and watch TV instead of exercising. Thankfully my boyfriend’s company party is tomorrow night which is one of the most fun nights of our year (open bar, all of our friends, great band, huge buffet). I think getting dressed up (in my new dress!) and being around our friends will help a lot.
+ktfran January 25, 2013, 4:18 pm