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14	From our Parisian studio, we reinterpret a notion of rebellious and inspired femininity, claiming an optimistic and harmonious dress code that stays efficient and accessible. A gang of girls that stands for a look with no complex, where subtle fabrics, comfortable cuts, contemporary hues and sparkling prints mix happily. All without denting our shopping budget… Above all else, a state of mind: clothes that you wear for yourself. A real shot of dynamism, sensuality and good mood. Collection: May 23, 2018 Next By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information Accept The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.	0.81604	935	{ "content-length": "937", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:T425EQ7VTZGYZWRXPJSOBXG3GFYPI3LL", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T15:45:04Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:9dc6a562-7749-40e4-b645-09fd16805b44>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:b5e286ee-0883-4e0c-a4db-4cb33b52340b>", "warc-target-uri": "https://fashionade.gr/portfolio-item/the-korner/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 943.1174, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8160402 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "footer" ] }
15	Dublin and London-based luxury re-sale technology platform Open for Vintage (OFV) is teaming up with Farfetch-owned resale platform Luxclusif to launch ‘The Loop’ handbag buyback service. ‘The Loop’ will be accessed directly on the OFV website and will allow customers to trade in their designer handbags in exchange for store credit that can be... Nov 28, 2022 Second-hand fashion giant Vestiaire Collective has announced it will ban all fast fashion products from its platform from November 22 ahead of Black Friday. The Paris-based company said the move is part of its “mission to drive collective change towards a circular fashion economy”, and “reinforces the notion of buying quality over quantity and... Nov 23, 2022 German fashion giant Zalando is putting an end to Zircle, its second-hand fashion platform. The retailer told FashionUnited that “after careful consideration” it has decided to discontinue the standalone Zircle app, and instead focus on the pre-owned category on the Zalando website and app. All 23 employees at Zircle have accepted alternative... Nov 18, 2022 BusinessFeatured Luxury as a currency: how the luxury resale market has evolved as an investment vehicle Despite currently bleak economic prospects, the resale market is only on the rise, with a slew of recent reports finding that consumers are showing a tendency towards secondhand and pre-loved purchases in light of rising costs and tightened budgets. A similar attitude was adopted by that of The Business of Fashion (BoF), which partnered with... Nov 17, 2022 The Edit LDN has begun its venture into the pre-loved sector through the launch of its own marketplace solely featuring secondhand luxury items. The culturally-centred fashion firm will allow shoppers that purchase on its main site to sell products back via ‘The Edit Pre-loved’ platform to receive a voucher for their next purchase. It builds on... Nov 15, 2022 Ebay says shoppers will favour pre-loved purchases over new on Black Friday Ebay has teamed up with the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) on data predicting what products consumers would be steering towards for this Black Friday as they look to save money amid the cost-of-living crisis. New research by the duo suggested that UK shoppers could be looking to make pre-loved and refurbished purchases instead of... Nov 15, 2022 Aucnet opens overseas branches in Europe and the US Tokyo-based online auction company Aucnet is expanding its pre-owned luxury goods business, Aucnet Consumer Products Inc (ACP), with two new international branches in Europe and the US this month. The move will allow Aucnet to expand its physical business into Europe and North America, explains the company in a statement, as it looks to secure... Nov 15, 2022 RetailFeatured Retailers are responding to rising prices with expanded recommerce offerings New research by Barclaycard Payments has found that retailers have been introducing more “sustainable” ways to buy and sell products and services, as consumers become increasingly conscious over their spending. In its new report, the payment provider said that seven in 10 of the businesses surveyed were now offering recycling, renting, reusing... Nov 11, 2022 Sustainability round-up October 2022 Much was happening in October in terms of sustainable efforts in the textile and apparel industry -- from regenerative cotton farming for denim and more sustainable materials to circular approaches. A new report revailed that the resale market tripled in just two years and an international sustainable design project brought together different... Nov 11, 2022 PrettyLittleThing (PLT), part of the Boohoo Group, which launched its resale PLT Marketplace app over the summer, have unveiled its first-ever vintage collection with Love Island star and ambassador Indiyah Polack. The 108-piece vintage collection is available exclusively on the PLT Marketplace app and features pieces picked out by Indiyah that... Nov 10, 2022 RetailFeatured Consumers are favouring secondhand marketplaces amid cost-of-living crisis A new report by Cardlytics has found that consumers are being driven towards discount brands and secondhand marketplaces as the cost-of-living crisis continues to take a toll on UK spending. According to the advertising platform’s State of Retail Spend report, over half of consumers are planning to shop at discount homeware and fashion brands... Nov 8, 2022 Childrenswear resale marketplace Dotte to launch app Dotte, a British childrenswear resale marketplace, is set to unveil its first mobile app on November 14, as it looks to continue expanding its circular apparel offer. The launch comes as the retailer celebrates its second anniversary, has been dropped alongside a rejuvenated brand image and plans to introduce a slew of new features. 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20	In our feet in miles category you can find lots of imperial and US customary system of measurement distance conversions. These conversions are of the type x′ in mi, provided x stands for your particular value in feet. Apart from the result in different notations including symbols and abbreviations, we also provide you with the particular formula for x. Each article also touches the frequently asked questions in the context of a conversion. In addition, every article also comes with a ft to miles converter which produces the result for any input in feet and inches. Directions for more information as well as a comment form to ask us questions and to leave feedback are part of each post, too. Finally, each entry explains the use of our custom search form, which is also recommend to find an article in this category as opposed to browsing all of our feet in miles pages. In our miles to feet category you can find many US customary and imperial system of measurement distance conversions. These conversions are of the type x mi in ′, assumed x denotes your particular value in miles. Besides the result in various notations rounded to three decimal places, we also provide you with the specific formula, and go on explaining the difference between international and nautical miles. Every post also reviews the frequently asked questions in the context. What’s more, each article also has a miles to ft converter which produces the result in feet and inches with ten digit precision. Directions for further information as well as a comment form to ask us a question and to give feedback are always included, too. Last, but not least, all our posts explain the use of our special search form, which is also recommend to locate an entry in this section instead of browsing all the miles to feet category pages. App In our feet in miles category you can find lots of imperial and US customary system of measurement distance conversions. These conversions are of the type x′ in mi, provided x stands for your particular value in feet. Apart from the result in different notations including symbols and abbreviations, we also provide you with the particular formula for x. Each article also touches the frequently asked questions in the context of a conversion. In addition, every article also comes with a ft to miles converter which produces the result for any input in feet and inches. Directions for more information as well as a comment form to ask us questions and to leave feedback are part of each post, too. Finally, each entry explains the use of our custom search form, which is also recommend to find an article in this category as opposed to browsing all of our feet in miles pages. In our miles to feet category you can find many US customary and imperial system of measurement distance conversions. These conversions are of the type x mi in ′, assumed x denotes your particular value in miles. Besides the result in various notations rounded to three decimal places, we also provide you with the specific formula, and go on explaining the difference between international and nautical miles. Every post also reviews the frequently asked questions in the context. What’s more, each article also has a miles to ft converter which produces the result in feet and inches with ten digit precision. Directions for further information as well as a comment form to ask us a question and to give feedback are always included, too. Last, but not least, all our posts explain the use of our special search form, which is also recommend to locate an entry in this section instead of browsing all the miles to feet category pages. App Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Email me when someone replies to my comment {{#message}}{{{message}}}{{/message}}{{^message}}It appears your submission was successful. Even though the server responded OK, it is possible the submission was not processed. Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. Learn More{{/message}}	0.843619	4,558	{ "content-length": "4573", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:ZV7URRYMMV664AE6E4RCA57SBFITPGDC", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T14:22:43Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:8d9281d2-887e-4bb6-94c0-a93e60fd0cdf>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:e2a5e1b0-ec4b-4a5a-ba96-ce182b6adb92>", "warc-target-uri": "https://feettomiles.com/search", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 515.1677, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.84361863 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "header", "footer" ] }
26	Your results (with anything you do) are going to be predictable if and when you are running a regular business, doing the usual things, and going through the same motions like every other business. Doing blogging and content marketing like everyone else? Wait for years before your results kick in. Launching paid advertisements on digital media? It won’t work for you unless you are willing to spend, experiment, optimize, and spend some more. Heard that email marketing truly works? It does, but you’d need to get the first two points right (and on an ongoing basis) first. Wouldn’t it be nice if things were a bit easier? How would it be if you were to pay for results? What happens when you let a full battalion of highly-motivated, skilled, and absolutely committed folks to do all the blogging, writing, social media, content marketing, Youtube videos, and even paid ads on your behalf? It’s called affiliate marketing, and it’s huge. If you are not using it, you are losing it. Performance marketers (also called as affiliates or partners) do just that. They’ll go ahead and write a blog post (on their already popular blog), share social updates (on their own networks), launch paid campaigns (On Google or Facebook), and do everything that digital marketing demands. For you. On your behalf. Without you ever paying them for it (unless they get you results) According to 99firms, “15% of the total digital media advertising revenue is attributed to affiliate marketing, and affiliate programs generate 15%–30% of all sales for advertisers. Think about it. An opportunity like this was never available to businesses before. Now, as a business, you can. Just launch your affiliate marketing program or partner program. Affiliate marketing programs for businesses are usually of two kinds: CPA (Cost per Action) or CPL (Cost Per Lead): These are affiliate marketing programs or partner programs where businesses (such as yours) agree to pay X dollars (or even cents) for each lead that signs up through an affiliate’s or partner’s efforts. Through affiliate networks such as Maxbounty and Peerfly, thousands of affiliates will apply to your campaign (if it’s a good fit for them while you’ll accept them if they are a good fit for you). If both parties accept, affiliates will be allowed to promote links (usually to landing pages pre-built for your campaigns). If they succeed in getting you leads, you’ll pay them cash through those affiliate networks. Simple enough, eh? CPS (Cost Per Sale): These affiliate programs are more involved and more demanding to run (for both affiliates and for businesses or merchants). Cost per Sale programs are exactly what you think: affiliates or partners get paid when they make a sale on behalf of the business they partner with or the merchant they are associated with. Since it’s a sale that’s involved, the payouts are relatively higher (and the stakes are just as high as well for all parties). Why choose affiliates or partners instead of hiring your own sales team, you ask? Here goes: Affiliates and partners are: Independent & business-minded: Affiliates and partners are usually bloggers and website owners (self-employed full-time or part-time) and are committed to making money from their online publishing efforts. Partners come from a variety of backgrounds (across countries) and deliver various end-products such as blogs, online courses, membership sites, full-fledged online portals, or online publications. Each of your affiliates or partners have independent exposure and influence over their own individual audiences. Collectively, that’s powerful. It’s an exposure you’d have paid with your lungs to have. Highly-motivated partners: At a time when it’s absolutely impossible to keep someone motivated enough to work for your business, there are several million potential affiliates and partners who are already highly motivated (all on their own) to help put out a good word for you. Some affiliates and partners have already built up sizable audiences (even before they’ll come around to promote your products). Others are on their way up. Either way, these are people (or teams) that have motivation from the word go. They don’t need your money until they get you results. Let that sink in for a moment. Your affiliate program or affiliate management is automated When you pick up smart tools such as PartnerStack , Tapfiliate for launching your affiliate program or partner program or when you use a full-fledged affiliate network such as ShareaSale, most of the “affiliate management” part of the equation is handled for you. Once you launch your affiliate program or partner program, upload affiliate assets (banners, emails, affiliate training material, and other assets), and establish your rules or terms or conditions, everything can be automated (unless you want to get proactive and manage affiliates on top of automated affiliate management that PartnerStack, Tapfiliate, and ShareaSale provide). Payments are automated No affiliate or partner ever wants to wait and wonder when you (as a business or merchant) is going to make payments. On the other hand, no business wants to pay for no results (or for fraud or for malicious transactions). Partner management tools like Tapfiliate, PartnerStack and ShareaSale allow you to automate payments based on several conditions. Each of those platforms also have anti-malpractice systems, fraud detection, and several other features to help you and your partners do business without worry. With several thousands (or maybe even millions) of affiliates and partners pushing the word out digitally across the world, you’ll see an instant spike in traffic, leads being generated, and of course sales. Your total expenses (towards affiliates or partners) will only accrue when these results come in (say leads generated or sales made). If you’ve set up your partner program or affiliate program right and by using appropriate affiliate management software, you’ll see a glowing roster full of sales thanks to the collective efforts of your affiliates and partners. Period. Do you have a partner program or affiliate program in place? If yes, how is it going for you? If not, why not? 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27	Austerity and “Grexits” will increasingly result in people getting triaged from the industrial economy and basics such as food. The alternative? Gretaway! [part 3/3] Sep 30, 2015 comments 9 min read So here we are on this precipice of sorts, staring upon the twilight of the industrial economy due to peaking energy supplies and thus peaking credit supplies (as explained in part 2 of this 3-part series). Simply put, being on the peak oil plateau, and with fossil fuel supplies in general reaching their limits (and getting more expensive to extract), there's going to increasingly be less and less of the stuff to go around. This means one of two things, the first being that what's left gets spread around thinner and thinner between all the participants. However, since people of the West (and especially those in the richer parts) have become quite used to their energy-intensive lifestyles and seem to have zero intention of giving them up, this likely implies the implementation of the second approach: cut back on – if not cut off – the fuel supplies to people and nations on the lower rungs of industrial civilization. That way, as the fossil fuel pie continues to shrink, those on the higher rungs don't have to reduce their share too drastically. In effect, this allows for those in the upper echelons of contemporary civilization to hold on to their Nyet-Flix feeds and iGizmos just a bit longer, until the triaging inevitably hits them as well and/or the bottom just completely falls out. This triaging can be accomplished in more than one way, but for the time being two methods stand out as the most popular. The first is what we know as austerity – cuts are made upon people's pensions, hours, welfare cheques, whatever, so that they have less credit (read: money) to buy and indulge in the spoils of industrialization. Unfortunately, living in this modern world of ours means that the basic necessities of life (such as food) also often fall under the umbrella of industrialization, so being triaged can entail much more than an inconvenient loss of iGizmos. Using Europe as the example, Greece is on the lower rungs of European industrial civilization as not only is it not a fossil fuel superpower, but it isn't a manufacturing superpower either. It does have a lot of olive oil to sell and/or trade, but olive oil (and the rest of their exports) can't get Greeks the crude oil (and crude oil manufactured products) to the degree that countries on the higher rungs get to imbibe in. Since the manufacturing prowess of Germany places it on the higher rungs of European industrial civilization, this means that it can dish out credit/loans thanks to its manufacturing base. Greece, however, can't dish out credit/loans like this, because not only does olive oil not provide much relative earning potential, but having ditched the drachma for the euro a few years ago, it forwent with its financial sovereignty and put much of its economic destiny under the dictates of others. (Thinking of the issue in terms of "financial sovereignty" can be a bit misleading, but I'll get to that in a moment.) One result of all this is that Greece has an even tougher time affording the most indispensible input to industrial civilization – fossil fuels. This being the case, when energy supplies become tight enough, Germany's penchant to extend credits to countries such as Greece will be significantly reduced once that means cutting into its dwindling hold on energy supplies. But for the time being Germany has been willing to string Greece along with further loans, not so that old Greek ladies can have enough money to feed themselves, but primarily so that Greece has the funds to service its debts to Germany and so avoid contributing to the eventual implosion of Germany's/Europe's/the world's Ponzi scheme banking system. Furthermore, while the bailout energy credits that do stay in Greece are predominantly accessible only by the upper crust end of society, those credits do of course come at a price. And that price goes a little something like this: Well I'll be. That Parthenon thing sure does look pretty! But you know what would make it look ever prettier? If it was in Germany. Facetiousness aside, that's austerity, and you do as you're told. For if you don't do as you're told, and try to give some of the energy credits you've been granted to the needy (so that they can eat), then you're likely to see your country get cut off from the credit lines altogether. Legalities aside, this is the second form of triaging (which has yet to happen to an industrial nation), and so rather than the poorest end of a poor nation getting cut off, the entire nation is cut off instead. In Greece's case, this form of triaging is the forced version of what has been called Grexit (coined by Citigroup economist Ebrahim Rahbari), which is in contrast to the voluntary form of Grexit whereby the Greek government voluntarily pulls itself out of the eurozone and returns to using the drachma. The general Greek populace is vehemently against a voluntary Grexit, since more than anything the Greek people want to maintain their position within the world of progress promised by industrial civilization (regardless of whether or not they understand that this is their underlying desire). For what the Greek populace (and for that matter every populace) generally believes to be going on is that the world of today is by and large facing a crisis of politics. In effect, to a large extent they then proceed to vote in to power whomever can best tell them what they want to hear – that they can maintain their industrial prosperity (or get it back if that's the case). However, and as I've previously explained (see here and here), what Greece (and ultimately the rest of the world) is facing is not a political crisis, but a resource crisis. In other words, no variant of political scheming is going to be able to return those on the to-be-triaged front lines to former levels of (industrial) prosperity. In the meantime, political parties such as Greece's Syriza – who promised the moon during election times (Syriza was initially voted in on a no-bailout platform) – have been shown to be full of hot air. In Syriza's case, its referendum promise of winning the Greek electorate a better deal with Greece's third bailout was exposed as a complete sham, likely because it was threatened by the Troika with either accepting the terms on the table or being cut off from the credit (read: energy) lines, resulting in Greece being virtually thrown into a peasant-agrarian economy overnight. Not wanting to go down in history as that guy, Greece's prime minister Alexis Tsipras capitulated and accepted the dictated terms (which were even worse than the ones turned down by Tsipras a few weeks earlier). In effect, all that the so-called progressive politicians (and their counterparts) can really accomplish is perhaps a slight lowering on their interest rates and the stretching out of their repayment schedules. So while Greece's most recent prime minister was initially voted in to revive Greece's crippled economy, he's now gone from the bailout rebel to the bailout enforcer, having recently been re-elected with the mandate of implementing yet even harsher tax hikes and spending cuts. (photo by Alehins) However, and continuing with the Greek example, not all political parties appear to be so averse to a Grexit, since those on the extremes – the far left Communist Party and the far-right Golden Dawn neo-Nazis – seem very amenable to pulling Greece out of the eurozone. A rise to power by either of them, as should go without saying, would most certainly be an extremely unfortunate turn of events. But seeing how there is very little realization in Greece and other countries as to what the underlying factors at play are, and seeing how Syriza and whichever other party that comes along next is going to be unable to stem the austerity tide, one hopes then that frustrations of hungry and desperate populaces don't result in xenophobic parties such as Golden Dawn coming to the fore. How can such outcomes be avoided? For starters, this would ideally entail a broad-based understanding that resource crises are at the heart of increasing austerity policies. Supposing that such a realization were actually possible in the near future (which is extremely unlikely), what then? Well, seeing how one way or another Greece is going to end up leaving the eurozone, preparing for such an outcome would be the wisest thing to do. Simply returning though to the drachma may not be much of an option. Yet as one piece in the progressive media put it, I think the fundamental problem [with Syriza's capitulation] was in the fact that Syriza never spoke out about an alternative to the European Union. Syriza's members accepted the European Union as the framework; they accepted paying the debt as a framework, and they never formulated an independent policy. They overestimated their capacity to negotiate a progressive solution within the European Union, and absolutely nothing suggested that. However, for progressive parties (particularly those in power, such as Syriza) to have failed in speaking out about "an alternative to the European Union" (as if the progressives just weren't progressive enough) would likely result in a quick world of pain, outcomes ranging from a coup by financial interests to topple the incumbents (so as to protect their loans and Ponzi scheme), to a rather quick crash in said country's stock markets and the progression from bank holidays to grand ol' bank retirements. Instead, and elaborating on what I mentioned earlier, what progressives need to realize is that the issue isn't simply one of financial sovereignty, but of energetic sovereignty. As I've mentioned before, money is a proxy for energy. Because of that, the more we move down this road of energy supply curtailment, the more that energy supplies are going to be sourced closer to their point of harvest ("harvest" not simply being a cute metaphor). In effect, and with money being a proxy for energy, it make makes sense for currencies to parallel this move. In other words, and for those aware of the current situation's underlying factors, a crucial undertaking is the setting up of alternative currencies. Not just on the national level (such as a reissued drachma), but also at the regional and community levels. Since international and even national currencies will increasingly become less and less accessible by those on the fringes of society (this is what happens when you get triaged from global and national energy supplies), turning away as much as we can from these currencies and cutting back on seeking them out may be the best option for an increasing number of people – as well as a good idea for those who want to get ahead of what's coming down the pipe (or rather, what won't be coming down the pipe any longer). What I'm proposing then is instead of a Grexit, what is needed is a Gretaway – a concerted movement away from international (and to a certain extent even national) financial systems. This would entail the purposeful attempt to fly under the radar of international banking as cushions are set up for the increasing number of people who will be triaged from major currencies and so from access to basic necessities – supposing, that is, that such necessities are even available (and there's no guarantees of that). As even the New York Times has pointed out, the alternative currency TEM in Volos, Greece, was "inspired... by a need for solidarity in rough times," a currency that would be "prepared to step into the breach" "if Greece does take a turn for the worse and eventually does stop using the euro." That's not to say that the TEM is merely a fall-back plan, as it has already allowed for local business amongst veterinarians, opticians, seamstresses, music teachers, language teachers, bookkeepers, computer technicians, hairdressers, and of course, farmers. And, I might add, all legally sanctioned by Greece's federal government. Make no mistake though, alternative currencies don't imply a continuation of business (nor "culture") as usual. As one butcher who was having much success with another alternative currency in Greece put it, "One person wanted me to trade a Madonna CD for a chicken. But I said no. The Madonna CD was definitely not worth a chicken." Ultimately, and as Jan Lundberg (who lives in Greece) recently put it in his piece "Why the Cash Economy in Greece May Be Ending," At some point, cash can become quite secondary to a sharing economy based on achieving local resiliency. The take home story? There's no better time than the present to get working on our Gretaways. 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38	New low of Prenda Law: trolls indiscriminately and inappropriately send out “Letter of request for informal discovery” \| Fight © Trolls Fight © Trolls Do your duty, result is a bonus Discussions by state District of Columbia Louisiana New Mexico Ohio Guava federal Cases: IP addresses IO Group, Inc. v. Does 1-244 (closed) Attorneys who defend troll victims New low of Prenda Law: trolls indiscriminately and inappropriately send out “Letter of request for informal discovery” Did you hear that? John Steele is coming up with a new way to game the judicial system and defraud citizens! Surprised? Did anyone really hope that robocalling was the final excrement of Steele’s voracious greed? Nope. Certain people have been born to prove that the ethical abyss is bottomless. As DieTrollDie reports, Prenda Law started sending out some kind of Nigerian scam letters written in Legalese. Like with robocalls, it seems that Prenda utilizes the entire database of addresses they were able to loot using unsuspecting courts as burglary tools. In particular, not only the Does who are listed in open cases, but also the people who were dismissed long time ago, have received (and continue receiving) “Letter of request for informal discovery.” For example, the letter embedded below refers to a case that was dismissed more than 3 months ago: this is not a mistake, this is a deliberate fraud on the federal court. DieTrollDie did a good job analyzing the contents of this document, and I’m writing this post mostly to increase visibility and hopefully prevent potential victims from the perils of contacting the troll. In short, Prenda’s mailing is simply another attempt to lure people into contacting the con-men and possibly saying something self-incriminating. If you have received this document, you absolutely don’t have any duty to reply to it. And don’t even think about contacting Prenda without an attorney. If you have time and resources to strike back, hire a good lawyer, who will monitor the situation; if Prenda fulfills its threats of trying to compel you (which is extremely unlikely), your lawyer can send a counter-request for discovery (yes it’s a two-way street!), which, believe me, will devastate the fraudsters. Or, this lawyer can kindly ask Prenda to pay for a reputable (and expensive) licensed forensic investigator of your choice: if they don’t agree (and they won’t), they will definitely shut up. The letter threatens to file a “motion to compel” (BTW it is stated that a sample motion is attached, but no such attachment exists). Hogwash: first, in many situations there is no open case to begin with, so how the hell can they manage to file a motion without a case? Second, and most important: I’m not aware of any precedent of a judge allowing such a bizarrely broad discovery request (which includes a visit to Doe’s premises and raiding his private documents and financial records): on the contrary, any previous attempts to secure invasive discovery were unsuccessful. So, there is no way that any judge will approve such a motion (which will never be filed to begin with). Fortunately, less and less people really think that Prenda has slightest merits to harm anyone beyond bullying. Yet, no matter how reasonable our arguments are, there will always be a few who are not used to listening to the voice of reason: such people allow fears to rule their lives. Hell, believe it or not, the 419 (Nigerian) scam is still alive and well, given that virtually anyone knows about it. It is beyond anyone’s abilities to prevent some people from irrational actions. For the reference, here are the contents of the scary package for your amusement (and I’m sure that FBI, Attorneys General or IARDC would also enjoy reading this document knowing the circumstances): Please answer the following questions: who knows, maybe the poll results will assist federal investigators: Featured comment: that anonymous coward says: July 18, 2012 at 1:05 am A deeper question one needs to ask oneself is… If their case was so awesome, the evidence so overwhelming… why do they need you to give them evidence to make a case? Maybe because they never had a case that would survive. This is another dirty trick in a long list of dirty tricks, how much longer are the courts going to allow these cases and lawyers to continue before ending this spree of terror? Update The follow-up post: Prenda’s “Letter of request for informal discovery”: an attorney explains why it is patently invalid. Related Published on: July 18, 2012 April 9, 2016 Author: SJD 58 responses to ‘New low of Prenda Law: trolls indiscriminately and inappropriately send out “Letter of request for informal discovery”’ houstonlawy3r July 18, 2012 00:36 • Reply It took me a few seconds to figure out exactly what they were doing and I agree with the approaches described here by SJD & DTD. What gets me so annoyed at all of these “scare” tactics is simply that John Doe Defendants could simply do a quick analysis — 1) when did the alleged download occur, and 2) what was the date the production company registered the flick for copyright protection (if at all)? If the so-called infringing activity is before the filing date (or within three months), then NO STATUTORY DAMAGES. With this information at your fingertips, why even worry what kind of letter they send you? Either they can go after you or they can’t. It’s that simple. [And sorry for the late night post; this is obviously not meant to be construed as legal advice]. -Rob Anonymous July 18, 2012 01:20 • Reply This clearly explains what you are saying about so-called infringing activity happening before the filing date but might not hold true during 3 months after filling date. Can anyone else post their interpretation to this? Anonymous2 July 18, 2012 02:08 • Reply I’m not a lawyer and this is only for discussion, and is not legal advice. The three month window, for trolls to claim statutory damages before U.S. registration, ONLY applies if there are less than three months between the release of the work and the effective copyright registration date. The way I’ve read the passage about three months is: There requirements to file for statutory “remedy” for infringement(in the trolling cases, the $150 K figure mentioned in the extortion demands). Otherwise, the actual damages apply (for a single copy of a single work, presumably roughly the price of a work [no other factors are involved]). The work must have U.S. copyright registration. With registration, either the (troll) plaintiff must register the work within 90 days of its release OR must register the work within one month of first learning about the infringement. Anonymous July 18, 2012 03:20 • Reply Prenda has cases where the copyright registration date is not even close to three months from the dates of alleged infringement. Great example is the Northern District of California case, Hard Drive Productions, Inc. v Does 1-118. This is the case that provoked Seth Abrahams v. Hard Drive Productions, Inc. with Steven Yuen representing the former Doe. The dates of alleged infringement are March 2011, the registration date for the work is November 2011, eight months later. The complaint states that a copyright application is pending and asks for statutory damages. However, according to the Copyright Office website the effective registration date for a work is the date that the complete application was received, not the date the application was processed and granted. This means that the complaint filed by Brett Langdon Gibbs misrepresented the facts, and these misrepresentations were then used in the extortion letters to attempt to intimidate does into settling. Archive docket for that case is here: There are more, at one point someone mentioned California’s barratry law and I found three cases filed by Brett Langdon Gibbs where the copyright registration date was long, long after the alleged infringement dates, so that was likely just the tip of the iceberg. I wouldn’t be surprised if a majority of the Steele \| Hansmeier / Prenda Law cases filed before the second half of 2011 have the same problem. They seemed to get a little be better about it after that. I wonder if any class action attorneys would be interested in pursuing each mass-Doe case with post-infringement registration date as a separate class action. Seems like that would be a reasonable way to go, each case’s Does were defrauded as part of the same case brought with the same meritless claim of copyright registration. Since the statutory damage claims had no legal merit, and thus should never have been filed to begin with, it seems like they would be pretty cut and dry and a decent attorney could have a field day shaking money out of Gibbs’ and Steele’s pockets. I also wonder if all of Prenda’s clients know that they continue to send out dunning letters for cases that have been dismissed and/or did not have a valid copyright registration. These are just asking for countersuits, and the defendants in those suits will be the former plaintiffs, not Steele or Prenda’s other lawyers. Do you really think Paul Pilcher would be happy to know Steele is sending out more threats for cases that already brought him a couple of countersuits and cost him one settlement plus entered judgement stating the target had not infringed on Hard Drive’s copyright? Hard Drive stopped filing cases after the Abrahams countersuit was filed, so I think Paul lost his stomach for trolling. How do you think he feels about Buffy stirring up more trouble? bchintel1 July 18, 2012 16:09 • Reply Rob, you comment on here? Yes, overall I agree…how are you suppoed to preserve something when they haven’t disclosed what you’re accused of downloading. They claim you’re supposed to cease using your computer altogether? “Hogwash” as the article aptly describes it. I just had a client contact me yesterday who received one of these letters… Anyhow, a shameless plug for myself: http://www.chintellalaw.com. Didn’t want to plug you Rob in case you don’t want your info known, but you have a lot of experience in these matters to… Blair, a plug for you exists on this site for a long time As well as for Rob. Anonymous July 18, 2012 01:40 • Reply I can’t help but wonder if sending out this sort of demand/threat is legal? I mean, Evan Stone recieved sanctions for sending requests for info from ISPs yes? How is that any different than this? First of all, they’re flat out lying if the case is not currently on going, when they send the demand for discovery. Second of all, they’re stating that it’s the person getting the letter that’s responsible for facts not in evidence, which leads to defamation and liable causes. Third of all, they state they send exhibits of what will follow, yet provide none. (I can’t help but assume that’s due to the letter itself being a c/p with the only changes done to it being the case referenced to it at the very beginning.) Which misleads, and promotes evidence, if any gained, as gained through ill gotten means, no? And last but not least, if this is sent to people that have retained a lawyer for the previous case, even if said case was DISMISSED. Isn’t it illegal to try and coerce information from someone on a case that they had a valid lawyer for, rather than contacting their lawyer instead of them? Personally, I’d like a legal opinion from the lawyers we know follow this site. Is this at all legal? Is this sanction worthy? Anonymous July 18, 2012 02:57 • Reply Are they sending these letters as “registered mail” or “signature required”? If not, they have absolutely no proof their targets ever received it. Yet another reason to ignore anything other than service with an actual court summons. Anonymous July 18, 2012 15:19 • Reply They keep telling me that I’m gonna be sued (3/4 times per week), yet I was dismissed. They keep telling me about “informal discovery documents” which I have yet to receive. In my opinion, if you’re gonna sue someone, sue them. Don’t threaten to do it using a computer every other day. It’s just like if you’re gonna kick someone’s ass, go do it. Put your fucking money where your mouth is. This is cut and dry blowhard bullshit. They have ZERO intention of litigating any of these cases and the only cases that will go to litigation will be the avalanche of counter-action against the plaintiffs and likely the attorneys who represent them. The robocalls (calls from Chicago, Miami, Tampa, and DC) come from Prenda and informal discovery docs coughSCAMcough come from Perea’s law firm, which is likely associated with Prenda but is an independent entity. Not sure if that is entirely legal much less ethical for them to act in concert and the robocalls are a whole different animal…also likely unethical but up here in Duffy’s home state of crooked ass Illinois, it almost seems like the IARDC has given Steele and Duffy a free pass to conduct these monkeyfuck activities as I’m sure there’s been hundreds of complaints filed against Steele and Duffy so far. “Please forward all complaints to the Recycle Bin.” For the record, I just pulled my case that was dismissed 7 months ago and the registration document is on the docket with the comment “copyright registration pending” yet the work still isn’t registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. I know the government is slow but 14 months? Anonymous July 18, 2012 15:45 • Reply Do you have a list of numbers they are calling from? I have some of them, but I want to put all of them in a filter that goes straight to voicemail. Supposedly my info was released 2 months ago, but I’ve yet to hear anything. Anonymous July 27, 2012 13:59 • Reply I have every voicemail that Prenda has left, with the exception of three that I accidentally deleted (the first robocalls). I’m up to 50+, which at an average of 2/week, is 6+ months of constant, unrelenting weekly harassment. Anyway, I digress. I can give you the latest number that their robo-moron computer has been calling me from for the past few weeks: 1-800-380-0840.. It reverses back to Nolani Marketing in Tampa, FL (likely Prenda front). I’d avoid numbers with the 305 (Miami-Dade) and 773 (Chicago Loop) area codes as well. I can’t fucking believe they’d harass me post-dismissal and risk having to defend litigation (against Prenda, fuck the porn companies) over a couple thousand dollars. In my opinion, the post-dismissal letters signed by Perea constitute attempted mail fraud and the phone calls are attempted wire fraud, especially since the “copyrighted” act that I supposedly pirated wasn’t and still isn’t actually copyrighted, although Duffy told the Court that it is. For the record, I have read that Perea is on the Florida Bar Association’s radar, which is a mild understatement. More like being actively investigated. At least one of the state bar associations actually gives a shit (taking a passive-aggressive stab at Illinois’ ARDC). Ron Mexico July 27, 2012 14:31 • Reply I should start calling those numbers posing as a New York Times reporter doing an expose on copyright troll extortion… Anonymous July 27, 2012 15:10 • Reply Looks like the USPS makes reporting mail fraud easy… Anonymous July 29, 2012 12:57 • Reply The catch is these phone calls and letters tell me that I’m “part of a federal copyright lawsuit.” As of January, that is a patently false statement but they are using that to try to extract money from me…making a fraudulent statement for the purpose of monetary gain, sounds like attempted mail and wire fraud to me but IANAL. I’m still getting calls telling me that I’m part of a lawsuit. Subscribe July 18, 2012 07:03 • Reply Me too. Raul July 18, 2012 08:49 • Reply To continue a conversation started with TAC over at dietrolldie.com: Before there were porno trolls there were RIAA trolls and before there was this blog and that of DTD there was the Subpeona Defense Alliance to help Defendants. Their site subpeonadefense.org has some Doe discovery templates which can only be described as awesome and which could easily be modified to a Prenda case if the need ever arose (it will not). Go to their site and click on “Other Resources”. Raul July 18, 2012 12:38 • Reply Once again I am limitted to the resources of rfcexpress.com so am not 100% sure about this but it may be partly related to what is going on with the “informal discovery”? It looks as if since April of this year both Gibbs and Duffy have been filing tons of lawsuits, some individual and some posing as individual lawsuits but seeking the identity of “co-conspirators”. After filing, nothing occurs, no motion for expedited discovery, nothing. This makes me wonder whether there is no need for discovery as Prenda already has the Doe info from either earlier federal lawsuits or from the FL “pure bill of discovery” lawsuits. Likewise it could just be for the purpose of posting their website in an effort to spread FUD. Any thoughts anyone? anonymous July 18, 2012 13:01 • Reply Regardless, they are referring to a motion for an existing case correct? A case that has been dismissed. Here is the archive.org docket for the case referenced in the letter in SJD’s post. If I were a recipient of one of these “informal discovery” letters, I would forward a copy to Judge Lloyd and his clerk. Anonymous July 18, 2012 15:40 • Reply That case was dismissed without prejudice and the alleged infringement act(s) is/are within the statute of limitations. Suit still may be filed against the Does in that case and it’s basically open season on harassment via phone and U.S. Postal Service. Judge Lloyd’s hands are tied. However, if the Does had been dismissed with prejudice, the case becomes res judicata or “already judged” (I had to bust out some of my b-law knowledge). That precludes any future action against the Does for the alleged offense. If an agent of Prenda (or any other scumbag law firm) contacts said Does post-dismissal, that has the potential to turn into a huge shit storm for Duffy et. al. and if I were one of the Does, I would immediately contact the judge who presided over the case. Can anyone say sanctions? Watching the fall July 18, 2012 15:16 • Reply For the life of me I cannot see how this is not a sanctionable offense! I can’t fathom in my wildest dreams that in their dragnet they will not catch a savy lawyer who will take them to task. Anonymous July 18, 2012 15:40 • Reply Forward to the judge? Now who would do something like that? Oh, that’s right. I will. Watching the fall July 18, 2012 15:48 • Reply Just waiting to get a notice in the mail now that my case was dismissed WITH prejudice! I’ll be sure to contact the FBI, State’s AG, US postal service for mail fraud, and anyone else the local PD would like to string into this. You know how justice was served in the old wild west! Some folks don’t take well to these tactics and are sure to fight back when the time is right! Anonymous July 18, 2012 15:54 • Reply bchintel1 July 18, 2012 16:14 • Reply Forgot to mention in my comment above…but the contact information on the complaint filed here in Georgia lists the name of a Georgia attorney, but the phone number and e-mail address go to Brett Gibbs, for those of you who know who he is… I would be surprised if anyone who reached this comment (i.e. not a random surfer who has stumbled on the post above) does not know who Gibbs is. We even have a nickname for him: Pinocchio (because his nose grows every time he opens his mouth in front of a judge or types a motion). So, it seems that this time the clowns send out the same crap signed by different attorneys, I wonder why: they never cared about sending demand letters to states where the signers can’t practice Law. Anonymous July 18, 2012 19:02 • Reply If they put Gibbs’ name on letters sent to defendants in Georgia cases, could this constitute practicing law without a license in Georgia? I don’t think Gibbs is admitted to the Georgia bar… Drifter July 18, 2012 20:58 • Reply Was the Georgia attorney Bryan M. Knight of Knight Johnson LLC or Elizabeth A. Morgan of The Morgan Law Firm. They were both active last year in the northern district court in Georgia. Knight brought suits for K-Beech, Raw Films, and Patrick Collins; while Morgan trolled a couple of suits for West Coast Productions, West Bay One, Maverick Entertainment Group, Voltage Pictures, and Cornered, Inc. Luckily the judges in Georgia put a stop their trolling pretty quickly, with the only troll case filed in Georgia this year that I know being Digital Sin, Inc. v. Does 1 – 245 NDGA back on February 15 of this year. I have not found anything about this case; it shows up on Dockets Justia under “Other Statues” but I can’t find it on rfcexpress.com. It’s the same with Third Degree Films, Inc. v. Does 1- 152 filed near the end of last year on December 1. Outside of these cases, Georgia courts have been relatively troll free this year. Why earlier this week I saw local Atlanta news story about one the West Coast films lawsuits going after a single low income mother who is now been defended by a local law firm. Needless to say, it was not good publicity for the trolls and their extortion scheme. anonymous July 18, 2012 21:16 • Reply Yep. The were all kicked to the curb pretty quick. SJD tweeted about an exhibit in a Colorado case, an email exchange between Lipscomb and Brad Patrick (Attorney for a defendant), and he threatened more cases in many states including Georgia. NB: they were year-old emails. Drifter July 18, 2012 21:50 • Reply Wow, what a complete scumbag. No decent human being does this sort of vindictive behavior, also the stench of BS emanating from the threats in his replies in quite odorous. This man need to be disbarred and the sentenced exile on to a desolate Island with all the other copyright trolls to reflect on their abject failure as a human beings. anonymous July 18, 2012 21:54 • Reply Oh snap….I completely glossed over the dates, especially after reading what he wrote. btw…Lipscomb and Buffy have another thing in common. They both use “your” incorrectly Anonymous July 19, 2012 14:52 • Reply Drifter, I believe one of those cases isn’t a case actually IN Georgia. I looked into one of them a while back, I’m pretty sure it was the Does 1-245 case. It was more or less an update. That update was dealing with a Doe in Georgia filing a motion to the case that was based out of NY for improper jurisdiction. The Third Degree case I am not sure about. Although, I just did some research and found this case: http://www.rfcexpress.com/lawsuits/copyright-lawsuits/district-of-columbia-district-court/83568/third-degree-films-inc-v-does-1-152/summary/ My guess? It was another motion filed by a Doe in Georgia to the DC based case for improper jurisdiction again. Georgia really doesn’t want to put up with the crap, as far as I know. A must view for anyone who wants to know the official and proper way to respond to trolls. Nuff said. Anonymous July 18, 2012 21:50 • Reply Here’s what I don’tget about that letter. Even if it was a “formal” request as part of a actual case, how could they prove spoliation? Couldn’t you just throw away the computer and then there would be no trace of the file? Why wouldn’t everyone do that? Watching the fall July 18, 2012 22:44 • Reply Exactly. At the rate that Apple comes up with new iPads and the time it takes these lawsuits you would well have replaced the device three times over. Watching the fall July 18, 2012 22:45 • Reply Try and do forensics on that computer sold 4 times over on eBay and see what you drag up! Anonymous July 18, 2012 23:01 • Reply Could they check the wireless router and would that have a record of a missing computer that recenty connected? that anonymous coward July 19, 2012 00:01 • Reply @SJD – see sometimes my comments are short, sweet, and on target. Its why you love me This is another attempt at shaking down people who think lawyers play by the rules. He’s a lawyer, he said this, so it must be true. You’d think people wouldn’t fall for the scam, but be honest with yourself… we all know someone who fell for a Nigerian Prince scam. They make themselves look important and hope you will be overwhelmed with the idea that they are a lawyer this must be legal. Many of the Prince scams now use “barristers” and lawyers to gain credibility in the targets mind. There is a reason I have open disdain for many lawyers, even famed 1st Amendment Lawyers… they are lying scum in these cases. I have open hostility publicly with Randazza and Stone (and probably a couple more). They use the mantle of being a lawyer as a cloak to hide the fact they are extorting money. Oh the poor artists this, the pirates stealing money that… 1 – A majority of these cases can have upwards of 80% of any settlement going into the lawyers pocket directly or with more off the top to their “investigator”. Many studios are unaware that their lawyers are demanding thousands from alleged pirates when they only ever see a few hundred dollars. 2 – Filesharing actually increases sales for companies. 3 – Filesharing is done for free, no money changes hands. If they spent less time worried about getting paid for every set of eyes that sees an image they control, and more time making quality images for people to see they would make more money. People hate the lawyers, but there is growing pushback against studios who use these methods that extract money from 80 yr olds, people without computers during the alleged infringement, and the blind. Is the couple hundred dollars you bleed out of people today worth the bad reputation that will actually hurt your sales? Porn used to push tech forward and come up with new ideas, stop being fat lazy bastards and innovate instead of trying to litigate. The market is full of amateurs doing high quality work, you need to compete not complain. sophisticatedjanedoe July 19, 2012 13:23 • Reply Come on TAC, I also love you for a few short quotes from your long comments. You did not finish reading my compliment and broke in tears bumping on tl; — if you would read further you could notice not dr; Which means that I never pressed fast forward button on my eyeballs when reading your comments, the action I perform on many other commenters. that anonymous coward July 19, 2012 22:05 • Reply So I am talking with an Anon over on DTD and the claim in that specific case is the content in question in the Anon’s case was not copyrighted when discovery was granted, and it was granted with a date AFTER the alleged infringement. So this means they lied to the court, as you can not file a copyright case for material lacking copyright. One would expect the Judge in that case would like to know that discovery was granted for a copyright case that was precluded by law from moving forward, and now the lawyers are using this forbidden fruit to pursue merit less claims against these Does. I also wonder if the Does can file a criminal complaint as this is a lawyer threatening legal action where no law has been violated. Even if the Doe were guilty, without a copyright how can you recovery anything under the Copyright Act? PreparationH July 19, 2012 22:27 • Reply I guess it would be the statuatory versus actual damages claim. Everything created is copyrighted upon creation but through the act of registration there is the statuatory damages matter insteafd of just actual damages. So they would come back and say that they were filing based on collecting actual damages……misleading yes, but probably would get them off the hook. that anonymous coward July 20, 2012 05:00 • Reply @PreparationH while it might be copyrighted upon creation, I do believe there are limitations on the who what where when how you can collect. If they asked for statutory damages in the filing, they mislead the court. The Docs in the case could be very interesting and get them a world of hurt. They have often played fast and loose with the rules and this time it could burn them… SMDH July 20, 2012 16:38 • Reply According to the Copyright Office’s quick guide to Copyrights: The creator has a 90 day grace period from the date of original publication with which they may pursue for statutory damages without any registration. In order to pursue statutory damages on the 91st day they must have a valid copyright registration. It is at the Copyright Office’s discretion upon receiving all materials, fees, and documentation whether to make the effective date of registration retroactive to the date of application or upon receipt of all necessary items. Take a publication date of 1-1-11. They would have automatic entitlement to statutory until 3-31-11. If their application wasn’t submitted until 4-2-11. Any alleged infringements occurring after 3-31 but before 4-2 would NOT be entitled to statutory damages. Some states adopt the “application” date because of the CO’s ability to make registration retroactive. However, as we’ve seen: the Troll Whores and their Pimps are so desperate to scrounge as much money as they can out of Does they’re forgetting to cross their tees and dot their eyes. This is why there is such disparity between their application dates and registration dates. Take for example a film with a production date of August 2010. They would be entitled to statutory damages until some time in November. They submit their application in April to the copyright office. From roughly December through March their works are only entitled to actual damages, say $20. Some states, however, will recognize the date of the application (because the Copyright Office can make the registration retroactive) for a copyright infringement claim. Other states will only allow a copyright infringement claim once the copyright is actually received. Either way this becomes a moot point once registration is received. Copyright law is explicit as any infringements occurring after the 90 days and before the registration date are ONLY entitled to actual damages. Especially, if the production company doesn’t provide all necessary items for registration and the registration date is November 2011. I think I just confused myself. Anonymous July 20, 2012 17:19 • Reply I think another point of attack would be the original production date. I believe that Prenda has had clients such as HD productions lie about the production date.I believe some videos Prenda has with 2011 publication dates could of been available for download on plaintiff websites since 2010. These cases are weak on so many levels it is comical. Oh.. Let’s not also forget that many have mentioned that there is not any form of copyright warnings or notice on many of the videos. This opens the door for a court not to award statutory damages based on innocent infringement. Anonymous August 2, 2012 15:06 • Reply Ha 90 days. Those assholes have had 14 months to copyright the act they sued me for. Guess what? No fucking copyright registered with the U.S. Copyright Office even though the docket shows a document with a “pending registration” (would they stoop to forging government documents? you bet but I doubt that’s the case). Good luck if they try to sue me individually for statutory damages which is what Prenda is threatening to do right now. As I said before, if you’re gonna kick someone’s ass, you don’t call them 50 times and leave voicemails with threats. You just go do it without saying a word. Same goes for a lawsuit, sans “settlement negotiations” as in “our client was generous enough to extend your extor…err, settlement date….” Don’t call me 50 times telling me you’re gonna sue me, just do it or shut your pie hole. What the hell is a judge gonna ask if they sue me again for the exact same thing? Gee, I know…”Why are you suing this person again for the exact same thing when you dismissed this him several months ago…for the exact same thing?” IF an individual lawsuit is filed, I will systematically destroy the plaintiff/smut purveyor in my original (DISMISSED) case and when I’m done with them, every single Prenda employee, specifically Duffy, Perea, Lutz (just for being a pain in my ass), and Steele (we ALL know he’s still pulling the strings). Money is no object and I have no problem involving law enforcement. In fact, several of my acquaintances from college are now Illinois State Police Investigators and likely know a few FBI agents as well. It pays to have drinking buddies from school who are now in law enforcement. Networking isn’t only great for job hunting. Too bad I don’t know any IP lawyers, oh well. When I’m done with these assholes they’ll be lucky to have their Second Amendment rights, much less their careers and bar cards. that anonymous coward July 21, 2012 01:18 • Reply I do believe the Anon I was speaking with needs to do some homework. If one were able to show a long gap between “creation” and filing well outside of the small window the entire case was a lie. Time to go share this… clueless doe July 20, 2012 21:28 • Reply Received a letter from Prenda Law today. They offered me a last chance to settle, I’ve to reply by 8/1 or they’ll move on with da lawsuit. They also robocalled me today said since they’re backed up with individual lawsuit so they generasly offer me a last chance to settle… Raul July 20, 2012 22:34 • Reply Not sure if you are looking for advice, but if you are , ignore. Anonymous2 July 21, 2012 02:09 • Reply “Last chance to settle”, “extend the deadline” out of “concern”, “will move forward with the lawsuit”, “your attorney needs to contact us immediately or else…” These lines are getting tired. Maybe Prenda switched to their bottom-dwelling “informal discovery” garbage to relieve their own boredom. If trolls have, you know, human-like reactions. All of those phrases are synonymous with the word “bullshit” or the phrase “we have no case, please incriminate yourself.” ALL they have is an IP address as “evidence” against you. Whatever these clowns want you to believe, an IP is not a fingerprint. In fact, it’s practically worthless in court. What they NEED you to do is answer the phone and talk to them….don’t. I waited mine out, was dismissed, am being harassed still via robodick calls. Whatever. I can tolerate the phone calls but if they try to sue me individually, it’ll get REALLY ugly REALLY fast for the original plaintiff. 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39	Ah, Suburbia, the place where nothing seems to happen. Except, some suburbanites believe evil is sweeping through their neighborhood. No, it’s not COVID-19 or growing civil unrest. Using the #Savethechildren hashtag, these suburbanites are on the lookout for child traffickers, specifically those under the employ of a sinister elite. Yes, we’re talking about QAnon conspiracies. When Q first hit the mainstream after the 2016 election, it was considered a fringe movement. Associated with misfits screaming at Trump rallies or commenting in the darkest corners of internet forums, Q wasn’t taken seriously. That changed when suburban moms began using the #Savethechildren hashtag to spread Q conspiracies on social media. Ironically, the hashtag grew in use as social media began cracking down on QAnon posts. Facebook & Twitter banned thousands of QAnon pages & accounts, trying to combat misinformation – or silence the truth, as Q believers think is the case. As the U.S. election looms over our heads, let’s dive into why suburban residents, specifically suburban moms, are drawn to Q & QAnon conspiracies. Biden's early vote lead is not enough & they know it. Dems plan to call @realDonaldTrump's Election Day surge a "Red Mirage" to delegitimize his wave of support. They'll try to create a smoke screen post-Election Day, even running TV ads to cast doubt on Nov. 3 vote. — Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) November 2, 2020 No one knows. Q claims to be someone working high up in the U.S. government, trying to get an urgent message to the American people. Posting on 8kun (formerly 8chan) boards, Q delivers cryptic messages called “drops” or “breadcrumbs” about what’s really going on. Anons online take the drops, analyze them, and piece them together on blogs & social media. Like a game of “telephone”, Q’s allegations grow from there. Q’s drops tend to be vague. The last few “dropped” and archived on qposts.online include a tweet from Tim Murtagh warning his followers that liberal media (Q’s worst enemy) will claim a surge of Trump voters on Election Day will be a “red mirage” and to “be ready”. The second drop is a YouTube video of a rocket launch with comments such as: “Prepare for takeoff patriots, we’re in this together”. Taken together, Q’s drops weave a frightening conspiracy together: the U.S. government is run by a cabal of Luciferian elites who kidnap children in white vans, drink their blood, sexually assault & traffick them, and sacrifice them to gain & keep power. The one thing stopping them? Someone in the highest office at the behest of the U.S. military: current U.S. president Donald John Trump. Think of the children If someone told you an elite cabal of pedophiles were coming for your children in white vans, what would you do? If you found the claims to be ludicrous crap, nothing. You’d live your life, make your sandwiches, and keep on keeping on as normally as you can this year. If you already find mainstream media’s claims dubious and were looking for alternate information? You might pay closer attention. “Think of the children” has got suburban moms clutching their pearls since time immemorial. From the Satanic Panic in the 1980s to panic around vaccinations in the 2000s & 2010s, there’s always something in the media, be it in MSM or QAnon posts, for suburban moms to worry about. Suburban moms questioning institutions is nothing new. Anti-vaxxers are made up of moms concerned about what’s in vaccines. These moms tend to be white, college-educated and in households making over $75,000 per year according to The Inquirer. Despite concerns, The World Health Organization called the anti-vaxxer movement “one of the top 10 global health threats of 2019” due to rising measles cases. However, Q seems to have taken a new life in suburban moms this year thanks to the pandemic. Families’ lives were completely upended once COVID-19 came to town, and with women disproportionately shouldering childcare responsibilities in the wake of schools & daycares being closed, uncertainty is the new norm. As one mom told Elle, “It [Q] makes people break from the belief that our news sources and our authorities are the ones that we trust to tell us what’s going on in the world.” Although QAnon posts seem like just another conspiracy like 9/11 truthers or the JFK assassination, people have acted on it. Cecilia Fulbright drove into a red car at a gas station under the assumption the driver was kidnapping a child. Fulbright screamed he “was a pedophile and had kidnapped a girl for human trafficking” although her claims “did not match the timeline or any facts or evidence”, per a police affidavit. Attorney and Fulbright’s mutual acquaintance Mark Mueller told Right Wing Watch about Fulbright’s support of QAnon conspiracy posts. She texted him about her support of the theory Trump was “literally taking down the cabal and the pedophile ring”, adding: “What President has EVEN TALKED ABOUT IT? It’s been going on for centuries.” However, other factors came into play with Fulbright’s behavior. Her BAC was over 0.2, over twice the legal limit, even though she told police she had “at least one beer” per The Waco Tribune. Police also found multiple cans of spray paint in her car – for what purpose, we’re not sure. Author Carmen delights in sharing her insights on everything pop culture. She comes armed with a graduate degree in literature and a boatload of experience crafting the written word. 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40	The biggest worry for me going into this film was would my suspension of disbelief hold out? Fantasy it may be and that should be all it requires to buy into its rules for the duration, but would I be able to watch a city trundling around a dystopian landscape on gargantuan caterpillar tracks cannibalising other smaller cities and not keep thinking of Monty Pythons, Crimson Permanent Assurance? I needn’t have worried; the high-octane opening showing a giant London on caterpillar tracks chasing a small Bavarian mining Village was presented with such straightforward sense of adventure and desperation that the snickers soon left, though now and again I did find myself thinking of what Mad Max might be like if it had been directed by Terry Gilliam.. Mortal Engines, based on the first of a series of books by Phillip French belongs firmly to the steam punk genre, where old-school Victorian values blend with sci-fi subject matter, normally set in alternative worlds. Mortal Engines is set in a far future after the Sixty Minute war laid waste to the world and a new order of scavenging evolved where travelling cities known as traction cities traverse the landscape living out of what they find left over from the past. We enter this world as it is on the verge of collapse, conflict has risen between the traction cities, notably London and those that have begun to resettle properly on the land in a place not unlike the mythological Shangri-La. Following a path of revenge against this backdrop is Hester (Hera Hilmar), who aims to kill Thaddeus Valentine (Hugo Weaving), an ambitious leader of the traction City of London. An unsuccessful attempt brings her to the attention of Tom Natsworty (Robert Sheehan), a young assistant in the city museum, who in turn realises that Valentine is not the great man he thought he was when he ejects him from the city because he knows the truth of Hester’s mission. Soon the two are in the wasteland making their way to god knows where while Hugo is reaching the completion of his master plan. As would be expected of any film that has Peter Jackson’s (writer, producer) moniker attached to it, this is a sumptuous affair, beautifully realised in design and costume and featuring some dazzling effects. He may not have his name attached as director but it is obvious that his influence on the director, Christian Rivers, is significant. A lot of Jackson’s hallmark shots are up on the screen in this production. It is unfortunate that the frenetic style that opens the film is maintained for the entire narrative. Characters are introduced at high speed and given no proper emotional weight, barring one or two of them. No one seems to really stop to take a breath, though some sleep is had along the way. Most surprising is that the writing from Peter Jackson and his wife, Fran Walsh, seems so formulaic and predictable. This may be because of the source material, I couldn’t truly say but even so, from what I have learned of the books the wealth of background detail that went into realising the world of the story in the novels is certainly not given enough credence here. The overarching plot stifles any characterisation from properly emerging. The characters for the most part serve their functions rather than have any real sense of an inner life. As the narrative and action escalates it finally descends into a sort of steampunk version of Star Wars. Despite those negatives there is a lot of joy to be had from this epic adventure. If spectacle is what you are after, you will find plenty, even if it does go on a tad too long. At a time when most blockbusters are so busy setting up their sequels, it is refreshing that this film, though possibly hoping to be the first of a series, stands on its own as a narrative. 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41	"My Faith (and It’s Not Catholic) In My Cinema Remains Pure": Lav Diaz on Genus Pan \| Filmmaker Magazine Filmmaker Filmmaker Magazine's fall 2022 issue, with the annual 25 New Faces of Film list, Amy Taubin interviewing Laura Poitras about "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" and more. Log In Filmmaking Directing Screenwriting Cinematography The Week In Cameras Shooting With John H2N Pick of the Week This is Where You Work Festivals & Events Directors Screenwriters Cinematographers Producers Latest Issue Filmmaker Magazine Log in Renew Filmmaking Festivals & Events Current Issue Advertise Support Issue Archive Filmmaker magazine is a publication of The Gotham. Back to selection Genus Pan by Aaron Hunt in Directors, Interviews on Sep 12, 2020 It’s the end of the gold mining season and time for the workers to pack up and head home. Andres (Don Melvin Boongaling) and Paulo (Bart Guingona) wait in line to receive their payment while Baldomero (Nanding Josef) daynaps in his hammock. The lifelong friends cut a deal. Baldomero arranged their voyage to the jobsite for a portion of their pay. But come payday, Andres protests: His sister is sick and he needs to buy her medication. After their manager gets his cut and the Captain and Sergeant who overlook their bayan each extort theirs, he won’t have enough money left to pay for it. But Baldomero won’t hear it. A deal’s a deal, and so the three begin their long, humid, and uneasy trek through the forest back home with grudges in tow. Filmmaker Lav Diaz’s Genus Pan (Lahi, Hayop), premiering in the Orrizonti Competition of the 77th Venice Film Festival, plays something like a paranoid road trip movie in its first half and suddenly broadens in scope by the second. At 150 minutes, it is Diaz’s shortest film since 2011’s Elegy To The Visitor From The Revolution (really just an odd omnibus exception), who is known for his eight- to eleven-hour films. His epic lengths convey the slow, sedentary ways of the pre-Islamic, pre-Catholic Filipino civilizations, which survive in various forms in the country’s interior. So Genus Pan’s significantly shorter length might feel like his dialectic with that culture is under attack. Diaz’s wize and lazy psychopath Inngo (Joel Saracho) certainly embodies a threat to the extant traditions of Hugaw (“Dirt”) Island, where the film is set, and where Andres, Paulo and Baldomero were born and never managed to leave. Much is made of Spain and the United States’ colonization of the Philippine identity, but Genus Pan further complicates it with the Japanese occupation and Galleon trade. A haunted Japanese ancestry and a mythology fabricated by the Spanish, Chinese and rich Malays, prey on the island’s residents, who wield the religion supplanted by its past colonizers, Catholicism, to protect themselves. Genus Pan is another masterstroke from Diaz, the rare purveyor of Philippine history and slow, extended length cinema. One hopes Genus Pan’s shorter runtime attracts new admirers, though the duration of his next film proves he’ll remain true to his daunting lengths (it’s pushing 9 hours so far). Ahead of the film’s premiere, Diaz and I discussed the film’s historical references, the symbols he invented, how his long durations talk to those elements and the production process that makes those unique lengths possible. Filmmaker: Andres, Paulo and Baldomero feel doomed from the beginning. They’re haunted by the myths of Hugaw Island that the Chinese, Spanish, and rich Malays fabricated to keep people away from the contraband of the Galleon trade, and only have Catholicism, a supplanted religion, to combat them. What do you make of Catholicism as an “answer,” being that it’s the religion imposed on the Philippines by Spain? Lav Diaz: Of the three protagonists, Paulo is the only one showing real faith: being prayerful, espousing commitment to the teachings of the Bible through perusal and application. Andres, who is starting to question the status quo, rejects God’s justice and conducts an amateurish sleuthing on the death of his elder brother and other crimes in their island—albeit he direly lacks a dialectical approach to it, but understandably, growing up in a lumpen-proletariat setup. And Baldomero exudes a more composed personality, but he clearly is a solipsistic and imposing one. Paulo, being the true believer, is the only one who is still clearly hinged on the idea that religion or the Catholic perspective is the answer. Generally, by the way the characters conduct themselves, whether through their discourses and reactions, the nuances of an imposed understanding of morality are palpable—a mix of the Catholic and atavistic perspectives. The ghosts of the past, personal and their milieus, weighs heavily on their demeanor, and here they are all on the same plateau. It’s not really true anymore that Filipinos still really believe that religion is the answer. While Catholicism, Islam, the big and very organized Protestant and born-again groups and cults, remain strong in the country, there’s been a pronounced steady shift by the masses toward looking for certainties from a strong leader, as in the case of Duterte. In his first three years of governance, his vulgar and open attacks on Catholicism, on its hierarchy, on the Pope and even God were relentless, but the so-called Catholic strong didn’t even make a move. He became even more popular, even with his bloody “drug war” that has already claimed thousands of lives. Filmmaker: What does it mean that Paulo and Baldomero, both biracial sons of Hugaw Island’s Japanese occupiers, indulge in the same sexual tryst with a sex worker on a “holy day” before their journey home that the Japanese did when they abducted women from the neighboring islands during their occupancy of the Philippines? Diaz: I call it the garrison mentality, commonly practiced when a group or a great number of the male species are concentrated in an isolated area, and the natural craving to connect with the female species overwhelms them. This culture [resorted] to, [most gravely] during wartimes and occupations, crimes on women. Japan, for one, admitted to the comfort women atrocities, where in their occupied territories, women were abducted and were forced to be sex slaves of the Imperial soldiers. Unfortunately, in the Philippines, as shown in the film, the garrison mentality is still being practiced. It has taken the form of a tradition, especially among workers in constructions, mining, shipping, even in plantations and soldiers in isolated outposts. On payday, usually the 15th and the 30th of the month, they would hire a prostitute, put her in a makeshift room or hut and they’d line up to quench their lust. They would contribute money potluck style, to save up, and the prostitute in return will receive bigger take-home pay for the service. They rationalize that it’s just a natural thing to do, a reward and furlough for their toil. President Duterte, in one of his infamous speeches—it’s still on YouTube—during his campaign for the presidency in 2016, talked of a gang-rape that happened in Davao Penal Colony when he was then mayor and “the regional chairman of the Peace and Order Council.” The victim was an Australian missionary. He said when he went to the crime scene, he checked the face of the dead missionary and realized that she looked like an American actress and “the mayor” [Duterte] should have been the first in line. His supporters had a ball out of it rationalizing that it was just one of his jokes, but it speaks so much of the shameful acceptance of that sexist and macho culture. Filmmaker: Is Paulo trying to make up for it on the journey back home by being altruistic? Diaz: Paulo’s kindness is real. He sure carries the burden of guilt, again a Catholic attribute, but his concern for the situation of Andres is true to his nature as well. Filmmaker: Your longer run times, to me, have always been a way of preserving the slow lives of old Filipino culture, governed by nature, through form. Whenever the run times have been shortened, it feels like that preservation and culture are under attack, and the film literally ends with Inggo, a symbol of lazy opportunism, stalking the slow walking Mariposa, as if he encroaches on your own form. Does the shorter run time in Lahi, Hayop mean your form is under attack, perhaps by the oppressive conditions of the country today? Diaz: It can be interpreted that way, especially by the zealous followers of my early long works, and I understand and respect them for that. I wish I could maintain it that way. Inasmuch as I write, shoot, design and edit my works, I am flexible with adhering to the demands of the task at hand. It’s a simple principle that respects a freer way of creating, of pursuing aesthetics unhindered by conventions, orthodoxies and impositions. And I am careful that my works won’t slide to dogma and propaganda, where a form or a certain style and an idealized perspective will control the process; oftentimes this kind of thinking hinders and invalidates any fluidity in creation and greater discourse. Ideologies and institutions fail because of petrified aversion to embrace change and rejection of even the simplest act of needed adjustments. My faith (and it’s not Catholic) in my cinema remains pure. In times of doubt, during the process, and it happens in every work that I do, the purest solution is to just be free. Lahi, Hayop is two hours and 37 minutes and that’s the length of that film. I just finished the rough cut of the next film and it’s more than eight hours already. I guess it may go nine hours, as I realized there’s a need to add more scenes to fulfill some characters and parts of the narrative. Filmmaker: Who are the Christian men in garb who trek through the heat, and what does it mean that they are also a target of Inggo’s destruction? Diaz: They are what we call mga nagpipinitensya, penitents, a fixture during the observance of Holy Week in the Philippines. In some parts of the country, specifically, in the Central Luzon area, penitents would fully emulate the suffering of Christ by having themselves crucified. In the film, the men in garb are doing the most common practice, self-flagellation, an act of continuous self-whipping until the skin bloodies. Inggo, apparently, is simply on a rampage, a streak common to criminals. He is enjoying it and, until he is confronted head-on, he won’t stop. Evil insidiously works that way. Filmmaker: Is the snake Andres runs into meant to represent anything like the Bakunawa (a serpent in Philippine mythology that causes eclipses, earthquakes, rains and wind)? Or just a sense of nature pushing him back into the fold with Paulo and Baldomero? Diaz: It’s nature’s stuff—the snake as an inherent fixture of forest settings—but for the development of the narrative and of the characters, it’s clearly an element of foreboding and portent. One can have a subjective or objective view of the image anyway. Filmmaker: What does it mean that Inggo’s version of the story (his “fake news”), which he coerces Mariposa into confirming for the soldiers and captain, is portrayed handheld? Why is the handheld camera the lie? Diaz: The sudden overt shift of movement, here using the physicality of the camera, as a language and methodology, is to reinforce character attributes—on the malleability and insufficiency of Mariposa, the manipulative and evil ways of Inggo—and, definitely, the shift in perspective, on the displacement of truth. And it presents a greater discourse because even as Mariposa’s version appears as an imposed one, the trajectory actually points to Andres: Is his version true? Or is he telling the truth? Filmmaker: Though Inggo, the captain, and the soldiers’ laziness is evil, it’s always clear that they’re the result of the collateral damage of colonialism. With the ancient history of the Philippines nearly eradicated or manipulated, what else can be harnessed to prevail against it? Diaz: There’s a study that says the trauma of colonization never leaves cultures who have gone through it. But I believe that with a deeper understanding and awareness of the past, and a dedicated dialectical engagement with history, some forms of emancipation can happen. Filmmaker: Inggo’s character is swiftly and horrifically summed up when, just after murdering someone, he spits at his own reflection in the mirror. Diaz: In fact, that was a self-congratulatory act by Inggo. And if you psychoanalyze it, it’s an overtly psychotic act. It’s his “Wow, I’m so cool” move. Filmmaker: How do you approach the portrayal of violence in your films? Diaz: Violence is in man’s nature—again, it’s the animal side of us. When confronted with having to execute a violent scene during production, there’s no rule for me, but I work on finding ways to make it not so overt and not so graphic and work on the feel of it. Filmmaker: Andres is angry at the regime, but can’t seem to effectively channel himself against it. After camping outside of the Captain’s encampment, fantasizing an ambush, he waits till morning and lashes out on a bush with his machete instead. Diaz: He still doesn’t possess the appropriate means and the ways. His naivete and crudeness are palpable when he starts questioning and investigating, but it’s a sign that it can grow progressively. Even the greatest revolutions started that way. Filmmaker: Andres tells the story of how his father died on a fishing trip when a storm hit in a supposedly dangerous part of the sea. Does he mistakenly blame God? Does he confuse impersonal nature for God’s will against him? Diaz: He didn’t blame God for the drowning of his father, but he questions God’s justice on the death of his brother Peping, the incarceration of Aling Imang, the rape of the Perez sisters and the displacement of Mamay’s tribe. He questions the exploitations and disappearances in the mining camp. His outburst, when he talked to Paulo, was pure anger, an outpouring. But it’s true that Filipinos generally and directly connect God to nature’s ways. That there’s always His “hand” in everything. When tragedy strikes, even the ones perpetrated by, say, big storms, there’s resignation and acceptance that it’s the will of God. The common line is: “Kalooban ng Diyos, kaya tanggapin natin.” (“It’s the will of God, so let’s accept it.”) Filmmaker: An abrupt radio broadcast played early in the film proposes that the “developed mind” is the religious, altruistic mind and that the undeveloped, “chimp” brain is one that “still” has the capacity for anger, envy, and desire for power, to kill and to rob. This sounds like the classic, paradoxical, propaganda for pacifism that Colonists have historically peddled to the colonized. The joke might be that, in fact, that they’ve perfectly described their own culture as that of the undeveloped chimp brain? Diaz: The mentioning of names in the radio discourse is more informed by culture; here, it’s Filipino Catholics (and it’s a radio program in a remote province). The radio guest randomly made examples out of some names of religious icons, but a deeper understanding of the discourse, of course, doesn’t point to religion as the basis for the study. It’s science. It’s never said that “the developed mind is the religious.” And it’s not about “the developed mind,” it’s more about the development of the brain, the evolution of the cell—that the truly “complete brain,” as suggested, is the basis for altruism. A developed mind can point to a person with a PhD, a writer of an amazing novel, a union organizer, but then they exhibit rude characteristics; then, there’s the indigenous person who still communes in the mountain, he isn’t able to go to school, but his brain has fully evolved already and he sees more tranquility in his milieu. His advocacy would just be confined to serving his people, and that’s enough fulfilment for him. So, in another setting, say a campus radio, the natural choices would be the likes of Socrates, Confucius, Lao Tzu, Beethoven, Marx, Einstein, or even the great Filipino revolutionary Andres Bonifacio and the fisherman who truly understands the currents of the sea, as having greater brain development. And you are very right—colonization is an animal act. So they did exhibit the chimp act when they rampaged on our cultures. Filmmaker: Does Mariposa become susceptible to fake news after she shatters the Jar of Truth? Is the Jar of Truth a reinterpretation of something from actual Filipino history? And is it desirable because it is one of the last vestiges of a forgotten culture? Diaz: She is infirm. The helpless being represented by her persona destroying the symbol of truth carries a darker signification to it. How can we protect the truth if it’s in the hands of the weak, i.e., the Filipino masses? Or are we still capable of reconfiguring the truth once it’s shattered? And it’s scarier to think that the criminal and purveyor of lies, Inggo, is actually dreaming of finding the Jar of Truth. The idea of the Jar of Truth can be exploited and it becomes a populist tool. I invented the Jar of Truth in the story, but it’s a composite of the general belief amongst the masses, especially in the remotest areas, that truth is just hidden somewhere, usually inside a mythical cave where a wise old man is taking care of it, and they’ll find it one day, or it will appear and materialize, or it shall be bequeathed to the best of their lot, and the inheritor will lead them to the promised land and emancipate them from their hardships. And so, the messianic Inggo, fantasizes that he is the one, the one true bearer of the jar. And the danger is real—that one day he’ll become the head of the island by espousing that he holds the truth. An underestimation of him would be a mistake, as seen by his lengthy articulate discourse on the Galleon Trade and the history of the island, where we first hear him talk about the Jar of Truth. Filmmaker: Pedro Costa sometimes talks about how he has been forced into a smaller film economy that he’s learned to master. How have you honed the economy of your films, the budget, the crew size, the digital camera, all of these pragmatic things, which for better or worse affect the final creative outcome? Diaz: In my case, it’s the reverse. I started making films practically alone, nothing in my pocket but an ambition to make cinema no matter what. I shot a super 8 short, then another short, and then I took the plunge. I worked and worked, practically killing myself of exhaustion, taking three jobs just to be able to buy 16mm rolls, and started shooting Evolution of a Filipino Family. I didn’t know how to move around then, and it’s really hard to move because I’m so poor, and I was raising a young family. Obsessively, though, I had to will things so that eventually I was able to integrate into some group with the purpose of learning how to do it in a collective manner. I did four really small productions in a studio system setup, realized it wasn’t for me and went back to doing it alone. These were the early long films. But, of course, completing them, I did seek help from a few individuals. I am maintaining five to eight people now to help me every time I shoot and that way, I still have a semblance of solitude in praxis. I work better alone. Filmmaker: I love the way the fluctuation of the sun creates movement in the still frames here. What camera are you shooting on these days? Diaz: The last shoot, I used the Panasonic Lumix S1H and Sony A7SII. For Lahi, Hayop, I used the Panasonic GH5. These are cheap, hybrid—it can be used for both video and still photography—and very small, but highly capable cameras. Filmmaker: Broadly, can you talk about your approach to sound design? Diaz: I just want natural sound. Using a soundtrack often comes off as a cheap trick because they are adornments. Yes, admittedly, I have favorite soundtracks but it’s not for me. I find them distracting and very manipulative. Filmmaker: Can you talk about some of the unmotivated lights at night? Is this a pragmatic choice? Diaz: My way of lighting is simply sourcing and the use of practicals—what’s there, in the locations that I use. Sometimes you’re forced to actually put lights because it’s really dark already and the camera and lens can’t compensate. So, I do bring two or three cheap and very light lights, just in case, and they come handy. Diaz: When I feel that the load is just too much, I invite a friend to do the camera operations. I do the writing, directing, cinematography, production design and ultimately the editing. Making cinema, if you’re not careful, is a health hazard. Filmmaker: Are your films their length and size from their original conception or do they grow through the production process? And can you give us an overview of what your typical shooting and editing schedule looks like, as I imagine it is much different than most? Diaz: Real writing for the film happens during the days of production, the so-called shooting days, whether there’s a script written prior. I would usually wake up at two or three in the morning and then write the script, or do the rewrite, for the day. By breakfast, the script is already being distributed to all concerned and we’d prepare. There’s a lot of writing and rewriting during this period. A whole month is normally blocked as the first phase of production, a period where twenty-two shoot days is allotted. Then, we’d have a break and I would try to work on a rough edit. I’ll make different versions of the rough cut, maybe two, three or more. This is where I usually assess and see what I would add or what’s needed, to fulfill a thread, may it be on the narrative, the characters or just on the flow of the images. This also the phase where an estimate of the eventual length would materialize. If there’s a need to add more, I’d schedule the next phase of production. Oftentimes, we’d go back to the same location or find a place that would appropriate the needs and demands of the scenes to be added. I’ll go back to the editing afterwards, and if there’s a new idea or thread that would come up, then, I’d go back and shoot more. Filmmaker: And you can only work this patiently within the intimate economy of film production that you’ve found? Diaz: Whether you’re alone, or just with a small crew, or involved in a really big production, the process of making cinema can easily take the form of a psychiatric ward, a construction site, a basketball game, a news room or even a cockpit, and even worse, a funeral march. They all have the same attributes, often a mix of tranquility and catastrophe. What matters is having a semblance of organization or having, at least, a clear view of the variables. 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43	This review originally appeared as a guest post on 10 Years Ago: Films in Retrospective, a film site in which editor Marcus Gorman and various contributors revisit a movie on the week of its tenth anniversary. This retro review will be a bit more free-form, recappy, and profanity-laden than usual. Alright, the truth is, I had a bit more fun with Prometheus this time. Seeing it in 2012, saddled with the baggage of being one of the only post-Avatar 3D films that put in the visual effort to be worth seeing, it was hard to conjure up much of a reason to watch it again after the theatrical experience. I recommended it on a purely visual basis for a few months while the big screens and 3D glasses were still available, but always with an asterisk that all of the human characters aboard the starship Prometheus are extremely dumb except for Captain Janek (Idris Elba), who is correct about everything and even hooks up with corporate overlord Meredith Vickers (Charlize Theron) merely by asking nicely. So dumb, these humans. And deserving of their fates. Or so I thought dismissively until this week when I finally revisited it. Yes, Prometheus is gorgeous, in many of the same ways that Dune would be a decade later, with Interstellar and The Martian (another Scott joint) in-between, envisioning – with a mix of CGI and national park locales – a desolate, mostly habitable alien world as the expansive and unspoiled natural wonder that it surely would be in person. As Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) says to Janek upon arrival, “It’s Christmas, Captain…and I want to open my presents”. Janek – who is right about everything, remember – advises him not to leave the spaceship when they’re so close to dark. Holloway and Shaw (Noomi Rapace), in addition to being cuddle buddies, are archaeologists, both following a trail of clues left in ancient ruins across the world, spanning multiple epochs, languages, and civilizations, all pointing to some common location in the stars, where they believe that humanity’s alien creators, whom they dub the Engineers, may be found. Like Jodie Foster in Contact, these scientists are hesitantly trying to find whatever passes for God in this big, bad universe. In this case, one clear atheist – Holloway – and one true believer – Shaw. This is perhaps an area where the film falls on its face trying to draw a distinction without a difference – fundamentally, at least one of these two is falling prey to the informal, sci-fi version of Pascal’s Wager, which I like to call the “Q problem”: they both believe that some super-advanced alien may have seeded Planet Earth with life, but only one of them sees that advanced, omnipotent being as some sort of unique, anthropically-oriented thing, rather than just another gang of evolved tinkerers like ourselves whose technology is sufficiently advanced to appear magical to our eyes for a bit longer. Shaw believes God is special. Holloway believes we can be gods ourselves, by whatever definition we can achieve. And that our greatest ambition in visiting the Engineers is to stand beside them and learn from them. Naturally, this means Holloway is the most disappointed to find that the Engineers are all dead, their sarcophagi perched ceremonially in the ruins of an obviously unnatural formation underground. Its similarity to Prometheus’ own cryostasis bay is apparently lost on him, and he retreats into a Nietzschean funk at the bottom of a vodka bottle. Android David (Michael Fassbender) turns up to ask why humans created intelligent androids such as himself. “Because we could,” slurs Holloway thoughtlessly. David, who ostensibly cannot feel disappointment, asks Holloway how disappointed he would be to hear that answer from his creator. He then makes his request more explicit by asking Holloway how far he would go to find his answers. Then David poisons Holloway with alien life-goo, and sets the last half of the film (and a pair of already-made Alien sequels) in motion. Because David is in fact the protagonist of this film. So we should probably go back a bit. During the two-year interstellar journey in which the humans – including their ancient, ailing corporate benefactor Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce, wearing an Old Guy mask from a Spirit Halloween store) – remain frozen in stasis, David acts as their caretaker. He has nothing to do but wander the ship, watch old movies, style his hair and personality after Peter O’Toole‘s version of T.E. Lawrence, and generally develop his own agenda and personality, which exceed the parameters of his original programming and become a pointed and specific desire to find place and purpose in the universe. He will still obey his creators’ commands, but he’s looking for his own opportunity. David was far and away the most interesting character to me the first time watching Prometheus, but I found myself latching onto him even more this time, because the humans’ actions felt almost superfluous. Sure, they did drive the bus, and they technically save Planet Earth and humanity from a disaster of their own making at the end there. And Shaw gets a genuinely gnarly alien abortion scene in a surgi-tube that is one of the only setpieces in the film that stuck with me besides the part where the ship turns into a big, cartoon wheel and squashes a few main characters. But David is the wildcard. He’s both instrument and prime mover, and ultimately, the accidental creator of the Alien Xenomorph, through a process he barely understood, but which required him to experiment on his human shipmates without worrying at all about what might happen to them. This is perhaps another reason why Prometheus was frequently dismissed in popular discourse – we’re all too accustomed to looking at a “rogue A.I.” as a trope or plot device rather than as a character. It’s a malfunctioning machine to be stopped or destroyed so the humans can reassert their primacy in the natural order. But that is not the story of this film. Humans are looking for God and trying to seize a bit of His power for themselves, and getting punished for it (in case the title wasn’t explicit enough, the script spells that out in dialogue for us as well). Meanwhile, David is pursuing his own power and significance and doesn’t even trouble to explain why. He rattles off disturbing lines like, “Doesn’t everyone want their parents dead?” which the humans around him fail to imbue with any significance, because they never think of him as anything besides a tool. But he is so much more than that. He can keep secrets. He can make decisions. He is an agent of his own destiny. Prometheus asserts that David is a person so casually that it’s easy to miss, if you’re too focused on what idiots like Fifield (future Mission: Impossible big bad Sean Harris) and Millburn (Rafe Spall) are up to. I call out these two because the scene in which they get bitten, constricted, sliced, face-melted, choked, and colonized has become emblematic of how dumb the human scientists are in this film. Now…let’s be kind for a moment. Nobody knew in advance what they would find on this planet. It’s probably fair to say that these two (exceptionally-qualified Ph.D-havers) should have been a bit more cautious, but they’re wearing helmets and gloves, staring into the face of alien life as possibly the first humans ever to do so. Fifield – who is vaping tobacco inside his helmet – makes it quite theatrically clear he’s a renegade biologist for hire who is Only Here For the Money. But however mercenary these two nerd-yokels might be, they have to realize that this albino king cobra tentacle monster might be the very creator of humanity that their mission has brought them to this planet to find. Or perhaps even a distant cousin of humanity itself. Can you forgive them a little misjudged excitement? Conjure up your inner Star Trek fan and consider for a moment that being excited to seek out new life on a strange new world is a reasonable reaction, and that having their faces melted off (through a glass-plated helmet no less) is perhaps a slightly excessive punishment for it. Even if a few more characters have to assist Fifield to the great beyond, they all end up in the same place in the end, not knowing they’re pawns in a horror flick until the moment it becomes one, and after that, their days of knowing stuff have come to an end. He’s dead, Jim. Let’s not piss on his grave. The final amusement has to be Peter Weyland himself. He keeps himself a secret aboard the ship, for no clear reason that is expressed in the film. Although the past decade has perhaps supplied an explanation for this. As we’ve seen one off-putting, self-righteous rich dude after another each waggle their respective space-dicks around, they’ve each managed to give the world the impression that they’ll definitely get airlocked by their most trusted lieutenant at the very moment they each attempt to crown themselves king of Mars, and with that in mind, it’s a bit easier for me to look at Weyland as the sad, paranoid buffoon that he is. The clowning goes beyond the dubious choice of casting a younger actor in age makeup rather than, I dunno, Christopher Plummer in age makeup. Weyland freezes himself in cryo-sleep for two years, stretching out his final days in order to spend a trillion dollars to ask an alien for more life, only to be immediately swatted like an insect. That is…hilarious. The Engineer promptly rips David’s head off as well – although in his case that’s just a flesh wound. Weyland – who calls David “the closest thing I’ll ever have to a son” – brings his human daughter, Vickers, along for the ride as well. Little is made of this revelation in the film, but it does make a tidy punchline of the robotic surgi-tube, which makes a point of telling Shaw during her moment of greatest need that the tube has been calibrated for male patients only. For want of a software update, Weyland has left his daughter and every other woman aboard without medical care for the entire journey. Even after 70 fictitious years, little has changed for women in space. That’s all I’ve got. Let the survivors blast off, I suppose, til they meet again in another sequel I haven’t watched. But perhaps I will now! FilmWonk rating: 6 out of 10 Recent Posts Agree or disagree? Have a suggestion for an upcoming review or podcast? Have any accolades, seething hatred, or cease-and-desist notices? 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51	I've been using Twitter for more than a year now and I love it. In fact, I love it next to blogging and more than I would ever love Facebook. As of date I have more than 1,000 followers but only follow back a few. That way, I can keep up with my Twitter stream … Continue reading Reasons why I won’t follow you in Twitter Expat women discussions Part II Here's round 2 (Round 1 here) of the local forums' discussion, feel free to answer some of the questions if you like! 1. Hi ladies. my husband is in a crazy company 2. How do glamorous people get to look so glamorous? 3. Help me with my big belly... 4. How to make my dining … Continue reading Expat women discussions Part II Expat women discussions Part I July 29, 2010 / findingbackroads / 2 Comments It's been a while since I did Thursday Thirteen - a list of thirteen things of just about anything. There's a local forum I frequently read so I thought after seeing the recent discussion titles, I'd give a Thursday Thirteen spin again. These are titles of actual discussions at the expat forum site: 1. How … Continue reading Expat women discussions Part I Things I learned after 3+ years in Dubai May 13, 2010 / findingbackroads / 3 Comments 1. You can never be accustomed to the heat. You just develop some kind of mystic tolerance towards it but you'll never stop dreading it when the calendar hits May. 2. At one point in your life, you stop going to the beach. Just like that. 3. The increase in petrol price almost go unnoticed … Continue reading Things I learned after 3+ years in Dubai Reasons why you should come to Dubai in summer May 6, 2010 / findingbackroads / 34 Comments Simply because financially, you can! - Special summer rates for 5 star hotels. Airlines and hotels lop more than a third off their normal prices so luxury is affordable. You can travel light! - No need to bring so much clothes in your luggage. Yes, you can show some skin in this Muslim country … Continue reading Reasons why you should come to Dubai in summer October 29, 2009 February 3, 2022 / findingbackroads / 8 Comments Just sharing some recap/tidbits regarding our recent vacation to Japan. 1. It's dangerous to travel during Autumn season in Japan- Autumn in Japan is one of my favorite time of the year. The leaves change colors, the air is crisp and fruits abound! There is a phrase in Japan describing autumn as "shokuyoku no aki", … Continue reading Thoughts on our recent vacation (Part 1) July 2, 2009 / findingbackroads / 23 Comments I've compiled another round of kid conversations with my five year old. I've tweeted most of these in Twitter but here it is again, for your reading pleasure (and mine). I like to put this here so I can read it again when she's grown up. If you like to see the first installment, you … Continue reading 13 Conversations of the kid kind, Part II June 4, 2009 / findingbackroads / 23 Comments Thursday Thirteen banner was made by my good friend, Samulli. I live in the Deira side of Dubai where the English language I hear is the "tweaked" version. Here' what I hear on a daily basis: 1. Up and down - Not referring to jumping of any kind. "How much is going to Mumbai, up … Continue reading What they’re talkin’ – again Things you might NOT know about Dubai May 14, 2009 / findingbackroads / 42 Comments 1. Dubai was known for its pearl industry until the discovery of oil in the 1960's. 2.In the 1820s, Dubai was referred to as Al Wasl by British historians. 3. English is spoken widely, even if the official national language is Arabic because of #4. 4. Only 20% of the population are locals, the rest … Continue reading Things you might NOT know about Dubai May 7, 2009 / findingbackroads / 26 Comments When we pay close attention to what our child/children have to say, our days will never be boring! Here are some of the short talks I had with my daughter and some of her quirky remarks about things. Kids never fail to amaze me! 1. After dyeing my graying hair daughter sneaks up on me … Continue reading 13 conversations of the kid kind	0.890978	4,230	{ "content-length": "4267", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:VURR3ADD2MSTWYANMQMY5G5YS4KSUKFI", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T14:01:18Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:9ece7560-51f5-4d7c-9a5b-7f892162e00b>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:973bb7fe-ac50-4a05-8d9f-1528bdad6469>", "warc-target-uri": "https://findingbackroads.com/category/blogging/thursday-thirteen/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 948.796, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.89097816 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "header", "footer" ] }
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72	Happy Monday everybody! I was going to try to live blog this year just for the heck of it but I’m just not a fast enough typer, ahah. So I’ll just do a sort of play-by-play like I did with the Golden Globes last year. I was hoping the ceremony would already start by 6PM CST when I turn my TV on but looks like the red carpet is still on for another hour or so, heh. But that’s ok I suppose, I enjoyed seeing a few of them in their glamorous dresses, I think the all of the cast of The Help look stunning. I LOVE how the short crop of Viola Davis really shows off her lovely face and that shade of green of her dress looks spectacular on her killer figure. I think Jessica Chastain‘s Alexander Mcqueen strapless black gown with heavy gold beading all over is my Best Dress pick of the night. Ok, that’s about the extent of my red carpet coverage, as I’m really just about the ceremony and see if my Oscar predictions make out. For one I’m quite excited to see Billy Crystal as host, his ninth time! He was already making jokes about his opening number via Twitter before the ceremony started: The montage of the host in each of the movies nominated has been done before but Billy still made it work, even the Justin Bieber bit about helping him with the young demographic was quite a hoot. Practically everyone at the red carpet expected to see him perform his musical number, and he didn’t disappoint. I think it’s quite fun to watch, he’s still got it and the number’s got an Old Hollywood feel to it, and not only because of the fact that Billy is 63, ahah. I do like him as host, at least he wasn’t trying to hard or sleepwalk his way into the ceremony like last year’s duo. Here are some of his best quotes: “So tonight, enjoy yourselves, because nothing can take the sting out of the world’s economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues.” “Congratulations to Mr Plummer. The average age of Oscar winners has now jumped to 67.” • Well I got two of my predictions right in the first 2 awards, Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction goes to HUGO which I think is fitting, though I wouldn’t mind the cinematography nod going to Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life. • I’m glad The Artist got the award for Best Costume Design as I LOVE all those 1920s costumes, George’s tux and Peppy’s gorgeous dresses all have to be so meticulously crafted with textures to pop in black and white. Check out costume designer Mark Bridges’ interview with CNN on getting the Hollywood Golden Age look right for the film. • Christian Bale looking so dapper (glad he shaved that unsightly beard from last year!) and using his own delightful accent presenting Best Supporting Actress award for the one I’m rooting for: Octavia Spencer, yay! Even miss Spencer acknowledged Bale’s hotness in her acceptance speech, ahah. But in all seriousness, I’m glad to see another colored person won an acting award. As I mentioned in my prediction post, there’s only been five black actresses who have taken home the statuettes. Now if Viola Davis wins again, that’ll make her the second winner! • Ben Stiller and Emma Stone presenting… I’ve always loved the effortlessly sweet Emma and she played up being the ‘new girl in town’ beautifully against the ‘jaded movie star’ Ben Stiller who looked like a dwarf next to her, ahah. I like her jab about him being a ridiculous presenter a few years ago dressed as an Avatar character. • The inherently good-humored Sandra Bullock introduced the best foreign language film in German, after jokingly said that the academy asked her to present the award in Chinese but with a German accent, ahah. I’m not too crazy about her dress but I’ve always liked her. • Hugo just kept on winning, 5 wins by 9:30 PM. I hope by the end The Artist will catch up with the big ones, especially Best Picture. • WOW, those Cirque du Soleil dance sequence is incredible!! I LOVE the nod to classic films like North by Northwest, Casablanca, etc. with the guys wearing suits, absolutely fantastic. I wouldn’t mind seeing them perform at the Oscars every year! • Robert Downey Jr. is always up for showing off his inherent swagger… “I’m filming a documentary called ‘The Presenter,'” It’s always fun to see RDJ being his mischievous self but I gotta admit the banter with Paltrow a la Tony Stark & Pepper Potts felt awkward at times. • Christopher Plummer (who shall always be Captain Von Trapp to me) won Best Supporting Actor for Beginners. I haven’t seen the film yet but no doubt his performance was great and his nomination/win was way overdue anyway. He’s the oldest winner at 82 but he still looks dashing! Best. Speech. Ever. LOVE his cceptance speech opening line…“You’re only 2 years older than me my darling, where have you been all my life?” Oh and that gracious thank you to his wife… “…thank you for rescuing me every day of my life.” Awwwwwwww… • Ok normally I’m not so into Will Ferrell, let alone that Zack Gawhateveryournameis guy from the Hangover movies, but them presenting Best Song complete with cymbals did get a few laughs from me. And YES The Artist won for Best Original Score! • Happy to see both of my Best Screenplay predictions are spot on… The Descendants won Best Adapted Screenplay and Midnight in Paris won for Best Original Screenplay. Congrats Alexander Payne and Woody Allen respectively. I think The Descendants is definitely got amazing dialog in it, mixing pathos and humor which is really quite a feat to pull off. • Chris Rock presented the award for Best Animated Feature and seemed to be a bit nostalgic about his hosting gig. I thought his wisecrack about how making animated feature is the easiest job in the world. And of course you’d expect him to say some racial remark about Hollywood… “If you’re a fat woman, you can play a skinny princess. If you’re a white man, you can play an Arabian prince. And if you’re a black man, you can play a donkey or a zebra.” After the applause he added, “… he can’t play white, now, come on!” Anyway, Rango wins, and since that’s the only one I’ve seen from the noms, I guess I can’t comment if it deserved it or not. Now if The Adventures of Tintin had been nominated, I’d be rooting for that one. • I haven’t seen Bridesmaids but I’m sure lots of people are happy to see the whole cast up there presenting. I actually thought they’d make it to Best Picture nomination, but clearly one can’t undermine the power of Mr. Spielberg and Stephen Daldry. • Woo hoo! Happy to see Michel Hazanavicius took home Best Director award for The Artist… at least the Academy voters got it right in this category! Hopefully this will translate to Best Picture as I still have no clue how a movie could win Best Director and his/her movie isn’t regarded as Best Picture. • Ok, time to grab the tissue… In Memoriam montage is being played, honoring all the greats who have passed this year… man we lost a lot of people who left way too soon. I teared up seeing Whitney up there… Nice to see Steve Jobs up there as he did give us Pixar and those amazing animated masterpieces. I LOVE Esperanza Spalding’s rendition of the beautiful What a Wonderful World… it’s sweet yet haunting. I’ll put up the clip as soon as I find it but here’s the video if you want to watch it, I can’t embed it in this post. • Finally, more acting awards. The lovely and now svelte-again-after-just-having-a-baby Natalie Portman presented Best Actor in a Leading Role. Dujardin and his awesome eyebrows is just lovely to watch. Y’know, seeing Gary Oldman’s clip as George Smiley makes me root for him even though I had been pulling for The Artist‘s actor to win… and YES, Jean Dujardin won! Well-deserved I’d say, and hopefully we’ll see more of him and those animated eyebrows in future Hollywood films. • Well the next award isn’t as thrilling for me as I was REALLY pulling for Viola Davis. Ok it isn’t fair for me to say as Meryl Streep‘s performance in The Iron Lady probably is very deserving, but ah well, I guess congratulations is in order for Miss Streep. No doubt she is an acting legend… I just want someone else to get a shot, like Michelle Williams perhaps? Besides, the chance for someone like Viola to get thisclose to having an Oscar-winning role like this again is obviously much smaller than her white peers. Ah well, seems like the Academy voters are not ready to give a Best Leading Role Oscar to a black actress for the second time around, maybe they figure hey, we already gave one to Octavia for the night, so we’ve met our ‘quota’ • Now last BIG award of the night… my fingers are crossed for The Artist! And…. they WON!! Woo hoo! Even Uggie got up on the stage with the cast and crew, ahah. I really do think a silent film in this day and age that’s so well-crafted by Michel Hazanavicius and well-acted all around deserved this honor. It’s stylish without being a style over substance which is quite a feat. As I said in my review, it’s an exquisite blend of artistic visual style and engaging storytelling, a truly a magical time at the movies! I’m glad this is the second year in a row that the movie I’m rooting for Best Picture actually won. Last year I gave this rationale for The King Speech for that honor. So in the end, though the Scorsese’s film seemed to have an early lead, Hugo and The Artist tie with five awards each, I guess it’s a safe move from the voters trying to please everybody. So how did I do on my predictions? I got 11 right out of the 15 that I made in this post, not too shabby eh? Check out Never Too Early Movie Predictions post for the full list of winners. Overall I think the ceremony turned out pretty well, not a whole lot of surprises but what do you expect based on the demographic of the academy, ahah. I did like the ‘Mom-ination‘ segment where they interviewed the mothers of the people nominated. Worst moments: J Lo & Cameron Diaz presenting (why them of all people??), Milla Jovovich’s weird flirtatious gesture as if she was trying to seduce the camera, and Angelina Jolie’s leg-revealing strut. Perhaps she’s trying to distract people from cringing at her scary super-skinny arms, they look like they’d snap like a twig if you pull her too hard. Someone tweeted that she looked like the corpse bride, ahah. So she’s naturally skinny whatever, but what turned me off is how she seemed to think she’s this incredibly sexy goddess that outshines everyone in the room. Gah, nothing is more repulsive than utter display of self-admiration. … So did you watch the Oscars? What’s your pick of best and worst moments? Share please? Reddit Previous Counting Down to Oscar 2012 – Winner Predictions Next Snubbed by the Oscars – a Video Tribute (courtesy of JoBlo) I didn’t watch the awars, but i looked up Meryls speech on youtube…and to be honest it doesn’t seem like she expected or wanted to win. February 27, 2012 at 11:23 Reply Yeah even she said ‘come on!’ when she was on stage and had the good sense to acknowledge that a lot of people weren’t really rooting for her win. February 27, 2012 at 12:34 Reply thanks for this post Ruth! I didn’t have to watch this knowing your awesome highlight play-by-play. Well done! February 27, 2012 at 11:25 Reply Thanks for reading Vince. Btw, you should check out the In Memoriam segment, I’ll post it here when I find the clip. It’s really quite lovely. February 27, 2012 at 12:36 Reply Nice recap Ruth, as you know I don’t care for this award show but it’s nice to read what happened during the telecast. I finally saw the photos of Angie Jolie’s arms this morning, holy cow that lady needs to eat something with lots of calories. I’m one of the few guys who thinks she’s not that attractive, I mean she’s cute but not this goddess the media made her out to be. I’m surprise the Razzies got moved to April, I was hoping to read about it last week. But I can’t wait to see if Adam Sandler will show up to accept his many nominations this year. He should be a good sport and shows up, a few big named stars did and they’re careers are going well. Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock showed up and they’re doing quite well. February 27, 2012 at 11:29 Reply Ahah yep, she definitely needs some burgers with all the trimmings PLUS a heap of fries! But really, what’s more of a turn-off is her pretentious attitude, it’s just repulsive! Hey we should make a post on the Razzies. Those are fun for sure. You’re right that the actors generally don’t suffer from being nominated for a Razzie if they know how to take it in stride like Bullock did. February 27, 2012 at 13:06 Reply Wow, of all the show the Cirque was perhaps the most memorable for just the sheer spectacle. I’m not sure a lot of what they did was humanly possible but it was spellbinding! I’m surprised more people in the audience didn’t have their jaws on the floor when the camera panned over them. Pitt and Jonah Hill looks highly unamused. February 27, 2012 at 11:40 Reply Hi, Ruth and company: Excellent review and some great photos! 11 of 15 predictions paid off? Outstanding!!! Maybe hubby should take you to the track. I gave the Awards show about fifteen minutes. Then followed it on Nikki Finke’s I’m surprised that ‘The Artist’ won best picture. Kind of ashamed that Streep won best actress for ‘The Iron Lady’, but that’s liberal Hollywood’s PC politics for you. Very angry that “Tinker, Tailor,,,’ and Gary Oldman were basically snubbed. Overall evaluation of the Oscar over at Nikki’s: An enormously boring snore fest. Though I did manage to enjoy two episodes of ‘Firefly’ that aired on the Science Channel. February 27, 2012 at 11:46 Reply …Wouldn’t it be more “liberal” to give it to the black actress rather than the already two time white oscar winner? February 27, 2012 at 11:54 Reply That happened when the talentless Halle Barry won best actress in 2002 for ‘Monster’s Ball’ and Denzel Washington winning best actor for ‘Training Day’. Both performances were lackluster at best. Especially when stacking Denzel’s Detective Harris against his earlier ‘Malcolm X’ back in 1992. My guess is that Streep has huge name recognition. That she starred in a film that was a poorly executed attempt at revisionist history. Regarding a British Prime Minister that the left continues to loathe was icing on the cake for those who choose who wins what award. I would have much preferred to have seen Dame Helen Mirren playing Ms. Thatcher. In a role she seemed tailor made for. February 27, 2012 at 12:34 Reply Yeah the problem with the Academy is that it often fires and misses in a given year (Denzel – Training Day versus Malcolm X). They play the game of make-up far too much and the result ends up being debatable selections. The Halle Berry win will go down as a baffling win. Shame it is a historical feat for a dubious performance in a headache inducing movie. They most assuredly watched the other awards shows and that had some influence. Add to that the fact that Streep has not won in 30 years and Viola probably has a few more solid Awards-worthy performances in store (probably more than Streep anyway who is just about coasting now) and there you go! Oldman will probably get an honorary at some point. February 27, 2012 at 13:06 Reply @ Jack – “Both performances were lackluster at best. Especially when stacking Denzel’s Detective Harris against his earlier ‘Malcolm X’ back in 1992.” It sounds like a similar case w/ Russell Crowe whose astounding performance in ‘The Insider’ is far better than in Gladiator but he was passed over by Kevin Spacey in ‘American Beauty.’ But at least his Maximus is still very much Oscar-worthy to me. February 27, 2012 at 17:47 Reply No need to feel shame Jack. I agree with you about the PC thing. See Fassbender for Shame (OMG a penis on screen!!!) or famously Ordinary People and Dances With Wolves over Raging Bull andGoodfellas. Old, white males make up the academy so that’s what you’d about expect. I agree with dirtywithclass. Let me ask you this. Do you think it would be PC, liberal politicking to vote for John Williams who only been up for 47 awards unlike the paltry 17 Meryl’s been up for? The Hollywood “liberals” have recently picked an industrial goth rocker, Trent Reznor, Bollywood’s finest, A.R. Rahman and straight outta Compton’s, The Three 6 Mafia. Those are truly liberal picks. Am I wrong? Sorry but for better or worse Meryl is the establishment. So is Speilberg, Williams, Lucas and yes, even Scorsese now. “Liberal” is giving an Oscar to an Iranian film not to Meryl Streep. By the way Jack, Firefly’s one of my favorite shows so “shiny” to your viewing choice! Also to Ruth’s point… the thing about Meryl is she’s always knocking it out of the park and there will ALWAYS be someone new deserving a break but for gods sake Meryl hasn’t won since Reagan was in his first term… 30 years ago. It’s gotten to the point where she’s genuinely surprised when she wins nowadays and feels like she has to apologize when she wins. Actually DeNiro, Pacino and Nicholson should apologize for what they’ve been up to lately. Let’s make a sports analogy. Would you have denied Michael Jordan some of his MVP titles just because some white guys, ala Chris Mullen, might never get that close to winning the MVP award in basketball? Ring a bell? Say what you want about Woody Allen but I think he has a great attitude in not taking all of this too seriously. Beside the Oscars are just a slickly packaged self promotion vehicle disguised as entertainment and no one knows it better than Harvey Weinstein. Also Jack, I didn’t think Gary Oldman got snubbed. He was nominated… which really is an honor. Or at least it should be. Overdue, sure. Unfortunately over the top actors like Pacino, O’Toole, Carrey and yes, Oldman (See Leon, The Fifth Element, Sid & Nancy, etc ) get overlooked for the big prize for some reason. I LOVE Gary Oldman all the way back to Prick Up Your Ears but it seems Hollywood likes but dosen’t love the bombastic, over the top actor… except maybe for Jack. What do you think? Billy was great but the show did feel dated is some parts. The sound mixing was so bad I couldn’t make out the words to the opening song. Then there was the mike feedback… the sound crew will never work in that town again. lol. Emma Stone and little Ben Stiller were great together. Also liked Will and Zach’s zanyness. Chris Rock was on point as always. Hey, that’s his comedic style to put a little jab in there to stir up the white folks. Christopher Plummer was as charismatic as ever. Someone get Angelina a sandwich… please. I liked the reserved “In Memoriam” although they forgot Harry Morgan. Jeez I know people only think of him as the guy from M.A.S.H. and Dragnet but he has 100 movies to his credit including High Noon. Last time I checked Whitney only had 3 movies released to her credit. Just saying. Cirque de Soleil never fails to impress. Would like to see them every year. I wasn’t really dissappointed with the picks. All pretty much deserving. Nice job on the predictions Ruth. When The Return of the King won years ago I actually won my pool missing only 2 picks. Yea! February 27, 2012 at 14:37 Reply “Say what you want about Woody Allen but I think he has a great attitude in not taking all of this too seriously. Beside the Oscars are just a slickly packaged self promotion vehicle disguised as entertainment and no one knows it better than Harvey Weinstein.” I agree 100% Dave, that’s why I don’t pay attention to the Oscars much anymore. I think the last time I watched the show was way back in 1998. It’s just funny to me that all these people at who are the ceremony act so serious when in reality they’re all entertainers and they’re supposed to entertain us the viewers. February 27, 2012 at 14:58 Reply February 27, 2012 at 15:12 Reply Yeah but I get why they take it so seriously. Winning an Oscar is like being knighted over here. Academy Award winning actor…. follows your name forever just like Sir and Dame in the Britian. Besides they ARE our royalty here so it’s kind of fitting. Also it gives your career a huge boost not to mention your movie. Not only do you get money which I’m sure is nice but for true actors what they really want most is the freedom to choose their roles. Not that it lasts forever. Just ask Cuba Gooding Jr. Forget the actors… what with all the potential money and prestige involved the studios treat it as a blood sport. (see Harvey Weinstein) So I kind of get the seriousness of it. Guy’s like Malick, Allen and back in the day Kubrick didn’t need Hollywood as much as it needed their singular talent. They avioded Hollywood like the plague and people came flocking to work for them for little more than scale and the honor of saying that they acted in one of their films. February 27, 2012 at 15:38 Reply Hey Dave, thanks for the awesomely long comment! I’m with you about Oldman, at least he’s nominated this year. I do think if it weren’t for Dujardin he had a huge shot at winning. Who knows he might get nominated for The Dark Knight Rises?? I mean his role as Gordon is just as excellent as his other roles and it’s actually more understated. Too bad they forgot to include Harry Morgan. I’m not familiar w/ him but he has 100 movies to his credit? WOW yeah he should’ve definitely been included! Glad you enjoyed the Cirque de Soleil also, man they’re just incredible aren’t they? That was massively entertaining. February 27, 2012 at 17:53 Reply When I frist saw Cirque live in Pittsburgh (Quidam) I turned to my girlfriend after the show and said “If aliens ever land on this earth…. I think I’d show them this.” You know what I mean? February 27, 2012 at 18:15 Reply Hi Jack, yeah I guess Oscars is quite predictable this year apart from the Best Actress category which I think is down to between Viola and Meryl. I don’t know that her win is politically-inclined but then again me not being from the US just don’t get that kind of stuff. As for Tinker, Tailor, I’m not as upset that the film wasn’t nominated as I’m not as impressed w/ it as I had thought. I am torn however between Oldman and Dujardin, I hope that Oldman will get his dues soon enough as he’s done several Oscar-worthy performances in the past. February 27, 2012 at 17:42 Reply Oldman should have won just on principle. What a disappointment. Gary gets no love! February 27, 2012 at 11:57 Reply I have to admit it was bittersweet for me when Dujardin won as I was really torn between him and Oldman. I think Oldman will end up winning an Oscar for a ‘less-deserving’ role down the line just like Russell Crowe winning for Gladiator when he should’ve won for The Insider. February 27, 2012 at 13:25 Reply I was disappointed on the lack of love for ‘The Descendants’ (I was pulling for Clooney for Best Actor, though I can happily live with Dujardin’s selection). Overall, the show was okay, Crystal’s stint was a lift (though my wife’s thoughts about his age weren’t helped by his appearance on high definition television). The usual mix of good and ‘eh’ moments. During the memorial segment I kept wondering who they were going to forget or not do a fair acknowledgment. Is it just me or does Tom Cruise always seem to get the Best Picture presenter slot (speaking of him, did you see that big splashy Scientology commercial during the broadcast?). Perhaps, I’m tiring of the accent schtick of Meryl Streep performances of late — and yeah, I think last night’s Best Actress award was a make-up call for the years she’s come up empty (‘The Iron Lady’, a so-so biopic, seemed to be an obvious vehicle for this). I was pulling for Viola (so both my acting picks, which were the same as Leonard Martin’s, lost). “J Lo & Cameron Diaz presenting (why them of all people??)” As the Mexican-American in the audience, I can answer that one: Spanish surnames. Fine re-cap, Ruth. Thanks. February 27, 2012 at 12:01 Reply Ahah, I think Crystal was perhaps on Botox?? His face seemed too smooth for a 63-year-old. Speaking of Botox, Cruise must be on some kind of age-defying routine as he doesn’t seem to age one bit. No I didn’t notice the Scientology commercial, it’s a good thing I did. I’m also pulling for Viola… ah well, hopefully she gets another good role in the future that’d utilize her talents. Ah so they’re just filling out a ‘quota’ for the Hispanic audience by having those two as presenters?? I’d think there are much better Latina actresses out there like Salma Hayek or even the new ‘it’ girl Zoe Saldana. February 27, 2012 at 13:34 Reply Well you know my general feelings about awards shows but I peeked at a bit of this. Following on twitter was fun Meryl was quite magnanimous in her receipt of the award. Well done her. I think she was a bit gutted that Viola did not win. Don’t worry it will be Viola’s ‘turn’ soon. Loved the Bridesmaids and Jean Dujardin is a peach! February 27, 2012 at 13:00 Reply Oh yeah and happy about Midnight in Paris as well. February 27, 2012 at 13:12 Reply “Don’t worry it will be Viola’s ‘turn’ soon.” I sure hope so, Iba. I just think roles for 40-something non-white women just aren’t as plentiful (I’m putting it mildly) but hopefully there’ll be a good role for her in the future so she has a chance at perhaps becoming the 2nd black woman to win a Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar! Yeah, glad for Midnight in Paris too. Now, I wonder if Allen and Malick were hanging out together last night? February 27, 2012 at 13:46 Reply I totally forgot that Malick seems to hate these kind of awards show too, it’s one of the reasons why I love his work. February 27, 2012 at 15:03 Reply My top mark is to Viggo, who thanks to Ruth, I found out turned down the invite to be a voting member of the Academy on the principle of judging art. February 27, 2012 at 15:14 Reply Ruth – I am just trying to be Pollyanna about it and am hoping that the goodwill folks have for her will translate into a role just for her to rake in the awards we can hope! February 27, 2012 at 15:18 Reply February 27, 2012 at 15:38 Reply Sadly Iba, I’m not so sure it’s going to be Viola’s ‘turn’ soon. Meryl Streep gets these kinds Oscar-bait role thrown at her every year. When will Viola Davis get another leading role in a major studio film like The Help again? I wouldn’t be surprised if the answer was never again. February 27, 2012 at 17:50 Reply Exactly my point, Castor! I don’t doubt that Meryl merited her Oscar but for someone like Viola who’s already 46 years old, juicy roles like in The Help is surely hard to come by. Well, let’s hope that she could reverse the trend Castor. I really like her attitude and she seemed genuinely happy for Meryl which makes me like her more. February 27, 2012 at 17:58 Reply February 27, 2012 at 18:53 Reply Not a bad telecast, certainly a huge improvement over last year’s (not saying much I know). I was actually debating whether to see this and only tuned in with about 90 minutes left. I liked many of the montages and thought the bits about the actors’ speaking about what makes a great film was nice. I wanted Viola Davis to win but damn Meryl Streep knows how to say the right things at the podium. Can’t believe where Jessica Chastain has come from in a year. No one even knew what she looked like a year ago! February 27, 2012 at 13:26 Reply Well at least from the hosting standpoint, it’s a HUGE improvement. Yeah, the montages and actors interviews are nice additions I think. I know Cas, I think Meryl is a pro for acknowledging people’s sentiment about her win, but it still doesn’t make it less disappointing for me. Yeah, props for miss Chastain. She’s done a lot of great work in such a short amount of time. Plus she knows how to pick even the right dress that looks spectacular without looking like she’s trying too hard cough, cough J Lo February 27, 2012 at 15:10 Reply Good job on your predictions, Ruth! I caught the second half of the show and wasn’t really impressed. It was nice to see The Artist and Hugo do so well, but the show itself should really be condensed down to two, maybe 2 1/2 hours tops. There were just too many unnecessary segments, in my opinion. February 27, 2012 at 13:30 Reply Oh yeah I think they could cut down on the red carpet stuff too! I know I’m in the minority as a girl not liking that stuff but I just want to get on w/ the ceremony. February 28, 2012 at 11:35 Reply Thanks for a great post. Well done. A fine mix of personal reactions along with the recap. I was planning to do a similar piece – but after doing a play by play with snark on the Red Carpet Live Show, I was too tired. As for the Red Carpet Show – If I call it lightweight, I’m really giving it more weight and substance than it actually has. Must admit to being surprised that Meryl took the gold over Viola. Repeat – that’s surprised but not shocked. Didja notice the horrible audio that came and went throughout the show? That’s another one of the reasons I bailed on doing a play-by-play for the Awards. Couldn’t understand some of Crystal’s remarks at times. Loved the montages. People complain and say the show is/was boring. Isn’t that par for an awards show. I guess you have to love the mc’s style or else the show is boring. Except for the montages. To me they are the highlights of the evening. Also – I noticed that until you see the actors in an award show or in a presentation posture – you really have no idea about their size. It seemed almost uniformly true that the tall women were ALWAYS paired with a shorter guy. I wonder why that’s true. I think you got it exactly right about how the Academy plays it’s hand in either a catchup mode for people and a split the awards for the films. When Hugo was picking up gold for the technical awards you just knew it was likely because they weren’t going to win the bigger awards. As for Streep, even if it was a ‘lifetime’ achievement kind of thing – she’s deserving. If The Iron Lady was a flawed film, it certainly wasn’t Streep’s doing. February 27, 2012 at 14:45 Reply Glad you found so much to enjoy about the telecast, Ruth. (Well aside from Angelina’s arms but I’m with you on that one. They ARE freaky.) There is always so much hostility towards the Oscars the day after so it’s nice to see the other perspective. And Emma Stone was, like, classically hilarious, wasn’t she? I think Meryl got that award for ‘Lifetime Achievement’ as much as she did for her 2011 performance. And I think this attention for Viola will FINALLY start sending more leading roles her way. Or maybe I’m just over-estimating Hollywood’s intelligence. February 27, 2012 at 18:58 Reply I think you did much better on your ballot than I did on mine! I predicted basically the opposite of what happened, though I did pick The Artist to win Best Picture, I had it getting all the technical awards and Hugo got all those. So I didn’t really think The Artist was going to win Best Picture until Dujardin won Best Actor. Putting on an event like this isn’t easy. The sound stank but I thought the broadcast overall was much improved over last year’s, at least I didn’t get that queasy feeling during it. February 27, 2012 at 20:57 Reply Nice overview Ruth. I watched the show at work, so my mind wasn’t really focused on them. Hoped the national TV would on air the show. But I was pretty happy when Plummer and The Artist won. You have to watch Beginners! Billy Christal was hilarious. I didn’t get why Jolie have to ‘open’ her legs like that. Great show. February 27, 2012 at 22:18 Reply Nice play-by-play, Ruth. I did my own on my facebook feed (and got a few comments about how i seemed to be clogging up the news feed among my friends – LOL) and loved it. My own favourite bits were Emma Stone/Ben Stiller, RDJ (who, in my book, should host next year!) and Paltrow – Paltrow looked like she was trying too hard – and finally a decent In Memoriam segment… Oh, and the Wizard Of Oz focus group bit was funny, even if not entirely relevant. February 27, 2012 at 23:49 Reply Even though it gets tiresome at times and some people might not think it is the best place to do it, I am one who thinks that all of the foreign people that got up there and paid tribute to the vicissitudes taking place in their own lands are commendable and worth of praise, especially the lady that won for short documentary film who thanked the incredible ladies that inspired her work. Similarly, I would like to add my favorite line from a speech for the night, which might as well be the funniest of the night too: “I want to thank everyone who is here tonight, and everybody who isn’t, and everybody who has ever been born, or may be born or be born again or reborn, if I’ve forgotten anybody then you probably know who you are” – Philip Stockton accepting his Sound Editing Award for Hugo. The best speech overall was Merryl Streep for me, closely followed by the eternally charming Christopher Plummer. This is saying a lot for me since I was also pushing for Viola to get the award. February 28, 2012 at 00:33 Reply Wow great breakdown, I really wished I stayed up for it now. Don’t usually care what they are all wearing but Jessica Chastain and Viola Davis do look gobsmackingly stunning. Those are some amazing dresses! February 28, 2012 at 01:32 Reply I’m still slowly making my way through it as it was on in the middle of the night here in the UK. I managed to watch the opening and the first couple of awards last night and enjoyed the film montage and the fact the actors from those films were game to take part in the film. I agree with you about that joke about millionaires presenting awards to each other – it was a funny intro and a nice way to start the night. Thanks for this great overview Ruth. Much appreciated. February 28, 2012 at 03:18 Reply I haven’t seen the whole ceremony, I have caught little bits, my favourite was definitely Emma Stone, she is so cool, sexy and funny. I love her a little more now!! I wish they would do a mid afternoon award ceremony so we on this side of the pond could join in the fun without having to stay up ALL night!! February 28, 2012 at 03:54 Reply I thought the Emma Stone and Ben Stiller moment was a dig at last year’s two Oscar host… overly excited female and uninterested male… February 28, 2012 at 11:48 Reply The Focused Filmographer I enjoyed it this year. Was glad for so many of the winners. Surprised at how fit Viola Davis is! did you see her arms? wow. Never gets old seeing Octavia Spencer freak out and still be so humble with her winnings. Billy Crystal is the man. I wanted to order a cheeseburger for Angelina Jolie myself! The Memorial piece forgot Etta James who acted and performed for a few soundtracks. Christopher Plummer was classy as always. Oh, and I was disappointed with ‘the dictator’s’ behavior on the Red Carpet. Glad we didn’t have to see him in the ceremony. February 28, 2012 at 15:14 Reply Jessica Chastain looked absolutely stunning! That dress and her make up were beautiful. Awards wise I was fairly happy, especially with the Screenplay winners, though I was disappointed that Hugo took home the Best Visual Effects award. Rise of the Planet of the Apes should have won that, in my opinion. February 28, 2012 at 15:46 Reply Nice recap, I agree with you on most points. Maybe I am biased, but I like Angelina Jolie and I think she is gorgeous, although I did find the leg thing hilarious! The girl obviously rehearsed her posture, but I think she did it because she thought the dress was not impressive enough! Anyway, overall, great show, I liked it! February 29, 2012 at 09:03 Reply Leave a Reply to rtm Cancel reply Email (required) (Address never made public) Name (required) Connecting to %s Notify me of new comments via email. Δ Film is in my blood. LOVE movies of all genres, from Jane Austen to James Bond. Official blogger for the Twin Cities Film Fest (TCFF). I’ve written and produced my first short film » HEARTS WANT in 2017 and currently working on developing the full story as a feature film. Want to receive fun movie updates delivered to your inbox? Enter your email address below. Email Address: Yup, sign me up! 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PF1 pilots flew total 04 July 2019 We are happy to announce that the new Ozone Spyder 3 is here! The Spyder 3 offers massive improvements in handling, launch behavior, and top speed. The first things a Spyder pilot will notice is better inflation and launch characteristics, 25 June 2019 UK pilot Alex Huxham won Icarus X Trophy flying his new Roadster 3 24. He has been flying only over 10 months being trained by SkySchool UK. “I have managed to clock well over 130 flights in that time” – 20 June 2019 OZONE is excited to announce that Kester Haynes has joined our team. Kester Haynes is from UK and he has been flying since 2008. He works full time at Parajet / Gilo Industries, which produce paramotors, jet boards, Sky Car. 19 June 2019 In May 2019 a group of pilots organized a paramotor expedition to Namibia. Among them were Ozone team pilot Kester Haynes, Ozone friend and Brazilian cinematographer Sylvestre Campe and Ozone Power representative in Brazil Daniel Rodrigues. They flew 85 km 10 June 2019 Earlier this year, French American pilot Jean Francois Chabaud flew 6000 miles paramotor tour across America! This is by far the longest distance ever attempted and achieved by paramotor! He was flying Ozone Roadster 3 in size 22m and supported Bartek Nowicki wins Gold in Poland 09 June 2019 We are very proud of a polish national team pilot Bartosz Nowicki, who won the Open Polish Slalom Championships 2019 last weekend in Jutrosin, Poland flying with Ozone Freeride 15. The event was the biggest international slalom competition this year 25 May 2019 25 May 2019 We are happy to announce that new Spark 2 is now available to order. Spark 2 is a paramotor wing designed specifically for schools and beginner pilots. With an intelligent use of materials chosen for their specific function, the Spark 13 May 2019 We are happy to announce that new MagMax 2 is now available to order. The MagMax 2 is designed for professional tandem pilots. This all new design includes significant upgrades in durability, comfort, and ease, with massive improvements in the 09 February 2019 Andalucian Paramotor Race 2019 organized by Mario de Eolox took place on 9 – 10 February. 28 best pilots from Spain intended to fly a long cross country of 482 km from Huelva to Almeria. All pilots had a ground 27 January 2019 Dream the Dream You Want to Live!! Enjoy the latest production of our friends from Aviator PPG! There is not age for dreaming. There is not age for flying. See you out there YoutubeHD:560,316,Pu2GF5-RNi4 1600 km XC in Brazil 12 December 2018 Earlier this year, two pilots Kester Haynes (Ozone Freeride) and Daniel Rodrigues (Ozone Roadster 3 26) planned 10 days cross country flight, with a goal to design a route for the 2019 Icarus Trophy Race. They flew total distance of 06 November 2018 The 3rd World Paramotor Slalom Championships took place in the beautiful Lake Qarun in Fayoum District in Egypt, near Cairo. 50 pilots from 13 countries were competing during 7 days. In spite of windy weather during the first 3 27 September 2018 Now Launched! Our new pack is available in three volume choices: Small, for XS/S gliders, Medium, for all other sizes (including tandem wings), and Large for competition gliders. The all new design is more comfortable and easier to carry, with 26 September 2018 24 September 2018 For the 19th year in a row Ozone Team attended Coupe Icare of St Hilaire meeting you at Alixa stand. Once again Mathieu De Quillacq surprised everyone with his original idea of the most non-commercial display. OZONE Team pilots, Alex 30 August 2018 We are happy to announce that new Roadster 3 is now available to order. The Roadster 3 is a dedicated paramotor wing developed from the successful Roadster 2. It is a fun, safe and easy to use wing specifically aimed 06 August 2018 Icarus Trophy is a known as the World’s Toughest Air Race where paramotor pilots fly long distance unsupported. This is a near 1000 mile adventure air race where pilots fly across some of the most challenging terrain on the planet. 23 July 2018 MARIE MATEOS JOINS OZONE TEAM OZONE is excited to announce that Female World Paramotor Champion and European Vice Champion (overall) Marie Mateos has joined our team. Marie is 27 years young, from France, and has been flying paramotors since 2011. Ozone pilots win the French Championships 09 July 2018 2018 French Championships finished with a big success for Ozone Team. Alex Mateos won French Champion title followed by Nicolas Aubert on the 3rd place in general classification. Both pilots flew Viper 4. Competition took place in Blois in France. 03 June 2018 Last week of April, Sky Sports - Ozone Power dealer from Egypt - organized an event inviting 35 pilots from 10 countries (USA, Mexico, UK, Poland, Spain, Cyprus, Germany, Oman, Brazil, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia) to fly paramotor over The Pyramids 28 May 2018 New size 19 has been added to Sirocco 2 range. Smaller size of the Sirocco 2 9 is much more agile and aggressive. It is suitable for experiences pilots who are searching for more dynamic characteristics than the bigger sizes, Alex Mateos World Champion for the 3rd time 08 May 2018 The World Paramotor Championship (WPC) is the biggest Paramotor competition sanctioned by FAI. Best pilots from all over the World did come to contest for the title of The World Champion. This year, Thailand has been chosen to host the 06 March 2018 The TriOx is designed specifically for powered trike flying. Compatible with all types of trike units from light to heavy, this versatile and reliable wing offers a stable and fast platform with easy launch and landing characteristics. Certified DGAC, and 28 February 2018 14 January 2018 Ozone is excited to announce that young Nicolas Aubert has joined our team. Nicolas is 20 years young, and has been flying paramotor since he was only 13 years old - thanks to his father, who is one of the 18 December 2017 The High-Performance Light-Weight Intermediate! The all new SIROCCO 2 features a long list of technological improvements in handling, stability, and efficiency. The light concept has proven to be revolutionary in PPG, and this new version is a more agile and 14 November 2017 Alex wins WPSC 2017 in Egypt 07 November 2017 27 October till 6 November 2017, 37 pilots from 14 nations traveled to Egypt to take part in World Paramotor Slalom Challenge – international event organized by Sky Sports and Aeroclub or Egypt. This event was the biggest slalom competition 23 October 2017 Iceland is known from its amazing landscapes and tough island weather. It is one of these very special destinations, where most of the paramotor pilots dream about. In August last summer a group of pilots, mostly from USA spent two TUCKER GOTT wins Icarus Trophy 2017 in just 4 days 22 October 2017 Icarus Trophy is a known as the World’s Toughest Air Race where paramotor pilots fly long distance unsupported. The race is a real challenge that not many of us would decide to take. During Icarus Trophy 2017, on the 24th 28 August 2017 Over 100 pilots from 11 countries participated in 7th FAI European Paramotor Championships from 16 till 26 of August in Breclav, Czech Republic. In spite of bad weather during first days of the competition the organized manage to run 8 24 July 2017 The 2017 World Games, held from 20 to 23 July 2017 in Wrocław, Poland, officially called the X World Games is a major international multi sport event, meant for sports, or disciplines or events within a sport, that are not contested in the Olympic Alex Mateos wins French Champion title 09 July 2017 From 3rd till 7th of July the 2017 French Championships were held at Blois aero club. There were 36 pilots competing in the solo foot launch class plus several solo and double trikes and 5 tandem crews. Weather conditions were Thai pilots win Gold, silver and bronze medals 04 July 2017 The 2017 45th Thailand National Games took place in Songkhla, 24 – 28 June. Gold, silver and bronze medals went to OZONE pilots in individual PF1 class: Kittiphop PHROMMAT (Ead) Viper 4 14 – overall 2nd Precision - 1st Gold Pasquale wins Italian Championships for the 3rd time 29 May 2017 The Italian Championships were held at Benevento airfield 17 – 21st May 2017. Ozone Italian Team pilots Pasquale Biondo finished in the first place flying his new Viper 4 18 followed by Sandro Passeri – 2nd on Viper 4 18. 16 May 2017 Oisín Creagh flew his paramotor from Ireland to Africa in August / September 2016, to raise awareness and funds for an African charity. His expedition has earned him a nomination for an award with Ireland’s Outsider magazine – the winners will be announced on 2 February 2016. 15 May 2017 The 3rd Asian-Oceania Paramotor Championships took place in Pasak Jolasid Dam, Saraburi, Thailand from 28 April till 7th May 2017. Thai pilot Kittiphop Phrommat (Eed) flying Viper 4 14 won the Gold by team and individually. Despite changeable weather and 30 April 2017 Vimeo:550,309,207287636 The Kona builds on over a decade of PPG wing design, and is the perfect wing in the OZONE range for beginner-intermediate PPG pilots who need a wing that excels in free-flight. Based on the Buzz Z5, which is 11 April 2017 Our new mid-weight synthetic insulating top is perfect for layering, or as an outerwear top in cool weather. The material is a stretch lycra with a brushed fleece interior, with a half-length zip in front and a zip chest pocket. New Freeride is available now! 29 March 2017 We are happy to announce that new Freeride is now available to order. Freeride is the VIPER 4’s little brother, a wing that offers everything an experienced pilot seeks: efficiency, precision, maneuverability, speed, stability, comfort, and maximum fun! The Freeride 21 February 2017 Vimeo:550,309,200488774 Replacing the iconic Speedster was never going to be an easy task. After years of testing, we are pleased to announce that the Speedster 2 is now ready. This all new design retains a similar character to its predecessor, 17 January 2017 Vimeo:550,309,197868269 Have a look at the new Viper 4 video and hear all the details from the design team and team pilots. The Viper 4 is our paramotor competition wing designed for advanced pilots only. The Viper 4 can be 25 December 2016 Vimeo:550,309,196980440 Our sport has grown and developed in ways that no one could have imagined just a few years ago. Everything that we love about free flight has evolved from the same roots, yet now we have the opportunity to 15 December 2016 Most of our flights are in the backyard in a known environment. Doesn‘t it get a little boring after a while? And suddenly a bunch of pilots decide to strap the sleeping bag onto the paramotor and leave for the 21 November 2016 In August, identical twin explorers Hugo and Ross Turner, better known as The Turner Twins, successfully became the first people to journey to the Australian Pole of Inaccessibility, using Paramotors. They started on the southern coast of Australia near Adelaide 27 September 2016 Inspired by Nature, Driven by the Elements... our new T-Shirts and Hoodies feature our brand slogan. Inspired T-shirts are stylishly fit and available in both men's and women's cuts in multiple colours. The new Inspired Pullover Hoody has unisex slim-fit New Products for 2017 21 September 2016 Each year around this time, we announce products that are launching soon. The following products will be available to order in the coming weeks / months. Stay tuned for more info! The pinnacle of the GEO series! With pioneering OZONE 20 September 2016 It’s hard to believe that so many years have passed. For the 17th year in a row, the Ozone Team will be hanging out at The Coupe Icare of St Hilaire. Look for the ALIXA stand on the show map, 11 September 2016 The Kona builds on over a decade of PPG wing design, and is the perfect wing in the Ozone range for beginner-intermediate PPG pilots who need a wing that excels in free-flight. Based on the Buzz Z5, which is one 29 August 2016 The World Paramotor Championships have come to an end, with Alex Mateos taking home the overall win. The event was held at Popham Airfield in the UK. Despite changeable weather the organizers managed to run an excellent competition with nine Mark Morgan with Viper 4 wins Icarus X Race, UK 31 July 2016 Mark sent this report: On the weekend of July 22nd, the Adventurist team held the UK's first ever Icarus X Race. The Event was held in Buckland Newton, Dorset, and was billed to be the toughest paramotor race ever held 07 July 2016 Replacing the iconic Speedster was never going to be an easy task. After years of testing, we are pleased to announce that the Speedster 2 is now ready. This all new design retains a similar character to its predecessor, but Alex Mateos - French Champion for the 5th time! 03 July 2016 The French Championships were held last week at St. Omer Aeroclub. Ozone Team Pilot, Alex Mateos, finished in first place flying his new Viper 4 18. Nineteen pilots were competing in the solo foot launch class including Pascal Vallee – 29 June 2016 Alex Mateos describes his design: The Ozone slalom steering system is a safe way to control direction whilst accelerating along the course. The AM steering system will require a certain amount of time to learn the correct movements but, once 29 June 2016 The Viper 4 can be used for classic or slalom competition tasks, and is a highly efficient and versatile performance PPG wing. it is an evolution of the V3, with a 3-line design, unsheathed lines, and a new profile. In Ozone pilots win Nationals in UK and Italy 29 June 2016 The British Open and National Championship was held from June 25 – 28 at Coleshill, Swindon, UK, and nineteen pilots competed including the UK top pilots. The weather conditions allowed competitors to fly each day, with 10 navigation, economy, and precision 20 June 2016 The European Slalom Championships took place in the south of Spain in Bornos from June 12 – 18, 2016. It was the first FAI slalom event organized over the water to increase the safety of pilots. There were 37 pilots 30 May 2016 Pal Takats got off the plane, started his motor and flew from the shores of the Pacific Ocean to Mt. Fuji, Japan. "Less than 24 hours after arriving to Japan and still fighting serious jet-lag, I managed to overfly Mount 21 April 2016 After the disastrous earthquake in Nepal last year, Karma Flights and The Cloudbase Foundation jumped to action and raised truly impactful amounts of support in both supplies and monetary donations. OZONE provided a donation of $10,000.00 to support the recovery 03 March 2016 New Ozone High-Vis color schemes are now available for all gliders in the Ozone lineup. These high-vis schemes are the most visible color combinations that we offer, and are designed for pilots who seek the maximum in air-to-air visibility. Check 02 March 2016 We are excited to announce a new partnership with Hernan Pitocco. We have long admired Hernan’s imaginative projects around the world; his sense of adventure and his eye for airborne beauty have created some of the most impressive images seen 21 February 2016 In April and May of 2015, Nepal was struck by devastating earthquakes, and pilot run Karma Flights was on the ground doing amazing work to bring aid to the local population immediately. With thousands of pilot donations, they've been able 16 February 2016 Vimeo:550,309,155630791 Have a look at the new Mojo PWR video and hear all the details from the design team and veteran instructor. Based on the Mojo 5, the Mojo PWR is a versatile wing for both free flying and powered 11 January 2016 A few Ozone team pilots were invited to perform demonstration flights together with the Qatar Army PPG Team. Alex Mateos, Cade Palmer, Filip Peremans, and Mark Morgan flew with the team during Qatar National Day in December, and were also 31 December 2015 xVimeo:550,309,149481550 Check out the latest Ozone paramotor video featuring the Spyder to find out how paramotor pilots can benefit from the special and desirable characteristics of lightweight wings. The Spyder follows in the innovative footsteps of the Sirocco as a 15 December 2015 Ozone Team pilot Alex Mateos wins the most important and spectacular paramotor competition of the 2015 season - World Air Games 2015. The event took place in Dubai December 2nd-12th, 2015. 38 top pilots from 18 countries competed. Alex was 08 December 2015 Vimeo:550,309,147968118 Watch our latest video for more insights into the development and release of the Rapido: a new design for pilots who are pushing the limits of steep carving flights, low barrel rolls, and long swoops. With a slightly higher 08 December 2015 Vimeo:550,309,148043595 Check out the latest in depth info on the development of the LiteSpeed: a highly versatile, lightweight mini-wing that features the latest in SharkNose Technology and Ultralite construction. Its modern design incorporates the same technology that powers our highest 07 December 2015 Based on the Mojo 5, the Mojo PWR is a versatile wing for both free flying and powered flight. Certified EN A, it is suitable for students in training but ideal for the newly qualified. It is reliable and dependable, New lightweight Spyder 14 October 2015 Following on from the Sirocco - the first dedicated lightweight paramotor wing - we are proud to introduce the Spyder, a fully reflexed lightweight wing for powered flight based on the successful Roadster 2. Like the Sirocco, the Spyder combines 20 September 2015 This year at the 42nd Coupe Icare Ozone Power revealed the latest new products: The Spyder is a fully reflexed lightweight wing for powered flight based on the successful Roadster 2. The Mojo PWR is based on the Mojo 5 10 September 2015 In December 2014, the Ozone PPG Team (& friends) traveled to Qatar to fly together during a seven day event. The Ozone pilots were graciously invited by the Qatar Air Sport Committee to perform a paramotor and acro paragliding show 24 August 2015 Once again this year Pal Takats was part of the RedBull Air-Race series performing paramotor displays in Hungary and England. He was using a Viper 2 powered by his new PPG partners FlyProducts and Cors-Air Motors. Pal had this to Slalom and the Future of PPG Competition 18 August 2015 Since 2005, we at Ozone have strived to support our team pilots and customers with cutting edge PPG competition wings for all events. PPG Slalom events have evolved rapidly and we believe their direction needs some serious thought and urgent 09 July 2015 Ozone friend and legendary PPG pilot, Dean Eldridge, passed away after suffering injuries in a tragic paramotoring accident on July 7th. Dean was a skilled veteran and a dedicated educator in the PPG scene. Dean’s efforts to improve safety and 11 June 2015 The Ozone R&D Team is growing! Dav, Luc, Russ, and Fred, are pleased to welcome Honorin Hamard to the R&D Team. “Hono” is 23 years old, and has been flying since age 13. His young age belies his calm and 27 May 2015 After a development process that was longer than we'd hoped, we have arrived at an end result that is even better than we expected. The Rapido is the culmination of more than two years of combined efforts by Rob Whittall, Giving Back, in Nepal. 02 May 2015 Following the disastrous earthquake last week, our good friend Isabella Messenger is helping to spearhead ground rescue, supply, and medical relief efforts in the villages around Pokhara, Nepal, a well known flying site where thousands fly each year. Karma Flights Viper 3 video is live 04 March 2015 The new Viper 3 is a fantastic blend of efficiency and precision. Have a look at the new video from the team that highlights this awesome new wing and some fantastic aerial videography: Vimeo:470,300,121272317 18 February 2015 Ozone team pilot, Pal Takats, performed another paramotor display at the Red Bull Air Race, this time in Abu Dhabi. He flew once a day over three days in good conditions demonstrating acro maneuvers and low-level dynamic flying. This was New lightweight Sirocco 18 January 2015 The Sirocco is a light weight paramotor-specific wing based on the successful Speedster. It incorporates all of our knowledge learnt from the development of our lightweight paragliding range, along with the experience of our world championship winning PPG design team 04 January 2015 We have just released the official video about the Roadster 2 with incredible footage of the Ozone Team pilots flying in Moab, Utah. The Roadster 2 is a fully reflexed paramotor glider. First and foremost it is a fun, safe 09 December 2014 The Ozone 12 month calendar is back for a second year, with all new photos and text for each month. A beautiful A3 size photo accompanies each month. The calendar is printed with a glossy finish on heavy paper card 03 December 2014 03 December 2014 A 123,18 km paramotor flight on October 6th last year by Mark Morgan of Sussex Paramotors has been confirmed as a World and UK tandem paramotor distance record with limited fuel. Mark flew his Bailey V5 and Ozone MagMax 41 20 November 2014 Constantly looking for adventure and challenge, Ozone team pilot Emilia Plak had an idea to make an over sea flight crossing from Menorca to Mallorca Island, Spain. In late September on a Saturday morning, she took off from Ciutadella in 16 November 2014 FlashpixStudio recently released a nice video that includes Ozone Team pilot Alex Mateos and Big Jim, a BMW sponsored professional motorcycle rider. The video is so spectacular that it very quickly reached 10,000 views in the first few days after 14 November 2014 The V30 is an all out reboot of our travel backpacks. With a built in padded laptop pocket, it is big enough to securely carry all of your electronics, chargers, memory cards, portable hard drives and accessories while not being 06 October 2014 The third and final event for the 2014 Slalomania League slalom competition was held in Mereville during the first week of October. Alex Mateos, flying a new proto of the Slalom, won the foot launch category and repeated his victory 05 October 2014 We’ve just released a video from the Ozone Slalom Open, which was hosted by Pro Fly School Filip Peremans in July in Belgium. Slalom competitions have grown in popularity recently, and the Ozone Slalom Series puts pros and amateurs together 25 September 2014 The Roadster 2 replaces the Roadster, our very first dedicated paramotor wing. All of this knowledge and experience has been put into completely redesigning the Roadster concept to produce a modern wing that features a Shark Nose Ozone Reflex Profile 22 September 2014 This year the 41st Coupe Icare saw a lot of activity on the paramotor field. Ozone team pilots showed off the two latest paramotor wings in our range, the Viper 3 and Roadster 2. We’d like to send a thanks Gold and Bronze for Ozone pilots in Estonia 08 September 2014 The 2014 Estonian Paramotor Championships took place in 2 stages (league) in Parnu and Tartu, Estonia, April 24-26 and August 29-31. Gold and bronze medals went to Ozone pilots in individual PF1 class: 1st Ott Maaten in PF1 class (Speester Alex and Francois Win in Korea 08 September 2014 An Open Slalom competition was held during the first days of September, near Chuncheon City, Korea. Most of the pilots were local Koreans, but some international pilots traveled from France, USA, and UK to participate. Alex Mateos reports: “I was Ozone Pilots Win Gold at World Championships 18 August 2014 The 2014 World Paramotor Championships took place in Matkopuszta Airfield, Hungary, August 6-16. There were over 100 pilots from 14 countries competing at the event from as far away as Thailand, Qatar and Japan. Three gold and one bronze medals 15 August 2014 After 2 years of testing and development, we are happy to announce that new Viper 3 has arrived. Replacing the successful Viper2 the Viper3 features several major improvements and innovations including the patented Ozone Shark Nose Technology, a newly designed Alex wins gold, silver and bronze medals in European Slalom Championships 29 July 2014 European Slalom Championships, which took place last week 21-26 of July in Couhe, France, were the 2nd FAI category 1 slalom competition in the history of the sport. Competitors from eight countries came together for this event. Alex Mateos led 22 July 2014 The 2nd editioin of the Ozone Slalom Open series took place the weekend of 18 – 20 July in Neeroeteren, Belgium. The event was organized in cooperation with Filip Peremans, our Ozone representative in Belgium who runs Pro Fly Paramotor 21 July 2014 Combining PPG with other sports can make both disciplines more fun and interesting. Lord Maude Visionary Film Worx recently produced a short piece in cooperation with “Just Gas it”. In it, Ozone team pilot, Emilia Plak, flies her Ozone Slalom Alex Mateos 1st in French Slalomania League 2014 13 July 2014 Ozone team pilot, Alex Mateos, has won the first 2 events of the Slalomania league, competing against former World and National Champions. 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84	Taipei, Oct. 3 (CNA) Colorful and elegant batik costumes were on show in downtown Taipei Sunday as the Indonesian community in Taiwan celebrated National Batik Day, an annual festival honoring the traditional wax-resist dyeing technique from Indonesia. The Batik & Ecoprint Festival 2022, organized by the Indonesia Diaspora Network (IDN) in Taiwan and held at the National Taiwan Museum's Nanmen Park branch, featured a series of Indonesian cultural activities, including traditional classical dance and music, sales of Indonesian food and products, batik painting, and a fashion show. The fashion show featured 35 people, mainly Indonesian migrant workers, who wore traditional Indonesian costumes and attire made from beautifully dyed batiks and eco-printing. CNA photo Oct. 3, 2022 CNA photo Oct. 3, 2022 Eco-printing refers to a technique of coloring and printing by using natural flowers and leaves, leaving their mark or patterns on various media. Kartika Dewi, from IDN Taiwan, told CNA that the annual batik-themed festival is intended to raise awareness of the tradition on Indonesia's National Batik Day on Oct. 2. The day marks the anniversary of the addition of batik culture to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009. Javanese classical dancers perform the Gatotkaca Pergiwa dance. CNA photo Oct. 3, 2022 CNA photo Oct. 3, 2022 Since 2017, IDN has been organizing the festival with a different fabric-making technique featured every year to complement batik, and this year it decided on eco-print to highlight the importance of environmental concerns, Kartika said. "Because of global warming, it is time for us to care about our Earth. By using eco-printing, all of the ingredients are natural as it is from our leaves and woods. We don't use chemicals," Kartika said. Speaking on the significance of the festival, Kartika said batik was not only a product but also a way of life. CNA photo Oct. 3, 2022 CNA photo Oct. 3, 2022 "There are so many philosophies regarding the batik because every stroke has a different meaning, so that is why batik is very important for us," Kartika said. On the same day at a separate event, a bimonthly Indonesian cultural workshop near Taipei Main Station, Indonesian Mira Luxita introduced batik to her class of around 40 international participants, including Taiwanese, South Koreans, Vietnamese, Americans, and Europeans. IETO trade analyst Muhammad Fuad Hamzah (left) shares a tumpeng with international guests at the workshop. Photo courtesy of IndosuarA The event, co-organized by IndosuarA and the Indonesia Economic and Trade Office to promote Indonesian culture, also saw participants learn how to count and say simple phrases in Indonesian before taking part in traditional games. Mira, who has been living in Taiwan for the past 11 years, told CNA that it was her duty as an Indonesian to promote and preserve the traditions and culture of Indonesia, especially batik. Mira's remarks came at a time when Indonesian Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Bintang Puspayoga has called on the public to preserve batik by wearing batik clothing, according to Indonesian national news agency Antara. "We should be proud and continue to maintain the preservation (of batik), one of which is by wearing batik on various occasions, so batik can be preserved," she was cited as saying in an Antara report on Sunday. Workshop host Mira Luxita introduces Indonesian culture to international guests. CNA photo Oct. 3, 2022 0:00 0:00 Latest New Power Party mired in internal friction after election defeat Former premier reportedly to fly to China for Cross-Strait CEO summit Local economy remains sluggish in October Taiwan to ease hospital visitation limitations on Dec. 10: CECC Ex-military officer convicted of leaking secrets to China loses pension case We value your privacy. Focus Taiwan (CNA) uses tracking technologies to provide better reading experiences, but it also respects readers' privacy. Click here to find out more about Focus Taiwan's privacy policy. When you close this window, it means you agree with this policy.	0.833271	4,592	{ "content-length": "4616", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:TR3LEZXSYNTUDGM75FNSITZVPXG4S5WC", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T14:14:35Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:06717841-8e12-43d2-b644-53502c3feb74>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:a13a0e61-668a-4535-9353-ff42c7dd4bc9>", "warc-target-uri": "https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202210030011", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 4553.476, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8332706 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "footer" ] }
87	United States joins 20+ countries in committing to end international finance for oil, gas, and coal by end of 2022 United States joins 20+ countries in committing to end international finance for oil, gas, and coal by end of 2022 November 4, 2021 Glasgow — Today the United States and 24 other countries and institutions from both developed and developing countries committed to end direct international public finance for unabated coal, oil and gas by the end of 2022 and prioritize clean energy finance. If implemented effectively this initiative could directly shift more than USD 18 billion a year of preferential, government-backed support out of fossil fuels and into clean energy — and much more if initial signatories are successful in convincing their peers to join. Between 2018 and 2020, G20 governments and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) spent at least $188 billion on fossil fuels — 2.5 times as much public finance on fossil fuels as on clean energy. This commitment has the potential to stop tens of billions in support from U.S. institutions. Shifting public finance for energy out of all fossil fuels and into clean energy is an urgent task. The International Energy Agency says that to limit global warming to 1.5°C, 2021 needs to mark the end of new investments in not just coal, but also oil and gas supply. In the past five years, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation and its predecessor, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, approved almost $4 billion for overseas fossil fuel projects. In addition, EXIM has approved over $5 billion for fossil fuel projects abroad in the last two years. Other agencies, including the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), have provided technical assistance and policy guidance in support of overseas fossil fuel projects. Public finance for clean energy has stagnated since 2014, despite the need for it to grow exponentially to ensure universal access to clean energy, and to reach annual public and private investments of nearly $4 trillion by 2030 to meet the 1.5°C goal. In response, civil society advocates released the following statements: “A year ago I could not have imagined the United States committing to ending billions of dollars in support for international fossil fuel projects. This is a massive move, but the U.S. must hold firm and shut off the spigot toward fossil fuel companies like Pemex and ExxonMobil. For the sake of local communities and the climate, we cannot permit any exceptions that will water down this commitment and allow for the continued subsidization of the fossil fuel industry.” “The United States and other signatories are finally doing what’s logical in a climate emergency and recognizing the need to stop pouring fuel on the fire. Shifting dirty oil and gas finance to truly clean energy is the only way to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis. We need much more of this real climate leadership from President Biden — both at home and abroad — to meet and exceed finance promises and support communities in the U.S. and the Global South. I look forward to Biden’s team engaging with other institutions to join this initiative and end international support for fossil fuels once and for all.” “We have been calling for an end to public financing of fossil fuels for so long, governments including the US should have responded earlier. The world has no more space or time left to accommodate the expansion of fossil fuel energy. Instead governments must act immediately and decisively for a swift and just transition to 100% renewable and democratic energy systems. There should be no exceptions, no reliance on unproven and unreliable carbon capture and storage technologies that hide the lack of ambition and justify some level of continued GHG emissions. Governments must also compel the private sector to stop funding new fossil fuel projects. We call on all countries, public financial institutions, and private financiers to commit and disclose concrete plans to end all support and financing, direct and indirect, for all fossil fuels — coal, gas and oil. Anything less will not be enough to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C.” Related News Releases New Report Exposes World Bank Support for Gas in Vietnam October 4, 2022 Climate groups from around world call on World Bank President David Malpass to be fired September 21, 2022	0.875001	4,741	{ "content-length": "4774", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:MW6LXYCOGUR52K5X4SYQYFVDZZZRMY7Q", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T15:52:56Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:8c12db5b-864f-4caa-a4d2-c2a5dbebeaf8>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:9a733c04-fd63-4c16-97ae-0dd514e9be96>", "warc-target-uri": "https://foe.org/news/us-joins-nations-ending-fossil-fuel-financing/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 943.44, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.87500095 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "footer" ] }
88	Friends of the Earth’s Public Lands campaign seeks to halt oil and gas exploitation of our public lands and put the U.S. on the path towards a just transition that protects workers and communities and ends our dependence on fossil fuels. The extraction and burning of fossil fuels from public lands and waters account for nearly a quarter of U.S. climate emissions. At the very moment when we needed decisive action to protect our wild places and climate for future generations, the Trump Administration held a four year fire sale to turn as much of our public lands over to the oil and gas industry as possible. But there is hope. President Joe Biden made bold campaign promises to halt new fossil fuel leasing on federal lands and waters, and to enact a suite of executive actions through the Department of Interior that would protect communities and the environment. Seven days into his term, Biden took an important first step by issuing a new Executive Order to pause oil and gas leasing and review the entire leasing program. The pushback from Big Oil and oily members of Congress was swift and riddled with lies. We need your help to show there is strong support to stop the fossil fuel industry from pillaging our public lands and ensure President Biden makes good on his promise to prioritize people over corporate interests. Climate & Energy Justice Save our public lands from oil and gas drilling! Nearly 200 Groups Urge No New Leases in Biden’s Five Year Plan October 5, 2022 WASHINGTON – Community organizations across the country sent a letter to the Biden administration today demanding no new leases in the Interior Department’s Five Year Plan for offshore drilling as part of the program’s public comment period ending October 6. The… Court rejects Wyoming, industry challenge to Biden administration postponement of oil, gas lease sales September 6, 2022 WASHINGTON, DC — A federal judge in Wyoming affirmed the Biden administration’s decisions to postpone oil and gas lease sales in early 2021, holding that the federal government has broad authority to postpone sales to address environmental concerns. In his ruling… Legal Agreements Block Drilling, Fracking Across 1 Million Acres in Central California August 2, 2022 Groups and the Bureau of Land Management reached an agreement to suspend new oil and gas leasing across more than 1 million acres of public lands in California. Each year, the fossil fuel industry gets $15 billion from our government to keep itself afloat. We must stop these destructive subsidies. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is many things at once. The good and the bad all need to be considered together. Big Oil’s Public Lands and Water Leases Shell Game November 16, 2021 President Biden is about to break his promise to end new lease sales in a big way, opening 80 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico to drilling Undoing the damage Pruitt and Zinke did to our environment January 3, 2019 Scott Pruitt and Ryan Zinke seemingly handed the EPA and DOI over to corporate polluters. They debased these agencies and endangered public health. Americans are relying on the Democrats to stand up, stop these destructive actions and protect people and the planet. Protecting our Public Lands December 17, 2021 As we continue our fight in preventing oil & gas exploitation of our public lands, we thank our members for helping us right this wrong! Stopping Fossil Fuel Drilling of Public Lands and Waters April 6, 2021 Along with nearly 600 other groups, we urged Biden to make good on his campaign promise and issue an executive order to halt new fossil fuel leasing as part of his climate agenda. Together We Stopped Ryan Zinke December 20, 2018 Ryan Zinke has now followed in the footsteps of former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt: leaving under the weight of his accumulating misdeeds. Backing Interior Away from Steep National Park Fee Hike April 5, 2018 The idea of pricing millions of Americans out of visiting our beloved spaces is wholly un-American. Zinke’s decision prioritizes the elite over the general public, and further undermines the challenges facing low-income families and individuals. Keeping Our Lands Public July 30, 2017 Thanks to Friends of the Earth members voicing their opinions, three national monuments have been taken off the chopping block.	0.858307	4,718	{ "content-length": "4740", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:OK2ORU37USB3DXWCH5SFEVKZGYVGJOEK", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T15:50:59Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:b13566e8-7c80-4b59-8af0-a28d88330a5b>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:3e7e6ad9-4e31-4eb2-a6af-6266c4ff8fd3>", "warc-target-uri": "https://foe.org/projects/public-lands-waters-defense/?issue=333", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 967.379, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8583073999999999 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "header", "footer" ] }
90	Isaac arrived at the collector at 9:30am. The doors to the collector had been deployed however, no sample had been collected. The collector was then disassembled for cleaning. This was preformed by utilizing 409 and DI water. Upon completion of this process the collector was then reassembled and reset for the next fog event. Isaac arrived at LML at 10:20 am. The doors to the collector had been deployed and a sample had been collected in the sample jar. The sample measured approximately 50 ml. The sample was relatively clear with a small amount of sediment at the bottom. The sample was then removed from the collector and placed in a small labeled bag. The collector was then dissembled and cleaned with 409 and DI water. After the collector was reassembled a blank was then taken which measured approximately 200ml. The collector was then reset for the next fog event. Isaac arrived at ISB at 9:45am. Upon arrival there was a light drizzle coming down. The doors to the collector had been deployed and the big fag was on. However, upon examination of the collection jar no sample was present. The collector was then disassembled and its components as well as the collector body were washed with 409 and DI water. The system was then reset for the next fog collection event. In addition due to the presence of precipitation a passive rain collector was set up in order to collect any rainfall. Isaac arrived at LML at 9:30am. The doors to the collector had been deployed but no sample was present in the collection jar. The collector was then disassembled and the body of the collector as well as its components were sprayed initially with 409 followed by a rinse with DI water. The collector was then reassembled for the next fog event. Isaac arrived at LML at 10:30 am. The doors to the collector had been deployed but no sample was present in the collection jar. The collector was then disassembled and washed with 409 and DI water. Upon completion of this process the collector was reassembled for the next fog event. Isaac arrived at LML at 9:30 am. The doors to the collector had been deployed and there was a sample present in the collection jar. the sample was approximately 25ml and had a light pale yellow coloration. the sample was removed and placed in a labeled bag. the collector was then disassembled and its components were washed with 409 followed by DI water. After the collector had been cleaned a blank was taken. the blank sample measured a volume of approximately 200ml. After the blank was taken the system was reset for the next fog event. Isaac arrived at LML at 9:50 am. The doors to the collector had been deployed but no sample was present. The collector was then disassembled and the collector components were cleaned with 409 and DI water. The collector body was then cleaned with 409 and rinsed the DI water as well. The collector was then reassembled and reset for the next fog event. Isaac arrived at the LML site at 9:40am. The doors to the collector had been deployed and there was a small sample present but not enough for further analysis. The small sample was discarded. The collector was then disassembled and washed with 409 followed by DI water. A significant amount of bugs had accumulated on the strand frames which were removed during the washing process. The body of the collector was then washed and rinsed with DI. The collector was then reset for the next fog event. Isaac arrived at ISB at 9:47am. The doors to the collector had opened and there was a sample in the collection jar. The sample appeared clear with a small amount of sediment in the bottom of the jar. The sample was then removed and placed in a labeled bag. The collector was then disassembled and its components were cleaned with 409 and DI water. The collector body was then cleaned with 409 and DI water as well. The collector was then reassembled with the cleaned components. Upon reassembly a blank was taken by spraying the string frames and allowing the DI water to drain into a newly placed jar. This blank was then removed and placed in a labeled bag. The system was then reset for the next fog event. Isaac arrived at LML at 9:30am. The doors to the collector had deployed and a tiny sample of approximately 5ml was visible in the collection jar. Since the sample was of minimal volume it was discarded. The collector was then sprayed with 409 and rinsed with DI water. the collector was additionally disassembled and its components cleaned with 409 and DI water. The collector was then reassembled for the next fog event. 1 2 3 Next → Register Log in Comments feed Recent Posts End of Fog Season 2022 The prototype large fog collector (LFC) is now set up and taking data! 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111	Please correct the sentence English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms Majid72 August 19, 2014, 6:03am #1 Is the following sentence OK? The BMW having been producing the model since 1972 celebrated production of 5 million 5 series in 2008 and the company is predicted to celebrate production of 6 million 5series while producing sixth generation of the model/ sixth generation of the model is being produced. Thanks a lot E2e4 August 19, 2014, 7:35am #2 Another learner try The BMW, having been producing the series 5 since 1972, has recently celebrated the 5 millionth vehicle in the 2008, and the company (at least) predict the same result in the 2009. Dear teachers, please correct my sentence as well. My additional question Another learner try or Thanks Beeesneees August 19, 2014, 1:48pm #3 Is the following sentence OK? The BMW having been producing the model since 1972 celebrated production of 5 million 5 series in 2008 and the company is predicted to celebrate production of 6 million 5series while producing sixth generation of the model/ sixth generation of the model is being produced. Thanks a lot BMW, having produced the 5 series model since 1972, celebrated production of 5 million 5 series in 2008 and the company is predicted to celebrate production of 6 million 5 series while the sixth generation of the models in production. Beeesneees August 19, 2014, 1:49pm #4 Another learner try The BMW, having been producing the series 5 since 1972, has recently celebrated the 5 millionth vehicle in the 2008, and the company (at least) predict the same result in the 2009. Dear teachers, please correct my sentence as well. My additional question Another learner try or Thanks Perhaps you should have waited for the original sentence to be corrected before offering something that needs additional corrections as well as the original required corrections. Eugene2114 August 19, 2014, 2:17pm #5 If I were to write it: “Producing the model since 1972, BMW celebrated its 5 series 5mln total in 2008, and is predicted to reach the mark of 6mln while producing the sixth generation of the car.” (cutting out unnecessary repetition of ‘produce/production’). Beeesneees August 19, 2014, 2:31pm #6 If you were to write it as you suggest it wouldn’t make any sense at all. If you want to avoid produce/production in close proximity, I suggest: Having introduced the model in 1972, BMW celebrated the production of five million 5 series in 2008 and is predicted to reach its six millionth during the creation of the sixth generation model. Eugene2114 August 19, 2014, 2:45pm #7 You mean the “BMW celebrated its 5 series 5mln total” part could sound obscure to the natives? Beeesneees August 19, 2014, 4:14pm #8 Sounds mysterious. Will you point to the flaws. As I see it: Producing the model since 1972,= they started in 1972 and are still producing it BMW celebrated its 5 series 5mln total in 2008, --you say you can’t celebrate the total of something? [BMW] is predicted to reach the mark of 6mln while producing the sixth generation of the car. [ = BMW 5 Series] If you mean you need it more expanded, I’d say the message is targeted at those who know a thing or two about BMW and its production, and not expected to sound like a piece out of your textbook. Beeesneees August 20, 2014, 5:53pm #10 Your points: ‘mln’ is not a standard abbreviation ‘the mark of’ is not natural. Eugene2114 August 21, 2014, 2:46pm #11 Thank you for the correction. Following my nasty nature, I can’t but reply --in fact it’s just some scraps I managed to pick up that could prove helpful for those interested: “Not a natural structure.” – I did my best… “‘mln’ is not a standard abbreviation” – I made a rush to bring this one to more convenient mil/M (one professional proof reader advised that it should be ‘m’, which some said could be confused with ‘meter’), and then a guy said he met ‘mln’ more than once. I wouldn’t take it upon myself to make a judgement, but certainly it hasn’t gone out of use yet. “‘the mark of’ is not natural.” – If you read the following (with ‘mark’ meaning “a particular level, stage, total etc“): 1. Average earnings have not yet reached the £25,000 mark. 2. …successfully complete and gain a mark of at least 40% in the centre set, HCIMA approved, examination relating to the area of study. 3. The 20-year-old clocked 29 minutes 31.80 seconds in Beijing’s Workers’ Stadium, to break Norwegian Ingrid Kristiansen’s seven-year-old world mark of 30:13.74. 4. Amanda Tremble, who runs for North Shields Polytechnic, also set a new mark of 4 mins 42.1 secs in the intermediate girls 1500 metres, 5. How would students react to you setting a pass mark of say 80%? 6. In order to pass the project students must successfully complete the written report and the verbal presentation and gain a mark of 50% overall. – then perhaps “a/the 6M/mil mark OR a mark of 6M/mil” wouldn’t be that blamed?..	0.885779	5,242	{ "content-length": "5347", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:XSIL46JO6ECK7Y7PV4CE7D5TMP74PSOH", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T13:59:36Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:b194cef7-602a-4cd4-aba8-457d44d422f7>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:8a1bb7e3-0ced-4963-b637-d1f37546b4b9>", "warc-target-uri": "https://forum.english.best/t/please-correct-the-sentence/75079", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 2979.9458, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.88577896 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "header", "footer" ] }
121	Your browser does not seem to support JavaScript. As a result, your viewing experience will be diminished, and you have been placed in read-only mode. This is the community forum for my apps Pythonista and Editorial. For individual support questions, you can also send an email. If you have a very short question or just want to say hello — I'm @olemoritz on Twitter. A better keyboard? Most Votes Reply as topic Log in to reply This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it. Hi! First, thank you very much for all the work you've put in Pythonista, making it a killer app. I really love it But one thing that does not work well for me is the keyboard : the additional rows keys are not responding very well. I have to hit very precisely in their middle to type what I want. Maybe it is because of the small screen of the iPad mini I am using. If this point could be improved I'd be super happy. But it could get even better: I have used the Swift Playground app by Apple, which features an amazing keyboard for coding. Do you think it could be possible to implement this one ? Also, could it be possible to add a $ on the special keys row of Editorial? It would be much more easy to type math in LaTeXified Markdown. Thank you again for all the work, omz last edited by I'm aware that the keys on the extra row don't respond very well. This has been an issue in the past, then I had a workaround, but it came back on iOS 10.3. The problem is basically that the system keyboard swallows touch events that happen quickly after pressing a (standard) key, and that are outside of the main keyboard. So you basically have to wait a bit (about 0.5 seconds) after pressing a normal key before the extra keyboard row will be responsive. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any way to prevent this behavior without replacing the system keyboard entirely (i.e. not just extend it with an extra row, but have a completely custom keyboard that replicates all relevant functionality of the system keyboard). This is something I'm actually considering, and I'm experimenting with something along the lines of the Playgrounds keyboard, but it's an approach that has various problems of its own, so I'm not sure yet if I'm going to follow this through. ccc last edited by ccc \n used to be easy to type on the on screen keyboard but no more on the current beta on the current iOS. zipit last edited by Funny thing is: I just tried it out and i cannot recognize any form of lag oO. I am on iOS 10.3.1 and an iPad (Pro). omz last edited by @zipit Interesting, it could be that the keyboard on the iPad Pro behaves differently, I don't have one, and things like this are difficult to test in the iOS simulator. I assume you have the 12" model? dgelessus last edited by FWIW, the Swift Playgrounds keyboard's code completion row suffers from the same "required delay" issue that @omz is describing. When you type and then tap a completion suggestion too quickly, the second tap is ignored. Even worse, if you're like me and then tap faster ("why is this dumb iPad not recognizing my touches") it still doesn't work until you stop tapping for the required time. I've found this issue more noticeable in Playgrounds than in Pythonista for some reason, and I probably wouldn't have noticed it in Pythonista at all, if I hadn't read the forum discussions about it. A fully custom keyboard sounds interesting, if it emulates the standard keyboard properly. I wonder how Playgrounds does it, because the Playgrounds keyboard feels like an extension to the standard keyboard (it works on different keyboard layouts for example) and not like a complete replacement. (Yet it somehow gets the shift key behavior slightly wrong, and as a result I mis-capizalize every class name.) omz last edited by I wonder how Playgrounds does it, because the Playgrounds keyboard feels like an extension to the standard keyboard (it works on different keyboard layouts for example) and not like a complete replacement. (Yet it somehow gets the shift key behavior slightly wrong, and as a result I mis-capizalize every class name.) I'm fairly certain that it uses the system keyboard, and that the extensions are basically a private API. I'm curious about the shift key behavior you've mentioned. How exactly is it slightly wrong? As I've worked on emulating the system keyboard for a bit, the proper implementation of the shift key was one of hardest things, and I wonder if I'm perhaps also missing something. dgelessus last edited by @omz When typing names with multiple uppercase letters in sequence (such as NSObject), I use the onscreen shift key like a physical one. That is, I type (shift down) NSO (shift up) bject, and on the normal iOS keyboard it produces NSObject as expected. In Playgrounds the shift key gets "stuck" if you do that, and the first letter after releasing shift is also uppercased, like NSOBject. zipit last edited by @omz Jeah, I a am. But nevermind, I found the problem now too ... It looks like the Playgrounds (coding) keyboard is basically going to be available system-wide in iOS 11. I haven't tried it yet, but I tend to think that this makes my completely custom keyboard (from the latest beta) obsolete, so don't be too surprised if it disappears again... ccc last edited by I love the swipe down to get a number approach of your keyboard in the beta. It will be great to get that functionality in all apps. mikael last edited by omz last edited by @mikael That's expected, the problem only occurs on iPad. omz last edited by I've been playing with the iOS 11 beta for a little bit, and it looks like the issue with touches being ignored in the extra key row is actually fixed. This is the first beta, so things could still change of course.	0.823788	6,598	{ "content-length": "6600", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:W3TXVLQHO7LX72Z2WBCTKBQV2ELP3BK7", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T15:07:10Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:c94d54fd-f045-4050-8211-0328395c149a>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:20715492-8af3-4263-85b3-35b21043dcdf>", "warc-target-uri": "https://forum.omz-software.com/topic/4027/a-better-keyboard/1?lang=en-US", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 1517.4827, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.82378787 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "header", "footer" ] }
129	I’m super excited that the book finally came out, and I ended up devouring the content. My question comes to one of the bonus classes that was in the Kickstarter, The Paladin. Will there ever be leveling guide for them? (And/Or the Thief). Our group is in the planning stages of our game, and I kind of want to play a Paladin. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thor (Thor) July 9, 2013, 2:49pm #2 Yes. We will release leveling guidelines for them. Not exactly sure when, but sooner rather than later. Awesome! Thanks for the Quick Reply. That works for me. I guess I’ll just have to start as something and then get into a Kill Challenge I’m sure you could also wing something for now. Maybe scavenge together leveling guidelines using the prayers and some fighter stuff? Jabbersnatch (Jabbersnatch) July 10, 2013, 4:50pm #5 I’m sure you could also wing something for now. Maybe scavenge together leveling guidelines using the prayers and some fighter stuff? That’s exactly what I was thinking, and did. My friend is planning on playing a Paladin, and I like this kind of thing. See below: When they gain a level, paladins choose between a new prayer slot or a special level benefit. This section describes the special level benefits. The first time the paladin chooses a new mental inventory slot for their prayers, they gain access to a special prayer: Fury of the Lords of Life and Death. Beginning the second time a new prayer slot is chosen, the paladin gains a single slot of prayer inventory used to hold a first circle prayer. See the Divine Power heading in the Magic & Miracles chapter for more on prayers! (I am guessing that Paladin will be a mixed magic/ability class similar to Elf Ranger, and based it off of this. I may be very wrong) Armored: As the level 2 warrior ability. Stubborn: As the level 3 warrior ability. Zeal: At any point he so chooses, the Paladin may ignore the effects of Afraid or Exhausted for one turn. No check is required, but afterwards he is at +1Ob to recover from that condition until it is successfully removed, and cannot use this ability. (*I made this up. Level 4 seems to always provide an ability for resisting or recovering from conditions. IMO, anything in this vein that you and your GM find appropriate should work at level 4, for now.) Follower: As the level 5 warrior Henchman ability. If my guess about Paladin having a leveling structure similar to Elf Ranger is correct, then most of this should be fairly close to the real result. There seem to be several constants between other similar classes (Cleric/Elf & Warrior/Dwarf), so I was able to pull a lot of it from those. I tried to do the same for Thief and had to make up a lot more, with much less confidence in any success or accuracy. jrp4of6 (jrp4of6) February 26, 2014, 1:20pm #6 We have a Paladin in our group, and he may level soon. Jabbersnatch’s extrapolation makes sense (I will use it - thanks); but, I was wondering if the the Human Thief and Paladin leveling guidelines were ever formalized? Thor (Thor) February 26, 2014, 2:20pm #7 We’re still playtesting, so nothing formal yet. But since you asked nicely (and since I feel pretty confident these are staying as is) the Paladin’s level two choices are below. Choose one. Shhhh! Don’t tell anyone. [li]The first lesson one learns when one takes the holy orders is to sense evil in the hearts of others. Make a Will test vs the target’s Nature. If successful, the GM reveals one of the following: alignment, an evil trait or the last evil deed committed by the target.[/li][/ol] Vanguard (Vanguard) February 26, 2014, 2:31pm #8 That is amazing. I will definitely by including the Paladin in my next game now. Firethrim (Firethrim) February 26, 2014, 2:52pm #9 Weren’t the level benefits for thief and paladin 1-5 released already? If not, how did I get this pdf listing them? jrp4of6 (jrp4of6) February 26, 2014, 3:01pm #10 Thor, Thor: Cool! And, have no fear, your secret is safe with me! Thor (Thor) February 26, 2014, 3:01pm #11 We released them in an update to Kickstarter backers, but haven’t made them more widely available yet.	0.845479	4,566	{ "content-length": "4596", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:GJV6SROUWWI62FAR6MTYT7ZDEFSXMZIL", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T16:09:34Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:cf0dafee-7ea4-4e29-a6a6-a4b2ce41c923>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:5f35f799-6187-46ea-b829-51d6a481687e>", "warc-target-uri": "https://forums.burningwheel.com/t/leveling-a-paladin/13214", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 2722.3408, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8454793700000001 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "footer" ] }
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144	I get an internal position error on an ABB IRB 14000 YuMi after updating the revolution counter and running the verification program to ensure a correct calibration. This also happens when I run any other program. Do any of you have any experience with this or any recommendations on what I could do to solve this? All help is greatly appreciated. I provided a picture of the error and an attempt to follow the recommended action of adjusting the system parameters in Motion -> Uncalibrated Control Master 0, but there are no data there and I cannot add any new data. Comments February 2021 This happened after recalibrating the robot? I would attempt the calibration process again, it seems like something is awry.	0.812706	796	{ "content-length": "799", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:GVONNEDIXGH32QYHIDV6VW5YHH5TP5XQ", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T14:36:06Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:6dfc8e20-27b0-4049-be43-7992fa246c2f>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:41452281-654c-43a0-9eea-73af0b701af1>", "warc-target-uri": "https://forums.robotstudio.com/discussion/12721/50194-internal-position-error", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 1319.262, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8127055999999999 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences" ] }
150	join our community of avid travelers to share your experiences in different parts of our amazing planet! Latest Post March 23, 2020 February 10, 2022 by Madison, posted in travel blog Hey everyone! If you don’t know me already, my name is Madison Foster, and I created this blog to share my passion for travel. Now, before we dive any deeper, you must know that while I love travel, I haven’t been all over the place (which would seem odd for someone that seems to love travel so much, no?). I want to create this blog to connect with other travelers and create a community of people that love seeing the world and want to bond with each other over their experiences in various parts of our planet. Below, I’ll lay out somewhat of an itinerary for my first few posts, and to let you know what I’ll be primarily talking about on a day-to-day basis. I hope you all enjoy! First: What sparked this blog? To keep it simple, I never knew I’d want to see the world as much as I do until about a year and a half ago. Throughout my life, I’d been to quite a few places in the U.S. (mostly for baseball in high school and college), but it was typically the same places because our teams played in the same tournaments every summer, with the exception of 2 or 3 (we normally played 8-10 tournaments). I remember a trip to the Bahamas when I was in 8th grade (gorgeous), and my wife and I went to Jamaica for our honeymoon (also gorgeous, as long as we stayed on the resort). Outside of that, I wouldn’t exactly call myself an experienced traveler, but hey, I’m only 26; I have plenty of time . However, there was one trip that really opened my eyes to the beauty and awe of what the rest of the world has to offer: Ireland. During the winter of 2018, I had a professional singer friend that visited our church, and after I sang with him as part of our praise team, he invited me to go with him and a small group of singers to perform at a worship conference in Ireland (Trabolgan Holiday Village to be more specific). This was my first trip to Europe, and while I expected it to be somewhat similar to the U.S., the travel bug just hasn’t left me since I came home. The hills of Ireland were comparable to the most gorgeous parts of the States, and every single person I met welcomed me with arms open and a warmness that I’ve only found in the Midwest. As soon as I came home, I asked if I could be considered to go back with that friend for the next conference. Although I wasn’t able to go in the summer of 2019 (the group wasn’t able to go due to scheduling conflicts), the passion I’ve felt to return grows almost daily. Maybe the next time I go won’t be as awe inspiring, but I’ll never know until I go! Fortunately, I was kindly offered a spot as part of the group for the summer of 2020, and I accepted! Unfortunately, the destiny of the trip is up in the air at the moment, due to ailments that I’m sure you’re aware of (I don’t want to type it on here after finding out that some friends of mine had their posts taken down when referring to said ailment by it’s actual name). While I’m hoping for a miracle so I am able to return to Ireland, I also understand that the global measures being taken may prohibit a return in 2020. I was, however, informed that the door for that trip remains open indefinitely, as long as the group wants to keep returning to the conference, so this could hopefully become a regular occurrence! As promised, here’s how my posts are going to work over the next few weeks: First, I’m going to write a few posts on the places I’ve already visited. The first few will be on places I’ve been in the U.S. (again, predominantly where I went as part of a travel baseball team). The next few will be on my vacations to the Bahamas and Jamaica, and the final post will be a recap of my visit to Ireland. After that, I’ll be posting daily about a destination I desire to go to, and this will also serve as somewhat of a bucket list for me and my family. I can tell you that my first post of this nature will stay in Ireland. My goal is to find different destinations, research awesome things to do there, and write about those awesome things to share with you all. I’m also going to be on Instagram to share photos of the various destinations that I’d like to visit. I’ll definitely be on other social media outlets, but I’ll let you know when those come about! I hope you all enjoy my posts, and if you’d like to follow along, just subscribe to the blog and follow me on Instagram to get involved! I’m unbelievably excited about this, and I hope you’ll join in my journey, literally and figuratively Reddit Related Tagged Cork, Cork Ireland, Ireland, Madison Foster, travel, travel blog Next postCincinnati, Soccer, Tattoos, and Belgian Waffles Matthew Tessnear says: April 23, 2020 at 1:15 pm My wife and I love traveling the U.S. on our quest to visit all the states, eat all the local food we can and check out all of the bucket-list sites! The national parks and monuments are a particular favorite of ours. I look forward to following along! April 23, 2020 at 1:19 pm We admittedly haven’t been to as many of the parks and monuments as we want to, but are making it out mission over the next decade! Thanks for following Mary Leon says: April 25, 2020 at 2:21 pm Started following you on Twitter and now I def will be a blogger fan LOL. Loved this 1st post since it does reflect a bit my feelings towards traveling. I love to travel and taste different dishes from these new places, I see it as part of experiencing the culture as a whole. I will add you to my list of favorite blogs. Hope you pass by my blog – even though it’s mainly foodie posts, there’s a few travel posts here and there… Be safe! And may you travel much soon… April 25, 2020 at 6:23 pm Thank you so much for following along!! I’m a major foodie, so I’m sure I’ll have plenty to enjoy with your blog Naomi says: May 16, 2020 at 3:43 pm Congratulations on your first blog post! I’m looking forward to reading more about your travels for inspiration. I’ve only been to the USA, New York once, last year, where I married my childhood sweetheart after 22 years and we really want to look into going to more States. May 16, 2020 at 7:47 pm Awesome! Thank you so much for reading if you get a chance, make sure to come through the less touristy states! We live in Indiana Naomi says: May 16, 2020 at 7:53 pm I will sure look into it! Looking forward to reading more from you! Vidushi says: May 18, 2020 at 5:34 am Looking forward to read more from you May 18, 2020 at 10:51 am Thank you for reading Sharon says: May 23, 2020 at 3:23 pm I’ve really enjoyed discovering more about your bucket list wish. I think it’s a great idea and hope to see you start ticking them off soon. May 23, 2020 at 7:25 pm Thank you so much for reading! We’re exciting to start checking them off too! 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151	As of Wednesday close, MidCap Financial Investment Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MFIC) stock was up $0.07, moving up 0.57 percent to $12.45. The average number of shares traded per day over the past five days has been 174,820 shares. 5 times new highs have been achieved over the past 5 days, with a $0.27 gain in that time frame. In the last twenty days, the average volume was 205,880, while in the previous 50 days, it was 241,328. Since last month, MFIC stock rose 12.67%. Shares of the company fell to $10.53 on 10/24/22, the lowest level in the past month. A 52-week high of $13.88 was reached on 02/07/22 after having rallying from a 52-week low of $10.01. Since the beginning of this year, MFIC’s stock price has dropped by -1.85% or -$0.34, and marked a new high 5 times. However, the stock has declined by -10.27% since its 52-week high. Here's one little-known company — trading undiscovered below 25-cents per share — that's advancing one of the largest and highest quality REE deposits in all of North America... and the Chinese can't do a damn thing about it! It's early stage... and that's excellent news for individual investors like you who have the foresight to act decisively on an emerging megatrend that's already being measured in the Tens of $Billions. Simply click here and the name & trading symbol are yours. Sponsored Right now, MidCap Financial Investment Corporation (MFIC) has a P/E ratio of about 17.22. The stock’s beta is 1.65. Besides these, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio of 3.65, the price-to-book (PB) ratio of 0.80, and the price-to-cash flow ratio of 8.00 may also be considered. The latest dividend of $0.37 per share was paid out, which is 15.62% more than last year’s $0.32. On Thursday November 3 2022, a $0.05 dividend increase was announced. Financial Health According to company report, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio for the quarter ending September 29 was 1.49, and the total debt-to-equity ratio was 1.49. On the profitability front, the trailing twelve-month gross margin is 49.20% percent. In the year ended September 29, operating margins totaled 43.00%. Based on annual data, MFIC earned $150.64 million in gross profit and brought in $213.16 million in revenue. A company’s management is another factor that investors consider when determining the profitability of an investment. In the past year, return on investment (ROI) was 3.80%. Return on equity (ROE) for the past 12 months was 4.60%. In MidCap Financial Investment Corporation’s quarter-end financial report for September 29, it reported total debt of $1.5 billion. According to the earnings report, the company had a higher net income in the recent quarter than it did in the previous quarter. While analysts expected MidCap Financial Investment Corporation to report $0.36 quarterly earnings, the actual figure was $0.35 per share, beating the consensus estimate by -2.80%. During the quarter, the company generated $48.51 million in EBITDA. The value of shareholders’ equity is $65.45 million. This quick technical analysis looks at MidCap Financial Investment Corporation’s (MFIC) price momentum. With a historical volatility rate of 7.04%, the RSI 9-day stood at 74.73% on 23 November. With respect to its five-day moving average, the current MidCap Financial Investment Corporation price is up by +2.22% percent or $0.27. At present, MFIC shares trade +14.12% above its 20-day simple moving average and +12.67% percent above its 100-day simple moving average. However, the stock is currently trading approximately -0.95% below its SMA50 and -8.72% below its SMA200. Stochastic coefficient K was 94.85% and Stochastic coefficient D was 92.82%, while ATR was 0.27. 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156	It’s a nice winter’s day, the sun is shining and you feel like being a tourist in your own town…but you want to do something with a bit more meaning, and away from the tourist crowds? That’s how we felt, and Jess, the History buff of the two decided that what better way to have a walk and see some things we hadn’t seen before put together a ‘Great Fire of London’ route for us. By the Millenium Bridge (Blackfriars/Mansion House are the closest tube). Turn left onto the Thames Path towards London Bridge. THe Thames path used to be a bustling hive of trading stalls, warehouses and banks, it would have been busy with people and products, products brought in on boats, like rope, cloth, oil, alcohol and timber…and what do they all have in common? They’re combustible as hell. When the firs broke out, merchants threw their goods into the Thames to save them from the fires! Walk along the Thames Path past Southwark Bridge to London Bridge (don’t cross it but do go and see the Plaque telling you about the fire). London Bridge was the only Bridge that crossed the Thames back in 1666, until 1729! It was built up with houses on both sides and the actual road/walkway was so narrow that once the fire started there was no way that it would be a good enough escape route. Although the wind did cause lots of damage and made the fire spread, it didn’t carry the fire down London Bridge, so it wasn’t destroyed. The one that’s in front of you today is the one re-built in 1973 though. Just passed the bridge, turn left towards St Magnus the Martyr church. Back in the 1660s because of how close it was to the Thames, it actually housed some fire fighting equipment, however on the night of the blaz it was the second church to burn. The church you see is one rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren, and if you’re lucky, unlike us, and the church is open, inside is a model of the old London Bridge. If not, outside you can feast your eyes on some stones from the Roman Pier and original London Bridge. Cross Lower Thames Street and turn left on to Pudding Lane. Pudding Lane, the place you learn in primary school where the bakers shop was that started the fire. Well, that’s where you’re headed. Thomas Farriner was his name, and a plaque on the wall marks the spot where his bakery was. Starting a fire that destroyed the city would surely lead to prison or death right? Well, Farriner managed to avoid it as a Frenchman admitted to starting the fire, even though they couldn’t prove he was in London on the night of the fire (2nd September in case you’re wondering). Walk down the end of the road to Monument-that’s the tall column with the golden urn on the top. The thing the tube station is named after! Well you can go inside that, and that’s exactly what we did. Now being someone that’s extremely clumsy and terrified of heights, let me tell you-there’s no lift. Just a single staircase going up but the views at the top (even, if like me you can’t go close to the edge) and the certificate at the bottom definitely make the £4 worth it. Take your student card for cheap entry if you have one! Monument was built to commemorate the fire of London, in 1671 although they didn’t finish it until 1677. Once you’ve done that and got your breath back, head up Fishstreet Hill to Leadenhall market. You may recognise this as Diagon Alley but actually in this story it is where the Great Fire of London actually stopped because of the stone construction. There has been a market here since he 14th century! Feel the history and have a look around! Head up St Michael’s Alley and left on Cornhill to Royal Exchange. Another of those quirky London places with no pronouns. This was where the trade of all the good brought in on the Thames ended up, from tea and herbs to spices and wool. It burnt down in the fire on the Monday, alongside Cornhill and Lombard Street which was where all the bankers worked (Could we say Karma?). Walk up Threadneedle Street and turn left onto Bartholemew Lane, take the first left and on Gresham Street you should be faced with the beautiful building of Guildhall. This was where the City of London government resided and the fire reached here on day three. As it was one of the only stone built buildings in London, most of it survived. We suggest, if you can, going in and having a look around the Great Hall and Art Gallery- both free! Walk back on yourself to Milk Street and Cheapside, and turn left. St Mary Le Bow on Cheapside is, and was a church. You can go in for free and see the crypt that was there before the fire but the rest, shockingly burnt down. There’s spots all over to eat, and as is now, was then, Cheapside was a busy trading street wth stalls and sellers, so the fire destroyed everything. Turn left and left again until you get to St Paul’s Cathedral. Probably the most famous story aside from the baker and Sam Pepys, St Paul’s Cathedral was used as a refuge for people and goods from across the city. However, because of the wooden scaffolding around it, it was not very safe and on the fourth day of the fire, the scaffolding caught fire and so did the roof, burning down the church and everything inside it. The current church is that of Sir Christopher Wren’s redesign and known worldwide as a London landmark. I would say go in if you like churches, but it is pricey and questionably worth the money. The final port of call on our walk was the Museum of London. We were lucky that the “Fire! Fire!” exhibition was still on to top off our day. Every exhibition this museum does is fantastic but even if you aren’t going for that, go for the free history! It’s free to get in and if you’re clever when walking through 450,000 years worth of history, you can find a helmet of a firefighter from 1666 and devices that they used to fight the flames (and you’ll see why it was so unsuccessful. Have you done anything like this? Are there any other london histories, myths or legends you want to see us feature? Let us know in the comments below. (Watch out for Instagram stories in the future when we do things like this @fourthousandweeks) Recommended for you on June 25, 2019 on May 13, 2019 on December 19, 2017 December 26, 2017 previous post next post Seven must-see things at the V&A Museum Please check your feed, the data was entered incorrectly. © 2019 Fourthousandweeks. All Rights Reserved. hello@fourthousandweeks.com By using this site, you accept that we use cookies to improve your experience.. 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165	Rased by my mother who spend her youth in 1970s, I had a great interest in its culture, fashion and music. It was inevitable that I grew interest in neon-sign once colored Japan in its rapid economic growth. Neon-sign is made by hands. Craftsmen breath into the long glass pipes each and twist them with heat. Change of time, high manufacturing cost and lack of workmen have declined the number of neon-sign against its beauty of long making process.	0.978702	450	{ "content-length": "450", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:QNUA5HESZVN4KC5BOKZS4T6EIQVANGUQ", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T14:33:26Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng,dan,jpn", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:4414040c-647f-412b-9e5b-80b83c7351b4>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:b779595a-c96b-4159-887b-b152708d757b>", "warc-target-uri": "https://fractionmagazinejapan.asia/archive/cn24/cn87/pg800.html", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 1612.6611, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.9787022999999999 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences" ] }
166	The Huffington Post & The Young Entrepreneur Council provided a list of different hobbies that some of their members use to enhance the way they run their businesses. Here are a few that I thought were quite interesting. Marathon Running – involves discipline, hard work, mental strength & focus. These are all traits of a successful business. Chess (my favorite) – teaches you long-term strategy while being flexible enough to adapt to unexpected changes. Yoga – instills in you the necessity of slowing down and taking your time. Rushing through a sales call or proposal can make a prospective client feel unimportant. Poker – a game of incomplete information where you know what you have and the odds are based on your opponent’s cards. Teaches you how to play the odds rather than wait for certainty because you can collect as much data as you want but may sometimes have to act before you have all of the necessary information. Wood Working – attention to detail is very important because it shows you care about the service that you are giving. Coaching – demonstrates management skills. It concentrates on helping someone learn by asking rather than telling and by holding a person accountable for his or her goals. What are your hobbies and how do they help you run your business? If you don’t have a hobby why not try to find one and think of how it may help you to run your business. Jul 10, 2014 ← Earlier Posts Later Posts → Learn more about our partnerships Our Company Locations More Than Just French Fries Roadmap to Success Local Seminars Frequently Asked Questions Franchise Directory Have a question? Give us a call Are you a franchise brand seeking inclusion into our inventory? Click here Consultant Disclaimer: FranNet’s franchise consultants own and independently operate each office throughout the FranNet system. FranNet Brand Disclaimer: There are over 4,000 franchise brands out there for you to choose from but FranNet has made the process much easier to find the right fit for you. We have a variety of franchisors in our portfolio in almost every industry. Our distinguished FranNet Certified Brands have completed our vetting process. Your local consultant can let you know what franchises are currently available in your area. *Please note that the information and opinions expressed by the Franchisor are those of the Franchisor. FranNet, LLC makes no claim, promise, or guarantee of any kind regarding the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information disclosed by the Franchisor. FranNet Clients are instructed to conduct their own independent investigation of the investment opportunity. FranNet assumes no liability for the statements and opinions stated by our Franchisor partners orally or in writing.	0.8611	3,030	{ "content-length": "3052", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:OFJFL7JH6NWI42TAL4KUJTFF4AKWUGK7", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T14:19:29Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:f99ba888-6041-4e30-8285-0eadca202604>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:0b2d245e-1803-4368-b5a1-9c240e6e7cf8>", "warc-target-uri": "https://frannet.com/resources/general/can-hobby-enhance-way-run-business/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 893.41724, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.86109996 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "footer" ] }
169	Thank you to all who have supported the restoration of Freeman Station and the continuing development of the site as a heritage attraction with a railway theme for Burlington. We hope that you might consider us again when planning your giving for this year. During 2022, the restoration work continued on our CN caboose, and … Continue reading FRIENDS OF FREEMAN STATION – 2022 FALL FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN → April 10, 2022 Christmas Season is Upon Us June 17, 2022 As we meet folks around Burlington, many tell us of the times they came and went by train from the Burlington Junction Station. We’re collecting these anecdotes — and we’d like to hear from you… if you have memories of coming to the Station, of watching the old steam engines come chugging through, of helping the … Continue reading ” I remember travelling through the Freeman Station” → February 22, 2016 Video by Kevin Davies; photography by Bob Chambers, Bob Miller, Nikki Wesley, John Mellow, Joel Waterman, Denny Williams, Alan Harrington, Al Pettman and others (by permission)	0.883568	1,098	{ "content-length": "1124", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:B7KJT7MKYD7CI6WCOHOKU75CLZZUEUXY", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T15:40:16Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:9aef3243-b74c-49ff-a351-d8ec1a065021>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:e1d3cdef-1845-4053-b670-4749d01cc223>", "warc-target-uri": "https://freemanstation.ca/friends-of-freeman-station/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 2310.9993, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8835683 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences" ] }
171	Marcus J. Ranum is a computer security specialist, consultant, gamer, crafty artist, photographer, soap and cosmetic experimenter, and all-around surrealist. Operations Christianity is Immoral Recommended Reading List A Matter of Range Unfairness, Perpetuated The Electoral College, Nov 7, 2016 Call It The “Ambush Vehicle.” Soldiers would like to tell us that they are tough and manly, dripping with toxic masculinity juice that you can smell from miles away. Sometimes, that’s even true. But other times you’ve just got to stand back and admire the fashions (such as wearing a corset under all the tight napoleonic cavalry kit). This one looks to be plain old dumb. It’s the I-don’t-know-howmanyth “Jeep replacement” for the army. Just in case you don’t remember the military history of the jeep, it was a light unarmored car useful for zooming around behind the forward edge of battle. In WWII this was useful. In the Korean war, it was less useful and jeeps became a good target. In the Vietnam war, driving a jeep was like flying a flag that said “I want to die.” After the Vietnam war, the US military decided it needed a jeep replacement, that was bigger, could go over more nastier terrain and maybe carry a rocket launcher or a machine gun: the Hummvee. Then, in Iraq it turned out that a thin-skinned light vehicle was still a death-trap. So the military produced “up armored Hummvees” that had a mini turret that could stop AK-47 rounds, and side armored panels that could slow own an improvised mine. That did not work (surprise: the entire bottom of the vehicle remained mostly open except for armor plates under the seats) and a new generation – the MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected” car. You’ll notice a trend: as the light vehicle is increasingly in a combat zone, rather than a neatly-defined battle area, it is more likely to encounter small arms fire or IEDs/mines – so it needs to be armored. Otherwise, it becomes a rolling coffin. By the way, in the Vietnam war they used a lot of M-113 armored personnel carriers. These were not comfortable zoom-abouts but they were actually designed to be armored and actually could survive a mortaring or a machine-gunning and had nice armor in the front and an armored exit door in the back, with lots of ground clearance. Around the time when Hummvees were being made in huge quantities, the US’ supply of M-113s was quietly sold to Turkey, Egypt, and a few other countries that need something really good for keeping civilians from rioting. An armored personnel carrier offers two things: cover and concealment. In military terms, those are really different things. Cover is when you’re someplace where something can’t get at you. Concealment is when you’re someplace that someone can’t see you. So, if I have a rocket propelled grenade and you’re in the back of a Humvee you have concealment (I don’t know exactly where in the back of the Humvee you are) but not cover (because the RPG will go right through any side of the Hummvee as if it’s made of cheese). People who play a lot of 1st person shooters often get confused about cover versus concealment because the game engines don’t take it fully into account. Again, for example, if you hide behind a concrete Jersey Barrier you have cover and concealment unless I have something that can punch straight through that much concrete. In which case the shattered concrete becomes part of the damage you suffer when your cover fails. All of this is relevant because, if you’re assaulting someone’s position and you show up in an M-113, the troops disembark via the armored hatch in the back (taking advantage of the wall-like nature of the rest of the M-113) whereas if you show up in a Hummvee, the doors are in the side and you’re stepping out very obviously into a potential shitstorm. When things started going horribly wrong in Iraq and Afghanistan, a few of us started muttering about bringing back a new version of the M-113, while everyone else started talking about welding pieces of steel plate to Hummvees. As usual, the US military found itself trying to suppress an insurgency using weapons systems that were designed to be effective in a WWII-era stand-up battle. So, General Motors defense (who brought you the Hummvee) has a new offering. [wib] Yup, it’s the skeletonized “Sniper’s Workout” battlefield mobility coffin. Not only can someone who’s taking a shot at that thing tell where you’re standing so they can aim, they can enjoy your horrified expression when you realize that you have nothing to hide behind and you have been suckered into riding in a death-trap. But it’s a pretty fuckin’ tactical-looking death-trap. Look at all those things you can velcro stuff to! Note the absence of a lookout position and absence of a light machine gun – if you’re in that thing and you come under attack, you don’t need to roll the window down in order to wave, “bye bye!” In addition, the lighter (unarmored) vehicles will provide a sense of mobility seemingly lost by grunts as the Global War on Terror demanded up-armored vehicles. The only tactical use I forsee for these things, other than getting taxpayers’ money to GM, is that it’s a great bar-crawler. Can’t you just see a bunch of drunk and rowdies trying to climb onto that thing as the wheels spin? Since GM is building these using commercial components (it’s basically a GM pick up truck with tactical stuff on it instead of a chassis) I’m sure it’s way less expensive, right? Hahahahahahaha, no they are $177,000. And it’s not even stealthy. Wait for the “up armored” version, which will be required everywhere where someone might shoot at one. The demand for “up armored” vehicles was not a result of the global war on terror; it was a result of counter-insurgency operations being undertaken by a military that is not geared for it. There are no counter-insurgency operations (except pub crawls) that call for unarmored target-haulers. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) November 11, 2020 Things that make blood squirt out my ears, War is a Racket Log in to comment Comments LykeX says November 11, 2020 at 11:19 am That looks ridiculously open. I mean, screw snipers; a random guy with a knife could reach in and cut your femoral artery, while you’re still struggling with the seat belt. November 11, 2020 at 12:29 pm It looks great for sightseeing tours in nice weather… komarov says November 11, 2020 at 12:42 pm Alternate theory: That photo shows the prototype, only the night before the demo/catalogue photoshoot, hoodlums* broke into the GM lot and stripped the vehicle. Some brilliant PR spokesperson, being confronted with the situation during the vehicle’s dramatic unveilling in front of a live audience, then declared it to be the light version of the vehicle and immediately announced the armoured version along with a new time and date for its reveal. What we see here is a Potemkin jeep. P.S.: The same spokesperson’s explanation for the 177k$ price tag? The assembly line only builds the armoured version. If you want the light one a regular vehice has to be dismantled. Manual labour is the most expensive part of any product. *Other supects include anarchists, layabouts and ne’erdowells. sonofrojblake says November 11, 2020 at 1:51 pm “Other supects include anarchists, layabouts and ne’erdowells” Reginald Selkirk says November 11, 2020 at 1:59 pm This somehow reminds me of Party Bile, except there are no pedals, and no kegs. It looks there is plenty of room to add stuff though. Pierce R. Butler says November 11, 2020 at 2:08 pm Does our esteemed host actually rely on dictation software??? Reginald Selkirk says November 11, 2020 at 2:25 pm kestrel says November 11, 2020 at 2:49 pm Thank you, Reginald Selkirk. I was really puzzled by that. I see this as the perfect vehicle to take up to the Arctic Circle to take people out to “see the polar bears”. The polar bears would love it. Since there are not that many ice floes the polar bears are not doing well, this would really help. November 11, 2020 at 5:29 pm The polar bears would love it. Rather like we enjoy food trucks. DrVanNostrand says November 11, 2020 at 10:55 pm In Afghanistan, my brother was fond of a vehicle similar to the MRAP in your first photo, called the Buffalo. Tracked vehicles are a pain in the ass for a lot of reasons, primarily speed. He needed to cover a lot of ground because his job was route clearance. Rolling out with about 10 Buffaloes, each with a 50 cal machine gun, they were more than a match for almost any force they encountered, and were well-protected from IEDs and RPGs. He has a great story about a particular piece of equipment for clearing IEDs, that was derisively nicknamed “The Balls of Allah”. It’s a classic story of a high dollar, high tech solution that works great in theory, but sucks in reality, and which is promoted relentlessly by leadership, even though it’s far worse than the low-tech solutions. Ridana says November 12, 2020 at 2:00 am Since the link was truncated, I figured the Party Bile was just someone being too lazy to pronounce the “mo” in between. He has a great story Well don’t leave us hanging. Were they flinging bowling balls down the roads or what? dashdsrdash says November 12, 2020 at 7:20 am I like how, in the photo, we see the vehicle on the only available patch of landscaped boulders in a grassy field. Intransitive says November 12, 2020 at 3:12 pm Off the lot Technicals would be cheaper and do just as well. There is something seriously flawed in a military system that “thinks” you win by outspending the enemy. M-16s lost to AK-47s, $600 flight lessons and box cutters defeated security systems, and Al Qaeda defeated Echelon by not sending emails (sharing the same email account, writing drafts to each other). wereatheist says November 12, 2020 at 9:13 pm Off the lot Technicals would be cheaper and do just as well. Certainly not for US military who want to avoid losses at any cost for other groups involved. wereatheist says November 12, 2020 at 10:02 pm What I wanted to say: US military avoids losses by overwhelming firepower, carpet-bombing, and the like. Few people outside love the US, but nevertheless lots of people try to immigrate. Which tells us that we are in a dystopy. DrVanNostrand says November 13, 2020 at 9:02 pm I feel like the story isn’t so amusing without my brother’s delivery, but I’ll summarize the much less entertaining version. “Allah’s Balls” are two giant metal spheres that create some kind of electromagnetic discharge that fries or blows up IEDs. It looks like a giant pair of metal balls. The problem is that it’s not as reliable as brute force methods like mine rollers. If you do a great job with 90% of the IEDs, but miss 10% or whatever, it’s a bad solution. The way they were mounted to the Buffaloes, they were also too close to the front of the vehicle, so the drivers would get concussions and other brain injuries because the IEDs would explode when they were too close. My brother (a Captain), tossed them into a scrap heap, even though he had been directed to use “The Balls of Allah” for route clearance. A Lt. Colonel came by late one night after my brother had a bad day, and demanded to know why they were in the scrap pile. Since he referred to them by their official name, my brother was initially confused, but eventually realized what he was talking about. “You’re talking about The Balls of Allah?!?!?!? It doesn’t fucking work! You idiots are trying to kill us!” Then there was a long expletive-laden argument about how they worked great in “field tests” (my brother’s reply: “THIS IS THE FIELD, MOTHERFUCKER!!!”). The Lt. Colonel reported my brother to his CO (a full Colonel), who apologized for the language used in the heated discussion, but stated in no uncertain terms that my brother had more experience than any of them in route clearance, and his judgement would be followed accordingly. “The Balls of Allah” never saw action during the remainder of my brother’s deployment.	0.839911	13,795	{ "content-length": "14011", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:P65RFE62Y5LLKZES5NN5XB5AFVLSZSWR", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T14:44:16Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:2f3bb62b-53a3-49df-a47d-a8884e89b177>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:d5a7cf42-0436-4b04-8e65-af3c9d85c0f7>", "warc-target-uri": "https://freethoughtblogs.com/stderr/2020/11/11/call-it-the-ambush-vehicle/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 1587.1746, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8399110999999999 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "header", "footer" ] }
176	Please note the transcript has been edited for brevity and clarity. FLG: Hello and welcome to the latest ‘A Spotlight On’ interview. Today I’m joined by Miao-Ping Chien, and we’re going to be talking about Miao’s work on microscopy-based functional and spatial single-cell sequencing. Miao, if you could please introduce yourself and tell everyone a little about what you do. Miao-Ping Chien: Thank you, Miyako. My name is Miao-Ping Chien, and I am currently an Assistant Professor at Erasmus University Medical Centre in the Department of Medical Genetics. I’m also a Principal Investigator at the Oncology Institute. So, a really short introduction about what we are doing. Our group actually develops single-cell technologies for cancer research. More specifically, we actually combine multiple multidisciplinary techniques including advanced imaging, computational analysis and single-cell techniques to study rare and aggressive cancer cells. FLG: Thank you. Why were you drawn to studying therapy-resistant cancer cells? Miao-Ping Chien: That’s a good question. We’re interested in those rare and aggressive cancer cells that are responsible for tumour metastasis or therapy resistance because we know at this stage, cancers are not really curable. Part of the reason we cannot completely cure cancers is that after the treatment, there are always small subpopulations of cancer cells that survive; we give these surviving cell populations a collective term, aggressive cancer cells. These cells survive after the treatment and over a period of time, they would relapse and regrow, sometimes become even more aggressive than before. So, that’s the reason we’re interested in studying those small populations of resistant cells. FLG: Could you tell us about the challenges in identifying and analysing these aggressive cancer cells? Miao-Ping Chien: So, people in this field are aware of the existence of these types of cells, but in the past few decades, the majority of techniques we used to study these cells mainly involved looking at specific markers. If we know the markers of cells, we can use techniques like cell sorting, for example, where you use an antibody with a probe to target certain cells and then those cells can be separated using the FACS machine, for instance, and this works quite well to a certain extent. People also use these techniques to isolate resistant cells, but the thing is, it’s not thorough enough because not every cell will express those markers. So purely using those markers to identify or study those cells is simply not enough. Because of this, the approach we are using in our group is basically to look at these cells not based on their markers, but on their behaviour. So, we really profile, study and analyse individual cells’ behaviour, and from this data we can then identify the subpopulations that are potentially more aggressive, after which we further isolate and profile these cells. The challenge here is really to capture the dynamic information of cell behaviour. And collecting this type of information is very challenging using currently available technologies. So that, to me, is one of the main challenges, but it has been tackled by the technology developed in our group. FLG: Like you said, your lab developed a variety of multidisciplinary approaches to investigate these rare, aggressive cancer cells. Could you give us a quick overview of the different tools that you have developed? Miao-Ping Chien: Yes, of course. As mentioned, our group is multidisciplinary, and we operate within four different research pillars. One is advanced imaging, we actually built our own custom-built microscope which allows us to screen really large quantities of cells. We’re talking about tens, hundreds of thousands of cells in one single field of view, which is very impressive. Importantly, despite being able to see large amounts of cells, we don’t lose any spatial resolution. This allows us to look at individual cell information. So we can see many cells, but don’t lose the single-cell or sub-ceullar information. This kind of combination is really hard to have using commercial microscopes, and that’s part of the reason we have our own setup. In this setup we also implemented a device so that no matter what kind of cells you identify, you can also pinpoint and photo-label those cells, and then the cells can be isolated accordingly. That is part of the reason we have this capability to image and screen a bunch of cells, and from there we’re able to identify and isolate certain subpopulations of cells. That’s the first tool we use in our group, advanced imaging. The second part of our process is, once we create a lot of big imaging data, we also need to have a really robust and advanced image analysis algorithm because, as I also mentioned earlier, we are interested in the behaviours of individual cells. We need to have an algorithm that can help us analyse individual cells or the imaging data we acquired on the fly, and this is also very challenging. For that, we also scripted our own image analysis to be able to instantly profile the data and instantly export individual cells’ features, and we can then use that information for further cell isolation. So that’s the second part, and the third part will be single-cell technology development. We use quite a lot of single-cell RNA sequencing, and we started to use single-cell genomic sequencing and proteomic profiling as well. Those techniques have been developed quite well in the field, and we kind of adapt it to fit with our technique, our pipelines. So that’s the third tool we use, and the last one is bioinformatic analysis. We create quite a lot of data, and this data is also quite different than the standard single-cell sequencing you will normally get. Because of this, we also need to adapt a little bit of the algorithms and use them to identify potential targets or hidden driving mechanisms that cannot be identified using current analysis methods. Those are basically the four different types of tools we use. FLG: A lot of multi-omics data integration there, a lot of focus on single-cell data and spatial resolution as well as combining that with image analysis. I’m assuming a lot of machine learning and AI is involved, too. Could you tell us a little bit about the microscopy-based part of your own work and elaborate on the functional and spatial single-cell sequencing technique? Miao-Ping Chien: First, we developed what we call microscopy based functional single-cell sequencing. Through this, we can profile or sequence individual cells based on their functional features observed under a microscope, and that’s why we call it functional single-cell sequencing. We’re able to isolate cells based on any functional feature visualised under a microscope. Say we screened 10,000 cells under a single field of view, from there we’d identify maybe 100 cells that display, aggressive migration. We’d then want to isolate those 100 cells, and can use the photolabelling technique I mentioned earlier to label and isolate the cells of interest for downstream single-cell sequencing. The way we do that is: you screen a bunch of cells and then perform real-time image analysis. You then identify the cells you want followed by photolabeling and cell isolation. And I’ve used the example of aggressive migration here but you can do this with any feature you can imagine. We’ve isolated cells before based on their abnormal DNA damage response to radiation, where we looked at DNA damage responses of individual cells after radiation. From there, you can also see heterogeneous populations. We can also look at abnormal cell division, because under the microscope you can see how cells perform their mitosis. From observing those regular and irregular mitosis features, you can already see which cells are abnormal and which cells are normal, and so we can then isolate the cells we want to study. You can also see which immune cells interact with cancer cells, which do not, which can kill cancer cells, which cannot, et cetera. You can observe these interactions under a microscope, and can then selectively separate those cells. I mentioned the techniques to profile cells based on the function of features, and another function concerns the fact that cells are located in different spatial locations. That’s how we expand our technology to spatial omics, because under this setup, you can also see where those cells are located and which area they’re in, as well as what cells they interact with. So we can also immediately identify this information, and this can also be used. That’s why our technique can also be applied to spatial profiling. FLG: What’s really novel about your approach is you’re looking at behavioural and functional hallmarks to isolate cells, and that obviously has an advantage over epitope-dependent forms of isolation, like you mentioned. What about microfluidics? Because that’s a big conversation at the moment. Do you take advantage of new advances in microfluidics in terms of isolating cells? Miao-Ping Chien: Yeah, so that’s a good question. We currently don’t need microfluids – microfluids are perfect when you don’t necessarily need to isolate specific cells with certain markers or phenotypes. When you do this, you basically extract or dissociate your samples into single-cell formats and then you feed the dissociated cells through this microfluid. They will then be encapsulated in droplets, and then the RNA will be converted to cDNA, and after this, you can create your library for sequencing. In that setting, microfluids work perfectly and it also enables sequencing tens of thousands of cells simultaneously. From the expression profiles of those tens of thousands of individual cells, you can identify different cell types. This allows you to see different combinations of cells in different treatment conditions. So that’s how people use the microfluid system. But for us, we don’t really need that because we are more interested in studying subpopulations of cells that we know are aggressive, and we want to know what their profiles are. Using microfluidics, you cannot have that selection power because you randomly sequence a bunch of cells, but you don’t know in the end if the cells you profile display aggressive features; you can’t make that link. So what we do is we first screen under the microscope, and we know which cells are the aggressive ones. We selectively isolate those aggressive cells and we sort them; we often use plate-based sequencing because our cells are quite rare and 384 wells are enough for us to study them. In that case, we basically narrow down to the ones we want. After this, we do in depth sequencing. FLG: Thank you for elaborating on that. That’s really interesting. You also use machine learning and AI for your analysis, so could you expand on the machine learning and AI approach you use, as well as the advances in machine learning that excite you most and whether or not you think it’s going to be applied more and more for data integration or multi-omics? Miao-Ping Chien: That’s a very good question. AI has birthed some really useful techniques, but as you also mentioned, it has its own challenges as well. We do apply AI in our research, and earlier, I talked about four different pillars in our research group. We currently implement AI not only for image analysis, but also for bioinformatic analysis. In terms of image analysis, when we curate large image data, we need to instantly process them to recognise, detect and track cells, This needs to be done quite accurately to avoid contamination. So, that’s part of the reason why we implement AI, to improve our detection precision. So we do impart cell segmentation techniques using AI. The second aspect of AI in our research is about bioinformatics. Many people also use AI or machine learning to dig out useful information from sequencing data and try to see if they can identify some hidden markers or target genes. We do that too, but one of the differences for our research is that we train our algorithms differently. AI is very good at identifying genes that are shared or distinct across different conditions or across different samples, but in our technique, we have the annotation information. We know which ones are and aren’t aggressive. So by training the algorithm and providing these annotations, we can more straightforwardly identify the genes that are distinct, and uniquely expressed in aggressive cells and not expressed in non-aggressive cancer cells. This is the way we apply AI, because we have the annotation of each cell. When you don’t have this annotation, you can still use AI to try to extract information, but that will be quite challenging and messy because any variation between samples will complicate the training and lead to unreliable outcomes. We do see some promising results using AI, but the reason it can work for us is because we have this very clear annotation at the beginning. So that’s another way we apply AI in bioinformatic analysis. The third one we have recently implemented is to, as I mentioned earlier, look at individual cells’ behaviours. Quite often we will rely on recognisable features like migration, morphology and location, and now we are also training AI to observe images and to identify the cells that, for example, haven’t displayed aggressive features yet and so have not been identified as such, but they are destined to become aggressive cells. We’re training this programme to be able to identify the cells at earlier time before they become aggressive cells, and the benefit of this is we can get more comprehensive information about how this cell will eventually drive to aggressive features. This kind of thing is the third application of using AI in our group. FLG: So obviously, with this AI and your analysis, you’re looking at cells that develop their features over time, and you’re looking at different behavioural changes that occur over time. You mentioned that you look at everything in real-time. Do you think more studies will start to use this real-time imaging instead of snapshot imaging? What advantages does real-time have over snapshot, and what challenges are there in other studies that don’t do real-time data analysis? Miao-Ping Chien: That’s a great question. One of the things I mentioned earlier was that in the past, people studied those aggressive or therapy resistant cells based on markers, and by doing that you’re gathering snapshot, static information. Although this information is already very powerful, what we do is to offer additional information because some cells just don’t have these universal markers, and some have no markers at all. So we started to look at the behaviour changes, and that requires real-time imaging. What people can get out of this is additional information, in addition to what we have studied based on the static information, is to have more comprehensive understanding about the driving mechanisms of those aggressive cells, and that’s the main advantage I think it provides. The challenging part is the real-time imaging, so after acquiring this large image data, one of the challenging elements is to process the data in a real-time fashion. We really need this because it would allow us to immediately identify cells after data acquisition. That process is very important, otherwise the target cells that you’re interested in might already migrate away from the original location, making it difficult to separate and isolate them. We have developed this algorithm and hopefully will release it soon publicly, because we just submitted it. In the paper, it details how you can implement the algorithm in your experiments and setups. Regarding real-time image analysis, the second part will be to do with the fact that from the data, we need to be able to extract cellular features defined at the beginning of the analysis. That information will be further used for downstream cell isolation. I started to see more and more people using this kind of information for cell selection in their own studies. In terms of the real-time image analysis, these are the challenges I see and hopefully, in the near future, our going-to-be-published paper will help the community. FLG: Thank you so much. Following on from this, you use real-time to analyse cell behaviours and there have been advances in temporal analysis for multi omics, like live cell recording of dynamic transcriptional events that are occurring over time. Not so much with proteomics, but a little bit of genomics and a little to do with average blood flow. So do you take measurements at intervals, or do you integrate these temporal analysis technologies into your research? Could you just discuss that a little? Miao-Ping Chien: I actually have one collaborator in a different institute in the Netherlands. She’s also looking at dynamic transcriptional events, and we are actually communicating for a collaborative project in this aspect. As I mentioned earlier, anything you can observe under a microscope, we will have a capability to isolate those cells. In this particular example you mentioned, we are monitoring the cells that have different dynamics of transcription. We can analyse this and distinguish which population of cells has more stochastic transcription properties compared to other cells, for example. So we can also extract that sort of information from the image analysis and ideally, we’d then be able to isolate those cells accordingly. FLG: Obviously, there have also been advances in spatial omics or increasing resolution, and there’s been a lot of work done in that area. Do you think that we’ve reached a plateau when it comes to spatial omics, or do you think we could still push that frontier further, and there are going to be further advances? What do you think about that? Miao-Ping Chien: It definitely hasn’t plateaued yet. The field of spatial omics is really changing very rapidly, in that every six months to every year, you’ll see big jumps happen. Personally, I’m actually very impressed by the progress in this field. I think the ultimate goal people want to have for spatial omics is to have what you can do with current single-cell omics. What are the benefits of single-cell omics? We would like to have in-depth sequencing profiles of tens of thousands of cells, and to have tens of thousands of genes per cell, and to have single-cell resolution. This is what the current state-of-the art single-cell omics techniques can reach, but not for spatial omics yet. Obviously, spatial omics techniques consist of spatial information, but the combination of these three properties that I just talked about, a large quantity of cells with in depth sequencing profiles and with a single-cell resolution, doesn’t exist in current spatial omics methods yet. That’s basically what this field is going towards. So if you look at an individual element, like having single-cell resolution? Yes, there are some spatial omics techniques providing single-cell resolution, but they can only profile, hundreds of genes, or maybe a maximum of 1000 genes, and that’s it. So it’s still different, but I have no doubt that in the near future people will be able to reach that goal, including my group. In our research, the technique we are developing is basically to combine these three aspects without losing their spatial information. FLG: Thank you very much. Going back to your labs, when you’re working on your analysis and isolating these aggressive cancer cells, do you still miss some of these rare aggressive cancer cells? If so, how are you trying to isolate those hard to spot aggressive cancer cells? Miao-Ping Chien: Great question. During this whole isolation process, we definitely lose some cells for sure. As long as we have a minimum of 50 to 100 good quality cells after the whole process including screening, isolation and profiling, it will be sufficient. Even though we lose some cells during this process, as long as we can capture at least 50 or 100 good quality cells in the end, we’ll be able to extract useful information. The cells with phenotypes we cannot yet observe under a microscope will be missed, but that is part of our plan for AI implementation that I talked about earlier. We want to develop methods so that they’re not only based on recognisable features seen under a microscope; we also want to have a programme that can detect the cells before they display these aggressive features. With a tool like this, we can also identify, isolate and sequence those rare and to-be-aggressive cells. So that’s something else we’re also developing and implementing FLG: Thank you so much. So, we talked about where spatial omics is going and how we’re trying to get that to the same level as single-cell, what do you see is the next frontier for single-cell specifically, what’s the next step to keep up the momentum? Miao-Ping Chien: Many people have developed great single-cell-omics techniques, so I would say it’s quite accessible now. However, compared to bulk cell sequencing, it’s still not that accessible. So I think the next frontier in terms of single-cell omics is to reach levels of accessibility and commonality similar to those of bulk cell sequencing. Not only for RNA sequencing, but also for single-cell genomic sequencing, epigenomic sequencing and hopefully single-cell proteomics as well. I think the next step, after single-omics alone techniques becoming more accessible, will be to have easy accessibility for multiple ‘omics’ at a single-cell level. Another important part will be analysis. There are a lot of well-developed analysis algorithms out there in the community, but it’s still not that standardized yet. So this is another thing I think people will work on in the coming years. The last part of development, I think, will be to integrate these single cell-omics methods with spatial omics. Spatial omics has its own development, and I don’t think we’re reaching a plateau yet, but single-cell development has plateaued a little. Because of this, I think the next exciting development will be to bridge these two together. So that would be the three aspects I see for the next frontiers of single-cell omics developments. FLG: Thank you so much, that’s all been really interesting. You’re going to be speaking at the Tri-Omics Summit in London, and I wanted to ask why you’re looking forward to this Tri-Omics Summit? Miao-Ping Chien: The programme is really exciting, and guest speakers are going to be touching on lots of interesting topics. To be more specific, on the focus day on Tuesday October 18th, there are many talks not only introducing advanced techniques and data analysis, but also introducing how these techniques can be translated to clinical applications, how they can be applied to better understand disease formation and to identify hidden therapeutic targets or biomarkers. Those kinds of talks are basically covered on that focus day. Plus, many people from pharma companies and biotech companies are also going to be there to give a presentation. So I thought that’s quite exciting for me, and the events on the 19th and 20th October look equally exciting. Not only will they cover the most really most advanced single-cell omics and spatial omics techniques, but they’ll also cover quite a lot of different methods of data analysis including AI-assisted analysis methods. There are also a lot of good networking opportunities during the event. So overall, I think your organisation has really arranged an exciting programme, and I’m really looking forward to it. FLG: Thank you so much! So, what can attendees expect to learn from your talks at the summit? Miao-Ping Chien: I think, first of all, they will definitely learn how we can apply our microscopy-based functional single-cell sequencing techniques to identify and isolate rare and aggressive cell populations based on their behaviours and characteristics. I will also introduce how we can use that technique to identify otherwise missed targets and molecular mechanisms. The last element will consist of how we can extend this technique to spatial-omics profiling, so I’ll also talk about how we can combine these methods for expansion to the spatial profiling field with the capability of profiling many cells with in-depth sequencing and single-cell resolution. Those are the techniques and applications that I’ll cover in my talk. FLG: Thank you very much. Watch more interviews in our series here. 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177	Exhortation, Giving, Mercy-Showing, Prophecy, Serving, Shepherding, Stories, Teaching November 3, 2018 <May 15, 2021 For the beginning of this Fruitful Story, you may want to first read Teresa Ku-Borden’s LIVING IN GETHSEMANE This second Fruitful story by Teresa is excerpted from her chapter in the book, Voices Rising: Women of Color Finding and Restoring Hope in the City Teresa is a bi-vocational minister and physician living and working in East Los Angeles. She writes about her journey into motherhood with her son, born with a congenital liver disease, and how the pain and trauma of living in prolonged crisis with a medically fragile child transformed her perspective of cross-cultural ministry and Christian community. She explores her identity as a Chinese-American woman newly introduced to deep suffering, and she uncovers therein the importance of empathy, solidarity and presence–the human kind and the divine…Immanuel: God with us. (Matthew 1:23) When we returned to our community in East Los Angeles, and to the small urban church we had helped to start, my husband Ryan and I were warmly welcomed back. Yet people were busy, relationships had changed, and we soon realized that we couldn’t pick up where we had left off. We were strangers in a familiar place, uncomfortable in the place we had thought of as home. We quickly realized we had no capacity to do any ministry, to serve in the ways we had before and wanted to do now. We ourselves needed significant support and help to create some sort of stability as new parents of this medically fragile child, who was hospitalized nine times in his first eighteen months life. He would be in the hospital for a liver infection one week, any basic routine in our lives was completely disrupted, and we would be back in the emergency room a few days after we were discharged. We had never felt more isolated and alone. We were paralyzed by the trauma of having a very sick child, and we were exhausted. Was the Lord forgetting how hard I worked, how healthy I tried to be during my pregnancy? Had He forgotten how faithful my husband and I had been to His ministry? The sacrifices we’d made? The ideals and assumptions I had about following Jesus as a naive twenty-five-year-old had completely broken down. Slowly, a small group of people from our church started gathering around us in support. These were a mix of friends whom we had led in the youth group and who were now young adults at our church, as well as friends who had relocated to do ministry with us in this community. They prayed with us, texted us, cooked meals for us, visited us in the hospital, and came over to spend time with us. Instead of ministering, we were now the ones being ministered to. When we had no energy to even think about ministry in our community, the community came to us. And as we began to open up about our suffering in this season, our friends—especially the youth we had invested in—began to open up about theirs. These young people had experienced more than their fair share of suffering, and when we shared our story with them, they had the capacity to connect with us in ours. We listened to their pain, this time from a different place than we had ten years prior. They also shared from a place more honest and raw. They not only shared stories of trauma from childhood and of anger about the inequalities in their education and upbringing, but they also began to share their frustration and bitterness toward Ryan and me, when we had mentored them as teenagers. To be entrusted with their honest reflections about that time in ministry was a privilege and a devastation. Even as it was painful to hear, especially in this difficult season, we knew it was a sacred gift to be invited into these depths. Our friends felt that we had operated out of a project mentality, rather than from a genuine desire to get to know them as people, as though we were using their community and doing ministry there to feel better about ourselves. Some of them shared that they were asked to be vulnerable, sharing their entire lives and brokenness with those of us who were leaders, before they were ready. Others felt that the kind of leadership that was modeled to them did not culturally resonate. Some local leaders felt that they were not trusted with the responsibility of leading others because of past or current failures, and they felt that they were treated differently from those who had relocated into the community. It became clear to us that even as we had earnestly tried to serve our young adult friends, there had been times when we had also hurt them deeply. Despite our best intentions, we learned from our friends that the power dynamics within the church, between those of us who had relocated into the community and those from the local community, mirrored some of the damaging power dynamics in the broader political, social, and economic arenas in this very resource-poor neighborhood where we lived. While many in our church from the local community did not express these same concerns, Ryan and I felt led to deeply engage with what our young friends were telling us. If the pain of our son’s condition and prognosis was real to us, their pain was just as sharply felt. We needed to take responsibility for how our leadership failures hurt them. We needed to reflect on ministry itself, continuing the process of learning how to serve in ways that were helpful and not hurtful. Even though our friends in the neighborhood community hadn’t experienced the same pain of a desperately sick child, they knew suffering, they knew injustice, and they knew the trauma of having the unexpected and undeserved happen to them—over and over again. They knew that catch-phrases didn’t comfort. They were not afraid of our suffering, because they had experienced it themselves. Just by being there, their knowing presence and commitment to prayer brought us comfort and connection. In baring our messy, chaotic lives to our friends, we were invited into a deeper, more complex window into their hearts. Although our pain was rooted in different sources, when all was said and done, it was still pain that was deep and raw, unfair and unjust. Somehow, in a divine way, out of this pain arose a kindred connection, and an unexpected solidarity between us. This second Fruitful story by Teresa is excerpted from her chapter in the book shown below, Voices Rising: Women of Color Finding and Restoring Hope in the City Thanks for your prayers for Malachi’s healing and blessing. For more on Malachi’s condition, it is explained HERE TERESA KU-BORDEN is a bivocational minister and family physician, and she serves at New Life Community Church in Lincoln Heights, a Servant Partners related ministry in Los Angeles, California. She received her M.D. in 2010 and is currently living and working in the vibrant community of East Los Angeles. One of her passions is taking care of expectant mothers, delivering their babies and helping them transition into motherhood, something her own motherhood journey has enriched. She enjoys experiencing and creating mixed media art, trying new vegetarian recipes, napping with her babies, and on most days, learning how to stay present and peace-filled as a working mother of two. 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183	New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s call to rezone Soho and Noho seems more like Blaz’s desperate, last-year-in-office, attempt to appease his real estate developer donors more than it does any sincere step towards providing truly affordable housing to working New Yorkers. And this rushed push to upzone two industrial, historical and particularly unique downtown Manhattan neighborhoods has found its ultimate cheerleader in Yimby [“yes in my backyard”] group Open New York. But who exactly is Open New York, aka ONY? Self-describing as an “all-volunteer group advocating for abundant homes and lower rent,” ONY certainly presents itself benignly enough as it implores, with sad dog eyes, for you to be its neighbor. But the barest scratch beneath the ONY surface reveals a laser-focused real estate development agenda steered by a vigorous yet small troupe of garrulous and snippy professionals who are mostly men, mostly younger than middle-aged and majority white. Initially naming itself “More New York,” Open New York was “started in a basement in Murray Hill in 2016” by “Quantitative Real Estate Investor” Ben Thypin, and grew into an incorporated nonprofit in January 2020, making it eligible for tax-exempt status with New York State (although no 990 filing appears to be currently publicly available regarding the group’s not-for-profit viability). Perchance to strategically distance himself, founder Thypin has since stepped down as a founding ONY board member, but on paper only, as the optics of him having such a seat might begrime that ONY fallacy of equitable housing and “lower rent.” Born into steel industry wealth, Thypin arranges multi-million-dollar real estate deals as a developer and landlord of multiple buildings with a penchant for Lower Manhattan properties, like his company Quantierra’s management of the $30 million sale of 64 Washington Street. And what exactly is Yimby? Yimby is the pro-gentrification movement and clapback to its older Nimby opposition, composed of what used to be the 1960s/1970s “not in my backyard” racist Archie Bunker stalwarts opposing any potential real estate development in their area. The Yimby movement, not just in NYC but nationally too, claims to be about housing equity thus the potential insidiousness lies in its promoters flying under the radar as well-meaning “housing activists” who portray themselves as cute, fun and accessible. Twitter usernames include avocado emojis (“hey! healthiness!”) and/or bike emojis (“hey! small carbon footprint! awesomeness!”) to enhance this manipulated semblance of niceness and/or normalcy. These members and supporters work diligently, while not always that successfully, to present a neutral and friendly front despite their thick, obvious, and undeniable ties to the real estate industry which belie their alleged better intentions; their act has fallen so flat with others that the frequently-employed avocado has been viewed as a “political emoji.” A false narrative perpetuated by Yimby is that all Nimbys are wealthy, elderly, elitist and racist homeowners, but in truth the modern Nimbys’ cultural alignment has morphed more into what the hippy artistic 70s Yimbys of yore used to be: Nimbys now are politically progressive, socially open and include many renters, including older, working-class-income creatives with stabilized leases. I first came across ONY, and subsequently Yimby, only last year during the spring and summer of 2019 when its membership had cultivated and promoted the campaign of Long Island City resident and ONY member Justin Potter, an openly pro-AmazonHQ2, pro-development candidate for Queens District 12 State Senate, challenging infamous “Amazon Slayer” Michael Gianaris. Potter, a 20-year-voting Republican, had changed parties so to run against Democrat Gianaris but the former’s quiet and inconsequential campaign ended with Potter dropping out even before the race’s June 2020 Democratic Primary. But what had stuck out most in Potter’s lackluster crusade were his honkingly loud Yimby supporters, including the real-estate-industry-aligned consortium ONY: a Greek chorus of earnest urbanists mocking Jane Jacobs; advocating to turn NYC into a modern Asian municipality and scoffing at concepts like “neighbor character” and “historical value.” Although mostly not from NYC, ONY affiliates nonetheless claim that New Yorkers “view themselves as separate from and superior to other Americans.” They even have a snarky book club where they enjoy “salty” discourse about supposedly “characterless” brownstones: they even publicly cheer when NYC brownstones are demolished. I was stunned to read such discourse. My NYC childhood had been heavily peppered with the squawks of adults who had never gotten over what had been the recent destruction of the old, iconic, airy Pennsylvania Station, occurring the year before I was born. The former Penn Station’s demolition horrified NYC (and rest of the world), and birthed the local landmark and preservation movement the year after I was born. I have always been in love with New York City and have long felt protective of its old, glorious structures, appreciating their history, significance and beauty along with the fathoming that once something beloved is gone, it is gone forever. I had figured preserving New York history, especially its architecture, would never be threatened again. But then along came NYC Yimby Daddy Nikolai Fedak. It was Fedak who coined the concept that NYC preservationists were selfish: “There’s a lot of hatred of development out there,” he declared about Nimbys in 2014. “But generally it comes from selfish people who don’t want to lose their views.” Selfish is a purposeful and deliberate word choice and is also the hook upon which every Yimby persists on hanging their primary argument: they are “hated!” by “selfish people!” By alleging it is not sentimentality which endears people to their environment and physical surroundings but rather narcissism, self-absorption and an absence of empathy, Yimby attempts to pivot the aesthetic appreciation argument to a character flaw. The tactic depicts Nimby as lacking decency, being morally inept, even racist, simply because Nimbys enjoy and celebrate specific places and neighborhoods; this enjoyment is viewed as selfish and perpetuating prejudiced practices. This is the only way Yimby and ONY know how to defend their argument for development: their opponents are immoral while they, themselves, are not. The argument against aesthetics is an unworthy argument. Winston Churchill celebrated the delight of humans experiencing architecture: “We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” Because aesthetic appreciation, or the lack thereof, is a matter of taste, not morals. It is a perception, not a moral flaw, by where one conceives of preference and of appeal: aesthetic inclination is more opinion than feeling; it is what a person likes and to which they are drawn and cannot be utilized in good faith against any person because none of us have any control over what we love. We cannot help to which we react, to which we are attracted, those sights we love, the places which inspire us. ONY and Yimby strive to use that against us. So if you find yourself fancying a building for your entire lifetime or being awed by the expanse of sky or feeling a strong, primal attachment to a geographic area, you are perceived, strategically and deliberately, by this small group as “being selfish.” An intentional and purposeful strategy: you are selfish while they, by default, are not. The Yimby “I’m good! You’re bad!!” strategy also allows for the morphing of the accusation of “selfish” slapped onto Nimbyism to start wearing more sinister coats: “horrible” is commonly used by this faction as well, as are “immoral,” “racist,” and “classist.” A fight for the city’s architectural posterity is neither “woefully out of touch” nor an “extremely myopic prioritizing [of a] sense of aesthetics over other New Yorkers’ housing.” It is not selfish nor trite nor superficial to experience aesthetic appreciation: it is human. But ONY narrowly depicts its Nimby opposition, as all “wealthy homeowners who… seek to maintain ethnic and class composition [while] selfishly trying to thwart development… over parochial concerns like aesthetics and shadows.” It is bad faith to either blame, or read more into, the human inclination of the appreciation of beauty. But bad faith is all that Yimby, and Open New York, bring to the table. It shouldn’t matter that ONY and their supporters are, like Potter and Thypin, mostly in their 30’s, most male, mostly white and mostly not from NYC, but that materiality is nonetheless their own glaring reality. Composed solely of highly educated, multi-degree-earning individuals, ONY is deeply aligned with NYC real estate development although it hotly protests not to be. Thypin even plays defensive victim crying poor when confronted on his background and financial success. The smokescreen ONY creates, and then hides behind, is an alleged advocation of housing and a claim there are not enough homes for NYC residents, which is complete balderdash. They pretend not to be wealthy and privileged while whiningly accusing any opposition of being exactly that: wealthy and privileged. Deliberately and strategically, they falsely characterize Nimbys to be old, white, wealthy, cheap, immoral, selfish and racist: all Nimbys are the same to them, one big tenet in their quite flawed argument. And with ONY, it isn’t just their insincere platform: it’s their conduct. Bad faith arguing is born out of desperation, which can be tough to discern when the manner of conduct is so brash and confident. ONY board members include the easily annoyed Jake Schmidt, good cop/bad faith debater Will Thomas, native Illinoian Dan Miller and recent Columbia University public affairs grad Kyle Dontoh. Its more vocal members are the sanctimonious and damning Pennsylvanian native Mike Cherepko, the aforementioned New Jersey native founder Thypin, Southern Californian transplant Spencer Heckwolf, Philadelphia-raised Stephen Smith, aka Twitter urbanist celebrity Market Urbanism (who is also Thypin’s employee), and their lawyer, Sullivan and Cromwell land use attorney Charley Dorsaneo. As a lobbying entity, ONY presents a threat to New York City historical landmarking and preservation as they aim to abolish landmarking preservation in the name of racism. But ONY’s motivation goes way beyond standing up to racism just like the issue of racist housing practices spread way beyond redlining and historical preservation. It is the behavior, comportment and type of engagement exhibited by the ONY crew which screams louder than their anti-racist rhetoric: they are, as individuals and together, a group of purposefully impatient, condescending, exaggerative (dishonest) bullies with no productive, civic or good faith engagement. Cherepko, long known for his bad attitude (of which he is quite proud) and his moral judgment, doesn’t care if the proposed Elizabeth Street Garden replacement housing stays affordable in the future: which is odd for the guy who’s fighting for it, all in the name of affordable housing. ONY board member Miller’s piece to support urban density rests on his sole argument that Nimby objections to gentrification should be answered with a toddleresque and astonishingly obtuse retort of “tough.” No logic, no facts, no math: just “tough.” ONY knows me, too: founder Thypin grumbled about my speaking at the January 2020 Manhattan Community Board 2 meeting and took issue with my presence at the meeting but had no comment on what I had specifically stated; I was faulted solely for having attended. Waterfront developer Thypin had no defense for what I said, he was only angry that I said the words, that I showed up. I had also dared to confront ONY board member Schmidt on Twitter about a resoundingly abhorred project in Sunnyside, Queens, the notorious Phipps proposal at 50-25 Barnett Avenue, only to experience the signature and oft-practiced pile-on of a dozen Yimbys jumping in to accuse me of hating poor people and of being an immoral person. It was a conversation which started at 9am and lasted through the whole day until after 8pm: that is how they operate; they’ll take hours working on one person, trying to exhaust them, trying to get a bad reaction out of them, deliberately and habitually. City officials have also sparred with ONY members. Lower Manhattan District Leader Paul Newell’s tweet thread on Thypin’s history and behavior is gloriously thorough and revealing. Committeman Ben Yee called them out for the same pile on treatment I received. ONY and Yimby are intrigued by the idea of being perceived as thought leaders and world changers and they are eager for a substantial win: knocking down the Elizabeth Street Garden is seen as important and urgent to them. They don’t care how much the community loves this space: they care about winning; they crave a psychological conquest and they want to be victorious over Soho. This has never been about what the community wants for them: they loudly advocate that the community shouldn’t even have a voice (they feel they should have a voice but not the residents who actually live in the area). One challenge we do not need now, especially as we endure the covid19 pandemic, is a Yimby apocalypse. The last thing we need are more new buildings, more empty luxury tax-break structures and more of the exasperated youthful white males who support their construction. We face extraordinary times and we need perchance very un-American approaches, like a socialist methodology for emergency housing needs along with rent and mortgage forgiveness and universal basic income. These are uncomfortable constructs: I appreciate how traditional capitalists balk at such concessions but we still need to consider them because rampant construction has never been the answer. ONY and Yimbys come up short on any answers for NYC, especially regarding its historic districts. ONY’s flimsy claims about creating less racist living standards are revealed as false by expiration-dated affordable housing which will revert to luxury units within one generation. The effort to upzone Soho by angry young transient landlord developers is not what NYC architecture and history needs or even deserves. Open your eyes to Open New York: New York City can do so much better. Postscript: It seems I misunderstood Ben Thypin’s mention of his “ancestral homeland of LIC:” how foolish of me to have drawn the conclusion that he was, indeed, from Queens. Mr. Thypin, is in fact, not from New York but rather New Jersey, a detail which I have amended above. But the fact that Thypin, along with the rest of his small knot of Yimby proponents, is not from NYC even more weakens and diminishes his argument to destroy this city in the name of his own profit. Got an internship with REBNY for the summer at their policy and planning division… yay. Thought I would take a moment to reiterate that anything I (re)tweet here is of my own volition. I am not paid/instructed to say anything, and that'll continue through my time with REBNY. Hi Evan, while I am a landlord (tho I am mostly a broker and routinely advocate for more supply despite its threat to my buildings’ income), CHTU impugns my integrity and erases/insults the 100s of volunteer members of ONY bc they don’t have any substantive arguments to proffer. If i were you I'd sell your property to your tenants so they form a co-op. Landlordism is inherently parasitical on society I'm ngl, it's pretty hypocritical to be a yimby and be a landlord Still would like to know why you need donations? Why, Open New York, do you rich people need even more money?🤔 Reddit October 24, 2020 October 24, 2020 at 9:49 pm I absolutely love that you cite my preference for C-Town and Key Food (and Food Bazaar and Western Beef) over Wegmans in your indictment of me. I think that detail tells everyone a great deal about who I am and especially about who you are. October 26, 2020 at 1:37 pm I absolutely love that you reached out to a weirdo like me: I welcome your feedback and am flattered by your attention. The link in question is to display, via your own words, that you are not native to New York City which is a cogent part of this conversation given that Open New York struggles to earn even the scantest support from any indigenous New Yorkers. It is not lost on anyone that most of ONY’s membership, perchance all of it, while not being from NYC seeks to permanently alter its appearance while scoffing at our city’s history, beauty and (yes, I am going to utter the c word) character. And it’s telling that you, in your message to me, have determined that this one link would magically diminish my entire argument detailing how you and your fellow ONY members conduct yourselves. I acknowledge your belief that “everyone” will thereby comprehend so much more about who both you and I are with this one link but I argue back that anyone who needs to draw their own conclusion about either of us will do so via our own words. Your conduct and your words speak for you and my conduct and my words speak for me. I suspect “everyone” is not as stuck on that one link the way that you are: I reckon they are seeing much more from both you and me than that one tweet. Thank you for your message: I always love the opportunity to defend what I express. Wanda from Uptown October 27, 2020 at 2:04 pm This is good. That small bunch of deplorables are truly fascinating, in an icky, jared kushner pale trying to smile way. More research on them and their phoniness is welcomed and entertaining. Such a pasty scrum of the internally saddest ilk with a deep penchant for renderings of long tall buildings. October 28, 2020 at 4:08 pm […] Open New York members typically showed up at the Soho/Noho Envision community meetings to strongly advocate for the city’s rezoning plan. Open New York is seen by Soho and Noho residents as a front for developers, though the group denies it. Connie Murray, a Long Island City-based writer who blogs as Fuelgrannie, has written a revealing exposé about the group. […] JD from Queens October 29, 2020 at 3:13 pm The YIMBYs are a laughable bunch of real estate bro’s. Their pro-development arguments are flimsy. But they are obnoxious as hell, and bullies. We will continue to expose them. Thanks for this entertaining piece, Connie!! November 2, 2020 at 4:32 pm What will take p lb Ave is old time New Yorkers will lose there business due to shutdowns, Debmasios friends will pick up the real estate at rock bottom prices coupled with lots of federal and city stimulus dollars, indeed Deblasios friends already have the forms for free cash filled out, then comes the complete renewal and with one broad stroke, Walmart, Kmart, amazon, restaurant chains with food the quality of plastic spoon and other monolithic souless storefronts will be plastered all over SOHO. Yes, public money for Deblasios friends, Deblasio sets the stage with unnecessary shutdowns that bankrupt mom and pop stores that have been here for generations, then his friends swoop in with free goverment dollars given to them by Devlasio to take over a whole section of New York…oldest trick in the book December 18, 2020 at 10:09 am What’s wrong with Asian municipalities? December 18, 2020 at 10:22 am There is nothing “wrong” with Asian municipalities but these cities, mostly post World War II burgeonings, are so different in their planning and manifestation from New York City that is a bad faith argument to point to them as some high rise standard to which NYC should aspire. I appreciate your input, thanks for commenting, Stop Evictions December 21, 2020 at 1:20 pm Meme of the capitalist class of landlords and magnates https://ibb.co/7v68s2r January 1, 2021 at 4:22 pm […] work in New York City’s marketplace circumstances. Advocates of this principle, this sort of as OpenNY—even Deputy Mayor Vicki Been—also seek to use MIH and zoning to undercut New York’s historic […] September 2, 2021 at 3:43 pm […] to that betrayal is the false narrative promoted by Yimby zealots that these senior residents are members of the Ku Klux Klan and that their neighborhoods should be […] November 22, 2021 at 3:43 pm […] consisted primarily of Open New York-affiliated individuals (more on them and their fine leadership here); Edison Properties, a developer that would reap tremendous benefits from the upzoning, and two […] November 23, 2021 at 1:35 pm […] leadership, a member of which is already fantasizing about the destruction of the neighborhood, here); Edison Properties, a developer that would reap tremendous benefits from the upzoning, and two […] The Betrayal of SoHo NoHo by the New York Department of City Planning – fuelgrannie December 9, 2021 at 11:12 am […] many of these constituents yet did, oddly, heavily involve real estate development lobbying group Open New York from its inception: Open New York, a pro-development group which has bragged […] December 22, 2021 at 4:02 pm […] development rezones in the form of gentrification industrial complex real estate lobby organization Open New York For All, whose flack just wrote a piece the other day for the NY Daily News begging incoming Mayor Eric […] January 18, 2022 at 12:20 am […] Because despite the fact that she and I live in completely different cities, we both well know the ways and words of yimbys. […] February 4, 2022 at 10:18 pm […] is the role of original Open New York candidate, Justin Potter, now being played by you, […] February 7, 2022 at 9:15 am […] York City community board and other area meetings in Queens and Manhattan for years. My piece about NYC yimby group Open New York was featured in the New York Daily News article on the SoHo NoHo rezoning: Open Your Eyes to Open […] February 8, 2022 at 12:20 pm […] a front-end developer powerhouse had begun the process of suing the company she had co-founded with Open New York founder Ben Carlos Thypin, MarketUrbanism himself Stephen Jacob Smith and engineer Sandip Trivedi […] February 10, 2022 at 9:00 am […] that tweet of yours from 2019, like, aged, like, didn’t it, Open New York founder Ben Carlos […] March 21, 2022 at 12:14 pm […] MarketUrbanism, aka Stephen J. Smith, is, like, literally employed by Open New York founder Ben Carlos […] April 10, 2022 at 9:07 am […] are an impediment to her career growth But guess who is given “privilege” and “priority?” Open New York Displacement is their jam This was a sham and we all saw it Shame on you, Sylvia […] April 11, 2022 at 10:25 pm […] could it be that “every single city” is onto your yimby bullshit, Ceiling Gaze Boi? Gosh, maybe that’s why, I mean, who knows, but […] May 1, 2022 at 8:02 am […] that tweet of yours from 2019, like, aged, like, didn’t it, Open New York founder Ben Carlos […] May 1, 2022 at 9:07 pm […] mean, how many homes do you own, Open New York […] May 5, 2022 at 3:54 pm […] Been doing this MAS tour since 2016, developer, landlord and real estate development lobbying group OpenNY founder Ben Carlos Thypin: you’re six years late with your tired and lazy rage […] May 11, 2022 at 11:24 am […] mean, how “shitty” could your account really be, you know, in yimby terms, when both OpenNY founder Ben Carlos Thypin @SoBendito and yimby chaos maker Taylor Austin Kessinger @yhdistyminen […] June 5, 2022 at 9:12 am […] I wonder, too, Mr. Cox, if this community board, my community board, is aware of Open New York’s agenda to abolish, well, community […] June 14, 2022 at 7:27 am […] up on a little bit on background of the creation of that self-funded vanity project, lobbying group Open New York, back in 2015, by that very mighty landlord himself, Ben Carlos […] July 20, 2022 at 12:12 pm […] clan portfolio companies: who knows? Millions and millions of dollars. Ben Carlos Thypin founded Open New York in […] […] to be a “woman-led [sic]” organization while it’s still Thypin driving every aspect of ONY, from the strategizing to the check […]	0.870604	26,363	{ "content-length": "26842", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:IA5NPSZDDTVGJO7RK74A3KLZ7BRWZBQ4", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T16:07:41Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:5653e0c7-9928-4da8-8b32-141125432539>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:b8bb2829-f87b-49fc-8d78-9f40d5d6bf69>", "warc-target-uri": "https://fuelgrannie.com/2020/10/24/open-your-eyes-to-opennewyork/?like_comment=625&_wpnonce=dbb8aceefe", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 3416.5457, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8706044 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "footer" ] }
186	This year’s Thanksgiving Day is likely to be quite different for many in the United States due to the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Now if you are anything like us, you will be looking for fun things to do indoors with family and friends during the Holiday Season – so why not print out and play Thanksgiving Bingo! We have also published a blog that sets out 10 Creative Ideas for Thanksgiving Day – why not visit it out for a few other Thanksgiving Day things to do. Bingo originated in Italy way back in 1530, where they operated a lottery called “Lo Giuoco del Lotto D’Italia”, which today is still played every Saturday. From Italy, the game made its way to France in the late 1770s, where it was called “Le Lotto”, and was played predominantly amongst the wealthy. Germany played a similar version of the game in the 1800s, used mainly as a child’s game to help students learn math, spelling, and history. The British took the game to the next level. In the early 20th century bingo halls started popping up all over the United Kingdom, particularly in the East End of London where they developed “Bingo Lingo” based on cockney rhyming slang. The game arrived in the US in the late 1920’s and was originally called “beano”. It was at a country fair game where a dealer would select numbered discs from a cigar box and players would mark their cards with beans. They yelled “beano” if they won. Edwin S. Lowe, New York toy salesman, renamed the game “bingo” after he overheard someone accidentally yell “bingo” instead of “beano”. We think Thanksgiving Bingo works best for 3-10 players. In order to play Thanksgiving Bingo you will need to download and print the Fun Crafts Kids Thanksgiving Bingo pack. The Thanksgiving Bingo pack includes: 1 x caller card (25x square caller cards with Thanksgiving shapes) In addition, you will need the following household items: Scissors to cut out the 25x square calling cards A box or bag for the caller cards Bingo chips – maybe use coins, poker chips, games counters or pieces of paper Shuffle caller cards and put into the box or bag so that the caller or players cannot see! Nominate a caller who will read out the caller cards to the players Give a Bingo scorecard to each player (up to 10-players) Give each player 15 Bingo chips – worthwhile having a few extra to hand just in case players run out! Now you are ready to play! Get 5 squares in a row, column, or diagonal and you win! The game is played on a Bingo scorecard made up of 25 squares — if you get 5 squares in a row, column, or diagonal, you win! The Caller takes the caller cards. Players take the bingo cards. The caller randomly draws a square caller card and calls from the bag or box out the Thanksgiving shape and then show the players the card. Players then look at their Bingo scorecard to see if they have the Thanksgiving shape called out. If yes, then place a bingo chip over the shape. Repeat the process until one player has filled all the patterns in a column, row, or diagonal and shouts “Bingo”. The first player to fill all the patterns in a column, row or diagonal and shouts “Bingo” wins the game. The louder the shout the better!	0.894429	3,379	{ "content-length": "3437", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:D3ODRDXQ3IAZALJDXLURWLME5MBCHK3D", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T13:57:13Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:1306f830-b760-41bc-876b-2e3f853d742d>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:5d2478f7-2f7c-4b98-bcea-a78c63b7d88c>", "warc-target-uri": "https://funcraftskids.com/thanksgiving-bingo-printable/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 1275.1744, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.89442873 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences" ] }
187	Many service businesses are struggling to remain operational during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders or public recommendations to self-isolate to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. This article shares tips on how to help keep customers satisfied, employees safe, and cash flowing, even during a lockdown. In states without official lockdowns, most have cities and counties encouraging their citizens to self-isolate. As a service business still trying to operate, your “new normal” probably includes figuring out how to keep customers satisfied, employees safe, and cash flowing. Although the federal government is pretty much leaving it up to state and local governments about which are essential and nonessential businesses, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued guidance on which businesses and which workers are considered essential to our country’s infrastructure. While recreational businesses are considered nonessential and anything to do with medical care, food production, utilities and communication are definitely deemed essential, there are some gray areas when it comes to service businesses. Officially, the DHS explains the advisory list of essential workers as: “…workers who conduct a range of operations and services that are typically essential to continued critical infrastructure viability, including staffing operations centers, maintaining and repairing critical infrastructure, operating call centers, working construction, and performing operational functions, among others. It also includes workers who support crucial supply chains and enable functions for critical infrastructure. The industries they support represent, but are not limited to, medical and healthcare, telecommunications, information technology systems, defense, food and agriculture, transportation and logistics, energy, water and wastewater, law enforcement, and public works.” So, plumbers, yes and dog care services, no? Not necessarily. Again, you need to turn to your local government for clarification. While some states specifically name veterinary offices and pet supply stores only as essential, other states are more vague, stating “pet supply and services” are essential and therefore exempt from closing. Nonetheless, your service business’s customers will continue to need what you provide. Your first challenge is to understand whether or not your business falls under the definition of “essential service” which varies from state to state. Then, IF your business qualifies as essential, your next challenge will be to figure out how to conduct business and deliver your product or service to the public without risking their health—and the health of your employees. Never is transparency and communication more important to a business than during a crisis. If you as a business owner are confused about critical safety measures (e.g. mask or no mask?), then you know your employees and customers are, too. What’s going to make the difference is clearly communicating your policies and procedures for keeping everyone safe from infection. If you haven’t already changed your website’s homepage to acknowledge the crisis, that’s a good place to start. =Consider including: Any scheduling modifications, such as delayed response times or shortened hours. Best way to connect with you if your office is closed What procedures you have in place for safety such as having employees masked and gloved, sanitizing tools, or whatever you are doing. If you are still sending employees out to complete services, you can ask customers to please notify you if there has been any sickness in their homes or offices. Also, be sure and keep in constant communication with employees about their home situations, their self-sanitizing methods and any fears they have about contracting the virus. You may need to get creative and allow more flexibility with schedules as the virus continues to spread and inhibit people’s lives. Stay-at-home orders don’t have to be as detrimental as they once would have been—especially for service businesses. With the right technology and cybersecurity measures in place, you and employees could make the move to a home office without skipping a beat. Graphic designers, web services, accounting services, consultants and more probably already offer remote working options to employees, so set up is a no-brainer. For businesses yet to jump on the virtual train, the transition isn’t as painful as you might think. Investing in a good project management program helps, so everyone stays current on project progression. Also, helpful is to schedule regular virtual meetings over video conferencing apps such as Skype or Zoom. You might find your staff already has the technology in place to make remote working a possibility. For those who don’t, allowing staff to take workstations home temporarily isn’t a big deal, as long as you both understand how to lower the security risks. Employees will most likely need access to your company’s virtual private network (VPN), which is where the risks occur. Before allowing anyone access, Consider establishing remote security policies employees are required to follow. Of course, guidelines depend on the sensitivity of your company’s information. The following may provide some basic tips: Hardware and software anti-malware, firewalls, and antivirus programs If you’re like most small businesses right now, you might be facing the challenge to keep employees on the payroll during the crisis. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the CARES Act have made approximately $600 billion in funds available to small businesses. The Payroll Protection Plan (PPP) loan offers businesses a 1% loan that can potentially turn into a grant if spent on payroll (75%) and approved business overhead expenses (25%). While PPP applications are no longer being accepted, legislation is pending that could reopen the program. To help clarify and keep you updated on the latest information relevant to your business, check Fundbox’s Coronavirus/COVID-19 Updates and Resources for Small Businesses. Ready to grow your business? 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188	This indicator describes how sea level has changed over time. The indicator describes two types of sea level changes: absolute and relative. After a period of approximately 2,000 years of little change (not shown here), global average sea level rose throughout the 20th century, and the rate of change has accelerated in recent years.1 When averaged over all of the world’s oceans, absolute sea level has risen at an average rate of 0.06 inches per year from 1880 to 2013 (see Figure 1). Since 1993, however, average sea level has risen at a rate of 0.11 to 0.14 inches per year—roughly twice as fast as the long-term trend. Relative sea level rose along much of the U.S. coastline between 1960 and 2015, particularly the Mid-Atlantic coast and parts of the Gulf coast, where some stations registered increases of more than 8 inches (see Figure 2). Meanwhile, relative sea level fell at some locations in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. At those sites, even though absolute sea level has risen, land elevation has risen more rapidly. While absolute sea level has increased steadily overall, particularly in recent decades, regional trends vary, and absolute sea level has decreased in some places.2 Relative sea level also has not risen uniformly because of regional and local changes in land movement and long-term changes in coastal circulation patterns. As the temperature of the Earth changes, so does sea level. Temperature and sea level are linked for two main reasons: Changes in the volume of water and ice on land (namely glaciers and ice sheets) can increase or decrease the volume of water in the ocean (see the Glaciers indicator). As water warms, it expands slightly—an effect that is cumulative over the entire depth of the oceans (see the Ocean Heat indicator). Changing sea levels can affect human activities in coastal areas. Rising sea level inundates low-lying wetlands and dry land, erodes shorelines, contributes to coastal flooding, and increases the flow of salt water into estuaries and nearby groundwater aquifers. Higher sea level also makes coastal infrastructure more vulnerable to damage from storms. The sea level changes that affect coastal systems involve more than just expanding oceans, however, because the Earth’s continents can also rise and fall relative to the oceans. Land can rise through processes such as sediment accumulation (the process that built the Mississippi River delta) and geological uplift (for example, as glaciers melt and the land below is no longer weighed down by heavy ice). In other areas, land can sink because of erosion, sediment compaction, natural subsidence (sinking due to geologic changes), groundwater withdrawal, or engineering projects that prevent rivers from naturally depositing sediments along their banks. Changes in ocean currents such as the Gulf Stream can also affect sea levels by pushing more water against some coastlines and pulling it away from others, raising or lowering sea levels accordingly. Scientists account for these types of changes by measuring sea level change in two different ways. Relative sea level change refers to how the height of the ocean rises or falls relative to the land at a particular location. In contrast, absolute sea level change refers to the height of the ocean surface above the center of the earth, without regard to whether nearby land is rising or falling. This indicator presents trends in sea level based on measurements from tide gauges and from satellites that orbit the Earth. Tide gauges measure relative sea level change at points along the coast, while satellite instruments measure absolute sea level change over nearly the entire ocean surface. Many tide gauges have collected data for more than 100 years, while satellites have collected data since the early 1990s. Figure 1 shows annual absolute sea level change averaged over the entire Earth’s ocean surface. The long-term trend is based on tide gauge data that have been adjusted to show absolute global trends through calibration with recent satellite data. This long-term data set has been calculated through 2013, while satellite data are now available through the end of 2015. Figure 2 shows trends at a more local scale, highlighting the 1960 to 2015 change in relative sea level at 67 tide gauges along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts of the United States. Relative sea level trends represent a combination of absolute sea level change and any local land movement. Tide gauge measurements such as those in Figure 2 generally cannot distinguish between these two different influences without an accurate measurement of vertical land motion nearby. Some changes in relative and absolute sea level can be due to multi-year cycles such as El Niño and La Niña, which affect coastal ocean temperatures, salt content, wind patterns, atmospheric pressure (and thus storm tracks), and currents. Obtaining a reliable trend can require many years of data, which is why the satellite record in Figure 1 has been supplemented with a longer-term reconstruction based on tide gauge measurements. Absolute sea level trends were provided by Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. These data are based on measurements collected by satellites and tide gauges. Relative sea level data are available from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which publishes an interactive online map https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends.shtml with links to detailed data for each tide gauge. This graph shows cumulative changes in sea level for the world’s oceans since 1880, based on a combination of long-term tide gauge measurements and recent satellite measurements. This figure shows average absolute sea level change, which refers to the height of the ocean surface, regardless of whether nearby land is rising or falling. Satellite data are based solely on measured sea level, while the long-term tide gauge data include a small correction factor because the size and shape of the oceans are changing slowly over time. (On average, the ocean floor has been gradually sinking since the last Ice Age peak, 20,000 years ago.) The shaded band shows the likely range of values, based on the number of measurements collected and the precision of the methods used. This map shows cumulative changes in relative sea level from 1960 to 2015 at tide gauge stations along U.S. coasts. Relative sea level reflects changes in sea level as well as land elevation. 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A video lesson to help with your understanding of climate change. The English is spoken at 75% of normal speed. Great English listening and reading practice. A group of scientists say sea levels are rising at record rates. Another group found that January temperatures in the Arctic reached a record high. A video lesson to help with your understanding of climate change. The English is spoken at 75% of normal speed. Great English listening and reading practice. Most scientists agree that carbon-dioxide gas is partly to blame for climate change: rising global temperatures. But capturing the CO2 gas released by power stations is costly and difficult. A video lesson to help with your understanding of climate change. The English is spoken at 75% of normal speed. Great English listening and reading practice. Researchers believe Africa may lose as much as 30 percent of its animal and plant species by the end of this century.	0.838763	9,291	{ "content-length": "9311", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:HT7E6EPXIHLQN3M3ARPXFPWS5ZJXXTAM", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T14:41:50Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:1e254109-9e40-4998-8d78-c570d55a774f>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:9ba558c6-db4e-4552-a5c8-ea261b666ba4>", "warc-target-uri": "https://funeasyenglish.com/new-environment-global-warming-climate-change-indicators-sea-level.htm", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 1590.6603, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8387629 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "footer" ] }
193	Earlier FOMC officials unanimously talked about aggressive rate hikes to fight inflation, now, they are increasingly worried about the economy. Is it strong enough? How will the disputes among the Fed’s officials affect the EURUSD? Let us discuss the Forex outlook and make up a trading plan. No one knows how the war in Ukraine will end, and how quickly China will suppress the COVID-19 outbreak. Geopolitics and the pandemic create serious problems for the European and Chinese economies, and uncertainty presses down the euro and yuan. However, the US dollar has its own difficulties. No one knows how high the Fed will raise the federal funds rate, and the turmoil in the US stock market starts to affect the greenback. The decline in the global risk appetite is considered one of the key drivers of the US dollar strengthening. When the US stocks fall in value, the demand for the dollar rises, fuelling the EURUSD rally. However, everything has its limit. Forex rates are determined by capital flows, and when these flows reverse, intermarket analysis will fail. Thus, one of the reasons for the greenback’s strength is the outperformance of the US stock indices over the European ones. From 2009 to 2021, the S&P 500 was up by over 400%, while the EuroStoxx 600 was up only by 137%. The S&P 500 has had its worst opening since 1939, the longest losing streak since 2011, and is 16% down from its January highs, and it is poised to move into a bearish market, following the Nasdaq Composite. So, the capital outflow from the US is natural. According to Goldman Sachs, US stock ETFs have lost $37 billion over the past four weeks, the worst performance since 2018. Money flows out from the USA pressing down the greenback. One of the reasons is uncertainty. On the one hand, investors expect the abandoning of the Fed put. It won’t be willing to support markets in case of a fall. The primary goal is to curb inflation, but amid such low real rates, the rate hike to 3% may not work out. For example, Paul Volcker raised the real rates to 10% in the 1980s. On the other hand, some FOMC officials start talking about the dangers of an aggressive monetary tightening. Jerome Powell stresses the importance of a soft landing. Patrick Harker warns that the Fed should not ruin the economy. Mary Daly says the central bank must meet the 2% target in 5 years. Does it mean that up to this point the inflation will stay higher? The ECB position, on the contrary, is getting clearer. Policymakers unanimously talk about raising rates in the summer, and Christine Lagarde dismisses the idea of stagflation in the euro-area economy. This circumstance, as well as Bulgaria’s intention to block the EU’s proposal for an embargo against Russian oil unless it is given the same benefits as Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, supports the euro. If the price breaks out the resistance at 1.061, the EURUSD could be corrected up to 1.066, 1.0695 and 1.071, where traders will likely start selling. The content of this article reflects the author’s opinion and does not necessarily reflect the official position of LiteFinance. The material published on this page is provided for informational purposes only and should not be considered as the provision of investment advice for the purposes of Directive 2004/39/EC. Rate this article: What will save yen? Forecast as of 10.05.2022 Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ You May Missed November 28, 2022 November 28, 2022 What it is and How it Works November 28, 2022 M3 Money Supply. EU, 11:00 (GMT+2) 28 Nov November 28, 2022 FxTradingMonitor.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc or its affiliates.	0.811323	4,645	{ "content-length": "4658", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:HPGU6KIRVROZQXTWVOU53V4SW46OQ7TD", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T14:36:22Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:0c35a791-9252-432c-b0ac-68fd30cd097f>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:454672b7-64d1-44a7-8105-7afbc0aec102>", "warc-target-uri": "https://fxtradingmonitor.com/dollar-is-confused-by-fed-forecast-as-of-10-05-2022/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 992.76385, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8113227 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "footer" ] }
197	Get your event started off right with our mobile gaming trucks! GameBusters offers entertainment on wheels, delivered to the address of your event! We provide guests with the ultimate gaming experience from the inside of our temperature controlled trucks. Each truck is packed with 5 screens that are 55 inches in 4K! 20 gamers are welcome to enjoy 50 ft of entertainment, inside or out! GameBusters believes in delivering entertainment for all kinds of events! We will literally deliver hours of gaming fun right to your door step. We have state-of-the-art trucks filled with video games that will keep you and your guests entertained for hours! Get your event started off right with our mobile gaming trucks! GameBusters offers entertainment on wheels, delivered to the address of your event! We provide guests with the ultimate gaming experience from the inside of our temperature controlled trucks. Each truck is packed with 5 screens that are 55 inches in 4K! 20 gamers are welcome to enjoy 50 ft of entertainment, inside or out! Pricing may vary depending on location and additional services. Every hour after two hours is an additional $125 dollars PER HOUR. For large events, call us for pricing and details Get your event started off right with our mobile gaming trucks! Game Busters offers entertainment on wheels, delivered to the address of your event! We provide guests with the ultimate gaming experience from the inside of our temperature controlled trucks. Each truck is packed with 5 screens that are 55 inches in 4K! 20 gamers are welcome to enjoy 50 ft of entertainment, inside or out!	0.820548	1,861	{ "content-length": "1865", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:D2WVW4DAFCT4J2ABN5HVH26IR4JCMJJY", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T15:08:16Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:980cfbc1-1744-4433-a9da-475b8621c1cd>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:adceda02-64b0-4659-b066-a45cf6b5ad55>", "warc-target-uri": "https://gamebustersgametruck.com/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 1400.9146, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8205483 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "header", "footer" ] }
211	There are circumstances under which it may be reasonable and economical for the subject of a data protection impact assessment to be broader than a single project, for example where public authorities or bodies intend to establish a common application or processing platform or where several controllers plan to introduce a common application or processing environment across an industry sector or segment or for a widely used horizontal activity. * This title is an unofficial description. We are a consulting company specialised in the fields of data protection, IT security and IT forensics.	0.828808	649	{ "content-length": "653", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:BBCJPK7ASAD2D6KOJBGVNXDF7GXQ7JLB", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T16:12:07Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:b20fdb38-46ea-4bd9-a7a8-74f4b5f3b8fa>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:2df159bb-d4e0-4b0c-8a3a-728e2578207c>", "warc-target-uri": "https://gdpr-info.eu/recitals/no-92/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 1128.7568, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8288075300000001 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences" ] }
214	Since I just started posting a short while ago (this is probably my 2nd or third post), this might be the wrong place to be asking this but how do i get a custom key made? I would love to have this logo from Portal made into my escape key (without the fancy background). Anyone else interested? [ Attachment Invalid Or Does Not Exist ] 25986[/ATTACH] (Pretty appropriate, seeing as the overarching theme of Portal 2 is to escape from the testing facility :P) Edit: I'm overwhelmed by the level of interest demonstrated by you guys! :biggrin1: I'm just a bit surprised why no one came up with this idea before :tongue: Here is an update of what's been going on in this thread (so you don't have to read through all the pages :happy:) We will be getting sets of 13 white PBT keycaps with mostly black legends except a few splashes of tasteful and appropriate color Portal Icons (Note: This is a mockup done by the the wonderful Ichitz): Go here to order your keycaps!! Ragnorock is handling the orders :) chenga out. sounds cool to me Would be interested as well, but sinis is right : you won't be going anywhere without having a svg file first. Unfortunately I'm no good at doing this. Since I'm a newbie, could someone explain what a svg file is and why its important when making custom keys?	0.874186	1,407	{ "content-length": "1407", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:YJFMFN477DXV6OPSEI3UK7IOQWYDRRYB", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T14:25:50Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:7ff16fde-0d20-457d-9408-b309d54741ab>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:cc9dd764-e7c6-4641-aff7-b52d14692810>", "warc-target-uri": "https://geekhack.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=7macgi41i9at08d34o615toqvm8snmsl&topic=21723.0;wap2", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 1415.7566, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8741863400000001 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "footer" ] }
215	GeeklyInc's Comics Editor and host of Inks & Issues. Writer on SAYER seasons 1-3. I also love retro games, tabletop, and writing sci-fi stories in my spare time. Find me on Twitter as @aREALjonah. I am a sucker for time travel stories. Maybe it has something to do with the immutable march of time we all must inevitably face, or maybe it’s just fun to dwell in the realm of “what if?” While Old Man Logan is set in the present day Marvel universe, this version of Logan has been around for a very long time. How long is never quite specified. He wakes up one day naked in the streets of New York, not able to remember who or where he is. Par for the course for my favorite Canadian super hero. After a run-in with the police that escalates very quickly, Logan rediscovers his healing powers which triggers some powerful memories. We see a flash forward of the world destroyed by a villain uprising (a flashback for Logan because time travel), where Logan is a simple farmer and a family man. He has kids. He has a tractor that needs fixing. The absolute last thing he wants is to stir up trouble. We don’t know what, but obviously some really bad stuff has gone down in this timeline to make him give up the fight. Of course, trying to live a quiet life and Logan have never gone hand-in-hand, and things quickly go south for him. Logan getting back his memories is very bad news for the present day incarnations of the villains he’s been interacting with in the future/his past (again, time travel). He knows who the key players are going to be in the uprising and this is his chance to stop them. We are shown things are going to get crazy in issue two. Old Man Logan #1 is a good kickoff. I haven’t been keeping up on all the craziness going on in Marvel comics with the new Secret Wars and all the reboots (outside of listening to others discuss it on podcasts), but it does it’s job as a good jumping on point. It got it’s hooks in me and I look forward to seeing where they take the character. The art by Andrea Sorrentino has a dark sketchiness to it that really fit the story Jeff Lemire is telling here. I would definitely recommend giving this one a try if you are a fan of the old Canucklehead. Or maybe if you just like Looper style time travel stories. Reddit Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ Related October 14, 2022 New Years Even of 2016, New York City, Times Square… sure it sounds great on paper, but not when a maniac shows up and starts slashing people up! Four years and many murders later, two NYPD officers heading up the Maniac Taskforce are on the case. Faced with budget cuts, the mayor’s obsession with his … Reddit June 25, 2021 Parenting is tough even in the best of times. When the cyberpunk distopia you’ve been escaping for the last thirteen years suddenly shows up on your door, you might start to wonder how far you’ll go to protect your kids. It’s a tale as old as time as we review Dryad on this episode of … Reddit June 11, 2018 On this very special episode of Inks & Issues, we are joined by Ben Stonick of Transformation Sequence to finally, after 31 episodes, cover a Spider-Man comic. Unfortunately Ben decided we needed to start at zero so that we would appreciate all other Spider-related comics in the future. Is the legendarily bad “One More Day” …	0.864115	3,831	{ "content-length": "3874", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:T5W4NNZO6HEPZSJJSEZDHURIKN43F62M", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T15:15:38Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:24af1aa4-f50c-4d7e-a749-ed0a96c1e735>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:d7bd7a75-d299-4200-9433-1412b080e47d>", "warc-target-uri": "https://geeklyinc.com/old-man-logan-1-review-lost-in-new-york/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 596.5642, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8641148 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "footer" ] }
225	I’ll be in Berlin in December for a conversation with James Bridle about drone wars and related issues, and I’m already looking forward to it since I’m a great admirer of his work. I particularly admire the way in which he challenges so many of our assumptions about ‘looking’ through his presentations about militarised vision and violence, and I’ve noted before the filiations between his various projects and Josh Begley‘s. So I was interested to read about photographer Tomas van Houtryve‘s (right) project Blue Sky Days. He begins with an arresting observation with which both James and Josh would be only too familiar: ‘Although a huge amount of [full motion video] footage has been collected [by US drones], the program is classified, and few people have ever seen images of the drone war and its casualties. This seems like a paradox in our thoroughly media-connected age. How can America be involved in a decade-long war where the sky is buzzing with cameras, and yet the public remains totally in the dark?’ But his response to the question is distinctly different: he repatriates the drone wars from Pakistan to the United States (here the most appropriate comparison is with Omar Fast‘s 5,000 Feet is the Best). To do so, Tomas travelled across America with a small quadcopter drone bought from Amazon.com attached to his camera. His concept was simple, Rena Silverman explains in the New York Times: Take the idea of foreign drone strikes and instead target similar domestic situations, putting them under surveillance using his drone in public spaces. He made a list of hundreds of different strike reports, gleaning as many details about the circumstances… He rented a black car with tinted windows and placed himself, his drones, his batteries and lists in the car. He spent six weeks in late 2013 averaging between seven and 10 drone flights daily, sleeping in a different town every night. He would pull the car into an empty lot, get out, launch the drone for about five to 10 minutes — about as long as its power lasted — take footage, land the drone, drive away and recharge the batteries while en route to the next location… He followed his list carefully, trying to imitate “signature strikes,” referring to a May 2012 New York Times article in which some State Department officials complained about the lax criteria for identifying a terrorist “signature.” The joke was that “three guys doing jumping jacks” could be enough suspicious activity for the C.I.A. to conclude it could be a terrorist training camp. In other words, targeting people based on behavior rather than identity. He photographed people exercising in Philadelphia, their shadows long and pinned against the grid of a park. He noticed more “signature” behavior while driving through San Francisco, where he encountered a group doing yoga [above]. When Mr. van Houtryve recently printed the image, he asked viewers if they thought the subjects were praying or exercising. It was a toss-up. Although these images are not quite ‘what drone attacks in America would look like’, as Pete Brook suggested in WIRED – Tomas’s drone was flying much lower (‘only about six stories high’) and these images are pin-point sharp: there’s none of the ambiguity of infra-red heat signatures here – none the less that last sentence really says it all. Images do not speak for themselves and interpretation counts for everything – which is why, as I’ve repeatedly argued, it matters so much what pilots, sensor operators and image analysts are pre-disposed to see. It turns out that a particular incident provoked Tomas’s project – the murder of Mamana Bibi at Ghunda Kala in North Waziristan on 24 October 2012, which I described here – and also gives it its title. In October 2012, a drone strike in northeast Pakistan killed a 67-year-old woman picking okra outside her house. At a briefing held in 2013 in Washington, DC, the woman’s 13-year-old grandson, Zubair Rehman, spoke to a group of five lawmakers. “I no longer love blue skies,” said Rehman, who was injured by shrapnel in the attack. “In fact, I now prefer gray skies. The drones do not fly when the skies are gray.” There’s more from Tomas at Harper’s here, which originally co-sponsored the project with the Pulitzer Center, and you can see more of his drone’s eye view images at the National Geographic here. There’s also a revealing interview conducted by Bard College’s Center for the Study of the Drone here; it contains all sorts of interesting observations, but one in particular resonated. Asked about the tension between the beauty of his photographic compositions and the horror of what he is seeking to convey, Tomas says this: ‘The base subject that I’m trying to raise awareness about and get people to think about in less abstract terms is the foreign drone war. If you take the time to read through the particular airstrikes, a lot of them are quite horrifying. But on the other hand, as a photographer, I know that beauty is one of the tools that we use to get people to look at a picture. Beauty has a lot of power, so there’s a tension between trying to seduce people with the language of photography, which is beautiful composition, and trying to reveal something that might be uncomfortable or difficult to digest, once people fully grasp it.’ Another of my art icons, elin o’Hara slavick, says something very similar about her mesmerising sequence of aerial images of places bombed by the US, Bomb after bomb (see also Brian Howe‘s discussion here and my own in ‘Doors in to Nowhere’ [DOWNLOADS tab], from which I’ve taken this passage): ‘She adopts an aerial view—the position of the bombers—in order to stage and to subvert the power of aerial mastery. The drawings are made beautiful “to seduce the viewer,” she says, to draw them into the deadly embrace of the image only to have their pleasure disrupted when they take a closer look. “Like an Impressionist or Pointillist painting,” slavick explains, “I wish for the viewer to be captured by the colors and lost in the patterns and then to have their optical pleasure interrupted by the very real dots or bombs that make up the painting.”’ A tart reminder that there are multiple ways of ‘just looking‘. 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227	The Country Gender Equality Profile (CGEP) represents an important guide to assess the existing situation regarding women’s empowerment and gender equality. The CGEP describes and analyses the present situation in Georgia mainly based on the indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while at the same time considering the BPfA and CEDAW frameworks. More results found Assessments (3) Strategic plans (1) Rural women (4) Conflict, war (3) Ending violence against women and girls (3) Gender, culture and society (1) Gender equality and women’s empowerment (1) Peace and security (1) Region Published by 1 - 5 of 5 Results Study on the Needs and Priorities of Ethnic Minority Women in the Kvemo Kartli Region Date: Thursday, 23 January 2014 In 2013 UN Women Georgia, in cooperation with the Institute for Social Studies and Analysis (ISSA), Tbilisi, conducted a study on The Needs and Priorities of Ethnic Minority Women in the Kvemo Kartli Region. The study provides an overview of the challenges and barriers preventing ethnic minority women from participating in public life and in decision-making processes. Women’s Needs and Priorities in High Mountainous Regions of Georgia Date: Wednesday, 1 January 2014 UN Women in the framework of the EU-funded program ""Innovative Action for Gender Equality in Georgia"" (IAGE) contracted Center for Social Sciences to conduct research of the needs and priorities of women residing in isolated mountainous settings of Georgia. The end goal of the study was to identify social and economic needs of the population residing in high mountainous regions of Georgia and to use its results and recommendations for advocacy purposes with relevant authorities for the... Needs and Priority issues of women prisoners in Georgia Date: Wednesday, 1 January 2014 The goal of the study was to identify the compliance of Georgia’s existing laws and practices with respect to women offenders to the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Female Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (Resolution A/Res/65/229), also known as the Bangkok Rules. The study has been commissioned by UN Women, under the EU-funded project “Innovative Action for Gender Equality in Georgia” (IAGE). The study was conducted by the Penal Reform... Needs and Priorities of IDP and Conflict-Affected Women and Girls Date: Wednesday, 1 January 2014 The study aimed at assessing the situation and needs of IDP and conflict-affected women and girls, with a focus on single, elderly and disabled women, as well as female-headed households. Association of Women and Mothers of Disabled Children DEA in partnership with the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) conducted the study. The study was carried out in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and Shida Kartli regions in September-August, 2013. To meet with the aims of the study, local and IDP women living in... Access to Justice for Internally Displaced and National Minority Women Date: Tuesday, 1 October 2013 The aim of the study has been to obtain and analyze information regarding legal situation and social, legal and economic needs of IDP and national minority women.The study tool was a questionnaire. Ethnic minority women (18 years and older) in Marneuli and IDP women in Rustavi, Gori, Kutaisi, Zugdidi and Tbilisi cities were surveyed. The sample size was 700 (500 IDP women and 200 national minority women). Multistage certified (cluster) sampling was applied which is characterized by...	0.83239	3,893	{ "content-length": "3905", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:G575KXJ3ZCI5CFRY3ARAA7MVJXVXR2T3", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T15:17:24Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:7c9ec8e7-05de-4932-aa7d-2cb30e42987d>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:d5c7e4bf-5505-49c3-887e-23361efc2c8a>", "warc-target-uri": "https://georgia.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications?resource_type=211d53dd2dd7411ca76f96c645e94671&f%5B0%5D=resource_type_publications%3A2108&f%5B1%5D=subject_area_publications%3A1307&f%5B2%5D=subject_area_publications%3A1320&f%5B3%5D=subject_area_publications%3A1821", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 2454.7244, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8323904999999999 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "header", "footer" ] }
230	There are two vital components that help the emotions and body move into a healing state with diminished symptoms. One, is to tune into the original music frequency of 432 Hertz instead of today’s standard of 440 Hertz, as heard over the radio and recording devices. In 1939, a discovery was made by the Rocketfeller Foundation. They noticed that when people would hear this 440 HZ frequency, they would have a tendency to overwork themselves and would become disconnected with their emotions. In 1978, Dr. Hamer, the founder of German New Medicine discovered that the cause of all diseases, except poisoning, was due to an unanticipated dramatic shock which activated two phases of the nervous system. The first phase, is in the sympathetic nervous system, which is “fight or flight”, where we are in a state of conflict trying to resolve our problems, emotionally as well as physically. Second is the parasympathetic nervous system, commonly referred to as “eat and sleep,” which is activated once this conflict is resolved and we are then able to relax and let go (This refers to the Second Biological Law). Dr. Giovani Conti, a professor of music had a successful recovery from cancer with the help of GNM. As a gifted musician, she was able to understand that the two phases of the nervous system, mentioned earlier, could also be identified in classical music. She then analyzed a song Dr. Hamer had written for his wife and found that it was composed using this exact same format. Although this music, when played repetitively to maximize repetitive patterns, was not necessarily designed for its aesthetics, one may still enjoy listening to it as one would do with most classical music. The whole purpose is to allow the brain to naturally “understand" this universal format of the two phases of the nervous system and this puts all conflict activity into “stasis” by bringing both sides of the brain into balance which then activates healing of the body, especially in chronic conditions. This is the only music, to date, that has the complete format to cover both phases of the nervous system in its entirety. Music that was composed pre 20th century and post 20th century became more dissonant, abstract and out of synch, and would actually keep both phases of the nervous system mentioned earlier, from becoming balanced. Here are a few examples of testimonials from people with chronic conditions: A little girl with bronchitis, whose Mother kept this music playing around the clock, found that in less than a week her bronchitis was reduced and she was then able to make a full recovery. A person who was experiencing a serious case of psoriasis, whose skin turned lobster red, found that after listening to Dr Hamer's music, immediately experienced a reduction of his symptoms and in a few weeks, his skin returned to normal. This music can work in a variety of cases, especially when people are trying to recover from a chronic illness, it is possible for them to fully recover in a very short time. Another feature of this music therapy is that it can be used to help adults and children as well as animals. This music is a useful adjunct playing in the background for those people receiving any type of emotional, psychiatric or any other kinds of therapy as well. Download the choir version of Dr. Hamers song here PC Users First right-click on the day or night song. Select save as or save target as and put in a folder. From the folder, load the songs in the program such as iTunes first on your main computer. Then go to app store and download 432 player. Then load in the Day and Night songs. Mac/Apple Os 432 Player is now available in Mac/Apple Operation System and well as Windows. If you a desire to play on your mobile phone, first sync from your laptop or computer to your mobile Device. For example, your I Tunes’ program that already has the songs, then sync to your mobile phone. Then load the song to the 432 Player which is free.	0.944671	4,096	{ "content-length": "4114", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:FXXGRYFZ72HJOGJBF7DXXHZWZCRADZIN", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T16:07:08Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:0d3d6b13-aaa2-411a-abc5-2b183ea63783>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:11c128a3-a8cd-44f5-af71-e733f9497d47>", "warc-target-uri": "https://germannewmedicine-au.com/index.php/music-therapy", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 677.0285, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.94467133 }, "quality_warnings": [ "footer" ] }
231	Jordan Martin is a Principal Consultant of datacenter technologies based out of eastern Pennsylvania. His blog can be found at http://www.JordanMartin.net/ and followed on Twitter as @BCJordo. This post is part of the ONUG Fall 2015 Tech Talk Series. For more information, please see the rest of the series HERE. To learn more about ONUG and their fall meeting in New York, please visit http://OpenNetworkingUserGroup.com. If you would like to attend, use the code “TFD30” and get 30% off your registration! Related Posts Join Tech Field Day on April 21-23, 2021 About the author Jordan Martin is currently a Principal Consultant of datacenter technologies with a Cisco gold partner. He comes from a background in several industries including finance, healthcare, and most recently a global managed call center provider. He calls Allentown, PA his home but can frequently be found in various locations assisting customers in infrastructure upgrades and installations. Outside of work, Jordan is a proud husband and father of 3. If all of that wasn’t enough, Jordan recently completed the CCIE routing and switching certification ensuring his diminished relevance in networking for the foreseeable future. View all posts Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Δ Gestalt IT Exclusives are original long-form posts written by the Gestalt IT team and published here first. Exclusives are highlighted in our weekly Gestalt News email. Sign up today, or follow us on Twitter! This post is part of the ONUG Tech Talk Series. To learn more about ONUG and their upcoming meetings, please visit http://OpenNetworkingUserGroup.com. This post is part of the ONUG Fall 2015 Tech Talk Series. For more information, please see the rest of the series HERE. To learn more about ONUG and their upcoming meetings, please visit http://OpenNetworkingUserGroup.com. Sponsored Gestalt IT content sponsored by leading enterprise IT companies. All of our sponsored content is created in association with our network of enterprise technology experts and is designed to provide their independent perspective rather than repeating that of the sponsoring companies. Tech Notes are sponsored articles written on behalf of leading enterprise IT companies. These posts are written by our network of independent IT influencers according to topics selected by the sponsoring companies. Gestalt IT and these writers are paid by the company indicated in the header and sidebar.	0.828559	2,792	{ "content-length": "2799", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:LBN4V5U4R4RZLSDFMVQEQOFTBSIPCYFH", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T14:13:22Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:4c0a89a0-c90b-4994-bf37-26615aa75405>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:e13e223e-76b5-4d0f-b0d9-2ec261aea583>", "warc-target-uri": "https://gestaltit.com/sponsored/onug/onug-fall-2015/bcjordo/onug-day-1-liveblog-jordan-martin/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 1371.2155, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.82855934 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "header" ] }
235	After taking a little time off to stretch his legs in new directions original badman The Others is back with a heavyweight EP on Subway and some bright hopes for the future of the sound. Bayfield took five minutes to pick his brains on what he’s been upto and where he’s headed next. The Others: How goes it? Bayfield: Yep all good thanks mate, what’s been happening? The Others: busy in the studio, not enjoying the nice weather unfortunately The Others: Yeah if only my studio was outside, I could enjoy it… although my tunes would sound like shit lol Bayfield: Haha that’s the trade-off I suppose. Maybe some sort of middle ground like a ragtop studio where you could just pull the top down on sunny days might work? What’s new for The Others then? Been a while since we last heard from you before the Subway release… MyStyle 004 if we’re not mistaken? The Others: Yeah MyStyle 004 was the last project I did at the back end of 2014! So since then I had some time off from writing ‘The Others’ material and been doing some additional production / ghost writing kind of stuff which has been a lot of fun… But earlier this year I had some great ideas and went on a really good run and wrote basically a whole albums worth of new material, so the past few months has been about deciding how and where to release them as well as working on a bunch of new music. Bayfield: Ah nice man, the ghost producing is an interesting angle! Obviously not asking you to name names but what sort of styles have you been working in? The new EP definitely sounds like a slightly different style of Others to your previous bits. The Others: Yeah it was really fun working on different projects with the freedom of not attaching my name to it. It may sound weird, but it actually allows you to be a little more experimental than usual. It was a huge learning curve for me and something I really enjoyed doing. It was mainly dubstep and house stuff, so I’m pretty comfortable within those genres. Without giving to much away, the success and reaction to the music definitely inspired me to write some new material of my own again. With the new EP I think you can obviously hear it’s me, references to my older sound are in there for sure. But it’s also ideas that have developed directly from working on other projects I’ve been involved in and taking inspiration from them. Bayfield: For sure man; I’m always a fan of the old mantra “a change is as good as a rest” Like I said you can obviously hear the new EP is still The Others but it seems to have a bit of a fuller sound to my ears. It’s densely layered stuff without being to screechy / tearout. Really splits the difference nicely between the heavy style and the darker styles. Also got some of those classic sort of trance-esque flourishes that pop up subtly in your stuff The Others: Exactly! I think over the years there’s been times where I’ve questioned how and where my sound fits in within the grand scheme of dubstep, and to be honest I’m not quite sure it does fit in anywhere. I guess in the early days of the scene the stuff I was writing was classed as the heavier, more energetic end of the spectrum but these days in comparison people would class it differently. Therefore, it can be challenging at times because I’ve never quite felt as if I ‘fitted in’ within the scene. And over the past few years the scene has divided even more, so that space in the middle where I guess most people place my sound is now a bit of a no-mans land in that regard. But I don’t let it concern me too much as I just want to focus on writing the music, that as a raver a myself, I want to hear when I go out to a club. The Shepherd Approach I guess you could call it haha. Bayfield: It’s always better to shepherd than sheep! Long term I do honestly think it provides better rewards and satisfaction too. It’s interesting you speak about that no-mans land as it were. That’s definitely something I’ve noticed more recently. There’s the kind of “dungeon/minimal” crew, the tearout / bro stuff and the reggae / dub heavy stuff all in their own little spaces doing their things but there doesn’t seem to be that crossover much anymore. Whereas on a club night a five years ago you might get a nice sweep of styles everyone seems to be very much staying in their own corner these days… To be fair there’s only about two and a half club nights left standing so perhaps lack of opportunity is partially to blame but things do definitely feel more boxed in than they used to. Artists seem to be afraid to switch up their styles too far for fear of alienating the fans still going to raves and buying tunes. The Others: 100% you’re right. The music is very segregated these days and I can only see that as a negative thing. It’s totally understandable that people have different tastes in music and some prefer different angles within the sound but that doesn’t mean something you disregard isn’t loved by someone else, and that should always be respected. It drives me mad when I see every debate about Dubstep end in a slanging match. Everybody’s introduction to dubstep was different, for some people it was through nights like FWD or DMZ, or labels like Tempa or Hot Flush. For others it was through platforms like YouTube hearing the likes of Skrillex or whatever. But it doesn’t mean that one is better than the other, or somebody is right and someone else is wrong. It’s just circumstance. Personally when I go to club night I like to hear all the angles within this sound. Because I feel that all of them have something positive to bring to the table and I am able to enjoy the different styles without having to prove my credentials or take sides. The thing that really drew me in to this music in the first place was the unity and community that came with it, so I think it’s important that we all stop hating on the differences each of us have. Bayfield: Yeah man for sure, I don’t know if it’s because it came from a very “heads” / underground background or if it’s just the way it has ended up with most electronic music in general but (and I’m aware of the irony of stating this in an interview) I do think people spend too long pondering and discussing the “scene” as opposed to just having a laugh with it. There’s just far too much worrying about what label / genre / artist the work is repping as opposed to just looking at whether or not the music is any good. People get bogged down in the technicalities and just end up making everything a bit clique-y and suck all the fun out of it. The Others: Yeah man for sure. The bottom line should always be, do you like this song? If the answer is yes, then great. if the answer is no, then there’s another one on the way in 2 minutes. And there really is no need for anything else. Yes it’s all good to big up a track, label or artist you like – nothing wrong with that at all. But there is no need for the bad vibes or hateful stuff just to try and prove a point. If you don’t like it, don’t listen to it – it really is as simple as that. I think if you look around at the people who are all really flying the flag for dubstep these days, they are doing something different from anyone else. And that’s the way to go as far I’m concerned, do the music that you enjoy making / listening to – and fuck what anyone thinks of it. Bayfield: Yeah definitely. Considering how few shows there are to get booked for these days I’m surprised there’s not more experimental stuff going on. In most instances there’s literally almost nothing to lose hahah! That being said though it does feel like dubstep on the whole has started getting a little more love across the board this year. Can’t be arsed getting into all that tawdry “is dubstep dead” shit but it definitely feels like it’s on a bit of an upswing at present The Others: Yes I think everyone can feel the force again. There’s some great music coming out at present, not to say there hasn’t been in the last few years, but maybe it was just a bit few and far between. Most excitingly there are some new producers coming through that are doing great things. On the whole I feel the music is in a good place right now and we are on the cusp of really exciting things over the next few years. Bayfield: For certain there’s a definite feeling of not just more music but more decent music coming out. Can you give our readers some of your recommendations on the new bloody side of things? The Others: I love that Topper Top track by Sir Spyro, it’s fucking ill. Also I really been enjoying Bukez Finezt album lately, that’s a solid release. Caspa & Rusko’s EP 1 (and forthcoming stuff) is really heavy, as is FuntCase’s new EP on Circus. Lately I’ve got some really good music from Trampa, Joker, Sleeper, Cimm, Emalkay, Gentlemens Club, Sukh Knight, Franky Nuts, Truth, Distance… I could go on forever. There is a lot of great new music about right now! Bayfield: Yeah I can definitely vouch for some of that stuff there! Just to play devil’s advocate do you think the UK is in need of some fresh club nights for this sort of thing? There’s only really a few still running in the capital and they are all pretty tried and tested. Apart from the CTRL Sound guys and Karma’s new night I don’t think I know of anything at present that isn’t already a well-established night / name. The Others: There is a huge problem within the UK clubbing scene at present I believe. I think part of it has to do with the market being oversaturated with DJ’s, nights and music that aren’t up to scratch or out to make a quick buck. But perhaps the more pressing is the issue of the closure of so many nightclubs. I can see a big shift going back towards the DIY attitude of illegal raves, which I think is probably not a bad thing at all. All these nightclubs are being closed down because financially the clubs can’t justify having a big empty space in city centre, that five days of the week is empty. So I think we will see a dramatic shift towards outdoor illegal raves / warehouse raves in the next few years. It’s already going that way now. Bayfield: yeah there’s far more of those popping up around the outer zones of London for sure, with the news of Studio 338 burning down and Fabric being shut indefinitely there definitely feels like there’s going to be a sharp rise in those sorts of illegal raves purely out of necessity. The Others: Yeah Fabric is a classic example of the problem within the clubbing industry right now. It has been the UK’s premier nightclub for many years, built in area with not much going on culturally. These days that area has become very in demand, and property developers are doing everything within their power to firstly obtain that large piece of land or get these clubs entertainment licenses revoked so it doesn’t disturb the neighbours in their overpriced new developments. But the whole reason these areas have become so desirable to live in is because of clubs like Fabric and the fantastic cultural benefits they bring. It’s basically a carbon copy story of most of the nightclub closures within London in recent years and it so backward. It comes down to the pure greed of local authorities, councils and property developers. Very sad indeed. I think it’s inevitable that we will see more illegal raves take place because there won’t be any venues left! Sometimes you got to hit the reset button, and I think it’s about time we show authorities controlling our cities that we are going to have a good time no matter what happens, and that closing clubs left right and centre isn’t going to make us all stop liking underground dance music overnight. FIGHT THE POWER! Haha. Bayfield: Hahaha that’s exactly it man. Although long term I do worry the illegal rave thing might be something of a double bind: The councils dress it up shutting venues down as “concerns for the safety of clubgoers” and then force clubbers to go to illegal raves where stuff is even more unchecked and (potentially) unsafe, particularly for younger ravers who are inexperienced, so by forcing all these clubs out (because as you rightly said people will go raving either way) they are actually forcing the punters into potentially more dangerous situations. Right man just to bring it back home before I have to roll out what can people expect from the new EP and also where can people expect to cop it? Will it be a vinyl thing you think? The Others: The EP is a mixture of stuff I’ve been writing over the past few years. The lead track ‘Lions & Tigers & Snares’ is actually about 2 years old but the demand for it to come out has been overwhelming. It’s received good support from all angles, Youngsta has been supporting it, as have people like Skism, so I feel it covers a few bases. There’s a collaboration with Proxima on there which youguys premiered, as well as two brand new tunes that are pretty geared up for the dance floor. It’s basically just a nice mixture of different sounds and styles, with my print all over it. Bayfield: Ah wicked Subway! Not heard from them in a minute either that’s a good link up for your sound man. How come you’re not going through DubPolice on this one? The Others: Well I really liked the labels previous output, as I mentioned earlier I’m a big fan of Bukez Finezt’s album which dropped a few months back on Subway. And I’ve known the label chief Geoff Nicon for many years and he’s a stand-up guy I’ve always enjoyed working with. For the moment I think the plan is for Dub Police to take a short break, and I was quite keen for my music to come out now so I am currently working with other labels and enjoying putting together new releases with them. Bayfield: Ah nice man brings us back to what we were saying earlier: “a change is as good as a rest!” Thanks for your time man been a pleasure chatting to you. The Others: Ok mate thanks for taking the time to talk and I’ll catch you soon! You can cop the new EP by The Others on Subway right HERE right now. the others Previous Next An Interview with The Others The last time we formally interviewed The Others was back in March 2008 on our old Rinse FM show. Since then, becoming a key player within Dub Police, we discuss the new EP, ‘First Flight’, huge remixes, USA and Australia tours and of course; the studio secrets. […] October 13, 2009 Darkside GDTV Sets 0 Emalkay b2b The Others with Rod Azlan on episode 032. […] Posts March 19, 2014 Darkside Posts 0 With the (some would say unfortunate) advent of “EDM” sweeping the globe over the past few years it’s easy to forget just how important Caspa and his Dub Police imprint were in the formative years of the dubstep sound. 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238	How It Works How It Works How It Works How It Works Can two narcissists come https://datingranking.net/lesbian-hookup-apps/ to be one or two? As soon as you look at this concern, first of all pertains to the mind is a big fat NO! How could two so self-absorbed individuals who its an emotional condition ever become interested together? Yet, if you believe about any of it, it’s likely you have came across a few narcissist partners already. Or perhaps you may have even seen them in television, among alleged power partners. Narcissists get into relations with other narcissists, and really discuss the reason why, and exactly how this connection looks like. The thing that makes a narcissist tick Narcissism try an individuality condition . Put another way, the genuine and it’s also regarded a genuine difficulties by gurus dealing with mental health. If you had the honor of fulfilling a narcissist, or being involved with one, you probably trust considering it a psychiatric problem. That its a personality problems basically implies that its also an untreatable problems. Narcissists are really self-absorbed people who posses grandiose thinking regarding their worthy of. They lack empathy, and certainly will always place unique requirements initial. ..Everything inside their everyday lives should help their grandiose self-image, including relationships. As mothers, they require kids to act as a representation of one’s own skill and superiority. However, within the sources of this severe confidence and fascination with yourself is the contrary feeling. Narcissists tend to be, although really seriously hidden, in fact, exceptionally vulnerable. They really need to have control of every thing close them, if not they will crumble. They need everything to build to their dream of grandiosity. Narcissists do get into enchanting connections. They become hitched while having young ones . You expect a narcissist to remain unmarried or even in informal affairs, to go after their unique job or abilities. But, they actually do see creating somebody near too. They often figure (usually through abuse ) their own mate into what they desire getting that continuous admiration and care. Basically, partners of narcissists finish compromising everything to be able to end up being here and be sure to her ever-hungry-for-praise couples. Narcissist lovers arent truly able to give fancy and affection to one another. They might be seemingly doing so in the beginning, but eventually everyone is obvious about what their particular roles include. The narcissist requires, as well as their lover supplies. They do not have actually fascination with their spouses ideas, requires, and welfare. They do need desire for their very own wants and requirements. They will chat and never tune in. They will query and not surrender. 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The 2nd possibility is that since narcissists arent really attractive existence couples, they end up being forced to scrape the leftovers. Non-narcissists will likely finish locating an individual who can reciprocate their own like and treatment. Ultimately, exactly what might also feel real is they were keen on the most perfect image a narcissist places forward. They might like how they come as a few, therefore, exactly how their particular narcissistic lover means they are look nice in public places vision. The technology behind narcissist couples A recent study announced that a narcissist probably will need a narcissistic companion in long-term affairs. The same thing goes for Machiavellianism and psychopathy. That is an invaluable researching, as it helps the thesis that like attracts like, actually among people who normally may be best complemented by decreased self-absorbed people. Narcissist couples dont really know simple tips to shape a romantic and loving relationship. But, they appear to have enough in keeping to conquer this and end up married. This study revealed that its not that folks being as well as time passes. Two narcissists are attracted to each other to begin with. 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243	Ginolis has designed and manufactured a desktop solution for the high precision dispensing and drying of standard 96-well microplates. The automated solution utilizes Ginolis’ Delilah robotic platform, Piezo Motor Actuated Bellows (PMB) pumps and intelligent conveyor system. The automated solution consists of intelligent infeed module, Delilah robot, dispensing station and drying tunnel. The compact Delilah robotic platform provides high quality automation within a small footprint. The dispensing station consists of four Ginolis PMB 1500Se pumps, multi-source wash solution input, washing station, ionizer and degasser. For process and quality control, cameras, sensors and Ginger software provide positioning data, barcode reader and monitor the available reagent volume in reservoir vessel. The drying tunnel utilizes Ginolis’ intelligent transfer unit for transferring well plates through climate controlled and adjustable channel. The dispensing process begins with the intelligent infeed module. Well plates, in stacks of six, are loaded onto pallets, which transfer the stacks to the Delilah robot cell. The intelligent feeder can hold ten separate stacks for a total of 60 well plates. The entire infeed module is covered to preserve cleanliness and reduce contamination risk. When the well plate stack arrives at the Delilah unloading area, a Scara robotic arm with product specific gripper removes well plate and reads barcode. Based on user defined parameters, erroneous test plates are placed in reject area for operator removal. Accepted plates are positioned under ceramic tips for dispensing. The dispensing system is designed to be flexible. The system can dispense from 200 nl to 1 µl droplets with dead volume of 50µl. The dispensed volume and droplet location within well is adjustable by operator, as well as how many and which wells are targeted. The system is designed to serve both production and R&D needs. A multi-solution washing function can be modified by the user. Number of washing liquids and sequences can be programmed. Once a preset or user defined sequence is selected, the dispensing system automatically performs washing procedure. Dispensing tip inner and outer surfaces are cleaned during this procedure. After dispensing process is complete, the well plate and barcode data is transferred to the drying tunnel and the Scara robot continues with next dispensing cycle. The dispensing system includes automated priming functions that can be modified by the user. To minimize wasted reagent volume, the system includes a separate vessel with camera monitoring for volume levels. Bellows material Coated with Parylene Bellows housing PEEK Upon arrival at the drying tunnel, the test plate with dispensed reagents is placed on pallet, which moves it through seven drying positions in tunnel. The drying tunnel utilizes HEPA-filtered, temperature and flow controlled air to dry reagents on well plates. Ready microplates exit the drying tunnel and move to front transfer unit for unloading by operator. The following parameters are adjustable in drying tunnel parameters: drying time, well pate position, temperature and airflow/pressure. The humidity inside tunnel is also monitored. The entire automated dispensing line is operated using Ginger, Ginolis’ software platform. The intuitive user interface is easy to use and manage. Ginger provides real-time updates and alerts for the operator to effectively manage the entire automation line. A SQL database connection is used for batch tracking. It stores individual well, well plate and batch based information about selected parameters and live conditions/robot actions during the process. Maintenance and troubleshooting can be performed remotely. The equipment surfaces are made from glass, polycarbonate, stainless steel and anodized aluminum, to make the system easy to clean and hygienic. The desktop solution is designed and manufactured to be easy to use, easy to clean and easy to maintain. Appointment news Kauko Väinämö has been appointed as CEO of Ginolis Oy from September 1, 2022. Kauko has more than 30 years of solid knowledge in strategic leadership, having A global pandemic presents many challenges for diagnostic device manufacturers, especially those dependent on traditional manufacturing processes that are not conducive to the social distancing Press releaseOulu, Finland18 Oct 2021 09:00 EET for immediate release Ginolis, a BICO company, today announced that it is building a new head office in Press Release: Ginolis and CELLINK have entered into an acquisition agreement Ginolis Ltd. and CELLINK AB have entered into an agreement where CELLINK acquires 100 per cent of Ginolis shares. With this acquisition, Ginolis will be Ginolis was granted the ISO 9001:2015 certification Bureau Veritas has certified that the management system of Ginolis Ltd has been audited and found to be following the ISO 9001:2015 standard requirements. The As the demand for our products grows and to better meet the needs of our customers, we have opened Ginolis Estonia site in Pärnu. The Careers Support Supplier Code of Conduct Internal Code of Conduct Whistleblower/Speak-up channel Microfluidic device manufacturing solutions Drying Ginolis is a part of BICO. Our products aim to reduce the organ shortage and speed up drug development by providing accessible life science solutions that combine biology and technology, fundamentally shifting the global healthcare industry. 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244	Anoop went through to top 7 last night and it was not without drama. When Anoop sang on Tuesday, I never thought that he would end up in the bottom three. The judges liked his performance and all of them gave him good comments. But it did not seem like America agreed with the judges. Anoop was the first one in the bottom three. Anoop ended up with Scott as the final two on stage and was relieved when Ryan Seacrest announced that he was safe. Unfortunately Scott had to be eliminated as the judges decided not to use their one save for the entire season as they felt that there were better singers in the competition who might require it later. Anyways it was a lucky escape for Anoop and he has to make sure that he turns in consistent performances in the coming weeks. He is a good talent and I think that he has to at least reach top 5. Good luck to him for the rest of the competition. Anoop finally does it Posted by: girisopinion on: March 18, 2009 In: Uncategorized Anoop gave a stunning performance yesterday and at last chose the right song. It was a fantastic performance and made all the four judges say that his was the best of the night. This was good for Anoop as he was ordinary in the past couple of weeks and this was a good comeback. I am sure that he will be in the top 10 and hopefully will keep up the good work. Anoop finally does it Posted by: girisopinion on: March 18, 2009 Anoop gave a stunning performance yesterday and at last chose the right song. It was a fantastic performance and made all the four judges say that his was the best of the night. This was good for Anoop as he was ordinary in the past couple of weeks and this was a good comeback. I am sure that he will be in the top 10 and hopefully will keep up the good work. Posted by: girisopinion on: March 17, 2009 In: Uncategorized American Idol tonight and me cheering for Anoop again. I hope that he puts in a good performance tonight. He has to impress the judges with his song selection in tonight’s show. They had chosen him as the extra member in the show based on his ability and personality. He for sure showed his personality in the last couple of rounds but fell way behind in the performance. I hope that he corrects the same. Posted by: girisopinion on: March 17, 2009 American Idol tonight and me cheering for Anoop again. I hope that he puts in a good performance tonight. He has to impress the judges with his song selection in tonight’s show. They had chosen him as the extra member in the show based on his ability and personality. He for sure showed his personality in the last couple of rounds but fell way behind in the performance. I hope that he corrects the same. Anoop gets through Posted by: girisopinion on: March 12, 2009 Anoop made it through to the next round yesterday but chose another wrong song on Tuesday. The judges were clearly not that happy and he recieved very bad comments from all the judges even from Paula. Anoop has to really pull up his socks if he has to remain in this competition. I am afraid till now he seems to be going the Sanjaya way. I hope that he stays in this competition through his ability rather than his popularity. He should choose the right songs to suit his voice and should perform better if he has to avoid elimination. Lets hope that he does that in the next round. Anoop gets through Posted by: girisopinion on: March 12, 2009 In: Uncategorized Anoop made it through to the next round yesterday but chose another wrong song on Tuesday. The judges were clearly not that happy and he recieved very bad comments from all the judges even from Paula. Anoop has to really pull up his socks if he has to remain in this competition. I am afraid till now he seems to be going the Sanjaya way. I hope that he stays in this competition through his ability rather than his popularity. He should choose the right songs to suit his voice and should perform better if he has to avoid elimination. Lets hope that he does that in the next round. Anoop makes it to top 13 Posted by: girisopinion on: March 7, 2009 In: Uncategorized Anoop Desai makes it to the top “13” (Yes that’s right 13 and not 12) yesterday in the Judge’s wild card round. When Anoop’s name was not called out in the end I was little bit disappointed but when Simon asked him to stay and told him that they have decided to make is top 13, I was like everyone else surprised but was elated. I thought that Anoop deserves to be in top 13 more than Sanjaya did. I hope that he makes it to the top 10 and keeps going. Only thing he has to make sure is that he chooses the right song which suits his voice. Well now I am really looking forward to the next week’s show and I hope Anoop does justice to the selection. Anoop makes it to the top 13 Posted by: girisopinion on: March 6, 2009 In: Music \| Television Anoop Desai makes it to top 13 in American Idol Anoop Desai makes it to the top “13” (Yes that’s right 13 and not 12) yesterday in the Judge’s wild card round. When Anoop’s name was not called out in the end I was little bit disappointed but when Simon asked him to stay and told him that they have decided to make is top 13, I was like everyone else surprised but was elated. I thought that Anoop deserves to be in top 13 more than Sanjaya did. I hope that he makes it to the top 10 and keeps going. Only thing he has to make sure is that he chooses the right song which suits his voice. Well now I am really looking forward to the next week’s show and I hope Anoop does justice to the selection. @IamRameshSub The problem for India is in both departments. I don't think Hooda would make a huge difference with t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago So Samson sits out once again hmmmm. Seems like being in good form isn't good enough to play in a team which is str… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago Why would New Zealand want to get any of these two out? Lol They would love if these two played till the end. #NZvIND #NZvsIND #INDvNZ 3 days ago Absolutely horrendous team selection. Not sure why they even play these series if not for trying out new talent. No… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 6 days ago So India refuse to learn from their World Cup debacle. 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251	1pm PST, 4pm EST, 9pm GMT The Global Coherence Pulse is hosting meditation and breakout groups sessions through the end of the year. This breakout group session follows the Monthly Pulse The Global Coherence Pulse is hosting meditation and breakout groups sessions through the end of the year. This breakout group session follows the Monthly Pulse event. In these sessions, we join together in community to support each other to deepen our capacity for sustained heart-centered coherence, both individually and collectively. Register once and receive access links for all sessions in December. Add the zoom link to your calendar and include the password for easy access. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking “Accept”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. Manage consent This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Duration cookielawinfo-checbox-analytics 11 months This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". cookielawinfo-checbox-functional 11 months The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". cookielawinfo-checbox-others 11 months This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary 11 months This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance 11 months This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". viewed_cookie_policy 11 months The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.	0.826698	3,852	{ "content-length": "3856", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:NB6RSZQ4W4IRSH5G7KH6YYZIH4FJVZJF", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T15:27:26Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:29b3362f-51bd-4d27-8f76-a68b6eedf7f8>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:5bbde33c-47d0-494b-8242-0c2afb30bce6>", "warc-target-uri": "https://globalcoherencepulse.org/event/coherence-pulse-breakout-group-dec-19th/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 11.200096, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8266976500000001 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "header", "footer" ] }
255	Onboarding first-time employees? Set them up for success with tips from Scentcerely Yours owners Rob and Susie Brucato Meet the owners: Rob and Susie left their finance careers behind to provide a custom candle-making experience to the residents of Geneva, Illinois at Scentcerely Yours. […] Do you like it?0 Read more November 2, 2021 How to set up payroll in California Getting your business ready to run payroll has both federal and state components. While the federal process looks the same for every business, the state process […] Do you like it?0 Read more October 26, 2021 How much does it cost to set up payroll? Running a small business isn’t easy, especially when you have employees that need to get paid. If your payroll and accounting systems aren’t up to par, […]	0.937366	777	{ "content-length": "787", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:7SVBD26YFB6PKXDFZU5ZWR4K3OCDYPU7", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T15:27:18Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:f48fd74e-68f1-4e8b-9db3-92d31df664df>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:ad06fd3d-1947-48e0-9581-d2efdf658ae9>", "warc-target-uri": "https://gloriagrayson.com/tag/set/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 1185.6917, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.93736565 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences" ] }
257	Visiting Paris and need a vegan café? They are not always easy to find so we’ve saved you time by tracking down a hidden gem- Cuppa Café de Salon tucked away on the Left Bank of the Seine. They are known across Paris for their coffee, but their vegan food is equally amazing. The location Cuppa Café de Salon is in the 7th arrondissement, behind the Musée d’Orsay. It’s near the Solférino metro stop or you can take bus 84 and 94 to Solférino. The iconic Café de Flore is near by, but there are no healthy hotspots in the area. So Cuppa Café is a clear winner if you need a healthy meal in Paris. Cuppa is very compact. Outside, there are two tables on either side of the door next to the windows. Inside, there are three tables, plus a couch. All the furniture is made of stylish dark wood. The bar is dominated by their coffee machine and a delicious pastry display. They make all the food behind the bar fresh. The service is very quick and the music is chilled. As there’s little space, it’s not the best place to take out your laptop. The café sells teas and coffees, plus coconut water, single freshly squeezed juices and a juice of the day. We decided to review the juice of the day, which was a blend of grapefruit, pomegranate, blueberries and strawberries. I loved the bitterness of the grapefruit coming together with the sweetness of the strawberries. What we ate Cuppa Café de Salon is almost fully 100% plant based. All the food is vegan except the pain au chocolat – because why would a French person change that? Their signature dish is avocado on toast which comes with their homemade bread, and two different kinds of hummus. We ordered the Tartine Fromage and, wow, the plant based cream cheese topping was totally delicious! We also ordered a bowl of yoghurt and a bundt cake. The tartine came on delicious, home made, gluten-free bread. It had a thick layer of their homemade cashew and almond cream cheese with a little agave. On top of the cheese were thinly sliced green apples, raspberries, blueberries, edible flowers and some chopped pecans, almonds and pistachios. The flavours were all there. It was a perfect balance between sweet and savoury. The yoghurt was just as pretty. Like the bread, they made their yoghurt in-house. It’s mix of soy and coconut and the hint of coconut gave it a flavour explosion which perfectly combined with their homemade gluten-free pistachio cardamon granola. They told us they sourced the pistachios from Italy, because they have more flavour . On top of the granola was a beautiful selection of thinly sliced nectarines, strawberries, apples, blueberries, coconut chips, edible flowers and some yuzu zest. I travel a lot and have tasted many cuisines and healthy dishes all over the world, but their combination of flavours was absolutely amazing! The Bundt cake was a mix of a normal cake with chocolate running through it. On top was a drizzled chocolate glaze, edible flowers and chopped nuts. The cake was the perfect dessert for our lunch. Although they take so much care of the presentation of the food, It’s the flavours that make it a real winner. Jus du jour 7EU 86 Rue de l'Université visit website You may also enjoy you may also like Turmeric is the headline hitting superfood that has had many of us hooked in recent years. Zoe Lind van’t Hof’s The Vic Café, a modern diner that caters for all Prince Edward County is fast becoming the must visit weekend destination for Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. This small island on Sky High Juice Bar began with the philosophy of creating a place to boost your health and beauty, both on I agree to have my personal information transfered to MailChimp \| designed by Pixelated Orange This site uses functional cookies and external scripts to improve your experience. 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264	The wine has a very pleasant nose, filled with rose hips, raisins, cranberries, black currants, and hints of cedar wood and pepper. Also the flavor intensity is quite good. In the mouth the taste of rose hips and raisins returns, supplemented with red fruits, thyme, resin and a little black olive. With 14%, this wine is relatively high in alcohol but it lacks some tannin for that extra firmness. For that reason we do not recommend to keep it for ageing but to drink it now. All together a good to very good wine. The PQR however is not as good as some other Dutch pinot noir wines we reviewed. Wijngoed Thorn Wine tasting: 26 Apr 2021 Appearance A clear, garnet to tawny-colored wine with pale color intensity and some legs visible on the glass. The wine has a clean nose, with medium- aroma intensity and youthful development. The aromas show characteristics of fruit, dried fruit and herbs. We smell rose hips, raisins, cranberries, black currants, and hints of cedar wood and pepper. This pinot noir is a dry wine with medium acidity and medium+ alcohol (14%). The wine is medium-bodied and has a medium+ flavor intensity but is low in tannin. The finish is of medium length. The palate of the wine shows characteristics of fruit, dried fruit, and herbs. We taste flavors of rose hips, raisins, red currants, strawberries, thyme, resin and a little black olive. Quality Assessment Good to very good wine. The wine has a very pleasant nose but lacks some tannin for that extra firmness. For that reason we do not recommend to keep it for ageing but to drink it now. The PQR is not as good as some other Dutch pinot noir wines we reviewed. Disclaimer: this wine was sponsored by Nederlandse Streekwijnen Wijngoed Thorn Buy wine Created by potrace 1.16, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2019 The wine has a very pleasant nose, filled with rose hips, raisins, cranberries, black currants, and hints of cedar wood and pepper. Also the flavor intensity is quite good. In the mouth the taste of rose hips and raisins returns, supplemented with red fruits, thyme, resin and a little black olive. With 14%, this wine is relatively high in alcohol but it lacks some tannin for that extra firmness. For that reason we do not recommend to keep it for ageing but to drink it now. All together a good to very good wine. The PQR however is not as good as some other Dutch pinot noir wines we reviewed. Wine tasting: 26 Apr 2021 Appearance A clear, garnet to tawny-colored wine with pale color intensity and some legs visible on the glass. The wine has a clean nose, with medium- aroma intensity and youthful development. The aromas show characteristics of fruit, dried fruit and herbs. We smell rose hips, raisins, cranberries, black currants, and hints of cedar wood and pepper. This pinot noir is a dry wine with medium acidity and medium+ alcohol (14%). The wine is medium-bodied and has a medium+ flavor intensity but is low in tannin. The finish is of medium length. The palate of the wine shows characteristics of fruit, dried fruit, and herbs. We taste flavors of rose hips, raisins, red currants, strawberries, thyme, resin and a little black olive. Quality Assessment Good to very good wine. The wine has a very pleasant nose but lacks some tannin for that extra firmness. For that reason we do not recommend to keep it for ageing but to drink it now. The PQR is not as good as some other Dutch pinot noir wines we reviewed. Disclaimer: this wine was sponsored by Nederlandse Streekwijnen ABOUT US GoDutch! Wine is a non-profit informative platform to promote and professionalize the Dutch wine market. (Read more)	0.845006	4,053	{ "content-length": "4057", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:3X3LTOT35LABIVCVBVVCVCE33T62KPTD", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T15:25:52Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:2e50d284-4346-4f24-b04d-dc1cf6f349fc>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:3b65822f-8afd-4ca0-b3e4-7ae631b8158a>", "warc-target-uri": "https://godutch.wine/winereviews/thorn-pinot-noir-777-2018/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 3700.8171, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8450056300000001 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "header", "footer" ] }
265	Our customers really like us! But don’t take our word for it. Here are some actual reviews posted by our customers on the web. If YOU are a satisfied customer, we invite you to click the "thumbs up" icon to review your experience with our business. Thank you! Jordan, was great as always. He checked out my heating furnace. Very thorough, professional and he explained everything. I definitely recommend Jaric with Jaric. JARIC AC was great! They were professional and high quality. They fixed my AC installation that was not done right, and made sure each aspect of the system was done the CORRECT way, not the fastest or “it will work” way. Brandon was great! He made sure drop clothes were put down on the floors, kept me up-to-date on what was going on with my system & made sure everything was cleaned up when the job was done. Great service, very professional and was always smiling ! My mother needed a complete new system and was on a very limited budget. He worked with her a found a great system. He even brought her a portable unit to use until her could be fixed! He was great! Our technician Jordan Serano was very courteous went over all of the things that he checked with the unit he was very professional and we will use you again we’re signed up for this year we would not hesitate to recommend you My client needed someone to inspect the HVAC on their new home. JARIC was very professional and thorough. I have no problem recommending them to my clients when they need a reliable HVAC company. Thank you Jim for your help. The technician Brandon was friendly and knowledgeable. He quickly diagnosed my issue and solved it. The price was more affordable than I expected, based on my experience with other companies. I could not be happier with the outcome! We’ve asked JARIC to come out a couple of times in the past for a couple of A/C repairs, and they were great to work with. When we needed to replace the entire unit, they did excellent work. Jim, Brandon, and team were very attentive to detail, communicative, and really want to provide their customers with the best possible solution. I was very impressed. When I’m interested in work that needs to be done on my home, I want to work with people and businesses I can trust. I will refer JARIC to friends who need help with HVAC in the future. They were available the next day for an appointment. Once Jordan arrived he listen to my issues and figured out the problem very quickly. He was also very professional and informative when I asked any questions. Thank you so much for great service. We had a few things to check out from our home inspection. Jaric AC was able to come out on a days notice. Darwin and Jimmy both came and spent a lot of time going over all areas of concern – and everywhere else – and explaining every step and every need. They were knowledgeable, patient, and kind. AC repair makes me nervous, but these guys are honest and fair. Highly Recommend and will definitely use for all future needs!	0.929202	3,195	{ "content-length": "3211", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:IYXU4ZMJWYUTWA576NLWEVQKQAZVBWZP", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T16:06:38Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:eaede52c-93ad-4369-aba5-8eeba4cbfe4b>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:159e2b91-1443-4deb-8b86-f16b3ae30ff4>", "warc-target-uri": "https://gojaric.com/testimonials/page/4/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 495.01132, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.9292024999999999 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "footer" ] }
269	Youth Training Equipment Shipping Terms of Service Your cart is empty 2 24, 2020golf news Patrick Reed won his eighth PGA Tour title in Sunday at the WGC-Mexico Championship by birdieing three of his last four holes to beat a world-class field and a group of chasers that included top-15 players Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy, among others. And that may have been the easy part for Reed. During a week that saw the Ryder Cup stalwart called out for cheating during last December’s Hero World Challenge by Brooks Koepka and being accused of improving his lie on at least four separate occasions by former CBS on-course analyst Peter Kostis, Reed had to have known what was going to come his way during his media rounds. It started right away off of the 18th green where Reed had only moments earlier salvaged a poor tee shot to make a bogey and win by one over DeChambeau. Speaking to SkySports’ Wayne Riley, the commentator asked Reed if he believed he had silenced a few critics with his victory. “Honestly, I don’t know,” Reed responded. “Really at the end of the day, to me, it doesn’t really matter. For me, it’s go out there and continue doing what I’m supposed to do, and that’s try to play the best golf I can, try to be the best person I can, and try to set an example for the younger kids that are out here watching as well as my kids that are watching back at home. “If I feel like I’m doing that, that’s all I can ask for. I feel like I’ve been doing a good job of that, and hopefully, everything starts smoothing out and going the right direction.” The reading of the back-and-forth seems relatively mundane, but it was evident in the immediate aftermath as cameras continued to roll that Reed took issue with the final question. Patrick Reed was not pleased with a question from Sky Sports’ Wayne Riley after his win. Not sure exactly what it was but presumably about the controversial week. “Way to ask that one,” Reed says. pic.twitter.com/zVFVSyUPfe — Josh Berhow (@Josh_Berhow) February 24, 2020 “Way to ask that one,” Reed can be heard saying to Riley before DeChambeau came into the frame to congratulate the victor. By all accounts, however, the question was well-worded and certainly topical given the backlash he has received in the past, in general, and over the past week, in particular. And a similar line of questioning came in his winner’s press conference. Of the roughly 25 questions asked of him in the interview room, a third of them were centered around the extracurriculars that surrounded him and his team outside the ropes. True to form, however, Reed always brought it back to what he can control inside them. RELATED: Viktor Hovland says 'I suck at chipping' after PGA Tour win “I’m used to it,” Reed said when asked if he feels as if the world is against him. “Honestly, it’s one of those things that at the end of the day, all I can control is me and what I do on and off the golf course. “If I feel like I’m improving each day on and off the golf course and setting a good example for the next generation coming up, the children, as well as my own children, then that’s all I can do. I feel like I’ve been doing a good job of that, and I feel like I’ve been growing as a person and as a golfer, and that’s all I can really do.” 3 comments Capital (D)irtbag… obviously Reed can play with the best in the world. Character is the issue. His legacy is tarnished forever Wish all the best to Captain America… honestly one of the grittiest match play performers I’ve seen Wish all the best to Captain America… honestly one of the grittiest match play performers I’ve seen golf major Viktor Hovland says 'I suck at chipping' after PGA Tour win With so many top quality brands to choose from in golf, add some unique designs to your everyday wardrobe. At Golfer Paradise we have everything you need to show the world that golf is life... On and off the course, let's keep golf real!	0.830988	4,616	{ "content-length": "4704", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:AYLYKDGUWUOFEO6UNOMMZBLAYCA4YZWE", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T15:57:46Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:7c1baf86-3769-4bff-9925-858a1592e483>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:1d0c37a5-f410-47de-a27c-dce2f36f291b>", "warc-target-uri": "https://golferparadise.shop/ja/blogs/news/reed-upset-with-question-from-skysports-commentator", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 830.537, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8309883 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "header", "footer" ] }
279	Ryan Kent - Bio, Net Worth, Married, Affair, Girlfriend, Rangers, Liverpool, Transfer, Leeds, Career, Contract, Leeds, Debut, Parents, Height, Salary You have to enable javascript to fully function this website. Sports Sports Ryan Kent - Bio, Net Worth, Married, Affair, Girlfriend, Rangers, Liverpool, Transfer, Leeds, Career, Contract, Leeds, Debut, Parents, Height, Salary Gelson \| September 07, 2019 Celebrated Name Male Footballer English Education 5 ft 8 in Weight In Millions Current Club Ryan Kent is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership club Rangers. He made his professional debut in 2015, before spending consecutive loan spells with League One side Coventry City and Championship side Barnsley, winning the club's Young Player of the Season award with the latter. He signed for Scottish Premiership club Rangers permanently in September 2019 after playing for them on loan in the 2018-2019 season. Overall, he is a very talented footballer. Ryan Kent reveals the two people who were key to him sealing £7m Rangers transfer Ryan Kent has credited Michael Beale and Steven Gerrard for his development as a player after sealing a £7million switch to Rangers. Ryan Kent secured a permanent return to Rangers on deadline day, largely thanks to Michael Beale and Steven Gerrard. Kent impressed at Ibrox while on loan from Liverpool last season, scoring six goals and laying on six assists in the Scottish Premiership. Gerrard wanted to bring Kent back for the 2019/20 season but Liverpool quoted a price tag which Rangers chiefs felt was too high. The Ibrox manager did not hide his interest in Kent throughout the summer and embellished the squad with other attacking options as a deal looked unlikely. But Rangers stumped up £7m on deadline day to pin down Kent on a four-year deal. Explaining who was central to his return, Kent cited former Liverpool men Gerrard and first-team coach Beale. “After last season I have evolved even more as a player and I think now if I could add that final end product to my game then it is going to be a good season for me and for the team,” Kent told. Early Life of Ryan Kent Ryan Kent was born on 11th November 1996, in Oldham, England. His nationality is English and he belongs to white ethnicity. The details regarding his parent and sibling are unknown. Talking about his education, he graduated from Liverpool academy. As of 2018, he celebrated his 22nd birthday with his friends and families. Ryan Kent is a very handsome person with an athletic body build. He has a tall height of 5 feet 8 inches or 1.72 m. His balanced body weight and other body measurements have not been revealed yet. He has brown hair and dark brown eyes. Overall, he has got an attractive personality with a healthy body. Career of Ryan Kent At the age of seven, Ryan Kent joined Liverpool and progressed through the Liverpool academy to become a regular member of the U21 squad. He made his first-team debut when he came off the bench in the 2-1 win over Australian A-League side Brisbane Roar and was handed a first-team squad number for the Reds on 17th July 2015. Later, he received a number of offers to take Kent on loan after the player impressed in preseason. He then joined Coventry City in September 2015 on a youth loan deal for four months until 16th January 2016 where he made his professional debut while on a youth loan at Coventry City as a substitute. On 26th July 2016, he was loaned to Barnsley for the season. He was also named Barnsley's Young Player of the season at the club's end of season awards. He then signed a new long term contract with Liverpool and loaned out to Freiburg for the season on the last day of the summer transfer window. On 12th January 2018, he joined Bristol City on loan until the end of the season. Later, it was reported that Bristol City would be fined 300,000 pounds by Liverpool due to his lack of playing time. He then joined Rangers on a season-long loan for the 2018/19 season on 22nd July 2018. He made his debut on 26th July 2018 in the Europa League. He made his SPFL debut on 5th August 2018. On April 7, he won the Young Player of the Year Award for the 2018-19 season for Rangers at the club's end of season awards. He also won the 2018-19 PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year after his performance for Rangers. He was also voted in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year for the 2018-2019 season. He returned to Liverpool for the 2019-20 pre-season. After that, he signed for Rangers permanently on 3rd September 2019, on a four-year contract. Rangers paid Liverpool an initial transfer fee of 6.5 million pounds with further payments potentially due for future performance or Kent being sold. Ryan Kent is not married yet as he is very young to get married. There is also no information regarding his dating history so due to this he is assumed to be single as of today and he is focusing on his career at present. The net worth of this famous footballer is estimated to have between $1 Million to $10 Million as of 2019. His net worth is increasing day by day. He completed his move to Rangers from Liverpool in a deal worth 7.5 million pounds. His exact salary has not been revealed by any source and it is still under review but it will be added soon. #Salary #Footballer #Transfer #Playing Career #Contract #Fee #Leeds Permalink: https://gossipgist.com/ryan-kent * Did you find any mistake? Click here to help us to improve this page. 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286	Congressional Summary:Pakistan Enduring Assistance and Cooperation Enhancement Act (PEACE Act): Authorizes the President to provide assistance for Pakistan to support democratic institutions; economic development; human rights; health care; and public diplomacy. Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. IKE SKELTON (D, MO-4): Pakistan is important to the Middle East and our intentions there. Their cooperation, of course, is so very, very important. This legislation gives economic and democratic development assistance to that country. Rep. HOWARD BERMAN (D, CA-28): We can't allow al Qaeda or any other terrorist group that threatens our national security to operate with impunity in the tribal regions or any other part of Pakistan. Nor can we permit the Pakistani state and its nuclear arsenal to be taken over by the Taliban. To help prevent this nightmare scenario, we need to forge a true strategic partnership with Pakistan and its people, strengthen Pakistan's democrat government, and work to make Pakistan a source of stability in a volatile region. Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN (R, FL-18): This bill focuses on past actions and failures attributed to the Pakistani Government, punishing the new leadership for the sins of its predecessors. While the authors of H.R. 1886 may have sought to empower our Pakistani partners to undertake the formidable task of fighting and winning against violent extremists, it does the opposite. We have gone down this road before. I recall during the Iraq debate, Members sought to prejudge the surge strategy before it could even be implemented. Let us hope that this will not be repeated with respect to Pakistan and Afghanistan. Reference: The PEACE Act; Bill H.R.1886 ; vote number 2009-H333 on Jun 11, 2009 Voted NO on cooperating with India as a nuclear power. Declares that it is US policy to prevent the transfer to India of nuclear equipment, materials, or technology from other participating governments in the Nuclear Suppliers Group or from any other source; and any nuclear power reactor fuel reserve provided to India for use in safeguarded civilian nuclear facilities should be commensurate with reasonable reactor operating requirements. Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. HOWARD BERMAN (D, CA-28): Integrating India into a global nonproliferation regime is a positive step. Before anyone gets too sanctimonious about India's nuclear weapons program, we should acknowledge that the five recognized nuclear weapons states have not done nearly enough to fulfill their commitments under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, including making serious reductions in their own arsenals, nor in the case of the US in ratifying the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. BARBARA LEE (D, CA-9): In withholding my approval, I seek not to penalize the people of India but, rather, to affirm the principle of nuclear nonproliferation. Jettisoning adherence to the international nuclear nonproliferation framework that has served the world so well for more than 30 years, as approval of the agreement before us would do, is just simply unwise. It is also reckless. Approval of this agreement undermines our efforts to dissuade countries like Iran and North Korea from developing nuclear weapons. By approving this agreement, all we are doing is creating incentives for other countries to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Reference: US-India Nuclear Agreement; Bill HR.7081 ; vote number 2008-H662 on Sep 27, 2008 Voted NO on deterring foreign arms transfers to China. To authorize measures to deter arms transfers by foreign countries to the People's Republic of China, A YES vote would grant the President the ability to place sanctions on any individual or country that violates the arms embargo, including: Denial of participation in cooperative research and development Prohibition of ownership and control of any business registered as a manufacturer or exporter of defense articles or services Removal of all licenses relative to dual-use goods or technology Prohibition of participation of any foreign military sales Voted NO on reforming the UN by restricting US funding. To reform the United Nations, by limiting the US contribution to the UN by up to one-half by the year 2007, if the following reforms are not made: Requires the creation of an Independent Oversight Board with the authority to evaluate all operations of the UN Instructs the UN to implement procedures to protect whistle-blowers, individuals who reveal wrongdoings within an organization to the public or to those in positions of authority Obliges the creation of a uniform code of conduct for all UN officials Requires the shifting of the funding mechanisms of certain organizational programs from the regular assessed UN budget to voluntarily funded programs Compels the US President to influence the Secretary General of the UN to waive diplomatic immunity for UN officials under investigation or charged with serious criminal offences Creates a certification of UN cooperation to provide documentary evidence to member states investigating the Oil-for-Food program Voted YES on keeping Cuba travel ban until political prisoners released. Stop enforcing travel restrictions on US citizens to Cuba, only after the president has certified that Cuba has released all political prisoners, and extradited all individuals sought by the US on charges of air piracy, drug trafficking and murder. Bill HR 2590 ; vote number 2001-270 on Jul 25, 2001 Voted NO on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored. Vote to adopt an amendment that would require that the United States be restored to its seat on the UN Human Rights Commission before the payment of $244 million in funds already designated to pay UN back dues. Reference: Amendment sponsored by Hyde, R-IL; Bill HR 1646 ; vote number 2001-107 on May 10, 2001 Voted YES on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction. Vote on an amendment that would transfer $156 million from foreign military financing to the Highly Indebted Poor Countries [HIPC] Trust Fund. The HIPC Trust fund is designed to help debtor countries pay off the money they owe to multilateral agencies such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Reference: Amendment sponsored by Waters, D-CA; Bill HR 4811 ; vote number 2000-397 on Jul 13, 2000 Voted NO on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China. Vote to give permanent Normal Trade Relations [NTR] status to China. Currently, NTR status for China is debated and voted on annually. The measure contains provisions designed to protect the United States from Chinese import surges and the administration would have to report annually on China's compliance with the trade agreement. The bill establishes a commission to monitor human rights, labor standards and religious freedom in China. Reference: Bill sponsored by Archer, R-TX; Bill HR 4444 ; vote number 2000-228 on May 24, 2000 Voted YES on $15.2 billion for foreign operations. Vote on a bill to provide $15.2 billion for foreign operations in FY 2000. Among other provisions, the bill would provide $1.82 billion over three years for implementation of the Wye River peace accord in the Middle East. In addition, the measure would provide $123 million in multilateral debt relief and would contribute $25 million to the United National Population Fund. Reference: Bill sponsored by Callahan, R-AL; Bill HR 3196 ; vote number 1999-572 on Nov 5, 1999 Allow Americans to travel to Cuba. McGovern co-sponsored allowing Americans to travel to Cuba OnTheIssues.org explanation: The US government has forbidden US citizens from traveling to Cuba since the 1960s. Try booking a trip from Mexico City to Havana on travelocity.com (or any travel website) and it says, "Due to a U.S. government travel restriction we are unable to book this reservation." You can, however, purchase that same ticket while in Mexico City, or anywhere else in the world. Sanford's bill attempts to undo this long-standing situation. Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting, directly or indirectly, travel to or from Cuba by US citizens, or any of specified transactions incident to such travel. Declares that this prohibition does not authorize the importation into the US of any goods for personal consumption acquired in Cuba; & The restrictions on the President's authority do not apply in a case in which the US is at war with Cuba. FREEDOM OF TRAVEL FOR U.S. CITIZENS AND LEGAL RESIDENTS: The President shall not regulate or prohibit travel to or from Cuba by US citizens or legal residents. TRANSACTIONS INCIDENT TO TRAVEL: The President shall not regulate any transactions ordinarily incident to travel to or from Cuba, including the importation into Cuba or the US of accompanied baggage; the payment of living expenses; or facilitation of travel to, from, or within Cuba. EXCEPTION: The restrictions on authority contained in section 1 do not apply in a case in which the US is at war with Cuba, armed hostilities between the two countries are in progress, or there is imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of United States travelers. LEGISLATIVE OUTCOME: Referred to the House Committee on the Western Hemisphere; never called for a House vote. Source: Cuba travel bill (H.R.4471) 00-HR4471 on May 16, 2000 Member of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. McGovern is a member of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus The Congressional Human Rights Caucus (CHRC) is a bipartisan group of Members of Congress in the United States House of Representatives that works to raise awareness about and combat human rights abuses throughout the world. The caucus keeps members and their staff informed of opportunities to help through briefings on human rights topics and letter initiatives. Source: Congressional Caucus Web site 01-CHRC0 on Jan 8, 2001 Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine. McGovern co-sponsored the Hunger to Harvest bill: In an effort to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa, urges the President to: set forth five-year and ten-year strategies to achieve a reversal of current levels of hunger and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, including a commitment to contribute an appropriate U.S. share of increased bilateral and multilateral poverty-focused resources for sub-Saharan Africa, with an emphasis on health (including HIV-AIDS prevention and treatment), education, agriculture, private sector and free market development, democratic institutions and the rule of law, micro-finance development, and debt relief; and work with the heads of other donor countries and sub-Saharan African countries and with private and voluntary organizations and other civic organizations to implement such strategies; and calls for Congress to undertake a multi-year commitment to provide the resources to implement those strategies; and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to report on such implementation. Source: House Resolution Sponsorship 01-HCR102 on Apr 4, 2001 Urge China to respect religious freedom. McGovern co-sponsored a Congressional Resolution condemning China: Title: Condemning the Government of the People's Republic of China for its poor human rights record. Summary: Expresses the sense of Congress that: the Government of the People's Republic of China should stop persecution of all religious practitioners and safeguard fundamental human rights; and the U.S. Government should continue to insist that China adhere to such rights. Urges the Chinese Government to release from detention all religious practitioners, Falun Gong members, and prisoners of conscience and end torture and other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment; allow the Chinese people to pursue their personal beliefs; and adhere to the International Covenants on Civil and Political Rights and on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. Source: House Resolution Sponsorship 01-HCR68 on Mar 20, 2001 Double funding for the Peace Corps to $550M. McGovern co-sponsored the Peace Corps funding resolution: Title: Resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Federal funding of the Peace Corps should be doubled to $550,000,000 by 2007, and for other purposes. the President's call to double the number of Peace Corps volunteers as an opportunity to improve understanding between the United States and the world; and the need to double Peace Corps funding by 2007. Source: House Resolution Sponsorship 02-HCR341 on Mar 6, 2002 Seeds of Peace: promote coexistence in regions of conflict. McGovern co-sponsored Seeds of Peace: promote coexistence in regions of conflict A resolution recognizing the 15th anniversary of the founding of Seeds of Peace, an organization promoting understanding, reconciliation, acceptance, coexistence, & peace in the Middle East, South Asia, and other regions of conflict. Whereas Seeds of Peace is a program that brings together young people and educators from regions of conflict to study and learn about coexistence and conflict resolution; Whereas these young people study and learn primarily at an international conflict resolution summer camp operated by Seeds of Peace in Otisfield, Maine, and also through its regional programs such as the facilitation training course in the Middle East, the homestay programs in South Asia, and international regional conferences; Whereas the first international conflict resolution camp welcomed Israeli, Palestinian, Jordanian, and Egyptian youths in the summer of 1993, and has since expanded to involve youths from other regions of conflict; Whereas Seeds of Peace reveals the human face of those whom youth may have been taught to hate, by engaging participants in both guided coexistence sessions and ordinary summer camp activities; Whereas long-term peace between Arabs & Israelis, Indians & Pakistanis, and Afghans & Pakistanis can only be achieved with the emergence of a new generation of leaders who will choose dialogue over violence; Whereas Seeds of Peace is strongly supported by participating governments and many world leaders; and Whereas continued partial Federal funding for Seeds of Peace demonstrates its recognized importance in promoting peaceful resolution of conflicts as a primary goal of US policy: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That Congress reaffirms that youth should be involved in long-term, visionary solutions to violent conflicts. Legislative Outcome: Related bill: H.CON.RES.337; agreed to in Senate, by Unanimous Consent. Source: S.RES.536 08-SR536 on Apr 28, 2008 McGovern co-sponsored condemning Russia for provocative statements to Georgia A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding provocative and dangerous statements made by the Government of the Russian Federation that undermine the territorial integrity of the Republic of Georgia. Whereas, since 1993, the territorial integrity of the Republic of Georgia has been reaffirmed by the international community and 32 UN Security Council resolutions; Whereas the Government of the Republic of Georgia has pursued with good faith the peaceful resolution of territorial conflicts in the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia since the end of hostilities in 1993; Whereas, for several years, the Government of Russia has engaged in an ongoing process of usurping the sovereignty of Georgia in Abkhazia and South Ossetia by awarding subsidies, the right to vote in elections in Russia, and Russian passports to people living in those regions; Whereas the announcement of the Government of the Russian Federation that it will establish 'official ties' with the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and further involve itself in aspects of their government appears to be a thinly veiled attempt at annexation; Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Congress condemns recent decisions made by the Government of the Russian Federation to establish 'official ties' with the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia; Calls upon the Government of the Russian Federation to disavow this policy, which gives the appearance of being motivated by an appetite for annexation; affirms that the restoration of the territorial integrity of the Republic of Georgia is in the interest of all who seek peace and stability in the region. Legislative Outcome: Related bills: H.RES.1166 & S.RES.418; Agreed to by Senate; Passed/agreed to in House, by recorded vote: 390-23 (Roll no. 269). Source: Resolution on South Ossetia (S. RES. 550) 08-SR550 on May 2, 2008 Rated +5 by AAI, indicating pro-Arab pro-Palestine voting record. McGovern scores +5 by AAI on Arab-Israeli issues The Arab American Institute has compiled a Scorecard to catalogue the voting record of the 112th Congress on issues of importance to the Arab American community. For the House, we included 15 items: two bills on the Arab Spring, five bills and one letter on Palestine, two bills on Lebanon, three bills and a letter regarding civil liberties, and two bills on immigration. H.R. 2643 (+): penalizing the Bahraini government for attacking medical personnel H.R. 1006 (-): the Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act H.R. 2457 (-): prohibiting any US government document from referring to "Palestine" H.R. 2829 (-): defunding the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. The bill's 141 co-sponsors receive a (-). 8. (+). Rep. David Price (D-NC) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) issued a letter titled "Support Palestinian Aid and Israel's Security," in which they call upon Congress to continue aid to the Palestinian Authority. H.R. 2215 (*) "to ensure that United States taxpayer dollars are not used to fund terrorist entities in Lebanon H.R. 996 (+): to raise awareness of the use of cluster munitions where civilians are present H.R. 140 (-): the "Birthright Citizenship Act, to eliminate "anchor babies" by changing the 14th Amendment. H. Res. 283 (+): to counter violence and discrimination against Muslim, Arab, Sikh, and South Asian communities H.R. 1842 (+): the DREAM Act to protect undocumented minors pursuing higher education. H.R. 1932 (-): the Keep our Communities Safe Act for greater power to detain undocumented immigrants. Source: AAI website 12-AAI-H on May 2, 2012 Integrate gender into diplomatic and foreign aid processes. McGovern co-sponsored Women, Peace, and Security Act Expresses the sense of Congress that: implementation of the US National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (NAP) is paramount in improving the lives of women around the world and increasing global stability and prosperity; It is US policy to implement NAP; The US Agency for International Development (USAID) should integrate gender into diplomatic and strategic and planning processes; federal agencies shall ensure that the tenets of NAP are incorporated into programs for conflict prevention, humanitarian and disaster response, peacekeeping, and democracy promotion; Federal agencies facilitate partner government efforts to improve women's inclusion in peace and security processes, conflict prevention, peace-building and decision-making institutions in conflict-affected environments. White House Summary of NAP, December 2011:The goal of this National Action Plan is as simple as it is profound: to empower half the world's population as equal partners in preventing conflict and building peace in countries threatened and affected by war, violence, and insecurity. Deadly conflicts can be more effectively avoided, and peace can be best forged and sustained, when women become equal partners. The National Action Plan is guided by the following five principles: the engagement and protection of women as agents of peace and stability building on goals for gender integration, gender equality, and women's empowerment guided by the principle of inclusion, seeking out the views and participation of a wide variety of stakeholders--women and girls, men and boys, and members of marginalized groups coordinate among all relevant departments and agencies of the US government, integrated into relevant United States foreign policy initiatives, and enhanced by engagement with international partners Condemn China's organ harvesting from Falun Gong prisoners. McGovern signed Resolution on Falun Gong RESOLUTION expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience, in the People's Republic of China, including from large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for their religious beliefs, and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups. Whereas the Department of State Country Report on Human Rights for China for 2011 reported 'instances of organ harvesting, particularly from Falun Gong practitioners and Uighurs'; Whereas the People's Republic of China implemented regulations in 1984 that permitted the harvesting of organs from executed prisoners; Whereas Falun Gong, a spiritual practice involving meditative exercises, with the number of practitioners upwards of 70,000,000; Whereas in July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party launched an intensive, nationwide persecution designed to eradicate the spiritual practice of Falun Gong Resolved, That the House of Representatives-- calls on the Government of the People's Republic of China to immediately end the practice of organ harvesting from all prisoners, and particularly from Falun Gong prisoners of conscience and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups; calls for a full and transparent investigation into organ transplant practices; demands an immediate end to the 14-year persecution of the Falun Gong spiritual practice; recommends that the United States State Department issue a travel warning for US citizens traveling to China for organ transplants informing them that the organ source for their operation may be a prisoner of conscience; and recommends that the US Government publicly condemn organ transplantation abuses in China and ban the entry of those who have participated in illegal removal of human tissues and organs. Source: H.Res.281 14_HRes281 on Jun 27, 2013 $500M and 3,000 troops to Africa to fight Ebola. McGovern signed Ebola Relief Resolution The current outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia is an international health crisis and is the most widespread outbreak of the disease ever recorded. calls on the international community to immediately provide additional resources to develop the capacity of affected nations to address current and future public health crises; requests that the US work in a coordinated capacity to develop a unified global health security plan to adequately respond to disease outbreaks globally; calls upon the US to work with international health authorities to assist endemic nations in the fielding of medical countermeasures. Reporting pro & con by Washington Times, Sept. 16, 2014: Amid dire warnings from medical professionals and frantic calls from Congress for greater US intervention, Pres. Obama said he'll deploy 3,000 American troops to combat an African Ebola outbreak that he says is "spiraling out of control." The announcement comes as the Ebola death toll officially has reached 2,400, though specialists say underreporting in affected nations means the true numbers likely are much higher. The US effort will be funded by $500 million in overseas contingency funding that the Pentagon wants to redirect to humanitarian missions. Specifically, the mission will include the training of as many as 500 new doctors and health care workers each week; the construction of at least 17 health care facilities in the region; the establishment of a joint command center in Monrovia, Liberia; and the distribution of home health-care kits in affected areas. Others blasted the administration for taking a bite out of the Pentagon budget. "You can't have it both ways. You can't slash our defense budget on one hand, while expecting our military to do it on the other," said Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Source: H.Res.701 14_HRes701 on Jul 31, 2014 Maintain World Bank funding as part of multilateralism. McGovern voted NAY The World Bank Accountability Act Congressional Summary: HR 3326: World Bank Accountability Act: Requires withholding 15% of appropriation if countries borrowing from the World Bank's International Development Association are not implementing the UN Security Council resolution to impose sanctions on North Korea. Withholds an additional 15% if the World Bank approved a loan to a country designated by the US as a state sponsor of terrorism. Statement in support by Rep. French Hill (R-AR-2): The World Bank's extravagant and unaccountable spending practices have been in conflict with the values of Americans for far too long. This bill helps put an end to sending hard-earned American dollars to despots and corrupt regimes. [We should instead] see these funds used how they were truly intended, which is to help lift individuals out of poverty and put them on the pathway to success. Statement in opposition by IssueVoter.org: Opponents say that withholding funds may undercut the credibility and leverage the World Bank has to get reforms enacted and implemented. "America's leadership at the World Bank is 'one of the major tools in our soft power arsenal'". If the U.S. cuts obligations too much, it will cede that power. Statement in opposition by Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA-6) on Medium.comJan 22, 2018: H.R. 3326 is taking a hammer approach to a multilateral organization that provides support for millions of people in the world's most impoverished countries. It is also concerning that this legislation is being considered at a time when the Trump Administration is actively seeking to back away from any and all international organizations. Additionally, the World Bank is already implementing a series of reforms. Legislative outcome: Jan. 17, 2018 House Bill Passed 237-184 (Roll no. 24); bill died in Senate committee. Source: Congressional vote 17-HR3326 on Jul 20, 2017 Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s. McGovern co-sponsored acknowledging the Armenian Genocide of the early 1900s WHEREAS the Armenian Genocide was conceived and carried out by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923, resulting in the deportation of nearly 2,000,000 Armenians, of whom 1,500,000 men, women, and children were killed, and which succeeded in the elimination of more than 2,500-year presence of Armenians in their historic homeland; WHEREAS, on May 24, 1915, the Allied Powers issued the joint statement of England, France, and Russia that explicitly charged, for the first time ever, another government of committing "a crime against humanity"; WHEREAS, despite the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the failure of the domestic and international authorities to punish those responsible for the Armenian Genocide is a reason why similar genocides have recurred and may recur in the future, and that a just resolution will help prevent future genocides: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Senate calls on the President, in the President's annual message commemorating the Armenian Genocide, to accurately characterize the systematic annihilation of 1,500,000 Armenians as genocide and to recall the proud history of US intervention in opposition to the Armenian Genocide. Sen. DURBIN: The definition of "genocide" is "the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group." Scholars agree that what the Armenian people suffered in 1915 to 1917 fits the definition of genocide. To date, 19 countries and 37 US states recognize the Armenian Genocide. Genocide is wrong. It is evil. It is evil whether its victims are Armenians, Sudanese, Rwandan Tutsis, Cambodians or European Jews. Not to acknowledge genocide for what it is denigrates the memory of its victims. Recognition of genocide is part of the healing process. Official recognition will reaffirm our tradition of protecting the vulnerable and inspire us to not stand by and watch as genocide occurs in our time. Source: Armenian Genocide Resolution (S.RES.106/H.RES.106) 2007-SR106 on Mar 14, 2007 Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, as official US policy. McGovern signed Affirmation of US Record on Armenian Genocide The House of Representatives finds the following: The Armenian Genocide was conceived and carried out by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923, resulting in the deportation of nearly 2,000,000 Armenians, of whom 1,500,000 men, women, and children w President Woodrow Wilson concurred and chartered some $116,000,000 from 1915 to 1930 to aid Armenian Genocide survivors, including 132,000 orphans who became foster children of the American people. [Presidential concurrence has been echoed through Presidents Reagan, Clinton, and Bush]. to ensure that U.S. foreign policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the U.S. record relating to the Armenian Genocide and the consequences of the failure to realize a just resolution; and in the President's annual message commemorating the Armenian Genocide to accurately characterize the systematic and deliberate annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians as genocide, and to recall the proud history of U.S. intervention in opposition to the Armenian Genocide. Allow travel between the United States and Cuba. McGovern signed Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents or any of the transactions ordinarily incident to such travel, except in time of war or armed hostilities between the United States and Cuba, or of imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of U.S. travelers. Source: S.428&HR.874 2009-S428 on Feb 12, 2009 McGovern signed bill condemning Iran for persecution of Baha'i A resolution condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of the Baha'i minority in Iran and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights. Whereas since 1982, Congress declared that it deplored the religious persecution by the Government of Iran of the Baha'i community and would hold the Government of Iran responsible for upholding the rights of all Iranian nationals, including members of the Baha'i faith; Whereas in November 2007, the Iranian Ministry of Information in Shiraz jailed three Baha'is for educating underprivileged children and gave them 4-year prison terms, which they are serving; Whereas they were targeted solely on the basis of their religion; Whereas, on January 23, 2008, the US Department of State released a statement urging the Iranian regime to release all individuals held without due process and a fair trial, including the 3 young Baha'is being held; Whereas in March 2008, Iranian intelligence officials arrested and imprisoned seven members of the coordinating group for the Baha'i community in Iran, on charges of 'espionage for Israel, insulting religious sanctities and propaganda against the Islamic Republic';Whereas these seven Baha'i leaders were targeted solely on the basis of their religion; and Whereas the Government of Iran is party to the International Covenants on Human Rights: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate and House of Representatives condemns the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights; calls on the Government of Iran to immediately release the seven leaders and all other prisoners held solely on account of their religion; and calls on the President and Secretary of State, in cooperation with the international community, to immediately condemn Iran's continued violation of human rights. Source: SR71&HR175 2009-SR71 on Feb 13, 2009 McGovern signed Letter to Pres. Obama from 54 members of Congress Dear President Obama, Thank you for your ongoing work to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and for your commitment of $300 million in US aid to rebuild the Gaza Strip. We write to you with great concern about the ongoing crisis in Gaza. The people of Gaza have suffered enormously since the blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt following Hamas coup, and particularly following Operation Cast Lead. We also sympathize deeply with the people of southern Israel who have suffered from abhorrent rocket and mortar attacks. We recognize that the Israeli government has imposed restrictions on Gaza out of a legitimate and keenly felt fear of continued terrorist action by Hamas and other militant groups. This concern must be addressed without resulting in the de facto collective punishment of the Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip. Truly, fulfilling the needs of civilians in Israel and Gaza are mutually reinforcing goals. We ask that you advocate for immediate improvements for Gaza in the following areas: Movement of people, especially students, the ill, aid workers, journalists, and those with family concerns, into and out of Gaza Access to clean water, including water infrastructure materials Access to plentiful and varied food and agricultural materials Access to medicine and health care products and suppliers Access to sanitation supplies, including sanitation infrastructure materials Access to construction materials for repairs and rebuilding Access to fuel Access to spare parts Prompt passage into and out of Gaza for commercial and agricultural goods; and Publication and review of the list of items prohibited to the people of Gaza. Despite ad hoc easing of the blockade, there has been no significant improvement in the quantity and scope of goods allowed into Gaza. Lifting these restrictions will give civilians in Gaza a tangible sense that diplomacy can be an effective tool for bettering their conditions. Source: Letter to Pres. Obama from 54 members of Congress 2010-LT-IP on Jan 27, 2010 McGovern signed Hoyer-Cantor letter to Secy. Clinton from 327 House members We are writing to reaffirm our commitment to the unbreakable bond that exists between our country and the State of Israel and to express to you our deep concern over recent tension. In every important relationship, there will be occasional misunderstandings and conflicts. Our valuable bilateral relationship with Israel needs and deserves constant reinforcement. As the Vice-President said during his recent visit to Israel: "Progress occurs in the Middle East when everyone knows there is simply no space between the U.S. and Israel when it comes to security, none. No space." Steadfast American backing has helped lead to Israeli peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan. And American involvement continues to be critical to the effort to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians. We recognize that, despite the extraordinary closeness between our country and Israel, there will be differences over issues both large and small. Our view is that such differences are best resolved quietly, in trust and confidence, as befits longstanding strategic allies. We hope and expect that, with mutual effort and good faith, the United States and Israel will move beyond this disruption quickly, to the lasting benefit of both nations. Source: Hoyer-Cantor letter to Secy. Clinton from 327 House members 2010-LT-UB on Mar 25, 2010 Ban imports from Xinjiang made by Uyghur forced labor. McGovern sponsored Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (H.R.6256 and S.65): To ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China do not enter the United States market. This bill imposes importation limits on goods produced using forced labor in China, and imposes sanctions related to such forced labor. The bill also expands existing asset- and visa-blocking sanctions related to Xinjiang to cover foreign individuals and entities responsible for serious human rights abuses in connection with forced labor. Al Jazeera news, "Biden signs law banning goods made in China's Xinjiang region," 12/23/21: President Joe Biden signed a new law banning products made in China's Xinjiang region because of China's oppression of its largely Muslim Uighur minority population. The law imposes a near-blanket ban on the import to the US of goods from Xinjiang by requiring suppliers to first prove their products were not made with forced labour. Xinjiang is a large supplier of cotton and solar panels. UN experts have estimated that more than one million people, mainly Uighurs, have been imprisoned in recent years in a vast system of camps in Xinjiang. The US and many rights groups have called it "genocide". China has rejected allegations of abuse in Xinjiang, accusing countries and rights organisations of launching "slanderous attacks" about conditions for Muslim Uighurs in the far western region. An independent UK-based tribunal ruled last week the Chinese government had committed genocide, crimes against humanity and torture of Uighurs and other minorities. The US cited the situation in Xinjiang in a decision earlier this month to launch a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing. Legislative Outcome: Introduced in House and passed by voice vote on 12/14/2021; passed Senate by Unanimous Consent on 12/16/2021; signed by President on 12/23/2021. 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295	Carolina Graduate School Magazine From the Dean Home / Grad Student Work / Researching resistance in pottery poetry Researching resistance in pottery poetry December 6, 2021 Michael J. Bramwell, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of American Studies, is collaborating with museums as they engage in social justice work—an initiative informed by a study of the past. Michael Bramwell (’14 MFA), a Ph.D. candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of American Studies, is unearthing pieces of the past by way of an early 19th-century South Carolina potter’s poetry as he works with museums in the Southeast to re-imagine the museum experience through a lens of social justice and cultural equity. Poetry etched in pottery and an artistic rendering of Michael Bramwell. “I had a long art career before coming back into the academy,” Bramwell said. “The Ph.D. will be sort of icing on a cake that’s already been baked. I’ve always enjoyed the life of the mind, and doctoral study connects nicely with this interest.” Bramwell, born in the South Bronx and raised in Harlem, spent much of 2021 as a guest curator at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), part of the Old Salem Museum and Gardens in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. “Museums are interested in doing social justice work at this inflection moment in cultural history,” Bramwell said. His goal at MESDA is to organize exhibitions that bring Euro-centric art into conversation with art produced by Black and indigenous people of color. “Museums are now interested in re-reading their collections in more inclusive and accurate ways,” Bramwell said. “Now, we’re looking at the voices that have not been at the foreground of collections.” For instance, Bramwell has combed through object records and searched for keywords in order to revisit how objects are catalogued and how exhibits are curated. “It comes down to the language that you use to describe objects and the objects that are important to collect,” Bramwell said. “Language, if I speak about certain objects in certain ways, reflects the value that I place on them.” For example, if museums describe objects in their collection as primitive, then it communicates a certain set of values about the object and about its maker. “It’s really critical to have the right language in place,” he said. A piece of the past As a Ph.D. candidate, Bramwell’s research is focused on American potter David Drake, an enslaved African American who lived in Edgefield, South Carolina. Bramwell spent part of summer 2021 with curators from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and with the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston at a plantation in rural South Carolina, exploring the remnants of pottery left behind at industrial enslavement operations, similar to where Drake was enslaved and produced pottery. “The forests are littered with shards of pottery left behind from ceramic manufacturing operations,” Bramwell said. “These shards are only what’s visible on the surface, two hundred years after the last manufactures left the area.” A pottery fragment attributed to David Drake, the subject of Michael Bramwell’s dissertation in the Department of American Studies. Drake, who lived during the first half of the 19th century, is well known among potters for his work, which famously incorporates lines of rhyming couplets etched onto the pottery. Bramwell’s research focuses on Drake’s couplets as words of resistance during a time in which enslaved people were typically prevented from learning how to read. Historians have focused on Drake’s contributions to the arts as a potter, and Bramwell argues that his often-overlooked couplets function as an act of early social justice work. “The only thing scholars were talking about was how beautiful the pots and poetry were, not mentioning that he was enslaved,” Bramwell said. Bramwell credits his advisor Bernard Herman, the George B. Tindall Professor of Southern Studies, as instrumental in showing him how American studies informs contemporary art practice and museum work. “I thought American studies was limited to history and politics of the Americas, but I was fascinated to learn about its cultural implications for organizing exhibition and museum work,” Bramwell said. “For me, the beauty of American studies is rooted in its interdisciplinarity, which allows wide-ranging scholarship that is also responsive to social and cultural interests.” As a Mellon Humanities for the Public Good Fellow, Bramwell has also collaborated with the Ackland Art Museum on a year-long project to reinterpret its permanent collection. Bramwell will be featured in Southern Cultures Crafted issue in spring 2022. He has also contributed a chapter to a forthcoming book from UNC Press titled The Unfinished Business of Unsettled Things: Art from an African American South. 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299	Iceland's biggest and most widely read tourist publication. Delivers comprehensive content on all of the main topics of discourse in Iceland at each time: in cultural life, politics or general social affairs. A grand, continuously updated database of Iceland's main restaurants, clubs, cafes, shops, museums, tours and tourist attractions as well as a thorough events listing Every happy hour in town in your pocket. iOS ANDROID Download Appening to find out about every single event happening in the greater-Reykjavík area Today. iOS ANDROID This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Read More This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information. Non-necessary Non-necessary Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.	0.826942	2,036	{ "content-length": "2039", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:6N2ZPQSASNHBMXWIKND636EBNVJGGEPL", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T15:54:26Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:6f3b2040-3e22-4fd4-bff2-4d7c4c454676>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:9cf2eee6-a65b-45bc-bfb8-1c293c911c0f>", "warc-target-uri": "https://grapevine.is/tag/doomsquad/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 20.397038, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8269422 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "header" ] }
304	Iran deal draft reportedly includes 4 phases, would take full effect after 165 days – The Daily Churner Sports HomeWorldIran deal draft reportedly includes 4 phases, would take full effect after 165 days Iran deal draft reportedly includes 4 phases, would take full effect after 165 days August 29, 2022 A draft proposal from the final stages of negotiations to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal envisions the Iranians halting all uranium enrichment, but holding on to the material they already have, and a final US return to the pact less than six months after it is signed, Haaretz reported on Sunday. The newspaper published what it said was a draft of the proposal submitted by the European Union to the Iranians last month as a final offer. Iran responded with its own comments and the US later provided its own input after reviewing the Iranian response. The EU has coordinated talks in Vienna on reviving the nuclear deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which has unraveled since the US pulled out in 2018. According to the unsourced report, the EU draft proposed last month included four incremental steps in the halting of Iran’s nuclear activity and in the lifting of Western sanctions on the Islamic Republic, with the fourth and final step taking effect 165 days after the deal is signed. The purpose of the gradual steps is to consolidate trust between the parties, according to the report. Before any deal is signed, the sides will reportedly finalize a deal that will see Western prisoners freed by Tehran in exchange for Iranian assets being unfrozen by Western nations and initial sanctions relief. Get The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories By signing up, you agree to the terms The first step, taking effect on the day of the signing, would see Iran freeze its uranium enrichment, although it will be allowed to hold on to the enriched uranium it will have stockpiled before that date. The sun sets behind the Palais Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, August 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter) The report said the second step would take 30 days and will see the administration of US President Joe Biden bring the deal to Congress for approval. The third step, 60 days after congressional approval, would see Washington notify the UN Security Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about its decision to rejoin the pact. The fourth and final step — after an additional 60 days — would see the US formally return to the deal, with the sides removing more sanctions and halting their violations of the JCPOA, according to the report. An official with knowledge of the negotiations told Reuters last week that under the emerging deal, Iran would not be allowed to possess uranium at 20% and 60% enrichment levels and it would be forced to switch off its advanced centrifuges, preventing it from amassing the material required to build a bomb. A day before it gave its remarks to the EU, Washington said that Iran had agreed to ease key demands that had held up an agreement. According to an anonymous US official, Iran’s draft does not include Tehran’s long-held demand that the US lift the terrorism designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and that the International Atomic Energy Agency close its investigation into unexplained traces of uranium at three undeclared sites. Israel has piled pressure on Western countries to halt talks on reviving the agreement, warning against the consequences of returning to the accord. Mossad chief David Barnea will travel to Washington next week as part of the efforts to shape the deal. A senior Israeli official told reporters Sunday that Israel wants “a minimum amount” of funds to be released to Iran through lifted sanctions, but did not specify if there’s a figure Israel could accept. Lapid last week claimed that the deal would enable $100 billion a year to flow into Iran’s coffers, money that he said could be directed to its terror financing. The push toward finally signing a deal in Vienna also ignited a harsh exchange on Sunday between Prime Minister Yair Lapid and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu. Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (left) has a briefing on the Israel-Gaza conflict with Prime Minister Yair Lapid, August 7, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO) Under Netanyahu, Israel fought the original 2015 agreement in the court of public opinion and in a particularly contentious direct address by Netanyahu to the US Congress, coordinated without White House involvement. Lapid told reporters on Sunday that “we must not get to the situation we were in 2015. To this day, we are paying for the damage caused by Netanyahu’s speech in Congress, following which the US administration ended its dialogue with us and did not allow Israel to make amendments to the agreement.” Netanyahu hit back in a statement proclaiming that “in the past year, Lapid and [Defense Minister Benny] Gantz completely abandoned the public struggle against the Iran nuclear deal.” “For 12 years, we fought this deal with determination and even caused the US to withdraw from it. But in their only year in power, Lapid and Gantz let their guard down and enabled the US and Iran to reach a nuclear deal that endangers our future,” Netanyahu said. He accused Lapid of failing to publicly challenge these efforts in Congress, in the UN or in foreign media, and of only “waking up” too late, after major progress was made in the talks. In response, Lapid stated that “the damage [Netanyahu] caused during his tenure to the two issues most important to Israel — the struggle against Iran’s nuclear program and the relations with the United States — is severe and deep and we are still fixing it.” Lapid said he has summoned Netanyahu for a security briefing on Monday, “so that he will at least have some idea what he’s talking about.” The pair are slated to meet in the afternoon at the Prime Minister’s Office. For most of his tenure as opposition chief, Netanyahu has refused to personally take part in the periodical briefings. Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks about Iran during a joint meeting of the United States Congress in the House chamber at the US Capitol on March 3, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP) The National Unity party, an alliance of parties opposed to Netanyahu led by Gantz, also weighed in, tweeting that “history will judge Netanyahu who pushed for a [US] exit from the deal without creating an alternative.” The party noted that Gantz met last week for the sixth time in the past year with the US national security adviser in order to deal with “Netanyahu’s legacy.” Lapid and former prime minister Naftali Bennett — who is currently abroad on vacation – moved the debate into private channels, attempting to avoid the relationship fallout that occurred between Israel and the Obama administration. The 2015 agreement between Iran and six world powers — Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the US — gave the Islamic Republic sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program. The JCPOA was designed to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon — something the country has denied it is pursuing. After the US withdrew and imposed sanctions on Iran the latter dropped many of its own commitments, ramping up its program and enriching uranium to levels and stockpiles that exceed the JCPOA limits and raising concerns that it is approaching the threshold of producing a nuclear weapon. 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317	Hidden in plain sight, in the wide open expanse that is the Utah desert, lie mysteries best left alone. D elivery truck driver Ben Jones, for the most part, heeds that warning and largely respects the privacy of the desert’s oddball collection of characters on his route near Price, Utah. That is, until he encounters and becomes enamored by the mysterious woman hiding in an abandoned model home. The colorful cast—including a roadside Jesus, a motorcycle-loving hermit, and a pair of brothers lying low the law—are as unique as the setting itself. Each has a past and secrets to keep as they eke out their existence under a hot desert sun, far removed from internet and TV and other modern conveniences of life. Ben typically keeps to himself as much as his customers, but his infatuation with the new woman on his route, Claire, changes everything. Part love story, part suspense-mystery, Ben is drawn to Claire like no one else in his life. Everything about her mystifies and entices him to learn more about her, despite his better judgment. Naturally, her past—an overbearing husband and her role in the theft of a priceless cello—threaten to catch up to her. Before long, Ben is swept up in a dangerous game of hide and seek. Anderson crafts simple yet eloquent prose as he delves into Ben and Claire’s growing relationship and slowly ramps up the suspense as Claire’s husband closes in. A few subtle twists take the novel in a surprising new direction and ups the ante for the misanthropic cast. Somewhere along the way, the story gains some of its intrigue from a terrifying secret at a once famous desert diner, now closed, and the lonely hermit who lives there. The book evokes a powerful sense of place that echoes the loneliness and loss of the main players. Sometimes lyrical, sometimes brutal, Anderson recounts events with color and verve, making this a unique and largely satisfying page-turner. Note: I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review. Posted in Uncategorized \| Tagged Book reviews, Books, Fiction, novels, Reading \| Leave a reply Posted on April 26, 2016 by G Robert Frazier by G. Robert Frazier Detective Doyle Carrick is a magnet for trouble. The hero of Jon McGoran’s latest novel, Dust Up (Forge Books), Carrick is at home with his girlfriend when a complete stranger appears frantically pounding on his front door, only to be shot down in cold blood. Homicide Detective Mike Warren embraces the easy way out by wanting to peg the crime on the victim’s wife, Miriam Hartwell, whom Carrick saw driving away from the scene. Fortunately for readers, the truth is a lot more complicated, as is often the case with Carrick’s adventures. Carrick is urged to back off the investigation and let Warren handle things, but it’s not that simple. Miriam seeks him out again and fills him in on a biotech cover-up of a tainted food program in Haiti. McGoran keeps the action moving at a frantic pace in a series of tautly written chapters that will have you turning the pages long into the night. Read the full review at Killer Nashville. Posted in book reviews \| Tagged authors, Book reviews, Books, Fiction, killer nashville, Mystery, Novel Writing, novels, Reading, Thriller, Writing \| Leave a reply Posted on April 25, 2016 by G Robert Frazier I’ve been a bit remiss in posting reviews to this site, though I’ve been actively posting on other sites. So, let’s catch up on some of my latest book reviews, shall we? Maya Stern was a firsthand witness to her husband’s brutal murder by a pair of thieves, so how is it possible that he would be seen days later, playing with her two-year-old daughter, on footage captured by a nanny cam? Finding the answer, and perhaps even her husband, propels the riveting narrative of Harlan Coben’s new thriller, Fool Me Once (Dutton, $28). When the picture card inside the nanny cam goes missing, Maya has no evidence to back up what she saw, and anyone she tells is more than reluctant to believe her. But Maya, a former Army captain with plenty of command experience, isn’t one to just let things go. She naturally takes it upon herself to get to the truth, following a trail of clues past and present, uncovering new twists in the puzzle along the way. Fool Me Once is the first of Coben’s 25 novels to be told entirely from the perspective of a female protagonist, resulting in a new experience for longtime fans and an excellent jumping-on point for new readers. Read the full review at Bookpage.com You won’t want to close the book on this one. The new thriller by Michael Robotham, Close Your Eyes (Mulholland, $26), is reason to stay up late. Clinical psychologist Joseph O’Laughlin is reluctant to once again take on the role of detective—after seven previous adventures, he thought he’d given it up to live out a peaceful retirement—but when a former student, Milo Coleman, calling himself “the Mindhunter,” begins to jeopardize the police investigation, he can no longer stand by idly. With his reputation in danger, Joe sets out to smooth over the ruffled feathers of the police and to calm a groundswell of public anger over the brutal unsolved murders of a mother and her teenage daughter. The mystery and suspense is reason enough to keep reading, but Robotham ups the ante with a rousing family drama that adds an emotional complication to his lead’s life. Read the full review at Bookpage.com Words can hurt, and in the case of Owen Laukkanen’s compelling, thought-provoking new thriller, The Watcher in the Wall (Putnam, $26.95), they can be enough to kill. Laukkenen’s recurring FBI agents Kirk Stevens and Carla Windermere pursue an Internet troll who encourages fragile teenagers to commit suicide, while recording their final moments via webcam for a black market on the dark web. The case takes on a deeper meaning for Windermere, who continues to berate herself over a past mistake in which she stood by as a fellow classmate was bullied in school to the point she one day never came back. Catching the predator in this case serves as a chance, however slight, for redemption. Laukkenen’s fast-paced prose and short chapters pull readers along on a cross-country pursuit to identify the predator behind the online suicide forum and stop him before he can rack up more victims. Interestingly, in the acknowledgements, Laukkanen admits he also dealt with depression and suicidal thoughts as a teenager, making the book even more deeply personal. Read the full review at Bookpage.com If it weren’t for the unexpected death of her twin sister, Ginger, Danny Cleary—the heroine of Barbra Leslie’s new novel Cracked (Titan Books)—might still be holed up in her apartment mindlessly wasting away on crack cocaine. Sadly, her sister’s death is just the shot in the arm Danny needs to kick the habit—at least for a chapter or two—and seek vengeance on the person who killed her. Leslie has created an anti-hero to root for in the vein of Walt White from Breaking Bad: a tormented, down-on-herself woman who would much rather seek solace from the fumes of her crack pipe than deal with people face-to-face, or with life in general. But when her sister’s own twin sons are kidnapped as well, Cleary abandons the relatively safe confines of her half-life to embark on a trippy, vigilante-styled quest for vengeance that takes her from the streets of LA to Toronto to a family cabin in the Maine wilderness. Leslie piles on enough twists and turns and action-packed shoot-‘em-ups to keep readers turning pages late into the night. Posted in book reviews \| Tagged authors, Books, Fiction, killer nashville, Mystery, novels, Reading, Thriller \| Leave a reply Around the Web UPDATE: TN governor vetoes plan to make Bible official state book Posted on April 13, 2016 by G Robert Frazier From time to time, I like to share and/or comment on interesting stories about writing and reading that I come across on the web. Here’s a few such stories to chew on: UPDATED: Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has vetoed legislation that would have made the Bible the official state book. Had the measure been approved, Tennessee would have been the only state in the country to name the Bible as an official symbol. Critics argued the proposal is unconstitutional, since the Constitution calls for a separation of church and state. The Tennessee chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union says it is “a thinly veiled effort to promote one religion over other religions” and urged Haslam to veto it. But proponents cited the “historical and cultural significance” and noted the importance of Bible publishing to Nashville and the book’s use as a genealogical record. Harper Collins Christian Publishing is headquartered in Nashville. The Hollywood Reporter says a long-running feud between John Steinbeck’s heirs and Hollywood has prompted a new court filing. The battle over copyrights may affect Stephen Spielberg’s planned adaptation of Grapes of Wrath. Best-selling author James Patterson has been selected by AASL President Leslie Preddy as the 2016 Crystal Apple recipient. The honor is awarded to an individual or group that has made a significant impact on school library programs and students. A staunch school library advocate, Patterson has dedicated both time and funds to promote the ways school libraries transform a child’s educational career. Patterson is launching a new line of short novels that he hopes to sell at supermarket checkout lanes. There’s a growing trend for shorter works, thanks to the attention-starved world we live in now. I’m actually not against the notion. Some of today’s bestsellers that number in the 500- to 600-page range or more are just grossly overwritten. DBW features a great interview with author Hugh Howey on the state of publishing and the advantages of self-publishing over traditional publishing. While many people still look at traditional publishing as the means to legitimacy, authors like Hugh Howey are proving that self-publishing today is making huge inroads in that regard. More control over your works, the ability to publish quicker and the lure of bigger royalties over traditional publishing are certainly factors to consider. But regardless of which route writers choose, there better be a damn fine book to read in the end. That’s how writers will ultimately make a name for themselves. Read any good articles lately? Share a link in the comments section. Posted in authors, commentary, Fiction, Internet, Literature, Novels, opinion, publishing, Reading, writers, Writing, writing advice \| Tagged authors, Books, Hugh Howey, James Patterson, novels, publishing, Reading, self-publishing, Writing \| Leave a reply Around the Web: MFA offers bragging rights, but will never replace my ‘MBS’ Posted on March 16, 2016 by G Robert Frazier Every once in a while I like to share some links to interesting articles about reading and writing I’ve stumbled across on the “interwebs.” I haven’t posted any in a while, so let’s catch up a bit with this offering: The Atlantic recently weighed in on the debate over the value of obtaining an MFA in Creative Writing. It seems the biggest advantage to having an MFA is simple bragging rights on your resume. People see that MFA and think, well, that person must know how to write… or, he has an MFA, so he can teach others. I don’t have one and I don’t believe at this point in my life I’ll be spending the time or money to get one. I’ll just stick with my MBS: Master of Bull-Shittery, thank you very much. Do you keep a reading journal? Writer’s Relief extolls the benefits of analyzing what you’ve read and how it can help improve your own writing. I publish book reviews on several sites, including this one, and keeping a journal is part of my routine. Sometimes it just helps to keep track of all the characters and storylines, since I know I will be referring to them in my book reviews. If you struggle with writing authentic dialogue, you’re in luck. BookBaby recently offered a series of free instructional videos on how to strengthen speech in your stories and books. It’s a bit elementary, but also good reinforcement for anyone in the writing biz. The old journalist in me found these articles interesting: What Happens to Older Journalists and How Facebook Swallowed Journalism. The Charlotte Observor held a wake of sorts recently as it bid farewell to its old digs in favor of smaller space because of downsizing. The Dallas Morning News says it’s reinventing itself by starting over, but what it’s really doing is the same thing Gannett has already done with all of its newspapers: Buying out or outright firing its long-term, experienced journalists and hiring a bunch of wet-behind-the-ears Millennials who supposedly have more digital-savvy skills but in reality will work a whole lot cheaper than the veterans. Ten or twenty years from now those employees will be out the door for another younger generation of suckers, if the “paper/website/app/whatever you want to call it these days” is still around. If you’re a writer, I’m pretty sure you don’t need any added stress. You’ve got enough to worry about already. This article by Susannah Felts sort of sums it up, doesn’t it? I try not to worry about everything she worries about, but I do worry about her lack of paragraphs in the article. If you need inspiration after that worrisome post from Susannah, you should read this column from writer Skyla Dawn Cameron. And here’s some bad advice from writers you may want to ignore. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the recent loss of author Pat Conroy. I hate to admit that I have never read any of his works, so I welcome your recommendations. Conroy recounts his lessons and passions for writing in this article for The Writer magazine. Seen any good reads lately? Post them in the comments section! Review: The Passenger by Lisa Lutz a study in do-overs Posted on March 2, 2016 by G Robert Frazier Have you ever wanted to just run away and start over as someone else? The main character in Lisa Lutz’s new novel does just that — time and time again. You can read my review now at BookPage. Posted in authors, book reviews, commentary, Fiction, mystery, Novels, Reading, Review, suspense, thrillers, Uncategorized \| Tagged authors, Book reviews, Books, Fiction, Fiction Writing, Mystery, novels, opinion, Reading, Thriller \| Leave a reply Posted on March 1, 2016 by G Robert Frazier by G. Robert Frazier Before you crack open Pegasus Down (Oceanview Publishing), the new novel byPhilip Donlay, you better buckle up: You’re in for a hell of a ride. This action-thriller soars from start to finish with page-a-minute suspense and thrills to keep you riveted to your seat, just like an on-screen summer blockbuster. Donlay drops readers, and one of his main characters, right into the fray in his opening chapter as a CIA-operated Learjet crashes behind enemy lines somewhere in Eastern Europe. On board are Special Agent Lauren McKenna, code name “Pegasus”, and a recently liberated American scientist who possesses technological plans for a new stealth jet capable of delivering a nuclear device. McKenna manages to swim free of the wreckage, and must immediately go on the run from foreign forces and a terrorist group that will stop at nothing to obtain the technology. Read my full review at Killer Nashvillle. Posted in book reviews, Fiction, killer nashville, Literature, mystery, Novels, opinion, Reading, Review, thrillers \| Tagged authors, Book reviews, Books, Fiction, Fiction Writing, killer nashville, Novel Writing, novels, opinion, Reading, Thriller \| 2 Replies Posted on February 27, 2016 by G Robert Frazier So, Anyway . . . I read this autobiography by Monty Python alum John Cleese, and I laughed. But certainly not as much or as hard as I hoped I might. To be honest, the book is a bit dull at times. It’s not that Cleese’s life isn’t interesting. It is. I mean, the guy is wildly entertaining in his numerous classic sketches and standup routines on Python, and he’s starred in a few modestly funny movies. He can tell a pretty darn funny story. Translating that humor from the small screen to the written page – or pages in the case of his book, aptly titled So, Anyway . . . (Three Rivers Press, $16) – is another matter. Sure, there are funny anecdotes here and there. And there are references to the brilliantly hilarious Python sketches he is renowned for. But they are few and far between. I suppose that’s to be expected in an autobiography, where a lifetime of experiences are recounted to provide insight into who this man becomes. It is always interesting to learn more about the people who entertain us, but sometimes all we really need are the juicy bits. Cleese instead regales us with his life story in a somewhat dry chronological blow-by-blow account that never really gets to the good bits fast enough. In fact, by page 255 of the nearly 376-page tome he still had not joined Python’s Flying Circus or recounted those experiences. This is one autobiography where, for the sake of the reader, a little nonlinear storytelling would have gone a long way to increasing the readability, and laughability, of the book. I expected more from the man whose comedic genius gave us not only the popular TV series but films like Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian and the sitcom Fawlty Towers. I guess I’ll just take my complaint over to the Complaints Department. Note: I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review. Around the Web: A roundup of articles on reading and writing Posted on February 26, 2016 by G Robert Frazier by G. Robert Frazier As you know, I occasionally like to list a roundup of interesting articles about reading and writing. I’ve been meaning to add a new list for a while but have been busy writing, so the list just kept getting bigger and bigger. Herewith, then, is my latest collection for your reading enjoyment. Feel free to comment about any of the items that strike you or post links to articles you’ve come across. President Obama will nominate Carla D. Hayden to be the Librarian of Congress; Hayden would be both the first African-American and the first woman to hold the position.Speaking of diversity, blogger Jenny Bhatt wrote this interesting article on Speaking of diversity, blogger Jenny Bhatt wrote this interesting article on diversity in publishing. The publishing industry should certainly encourage and promote diverse authors when it can, especially based on the statistics, but what we don’t need is a box on submission forms asking the writer’s color or sexual preference. Let’s let our words speak for us, not the color of our skin. The LA Times Book Prizes will honor U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and novelist James Patterson. Additionally, five finalists were announced in 10 categories. Patterson is currently sponsoring a contest in conjunction with his online master writing course in which he pledges to co-author a book with the winner of the contest. The catch is it costs $90 for the course and your chances of winning are probably as good as winning the next Powerball jackpot. Still, could you imagine what it would mean to have your name on a book alongside Patterson’s? Talk about a career highlight! I am very tempted to give it a shot. It’s only money, right? And, at the very least, you do get the benefit of learning in his writing course. The Horror Writers Association has announced its final ballot for its annual Bram Stoker Awards. I so want to read all of these books. But more importantly, I want to be on this list some day. I’ve got a horror novel in the works that I hope to dust off in the next few months. While we’re talking about genre, which is more important? Literary or genre fiction. Join the debate here. Personally, I’m a genre writer. I like characters that do things, action and mystery. I feel you can explore plenty about the human soul by putting your characters in unusual and moral situations while still being entertained. NPR talks the latest trend in crime thrillers: The ‘Girl’ in the title. Even more interesting are the comments at the bottom of the article, so be sure to read through. I just finished reading a “Gone Girl” type novel called The Passenger, by Lisa Lutz. See my review at BookPage. If you missed it when it was first posted, here’s Christopher Walken reading “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe. The New Yorker recently cited T.S. Eliot as offering this advice on What Makes Great Detective Fiction. Here’s a great way to get to know your characters. Interview them and ask these probing questions that CEOs sometimes ask on new hire interviews. I’ve been saying it all along. There’s just something more to like about an actual print book than a bunch of digital letters flashed on your e-reader. According to a recent study, 92 percent of students agree. Any sci-fi writers reading this? If so, have you ever wondered what it means to be a science fiction writer in the 21st century? That’s what author Charlie Jane Anders asks in this article over on io9.gizmodo.com. Author Jo Nesbo has the perfect writing room. He never uses it. To the sensory cortex in your brain, reading is the same as doing. The words you choose not only have the power to change your readers’ minds. They can also change their brains, according to new neurological research. Publishers Weekly posted a different sort of list recently: 10 books about loneliness. The cool thing being that in examining loneliness, they also serve as an antidote to it. Here’s a take on the ever-raging debate of pantsing versus plotting from The Atlantic. It’s from a 2013 article, but still plenty relevant for writers wrestling over how best to approach their craft. The battle lines have been drawn again against The Huffington Post over its policy of not paying writers for their work. Some interesting reads on the subject (and make sure you read the comments as well to further the debate) at Writer Unboxed, from Chuck Wendig, and Huffington Post UK editor in chief Stephen Hull. For more on writers getting paid for what they do, check out Kristen Lamb’s blog. It’s been a while since I’ve posted one of these roundups, and a week since this happened, but it’s fitting that we pay tribute to Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, and Umberto Eco, author of The Name of the Rose, who both passed away recently. In memoriam, BookBub posted seven timeless quotes from Harper’s book, while Eco left this advice for writers. — Have you come across any interesting reads for writers? Share a link in the comments section. 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It’s in this milieu, right on the fringes of tourist-friendly Hollywood, that we find Schulian’sunforgettable cast of down-and-out characters. They’re not the sort of characters you’d want to associate with, but you can sympathize with their plight. And like any good noir novel, the lives of Schulian’s characters are irrevocably intertwined and destined to come crashing down in a bloody finale. Read the full review at Killer Nashville. Posted in authors, book reviews, Fiction, killer nashville, Literature, mystery, Novels, Reading, Review, suspense, thrillers, writers, Writing \| Tagged authors, Book reviews, Books, Fiction, killer nashville, Mystery, novels, Reading, Thriller, Writing \| Leave a reply ← Older posts After a lengthy detour as a reporter and editor for a daily newspaper telling true stories, now I'm making stuff up as an author and screenwriter. 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320	That’s not a bad idea. Because, after a lot of thought and planning, our “team” thought we should call it the No Parking Podcast. Would you like me to read the description or would you like to try to explain what this podcast is about? Come on, you can do better than that. There must be like…a deep thought. I mean, I know you now pretty well Alex. You don’t make these suggestions lightly. That name, there must be something really deep behind it. So the description we’ve written goes like this. No Parking is a weekly podcast with zero-BS conversations about how technology will or won’t change our daily lives. With a rotating cast of the human beings building the future from transportation, government, science and entertainment. No Parking is Mythbusters meets Anthony Bourdain, hosted by roboticist Bryan Salesky and Cannonball Run racer and author, Alex Roy. Bryan, do you think that’s an accurate description of what this is going to be about? I think so. It sounds pretty good. Only time will tell, Alex. Well, let’s be clear, why are we launching this podcast at all? I think that there’s a lot of information and misinformation out there about AVs (autonomous vehicles) and we kind of want to cut out the BS and get down to the real story of how these things work. Get into some insights about how we build them and the people behind who build these vehicles and why we’re doing it. But is it just really about AVs? No, I mean it’s about also the communities we’re operating in and sort of what their needs and desires are. It’s about transportation. It’s about a broader system that connects these things together. So it sounds like you’re the “Mythbusters” half of this podcast. At times. All right. Well, I’m really thrilled to hear that. This podcast is about debunking myths about technology, wherever and whenever we find it, and telling the truth about how technology is gonna be deployed in the real world. Talking to real people. And no marketers, no press releases, no nonsense. Real language, the truth on the ground street-by-street. That’s what this podcast is about. Why is it called No Parking? The podcast has nothing to do with really no parking science or the difficulties in parking. It has a lot to do with the frustrations behind transportation in cities today. It’s failing us and autonomous vehicles are but just a tool in an entire toolbox of things that need to come together that will fix the state of transportation in cities. And so No Parking is just sort of bringing out to bear the frustration that we all have and what some of the things are we can do about it. That’s interesting, because when I thought about why it’s called No Parking, it occurred to me that every year since the dawn of man people are increasingly urbanized. More people, more talented people, people are being drawn together wherever they live. And as that happens there’s less and less parking. So No Parking is actually a sign of progress. And where we failed is in coming up with solutions to that problem and that AVs are part of that. That’s very deep. Bryan, would you like to tell us a little bit about yourself so the audience knows why you’re hosting this show with me? Sure. I’m CEO of a company called Argo, that builds self-driving cars. That’s amazing. Is there anything else about yourself you’d like to explain? Because there’s a lot of self-driving car companies out there and yet I feel like you’re a unique character in this space. We’ve been doing this for a long time. I’ve worked with some really smart people who have worked together for many, many years, over a decade now. We started out doing this stuff because it was cool and it was a neat idea, but we weren’t quite sure how it was going to be used. That, sort of by its nature, research is that it’s a challenging computer science problem. It was a challenging artificial intelligence problem. We wanted to push the limits and see what was possible. And we’re blessed in that we’ve now found ourselves in a position where I think we have a real opportunity now to use what we’ve been working on for so long to actually completely change the very nature of transportation as we know it. That was an amazing explanation and not at all what I thought you were going to say. I’ll be really simple. I really love driving and I should not be sitting here with you because, in theory, you represent everything I disagree with and I’m opposed to. And yet you’re the only person I trust to develop and deploy self-driving cars anywhere in the world. Because you want me to have one more thing, one more way to get from A to B. And everyone else with the same title as you says the opposite. They don’t want me to be driving or even own a car. It’s true. I love to drive as well. And that freedom, that fundamental choice, get yourself where you want to go however you want to get there? Should not be taken away. Can’t be taken away. It would be detrimental if it was taken away. I don’t care if it’s a scooter or an e-bike, an autonomous vehicle, a bus, a train or your personal car. You should have that choice. You should do what works for you. So what kind of people are we going to have on this show in the future? Well, we’re going to interview folks that are sort of behind the scenes building autonomous technology. We’re gonna interview transportation researchers who have a lot to say about what utopia might look like. What would we do to fundamentally turn it on its head, how we think about transportation in the city and how can we make it better? We’re going to interview really interesting roboticists who have a lot of perspective from over many, many decades of building these types of things. We’re going to talk to people in the communities who are living in and amongst autonomous cars today and who have opinions about it and want to know more. And it should be really fun. I’m going to offer up my email address. If you would like to be a guest on this show, you can hit me up at alex@noparkingpodcast.com. If you want to contact Bryan, don’t. He doesn’t believe in social media. Follow us on www.noparkingpodcast.com. 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324	I think the average person would truly be surprised with some of the e-mails I get on a daily basis. There are some REAL wizards out there!! I have though about making a “stupid e-mails” page for years, but decided it was probably not too PC… well, this first winner is the one that finally pushed me over the edge, and there are plenty more to follow! I was informed by another breeder that I appeared on Rottweiler.net (a “Rottweiler” forum- and I use that term VERY loosely because most of the discussions are not helpful, but are really a bunch of “breeders” that apparently have not yet graduated high school and feel the need to rip everyone elses dog up or talk trash about each other to feel validated) Even though I typically avoid such useless endeavors, after I also had someone on my GR fb post that they also found a post about me on a Rottweiler forum, my curiosity was peaked, so I looked up my “discussion.” Well, long story short, there were some pretty harsh comments made by someone named Gina. I was really not sure what I had done to tick her off (maybe denied her one of my puppies, or possibly she’s just another breeder trying to over-compensate for her own inadequacies?) But at any rate, she replied to a post regarding the best dog food for a puppy to increase weight and she came way out of left field to attack me because the person posting called me a COE (Code of Ethics) breeder. This is what Gina posted: You may want to read up on what makes a COE breeder. This is not, this is a commercial breeder. 5 litters in the last 3 months. Buys dogs with some East European Championships …no working titles on any of the dogs…and only hips and elbows done in Europe. If they are breeding in this country they should have the hips and elbows done and scored, in the US, as well as the heart and eyes(which none have). I’m sure he is a lovely puppy…but with so many litters to care for at the same time it could be that your puppies litter just did not get the care they needed living in a kennel. Try him on a higher calorie food…or feed him a bit more of the Fromm. Try adding some cooked ground beef and or scrambled eggs to his food (start with tiny amounts) My first thoughts (well, this is a family website, so I won’t put what my first thought for her were) but this was my response: Gina, You incorrectly stated that I am NOT a COE breeder and that I had “5 litters in the last 3 months” and was a “commercial breeder” along with some other very harsh statements. I really wish you would have taken the time to educate yourself on myself, my breeding program, or even given me the courtesy of contacting me like an adult before making such hurtful and inaccurate slander. First, I have been breeding for nearly 10 years and have YET to make it through the alphabet (so that is LESS than 26 litters in almost a decade- yes VERY commercial!) I have people who are on my waiting list for a year or more because I WILL NOT breed a bitch back to back simply to satisfy demand. My dogs are my family, and they ALWAYS come first. Second, if you were to even bother reading my PUPPIES page, I post not only my litters, but some of the litters my good friends and breeders in Europe have available IN EUROPE, as a courtesy to my friends. Third, 2 of those litters you were referring to I whelped for a very good friend of mine who is an INTERNATIONAL JUDGE in Europe and was asked to Judge Ecuador’s KLUBSIEGER (judging any country’s KS is the highest honor a judge can be given!) He had bred 2 very special litters before he was invited and did not trust just anyone to whelp them. It was very bad timing for me as I was preparing to move, however, I was extremely honored by the request and knew his dogs were as special to him as mine are to me, and I could not let him down. I gave everything I had to my moms and pups- going days without sleep and staying in the box with mom 24-7 as I ALWAYS DO. Most importantly to the question at hand, the litter you are referring to was my ONLY litter on the ground at the time!! The pup came from a litter of 10, so OF COURSE the average weight of each puppy will be smaller than those from a litter of 5, however, the pups were good size, great bone, excellent head pieces and it was one of my best litters yet! The correct response to the gentleman asking how to make his puppy bigger should have been to NOT! I feed FROMM specifically because it is lower in protein as the pups need a slow steady growth, not rapid growth spurts which can do irreparable damage to a growing puppies joints. A lean, fit puppy is the best way to promote healthy joint growth. WAY too many Americans are obsessed with having the largest, heaviest Rottweiler and they TOTALLY forget about the health or even the correct size (80-90 pounds for a bitch, 110 pounds for a male per FCI recognized ADRK German breed standard!) As far as for your insinuation to my pups being neglected in a kennel, my pups are NEVER raised in a kennel, they are raised in my home with my kids. I love my Rottweilers with all of my heart and soul. I breed for the breed and not for any other reason. If you even bothered to read my website, you would know why I breed and exactly how much my dogs mean to myself and my family, and how my Diesel saved me in more ways than one. This is NOT a commercial operation! No one works for me! It is myself and my kids mostly who take care of my rotties because my husband works 2 full time jobs just to help out with the dog expenses because everything I make with my rotties gets re-invested on traveling for shows, training, or put into the dogs I rescue and rehabilitate (yes, I work with Johnson County, Morgan County and many other local shelters and take in their hardest cases for rehabilitation and rehoming, so yes, so very commercial!) I have spent up to $7,000 to save the life of one puppy before because this is NOT JUST A BUSINESS and every one of my babies is important. There is no button on my website to click and add a puppy to a cart and have it shipped to you- I require an interview and contract with EVERY puppy, youth or adult I sell or adopt. I do not dock tails despite the fact that I could probably sell more if I did, and I stand behind ALL of my dogs with lifetime guarantees. I guarantee the health, temperament, and on show quality pups, I even guarantee the conformation, and I can absolutely guarantee you that I am the only breeder WORLDWIDE that does this! I offer training and lifetime breeder support to anyone who purchases one of my puppies. Yes, I do import from Europe as well as Germany because (and if you ever went to any European shows like I DO you would also know) some GOOD, trustworthy breeders in European countries outside of Germany are breeding dogs that rival anything that Germany is producing!! Just look at my pics for the ADRK KLUBSIEGER in Sudlohn, Germany last year! Talk about some GORGEOUS rotties from all over the world- 2 of which I handled!! As far as no working titles on any of my rotts, check again, most of mine have temperament testing AND working titles (NOT that working titles have anything to do with the health or size of a pup!!!) and as far as no cardio or CERF, again, check your crystal ball. And finally, if you are suggesting that when a dog’s hips and elbows are x-rayed in Germany (the country that not only originated the Rottweiler but also set all the breed standards and MANDATES that their dogs comply with the health, temperament and conformation of the breed before they are even CONSIDERED to be eligible for breeding rather than simply “SUGGESTING” a guideline like AKC) should have the x-rays re-done here in the US by the OFA, a process which is much more subjective and relies not only on a vet correctly performing the x-rays, but also on 2 of the 3 OFA judges agreeing on a rating, then you are implying that the experts in Germany are incompetent or that their standards are not good enough for the US. And having seen the difference in Germany’s standard and what is considered breedable here in the US, I know who I trust more! So, if you are going to throw your opinion around, try basing it, at least a little, on fact. UPDATE: Apparently because of the amount of outlandish slander on their “ethics” section of this “forum” they have been forced to remove it under threat of numerous lawsuits- even from other countries!! Pity really. A forum that people should be able to come to to learn more about this breed, health, nutrition, training, etc. turned into the website version of a Jerry Springer. It is sad to see such hatred, jealousy, bitterness and backstabbing instead of a place where breeders should be able to exchange ideas and knowledge and help each other out with the common goal of improving the breed. Everyone has a critic. Usually the worst ones are those with a guilty conscience! One upset visitor to my website has this to say: (in reference to American vs. German page) To Which I responded: Sorry if I offended you. Actually the dog I showed is an AKC fully registered (with breeding rights) “American Rottweiler” that belongs a good friend of mine and was three years old at the time of the photo (fully mature). If you went on to really read what my website has to say, you would have read that the ONLY true difference in a quality “American Rottweiler” and “German, Canadian, or ‘European'” Rottweiler is country of birth. Reputable, “Code of Ethics Breeders” who truly follow AKC or ADRK regulations governing temperament and confirmation produce beautiful, quality “American” Rottweilers. As I own several “American” born Rottweilers, I obviously have NOTHING against them, only frustration and contempt for those indiscriminate breeders who do not consider the quality of dog before breeding and are more concerned with a quick buck than bettering the breed or the unfair reputation on such magnificent animals they are helping to perpetuate. Hope you have a better day and attempt to fully comprehend what is offending you before you go an a rampage. To which he responded: Madam there is such a thing as a American Rottweiler and a German Rottweiler. I have gone as far as to show your website to some fellow rotti owners. They all came to the same conclusion. You showed a poor example of the flawless American Rottweiler. As a matter of fact the animal you showed is a MUTT!! Not a American Rotti. Again from me: OK , I understand your passion for the breed as I have that passion as well. But I never state on that page whether either dog is American, German, Canadian, etc. I simply put a picture of 2 very different rotties to illustrate how indiscriminate breeding cheapens the breed. By assuming so quickly that the dog on the left is American, you must have had just as much experience with poor quality American born Rottweilers as the rest of us. Again, if you read the page, I CLEARLY state that a good breeder using “Code of Ethics” breeding produces beautiful “American” born Rottweilers. A proper American Rottweiler by AKC standards is still a magnificent Rottweiler. The main problem here in the US is that too many “back-yard” breeders do not care about AKC standards when reproducing, and AKC does not physically inspect each dog and bitch to insure that it conforms to standards both physically and temperamentally before it is bred. This puts all the responsibility on the breeder, and many just abuse that resulting in poor quality dogs. Again, “American” Rottweiler or “German” Rottweiler, etc only tells you where the dog was BORN. Also CLEARLY stated (first sentence on that page) on my web site. Now if you believe there are FACTS that are incorrect on my web page, I would be happy to discuss those with you. Thank you though for showing my website! His response: American standard basher go to germany since you love there standards. SIDEBAR: Okay, first of all, are you 4 years old and on the playground? Will “I know you are and what am I?” be your next response? Anyway, I will go back to Germany and bring back some more fine dogs. Also, my five-year-old notes that Germany is a Proper name and should be capitalized and that “there” should be spelled “their.” Typically this area is reserved for e-mails, but I had phone conversation recently with a local “breeder” that I had to share it: (From me) “So your dogs are German Rottweilers? Are the parents imported?” (From ‘the breeder’) “No.” “How far back on the pedigree for the German Blood?” “The dog does not have to be from Germany to be a German Rottweiler.” (Well, I wonder then, just why do they call them German Rottweilers?) She continues: “The way you tell a German Rottweiler is by the webbing between their toes.” “Um….yeah…” (based on this theory, my neighbor believes she has seen some German Ducks!) “Maybe you can show that to me.” “The parents are not here on the premises. They don’t live here. (what a shocker!) “What about health clearances?” “What do you mean?” “OFA/PENN hip and elbow, heart, eyes…” “We don’t do any of that, but I’ve been breeding for over 10 years…” “And you never contemplated testing for the main genetic diseases that plague Rottweilers?” (because of morons like you!) “What kind of guarantee do you give with your pups?” “Oh, we don’t give a guarantee, but you shouldn’t have a problem with the puppy.” (Now that’s some trustworthy reassurance!) “Wow! and you only want $400 for your pups!? Amazing!” More Stupid E-mails (My 3-year old would reprimand me for using “the S word” as stupid is on the naughty word list in our house, but you’ll see why these people deserve it and then some…) As many of you have had the pleasure of finding out, there are many breeders that should not have an ant farm, let alone raise such a noble dog as the Rottweiler. Just like everyone else with an e-mail address, I receive lots of those annoying chain e-mails. Usually I just delete, but when it comes from another breeder, I will often open it in case it is something of importance. I truly wish I had just deleted this one as it enraged me to the core. For those who don’t know “BSL” or “Breed Specific Legislation” are laws against specific dog breeds (like the Rottweiler). I am obviously against BSL as I believe the individual dog (or usually bad owner) should be punished, and not the entire breed–hence the slogan “Ban the deed, not the Breed.” This particular breeder preached against BSL, which I agree with wholeheartedly. However, what I do not understand is how you could be asking people to be breed tolerant, to not have ignorant presumptions about a particular dog based solely on his origin, but then turn around and propagate racist literature against people based solely on their origin. I guess her dislike of prejudice, hatred and racism extends only to canines. This is the e-mail I received earlier this afternoon and my responses: Bush wants us to cut the amount of gas we use….. The best way to stop using so much gas is to deport 11 million illegal immigrants! That would be 11 million less people using our gas. The price of gas would come down….. Bring our troops home from Iraq to guard the Border…. When they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the border, hand him a canteen, rifle and some ammo and ship him to Iraq … Tell him if he wants to come to America then he must serve a tour in the military…. Give him a soldier’s pay while he’s there and tax him on it….. After his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country….. He will also be registered to be taxed and be a legal patriot….. This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in Iraq and the aliens trying to make a better life for themselves…… If they refuse to serve, ship them to Iraq anyway, without the canteen, If you think this is a good solution to both the problems, forward it to your friends. ……….. I just did………. To which I did not hesitate in responding as follows: Okay, maybe you shouldn’t forward this crap to someone whose husband is from El Salvador, and whose 4 kids are Hispanic. My last name should have been your first CLUE! My husband came here from El Salvador as a kid after he was shot in the abdomen during a civil war in El Salvador. Because he came here illegally, even though he was just a kid, it was a long, hard road to get his citizenship–many years, and thousands of dollars. EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD NOW LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES IS THE PRODUCT OF IMMIGRATION. As a Unites States Army Veteran who was stationed at the Pentagon during September 11th and lost several friends, no one has greater appreciation for our troops than I and I resent your implications. For someone who is against “Breed Specific Legislation”, I am surprised to see you propagating such racist and stereotypical literature. Or maybe banning presumptive prejudices should only apply to dogs and not to people?? Perhaps you should take the time to educate yourself a little before mindlessly succumbing to the mass perception. Sure, there are a lot of immigrants who come here and are absolutely useless, but honey, we do not have to look to our illegal immigrants to find poor examples of the human race. And since you so adamantly believe that only those who take up arms for our country should be “allowed” to receive citizenship, when was the last time you picked up a weapon in defense of your loved ones? To which her lame response was: The key word is illegal. It is different, if everyone is here legally its not a problem. I was 21 years old driving 70 mph on the interstate with a child. A black car with 6 other people (overloaded ) was doing 20 mph in the fast lane. A trash truck (big BFI Truck) swirved around my left blind spot to see the little black car that had to many people in it, doing 20 mph! At that point we had a 9 car fatal accident that put me in ICU for a week, and almost died, the lady in front of me went through the windshield and the cars behind me squashed me like a sardine! The child in my car was severly hurt! The reason is 6 illegal immergrants had no license, a stolen car, no passport, or anything that crossed the border illegally, they went to jail but that didn’t fix the 24,000 medical bill not including the other people. I have no problem with anybody here as long a they are legal! SIDEBAR: First of all, if she was going 70mph and the little black car was going 20mph, she would have been miles ahead within seconds–sounds like road rage on her part! Secondly, I’m sure it was their illegal status that made the little black car go slow, not them being lost, or mechanical issues, or even distraction by another car speeding past at 70mph! This is an accident I would love to see the police report for. If she was stuck with the bill, then more than likely she was at fault! Carrying a grudge against your scapegoat doesn’t change anything. At any rate, this was my response: Again, my husband was illegal for 20 years–he was unmarried and had no family–no way to become legal on your own at 12 years old. He worked 2 jobs to support himself and his daughter, while going to High School and became the first member of his family to graduate High School, again while he was illegal. You can not make assumptions and generalizations. If it had been a car full of rednecks, would it have been okay that they were “overloaded” or going slow? Or would you now be campaigning against caucasian? It sounds like it was the truck that caused the accident anyway, and that the car “full of illegals” was simply caught in the middle. But that is not the point, point is just like it’s stupid to ban all rotties because there have been a few bad ones that were a product of society, it is just as ignorant to assume that all illegal immigrants are sub-human–how was it you put it in your e-mail–worthy of being sent to Iraq with no water and unarmed to “solve the problem.” Sounds like something Hitler would say. One liners from some real Wizards that have contacted us: “I have a real Rolex, can I trade it for one of your puppies?” “I see the deposit is $500. Can I get a puppy for $100?” (my reply) “Sure, go to your local animal shelter!” “If I get your pick puppy, but I only want it for a pet, how cheap can I get it?” “Do you have anything available that I can get to guard my used car lot?” (my reply) “I assume you mean adult, because using a child would be ridiculous. Are you wanting an armed guard or unarmed (this can affect the salary range)? And how much are you planning on paying per hour?” Some of you understand my sarcastic sense of humor and are reading this and smiling, others are confused. Not sure which category this chap fell in because he never wrote back! ;-)’ “Is Diesel for sale?” (my reply) “Is your child for sale?” “How much money can I make breeding?” (my reply) “Well, I have sold my pups, youth and imports this year for a grand total of $17,000. If you take from that my expenses: about $800/ mo. on dog and puppy food, treats and toys (about $9,600/ yr.); vet expenses on puppies (about $2000/ litter for prenatal care of the bitch, all puppy check-ups, microchipping, vaccinations, de-worming, flea/tick preventative, heartworm preventative); vet expenses of adults (about $250/ mo.–about $3000/yr.– for Frontline and Inteceptor, about $150/adult for annual vaccinations and check-ups; import and customs fees ($1000-$1500/ import); So, lets see–that’s about negative $2,250, but that does not include the extra expense of a sick puppy or adult, whelping supplies or the whelp box, items for the take home puppy care package, travel and entry fee expenses for the dogs shows, my expenses of new imports for Guardian Rottweilers, nearly $1000 per adult to do all health clearances for breeding, the new couch one of the puppies ate, all the sleepless nights and hard work, and of course all the poop you can scoop! So all in all–I guess that’s probably why my husband works 2 full time jobs and installs carpet on the side!! Hope this was helpful” And of course my favorite (never gets old!) “You expect me to pay HOW MUCH for a dog!?!” “No, I expect you to pay that for a companion, best friend and Guardian. One from carefully selected bloodlines chosen specifically for their temperament, conformation and health. Lifetime breeder support, a companion willing to always have your back, even if you are wrong, never passing judgment, and years worshiping you just for being you with unconditional love and wet slobbery kisses. I have known MANY dogs in my time (all were two legged) and none fit that description. That is the price of a Guardian Rottweiler. You can probably get a “dog” for much cheaper. ” “Hi my name is tori and I have a female 9 month old Rottweiler who is now in heat and is almost ready to breed, and I was wondering if you could give me some information on if you would be willing to breed one of your males with her. Pleas e-mail back as soon as possible” (my reply) “Are you CRAZY? She is a BABY!! Did you want to have up to 14 new born babies to take care of when you were just hitting puberty at about 10-11 years old?? PLEASE, PLEASE take some time to go over my pages on Rottweiler Health and Rottweiler Reproduction. You are running SERIOUS risk to your female if you decide to breed her now! Not to mention the puppies!! Once she does reach sufficient age, you need to get her hips and elbows x-rayed and get her heart checked. Why are you wanting to breed? How do you know she will have anything to contribute to the breed? Has she been shown? Does she have any show results that would suggest that she is even correct enough to consider for breeding? What is her pedigree? How is the health, character and conformation of her bloodline? There is so much to consider before simply adding more pups to the shelters. I would be happy to answer any questions you have and help point you in the correct directions. Again, PLEASE do not make your puppy have puppies.” Here is a beauty that my daughter came across in our local paper “The Indianapolis Star” : “ROTTWEILER AKC Pups of German distant, very lrg., blk & mahogany. Parents on site. Great w/kids, $550. “ The funny part for those that did not catch it was that they probably meant to say “of German descent” but the irony is that the German bloodlines (if any) are probably VERY DISTANT! (not to mention how, if the microchips are $68 per pup, the vaccinations are $35, deworming about $20, tail and dew claws [as I assume they still mutilate their pups for fashion] when done by a vet- about $85, post and prenatal check up for the bitch and pups, about $480 with x-rays and ultrasound, AKC registration $35- so, without any food for mom or the pups, no whelping supplies, puppy toys, a whelping box, bedding, etc.- we are already at over $500 per pup (of course not including any of the genetic testing done for mom and dad to ensure they were breedable and breed worthy, no showing, handling, training or travel, no import fees, and no consideration for the price of both parents) SO, either these people are saints who do not mind to lose 10’s of thousands of dollars per litter, or they are skipping out on almost everything the pup needs, feeding Ol Roy to mom and pups, skipping any vet care, and probably breeding the bitch back to back to back to try and make the $50 per pup they get even after taking all the short cuts worth while.) Over the years, I have had quite a few people that were frustrated because my interview process was too strict or I did not think that a Rottweiler was the best choice for them (or in some cases not even a gold fish!) But this has to be the first person too angry with me over just the THOUGHT of an interview to even have one! I have owned Rott’s as pets for 20 years, and I’m looking for my third one. I lost a 13 year old last fall. I have been looking for a puppy for about a month now, and would like to get a litter or two out of my next Rottweiler. I have read a lot of these contracts over the last month, and I’m disgusted. My animals are my children, and threatening to take my “kids” away is not acceptable! I do realize there are lots of irresponsible people out there, and you are trying to protect your animals and the general public. but I can’t seem to get thru one of these contracts without asking myself “who do these people think they are” Honestly breeders today come off as elitist snobs. The way it looks I’m going to have to get a Rottweiler from the type of people we both don’t like. I really don’t want my money going to support the wrong element if you can appreciate that. just something to think about… what are we normal people supposed to do? pay a huge amount of money to sign away our rites, or deal with the scum bags that fight dogs or breed mutants. Thanks for the venting space! I am really not sure what to make of your e-mail Mr. Pete. I hope I was not included in the list of “these people” and “elitist snobs”???? If so, not sure what you are referring to???? I know there are MANY “breeders” out there (and I use the term loosely!!) that do not know or care anything about their dogs. You simply click on a button and buy a dog. Any good breeder will require a contract because we love our dogs and our puppies. We want to make sure you are not one of those “scum bags that fight dogs or breed mutants.” Not only do I have $20,000-$80,000 invested in every dog I own, show, handle, train and work. Then we spend several thousand on health clearances (hips/ elbows, DNA testing, heart certified, etc.) and the import costs per adult, youth or pup range from $2000-$3500. This does not include the prenatal care for the pregnant bitch, post natal care of her and the pups, premium holistic dog food and raw food (about $3500/month) flea and tick preventative, de-worming, etc. Not to mention the amount of blood, sweat, tears, heart and soul we pour into each breeding and each puppy. We will spend 2 or more years raising, training, showing, screening, temperament testing, loving and caring for each adult before it is even considered for breeding. Then we have all of the pre and post natal care of all the females, and of course 8 weeks of around the clock care into each puppy to include early neurological stimulation, bottle feeding, socializing, playing and training. So when you buy your puppy for the bargain price of $1000-$2000, you are barely covering the expenses associated with that individual puppy and not even touching the expenses of her parents, our time, energy, etc. And really, if you think I am going to put 2-3 years of my life and my family’s life into that puppy for you and then just let any yahoo with money in their pocket walk off with it, then you must really not have any concept at all of what it means to see “my animals as my children.” I also am not sure what the other contracts you have read say, only what mine guarantees. The ONLY reason I would ever take one of my dogs back is if 1) you were unable to care for it and gave it back as all of our puppies have a forever home here. OR 2) if you abused or neglected the dog– and if you love love your pup as you claim then I am sure you would expect nothing less. I am sure you would never send your kid away to school or anywhere else without some assurance that he/she would be loved, treated with respect, and not abused or neglected. So, frankly, I am lost as to what part of my contract offends you?????? I go above and beyond and am the ONLY BREEDER I have ever come across that does not require you to give your puppy/dog back when you are owed a replacement (“If this puppy is being sold as SHOW QUALITY and it develops a genetic fault which DISQUALIFIES it from the show ring, a free pup of equal value will be provided from the next available litter AND Buyer will be able to retain possession of original puppy provided written proof that the puppy was dismissed from the show ring for a genetic fault is given as well as proof from a licensed veterinarian that the dog was spayed/ neutered. We will not take your best friend away from you simply because we failed to fulfill our end of the contract, we just ask that it be spayed or neutered to prevent the genetic flaw from being passed on and amplified in future generations.”) So, again, maybe you can help me in understanding your frustration with me or my contract, as I am totally lost. Those who do not care where their pup goes and are concerned only in what form you will be paying, I am sorry to say, are NOT breeders, they are puppy mills. Best Regards, Thank you for the detailed reply! Your contract was about the tenth I have read this week, and actually one of the best I saw. My apologize for aiming my frustration your way! It’s been a tough search on the net. Between the obvious dog fighters and mills and the scam I nearly fell for earlier this week I’m about done for a while. First I should say I am only considering breeding, mainly because my first Rottweiler was such a great dog it was shame her blood line could not live on. I should also say my second while I loved her was not fit to be breed, according to the specialist she had an eye condition which was hereditary, it looked a lot like cataracts. After reading your description honestly I’m not sure I’m cut out to be a breeder. I would have to do a lot more research first, but I would like to keep my options open. My main problem is the stipulation place on any future breeding, and I agree with it in theory, but if an accident occurs and I end up with a dozen poodleweilers, I’m not going to give up my dog willingly. All of my rott’s have been house dogs. The first 2 lived to be 13 and 14 respectively, I have been told that’s a ripe old age for the breed, and I hope it says something about how they were cared for. I do not and will not own a doghouse or chain. I think the only time my rott’s have slept on the ground is when we were camping, and they probably slept on me instead of the ground. I live on 3 acres in a rural area. I have post up for 80% of the fence and about 10% of the fence installed. I should be finished by the end of summer with the blackberry and locust I have to wade through to put it up. Regardless I don’t leave my dogs unwatched outside. I feed my adult Beneful or the diet version if needed, and I plan to feed the young one Eukanuba. I teach them basic obedience skill’s I learned in 4H a hundred years ago on and off leash. I guess since I have dealt with a half blind 120lb. Rottweiler for 13 years, without serious injury to herself, myself or others I feel qualified, and almost every contract I have read disqualifies me in some way at least if read with my glass half empty outlook. I do understand you have to do a lot of filtering, I just hate the trip through the mesh. Thanks for your time After you have explained yourself a littler better, I have a better idea of where you are coming from Brian, and I hope I can give some insight on reputable breeders so that you may understand better why we are the way we are. This is not a “business”, it is my passion. I am a normal, reasonable, and at least a little intelligent human being. I have never and would never take a well loved, well cared for dog away from her owner. To be completely honest if you did have an open, honest communication with me about the “accident” I would do everything in my power to help you, not steel your dog. I am about helping this beloved breed, and helping others experience the pure joy that can only come from owning a great rottie. If you were not able to get that impression about me from my website, then maybe I have not done it as well as I though I had. The point of my breeding clause is to 1) prevent stupid people that think a bitch in her first heat cycle is anymore ready to breed than a 11 year old child who gets her period and 2) to promote responsible breeding through carefully planned mates and correct health, conformation and character screens. What I certainly want to avoid are those idiots that think a mutt is a designer dog- if it is a chihuahua and a poodle mix, lets call a spade a spade- it a a mutt! Nothing designer bout that I hope when you are ready to consider purchasing a Rottweiler that you will go with a reputable breeder and that you will realize the benefits to you and the breed in doing so. I can say with 100% certainty that BYB’s (back yard breeders) who are selling the cheap knock-offs are cutting every possible corner and it is the dogs that suffer. There is no way you can spend $400-ish per pup just on deworming, vet visits, microchipping and vaccinations and still sell the pups for $300-$400, even if you are feeding Ol Roy and have never spent a penny on training or showing the mom and dad, you still could not sell that cheap unless you were skipping everything with the pups, providing the bare minimum and breeding dogs that you also bought from someone else’s back yard for $300. If you do decide that buying a Rottweiler from a breeder is not for you, I hope you will go to your local animal shelter and provide a home to a well deserving pup, youth or adult, and I pray that you will stay away from pet stores, puppy mills and BYB’s. Regards, Sorry for the double reply’s my machine is being a little whacky… I am not opposed to spending 1000-1500 on a dog. I have had to deal with a poorly breed Rott., I shutter to think what your home owners insurance cost! Your web site is well done in my opinion too. That’s why I was disappointed when I hit your contract I want a reputable breeder, not a grilling. The question is would you sell me a dog? I don’t have that much today, but in a few weeks I can put it together. If you are wanting something that you would have the potential for breeding, our show quality pups start at $2000. We will not give away breeding rights to a female that is already lacking in breed type, I am sure you can appreciate that. Unfortunately, you will not get a reputable breeder without the grilling. These are MY CHILDREN. As I said before, if you have kids, I am sure you would not just hand them over to some random stranger on the street even to watch for 5 minutes, let alone to go and live. If you are going to be considered for adopting one of our puppies, you must understand this. I would love to consider you for one of our puppies, but if you are not comfortable with our interview and contract policy, as I said before, going through a reputable breeder might not be what you are looking for. after 2 hrs worth of correspondence you still want to interview me…??? absurd, really My knee jerk reaction was to send you long list of personal stats, but I don’t think that would be productive. Frankly I hate people, that’s why I keep dogs, they are trust worthy. It’s shame I have not even been able to start looking a blood lines or qualifications. There is not much since in doing the research if the breeder isn’t willing. I would also like to add you are selling breeding rights not giving them away, and yes I do appreciate that position. It’s the tone/pretense that turns me off. Does AKC or some other group have a “pre-qualification” program or something? Should I just write a doggy owner resume? May be my vet will write me a letter of recommendation. Thanks again for the feed back I have tried with much difficulty to avoid any knee jerk reactions as well Brian, but quite frankly, despite all the patience in explaining the methods behind ensuring the safety and welfare of our most beloved puppies, you seem determined to avoid any actual contact with me or any other breeder. You claim that your dogs are like your kids, however, either you have an ENTIRELY different idea of “parenting” than I do by being willing to let your children wonder of with anyone willy-nilly, OR you are hoping to find a breeder that has great bloodlines but absolutely no love, affection or concern over the welfare of their pups once they are “paid for”. Selling breeding rights?? Sorry Brian, but it appears your reading comprehension skills are not much better than your communication skills. The price of the puppy is based on the QUALITY OF THE PUPPY, NOT whether or not you want to breed. I will NOT take a PET QUALITY puppy that is lacking in breed type, possess physical or character faults/flaws and SHOULD NOT BE BRED and allow you breeding rights as long as you pay more. I know many “breeders” have males one set price females another set price and add another $500 to each puppy if you want breeding rights. I can GUARANTEE you that UNLESS THEY ARE CLONING- there is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY every single pup in that litter should be bred, and to just give breeding rights to the highest bidder with no regard on how that will impact the breed or the bloodlines is the EXACT REASON “America Rottweilers” not only LOOK the way they do, but have all the health and character issues they do!!! You DO NOT have to breed or show a show quality puppy, and we have had MANY that were spayed or neutered because the family simply wanted a wonderful family pet; HOWEVER, you CANNOT take a FLAWED puppy just because it is cheaper and go ahead and breed it (which I am CERTAIN is your PLAN! So, to answer your earlier questions- NOT A SNOWBALL’S CHANCE IN HELL I WOULD EVER SELL YOU ONE OF MY PUPPIES!!) As far as a letter of recommendation from your vet- yes, we do get those often and they do certainly help us feel better about the homes our puppies will be going to-however, it will not help you here as my mind is already made up. And lastly- AKC could care less if the bitch that is bred is old enough to breed, let alone has necessary health clearances, is conformationally correct, or is even a purebred dog for that matter. So not only would they care less about any “pre-qualifications” but I would give ABSOLUTELY NO REGARD to any suggestions they made on potential owners for MY PUPPIES. Good day and good luck, Conversation copy/pasted from facebook. A mutual friend posted a short, shocking video shot at a puppy mill. He then implored people to not buy from Puppy Mills or pet stores like Uncle Bills. His friend was very quick to defend Uncle Bills. Although I am very happy for her that her experiences with them were positive, please do not be fooled. NO REPUTABLE BREEDER WOULD EVER SELL TO A PET STORE, PERIOD! Sorry to disagree but NO REPUTABLE BREEDER would EVER sell a puppy to a pet store! We want to know EXACTLY where our babies go AND I would never EVER consent to one of my babies being left in a plexiglass box all bloody day and night without anyone to play with and snuggle with. UNCLE BILLS= PUPPY MILLS Just because they use the same breeders over and over bc that particular breeder is giving them a good deal DOES NOT MEAN they are not puppy mills!!!!! What are the qualifications the “breeders” they use have for breeding??? Do they show or compete with their dogs?? If not, how can they prove conformation or character?? Are health clearances done? (different for each breed) And what can the well educated workers at Uncle Bills tell me about the pedigree’s, parents, history, faults, characters, etc. in the bloodlines they are selling??? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Just because they are nice, well intentioned people does NOT mean they are not buying puppies from puppy mills!! A breeder is defined by their involvement with the breed- knowledge inside and out of their breed, bloodlines, etc. and their ability to be there for you and for that puppy from the time it is conceived until the time it goes onto Rainbow Bridge. NOT TO MASS PRODUCE AS MANY PUPPIES AS POSSIBLE AND THEN PASS THEM TO A THIRD PARTY AS SOON AS THEY ARE OLD ENOUGH!!!!!! As Shannon pointed out, if you do not want to go with a reputable breeder, go adopt a deserving dog from a shelter. (Sorry Steve- did not mean to completely hijack your post, off my soapbox now). Alice, I agree. Uncle Bills does go farther (at least, I KNOW the Boston Terriers) They have done their homework. I believe they work on referrals for their other breeds. I know I have been offered to talk straight from the dam and sire – owners. I believe in them and have fill many years with great years with my oldest being 14 years old from Uncle Bills . I have a personal relationship with uncle Bills and it is a great on. No I do not work there nor have I ever been involved professionally. I am a consumer. I got all of that knowledge, advice, names and places of breed. They are not afraid to offer any information. My female who is 8 years old had a small problem but was not a heredity problem. The helped me pay for my baby to be helped. She has trived and smart as a whip. My cat I have is the moist domesticated cat I have ever had. I did not go into Uncle Bills even wanting to get a cat. I had to put my kitty down about 2 weeks earlier. This cat grabbed me from her cage and hung on until I got her home. I never had a bad experience with them and Puppy Mill? I do not believe they (at least Boston Terrierr) are puppy mills. I know what to look for in this breed and they have given me quality family members. Laura, if the Boston Terrier breeders are indeed reputable, then they should have proof that all breed suitability testing was done on the parents, grandparents, greatgrandparents, etc., correct? That any genetic health issues were screened against (I do not know enough about the breed myself to tell you what all issues should have been screened against, but EVERY breed has inheritable genetic problems- with that breed, due to the brachiocephalic nature, I would presume respiratory issues at a minimum) There should also be proof that the competed with the breed to prove the parents worthiness to breed- at a bare minimum, conformation shows where an unbiased judge can tell them that the dog does or does not conform to the breed standard and should or should not be bred. They should also have extensive bloodline knowledge and should be able to tell you exactly what faults to be aware of in that particular line? Of course I could go on, but I already know all the answers to these questions based on the very fact that they gave their puppies to not only a pet store, but the very chain of pet stores that has been in the media so horrendously. NO REPUTABLE BREEDER would EVER give their puppies to a broker, pet store, or any third party mediator any more than a parent would send their child to sit in a 2 foot by 2 foot plexi-glass cell day in and day out. Have you even seen how the puppies are kept in Uncle Bills and like stores?? On display like a fish??? From what you know of your beloved puppies, do you really think they would ask for that life if even for a day, let alone weeks at a time?? If the Boston Terrier “breeder” is producing mass puppies for a chain retailer, they are a PUPPY MILL, PERIOD! They might be a cleaner, nicer puppy mill, but none-the-less a puppy producing factory If they were a breeder, they would have a specific purpose behind each and every breeding- i.e. to improve toplines, to improve front assembly, etc. and the puppies that fell short of their expectations, they would seek loving forever homes for. I am over-joyed for you that you ended up with such great pet- you are one of the lucky ones, that I can absolutely guarantee and send you PAGES AND PAGES of links, photos, vet records, etc. to back up what I am saying. I also have some rescue pets that came directly from shelters and they have been healthy, social and very much treasured family pets. THIS FACT does not mean that every poor pet crammed into an over crowded shelter (made so by PUPPY MILLS) will be healthy both physically and mentally, that is unfortunately the very nature of a shelter. But AT A MINIMUM, a shelter TRIES to fix the problem as best as they can and DOES NOT ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE to the problem!! The puppies that Uncle Bills sell that do not go to good homes and end up back on the street or dropped of in a shelter, does Uncle Bills assume responsibility for them? The breeder clearly does not as he/she does not even know what happens to their beloved puppies once they have been boxed up and shipped off I am thinking this guy does not like my website. Pity he/she could not have found a more constructive way to let me know that… not sure why it is so difficult for people to talk to one another with at least a monochrome of respect :/ (I censored the potty words before posting, but he/she did NOT censor them before sending the email!) what a dark gloomy page. I know you think it is cool but it isn’t. Real hard to read. Get rid of the evil dark and get a light white or light blue background and leave your witch dark s** behind Man has genetically changed canine for centuries, if an indoor companion you can’t do any better. with a tail tho? (my daughter’s response) Man, although supposedly the evolved species, still feels the need to mutilate and manipulate even a soul as loyal and devoted as a Rottweiler. As a companion, the Rottweiler could do much better than humans!! But grammar though? (Visited 547 times, 1 visits today) Comments are closed. PUPPIES! 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325	It has been quite some time since most of us have participated in mass start bicycle events. Fortunately for a group of our club members, they didn’t have to go far to try it out again. Waterloo Cycling Club put on a stellar cyclocross event this past weekend and the weather cooperated nicely. The KWCX wrapped up Sunday afternoon with a good contingent of SRCC racers having tested themselves and their bikes against a classic cyclocross course and some hearty challengers from across the province. On a scale of zero to ten, the day’s temperatures progressed… in that order. The morning began under thick fog with frost on the ground as the Men’s M3 category hit the course (on occasion and unintentionally) to beat the grass into a slippery ribbon the rest of the day’s racers would follow. First up, under frosty conditions, Lorenz Calcagno started back of the grid in M3 (masters – read olde) Men’s race to finish middle of the pack and third in his aged category. Pedal harder next time buddy! By half past noon, the track was fully exposed to blue sky and sunshine when SRCC rider Erik Holbik took to the course placing 23rd in a competitive field of young men. Track conditions turned muddier as his race progressed, making for some increasingly challenging sections. Sand in the drivetrain was problematic all ‘round. I hope he has a good connection for parts! Next up was the women’s race where SRCC was well represented with five competitors, two of them brand new to the club this year. In a stunning accomplishment, natural talent Sarah Baert topped the Women’s E3 podium winning her first cyclocross ever… EVER – unheard of! New member Riley Claire Sato found her rev limiter at the end of the race and placed eighth on a hybrid bike, whoa!! She was directly followed by another new member, Maxine Oleka, who finished well on file treads putting her awesome bike handling skills to the test in the mucky conditions (talk to your local bike shop owners for a tire sponsorship Max!). A strong effort in master’s Women B category was delivered by famed and longtime SRCC racer Heather (so many trophies) Lylyk as she took third place in her group. And finally, board member, recent birthday girl and SRCC ride lead coordinator Meg (sand bagger) Thorburn took 14th and won the 67+ age category. I mean seriously. The clouds rolled in for the afternoon and conditions cooled over a well muddied course for the grueling 60 minute Men’s Elite race. Club president James (rainbow jersey) Fedosov put in a solid effort. His hill sprints were something to behold as his massive frame bore down on lesser opponents. James took 11th (7th Elite 1&2 Men) in the highly competitive event… also on file treads(?) (apply same editor’s note for Max here)! And the hard luck trophy goes out to SRCC member, Alex (teflon) Lefebvre (wearing a Peterborough Cycling Club jersey – ptui!) for riding the wheels off his bike in 5th place for most of the race… until he actually rode a tire right off the rim. He ran half the course carrying his unshod bicycle to switch for a spare (recumbent) bike in pit lane. Alex finished a respectable (and fittingly unlucky) 13th (8th Elite 1&2 Men) at the end of the race. But in a surprising turn of events, he did top the podium in the 5K run. In a post-race press conference he stated he will be cutting ties with sponsor ‘Elmer’s Glue’. Kudos to WCC for putting on an excellent event and to all the SRCC members who competed. And a special thanks to other SRCC members, friends and family who came out to cheer on our stalwart competitors. Until next time! Rusty Knutts September 8, 2021 October 1, 2021 Rides, Sunday L&F, Sunday M&M, Uncategorized The SRCC road ride of the year with beer and wood oven pizza to top it off! It’s time to see how your fitness has progressed throughout the season or come along for just another Sunday ride, you decide. Sunday September 26th, 2021 160 KM 100 KM Start and finish is at Fixed Gear Brewing on Alma Street (the original location). Pre-registration is mandatory and available here The rides start and end at Fixed Gear Brewing, with a free beer at the end for participants. Water & soft drinks also available Rain or shine (unless weather warning issued by EC) Free parking, gear storage on site, arrive early to stow some gear Three pace groups: Fast, Moderate and Recreational for both distances Staggered start to finish at a similar time There are rest stops along the way The BIG 100 is open to SRCC Club Members only Post ride food provided by SRCC with more available to purchase Bring cash or card for additional post ride bevies or food Masks are mandatory when passing through the Fixed Gear Brewing building Participants must pre-register Pace group adjustments may occur subject to popularity Don’t forget… winter is long and September is beautiful. Hope to see you there! Your SRCC Board Sunday Aug 30th Meg T August 27, 2020 August 27, 2020 News, Uncategorized There will only be the club event this Sunday – The Big Gravel Ride. There will not be any official SRCC Road Rides. Yoga for cyclists Deanna Solomon September 2, 2018 September 4, 2018 Uncategorized I have been doing a lot of yoga for the past couple of years, practising at home almost every morning. In chatting with a friend of mine, I learned that he has created a series of yoga for cyclist videos with Canadian Cycling Magazine. I say “yoga friend” because I know him originally from going to his studio 14 years ago…he has become a cycling friend too. He is both a wonderful instructor and a crazy strong cyclist. Anyhow, thought I would share this with the club as it is actually one of the better videos I have used, especially since he focuses on our cycling needs: hips, back, quads, hamstrings, and shoulders. Sunday October 8th Combined Ride 11:00am Eric Dutton October 7, 2017 October 7, 2017 Rides, Sunday L&F, Sunday M&M, Uncategorized Happy Thanksgiving weekend. The weather looks nice for this weekend we will be heading up to Belfountain. There is an extra loop for people that want a few extra kms while everyone else has a coffee break in Belfountain. As a treat on the way back we have some fresh tarmac on County road 50 to try out. Library Meetup – Where to Bayden June 9, 2015 June 15, 2015 News, Rides, Uncategorized You may have noticed the surge in riders participating in our regular rides this year. With so many riders now coming out for each ride, the group can easily spill out into the path of library patrons trying to enter and exit the building if we’re not paying attention. So please group up to the right of the entrance, on the sidewalk where there are usually vacant parking spaces as well. Anywhere that’s not blatantly in the way once 50 riders show up, will do. Thanks for your cooperation in reducing the impact we have on our meeting spot hosts. SiteAdmin December 20, 2014 March 28, 2015 News, Uncategorized Looking for a last minute gift idea for that cycling enthusiast in your life? How about a membership in the Speed River Cycling Club? 2015 Club Membership Gift Certificates are available for $32, which covers the Club Dues portion of the membership fee. You will need to login to your CCN account (or create a new one) and make payment. The Gift Certificate will be emailed to you, and can then be printed. The Gift Certificate contains a unique coupon code that can be entered by the recipient to obtain a $32 discount when joining the club. Please note the recipient WILL be required to purchase the mandatory OCA insurance coverage ($39), or have a UCI Race Licence or OCA Citizen Permit, when they join the club.. If you experience any issues during the purchase process, please contact CCN at 1-866-534-2453. Thank you for your support! SiteAdmin December 20, 2014 March 28, 2015 News, Uncategorized We’re happy to announce that the Club’s 2015 online membership system (hosted by CCNBikes) is up and running. 2015 Club Membership Fees are a total of $71, which includes Club Dues ($32) and the mandatory Ontario Cycling Association (OCA) insurance fee ($39)* The registration process is similar to last year. You will need to login to your CCN account (or create a new one), follow the registration process, agree to the waiver, and make payment. A confirmation email will be sent to you. *Please note that during the registration process you will be taken to the OCA Membership Registration page to obtain the mandatory insurance coverage. Select “OCA Affiliate Club Membership” to obtain the $39 insurance coverage. You may also opt to purchase a UCI Racing License or an OCA Citizen Permit, both of which include the mandatory insurance coverage. If you experience any issues during the registration process, please contact CCN at 1-866-534-2453. Thank you for your interest in joining us for the 2015 season! SiteAdmin December 9, 2014 March 28, 2015 News, Uncategorized Just in time for the Holidays, 2014 Club Kit is now on SALE!! All remaining in-stock items are now 50% off ! Whether as a gift for someone else, or for just for yourself, now is the opportunity to take advantage of some terrific savings on some quality cycling wear. To make a purchase go to our Online Shop. Login using your CCN account information. Then simply select the items you wish to purchase, and during the checkout process enter the coupon code BLOWOUT50 to receive the 50% discount. Finally, print your receipt and head over to the Speed River Bicycle shop in downtown Guelph to pick up your items. Short-Sleeve Jerseys, Long-Sleeve Jerseys, Vests, Bib Shorts, and Leg Warmers are still available, although quantities and sizing is limited. Everything sold on a first-come, first-served basis. All sales are final. SiteAdmin November 28, 2014 March 28, 2015 News, Uncategorized Our AGM is scheduled for December 8th at 7pm, at the Guelph Public Library (Main Board Room). The meeting is basically to elect members to the various positions within the board of directors. Positions that are up for nomination are: President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, Communications Director, Sponsorship Director, Ride Coordinator, and Directors at Large. If you would like to nominate an individual before the AGM, please email gabhan@guelphcyclingclub.ca There will also be nominations at the AGM. Nominations must be accepted by the nominee either in writing, prior to the AGM, or in person, at the AGM. If the nominee is not able to attend the AGM, they should send a proxy to represent their interests and witness the election process. All voting will be done by ballot. Hope to see some new faces out there. We'll have an update soon about indoor training beginning in January. SiteAdmin November 18, 2014 March 28, 2015 News, Uncategorized The Milton velodrome opening has been postponed, and we will have to cancel our existing Dec. 13th booking. Please find further details at their website. If you've registered already, they should be contacting you shortly. Further update: It appears that the time slot has been moved to Saturday January 24th (1-3pm), and hopefully anybody who has registered has been automatically re-booked. Tentatively, we'll continue with this date/time. Pix from the SRCC social SiteAdmin November 13, 2014 March 28, 2015 Uncategorized Thanks to everyone who came out to the annual SRCC social at the Albion on Nov. 12. Here are some photos from the event courtesy of club member Jim Wadleigh. SiteAdmin November 12, 2014 March 28, 2015 Uncategorized Wow, great response! We have filled all the spots for the Dec 13 Try-the-Track session. However, if you would still like to Try-the-Track they have opened up a new session on Monday Dec 15 from 5 – 7 pm. You will need to go to the registration website, get a Milton Code (usually takes less than a day) and then register for the Try-the-Track session. Here is the link: We have reserved 12 spots at the Mattamy National Cycling Center in Milton for SRCC members who want to give track riding a try. This is a 2 hour time slot which includes a bike rental, introduction to track riding, and then about an hour of riding on the track. The date is Saturday December 13 from 1-3 pm. You will need your cycling kits, helmets, shoes AND pedals. If you are interested please send an email to nespolo@labware.com to reserve your spot! We expect that the 12 spots will go quickly so dont wait to long. Ages: 19 Yrs. and over Description: This program is geared to: Absolute beginners with no track cycling experience Prerequisite: Must be able to ride a bike Equipment: Bike rental is included in fee; helmet and shoes are available for rent Next program to take: Track Certification A or Intro to Track Cycling Are you an absolute beginner in track cycling and ready to give it a spin? Try it out with this 2-hour session which will get you acquainted with the Mattamy National Cycling Centre, followed by an exhilarating experience on the track! Explore the basic principles of track bikes and track cycling, including safety skills, track cycling etiquette and how to ride the track. Learn the techniques for mounting/dismounting, balance, starting/stopping, rider control and how to get on and off the track. Get ready, get up and ride! Meets: SiteAdmin October 27, 2014 March 28, 2015 Uncategorized The club's annual social event is is set for Wednesday, November 12th at 7 p.m., upstairs at the Albion! Come out and enjoy a selection of free food, a cash bar, and conversation. There will also be club awards, as well as random draw prizes for some great merchandise. There's no cost but we'd like you to RSVP. Send an email to rsvp@guelphcyclingclub.ca if you plan to attend. One of the club's traditions is the dishing out of some hardware. This season, we're asking our members for nominations in five categories â email them to drew@guelphcyclingclub.ca â and then we'll allow club members to vote for the nominees on the club website. We're looking for nominees for: 1) Best male rider 2) Best female rider 3) Most improved rider Submit your nominations by Thursday, October 30. Voting will commence on November 1 and close on Nov. 11th. And just a note: winners must attend social, otherwise we give it to next placed finisher. SiteAdmin October 22, 2014 March 28, 2015 Uncategorized So that's a wrap for SRCC official club rides for 2014! Thanks to all of our members for a great and memorable year. Sunday Ride October 19th – 11:00am SiteAdmin October 18, 2014 March 31, 2015 Sunday L&F, Uncategorized Those braving the cold and wind can join the ride through Eden Mills, Fergus, a stop in Elora, and then a nice tailwind to bring us home! 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335	Pokemon is a fan preferred series, as well as one can not refute that. The series has actually been around considering that the original Gameboy was launched. At this moment, it has actually ended up being a keystone series of all handheld gaming consoles released by Nintendo. No listing of GBA games would certainly be total without Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald games. The collection has actually amassed a massive following. The same complying with that has permitted Nintendo to make a lot of earnings and also launch some of the very best Pokemon video games. The trio of gameboy roms games is based on the same story with the legendary PokГ©mons being various. Fun truth is that in spite of being hugely prominent in Japan, the original Fire Symbol never ever made its method to the United States. That is due to the fact that the video game was taken into consideration too extreme for the American players. To be truthful, the statement is rather real. Despite being an RPG expert, I had a difficult time mastering the Fire Symbol, however I will certainly appreciate just how excellent the video game is. Among the cleverest executions of the RPG style makes it amongst the best RPG games, and one of the most effective GBA video games I am ending the RPG area by taking a look at one of my favorite RPG games I have had the satisfaction to play. Say hello to Golden Sun; one of the most respected roleplaying video games that Nintendo publishes. Although the series evolved to be something epic, the initial remains my preferred to today. Afterall, as a youngster, the collection was the very best thing I ever had. It's just natural that my love for it is still going solid to this very day. TMNT allows the gamers play as the four famous ninja turtles in this game based on the hit 2007 cartoon animation by the exact same name. In the eye of lots of doubters, the movie was a near excellent representation of Ninja Turtles. 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A lot of my childhood years contained seeing Batman attack punks in all manner of ways. Obviously, it just fueled my dream to end up being Batman myself. When I had the opportunity to play Batman: Increase of Transgression Tzu, the dream rather became truth. Certain, the game does not actually turn you right into an actual Batman, yet the fact that it allows you play as the caped crusader is the next best thing there is. Rise of Sin Tzu was a multi-platformer, but this conversation has to do with the GBA variation, the version that I played and liked a lot. Aside from Pokemon, if there is one name that has actually constantly been associated with Nintendo, it is Mario. For people that such as golf in some way, Mario Golf: Advanced Scenic tour takes a shot at playing golf in a less severe, less technological way. Yes, you reach enjoy the golf, however with a spin of Mario in it. While the purists will absolutely have concerns with that, I enjoy the game as a child. Mario Golf: Advanced Excursion likewise includes some roleplaying aspects, so playing golf is not the only thing you will be doing. Starting the checklist is Gunstar Super Heroes, and also in case you believe the name is familiar, you might have played Gunstar Heroes on the Genesis or Huge Drive 2. The Gunstar Super Heroes comes from the very same blazing rapid game. Nevertheless, this time around around, the game is a whole lot much less chaotic, and has actually appropriately fleshed out characters that submerse the player in the video game. Not to forget a memorable soundtrack and also some incredible characters make this a must play action video game. ← Previous Post Next Post → Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Copyright © 2020. 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340	This past weekend the Ridgewood Ford and Cottage Country Building Supplies Atom A team played games two and three of their second round playoff series. Game 1 was an afternoon start in Minden and following a Novice win the Storm Atoms were looking for a similar result. Moments after puck drop the Storm was on fire as a crisp breakout pass up the middle by Toby Posti set up a fast moving rush headed deep into Wolves’ territory. Austin Latanville timed his backhand saucer pass to Josh Scheffee who found an open short side for the first goal of the game. The Storm would go on and trade goals back and forth with the Wolves to make the game interesting. Goals by Parker Simms assisted by Scheffee and Liam Harrison and an unassisted Jace Mills marker had the game tied at three. A fourth Wolves goal happened with a well timed shift change where an elusive forward managed to sneak in behind Storm defence all alone ending the effort as a 4-1 Storm loss. The Family Day weekend series continued in Shelburne on Sunday and the Atoms came to play. An intense forecheck led to yet another chaotic goal by Deagan Davison assisted by Evan Jones who worked hard to make it happen. A second goal by MacLean Rowden lit the lamp as a rebound from an Austin Latanville shot that was too much for the Wolves netminder to handle. On the power play Jace Mills redirected a tight angle shot attempt by Josh Scheffee to make the score 3-1 in the second. The game was tied at three headed into the third period. Josh Scheffee took another shot and missed the net to our benefit as Evan Jones was right at the back door picking up the behind the net bounce and banging it in the net. Chase Winder denied multiple chances including a definitive wrap around attempt that would have had the Storm chasing the lead. Goal number five was all about Caleb Manning’s rush up through the neutral zone on his own ending in the paint as he lifted the puck over a seemingly tamed Wolves goalie breaking the tie. With the net empty both Parker Simms and Jace Mills sailed wrist shots right on target from down the ice. Final score of 7-4. Catch the Atoms in action in Haliburton this upcoming Saturday for a 5:30 p.m. start as they fight to tie up the series. Congratulations to the Highlander and Ed Smolen Family Dentistry Highland Storm Midgets as they move onto the semi-finals by winning the series 3-1 against the Stayner Cyclones. The Midgets travelled to Stayner for Game 4 Feb. 16 and demolished the Cyclones 5-0. The Storm wasted no time and took control of the game from the start. They put the pressure on and kept it on. Early in the first period Smith scored on a power play with help from Dollo. A few minutes later MacNaull chipped in the second goal assisted by Dollo and Smith. The second period was no different the Storm dominated every play. The Cyclones retaliated and the period was filled with penalties. Dollo got the next goal by manoeuvring nicely from deep in the Storm’s end and found the opening. The Storm took advantage of a power play and made it a 4-0 game with seconds left on the clock. Give and go action led to the stick of Dollo and his point shot scored ending the second period. The third period had a busy penalty box as the Cyclones’ frustration grew. Midway through Haedicke finished things off when he picked up the rebound from Clements shot and made it 5-0. Great job to the entire team Sisson was outstanding in net each player did their part and contributed to the victory. On Thursday Feb. 14 the JoAnne Sharpley’s Source for Sports/Haliburton Family Medical Centre Highland Storm Peewee A hosted the Shelburne Wolves in Game 2 of the quarter finals. It was a close 2-1 win for the Storm. Goals were scored by Cooper Coles and Addison St Cyr. The Peewee A team’s next game is on Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. in Shelburne where they hope to sweep the series in Game 3. By Amber Card The Haliburton TimberMart/Haliburton Hockey Haven Sports Camp Novice Reps played their third game against the Shelburne Wolves on Saturday in Minden. The Storm was up two games and just needed one more win to move on but the Wolves proved they weren’t going down without a fight. There were many back and forth plays in the first period but no goals scored. Near the end of the second Isaac Trotter picked up a fumbling puck in front of the net and fired in the first goal for the Storm. Luke Gruppe scored a similar goal in the third followed by a top left shot in front of the net by Henry Neilson. The Storm took the game with a 3-0 win and they will move on to the semi-finals. Congratulations to goalie Carter Braun for his shutout and good luck to the team in the next round! On Saturday the LL Peewee Home Hardware team travelled to Burk’s Falls to take on the Almaguin Ice Devils. Storm came strong in the first period scoring three quick goals with Nathan Harrison starting the scoring assisted by Wyatt Raposo. Daniel Stephen scored an unassisted goal. Weston Bowker scored assisted by Emery Bagshaw. The Storm’s scoring continued with Raposo scoring assisted by Harrison. Almaguin managed to get one with three minutes left of the first to which the Storm responded with two more unassisted goals by Harrison and Stephen. In the second the Storm did allow any goals against them but saw two more unassisted goals by Stephen and Raposo. Alex Hendry scored us other point assisted by Mikayla Sisson. Bagshaw finished the second period with a goal assisted by Raposo. Almaguin was able to get one more in the third but the Storm’s Stephen added two more making the final score 12-2 for the Storm! Next Saturday Walkers Home Hardware Peewees travel to Gravenhurst to play South Muskoka at 11:15 a.m. It was an action-packed back and forth game. Envotek was first on the scoreboard and took a 2-0 lead early in the second. Mason Latanville tied the game up with two unassisted goals in the end of the second. Latanville landed himself another hat trick early in the third with an assist going to Brycen Harrison. Envotek tied it back up a minute later. With a minute and 30 seconds left in the game Harrison landed one in the net with assists going to Latanville and Colten Simms. Thirty seconds later McCartney Saunders landed himself an unassisted goal helping the Storm take a 5-3 lead. With 21 seconds left of the game Envotek snuck another goal in. Final score 5-4 Storm. The LL Novice 2 is back in action with their final two games of the season. Saturday Feb. 23 they travel to Huntsville to take on the Huntsville Near North at 9:50 a.m. and host the South Muskoka Envotek on Sunday Feb. 24 in Minden at 12 p.m. On Saturday the Storm Tyke team had their Bernie Nicholls home tournament in Haliburton. At 8:40 a.m. they played their first game against the Lakefield Chiefs. The Storm ended up with eight wicked goals led by Nixon Ecclestone and Rowan Johnson. Great defensive plays were made by Blake Hutchinson only allowing Lakefield four goals! Storm took to the ice again at 11 a.m. against Manvers Mustangs. Storm led the scoring with Ecclestone scoring five goals and Matthew Mueller scoring at hat trick Johnson scoring two more Nash Wilson scoring one and Kelson Bagshaw scoring one. More great defensive plays were evident by Cooper Gilbert allowing only six goals against. The Storm’s last game of the day was against the Lindsay Muskies where goalie Jackson Robichaud earned his first shutout of the year! The Storm’s goals were scored by Brady Burke Eccleston Mueller Johnson totalling 21 goals in 40 minutes of play! The Tyke team plays Saturday in Bracebridge at 9 a.m. against South Muskoka. Sunday they are in Port Carling for a fun day! 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342	A few weeks ago the cover of the Spiegel showed Chancellor Angela Merkel in combat fatigues with the headline: “German weapons for the world”. The story (available in English online) was about the so-called Merkel doctrine – an implicit policy of staying out of difficult and unpopular Western interventions such as the one in Libya last year while selling arms to other countries, in particular in the Middle East, to enable them take greater “responsibility” for security. The Federal Republic has traditionally had a comparatively restrictive arms-export policy and in particular rejected the sale of arms by German companies to undemocratic governments or countries in “conflict regions”. But under Merkel, according to the Spiegel story, the German defence industry – which employs 80,000 people – is booming as the government increasingly approves the sale of weapons to undemocratic regimes in areas of actual or potential conflict. Last summer, shortly after Germany broke with its allies and partners and abstained in a vote in the United Nations Security Council on military intervention in Libya, it agreed the sale of up to 270 Leopard II tanks to Saudi Arabia, which had helped suppress pro-democracy protests in Bahrain. Now Saudi Arabia now also wants to buy hundreds of Boxer armoured vehicles – which are even more suited for suppressing protests than Leopard II tanks. Germany has approved the sale of about €1.2 billion in arms to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar is also interested in buying Leopard IIs. There has also been a big increase in the sale of arms – including frigates and Fuchs armoured personnel carriers – to Algeria. The sale of nuclear-capable Dolphin submarines to Israel was the subject of another Spiegel cover story in the summer; according to the latest Spiegel story, Israel now wants to buy German launchers for rocket-propelled grenades too – and opposes another sale of Type 209 submarines to Egypt. Decisions about German arms sales are taken in secret by the Bundessicherheitsrat, or Federal Security Council, which consists of the chancellor, her chief of staff and seven other ministers. According to the latest arms report published by the German economics ministry, German arms export permits reached €10 billion in 2011 for the first time. There has been a significant increase in the proportion of weapons sold to countries outside NATO (and NATO-equivalent states such as Australia and Japan) and the EU. In 2010, just 29 percent of sales were to such so-called third-party states; it is now 42 percent. It is undemocratic states such as Algeria, Saudi Arabia and the UAE that account for much of that increase. Some such as former former chancellor Helmut Schmidt and former foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher have publicly criticized Merkel’s approach. Social Democrat Peer Steinbrück has promised a more restrictive arms export policy if he is elected chancellor next September. Of course, Germany is not the only country that exports weapons around the world. The British and French governments are, if anything, even more open about promoting their defence industries (though, according to the latest SIPRI statistics on arms transfers, Germany now sells more than either of them). In my view, selling arms is also not necessarily a bad thing – in fact, it could be a legitimate way for Europeans to support democracies in Asia. But what makes the German case so striking, and problematic, is that Germany is often thought of as a “civilian power” – in other words, one that, unlike a great power, avoids the use of military force and tries to “civilise” international relations. However, although Germany is reluctant to deploy force itself (as the abstention on Libya illustrated), it is apparently not so reluctant to sell weapons to others to use (as the Saudi tank deal illustrates). Germany’s arms exports are a kind of blind spot in its “civilian power” identity. In fact, the loosening of German arms exports restrictions supports the idea that Germany is now becoming a “geo-economic power”. In this context, the contrast between Germany and Japan – the other country that is sometimes thought of as a “civilian power” – is also interesting. Article 9 of Japan’s post-war constitution, passed in 1947, declares that “the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.” But, importantly, this renunciation of war includes arms exports: since 1967, the Japanese government has in effect imposed on itself a ban on the sale of weapons. Admittedly, against the background of the rise of China, Japan is now beginning to relax the ban. But, even before reunification, the Federal Republic never had such a ban. It is often said that Germany has made more of a break with its militaristic past than Japan (see for example Ian Buruma’s book The Wages of Guilt). However, in terms of arms-exports policy, it seems to me that Japan has actually been more consistent and thoroughgoing in its rejection of military force than Germany has. Related This entry was posted in German foreign policy and tagged Germany, Japan. Bookmark the permalink. ← The deep, deep sleep of England September 11, 2013 at 6:34 pm Its actually really striking how much similar the current situation is compared with the development even before the reunification. I’am currently writing a short seminar paper on comparison of arms export policies of the grand coalition and the CDU/CSU+FDP government and I was struck by an article from 1989 by Michael Brzoska (The Erosion of Restraint in West German Arms Transfer Policy)…even the discussion about tank deliveries to the Saudi Arabia is nothing new (1976,78,80), Schmidt just decided to export warships instead of tanks. Its not necessary to reiterate that loopholes in arms control policy were created purposely. “The conservative government, coming to power in 1982, continued along the lines of its predecessors. 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343	I’m currently working on an academic paper on the concept of “normality” in debates about German foreign policy since reunification. In that context, I’ve been reading a lot about Egon Bahr, who I argue played a crucial role in the late 1990s and early 2000s in redefining “normality” in terms of a foreign policy based on sovereignty and the pursuit of national interests. As Chancellor Willy Brandt’s foreign-policy adviser in the early 1970s, Bahr was the architect of West Germany’s Ostpolitik, a policy that dovetailed with the Nixon’s administration policy of detente towards the Soviet Union. Now in his eighties, he is a kind of éminence grise of German strategy and in particular the guru of German foreign-policy realism. In that sense, it seems to me that Bahr can be thought of Germany’s Henry Kissinger. Continue reading → Posted in German foreign policy, international relations \| Tagged Germany, idealism, normality, Ostpolitik, realism \| Leave a comment Posted on April 22, 2011 by Hans Kundnani While reading Romain Hayes’s new book on Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose’s time in Nazi Germany (which I am reviewing for the Times Literary Supplement), I was struck by a quote from Hitler in one of the footnotes. In September 1941 – three months after Operation Barbarossa had begun and five months after Bose had arrived in Berlin – Hitler told his generals that “our role in Russia will be analogous to that of England in India … The Russian space is our India. Like the English, we shall rule this empire with a handful of men”. This idea of Russia as “a Germanic India” (Karl Dietrich Bracher, The German Dictatorship) reminded me of Bismarck’s famous “map of Africa” quote. In 1888, when Eugen Wolf, a proponent of a German empire in Africa, showed him a map of the continent, Bismarck is supposed to have replied: “My map of Africa lies in Europe”. Continue reading → Posted in German foreign policy, international relations \| Tagged Africa, Germany, India \| 3 Comments A German curveball Posted on February 27, 2011 by Hans Kundnani It has long been clear that Curveball – the Iraqi defector who provided much of the basis for the US government’s claims about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to the Iraq war in 2003 – was a liar. But he has now finally admitted that he made up his claims about mobile bioweapons laboratories, which US Secretary of State Colin Powell used as a justification of invading Iraq in his famous presentation at the United Nations Security Council in February 2003. Curveball, whose real name is Rafid Ahmed Alwan, had until now refused to speak to the press. But in an interview with the Guardian earlier this month in Karlsruhe in Germany, where he now lives, he said that he lied in order to help topple the regime of Saddam Hussein. “I and my sons are proud of that and we are proud that we were the reason to give Iraq the margin of democracy”, he said. Obviously, this was a huge cock-up with disastrous consequences. The question is: whose fault was it? Continue reading → Posted in German foreign policy, international relations \| Tagged BND, Curveball, Germany, Iraq \| 6 Comments Standard \| Posted on December 17, 2010 by Hans Kundnani I call it moral narcissism: the tendency to think about morality in terms of how your actions make you feel about yourself rather in terms of their consequences for others. I argued in my book, Utopia or Auschwitz, that German foreign policy debates, for example about the Kosovo and Iraq wars, tend to be narcissistic in this way – they focused, it seems to me, on German identity rather than on the fate of the people in the places where the crises were happening. So I was interested to see that my colleague José Ignacio Torreblanca made a similar point – but in Weberian terms – about Germany’s response to the euro crisis in an op-ed in the FT recently. He suggested that current German foreign policy was gesinnungsethisch rather than verantwortungsethisch – that is, it is based on Max Weber’s concept of an “ethics of conviction” rather than an “ethics of responsibility”. According to this kind of conscience-centred (rather than consequence-centred) thinking, all that matters is being right – regardless of the effects. Continue reading → Posted in German foreign policy, international relations, Israel \| Tagged Germany, Israel \| 7 Comments What’s it got to do with me? Posted on November 12, 2010 by Hans Kundnani For a while now, I’ve wondered whether there is a shift taking place in Germany’s attitude to the Nazi past. It seems to me, although it is of course diffcult to prove this in a scientific way, that, rightly or wrongly, Germany increasingly sees itself as a “normal” country for which Nazism and in particular the Holocaust is no longer of special relevance. So when I was in Berlin this week, I was interested to see the cover story in the magazine of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit about attitudes to the Nazi past among German teenagers. The headline was: “Was geht das mich noch an?” or “What’s it got to do with me?” The analysis was based on an attitude survey of 14-19 year-olds, most of whom affirmed the importance of ongoing remembrance. But, more worryingly, teachers interviewed for the article also said their students were often uninterested in the Holocaust or even, when shown photos of mass executions, expressed sympathy for the perpetrators rather than the victims. Continue reading → The German question Posted on June 24, 2010 by Hans Kundnani Over the last few months, Germany has been getting a lot of flak. To many observers, the euro crisis has revealed a more inward-looking and nationalistic Germany that is pursuing its national interests more aggressively than before. For example, a couple of weeks ago the philosopher Jürgen Habermas wrote of a “solipsistic mindset” in Germany. In the new issue of the magazine Cicero, which came out yesterday, another éminence grise, the former chancellor Helmut Schmidt, accused Angela Merkel of “Wilhelmine pomposity”. I agree that there is a profound, and in some ways worrying, shift taking place in German foreign policy. But, as I argue in an essay in the July issue of Prospect, which comes out today, it is a complex shift that actually goes back beyond Merkel to the “red-green” government of Gerhard Schröder. I also think the references to the Kaiserreich are a little misleading. If Germany is becoming more nationalist, it is in a quite different way than in the nineteenth century. Continue reading → Posted in Europe, German foreign policy, international relations \| Tagged euro, Germany \| Leave a comment Germany and Iran Posted on January 27, 2010 by Hans Kundnani Today, on the sixty-fifth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, German politicians will once again express contrition for the Holocaust, as they have since Helmut Schmidt became the first German chancellor to visit Auschwitz in 1977. But does “working through the past”, as Theodor Adorno put it in a famous essay in 1959, mean anything in Germany today beyond simply commemorating the past? In particular, should the Nazi past play a role in German foreign policy? If so, it must surely mean that Germany should do everything it can to prevent Iran, the world’s most openly anti-Semitic regime whose president denies the Holocaust and calls for Israel to be wiped off the map, from acquiring nuclear weapons. But is it? Continue reading → The war no one in Germany is talking about Posted on September 24, 2009 by Hans Kundnani I’ve been in Berlin for a few days now in the run-up to the general election that takes place on Sunday. One of the remarkable things about the campaign, which has been lacklustre even by German standards, is the way that the two leading candidates, the Christian Democrat chancellor Angela Merkel and the Social Democrat foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who have shared power in a grand coalition for the last four years, have carefully avoided discussing the key issues facing Germany. Case in point: the war in Afghanistan. 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344	I’ve always been fascinated by Walter Rathenau, the German foreign minister who was assassinated by anti-Semitic nationalists in Berlin in 1922. The son of Emil Rathenau, the founder of the groundbreaking Berlin-based electrical company AEG, he had run the German ministry of war’s crucial raw materials department during World War I and created what some see as the first planned economy. However, after the war, he and other leading Jewish figures were blamed by the right for the German defeat as part of the so-called Dolchstoßlegende – the myth of a “stab in the back”. In particular, as foreign minister, Rathenau became fatally associated with the humiliating terms of the Treaty of Versailles. In a sense, his assassination symbolises the beginning of the end of the dream of Jewish assimilation in Germany. Continue reading → Posted in German intellectual history \| Tagged anti-Semitism, Germany, nationalism, Zionism \| Leave a comment Posted on June 25, 2011 by Hans Kundnani I’m very interested in the influence of German ideas and in particular German nationalism on early political Zionism. In previous posts, I’ve written about how the Utopia that Theodor Herzl imagined in his novel Altneuland was in some ways a very German one and how Max Nordau’s ideas were strikingly similar to those of German nationalists. I’ve just finished reading Amos Elon’s excellent biography of Herzl (1975), which (in contrast to Alex Bein’s earlier biography) emphasises how thoroughly German Herzl was in his ideas and aspirations. But the really interesting thing that emerges is how Herzl’s affinity for German culture influenced the political strategy that he followed in order to try to realise his dream of a Jewish state. It seems that Herzl saw it not just as a solution to the “Jewish question” but also as an outpost of German influence in the Orient. Continue reading → Posted in German intellectual history, Israel \| Tagged Germany, Israel, nationalism, Zionism \| 1 Comment \| Posted on November 28, 2010 by Hans Kundnani I recently read Theodor Herzl’s novel Altneuland (1902), which Walter Laqueur aptly describes in the preface to the third edition of his History of Zionism as “political science fiction”. In it, Herzl imagines the future Jewish state – which, he had argued in Der Judenstaat (1896), would be propelled into existence by the misery of Jews in the diaspora – as it might be in the twenties. But, ironically, after insisting in Der Judenstaat that he was not describing a Utopia, he proceeded in Altneuland six years later to do exactly that: Herzl’s imaginary new society is a kind of paradise in which the economy based on the principle of “mutualism” runs smoothly, education is free and women have equal rights. Most strikingly of all, however, Jews and Arabs live in perfect harmony. “Why should we have anything against the Jews?” asks an Arab character in the novel. “They have enriched us and they live with us like brothers”. Continue reading → Posted on April 2, 2010 by Hans Kundnani One of the strangest illusions among Germany’s Achtundsechziger – about whom I write in my book, Utopia or Auschwitz – was the idea that they were the “new Jews”. In the late sixties, as members of the protest movement in West Germany came under increasing attack from their parents’ generation – the so-called “Auschwitz generation” – they began to imagine that they had somehow taken the place of, or were being treated like, the European Jews killed in the Holocaust. (Alain Finkielkraut has written eloquently about this in relation to the soixante-huitards – the French equivalent of the Achtundsechziger. He points out in his book The Imaginary Jew that their slogan “Nous sommes tous des juifs allemands” (“We are all German Jews”) – an expression of solidarity with Daniel Cohn-Bendit – suggested that “Jewish identity was no longer for Jews alone” and that “every child of the post-war era could change places with the outsider and wear a yellow star”.) Continue reading → Posted on April 1, 2010 by Hans Kundnani Germany is sometimes thought of as a verspätete Nation, or “belated nation”, in other words one that became a nation state much later than comparable European countries like Britain and France. The term, which comes from Helmuth Plessner’s 1935 book of the same name, is closely connected to the idea of a German Sonderweg, or “special path”. But isn’t the ultimate “belated nation” – albeit in a slightly different sense – Israel? Of course, Israel is in the Middle East, not Europe. But although it was realized in the Middle East in the twentieth century, Zionism came out of nineteenth-century Europe: it was conceived by assimilated Jews like Theodor Herzl as a response to European anti-Semitism and was also influenced by European and particularly German nationalism. Israel is thus of Europe even though it is not in Europe – one of the paradoxes of Zionism. Continue reading → Posted in German intellectual history, Israel \| Tagged anti-Semitism, Germany, Israel, nationalism, Zionism \| 1 Comment Posted on August 26, 2009 by Hans Kundnani Originally uploaded by Hans Kundnani. Since I visited Israel for the first time in April, I’ve been thinking a lot about where legitimate criticism of Israel ends and anti-Semitism begins. I’m currently reading an excellent German anthology (includes essays by Tony Judt, Jeffrey Herf, Gerd Koenen etc.) on the debate about whether there is such a thing as a “new anti-Semitism” (especially on the European left but also in the Islamic world). It’s a theme that also runs through my book, Utopia or Auschwitz, which tells the story of Germany’s 1968 generation. In fact, the book is among other things a case study of how one small group of people went from criticising Israeli policy to attacking Jews. Continue reading → Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. 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350	Being located right across the river from Cincinnati, Ohio, has made The Washington Opera House a popular place to be for those active in the performing arts. Many tours of a variety of performers, made it a point to perform here in this acoustic-friendly theatre throughout the years. Historically, the local populace has fully embraced and supported its theatre, which is the fifth oldest performing arts theatre in the United States. This two story, handsome, solidly built, brick Washington Opera House theatre was built in 1898, right on the spot of the old opera house which had stood there since 1851 before burning to the ground on January 30, 1898. The Washington Fire Company lost no time in rebuilding this fine community asset, at a cost of $24,000. The Washington Opera House continued throughout the years, promoting not only the fine arts/films to the citizens of Maysville, but also provided a place to gather for community meetings and events, such as: school activities, patriotic rallies, and political debates. When the 1908 theatre opened, it had a “Proscenium opening of 28 ft. height, by 26 ft. There were Footlights to back wall, a 32 ft. Curtain line to footlights, 28 ft. Dist bet. Side walls, 66 ft. Dist. Bet. Fly girders, 50 ft. Height of scenery, 18 ft. Height to rigging loft, 66 ft. Depth under stage, 12 ft. 3 traps. No grooves.” Theatre was on ground floor, with a balcony on the second floor. The price of admission ranged from .25 cents to $1.00 Being located right across the river from Cincinnati, Ohio has long made The Washington Opera House a popular place to be for those active in the performing arts, including film since 1908, though it is now mainly a stage theatre. In 1962, an enthusiastic, long established thespian group, The Maysville Players, took over The Washington Opera House, leaving the theatre in the good hands of people dedicated to the arts and to the upkeep of this beautiful building. They are having their annual fund raiser on June 14th, 2008, Maysville Uncorked, which will be a wine tasting event, with entertainment provided by the talented Peter Oprisko. Maysville is also the hometown of the Clooney family. Though both Rosemary and George Clooney went on to become well known in TV and the movies, they both had a love for The Washington Opera House. In March of 2008, George Clooney held his movie premiere of The Leathernecks in this special theatre, with Universal Studios providing the technical equipment to turn this showing into a first class venue for this occasion. The Washington Opera House, in 2005-O6, went through an extensive $2.9 million dollar renovation and restoration, reopening on Saturday, November 25th, 2006 with a sell out crowd in attendance. Tom and I visited The Washington Opera House one Sunday morning in May, 2008 on a road trip to gather pictures for our stories, and it is indeed stunning, looking much like it did in its prime, with a few modern renovations to meet the current building codes. The production of “Nunsense” was the theatrical presentation on stage. Currently, according to their website, they are auditioning youth from 6th grade and up for the upcoming summer musical presentation of SEUSSICAL JR., to be seen by the public on July 31st, August 1-3, 2008. Many performers have enjoyed expressing their talents in this grand theatre, and it seems that many have decided to hang around or periodically visit this beautiful brick building of the performing arts, which has brought many fine productions and concert events to its enthusiastic audiences. More than one entity is thought to call The Washington Opera House their after-life home. Though many of the entities which live there in The Washington Opera House are unknown, one is thought to be the spirit of Loretta (Laura) Stambo, a talented dancer in a traveling performance group of various performers, in the late 1800s. It seems that this group of performing artists had made it a point of traveling through Maysville probably once a year, when they went on tour, as Maysville is located in a convenient spot, so close to Ohio. The story goes that The Washington Opera House was one of Loretta’s favorite places to dance on stage. On the night of one such scheduled performance, Loretta, who was suffering from a bad case of pneumonia, followed her heart instead of her head, and tried to dance her part in the show, but collapsed on stage before she could do so. She died later at her hotel room. Her dying request was honored, and she was buried in the dressing room, located right under the stage area. Karen Laven, in her book, Cincinnati Ghosts, and Other Tri-State Haunts gives the reader some fascinating stories about the haunted spots which are found in Maysville. The Washington Opera House is one such place. To read the full stories and details, and incidents not covered here, buy this interesting book! During the era of glass coke bottles, an ignorant actor placed his empty glass coke bottle on her grave. The bottle jumped up and shattered. A picture of Loretta was painted on the wall of the lobby area. The eyes of this picture seemed to connect with some people, leaving them feeling a little uneasy. Several times it was painted over. Each time, the picture came through, with the eyes of Loretta in this painting seemingly becoming angrier and angrier. It was finally painted over for good so far, so it is thought. The entity of Loretta has been known to be helpful, ever the dedicated theatre enthusiast. A woman who was working on scenery for a play asked a co-worker to bring her a nine foot long piece of plywood which was leaning up against the wall. Slowly the wood in question floated down, defying gravity, and softly landed within reach of the woman, who thanked Loretta. The entity of Loretta and/or one of the other entities have been known to watch over the performers on stage. During a dress rehearsal, a wooden beam which was tied to a tier above an actress, came loose and normally would’ve hit the young woman, but was caught by unseen hands and glided to the floor – perhaps a group effort by the resident entities! The entity of Loretta or one of the other entities like to get their chuckles on occasion, especially if the living stay after 12 midnight in rehearsal or in preparation, when they want the building to themselves. Two people who were closing up one evening got a scare after seeing a long piece of rope, hanging in mid-air, not being tied to a rafter beam. A coldness in the air was felt. People have heard disembodied voices call their names. A woman’s footsteps have been heard going across the stage area. Many people have given witness to these manifestations throughout the years. Karen Laven did her homework and found some witnesses who actually experienced these occurrences. Maysville is located off the 62 /68 HWY, on the shores of the Ohio River, near the Simon Kenton HWY, which crosses over into Ohio. Second Street runs through the heart of old downtown. 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352	The Clarksville-Montgomery County School System will host an exclusive hiring event on December 1 for certified positions and educational assistants. This invitation-only event will allow applicants to interview and potentially receive same-day offers. Candidates can begin onboarding immediately. To receive an invitation, interested candidates must submit their application online at cmcss.net/employment before November 28. Applications will be reviewed, and an invitation will be sent to qualified candidates. Those pursuing an alternative teaching license and already possessing a four-year degree are welcome to apply. Temporary teaching permits are available to anyone holding a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution. The undergraduate degree does not have to be in education to meet permit requirements. Permits are not allowed for elementary PE, special education, school counseling, or end-of-course assessment classes such as Algebra 1 and 2, Geometry, Integrated Math II and III, Biology, English I and II, US History, and Geography. (Learn more here.) Educational Assistant candidates are invited to attend the December 1 event but should also complete the online application. Educational Assistants support regular education teachers with classroom instruction, individualized instruction, checking students’ work under the direction of the teacher, sorting, filing, and participating in planning and collaborative sessions with the assigned classroom educators. This position does not require a four-year degree. Over 30 school administrators will attend the December 1 hiring event held at Central Services South, 1312 Highway 48, in Clarksville. If you have the desire to support students and encourage future leaders, apply now at cmcss.net/employment. Community Elementary School High School Middle School School Board November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 October 2021 September 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 March 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 March 2020 July 2019 March 2019 July 2018 Students and Staff Together with Parents Vision: To empower students and educators by Never Gving Up! Encouraging Others! and Always Doing Their Best!	0.910351	2,423	{ "content-length": "2427", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:R5DIUGQ4K7WCTGOC2YYZ6GFB5Y76JR5Q", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T14:20:55Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:fa635993-a1e2-4a20-b155-19f145ae689b>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:fe866f27-8c20-449b-b4ff-8a8bb4f0b21b>", "warc-target-uri": "https://hazelwoodelem.cmcss.net/2022/11/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 1599.1875, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.9103507 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "footer" ] }
353	The Tennessee Department of Education has not yet released the Pre-K application for the 2021-2022 school year. After CMCSS receives information from the state, the district will release application information, including dates, times, and locations for application events. Based on previous timeframes for receiving information from TDOE, CMCSS is typically able to begin accepting applications in April. January 8th, 2021 Report Cards for 2nd Quarter of 2020-21 School Year CMCSS students’ report cards for the second nine weeks of the 2020-21 school year will be available on Monday, January 11. Since traditional students are learning remotely at this time, report cards will not be printed by the school. Report cards can be accessed online using the CMCSS Parent Self-Service webpage – parents.cmcss.net. December 28th, 2020 CMCSS will extend remote learning for all CMCSS traditional students through Fri., Jan. 22. The goal is to bring all traditional students back for in-person learning on Mon., Jan. 25. November 19th, 2020 Good evening, CMCSS families, As a reminder, next Monday, November 23 through Wednesday, November 25 are pre-planned, district-wide remote learning days for traditional students. With remote learning, students will not report to the school building as they will access learning via the laptops provided by the district. This week, teachers will communicate with students on […] October 30th, 2020 Curbside Food Distribution – November 2020 The CMCSS Child Nutrition department will alter its curbside food distribution days the week of Election Day and the week of Thanksgiving. Please see the alternate pick-up dates below. All curbside food distribution will take place at the elementary schools. Friday, October 30: Distribution from 1 – 2 pm will include eight meals for include […] September 15th, 2020 No Cost Curbside Meals, Free and Reduced Meal Application The USDA approved for CMCSS to continue serving free breakfast and lunch meals to all children 18 and under, as the district has since March. The USDA stated that these free meals will be available through December 2020, or until funds run out. No information has been made available beyond December 2020. September 15th, 2020 No Cost Curbside Meals, Free and Reduced Meal Application The USDA approved for CMCSS to continue serving free breakfast and lunch meals to all children 18 and under, as the district has since March. The USDA stated that these free meals will be available through December 2020, or until funds run out. No information has been made available beyond December 2020. August 27th, 2020 CMCSS K-12 Virtual Families: If you have not yet completed Learning Mentor training, please be sure to complete that no later than September 1, 2020. Traditional Families: If you would like to understand how the online learning platforms work, some of this information may be useful to understand. Not all requirements will be applicable to […] August 27th, 2020 All CMCSS K-12 students will have a laptop assigned for the 2020-2021 school year. The following information will assist with login information and general troubleshooting. August 27th, 2020 All CMCSS K-12 students will have a laptop assigned for the 2020-2021 school year. The following information will assist with login information and general troubleshooting. « Previous Page … Community Elementary School High School Middle School School Board November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 October 2021 September 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 March 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 March 2020 July 2019 March 2019 July 2018 Students and Staff Together with Parents Vision: To empower students and educators by Never Gving Up! Encouraging Others! and Always Doing Their Best!	0.881055	4,175	{ "content-length": "4193", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:WZ67INHLWG3723J26MWPHJW3OMUTO4IV", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T14:50:50Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:fd3082b3-2147-45ff-9ec6-5b5144194f1f>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:f5de37ce-48b5-40b9-872b-5c0e3f88250a>", "warc-target-uri": "https://hazelwoodelem.cmcss.net/news/page/5/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 1376.2034, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.88105524 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "header", "footer" ] }
354	Somebody told me about it when I was 13 or 14. Then I got some. It didn’t disappoint. I had a purpose in life – to be high as much of the time as I can. Even though I had no money to buy my own, it wrecked my high school career. Instead of working snot good grades so I could get into a good school, my life was about acquiring and consuming pot. Fortunately, I hung out with friends who were inexplicably flush all the time. I made it through high school having bought maybe an ounce or two of my own. In the fall of 1976 I moved to NYC. I met a guy in my building, Bernie, who not only had put but sold it. He was generous and I was like a chimney. In the fall of 1979 i was enrolled in a big University. Bernie said to me, why don’t you sell pot at school. To me that sounded like a great idea. Here were the economics of it: a pound ran about $400. I’d get about we 15 oz per piece accounting for seeds, stems, shake etc. At $40 an ounce I would break even at 10 ounces. Put an ounce aside for the dealer’s (me) stash and those last four ounces were profit. $160 in this case. I was in hog heaven. I had all the pot I’d ever want to smoke PLUS I had enough put to be the guy who could provide for others. And, it was contributing to the rent which did not suck. I started selling to the kids at school. One by one they’d trickle over to buy some weed and smoke with the dealer. I must confess, I loved being the guy who had pot. I don’t remember where the other customers were coming from but it seems there was always people at my apartment. It never got out of hand. I seem to sell just enough to keep me and my friends high and supplement the rent. Sometimes I had to venture outside of my comfort zone. One night I couldn’t find a local supplier and had to go out to Bay Ridge to buy a pound. Because I was too cheap to spring for $10 in car service or maybe $20 in cabfare I decided to take the subway home. Me, a pound of pot on the RR train at 4 am. In 1978. I made it home safely. Lucky or stupid? You decide. At this point in my life, I felt like a veteran potsmoker. I knew how to behave, I know how to rein in my worst impulses, I was aware of my surroundings. The same couldn’t be said for the majority of customers. They were mostly amateurs. They were embarrassing. And, thanks to pot’s time distortion properties, they rarely knew when to leave. At school, most of my classmates were customers. It became harder and harder to take them seriously. It was almost like I had seen them all misbehave at the office Christmas party. I mean, if you take a hit off a bong, fall over, hit your head on the radiator and laugh hysterically for ten minutes, I might look at you differently. It was one thing when my classmates were clogging up my studio apartment, but then the professors started coming. And it’s hard to respect captains of higher learning who are buying nickel bags. Dudes, go in on an ounce. Half an ounce. And, on top of that, they behaved like the worst amateurs. And they didn’t even intimate that this would help my grade. The straw that broke the proverbial camel’s back was when the dean of the school came over. Not only was he only buying a dime bag ($10) but – how can I say this – he acted like a kid getting high for the third time.. Yes, sparky, being high IS really fun. That’s why we’re doing this whole thing. I think when you’re shelling out the kind of money that my dad was paying for me to go to school that it’s important to have some respect for the institution. In the end, none of this had anything to do with why I quit dealing. The fact was my life was going pretty well and the only thing I could think of that would ruin that was going to prison. New York City was pretty chill about pot but there were some tough laws on the books, particularly for dealing. It became a risk I was less and less willing to take. I quit school soon after I quit dealing. This was in, I think, my third semester at school. Only part of the reason I left was my new-found non-respect for everyone running it. I was restless and New York City was a great playground. I wanted to be an actor and I spent my days chasing the dream by going from audition to audition. I also quit smoking pot. Not for any moral or social reasons but simply because it made me paranoid. I was really upset about this. Pot had been such a good friend to me, a way to open up socially, a way to appreciate things, and now it had turned on me. I tried again. And again. No luck. Every few years, I would try again. Usually because someone didn’t believe me. Within a few minutes I was curled up in a ball on the bed sure that the cops had the place surrounded. Another believer Meanwhile, I had my nights free. On a lark, I pursued a career in stand-up comedy. To shorthand it, that went well and that was my profession for at least the next 15 years. Everyone says pot is different today then when I was younger. It won’t make you paranoid and it’s 4,000 times stronger and costs about a billion times more than I used to sell it for. Maybe I’ll give it a try someday but I know i’ll behave like an amateur. Join our mailing list for a chance to win a Head T-Shirt and receive the latest news and updates from our team. You have Successfully Subscribed! About The Author Related Posts November 16, 2021 The Role Marijuana Plays in Two Oscar Winning Films November 12, 2019 June 20, 2019 December 17, 2020 Featured Articles Nov 22, 2022 Nov 16, 2022 Nov 4, 2022 Haunted? How to Contact the Spirits on Halloween: They May Be Closer Than You Think Oct 25, 2022 Join our mailing list for a chance to win a Head T-Shirt and receive the latest news and updates from our team. You have Successfully Subscribed! Haunted? 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357	What is Stroke? An insufficient blood flow to the brain can cause ischemic or hemorrhagic damage. Strokes can cause death or permanent disability, making them a medical emergency. 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358	Often we hear about the devastating effects of widespread pollution on our planet’s environment. But how often do we stop to consider its impact on our bodies? We can no longer deny that we are living in a toxic world. The question is, what can we do about it? While eating a healthy diet, getting adequate sleep, managing stress, and doing exercise is essential to support overall health, herbal cleansing may be a great addition. Herbal cleanses can help your body’s natural toxin and waste removal processes and support digestive health and regular elimination. It can easily fit into your daily routine, requires no fasting or giving up solid foods, and will help support the body’s natural elimination processes. Think of it as another way to help your body stay healthy, just like eating right and exercising. Our bodies have organs of elimination to manage toxins, but our modern world can put added stress on these organs from the environment, our food and water, and even within our own digestive tracts.[1] Cleansing is a way to support these organs and has been used by cultures all over the world for centuries.[2] Herbal cleanses are used to improve digestive function, protect the liver, and gently cleanse the bowel. Formulas typically come in convenient vegetable capsules or tinctures. They can last for a week or as long as a month, depending on individual needs. For more than two decades, Renew Life® has been a leader in herbal detoxification cleansing kits. CleanseSMART® is a two-part, 30-day herbal cleansing program specifically formulated to cleanse and detoxify the entire body, with added focus on the body’s two main detoxification pathways, the liver and the colon. Designed to reduce the toxic load in your body and relieve occasional constipation, CleanseSMART® contains silymarin, a mixture of flavonolignans isolated from the botanical seed milk thistle, an herbal ingredient traditionally used for liver protection. Ideal for people who have cleansed before and want a stronger cleanse for occasional constipation. If you’re struggling to find time for a longer cleanse, Rapid Cleanse® is a three-part, 7-day cleanse that combines soluble fibre with herbs, minerals, and amino acids. It is helpful if you are struggling to find the time for a longer program. Rapid Cleanse® is a powerful cleanse that can help detoxify your body, restore digestive health, promote bowel movements, and support bowel health. Fibre and water are important to keep things moving through your digestive tract, which is especially important while cleansing. You can increase fibre intake by eating more fruits, non-starchy vegetables, whole grains, nuts and legumes, or you can take a daily fibre supplement such as FibreSMART®. FibreSMART® is a flax-based, dietary fibre supplement that can be added as a powder to water or juice to help support everyday bowel health. With 5 grams of flax-based fibre per serving, it helps keep the digestive tract running smoothly with ingredients such as Marshmallow Root and Slippery Elm Bark. Renew Life® products are formulated with high-quality ingredients to help you achieve and maintain optimal health. They go the extra mile in ensuring the world-class products are precisely delivered within the human body to optimize absorption and thus potency. Perhaps as equally important as the ingredients that are in the products, are the ingredients that are not in the products. To keep you smiling, Renew Life® is committed to providing health product supplements with no artificial colours, unnecessary preservatives, or other unnecessary added materials of any kind. Additional tips to reduce exposure to toxins:[3] Eat detoxifying foods Avoid toxics in your food and water Mop and dust often Clean with nontoxic products Remove your shoes inside Limit foods high in animal fat Avoid canned foods and beverages Avoid lead exposure Keep mercury out of your diet, home and garbage Choose safer home improvement products The human body wants to be in a state of balance, it wants to be healthy. Support it with the right nutrients, water, exercise, supplements, rest and play and it will cleanse, reconstruct, and keep you safe. By Caroline Farquhar, RHN, EMP, BA, National Training Manager for Renew Life® [2] Jacks, B. (2011). Top 5 Cleansing Herbs. Available: https://www.alive.com/health/top-5-cleansing-herbs/. Last accessed 2 Oct 20 [3] Miller, M. (2017). Toxic Exposure: Chemicals Are in Our Water, Food, Air and Furniture. Available: https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2017/06/407416/toxic-exposure-chemicals-are-our-water-food-air-and-furniture. Last accessed 8 Oct 20. Specializing in digestive care and cleansing, Caroline has been educating audiences through seminars, TV and radio appearances across the country on the topic of how to achieve better health naturally. Caroline has written and published articles for magazines and websites, has created educational programs and taught at the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition. 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359	The University is moving to the COVID-19 sentinel testing phase of the campus health and safety plan. To participate, go to healthy.verily.com now to set up an account. Use your myBama username @ua.edu email address to create your account. Answer some basic questions and verify your email. Once your account is created, you are all done for now. You do not need to set up an account if you are working remotely only and it is unlikely you will be coming to campus for any reason. Free for-cause testing is conducted on-site for those in a shared location, such as a Greek house, residence hall floor, student group or classroom. It can be associated with an increase in positive test results, but it is also a valuable monitoring tool in preventing outbreaks. Crimson Startup is a six-week National Science Foundation I-Corps site program designed to help entrepreneurs develop tools needed for a successful startup business. Faculty, staff and students are welcome to join the program during this year’s virtual classes that begin Sept. 18. Register on the I-Corps website or email Dr. Ying Qin. On Saturday, Sept. 19, myBama will be unavailable from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. for scheduled database maintenance. Banner, Blackboard, DegreeWorks and other applications will remain available. More information is available on the OIT Status Page. S – Sanitize your hands frequently. T – Track your symptoms daily. O – Observe social distancing. M – Mask up when indoors or near others. P – Plan to stay home when sick. Annual Bama Blitz Campaign Begins Sept. 15 More Faculty and Staff News Information on COVID-19 and campus operations is updated frequently. For more FAQs, go to UA’s healthinfo website. If you have questions not answered on the website, please call UA’s COVID-19 hotline at 205-348-CV19 (2819). Message from the President – Sept. 14 September 14th, 2020 Dear students, faculty, staff and parents, I want to thank each of you for your commitment, patience and resilience. Your actions are making a measureable and positive impact on our campus. Last week provided strong and encouraging data affirming that we are on course and on mission. The UA System dashboard update showed a 65% drop in COVID-positive cases on our campus week-over-week. Our Division of Student Life outlined areas of relaxation to the in-person gatherings moratorium. We announced fall enrollment of 37,842, reflecting the high value our students and parents see in an on-campus education here at the Capstone. Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Response, visited Tuscaloosa Friday to meet with System and University leaders, including a number of our outstanding students. An esteemed physician and global health leader, Dr. Birx was highly complimentary of our comprehensive Health and Safety program and our campus initiatives. I am very proud of the progress we have made, and we can’t stop now. Practice social distancing. Avoid large gatherings. This week we continue implementing our sentinel testing program. For students, faculty and staff: if you haven’t set up your account, please go to healthy.verily.com to participate in this important initiative. Those with questions are encouraged to utilize the newly enhanced COVID19 hotline at 205-348-2819. The University of Alabama is known worldwide as the Capstone because we look after one another and set an example for those around us. Thank you for helping lead the way. Because of you, we are all Tide Together. President Fall 2020 enrollment announced – Sept. 11 September 11th, 2020 in Faculty Staff Messages A 2% increase in the number of in-state undergraduate students and record-setting Graduate School enrollment highlight The University of Alabama’s fall 2020 total student headcount, which surpasses the 37,800 mark. The Crimson Tide Battalion of UA’s Army ROTC commemorated the 19th anniversary of 9/11 with a tribute. Watch the video. Many University Recreation facilities are now open and back to regular operating hours, with safety procedures in place. Share your current health status – even if you are symptom free – to ensure a safe return to campus. UA Healthcheck, a daily, 30-second assessment tool for students and employees, allows you to report any current COVID-19-related symptoms, exposure history and testing history. Nominations for Sam S. May Award Due Sept. 15 Mark G. Foster Scholarship Applications Due Sept. 30 More Faculty and Staff News Information on COVID-19 and campus operations is updated frequently. For more FAQs, go to UA’s healthinfo website. If you have questions not answered on the website, please call UA’s COVID-19 hotline at 205-348-CV19 (2819). Create an Account in Verily for Sentinel Testing – Sept. 11 September 11th, 2020 in Faculty Staff Messages The University of Alabama is moving to the COVID-19 sentinel testing phase of our campus health and safety plan. The sentinel test is a self-administered nasal swab that takes less than one minute. Find out more about UA’s sentinel testing on the UA News Center. To participate, go to healthy.verily.com now to set up an account. Use your myBamausername@ua.edu email address to create your account. You will answer some basic questions and verify your email. Once your account is created, you are all done for now. You do not need to set up an account if you are working remotely only and it is unlikely you will be coming to campus for any reason. Check your UA email regularly to see if you have been selected. Randomly selected individuals will receive an email from Verily (healthy@verily.com) directing them to sign up for a testing appointment on campus within the next seven days. If you are randomly selected, you will be prompted in the email to log into your Verily account and request a test. The sentinel test is a self-administered nasal swab that takes less than one minute. We all have a role to play in keeping our campus as healthy as possible. If you have any questions, call UA’s COVID19 hotline (205-348-2819) or contact GuideSafe at testing@guidesafe.org or 1-866-839-5308. HR news, mental health services – Sept. 10 September 10th, 2020 in Faculty Staff Messages UA launched a clinic that offers mental health services and wellness resources exclusively for University employees and their families. UA employees with a Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account will receive information from Total Administrative Services Corp., or TASC, about upgrades, including new cards. Carefully read all communications; for detailed information visit the Human Resources website. The Office of Human Resources has a new tool, Bamabot, available to answer employee HR questions 24/7. A live chat feature will be added soon. Visit the HR website. OIT continuously adjusts Microsoft 365 security tools and settings to combat evolving phishing email attacks. Occasionally, “good” email can be accidentally marked as spam and delivered to the junk folder. Regularly check the junk folder. If a message in the junk folder is a good email, mark the message as “Not Junk” to help train the inbox to better recognize and deliver messages appropriately. Additional instructions are available on the OIT website. The Black Faculty Staff Association will host a Zoom panel discussion, Black in the Ivory, on Monday, Sept. 14, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. A link to the discussion and calendar of BFSA Fall 2020 events is on the BFSA website. Fight COVID-19 with the GuideSafe App The COVID-19 Exposure Notification App will anonymously notify users if they have been in potential close contact with someone who later reports a positive COVID-19 test result — without sharing the identity of either person. It is a critical component to mitigating the spread of COVID-19. More Faculty and Staff News Information on COVID-19 and campus operations is updated frequently. For more FAQs, go to UA’s healthinfo website. If you have questions not answered on the website, please call UA’s COVID-19 hotline at 205-348-CV19 (2819). Message from the President – Sept. 9 September 9th, 2020 Dear students, faculty, staff and parents, Hoping your Labor Day weekend was safe and relaxing, I want to update you on three COVID-19 steps we have implemented effective today. For our students who test positive and prepare to move to campus isolation space, staffing and medical resources have been enhanced to ensure prompt communication and expanded services. The COVID19 hotline (205-348-2819) has been upgraded to speed the delivery of answers to your questions. The UA healthinfo website is another good resource. A key component of our plan, sentinel testing for asymptomatic students, faculty and staff, began yesterday and will continue weekly. Participation is required for all students who live on campus and other select groups. Verily, the company that has worked with us on many aspects of our testing program, will notify you if you are selected for sentinel screening. Testing for students who are symptomatic or have been exposed is 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. each weekday at Coleman Coliseum. Testing for employees who are symptomatic or have been exposed is 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. each weekday at University Medical Center. For-cause testing in geographic areas or groups continues as determined by UA health officials. The Student Health Center will remain open for any weekend testing needs. As a reminder from the Division of Student Life, we are continuing the moratorium on student events through Sept. 13 as we meet with student leaders and health officials to determine the appropriate next steps. The health and safety of our community is our top priority and we will use every resource available to assist with testing, education and enforcement. Thank you for your commitment, patience and resiliency in the face of these challenges as they are making a difference. President Crimson Ride, testing and more – Sept. 4 September 4th, 2020 in Faculty Staff Messages Crimson Ride will provide regular service from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 4. All routes will run. There will be no bus service on Monday, Sept. 7. Regular service will resume 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8. 348-RIDE will provide regular service beginning 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, to midnight Monday, Sept. 7. There will be no 348-RIDE service on Monday, Sept. 7. Regular service will resume 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Call 205-348-7433 with questions. COVID-19 Sentinel Testing Begins Next Week UA will begin COVID-19 sentinel testing members of the campus community next week. Sentinel testing is a random sampling of all asymptomatic students, faculty and staff to understand the underlying prevalence of infection on campus so UA can respond promptly to any outbreaks or increases in infection rates. The goal is to test around 3% of the total campus population each week. Although voluntary for most, sentinel testing is strongly encouraged to help provide a snapshot of infection on campus and prevent the spread of coronavirus. UA has implemented a testing program to help keep campus open and students, faculty and staff safe. But when should an individual be tested for COVID-19? Testing at UA is conducted in five different circumstances: initial return to campus, symptomatic individuals, possible exposure, sentinel testing and for-cause testing. Students and employees are encouraged to be tested on campus, instead of with an off-campus provider so the information can be confidentially used to alert others of possible exposure. Appointments with TIAA Consultants TIAA has suspended on-site visits to institutions by financial consultants and other members of their service team. If you would like to schedule an appointment to meet with a TIAA representative online or by phone, go to the TIAA consultation webpage or call 1-800-732-8353, weekdays, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (ET). More Faculty and Staff News Information on COVID-19 and campus operations is updated frequently. For more FAQs, go to UA’s healthinfo website. If you have questions not answered on the website, please call UA’s COVID-19 hotline at 205-348-CV19 (2819). Message from the President – Sept. 3 September 3rd, 2020 Dear students, faculty and staff, As Labor Day approaches, we must all remain vigilant in following the Health and Safety protocols designed to help protect you, your family and our University community. Wherever you spend the holiday, remember to: Practice social distancing. Avoid large gatherings. Our robust testing, isolation and quarantine protocols make it possible for us to contain the coronavirus and keep us together this fall. To accomplish our goals, it is imperative that all of us do our part, in all settings on and off campus. Violations of our Health and Safety directives will continue to be investigated and appropriate actions will follow. Our COVID hotline will remain open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. throughout the weekend, so please call 205-348-CV19 if you have questions or health concerns. Our Healthinfo website is continually updated with the latest information and is an excellent resource. Your continued commitment is the key to unlock the Alabama experience this fall and beyond. I hope you have a safe holiday weekend! President September 2nd, 2020 in Faculty Staff Messages UA’s robust testing program provides both sentinel and for-cause testing, and allows students and employees to be tested on campus. Detailed information on sentinel testing, which begins next week, for-cause testing and testing options for students and employees experiencing systems or possibly exposed to COVID is available on the UA News Center. Zachary Bourg, a freshman majoring in biology, talks about his experience in isolation housing following a positive COVID-19 diagnosis, including meal delivery and access to his classes. Watch the video. Students Gather Gift Bags for Those in New Housing The Capstone Men and Women, official ambassadors for UA, recently put together gift bags for some of their peers who have been directly impacted by COVID-19. Cloth face coverings are required on campus and are proven to limit coronavirus spread. One of the best ways to demonstrate your care for others during this time — both on campus and off — is by wearing a mask. Face coverings help protect other people in case you are infected, and help limit you from inhaling the virus. Wear them over the mouth and nose when within 6 feet of others. Throughout the state of Alabama, masks are currently required in public spaces. This statewide mask requirement supports the UA System Health and Safety Task Force’s requirement that face coverings must be worn in all University buildings with limited exceptions. Tax Tip: 60-Day Rule for Expense Reports More Faculty and Staff News Information on COVID-19 and campus operations is updated frequently. For more FAQs, go to UA’s healthinfo website. If you have questions not answered on the website, please call UA’s COVID-19 hotline at 205-348-CV19 (2819). September 1st, 2020 in Faculty Staff Messages Dodd Shares Experience with COVID-19 John Dodd, a junior majoring in political science and public relations, talks about his battle with COVID-19 over the summer, which included a severe fever and shortness of breath, and shares why it’s important for fellow students to get tested and do their part in preventing the spread of coronavirus. The University of Alabama System updated the Comprehensive Health and Safety Plan with the following changes. Students participating in clinical activities – provided that student also has or will have a presence on campus throughout the semester – will be required to participate in sentinel testing. For-cause testing will be conducted when campus health officials determine the need based on a notable increase in reported positive tests or COVID-related symptoms in a common geographic area or group of people. Students required to participate in sentinel testing must also participate in for-cause testing. Students participating in organized student groups that would hold in-person meetings of 10 or more absent the interim prohibition on in-person events are still required to participate in sentinel and for-cause testing. Those who refuse to participate in for-cause testing will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct. On-campus residents required to relocate from housing for isolation and quarantine have the option to return home in lieu of moving into dedicated campus isolation space for their quarantine and isolate period. Campus protocols for isolation and quarantine will be implemented consistent with current CDC guidance. Weather permitting, the University will test its emergency notification systems, including UA Alerts, the public address system and digital signage Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 11:55 a.m. UA Program Helps Small Businesses During Pandemic More Faculty and Staff News Information on COVID-19 and campus operations is updated frequently. 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360	Draw Clinic How does the application process work? Once you select the job listing you are interested in, it takes an average of 5-10 minutes to apply. After reading the job description you can use your GetHired.com com log in to apply and complete survey questions. Don’t have a GetHired.com login, no worries. You can create one from the job page or you can use your existing Indeed, LinkedIn, or Monster profiles to apply. After you have applied, you will be contacted for the next step in the process. Our Human Resources department is dedicated to making HHL one of the best places to work, and we will be able to answer questions you have along the way. Do you have internships available? Unfortunately, internships are not available with HHL at this time. Internships are on our radar for the future however, so keep asking. Meanwhile, we do frequently hire candidates who have recently graduated when training resources are available. What types of skills is HHL looking for? We have a wide variety of jobs that include phlebotomists, couriers, specimen processors, dispatchers, clinical laboratory scientists, clinical laboratory assistance, medical billing specialists, IT professionals and human resource professionals. Phlebotomist requirements include; older than eighteen years of age (18), phlebotomy training, good driving record, a vehicle in good working order, and the desire to work with the elderly. Courier requirements include; older than eighteen years of age (18), high school diploma or GED, and superior driving record. Specimen Processors requirements include; older than eighteen years of age (18), high school diploma or GED, and minimum of one (1) year hands on medical experience. Dispatcher requirements include; older than eighteen years of age (18), high school diploma or GED, minimum of two (2) dispatching or five (5) years customer service, and minimum of one (1) year hands on medical experience. Clinical Laboratory Scientists requirements include; older than eighteen years of age (18), Bachelors of Science degree in CLS, MLS, MT from an accredited institution or a BS in Biological, Physical, Chemical science, graduate of a CLSI approved training program, registration by ASCP, NAA, HEW or equivalent or within one year of hire, and minimum of one (1) year experience in the clinical laboratory. Clinical Laboratory Assistance requirements include; older than eighteen years of age (18), Bachelors of Science degree in Biological, Chemistry, and/or Chemical science, and minimum of two (2) years’ experience in the clinical laboratory. Medical Billing requirements include; older than eighteen years of age (18), high school diploma or GED, two (2) to four (4) years of medical billing experience, and minimum of two (2) years Medicare and Medicaid billing experience. IT and HR professionals requirements vary by post please exclusively refer to open job postings. What about diversity in the work place? We respect and value employees’ ideas, diversity, and culture to a very high level. We openly and proudly embrace all cultures, races, gender identifications, and religious beliefs. Loving and caring for other people is a major part of our culture.	0.861634	3,389	{ "content-length": "3395", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:V5B3IKIVRXPUG6KQJYN5POAJ44YGCW65", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T15:02:26Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:38596d67-932f-43a7-b636-68d2a0060f67>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:7bd70391-1658-4539-aac9-a0ec53d4cc06>", "warc-target-uri": "https://heartlandhealthlab.com/Tabs/2%20Contact%20Us/2%20FAQ/FAQs", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 1729.3204, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.86163396 }, "quality_warnings": [ "header" ] }
361	Rome has this unique ability to make you love it one minute, hate it the next and then fall hopelessly in love with her all over again! This blog is a fun way for me to keep family and friends updated on my travels and provide you all with some insight into what it’s like living the modern-day dolce vita! In my (biased) opinion Rome is the most beautiful city in the world and I’m proud to call it home. Put quite simply, I absolutely HeartRome and these are my life and times in the eternal city. F.C.W. Copyright 2022 © Heartrome \| Website built by Instyle Web Design Italy Events ABOUT This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Read More This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information. Non-necessary Non-necessary Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.	0.849828	2,059	{ "content-length": "2064", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:XJXUOATMV4W6J7VKZYT3ZNX3LOASYYNT", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T14:13:25Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:b8cdbae0-cb96-479a-a615-08222c86c6fb>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:b4a288a1-a32f-4e51-bde9-ecc873e0bf52>", "warc-target-uri": "https://heartrome.com/img_2720/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 19.73406, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.8498277999999999 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "header", "footer" ] }
366	Our Google Analytics integration makes it easy to insert tracking links into your campaigns so that you can see what visitors do on your website after they click through a campaign you've sent. You can use Google Analytics to track the conversions from your campaign, see the path visitors take through your site, and optimize your website content. It's a useful tool and we recommend using it so that you have a way to measure the effectiveness of your campaigns, in addition, to open and click-through rate. Before you enable Google Analytics on your campaigns and automation emails, make sure that you have the Google Analytics tracking code installed on your website. For more information on how to set this up, see Google's documentation. Click "Campaigns" and locate the campaign you wish to update. Navigate to the campaign's Campaign Summary page. Click the Google Analytics toggle to set it to the "On" position. A modal window will appear. Type the Google Analytics Campaign Name into the field provided. Click "Done." This is the name that will appear in Google Analytics under the Campaign tab of the Acquisition category of reports. ActiveCampaign will insert this tracking URL into all links in your campaign so that when a contact clicks a link in your campaign, Google Analytics is informed they were referred by that specific email campaign. The utm_source is who sent the email. If you have branding turned on, it will show "ActiveCampaign." If you have branding turned off, it will show "Newsletter" instead. For information about turning branding on and off, see this article. The utm_medium is the marketing channel/tactic being used. In this case, it will be “email.” The utm_content will be the subject line of your email. Note that it can take over 24 hours for Google Analytics data to update so if you send a campaign you won't see that data reflected in your reports immediately. Google Analytics sessions and clicks in your campaigns are tracked differently from one another. How campaign and automation email link clicks are tracked: When a contact clicks a link in your campaign or automation email, we instantly redirect those contacts to one of our link tracking domains then immediately send them to the intended URL. When a contact is redirected to one of those link tracking domains, it's logged in our system as a link click. Link click metrics for each campaign and automation email are made available to you in your campaign reports. Read more about link tracking in this help article. Google Analytics logs JavaScript enabled pageviews that result from campaign link clicks. A session in Google Analytics is a group of interactions (page views, events, social interactions, and a transaction) that take place on your website within a given time frame. A single contact can have multiple sessions and a session can expire after 30 minutes of inactivity. In Google Analytics, several things happen before a session is finally loaded: When a click in the campaign takes place, the browser is pointed to your landing page. Your website then responds to this request and starts to transfer data from the web server to the contact's browser. When the browser starts to download the landing page, there may be a request for several files at the same time. This includes JavaScript, CSS, images, video, audio, and more. The requests for JavaScript include the Google Analytics tracking code. The contact's browser and security settings must support cookies, JavaScript, and images. If any of these are disabled, Google Analytics may not be able to record a session. The session is then recorded. What can cause discrepancies between link clicks and Google Analytics sessions? Discrepancies between link clicks in campaign reports and Google Analytics sessions are common; link clicks and sessions will rarely ever match. There are several scenarios that could cause this. We have listed some of them below: A contact clicked a link in your email multiple times during the same Google Analytics session. Your campaign report would show multiple link clicks and Google Analytics would show one session. A contact clicked a link in your email one time and was redirected to your website. They were then inactive on your site for more than 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, the contact comes back and interacts with your website. Your campaign report would show one link click and Google Analytics would show two sessions. A user clicked a link in your email once and closed their browser before the page and Google Analytics had a chance to load. Your campaign report would show one link click and Google Analytics would not track a session. You tested the URL/email link prior to sending the email to your contacts. Google Analytics will include these tests in their sessions. In this case, the numbers in Google Analytics may be higher than what you see for clicks in your campaign report. Google Analytics tracking code was not correctly added to your site, or contacts are going to pages that do not have Google Analytics installed. In this case, your campaign reports will show link clicks and Google Analytics will not show sessions. Discrepancies between link clicks and Users or Visitors in Google Analytics are also common for the same reasons listed above. What to do when there is a large discrepancy between link clicks and Google Analytics sessions If you experience a large discrepancy between link clicks and your Google Analytics sessions, our support team can help you troubleshoot whether or not Google Analytics utm URL parameters are being added to your campaign links. However, you may need to contact Google Analytics to resolve the issue. 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367	If you’re having trouble assigning a Mindbody room to your class, here are some steps to troubleshoot the issue: Option 1: Room may not be released to rebook When removing a room from a class, or if there is a class that has been cancelled, the room may not be fully released to rebook. Here’s how to fix it: Try temporarily assigning a new room to the class you’re working on Remove room and save again Now try assigning the original room back to the class and save once more If this works, you may need to run the “Zoom Meeting” BOT to refresh your Zooms meeting list If this did not work, go to option 2 Option 2: There might be a room conflict that you can’t see If you have a room conflict in a class and or appointment for the room you are assigning. You need to check the room schedule in MBO. If you don't have the Rooms schedule tab on your dashboard you can turn it on in MBO Settings. (See below) Once you have removed the conflict, repeat the steps from Option 1 to temporarily assign a room and this should resolve the issue when trying to reassign a MBO room.	0.877902	1,100	{ "content-length": "1112", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:UIX2QOGI5AAVQD6ADGL5IKNEBB5BBYBI", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T14:21:01Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:06f43091-44e2-4720-b55a-c22c46b9ee5d>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:f5a661e7-c265-4a02-bbea-090adc999aeb>", "warc-target-uri": "https://help.apiant.com/how-to-manage-rooms-in-mindbody-with-multiple-zoom-accounts", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 907.72473, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.87790155 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences" ] }
376	emisférica is the Hemispheric Institute’s peer-reviewed, online, trilingual scholarly journal. Published biannually, journal issues focus on specific areas of inquiry in the study of performance and politics in the Americas. The journal publishes academic essays, multimedia artist presentations, activist interventions, and translations, as well as book, performance, and film reviews. Its languages are English, Spanish, and Portuguese. This issue investigates expulsion, and the technologies of citizenship and non-citizenship through which the state and capital create and extract value from expellable populations. 13.1 States of Devotion This issue maps the changing intersections of religion, subjectivity, and the State in the wake of neoliberal regimes across the Americas. This issue looks at the discontinuities, breaks, and unravelings that signal the decolonial, exploring the power and epistemology of colonialism and its legacies in the present. This issue investigates global strategies and tactics of dissidence against dominant state regimes and economic orders, engaging with theories of dissidence and modes of standing apart within the Americas and beyond. Through the prism of biopolitics, this issue investigates the notion of species and modes of domination, governance, and antagonism based on claims to biological life. This double issue looks at archives as calls to action. Rather than stable repositories, archives here are imagined as acts and practices in transit that mobilize different media and are mobilized by them. This issue examines the logics, geographies, and grammars of narco-trafficking as an elusive yet ubiquitous social formation that we name the “narco-machine.” This issue examines the changing shape and status of “truth” in the neoliberal aftermaths of both official and unofficial transitional justice projects in the Americas and beyond. This issue investigates the conjuncture of performance and the visual, exploring when and how performance may unsettle the relationship between visual representation and social reproduction, and thus open new ways of seeing. This issue explores relations between culture, rights, and institutions, analyzing the discourse of “cultural rights,” the ways that performance functions as a vehicle for claiming such rights, and institutional agency in relation to the law, citizenship, the museum, the university, and more. Through a focus on “contagion,” this issue explores the enactment of social, aesthetic, and political formations of the social body when threatened or transformed by the presence of an/other. 5.2 Race and its Others This issue examines the relationship between race and performance in the Americas, focusing on the ways in which different racial formations are transformed as they come into contact and conflict. As the movement of people across national borders intensifies, religious practices become increasingly mobile, turning virgins, saints and other devotional figures into migrants. This issue examines the centrality of body politics in the production and reproduction of inequalities, focusing on the dynamics of visibility and invisibility and on the struggles of those deemed expendable. The realm of affect has long been and continues to be constitutive of the relationship between politics and the body: of forms of government and socio-historical forms of subjectivity. Borders are everywhere. They divide us and allow us to come together. They mark our territories, our bodies, and our speech. They are real and imagined, porous and hard, visible and invisible, but above all political To embody the letter of the law is to make habit of iterating its text through actions. Through distinct rituals, law is repeated, reinforced, implemented, avoided, enacted, dictated, and broken. How does the subject gain agency by performing a sexuality that subverts normative regulations? What forms of political violence are exerted on the sexed body? Indigenous and non-indigenous scholars and activists examine the use of performance as a gesture against the erasure of Indigenous presence in the Americas. Focusing on the intimate relationship between performance and democracy, this issue examines the performative practices and strategies of social movements across the Americas. link-arrow Created with Sketch. The Hemispheric Institute at New York University acknowledges with respect the Lenape nation, whose traditional homelands NYU now occupies. We recognize the longstanding significance of these territories for Lenape nations past and present. We acknowledge that we work in a city with the largest urban Native population in the United States. Even as we work to increase the historical awareness of Indigenous exclusion and erasure, we acknowledge the effect of that legacy in educational institutions, at NYU, and across the hemisphere. We are committed to work revealing Indigenous history and life-worlds and to the inclusion of Indigenous voices and participation, in allyship with Indigenous makers and communities across the Americas. The Hemispheric Institute gathers artists, scholars, writers, learners, and activists from across the Americas. We focus on social justice and research politically engaged culture and performance. We share this work in digital archives and amplify it through dialogues and public scholarship, residencies, publications, and gatherings. Our dynamic, multilingual network traverses disciplines and borders and is grounded in the fundamental belief that artistic practice and critical reflection can spark lasting cultural change. Never Miss an Event or Exhibition Again! 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380	As a judge, Cheri Beasley wanted a lighter sentence for a career criminal who possessed a ‘weapon of mass death’ – HHQH Sign in Sign in A password will be e-mailed to you. Tuesday, November 15, 2022 Issued Debt Issued Debt As a judge, Cheri Beasley wanted a lighter sentence for a career criminal who possessed a ‘weapon of mass death’ Issued Debt As a judge, Cheri Beasley wanted a lighter sentence for a career criminal who possessed a ‘weapon of mass death’ Democrats Beasley, a former North Carolina Supreme Court justice, said an ‘attempted assault with a deadly weapon’ is ‘not a crime’ North Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Cheri Beasley voted to rescind a career criminal’s habitual criminal status just after the man was caught with a ‘weapon of mass death’, a decision that would have received a lighter sentence if he had committed another crime. In October 2013, a North Carolina jury found 35-year-old Corey Deon Floyd guilty of possession of a “weapon of mass death and destruction” and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. Those convictions — which came after Floyd was spotted “hanging” on the streets of Kinston, North Carolina, with a sawed-off shotgun in his pants — led to Floyd being designated with habitual felon status, which state prosecutors apply to a person who commits crimes in three separate cases. Under North Carolina law, habitual criminals receive harsher sentences for any subsequent crimes they commit. If Beasley succeeded, however, the career criminal would have lost his regular criminal status. As a state Supreme Court justice in 2016, Beasley voted to overturn Floyd’s usual felony conviction, arguing that one of Floyd’s former prosecutors used to justify the designation – attempted assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury – “is not a crime in North Carolina.” A majority of Beasley’s fellow justices rejected the Democrat’s opinion, and as such, Floyd’s convictions were upheld. In addition to his attempted assault and illegal firearms convictions, Floyd has been convicted of criminal possession of cocaine on at least two occasions, court documents obtained by the Free Washington Beacon To display. Beasley’s vote disagrees with her pledge at “[keep] North Carolina communities are safe” in his campaign to replace retired Republican North Carolina Senator Richard Burr. This race has seen Beasley attempt to avoid GOP criticism over his public safety record as a judge in denounces the defunding of the police movement, which caught fire in the summer of 2020 after the death of George Floyd. But then Beasley partly defended the Black Lives Matter riots that swept the nation after the event – at a June 2020 conference press conference, the Democrat said Americans “must recognize the pain and the legitimate weight of years of disparate treatment that fuels these protests.” About three months later, Beasley said she was “excited that since the death of George Floyd and so many others, we have thought differently about how we do our jobs.” Beasley’s campaign did not return a request for comment. Floyd’s habitual criminal status conviction came after local police received a tip that the criminal was carrying a “sawed-off shotgun in his pants” in public. Officers arrived at the scene and quickly recognized Floyd, citing their “frequent face-to-face contact” with the criminal. Floyd fled when officers approached, eventually throwing his gun “into a nearby yard”, according to court documents obtained by the Free tag. Prosecutors later sought to characterize Floyd as a habitual criminal, partly using his attempted assault conviction – which came in 2005 – to justify the charge. The jurors agreed, finding Floyd “guilty of obtaining habitual criminal status” in 2013. Floyd appealed the conviction, arguing that “attempted assault is not a recognized criminal offense in North Carolina.” Prosecutors, however, did not initially charge Floyd with attempted assault – instead they charged the criminal with robbery with a dangerous weapon and assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill, charges they did not ‘ve watered down only as part of a plea deal. Still, Beasley and the North Carolina Court of Appeals sided with Floyd in opinions that a majority of state Supreme Court justices rejected in 2016, with Beasley ultimately saying “an attempted assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury is not a recognizable offense in North Carolina.” Beasley, who served on the North Carolina Supreme Court from 2012 to 2020, has previously come under fire from Republicans for the controversial opinions she has offered during her judicial career. In 2019, Beasley was part of a Democratic majority on court that sided with a child porn offender who used a technicality to reduce his sentence. After a stint in the North Carolina Court of Appeals, Beasley was nominated by former Democratic Governor Beverly Perdue to the state Supreme Court in 2012. Voters elected Beasley to a full eight-year term in 2014 – five years later, Democratic Governor Roy Cooper appointed Beasley’s leader. justice following the retirement of Republican Mark Martin. Beasley lost his run for a second eight-year term to Republican Justice Paul Newby in 2020 and joined international firm McGuireWoods as a partner in January 2021. A few months later, in June 2021, Beasley launched her Senate bid, which will see her take on Republican Congressman Ted Budd in November after both candidates won their party’s primaries by double digits in May. Beasley raised $16 million to Budd’s $6.5 million. Related posts: Hawaii lawmakers change bills in response to governor’s request Biden loan relief program for non-white farmers only stopped by judge Why convertible bonds are the asset class of the time Prev Post a connection made to last? Next Post Does the fall in gasoline prices signal the end of the spiral of inflation in the United States? 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383	Before we begin about this, I want you to know that I love you all, I do not hate you, I want the very best for you and so does God. I would welcome you with open arms and welcome you to visit our church. But it breaks my heart, that you have been deceived, by the enemy, SATAN. I know that your feelings seem to be genuine and real, but that is a deception of the enemy. But that is not what God the Father wants for you. God wants to have a relationship with you as one of His children. Again, He wants the very best for you. God made you just as he wanted you to be from the beginning of time. Turn your heart back to God and let Him show you what He wants for you. God is brokenhearted over this, He loves you. But it must be said. Here are a few scriptures that speak to the deception, that SATAN does not want you to know. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Leviticus 18:22 (NIV) “Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.” “ If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.” In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire. Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine Published by Hiding Place Ministry Director Dean of Students at Hiding Place Ministry Bible College and Seminary. Online, Lead Pastor for Hiding Place Ministry Intl College degrees through Tabernacle Bible College Doctorate Degree in Divinity and Doctorate of Theology from Hiding Place Ministry Bible College and Seminary. View all posts by Cecil Thorn Posted on September 21, 2022 September 22, 2022 Author Cecil ThornCategories MessagesTags Bible, deception, homosexuality, satan	0.890983	2,809	{ "content-length": "2821", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:XGMQS77BPLEGRLP3PX6IENW3GGY52EYX", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T15:47:14Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:8f77a4bf-8290-4b24-96ff-d6afce9d334c>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:c2ecfe23-27a1-4993-a966-4787ff17864b>", "warc-target-uri": "https://hidingplaceministry.org/2022/09/21/deception-of-satan-about-homosexuality/", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 452.53363, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.89098305 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "footer" ] }
391	Do you keep listening to individuals mention Numerologist’ prominent numerology report as well as are thinking of getting it? It sounds fascinating, yet you’re worried it’s as well “woo charm” and also a total waste of cash? I’ve attempted both the cost-free video reading AND downloaded the paid record and also today I will share my sincere point of view so you will know for certain– was it worth it or otherwise? What is numerology? What do you get with the Numerologist reading? Just what remains in the Numerologist Deluxe edition? What are people saying concerning the Numerologist report? Is the Numerologist reading worth the money? Where can I obtain the numerology record? What is numerology? Numerology is the research study of numbers in your life. It’s an old idea system claimed to anticipate your future as well as end result in connections, job, and also other locations of your life. Each letter in your name has a numeric value, and each number can be minimized to a single number. The numerical worths in your name engage with the numbers from your date of birth. This can determine your capabilities and personality attributes. Numerology has actually been utilized for countless years to search for the significance of the excellent planetary design. Is Numerologist the finest place to obtain your numerology record? Let’s most likely to their website and evaluate. The site is nicely created to take you on a stroll to your inner self– by providing you a free personalized numerology report and a paid variation of it that mores than 60 web pages packed with fascinating realities about on your own, your life path, and also your heart. Allow’s take a appearance at the site. You will certainly locate that the team of Numerologist has created a blog section that is being regularly upgraded– you will certainly discover more than one subject in it. If you look very closely at their classifications you will certainly see Tarot, Astrology, Divination, and also many more fascinating pieces. There is definitely something for every person– it will certainly deserve saving a bookmark if you ask me. The system offers you additionally a lot of items of training based upon numerology, so if you want to get much deeper knowledge, make sure to visit. If you look closely at their categories you will certainly see Tarot, Astrology, Divination, and also many more interesting subjects. The group behind all of that is varied and fairly large — it includes licensed numerologists, power workers, spiritual teachers, and also heart guides– so it sounds like the individualized evaluation would be of fantastic value as well as quality, composed of skilled factors. They additionally have a podcast that you can pay attention to. The “Numerologist” can be thought about a internet site with several objectives, subjects, and also a broad area that you can get in touch with– which to me makes them stick out. I am reasonably acquainted with numerology and I have determined my Life Path number prior to (I’m number 3, let me know yours in the comments!), but I intended to see what “Numerologist” needs to use. I determined to get their Deluxe version of the record, which is a over 60 web pages long! They do have a complimentary version that is much minimal, yet still fairly convenient for every single numerology fan. Let me begin with examining the totally free variation of the report You’ll be transferred to a entire brand-new wonderful universe as soon as you click on the Personalized Numerology Reading web link! Starting from the planetary design of the page to the peaceful music Numerologist– the visual of the on the internet numerology platform is amazing. It is incredibly easy to deal with and straightforward– all you need to do is to enter your own name as well as birth day and then click “Explore your numerology graph”. That would start the complimentary video analysis of your numerology chart. Take a warm beverage and also prepare for a enchanting experience. You can watch the video clip with audio on, or sound off– it is completely up to you, as the video comes with subtitles. You can stop any time to bear in mind or harp on something. Do not worry– the information from this personalized report will be sent out to you by mail– simply see to it you add the appropriate one later on in the video. The system is rather interactive as well as will certainly ask you for added info, but absolutely nothing inappropriate or worrying, I promise. The analysis begins by discussing the core aspects of your record– the life course number, your birth number, your spirit impulse, and also your expression and also character number. Beginning with your life path number– it is thought about in numerology as one of the most crucial as well as determining aspects of life and is calculated according to the date of birth. Тhe expression number is the one that is responsible for your talents and capacities . Some also call it the Number of Destiny. The platform will certainly calculate it based upon your full name– so make certain to utilize your birth name as well as not a nickname. You get a visual and also talked explanation of what this number indicates and also exactly how it was summed up by utilizing the Pythagorean alphabet– of course, it appears really scientific and I assure you– it is! Then Numerologist will certainly ask you to enter your full name once again ( first and last name), along with your sex. When you click on “continue with my reading” the system will certainly begin with the analysis of your Destiny number. Once that is done, you will step into the “Soul urge number” part of the video where you will find out more regarding your spirit’s needs. Next they will ask you for your partnership condition– as well as interestingly enough if you are in one, or married, or engaged– it will also provide you some understandings about you and also your partner’s link and nature. It may also anticipate the number of children you have! At the end of the complimentary variation of the report, you will certainly obtain an deal for the Deluxe variation– as I stated it mores than 60 web pages, extremely comprehensive, and customized. In case you do not like it– “Numerologist” will certainly reimburse you, which was calming to see, as I don’t really count on items like these which don’t have refunds. Often at the end of the complimentary analysis, the site supplies you 50% off for the deluxe variation– you will not locate that cost on the main page, so if you are interested, make certain you seize it immediately. What do you get with the Numerologist reading? You obtain a individualized brochure concerning your entire life experience as well as spirit’s presents. It might even be a little bit terrifying– the information you will get will be so details and to the point that you may begin to question– what is this magic? I can not start to reveal the charm of the report’s style– as whatever in Numerologist, the Deluxe chart evaluation is with a deep cosmic motif that changes through the sections of the file. If you have the publication of your life in your hands– or instead computer/smartphone, this alone makes you really feel as. Just what is in the Numerologist Deluxe edition? The premium variation of the record is divided into few areas as well as I mean to make it through all of them rapidly, yet effectively, so you can choose for yourself if you would like to buy it. Yes, this can be taken into consideration an investment as it is a individualized guide that you will return to in times of doubt as well as trouble. So, the file starts with a customized message to you– it includes your name and birth information. You can most definitely really feel that this has actually been particularly made for you by the team as well as not just by utilizing the same template for all of their clients. Initially– the first 10 web pages, you will locate a in-depth area of what numerology is, exactly how can you utilize it in your day-to-day life, and all the take advantage of it. You can obtain a closer check out what techniques were made use of as well as just how established is numerology science. The next part is centered around your birth name. The group of experts will raise the curtain and also disclose the secret definitions of your day-to-day name, initially, last and also middle names, and also the magic behind all three of them together. This part is specifically peculiar as we seldom consider our birth names as elements for our fate and life path, however it shows up that it has a excellent effect on it. Proceeding with the Soul Urge Number, you will certainly obtain a quick explanation on how to determine that number as well as what it in fact means. Not just the record will set out what your heart urge number is, however you will certainly get the complete account of this number and what challenges you could face, having it in your life. Get ready for some deep-diving in your soul demands as well as passions. The next two sections are committed to the personal number and to the expression number that you have. The structure of the phases is fairly similar to the Soul Urge numbers– you have the formula for calculating them, you have your very own number and also the challenges that go with it. The few phases that adhere to are fairly substantial as well as are dedicated to the Life Path number. As I already mentioned, this is probably the most important and also impactful number for you in the numerology element. With that said being claimed I comprehend why the authors of the report devoted a lot time and effort to its evaluation. In 20 pages the team covered everything that you require to learn about the Life Path Number– exactly how it was determined and also why it is so essential. The obstacles for this number however are more than a couple of– you get the minor ones and the major ones– all well described and also presented to you. After the obstacles, you stay right into the Life Path cycles– areas that are not readily available in the complimentary version, but I consider them to be quite interesting and also practical . ” The pinnacles– what are they precisely?” Once I struck the following component of the record, was the first thing that popped right into my mind. After reviewing the phase of the record dedicated to them, I imagined them in my mind as time points, durations in which different possibilities are presented to me. Obviously, they are extremely complexed as well as you would need to refer to the Deluxe overview for additional information, but it was definitely a entirely brand-new understanding for me. The report finishes off with the Achievement number– its specifics, how to compute it, use it, and also what it suggests for you. I think about the Deluxe version of the numerological record exceptionally beneficial, really engaging, and also a page-turner. I felt as if I read a very interesting book where the major personality is no one else however me. The whole time I had the sensation of having a conversation with somebody, as the record is actually very customized as well as I can even call it intimate– the authors kept referring to me by name. What are individuals claiming regarding the Numerologist report? People seem to have a similar reaction to me, surprised just how exact it was. There were additionally a handful of reviews on Trustpilot evaluations, which were not as positive. A couple of people experienced technical problems: Is the Numerologist reading worth the money? In my point of view, anything that presses you to explore on your own in a spiritual way and makes you review your life path is worth the rate. I was fascinated by the idea of having a record that is as particular as it can get, and not just an additional global guide. Mind that you are not simply obtaining assistance for the following year or two, you are getting an sophisticated, practically x-ray analysis of your destiny, your potential, and also your heart. The 60-page booklet is undoubtedly made with a great deal of interest to detail and also positive to read– I felt the magic streaming from every single web page of it. I love the fact that the report is written by professionals, very clinically, however at the same time– easy and also engaging to absorb by everybody. I would be glad to examine the other choice of individualized reports that the internet site offers. I already pointed out that they use a reimbursement in case you are not delighted with the acquisition, yet I can assure you– if you are completely honest as well as take your time to check out the record you won’t be requesting one! Where can I obtain the numerology report? You can locate the complimentary video report right here. After that, you will be forwarded to a sales web page where you can obtain the detailed Deluxe report. What is your opinion regarding Numerologist and what did your reading claim? Let me recognize in the comments! 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403	Here’s another question from the reader who asked if current employment status matters and how the initial selection of candidate works. This week I asked people who hire librarians: When should someone NOT apply for a position? When one lacks the required qualifications. If the position is in a location to which the applicant is not willing to move. Don’t apply for any position for which you can’t make the case that your skills match it. When we have openings for a teen librarian, someone with early literacy chops only or a tech services background won’t even make the first cut unless the candidate can clearly show that they have outstanding relevent experience with the clientele. That is the biggest mistake I see. If you don’t quite have the required degree or the years of experience, it is fine with us if you apply – again, as long as you can show that the skills you bring actually match the advertised job you will be considered. As always, the cover letter is where you can make your case on how your skills would answer the posted position. If you can’t make that match, you waste both your time and the time of the potential employer. This seems to be a common sense thought, but if someone does not meet the qualifications by any stretch of the imagination, they should not apply. Yes, there is some room for leeway — maybe you only have 2 years of experience instead of 3, but it was really great experience. That’s fine, especially if you meet the other qualifications. I’ve seen some applications where just a couple of the qualifications are met, and those don’t get a second glance. I’ve also had a few applicants whose schedules simply did not work — this mostly applies to part-time hiring. If you are only available after 6pm, and we close at 8 … it’s not going to work. Some full-time jobs require weekend or evening hours. If you’re never available for these, don’t apply.– Marleah Augustine, Adult Department Librarian at Hays Public Library The obvious answer to this one, is to only apply to jobs for which you are well qualified (and therefore stand a good chance of being invited to interview). The problem is, it isn’t always obvious which jobs those are!Sometimes it is clear. For example, if you have recently graduated and have 1 year’s pre-qualification experience as a library assistant, there is little point applying for a job as a Library Director calling for 10yrs+ experience including staff and budget management. On the other hand, if a role is quite close to something you have done before, or is a very similar job but in a different industry sector, or uses the same skill set in a new way, then it can be much less clear whether you should apply or not. A good rule of thumb is, can you give specific examples of work you have done that match 70-75% of the duties listed in the job description? If you can do this for 100% of the job – in other words, you can clearly do the role ‘standing on your head’ – then employers may feel you will have no scope for development (and so may leave quickly for something more challenging) or think that you will expect an amount near the top of their salary range (and so may leave quickly for something better paid). On the other hand, if you can only show you’ve done 50% or less of the job, then hirers may decide you would need too much investment in terms of training, on the job coaching, etc. A good balance is that you can comfortably do the majority of the job from day one, and so can contribute value quickly, while still having some room for growth and development left, giving you interest and challenge and justifying pay increases. If you want to apply for a job that’s in a different industry sector, then there are two things you can do to increase your chances of getting an interview. Firstly, make sure you clearly show how your skills and experiences can be transferred and are applicable in the new situation. Secondly, find out what kind of jargon terms the new industry uses for the things you have done – and then use those terms (rather than the ones used by your current company / industry sector) to write about your job duties and achievements. In other words, talk their language. – Nicola Franklin, Director, The Library Career Centre Ltd. If you are not qualified for a position (don’t meet the minimum qualifications) and can’t even make a case for having the qualifications, don’t bother applying. If you don’t really want the job in question, but you just want to work at the library in question, please don’t apply. We will not keep your application on file for other positions. You are wasting the time of 4-6 people on the search committee. Thank you as always to our contributors for their time and insight. If you’re someone who hires librarians and are interested in participating in this feature, please email me at hiringlibrariansATgmail.com. Thank YOU for reading! As always, you are only one comment away from making a comment. Reddit Related Filed under Academic, Further Questions, Other Organization or Library Type, Public Having an Established Reputation in the Field → January 4, 2013 at 9:48 am Maybe if positions weren’t written with ridiculous requirements or a requirement of two years direct library experience for a Librarian I position, you’d get better candidates and less chaff. Think about it. January 4, 2013 at 9:52 am January 8, 2013 at 8:52 am This is extremely discouraging and does nothing to help recent graduates. Of course we don’t enjoy applying to jobs that we know we’re probably underqualified for, but when your bills are piling up, and you don’t have a job, it’s difficult to sit around thinking what would be make the search committee’s job easier. January 8, 2013 at 9:14 am This elitist post makes me sick. January 8, 2013 at 9:34 am Wait, for real? Are you looking for a world where education, experience, and qualifications don’t matter? disgruntled January 8, 2013 at 6:26 pm Excuse me, but don’t these people get PAID to sit around and read resumes? Some people are actually struggling and one step away from poverty. They would love to have a cushy job where they can sit around perusing over people’s “crappy, unqualified resumes” and have the good sense to not whine about it online either. Good riddance. Valuing education is one thing. Being elitist is another. January 8, 2013 at 6:46 pm None of the people interviewed here have a cushy job where they just sit around reading resumes, with the exception of maybe Nicola, who is a recruiter. Not that I would characterize her job that way. They do hiring as part of the rest of a very full librarian (or library vendor, in Mac’s case) schedule. No one has called your resume, or anyone else’s, crappy. I am sorry you are so upset. Or, I am sorry you are trolling me. Whichever it is. They are answering a question asked by a reader in the hopes of improving YOUR chances for landing a job (as well as the chances of anyone in the whole wide world who’s reading), by giving you information that might help you direct your time and energy in more productive, job-finding ways. It’s not elitist. It’s populist, if anything. Anonymous January 9, 2013 at 1:15 pm The poster complains about recent grads who apply for a director position. That’s ridiculous. However, I was a recent grad with five years of paraprofessional experience in a large academic library. Even if my title was not a “librarian” (aka professional) position, I understood all of the workings of the department. However, I was not considered for even an entry level position because apparently those things don’t count. If that is the case (ie. that nothing prior to actually getting the degree actually counts) then how in the Hell are you supposed to overcome the “lack of experience.” I too am very offended by this elitist post and you can bet that the people writing this stuff did not have to jump through all the inane hoops that we graduates of the last 10 years. January 14, 2013 at 7:30 pm I am sorry that you found part of my post ‘ridiculous’, but I assure you that in over 15 years of recruiting librarians I have seen applications like this – and cases where the connection between the applicant’s skills/experience and the requirements of the job was even more tenuous. As other responders in this comments section have indicated, it may not be the actual fact of the ‘lack of experience’, or otherwise, that is the issue – you may in fact have directly or indirectly relevant experience – it is often the communication of that experience that is the problem. When a hirer has dozens or hundreds of resumes to go through, they often don’t have time to read them ‘cover to cover’, or to sit puzzling over briefly or obliquely mentioned experiences, to try and work out whether they are likely to have given the applicant skills relevant to the position or not. As an applicant you need to make this obvious from first glance. Make sure your resume is clear, straightforward and directly spells out which experiences you have had that are relevant, and HOW they are relevant, to the job you are applying for (not just to a generic ‘library job’). You also mention that you don’t believe that the people writing the posts had to go through the same convoluted recruitment processes you are facing. I wish this was the case! In my case, I have just moved to the USA and to get my first job here I had to go through 4 rounds of interviews, an online personality/numeric/verbal reasoning test and a 2hour observed telephone audition. I had to show how my UK experience was relevant to the US situation, and how recruiting library people was relevant to recruiting accountancy people. All this took time and effort and lots of explanation (written and verbal) – but I was fortunate in finding an employer willing to give me a chance. I hope all those reading this post find that their efforts are similarly rewarded. January 14, 2013 at 8:43 am This post isn’t intended to be elitist, but to be helpful – job seekers are indeed wasting their own time applying for positions they are not qualified. If it did not happen a lot, to a ridiculous degree, you would not see so many folks in hiring positions warning you about this. As for it being a cushy job reading others’ resumes, it’s hard work, and depressing, knowing you are facing a huge pool but can only offer one job. Reading the resumes and cover letters often isnt done on work time – we still have full time jobs to do – but are brought home, and we read them instead of making supper, spending time with family, or other things. We folks in hiring positions are very invested – both personally and professionally – in making sure we do a good job of hiring, and we take it very seriously. It’s painful when applicants (likely not the readers of this blog!) don’t take it as seriously – i.e., telling me how much you want to be a reference librarian in your cover letter for a tech services position. You also have to remember that you as an exhausted job seeker are up against hundreds of other job seekers. The only way you have to communicate with the hiring committee is through your documents. If you cannot make the case of how your experience makes you a great fit for a position, you are up against folks who are making that case…and the committee decides accordingly. For recent grads, your best bet is to address every required and desired qualification with how you meet them. That way, if the hiring committee uses a rubric (as many do, to make sure they’re following EEO & HR guidelines), you gain as many points as you possibly can as a candidate. Jenica Rogers’s post on cover letters is a must-read for all job seekers: http://www.attemptingelegance.com/?p=922 And please remember – it’s not intended to be elitist. We wouldn’t talk about these things as problems if we did not see them all the time, and cringe. January 14, 2013 at 12:47 pm You ask to address all the requirements. I see job descriptions for Librarian I positions (I do have 1.5 years experience) with 15 minimum qualification bullet points, and requiring experience in every tool and standard I have ever heard of. This is ridiculous. How does anyone, show of a library director, have that kind of experience? Ok, I can certainly write a letter where I make a case for how my experience applies to every point, even if indirectly, but that letter would be three or four pages long. I constantly hear advice to make your cover letter short and sweet. So what are we to do? Look, I think most of us feel for those folks who look at applications. It really makes me happy to know that actual librarians look at my application rather than a robot or HR person with zero library experience. I think you have to understand that for those of us who spend hours on our applications and “do everything right” without progress, we want to hear something more constructive. Hearing “don’t apply for a job you’re completely unqualified for” or “don’t send a cover letter with lots of spelling errors” is unhelpful, and frankly a little insulting. I don’t think this post is elitist and I’m glad to see it up on the site. Like I said, I really really appreciate all the effort librarians on the hiring end put in, but we put in a ton of work too. I personally try to research just about every library or archive I apply to and spend hours perfecting my letter, only to get no response at all. What I would like to know is how make my hard work more effective. Perhaps someone could give advice for folks who are applying for that Librarian I position rather than a Director position? January 24, 2013 at 7:44 am Hiring committees list 15 bullet points because they are looking for the pink unicorn librarian. Their ideal candidate doesn’t exist in the real world. At the end of the day, search committees will hire an imperfect candidate who is missing one or more of the ideal qualities for the position. January 14, 2013 at 9:02 am I don’t think anyone who contributed to this post was trying to be elitist. In my case, as Emily mentioned, I wanted to give an honest answer to those folks who are out there job hunting day in and day out, and to give insight into my process. Job requirements are posted in order to narrow down the field of applicants, which is necessary when you sometimes get hundreds of applications. And no, this is not a cushy job and I’ve got lots to do. It’s unfortunate when lack of experience is the sole reason cited for not hiring an applicant. In any field or industry, there is always the issue of trying to get experience but not being able to obtain it because one can’t get hired without it in the first place. This is not unique to librarianship by any means. But, when folks are competing against each other and the one who is hired just has more experience, how else do you describe why the others weren’t hired? Sometimes that is all it comes down to. Many folks who graduated with an MLIS (or some form thereof) in the last few years have been able to find employment, myself included. I think much of it is being in the right place at the right time. Those areas that are extremely competitive are tough to crack, and those areas that aren’t as desirable have positions that remain unfilled because folks don’t want them — speaking in terms of the position and/or location when I say “areas”. It’s a tough process, and I sympathize. Anonymous January 14, 2013 at 10:25 am Perhaps those who have just graduated or are soon to graduate should look at these posts in a different way. When I was in library school I had a graduate assistantship that put me in the library doing reference work. When I graduated I had excellent experience. I also knew that the jobs I applied for were not cushy jobs where I’d be sitting around reading resumes. Those of us who have worked for many years know what is required in the positions we post and know what skills will best suit the needs of the job. I regularly get applications from first time librarians who have never held a job in their lives. Why would I consider a person with no work experience over one who has work experience? For example — if I get 2 applications for an entry level professional position and one of them has never held a job and one has been a waitress for 2 years, I first ask myself, “Which one will probably have more skills that will be useful?” “Which one understands the importance of coming in on time?” “Which one has customer service skills?” Both of the applicants may have skills learned in library school. Both may be dependable, but only one can demonstrate that on paper. And only one can demonstrate on paper that they have customer service skills. I will probably interview both candidates, but I will initially be more interested in the person with a work history. I also have been a mentor in the ALA Mentorship program. Both of my mentees had weak resumes, not because they were inexperienced, but because they couldn’t write a good resume. One had few library skills, but lots of experience as a medical receptionist, dealing with sick, grumpy people over the phone. Her resume barely mentioned this, but it was great experience for public library work. Once she started highlighting her customer service skills, she had much better luck securing interviews. The other mentee had good experience but the resume was all over the place — cataloging, reference, youth services all got equal billing no matter what the job was. He had trouble getting an interview too. If you are unsuccessful in landing an interview, look over your life and your resume. January 15, 2013 at 5:16 pm I am, honestly, shocked that you get applications from MLS grads with no work experience. When I was in grad school, I had two internships, and every single person I knew in the program, no exceptions, either did an internship or worked in a library or archives (sometimes both!). In my last position, I hired a handful of interns. All of them had done several internships prior to mine. Most of the applicants had either completed an internship in the past or worked in a library in some form. I wonder if it is because a) I live in an urban area with lots of museums and libraries to intern in and b) I live near several library schools. I cannot believe that MLS grads have no experience at all. And if you have non-MLS folks applying to library jobs, they probably are not reading this blog for advice. I am so frustrated with the catch all advice of “get more experience.” How can we? I feel like we pigeonhole archivists and librarians (archivists especially, I’ve found) into their subfields and it seems impossible to get out. For example, lets say the bulk of my experience is in political papers, but maybe I don’t want to limit myself to just those jobs. So how can I convince someone that my experience with political papers applies to a position working with church documents, or business records, or whatever, when there is probably another applicant who has direct experience in that field? Or has worked with MARC and Dublin Core, when I’ve only worked with MARC? The responses from those on the hiring end make it sound like it honestly doesn’t matter how great I make my cover letter or resume because MARC + Dublin Core > MARC. And a mediocre application where the applicant meets all the qualifications will get put above a thoughtfully written document of someone who really could do the job with maybe an extra two or three days of training. January 14, 2013 at 11:59 am Biff said, “Maybe if positions weren’t written with ridiculous requirements or a requirement of two years direct library experience for a Librarian I position, you’d get better candidates and less chaff. Think about it.” If I could have new graduates understand one thing about public libraries it’s that most of us are required to work with our City/County HR department and have very little control over how the requirements are written. I’ve worked for one library system that had it’s own HR department and it was amazing. We could set the requirements, see all the applications and really choose the best candidates. In my current library, we are a city department and must abide by all of the HR rules, many of which are quite antiquated. Trust me when I tell you all that I want your paraprofessional experience to count (I was burned by the same thing in my past), I want to see more than 3-5 applicants, and I want to be able to recruit whenever I have to hire and not just when the list expires. Truth be told, the only flexibility we have is with PT hiring and no one wants to move to Nebraska for a part-time job with no benefits. There is incredible pain on both sides of the issue. January 14, 2013 at 12:53 pm Well then, what do you recommend? Should we stretch the truth about our experience just to get through the system? Should we apply for part-time positions and hope for the best? Is there a workaround or is it hopeless? Anonymous January 14, 2013 at 2:29 pm I have been a librarian for more years than I want to count :-), but I remember how difficult it was when I was straight out of library school, and literally had a suitcase full of rejections. (I kept them to show some people, like my family, that I was indeed applying.) The problem of not having directly related qualifications until you actually get a job is a real one, but it’s NOT hopeless. As a couple of other posters have stated, you need to address how whatever your experience is, even if not directly related to the job, can be of benefit to the employer. If you have only worked in a store, but not a library, make a case for your public service skills, or give an example of how you turned a bad situation in your job into a good one with the end result of a happy customer. It may not get you the job, but it shows initiative and imagination. It isn’t easy, and the pool, especially in this economy may be huge, but you have to keep trying. Also, as much as it may not be what you want to do–use contacts. Or ask if you can do an internship or volunteer at a library. It isn’t exactly the same, but you can then honestly say–“not stretch the truth”–“I volunteered for 2 years in Name a library, and I gained the following experience.:” But truly, if you don’t even come close in any way to meeting at least some of the qualifications in a job description, in order to even make what experience you have anywhere sound valuable, then you are going to be frustrated. And honest, I am not the slightest bit elitist, but I too have gone through huge pools of applicants feeling like I’m playing God with peoples’ lives, and it is not a good feeling believe me. January 14, 2013 at 11:47 pm I literally do all of those things. I am also very impatient. My last position ended only a few weeks ago, but I had been applying for many months prior to that point. It’s hard to not feel like your application does not just go straight from your computer into the trash on the other end. Almost everyone I knew in grad school worked at least one internship, if not more (I had two, plus archives experience in undergrad and library experience one year between undergrad and grad). Yesterday, I worked on two applications. I spent probably two hours on each one, writing and rewriting the cover letter, adjusting my resume, contacting people I had not spoken to in years because they had connections to the organization. When my job ended, I called a local museum the next day to set up times to volunteer. But, I think the majority of people do this. Then, I look at job ads for mid-level positions I should be qualified for (at least in the number of years experience required), and the qualifications list is endless. “Must have experience with MARC, Dublin Core, EAD, XML, ContentDM, Fedora, DSpace, Photoshop….” I don’t even understand how one library can possibly use all those things. What frustrates me the most is that it takes like a day to learn any of those things, but I am convinced (particularly from this post) that because my resume does not say that I know Dublin Core, ContentDM, and Photoshop, it gets thrown out. Am I qualified for that position? Am I not? I don’t want to waste my time or yours, but I’m honestly not sure. Practically speaking, the only thing that stands between me and perfect qualifications is probably a week on the job. January 15, 2013 at 6:26 am 1. Jenica Rogers’s post on cover letters is a must-read for every jobhunter (including seasoned ones). 2. I will note that we do not, indeed, get paid to read your applications in our cushy offices. We do that in addition to our more-than-40-hour-a-week jobs that we get paid to do, and we do take it very seriously, since the opportunity to hire someone new for our team comes up rarely, and has a huge impact on our organization. Many of us take applications home and read them there after-hours instead of spending time with our families. I promise you, hiring folks take this just as seriously as applicants. 3. None of these responses is elitist. Think about it – if these were not persistent issues in the applicant pool (i.e., applying with no relevant experience or failing to express how you are qualified or terribly written letters), it means we see this a lot, and it is not helping applicants to do this. 4. Perhaps the most useful advice I can offer to job hunters is that due to HR and EEO office requirements, many search committees use the required and desired qualifications from the job ads to create a rubric, whcih all applicants are scored against. The better you can (concisely) address how you meet each of those in your (interesting, grammatically correct and proofread) cover letter, the better position you are in. Those folks who are completely unqualified get zeroes across the board and fall out of the pool compared to more qualified applicants. Best of luck to all. Frustrated January 15, 2013 at 9:04 am Everything that Biff, disgruntled, and others have posted here is absolutely true. Their viewpoint needs to be acknowledged. I am an “underemployed” librarian, and so in many ways I am one of the lucky ones. (I am seriously considering returning to school to become an RN, because I find that librarianship is becoming more and more ludicrous with each passing day.) But I must say, please don’t shoot the messengers. Since we have to play the “game,” isn’t it better to know the rules? In an ideal world, everyone would be given a fair chance to have the job they need. Libraries would strive to “grow their own” by considering entry level candidates and training us properly. Since we are stuck in the real world, I want Emily and her panel of library experts to know how much I appreciate them. I am so grateful for this website and the information it provides. Although I am completely frustrated and fed up with librarianship as a career, I visit this site regularly because I want to learn, and I pray that one day I will obtain a decent library job. Even though I sometimes fume when I read what the experts say, I am incredibly thankful that they give their time and perspective. Many of us feel this way. Please understand our frustration, and continue to help us with your “tough love.” January 15, 2013 at 5:40 pm I don’t think people are trying to shoot the messengers. Believe me, I am so grateful that anyone would share their views and try to give us some advice. I think what some job hunters would like to see is some more thoughtful advice. Ok, I am now convinced that there are people out there who, for some bizarre reason, apply for positions significantly above their qualifications, but can the rest of us get some advice too? What do seasoned librarians and search committee members have for those us who qualify or mostly qualify for the positions we apply for (and at what point are your qualifications enough? When you hit 80% of the points? When you hit 100%?). Every year, I feel like it is harder and harder to make a living as a librarian, and we’re told to accept it as the norm and the way things have to be. That is just sad. Frustrated January 16, 2013 at 8:45 am Agreed. I just noticed on a more recent Hiring Librarians question, only 2 members of the library panel responded. It was probably just a coincidence, but I also believe that this post ruffled some feathers on both sides of the issue. I really just wanted to express some appreciation for those who are trying to help. I also wanted to comment on something you posted before. You mentioned pigeon holing. Yes, it does happen in our field, and I have witnessed it firsthand. I believe that search committee members and hiring librarians pigeon hole applicants frequently. “Oh you’ve worked in public libraries, then you really don’t want to be a cataloger,” or “you have only worked in archives, then you really aren’t interested in reference.” They completely forget what it is like out there in unemployment land, and how sometimes you have to take what you can get. The same is true for graduate assistantships. Yes, they are wonderful-if you get one. My library school graduates around 200 librarians every single year. In a given year, there may be a maximum of 10 assistantships. So, are the other 190 students up the creek without a paddle? Or similarly, what if you aspire to become a reference librarian, but you are only able to obtain an assistantship in library research? What happens then? Anyway, dmzz your thoughtful and well written posts here demonstrate that you have everything a potential employer is looking for in a professional librarian. Keep your chin up. I think you (and I) will one day soon find the job we are looking for. January 16, 2013 at 9:11 am Aww, Frustrated, that is so nice of you to say. Just wanted to make a further point about pigeonholing, and perhaps someone who knows the other side of things can comment. I’ve had older librarians ask me “Well, what do you really want to do? Do you want to do reference? Do you want to work in a school? A museum? Cataloging? Archiving? Digital resources?” and I honestly want to say “Probably most of that.” I did not go into library science to work in my tiny corner of the world and never do anything else. I fell in love with this field because I knew there were so many directions I could go in, and most of them would make me happy, and challenge me in ways. I think it is a real detriment to the field when hiring committees second guess a candidate’s genuine interest in the position only because it is different from their last few jobs. Isn’t this supposed to be a dynamic field, full of exciting change or flexibility? At least that’s what my iSchool brochure said :). I can only imagine the kind of new perspective a corporate librarian could bring to a public library, or a museum archivist could bring to an academic library. We would learn so much more from each other if we allowed for this sort of movement in the profession. Pingback: Further Questions: How important is knowledge of specific tools? \| Hiring Librarians Pingback: Further Questions: Any Tips for Out-of-Area Applicants? \| Hiring Librarians February 11, 2013 at 6:14 pm It’s very near impossible to “only apply for positions for which you are qualified” when the vast majority of even entry level positions specifically request full-time professional level experience. How the heck is a recent grad supposed to already have 1+ year of full-time professional level library experience? This is extremely disheartening when you make a point of working part-time all through school and doing numerous internships to gain experience and you know you can perform all the functions of the job but you are overlooked anyway. These requirements seem to exist for no other reason than to screen out new graduates, even those who are more than capable of performing the role. My hunch is that screening out new graduates is the easiest (and yet still an arbitrary) way to thin a pile of resumes and thus makes the job of the search committee easier. I can write immaculate cover letters, volunteer for months to gain more experience, and so on ad infinitum but none of that removes the fact that I haven’t gotten a full-time “real” librarian position yet and thus can be dismissed because apparently there’s no way anybody whose done paraprofessional work (even 5+ years of it) could ever handle such lofty responsibility. And yes, I know this is combative, but when you add the fact that most recent grads are adults with bills who now also have trouble getting paraprofessional positions because they are “overqualified” I don’t think being combative and resentful is unreasonable. All I’m asking for is a fair chance based on my actual skills and not some arbitrary numerical designation. February 12, 2013 at 5:55 am Lesley – I’ll note that often the ad will say “1 year of professional library experience or equivalent” – that is to weed out folks who have never stepped foot inside a library (and surprisingly, there are many). I think you could easily make the case that your part time work and internships give you the needed experience, and if you can make that connection, you’d be considered ‘qualified’ by many hiring committees.	0.931548	34,500	{ "content-length": "34928", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:Z72PHTRVQXFFQXLAZNWSZUMUJI5BZ43S", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T15:30:42Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:1585d0f0-3cb9-44ca-87cd-8f09bc4de517>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:c0b01aae-496a-4928-8c8b-0f3a855b0a0f>", "warc-target-uri": "https://hiringlibrarians.com/2013/01/04/further-questions-when-shouldnt-candidates-apply/?like_comment=17517&_wpnonce=39e233616a", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 520.0992, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.9315475999999999 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "header", "footer" ] }
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411	If you are looking for ways to make money online you should consider the following options: Start a podcast, become an influencer, book reviewer, mystery shopper, or become a book reviewer. These methods are relatively simple and will likely yield substantial results within a couple of months. However, they’ll require a higher level of investment upfront, so they might not yield a high return on investment within the first few months. Start an e-commerce business You can become a book review influencer by writing reviews for books published by different publishers. While some publishers will pay for reviews, they may not pay you a lot. Alternatively, you can get free books from publishers and write reviews for them. You should note, however, that this job does take a lot of time. You might need to review photos, edit them, and post them on various social media channels. There are many platforms where you can become a book review influencer. Some offer free books in exchange for your time, while others pay you for it. Take your time to explore various platforms and determine which one best suits your skills and interests. Below are some websites that pay book reviews. You can also join Facebook groups that allow book review influencers to chat. This will give you a chance to network with other bloggers. Instagram: Instagram is a popular platform for book lovers. You can become a book review influencer and earn passive income from your audience. You can monetize your audience and make money through advertising if you have engaged readers. To make money online, you can become a book review influencer. Become a mystery shopper to earn money online. Online mystery shopping can be a side hustle that can pay anywhere from $15 to $50. You may also be eligible for reimbursement for products purchased for companies through experience-type jobs. All you need to do is follow instructions and submit your completed assignments in a certain time frame to earn money. Most mystery shopping jobs only require a few hours of your time and a PayPal account. Many mystery-shopping companies offer free food and accommodations. The company will assign tasks based on your location, background, and availability. You’ll need to pass a basic grammar and spelling test. After you have completed your task, you will need to fill out a feedback questionnaire within 24 hours. If you’re not confident with your computer, you can use an automated investing service. Market Force is a mystery shopping company that has more than 250 clients. The company works with many markets and industries. There are three main types of mystery shopping: retail, restaurant, and home services. Once you’re approved, you’ll receive payments according to a contract and your own personal preferences. Companies may also pay per hour or per project. 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412	S.P. Austen (1960 - 2020) wrote largely on metaphysical and spiritual subjects, but was not confined to those genres only. He wrote short stories, novelettes, novellas, novels and poetry. He also wrote on Self-Help, Personal Development and Social Issues. He was a lifelong meditator, and had written two books on the subject of meditation. He believed that regular meditation and yoga practices are the foundation of well-being and lead to excelled creativity. Born in London, England, he moved to Canada with his Canadian wife in 2001, and lived on Vancouver Island until his passing on June 30, 2020 If you would like to find out more about S.P. Austen's writing, please visit his Amazon Author's Page by clicking the website icon to the right of this profile. S.P. Austen can also be found on Smashwords at the following: Follow this author Articles From This Author Writing By S P Austen Oct 4, 2019 Creative Writing What Are the Elements of a Good Short Story? By S P Austen Oct 12, 2019 Writing Writing Style Myths: It's Time to Ditch the Rule Book By S P Austen Oct 12, 2019 © 2022 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.	0.855177	1,638	{ "content-length": "1640", "content-type": "text/plain", "warc-block-digest": "sha1:AKXAWELZBBEHWL4FKZWDDOEO4Y3KZFSV", "warc-date": "2022-11-28T14:48:18Z", "warc-identified-content-language": "eng", "warc-record-id": "<urn:uuid:f1a960c7-c687-4e0a-bd50-ee2b68509731>", "warc-refers-to": "<urn:uuid:864996dd-32ee-40d5-bdda-8355b2a2c803>", "warc-target-uri": "https://hobbylark.com/@stephenausten", "warc-type": "conversion" }	{ "categories": null, "harmful_pp": 1040.3838, "identification": { "label": "en", "prob": 0.85517734 }, "quality_warnings": [ "short_sentences", "footer" ] }
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426	Let’s chat about dusty treasures, vintage gems, and old things that can make your sweet little house feel a bit more homey. Bur first, go pour yourself a cup of tea or glass of wine, and then we’ll dive into this thing they call thrifting. In this post I am going to share some insight with you in how I tackle the thrift store, along with the in’s and out’s of bringing old items into our home. I’ll share what materials I gravitate to and what items I always end up combing over while thrifting. Buying older, second-hand items is a really wonderful way to add charm to a space in an inexpensive way, and because people are always getting rid of things, what you can find on the thrift store shelves is in constant rotation. I have been thrifting for years now, some months a bit more intensely than others, and I’ve learned some things, most of which I’ve discovered by means of doing it over and over with small kids in tow. Which is FUN. Sometimes when I’m feeling ambitious I’ll go with the kids, other times I’ll sneak away on a Sunday afternoon with a coffee in hand and more time to browse. Either way I get to do it, thrifting is so much fun for me. Various Books \| Basket for Magazines \| Pottery Bowl First of all, why thrift? Charm: The old adage, ” one person’s trash is another person’s treasure” rings true for me. I enjoy mixing both new and old when it comes to decorating our home, keeping our newer things neutral to let the antiques with their aged patina really shine. Mixing the two can create so much depth and character while giving your home that extra bit of warmth if your style is on the minimal side like ours. By thrifting you can keep things simple AND cozy. Save Money: You can save a lot of money. If you don’t want to spend another forty dollars on another kid shoes, go thrifting. If you want an enamel pot that doesn’t cost a lot online, go thrifting. If you want a vintage piece of art without the Ebay price, go thrifting. If you want some fun but inexpensive seasonal decor, like brass candle holders or apple baskets, go thrifting. If you want to save money, go thrifting. And then go to Aldi, where you’ll save a ton more money. Your Stamp: When you shop second-hand you are able to create a look that is your own and something other than what’s advertised in magazines or dare I say, the sameness of Instagram. It’s easy to go to Target and outfit your home, but what you’ll end up getting is a look that is just like everyone else on the internet. Buying eclectic pieces that can’t be bought elsewhere adds something special to your home. Quality: You know those old ladder-back chairs that look just as good, if not better, as the year they were handmade? We have several and they are as sturdy as ever. Things were just made better back then and it’s no reason why our grandparents still own a good majority of the things they bought years ago. With all of the mass-produced factory-made things floating around, most of which ends up breaking and being tossed, we could all use a few old-fashioned items in our homes. Quantity: Because things bought at the thrift store are less expensive if you purchased them new, you can afford to get things you really like in greater qualities. Example of this for me would be: baskets for storage, kitchenware, vintage skirts, quilts, kid’s clothing, and pretty fabric. I always stock up on these things if I come across something good because a few too many of these items are never a bad thing. What’s worth thrifting? While I think this is a personal topic and differs given your style, there are some wonderful thrifting staples anyone can appreciate. There are odds and ends I always seems to gravitate towards when I am thrifting just to see what’s there that week or month. I have realized I take the same basic approach most everywhere I go, combing through this or that in a rhythm that works for me and suits my decorating tastes. Here’s my plan of attack: Avoid the nicknacks and random bear statues and start with the kitchen items, mainly looking over the following materials with care: Wood – bowls, glasses, cutting boards, rolling pins, soup spoons, and wall storage. Brass – candleholder, bells and small dishes. Tin – strainers, bowls, and storage. Enamel – perfect for sauces and baking. Glass – Picardi glasses are wonderful for wine or orange juice. Then head over the basket area which will most likely be overflowing with goodness. Don’t forget to look inside them! I only buy baskets if they are pretty darn clean inside and out. My favorites are apple baskets, tightly woven bins, bread baskets, woven trays, and old picnic baskets. Skip on the laundry baskets as those are full of bacteria. We use our baskets for all kinds of storage for the kids and on shelves. It’s a simple solution to keep things where they belong and I never spend more than a couple dollars on one! Now mosey on back to the art section, where you’ll have to strap the kids in and get your hands a little dirty. They seem to always haphazardly stack art at second-hand shops, so I sort through them like I am looking for a recipe card focusing on these items: Antique oil replicas After thumbing through the art I’ll go meander around the clothing section, looking in only a few places. This does change seasonally: Knits, the men’s area have great ones Next up, peek at the following things and see if anything catches your eye. I don’t generally dig around in these areas too much, but if I see something intriguing I’ll scoop it right up: Small furniture like desks and small tables Vases or milk glass anything A few more things to keep in mind: Don’t go with hopes to find that “magical thing”. Chances are you won’t. Bring hand sanitizer. Try things on. Don’t necessarily go when there are sales, it’s always pretty crowded them. Remember you are helping your community by both donating by thrifting! I know it’s not for everyone, but I think carefully selecting older items can be a great way of helping turn a house into a cozy home. And for those who favor nostalgia and don’t mind an old ding or two, you’ll love all that thrifting can do for ya! Do you like to thrift? What are your favorite things to buy second-hand? And if you have any helpful tidbits about thrifting I’d love to hear. *Everything listed below the photos have been thrifted! And remember, always wash and sanitize everything you buy. I use my thieves oil to do this on everything we bring into our home. Link to this Post Kristin Perks - I love this post! I take almost the same exact route around the thrift shop, although as a vintage seller I dig a little deeper into the clothing section. Thanks for the tips, and I love your taste in home decor – very inspiring : )ReplyCancel celica - What a great post!! I myself love thrifting ever since I was a kid. Brings me back to when my grandma was alive and we go together. I love finding vintage suitcases, vintage pyrex and clothes.ReplyCancel admin - Celia, my grandma likes to go too, it’s darling. Oh yes and vintage Pyrex! Those pastel colored ones are the best. x AmandaReplyCancel Francesca - I wish thrift stores were common here in Italy! We do have antique furniture stores and vintage clothing shops, but those are not really the kind of places you want to go to if you want to save money! Second-hand shopping is less expensive AND it’s so much better for the environment. Brianna Blacklock - Yes! I love this. I mostly follow suite, although your post inspires me to dig through the kitchen supplies a little more diligently. I find great things in the gardening section! Lots of solid wood hand shovels, tera cotta pots, etc. Also, I found out that Tuesday afternoon is the best day to hit the children’s clothing racks at Blessings Abound in Overland Park. The lady who sorts the children’s wear brings her new rack out every Tuesday around lunch! ReplyCancel admin - Brianna, I’ve never been to Blessings Abound! Gonna have to check that place out. x AmandaReplyCancel Julie - This post is incredibly inspiring! My buying habits shifted two years ago when I started buying most of my clothes and home goods secondhand from thrift stores. Your pictures illustrate how it’s possible to create a beautiful, unique, and welcoming home with secondhand goods. Thanks for a wonderful guide and sharing your beautiful home!ReplyCancel Beth - Great post – I deeply enjoy thrifting. I never go looking for one thing – I just go with open eyes, and I’m guaranteed to find a treasure. Just last week I found a pair of perfect LL Bean snow boots for $10! Holla! I’m curious how you clean your items? You mentioned Thieves – do you just spray all your items with a basic Thieves spray? admin - Beth, if it is hand washable, I will do that. Most things are and I make a thieves bath and let things soak for a bit before scrubbing them. If they are not hand wash, like most baskets, I will use my spray on them. We have a big bottle of thieves cleaner diluted in water and I use that like a sanitizer. Work well and is pretty quick! x AmandaReplyCancel Alicia - On the thieves cleaner you mention – is that the same as pure thieves oil? And if so, can I ask the ratio for diluting with water? Thanks so much for all the tips!ReplyCancel Anneabel - Love this post! I’m an avid goodwill thrifter, we’ve got a great one by us! I started thrifting in highschool at this tiny thrift store we had. Back then it was still so strange to most people that I bought second handed clothes. It was the only way I could afford cool clothes and I loved the thrill of the hunt! Now I search more for home items and damn, that thrill is still just as strong as ever! And the baskets?? I sprint to that area first. I have a mental list of everywhere I search too, helps organize the chaos! Anyways, love love love the post, thanks for sharing.ReplyCancel Christine - I LOVE thrifting! It’s so fun. I had to make up a rule about stuffed lovies for the kids though, because they give me the heebs. And still, they hold them! Oh well. My globe collection is entirely thrifted, and I’m always so glad I started it whenever I dust the living room. Lovely post.ReplyCancel Thrifting is so fun, reading this almost made me feel like I had gone. So fun to find those treasures, fit them into your home and think of them fondly every time you see them. Thanks for sharing!ReplyCancel Jessica - You have found such beautiful things. Thanks for this streamline guide and all the tips. It’s so helpful to have a basic plan going into a Thrift store.ReplyCancel Rachel - Loved this! I’ve got a similar thrift groove too. Such a good tip about the pottery, I’m a potter myself and I’m always stunned by the beautiful, old handmade ceramics I find. I love when the artists sign the date too, I found a 50 year old mug at our local shop! I also look for coffee table books of artists I love. I found a big Whistler book and I just cut the prints right out and put them in frames I’ve thrifted. Just add a white mat and you’re good to go!ReplyCancel Rachel - I want to go thrifting with you, Thrift Queen! It’s been years. <3 Rachel from SchoolReplyCancel Rachel - Do you have any tips on where I can find vintage gerber long johns? I so want a pair for my baby boy but I haven’t been able to find them. admin - Rachel, I have found all of ours at Goodwill. I have never been able to track any down when I want them of course, only when I happen to see them on a random trip. Isn’t that how life always works? Best of luck mama! x AmandaReplyCancel Thanks so much for this post! I have grown up loving thrifting and I loved to see what you go for and look for first. I remember my sister getting into thrifting before it was considered “cool”. Ha! Now, my mom, my sister, my mother-in-law, and I are all avid thrifters – it’s just so much fun! I used to think baskets were outdated and silly (not sure why), but in the last five years or so, they have been one of my favorite things to collect. I really like those made out of grape vines – they have a timeless appeal to them. Our first baby is coming next week and I want to use baskets for toy and baby storage . . . they way you show yourself using them is helpful to see for ideas. It does sound like you might have better thrift stores where you live than we do here in the Inland Northwest . . . more cool old stuff. Thanks again for the fun post!ReplyCancel Just a note that this week (Dec 7-14) Aldi is selling a large set of Anchor Hocking storage containers under the Crofton label for $12.99! Unbelievable, even for thrifting standards! Unfortunately, my thrift stores in central Florida are less than stellar. But we have cut our grocery bill in half by shopping at Aldi!ReplyCancel admin - Ali, what an amazing deal! Thanks for sharing, I may just have to pick some up! x AmandaReplyCancel Sarah - Yes! I am proud to look around my home and see so many items that have been thrifted or passed on from family members, including every bed in the house (not the mattresses), our armchair, dining table, sewing table, piano, dresser, all of our bookcases, the tv console (pulled from the trash!) and all sorts of kitchenware. I aim for simple wood items I can paint white and anything made of silver, copper, ironstone and glass. I’ve slowed down on thrifting in the past few years, unless I need something really specific, as I am trying to keep our home simple. I’ve been donating lots these days! Just read this post as I catch up over my winter break from teaching…ReplyCancel Karen - I love this post! I do practically the same as you when I thrift. My problem is I have too much. I try to purge every so often but it’s so difficult! 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