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Dollars grease skids for school choice
by Bill Lueders May 21st, 2013 July 29th, 2016 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Wisconsin has long played a pivotal role in the national movement to redirect taxpayer dollars to private, often parochial schools. And money — much of it from out-of-state — has played a huge part in that process.
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a nonpartisan watchdog, recently reported that "wealthy campaign contributors and shadowy electioneering groups" spent nearly $10 million in Wisconsin over the past decade to back parental school choice.
Choice supporters gave $2.8 million in donations to state candidates and spent another $7 million on electioneering activities such as ads and mailings during political campaigns, the group said. Nearly two-thirds of the direct donations came from other states.
Leading the pack was Gov. Scott Walker with $2.3 million in support, mostly during last year's recall election. This included $1.1 million in outside spending by the national American Federation for Children.
Walker's first biennial budget expanded school choice from Milwaukee to Racine. His current budget, for 2013-15, would increase state voucher spending by $94 million over the next two years, and potentially allow nine new districts to participate.
The changes face strong opposition, especially since new data show that choice students in Milwaukee and Racine lag behind their public school counterparts in math and reading scores.
Some GOP lawmakers oppose expanding the voucher program; others tie their support for the budget to its inclusion. Among the latter is state Sen. Rick Gudex, R-Fond du Lac, who won a tight race last fall to oust Democratic incumbent Jessica King.
The American Federation for Children, in a recent report titled "2012 Election Impact Report," said it spent more than $325,000 to help Gudex topple King. Gudex has conceded that the group's efforts "didn't hurt" his chances.
In fact, the AFC's report (later removed from its website) said it spent $2.4 million in Wisconsin last year, a third of its national total, to "elect candidates … who will work to enact, expand and strengthen educational choice." It "invested heavily" in Wisconsin "to ensure educational choice majorities in both chambers of the Legislature."
But AFC, in filings with the state, reported spending just $145,000 on the Gudex-King race and $345,000 on all Wisconsin elections last year. The Democracy Campaign has filed a complaint with the state Government Accountability Board, saying the group underreported its electioneering spending by at least $2 million.
"They told their funders one thing and state election authorities a totally different story," said Democracy Campaign executive director Mike McCabe. "Judging from the content of this outfit's ads, they told their funders the truth and lied to election officials."
Former state Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen, now a lobbyist for AFC (in the 2011-12 legislative session, he and his firm were reportedly paid $76,000 for 77 hours of lobbying), referred a request for comment to other group officials. That yielded a statement in which AFC attorney James Bopp contended, "Our report to donors (includes election-related) activity that is not required to be reported in Wisconsin."
McCabe calls for enforcement of an existing state rule regarding disclosure of election activity that is "susceptible of no reasonable interpretation other than as an appeal to vote for or against a specific candidate."
But Jonathan Becker, ethics division administrator for the Government Accountability Board, says the agency has applied the rule in past cases and determined that other election-related spending "did not meet the definition" that it set forth. In 2012, for instance, it ruled that an advocacy group's online "Voter Guide" could be reasonably interpreted as an effort to provide information.
Moreover, Becker notes, the U.S. Supreme Court has directed regulators to focus on "the communication's substance, rather than on amorphous considerations of intent and effect."
So even a group's public admission that it set out to win elections and dominate legislatures may not be a factor that regulators could consider.
by Bill Lueders, Wisconsin Watch

Dollars grease skids for school choice

by Bill Lueders, Wisconsin Watch
May 21, 2013

Wisconsin has long played a pivotal role in the national movement to redirect taxpayer dollars to private, often parochial schools. And money — much of it from out-of-state — has played a huge part in that process.

Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a nonpartisan watchdog, recently reported that "wealthy campaign contributors and shadowy electioneering groups" spent nearly $10 million in Wisconsin over the past decade to back parental school choice.

Choice supporters gave $2.8 million in donations to state candidates and spent another $7 million on electioneering activities such as ads and mailings during political campaigns, the group said. Nearly two-thirds of the direct donations came from other states.

Leading the pack was Gov. Scott Walker with $2.3 million in support, mostly during last year's recall election. This included $1.1 million in outside spending by the national American Federation for Children.

Walker's first biennial budget expanded school choice from Milwaukee to Racine. His current budget, for 2013-15, would increase state voucher spending by $94 million over the next two years, and potentially allow nine new districts to participate.

The changes face strong opposition, especially since new data show that choice students in Milwaukee and Racine lag behind their public school counterparts in math and reading scores.

Some GOP lawmakers oppose expanding the voucher program; others tie their support for the budget to its inclusion. Among the latter is state Sen. Rick Gudex, R-Fond du Lac, who won a tight race last fall to oust Democratic incumbent Jessica King.

The American Federation for Children, in a recent report titled "2012 Election Impact Report," said it spent more than $325,000 to help Gudex topple King. Gudex has conceded that the group's efforts "didn't hurt" his chances.

In fact, the AFC's report (later removed from its website) said it spent $2.4 million in Wisconsin last year, a third of its national total, to "elect candidates … who will work to enact, expand and strengthen educational choice." It "invested heavily" in Wisconsin "to ensure educational choice majorities in both chambers of the Legislature."

But AFC, in filings with the state, reported spending just $145,000 on the Gudex-King race and $345,000 on all Wisconsin elections last year. The Democracy Campaign has filed a complaint with the state Government Accountability Board, saying the group underreported its electioneering spending by at least $2 million.

"They told their funders one thing and state election authorities a totally different story," said Democracy Campaign executive director Mike McCabe. "Judging from the content of this outfit's ads, they told their funders the truth and lied to election officials."

Former state Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen, now a lobbyist for AFC (in the 2011-12 legislative session, he and his firm were reportedly paid $76,000 for 77 hours of lobbying), referred a request for comment to other group officials. That yielded a statement in which AFC attorney James Bopp contended, "Our report to donors (includes election-related) activity that is not required to be reported in Wisconsin."

McCabe calls for enforcement of an existing state rule regarding disclosure of election activity that is "susceptible of no reasonable interpretation other than as an appeal to vote for or against a specific candidate."

But Jonathan Becker, ethics division administrator for the Government Accountability Board, says the agency has applied the rule in past cases and determined that other election-related spending "did not meet the definition" that it set forth. In 2012, for instance, it ruled that an advocacy group's online "Voter Guide" could be reasonably interpreted as an effort to provide information.

Moreover, Becker notes, the U.S. Supreme Court has directed regulators to focus on "the communication's substance, rather than on amorphous considerations of intent and effect."

So even a group's public admission that it set out to win elections and dominate legislatures may not be a factor that regulators could consider.

The nonprofit Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (www.WisconsinWatch.org) collaborates with Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Television, other news media and the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. All works created, published, posted or disseminated by the Center do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of UW-Madison or any of its affiliates.

This article first appeared on Wisconsin Watch and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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Demise Of National Association Of People With AIDS (NAPWA) Leaves Uncertain Future
Feb25 by D Gregory Smith
English: A section of the Berlin Wall with Graffiti regarding Act Up. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Some sad (and possibly troubling) news for those of us living with HIV: NAPWA, the lobbying and rights organization for HIV+ persons in the U.S. has closed and filed for bankruptcy. John Manuel Andriote has the story- be sure to read the last paragraph.
From Huffington Post:
Although it wasn't a total surprise when the National Association of People With AIDS (NAPWA) announced on Feb. 14 that it was suspending operations and filing for bankruptcy, it felt like a shock. Exactly 30 years after its founding by the very first people to go public about having HIV, all of them gay men, NAPWA's financial immune system finally collapsed under the weight of allegations of misused funds and the demands of creditors, employees and a landlord who wanted to be paid.
NAPWA was never exactly flush with cash, and it restructured itself several times over the decades. But a Dec. 5 open letter to the community from its board made it clear that the end was all but inevitable. Longtime HIV activist and POZ magazine founder Sean Strub blamed NAPWA's business model and leadership that was "inexperienced or inadequate, and, in some cases, compromised or lacking integrity." He added that "accountability and transparency were concepts largely absent from their operations in recent years. The problem was so deep-rooted that even the most dedicated and sincerely committed people on their board or staff could not fix it."
Time (and an apparent investigation by the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office) will shed light on what exactly led to this sad state of affairs. Meanwhile, a history lesson is in order to understand what NAPWA was and why its demise is a sad (and worrying) occasion for tens of millions of people.
On May 2, 1983, a small group of gay men with AIDS carried a banner during the first AIDS Candlelight March in San Francisco. "Fighting For Our Lives," it said. A month later, several men took the banner to Denver for the Second National AIDS Forum, held in conjunction with the then-annual gay and lesbian health conference. A dozen people with AIDS met together at the forum to discuss how they might organize themselves. They agreed that the slogan on the banner would be their slogan, because it captured what it was that they were doing: fighting for their lives.
The group proposed that local groups of people with AIDS from around the country join together to form a national group. They adopted a manifesto called the "Denver Principles," a series of rights and recommendations for health care providers, AIDS service organizations and people with AIDS themselves. The Denver Principles became the charter of the self-empowerment movement for people with AIDS. Its preamble said, "We condemn attempts to label us as 'victims,' a term which implies defeat, and we are only occasionally 'patients,' a term which implies passivity, helplessness, and dependence upon the care of others. We are 'People With AIDS.'"
After the Denver meeting, Bobbi Campbell, Michael Callen from New York and other gay men with AIDS and their supporters formed the National Association of People With AIDS. For three decades the Denver Principles were NAPWA's foundational document. "NAPWA was the last keeper of the flame for the Denver Principles," said veteran ACT UP New York activist Peter Staley, "and it's sad to think there are few if any institutions willing to defend them going forward."
But even without the organization built around them, the principles endure because they are now woven into the world's responses to HIV/AIDS. At the United Nations' 2006 High Level Meeting on AIDS, 192 nations unanimously adopted the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, including the so-called GIPA (Greater Involvement of People With AIDS) Principle. GIPA essentially made universal the principles of self-empowerment and involvement first articulated by that group of brave gay men who met in Denver in 1983.
Still, NAPWA's demise leaves a void that no other organization has yet shown the capacity to fill. Terje Anderson, who was a NAPWA board member before joining its staff as policy director in 1998 and then serving as executive director from 2000 until 2006, said in an interview that one of the group's most important legacies is the new community leaders NAPWA trained. "Something NAPWA wasn't credited for," he said, "was figuring out ways to identify, train and support leaders, not just white gay men from New York but people of color, women and people in rural areas."
The group made other major contributions too. NAPWA was one of the first HIV/AIDS groups to advocate for HIV testing as a tool of personal empowerment. Anderson pointed out that the group was instrumental in helping pass the Ticket to Work and Work Incentive Improvement Act of 1999, which allowed people receiving Social Security disability benefits to return to the workforce without losing their Medicaid or Medicare health insurance. This was hugely important as improved medical treatment beginning in 1996 allowed HIV-positive people to live with the virus rather than await an inevitable death from AIDS.
"One of the things I'm proudest of," said Anderson, "is that when I was there, we were the first domestic group that started to say we need to talk about the global epidemic. Other groups said, 'Oh, no, that will take away from our funding. We said, 'No, you have to worry about our African, Caribbean and Latin American brothers and sisters.'"
Tom Kujawski, who was NAPWA's vice president of development from 2004 to 2010, said the organization "became vulnerable due to lax internal financial systems and controls further complicated by changing senior management." He said there were contributing factors that hastened NAPWA's end, including decreased philanthropic and corporate support due to the faltering economy and competition for that support, "fractionalization of the HIV/AIDS movement" and over-reliance upon federal grants.
Kujawski said he hopes NAPWA will endure through the Chapter 11 process "and emerge as a truly new entity."
Sean Strub said, "I'm sad to see them go but hopeful that this will provide an opportunity for a more effective, representative and accountable national voice for people with HIV to emerge." Although there are other national organizations run by people with HIV, including his own Sero Project, Strub said a group like NAPWA "is needed more than ever before." He said a strong national voice is needed "to deal with rising stigma and criminalization, declining interest in and commitment to empowerment principles as embodied in the Denver Principles." He added, "We have to do it amidst a massive HIV industry where it is sometimes difficult to sort out the real agenda driving individuals, institutions and initiatives." If these aren't reasons enough, Strub said, "Most of all, we need to focus on how we bring attention and effective resources to the epidemic that continues to grow amongst young gay men and especially amongst young African-American men who have sex with men."
One big reason that NAPWA's loss is shocking is that now gay and bisexual men, who account for two thirds of new HIV infections and most of those living with HIV in the U.S., will have no strong HIV advocates in Washington. The national LGBT organizations for years haven't advocated forcefully for proportionate HIV prevention funding, or for anything else significant to the health and well-being of American gay and bisexual men with or at risk for HIV/AIDS. Instead, they have been focused like laser beams on marriage equality, an issue dear to the hearts of the privately insured, mostly white professionals who fund them. The young gay men of color at greatest risk and carrying the greatest burden of new HIV infections aren't priorities. As Sean Strub put it, "Remember how angry we were with the Reagan and Koch administrations when they ignored the crisis and let it rage unabated? What about when we were abandoned by our own community's leadership and institutions? Why can't we be angry then as well?"
STUDY: Nearly 50% Of Gay Men Using Hook-Up Apps Engage In Unprotected Sex (queerty.com)
Talk HIV/AIDS at home (fijitimes.com)
President's AIDS council calls on feds and states to repeal HIV criminalization laws (rawstory.com)
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To say the role of the modern CMO is challenging is an understatement.
The marketing landscape is changing at an increasingly faster rate, and it's a genuine challenge to keep up. Marketing is also one of the few functions in business that everyone experiences in their daily lives, and so people are quick to assume they understand how to do it well.
Professionals know there are no experts in marketing, only students. From that vantage point, the CMO is merely the top student and is continuously required to modify habits, develop new capabilities, and manage critiques by his or her peers in the C-Suite.
That's the theme for this week's Unscripted Marketing links [UML]. As it is on the occasional Saturday, I offer three interesting reads, wrap them in perspective and render them here for your consideration.
It's hard to find a marketing article today that doesn't reference "data-driven" or some other related euphemism. Is there such a thing as intuition in marketing anymore?
It's worth noting that this piece is considered commentary from a division of a company with a product that exists to crunch data – and yet it is acknowledging that marketing is still both an art and science.
"The first thing CMOs must do is get out of the marketing department," wrote Anand Swaminathan and Brian Gregg of McKinsey.
If the CMO is truly spending more on technology than the CIO in these modern times, it's not an excuse to overlook collaboration. Marketing still needs the technology team.
An executive search firm interviewed other leaders in the C-Suite for their view of the CMO – and they have good news and bad news.
The good news? The C-Suite views the top marketer as a publicly facing agent of trust. They used words like "critical" and "paramount" and "loyalty" as the chart nearby suggests.
The graphic nearby is a credit to interviews conducted by Egon Zehnder as described in Forbes: What CMOs' Fellow C-Suite Executives Really Think of Marketing.
Nice, eh? Thank you very much, "chief strategy officer!" By the way, what's the budget break down on cost-per-strategy-slide basis?
Casual hand grenades like that one don't do much for collaboration, but the implications are more significant: if CMO doesn't have the authority to execute, then the business cannot hold the CMO accountable. A CMO can't have it both ways, and neither can the rest of the C-Suite.


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by Amy Lewis
Keeping tradition ringing
WORLD Radio - Keeping tradition ringing
Bell ringers in Australia are keeping a 17th century tradition alive
Photo by Amy Lewis
MARY REICHARD, HOST: Today is Wednesday, March 23rd. Thank you for turning to WORLD Radio to get your day started.
Good morning. I'm Mary Reichard.
PAUL BUTLER, HOST: And I'm Paul Butler. Coming next on The World and Everything in It: ringing the bells.
There's more than one way to ring the bells. One is called English change ringing.
It's a precise art form. It shows up a lot in British TV, like in this 1970s version of The Nine Tailors.
AUDIO: Alright boys…go. Treble's going, trebel's gone. [BELL RINGING]
REICHARD: This kind of bellringing was developed in the 17th century, and it's still in practice today. WORLD correspondent Amy Lewis climbed the stairs of a bell tower in Australia to meet a few 21st century bell ringers keeping the tradition alive.
AUDIO: [Bells and traffic]
AMY LEWIS, CORRESPONDENT: David Heyes was only five years old when he started visiting bell towers with his brother. Though it took 10 more years before the bellringing bug bit him–at a convention in Tasmania.
DAVID: And I saw the interaction with people and things like that, so I decided, right, I'm going to give this a go.
Around the same time, Mary Cowling was in high school when her sister came home from university one day.
MARY: My sister who had gone to the big city of Melbourne to study, came home one holiday and said, "Mary, we've discovered this fabulous new hobby. You've got to do it! It's called bellringing…" The actual magic of the bells was the deep, rich sound. They're very big bells in the town hall, and the deep sound was just magical.
It was only a matter of time until the two bellringers met in Melbourne…
MARY: ...in St. Paul's Cathedral belfry.
…fell in love, and got married.
While looking for a church, they discovered that St. Paul's Anglican Church in Geelong was restoring its bells. The bells had been silent for 100 years. David and Mary jumped in to help—and have been at the church ever since.
AUDIO: [Cars and bells]
St. Paul's square brick tower rises over the busiest street in Geelong. It's the only church in town that does English change ringing.
St. Paul's Anglican Church Photo by Amy Lewis
AUDIO: [Bells ringing in order]
Each bell is attached to a large wheel and balances with its mouth pointing up. Bellringers pull a rope attached to the bell's wheel to make it spin one rotation. That makes the clapper strike when the bell is almost three-quarters of the way around.
MARY: We have a single octave, I think we're in the key of F major. And the highest bell, the smallest one, is called the treble. And we always start ringing the highest bell to the lowest…da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da…
But that can get monotonous after a few rounds. So, bellringers in the early 1600s developed a method to ring different patterns.
MARY: And then we start mixing the (Change the order), yes, we change the order according to certain mathematical (principles) principles… We have method names. So you've probably heard Grandsire from the Nine Tailors, Dorothy Sayers' Nine Tailors...
The methods are full of permutations, algorithms, and Hamiltonian cycles. Think of each bell as a traveling salesman who goes in a certain pattern to each of his cities exactly once. He never retraces a path, but he ends up where he began.
DAVID: Mathematicians love it.
MARY: Our son is one of them. His life is computers and his brain just laps up these numbers and things.
AUDIO: Look to, going, gone. [Bells tolling]
Methods book Photo by Amy Lewis
With the tenor bell the size of a VW Bug and treble bell the size of an upright piano, it's tricky to change the timing.
MARY: And our aim is to keep everything strictly mechanically one after the other. And that's the skill.
But skill isn't all that's needed. Having eight bells means needing eight bellringers.
MARY: We go through cycles where we have enough to ring all 8 plus a few extra. And then like last year, the year before, two of our members died, two became too frail to ring. (Some move away and go to universities). And we're at the point now of struggling to get a team.
But when you have a team? There's nothing quite like it.
AUDIO: [Steadman doubles] Look to, treble going, she's gone….Steadman Doubles…
MARY: The best part is when you have a good team around you, you're ringing a method that challenges you without extending you so you're stressed and worried. And the rhythm is going and you're just engrossed. You're just in another world. You're making magnificent sound and it's just so elevating. But the community is a good thing too.
The relational side of bellringing is on clear display this Sunday afternoon. Bellringers from three different towns arrive for a practice session.
Practice session Photo by Amy Lewis
AUDIO: [Bellringers chatting] David, is Mary coming? No, she's ill. No, she's not well. So we should do Stedman Doubles…
They wear flip flops and moccasins, dress shoes, hiking boots and tennis shoes. They're different ages and come from different walks of life. Mary is out sick this afternoon. But Helen from Melbourne brings her a homemade jar of jam. A bellringer from Ballarat asks after David's health. They care for one another, even though they usually ring in different towers.
AUDIO: Go Stedman. Bob. [RINGING]
When COVID restrictions limited how many people could be in the small belltower, the bell still rang.
MARY: David came over every day for 9 months. Every day and just rang our biggest bell as a kind of symbol to the community that we're still here and we're still trying to outreach people. Remember the man who was stuck here from overseas? Every morning hearing the bell toll just made him feel a connection with his home and his church and his family.
The purpose of the bells hasn't changed for all these hundreds of years.
MARY: To call people to worship is the short answer.
DAVID: Of course in the early days, the bells were sending messages to people out in the field and thing, and giving them indications of the time of day and all those sorts of things,
MARY: and when to pray.
[RINGING]
In the words of the hymn-writer,
"Glad bells ring loud and clear
'The Lord our God is here.'
We will adore,
With humble hearts aflame;
And everyone proclaim
With voice or bell, His name
For evermore."
Reporting for WORLD, I'm Amy Lewis in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
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Speech by Yang Amat Berhormat Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang Dr Lim Chong Eu at the official opening of the new Township of Seberang Jaya on the 11th October 1976 by Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Hussein Onn Perdana Menteri Malaysia.
หน่วยงาน Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
ชื่อเรื่อง : Speech by Yang Amat Berhormat Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang Dr Lim Chong Eu at the official opening of the new Township of Seberang Jaya on the 11th October 1976 by Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Hussein Onn Perdana Menteri Malaysia.
นักวิจัย : Lim, Chong Eu
คำค้น : J Political Science
หน่วยงาน : Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
อ้างอิง : http://eprints.usm.my/41966/1/new_township.pdf , Lim, Chong Eu (1976) Speech by Yang Amat Berhormat Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang Dr Lim Chong Eu at the official opening of the new Township of Seberang Jaya on the 11th October 1976 by Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Hussein Onn Perdana Menteri Malaysia. Penang State Government. (Submitted)
ความสัมพันธ์ : http://eprints.usm.my/41966/
On behalf of the State Government of Penang,I welcome all of you to the official opening of the new Township in Seberang Perai.
Lim, Chong Eu . (2519). Speech by Yang Amat Berhormat Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang Dr Lim Chong Eu at the official opening of the new Township of Seberang Jaya on the 11th October 1976 by Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Hussein Onn Perdana Menteri Malaysia..
กรุงเทพมหานคร : Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia.
Lim, Chong Eu . 2519. "Speech by Yang Amat Berhormat Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang Dr Lim Chong Eu at the official opening of the new Township of Seberang Jaya on the 11th October 1976 by Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Hussein Onn Perdana Menteri Malaysia.".
Lim, Chong Eu . "Speech by Yang Amat Berhormat Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang Dr Lim Chong Eu at the official opening of the new Township of Seberang Jaya on the 11th October 1976 by Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Hussein Onn Perdana Menteri Malaysia.."
กรุงเทพมหานคร : Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia, 2519. Print.
Lim, Chong Eu . Speech by Yang Amat Berhormat Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang Dr Lim Chong Eu at the official opening of the new Township of Seberang Jaya on the 11th October 1976 by Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Hussein Onn Perdana Menteri Malaysia.. กรุงเทพมหานคร : Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia; 2519.
Perutusan Y.B. Menteri Kebajikan Am Malaysia.
MAT 237 - MATEMATIK GUNAAN MAC-APRIL 1990
Ucapan Y. B. Tan Sri Fatimah Haji Hashim, Merasmikan Persidangan Agung yang Kelima Majlis Kebangsaan Pertubuhan-Pertubuhan Wanita Malaysia di Dewan Al Malik Faisal Fakulti Islam, Petaling Jaya, pada 26 hari bulan Ogos, 1972, jam 9.30 pagi
Speech By Y.B. Tan Sri Fatimah Bte Haji Hashim,At The Official Opening Of The Fifth General Meeting Of The National Council Of Women's Organisation At Dewan Al-Malik Faizal,Faculty Of Islam,Univeriti Kebangsaan Petaling Jaya,On Saturday,26th August,1972 At 9.30 Am.
Uchapan Y.B. Tan Sri Fatimah Binte Haji,Menteri Kebajikan Am Malaysia Dalam Upachara Merasmikan Bangunan Tambahan Rumah Orang-Orang Tua Sukarela,Mahsan Kuala Pilah Pada Hari Khamis,1 Jun 1972 Jam 11.45 Pagi.
Speech by the Honourable Chief Minister,Penang at the Anniversary Dinner of the Association of Justices of the Peace, State of Penang, to be held at the Edinburgh Room, Hotel Merlin, On Saturday 12th June, 1976 at 8.00 p.m.
Speech by the Hon'ble the Chief Minister at the Annual General Meeting of the Central Welfare Council Malaya Penang State Branch, 29th April, 1970 at 5.00 p.m. at the Civics Centre, Farquhar Street, Penang.
Speech by the Honourable Chief Minister, Penang, on the occasion of the 14th the Annual Installation Dinner & Dance of the Lion Club of Penang to be held at the Dragon Palace, Hotel Merlin, Penang. On Saturday , 17th July 1976 at 8.00p.m.
Speech by the Honourable Chief Minister, Penang, at the Closing of Baby Show Finals at the Dewan Sri Pinang on Sunday, 19th September, 1976 at 9.30 a.m.
Speech by Y.A.B. Dr Lim Chong Eu at the Barisan Nasional headquarters on Sunday 10th October 1976 At 4.30 p.m.


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Mia You
"Many knew that no matter what they did, if they moved through a public space, it would have to be deliberate, and their bodies would be read as a statement." Above: image of a public square in Florence by Samuli Lintula, via Wikimedia Commons.
Think back to the last time you marched — when you moved deliberately through a public space, when you used your body not just to get from one place to another but to be a statement, when you had to be keenly aware of the larger body you moved within and the body you moved against. If you've never marched before, go out now and try it. Now think back. Begin again.
Think back to the last time you marched — when you moved deliberately through a public space, when you used your body not just to get from one place to another but to be a statement, when you had to be keenly aware of the larger body you moved within and the body you moved against. If you've never marched before, go out now and try it. Now think back. Begin again. Be aware of your body in this public space. Are you cold? Are you hungry? Do you carry a sign? Is it heavy? Does it block the view of the people behind you? Are you walking?
Habemus PM; or, irritation after the EU referendum
Natalia Cecire
Naomi Schor:
Viewed as congenitally (rather than culturally) particularistic, the woman artist is doubly condemned to produce inferior works of art: because of her close association with nature, she cannot but replicate it. (11)
Wouldn't her time be better spent replicating human life? is the suggestion implicit in the ideology Schor is describing here.1
This familiarity with wrong meanings puzzles one
"Weather Warning" by Tom Lee. CC NC-BY. Brighton seafront as shot from the pier.
I hadn't planned for this commentary to coincide with the Sussex Poetry Festival, the chief criterion in my dashed-off email to Jessica nearly a year ago being that I put it off until later. But here we are talking about irritation, and anyone who's been involved in planning a poetry festival knows about that.
At Sussex our union is in a labor dispute with management over eroding real pay against increased workloads, the wage gap for women, and casualization (again: gendered). Basically, although no one has said this, it is a dispute over the "feminization of labor," the fact that it is now considered not only okay but natural to treat all workers the way it was always considered natural to treat female workers (underpaid, precarious, competition-based, smile required).
We are working to rule (a bad strategy in the summer; we should do it during term-time when our research time is destroyed anyway) and there was some question as to whether we should hold the festival at all.
Perfect contempt
"I, too, dislike it." It's the title of Mia You's new book from 1913 Press; it's also the opening gambit in Ben Lerner's recent book The Hatred of Poetry, a book that takes Moore's gesture of self-distrust as emblematic of poetry itself, an art "defined for millenia...[by] a rhythm of denunciation and defense" (10).
Recreate that thing!
Not everything Gertrude Stein wrote is worth calling poetry. Stein says so herself in "Poetry and Grammar," because "for me the problem of poetry was and it began with Tender Buttons to constantly realize the thing anything so that I could recreate that thing."[1] This pronouncement on Tender Buttons directly contrasts with her account of The Making of Americans in the same lecture and, we presume, to the present participle-filled portraits consuming Stein's attention pre-1912 — these she would call prose.
Good fucks
A review of Dodie Bellamy's 'Cunt Norton'
For a while I kept a copy of Harold Bloom's Genius (subtitled A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds) in my bathroom, with the idea that I would read about one genius each time I shit. But ultimately it was too slowgoing. I slogged through pronouncements such as, "It is difficult to keep up with Whitman; perpetually he passes and surpasses us. Walt Whitman is the poem [sic?] of our climate, the genius of the shores of North America," [1] and I was confounded by Bloom's Kabbalah-inspired, baroquely elaborated, and ultimately senseless arrangement of the writers.
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Audible.com has also published an audiobook of my reading of the full work.
[EDITOR'S NOTE. To point out that the poetry, while sufficient in itself, is of interest too for the circumstances of its coming publication, under the auspices of Lunar Chandelier Collective (LCC), a self-defined community of younger poets largely quartered in the Hudson valley of New York and with close ties to Robert Kelly and others of his generation and mine among those sharing publication.]
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My Happy Little Neutrino
Posted on September 5, 2019 September 30, 2019 by David Morton Rintoul in Cosmos, Universe
In high school, I discovered an obscure Canadian progressive rock band called Klaatu. Their only real claim to fame was an urban legend that they were really the Beatles in disguise. When people found out that wasn't true, they faded into obscurity. Although. they did release five albums and their song Calling Occupants became a hit for the Carpenters.
What attracted me to Klaatu was their science fiction motif. Their lyrics brought together cosmological ideas as we understood them then, with philosophical thoughts that helped me find a semblance of meaning in those days of typical teenage angst. What brings Klaatu to mind today is the title of one of their songs. I'm thinking of their track Little Neutrino
The song itself was haunting and mysterious in a progressive rock kind of way. More importantly, though, I had no idea what a neutrino was. As always, the lyrics made more sense once I found out what they were talking about. All I really needed to know to get those lyrics was that neutrinos were the smallest of all the known particles, having little or no mass.
Wolfgang Pauli first proposed neutrinos. He believed the hypothesis of neutrally charged subatomic particles explained certain kinds of radioactive decay. At first, he called them neutrons. He asserted that this "neutron" was released along with the electron during what is now known as beta decay.
Particle physics got confusing in 1932, when James Chadwick discovered the kind of neutron we learned about in high school. His idea of a neutron had much greater mass and it stayed in the nucleus of the atom along with the protons. Enrico Fermi came up with the term neutrino to distinguish between the two kinds of particles. Like the term "big bang", "neutrino" came about half-jokingly. It started with a light-hearted conversation with Fermi's colleague Edoardi Amaldi. It is Italian for "the little neutral one".
According to Fermi, during beta decay, a neutron breaks down. This leaves a proton behind and releases an electron and a neutrino. The scientific community did not accept his theory at first. Even so, later experiments vindicated him. By 1956, a team of researchers detected Fermi's proposed neutrino particle. The team received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1995. In 1965, another research team proved that neutrinos exist in nature. They detected them in the depths of a South African gold mine.
As mentioned above, scientists believed that neutrinos had little or no mass. Then, in 1998, a team of researchers proved that neutrinos do have a minute mass. This was another Nobel prize winning achievement in 2015. Even so, the Standard Model in nuclear physics still does not assign a specific mass to the neutrino.
We've reached a stage in our understanding of cosmology where it challenges us at the level of the very large and the very small. Which brings us to a discovery that researchers at University College London. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris and Universidade de Sao Paulo have just announced. The team published their results in the journal Physical Review Letters last week.
As Professor Ofer Lahav, a co-author of the study said, "It is impressive that the clustering of galaxies on huge scales can tell us about the mass of the lightest neutrino, a result of fundamental importance to physics." The largest objects in the universe can tell us about the smallest objects in the universe when we learn to work across disciplines.
I learned from that 70s progressive rock song that neutrinos were unimaginably small. What these researchers have determined is almost impossible to grasp. They have concluded that a neutrino's maximum mass is six million times less than an electron. Its minimum mass may well be zero. To put this in perspective, an electron has roughly 2,000 times less mass than a neutron. Doing the math, we find that a neutrino is 12 billion times smaller than a neutron. When Fermi and Amaldi called it 'the little neutral one", they made the understatement of the century.
The methodology behind this study gives us some telling insights into how scientists will work in future studies. The team took an interdisciplinary approach, combining discoveries from cosmology and particle physics and powering their work with the latest computing tools.
They collected data on 1.1 million galaxies to measure the rate of expansion of the universe. Then they applied the latest discoveries from particle accelerators to determine what the expansion constraints would be. This required computing power that has never been available before. The data crunching took half a million computing hours to complete. My laptop would take 60 years to get this done.
Knowing the maximum mass of a neutrino is an important piece of the puzzle in working out the story of the universe and our place in it. In earlier stories, we have touched on the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. Projects like the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) and Euclid will be more effective as a result of this discovery. We will never be able to tell our new, science-based creation story until we have explained what dark matter and dark energy are and how they work. The neutrino's mass may be the key that unlocks that mystery so that we can learn more.
Upper Bound of Neutrino Masses from Combined Cosmological Observations and Particle Physics Experiments
Little Neutrino
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Providence Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, announced in a special ceremony with local dignitaries that it has received the Healthgrades 2018 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™. The distinction recognizes Providence as one of the top five percent of nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide for its clinical performance as measured by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.
Karen Orr, RN, MSN, MBA, CMSRN, Administrator of Providence Medical Center, credits the staff and physicians. "We are so proud that our hospital is only one of three in the entire metropolitan Kansas City area to receive this distinctive honor," she said
"This recognition highlights the high quality of care our patients receive every day here at Providence—expert care, close to home."
From 2014-2016, patients treated in hospitals receiving Healthgrades Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence had, on average, a 26.3% lower risk of dying (across 19 procedures and conditions where mortality is the clinical outcome) than if they were treated in hospitals that did not achieve this distinction
For example, patients treated for respiratory failure at a hospital that achieved the Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence Award had, on average, a 24.5% lower risk of dying than if treated at a hospital that did not achieve this distinction.*
Orr credits many notable awards Providence has received this past year from Healthgrades and other national organizations to consistent dedication towards patients in achieveing the highest standards of patient safety and quality. "From an accredited Chest Pain Center, experienced staff and committed physicians, to modern technology, like recently added 3D mammography, we will remain focused on providing the best care possible for patients in this region," Orr said.
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Care for our Common Home: Season of Creation 2019
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Season of Creation begins with a powerful message from Pope Francis.
"May we feel challenged to assume, with prayer and commitment, our responsibility for the care of creation. May God, "the lover of life" (Wis 11:26), grant us the courage to do good without waiting for someone else to begin, or until it is too late."
Pope Francis, Sept. 1, 2019
Check out many recently listed Toronto events inviting your participation in this Season of Creation.
Pope Francis promotes the Season of Creation and calls us to "choose life"
"We are beloved creatures of God, who in his goodness calls us to love life and live it in communion with the rest of creation." Pope Francis, Sept. 1, 2019
In his September 1st message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Pope Francis promotes the Season of Creation for the first time in an official statement, calling it a season for praying, adopting simpler lifestyles and undertaking prophetic actions. He emphasizes "We have caused a climate emergency that gravely threatens nature and life itself, including our own" and urges all to "choose life".
After highlighting the movement of young people around the world calling for concrete action, Pope Francis prioritizes raising the awareness of political leaders. Particular attention is given to the approaching United Nations Climate Action Summit, where "governments will have the responsibility of showing the political will to take drastic measures to achieve as quickly as possible zero net greenhouse gas emissions and to limit the average increase in global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius with respect to pre-industrial levels".
Read the entire message from Pope Francis here.
Season of Creation and Other Upcoming Events in Toronto
Season of Creation Activities in the Archdiocese of Toronto—find the following events listed on their website here.
September 7: Season of Creation Prayer Service, following 5:30 p.m. Mass at St. Joan of Arc Parish, 1701 Bloor St. W., Toronto.
September 10, 1 to 2 p.m. EST: Development & Peace webinar to launch the "For Our Common Home — A Future for the Amazon; A Future for All" campaign. A panel, including Archbishop of Regina Donald J. Bolen, will discuss the upcoming Synod of Bishops on the Amazon. Please register online.
September 27, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: International Climate Strike at Queen's Park. Development & Peace will gather at Lime Ridge Monument at 10:45 a.m. See more information.
September 28, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.: Ecumenical Season of Creation Celebration at St. Joan of Arc Parish, 1701 Bloor St. W., Toronto. Pray, learn and gather for Taize prayer, Indigenous teaching (by Native Peoples' Mission) and fellowship to reflect on the web of life and the part we play in it.
October 2, 1 p.m.: Webinar to launch the Canadian chapter of the Global Catholic Climate Movement. Keynote: Anne-Catherine Kennedy, Development & Peace Program Officer for Brazil and Colombia, will speak about the Synod on the Amazon. Information and webinar registration.
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Hurley couldn't wait to build happier memories in Sacramento, where his older brother Bobby survived a life-threatening car wreck as an NBA rookie with the Kings in December 1993. His team hit the court for loose balls, crashed the boards with energy and found a way to withstand every spurt by the Bluejays (25-10).
The Rams made a lot of free throws, too.
E.C. Matthews coolly converted two chances from the line with 2:32 and made all 10 of his free throws on his way to 16 points. Dowtin also hit all 10 from the line as URI went an impressive 28 of 31 on free throws in all.
And what fun for all those blue-clad Rams fans who traveled cross-country from Kingston through a major Northeast snowstorm for California's capital to witness the program's milestone moment.
"Across the bench, it was amazing that they were there and we could see 'em and they were loud," Dan Hurley said.
Oh yes, and Bobby Hurley was there in the stands at Golden 1 Center — along with the rest of their basketball-crazed support system featuring Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley Sr. Bobby Hurley is the Arizona State head coach, and now will be called upon for his "Pac-12 intel" on URI's next opponent, Oregon.
In one moment that perfectly captured what Dan Hurley has worked so hard to build in his five seasons, Martin pulled his arms around teammates in a close-knit huddle during the second half to keep the Rams together. When the final buzzer sounded, junior Jared Terrell skipped in joy. The team posed for a quick photo on the court before exiting.
"Honestly, it feels like I'm dreaming," Martin said. "This is what I asked for when I first got here and it took three, four years. But to finally just be here to experience this is amazing."
Khyri Thomas stole the ball from Jarvis Garrett and hit Harrell Jr. for a one-handed slam with 8:55 to play that trimmed the URI lead to 53-48.
But Creighton missed key chances, including Justin Patton's failed putback try from close range after he rebounded a 3-point try by Toby Hegner.
Bluejays 7-footer Patton missed 7 of his first 9 shots before a late dunk before halftime. He scored five straight points to pull Creighton within 33-26 at halftime.
"We really needed to play defensively in the second half like we did in the first half and play offensively in the first half like we did in the second half," Creighton coach Greg McDermott said. "Obviously we didn't have our 'A' game, and to win today we were going to need that."
Rhode Island: The Rams overcame going just 4 for 21 from 3-point range. … URI lost its previous nine games vs. Big East opponents. … Former URI star Lamar Odom was shown on the big screen during the second half decked out in school gear.
Creighton: Big East Freshman of the Year Patton fouled out with 3:50 remaining, scoring just eight points on 3-for-12 shooting.
Attendance for the first two games at Golden 1 Center was 15,833.
Rhode Island plays Sunday against third-seeded Oregon, which beat No. 14 seed Iona 93-77 in Friday's first game.


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Q: Прозрачный статусбар Можно ли сделать полностью прозрачный статусбар в android?

A: Это уберет строку состояния для Activity
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar"

Это уберет строчку состояния , но чтобы заголовок остался
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"

A: Попробуйте:
<item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
<item name="android:windowTranslucentNavigation">true</item>

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Q: Select Only min and max value per group
How to select only 1 of min and max value of tap_time = tap_type 1(min) and 0(max) heres my unfinished query! Hope someone can help me.
use RFIDEmployee_DB

select *
from  (
    select FK_student_ID, Tap_Type, FK_Terminal_ID, Student_No, Last_Name, First_Name, Middle_Name, Tap_Time
    from tbGateEntry
    inner join tbStudentInfo on tbGateEntry.FK_student_ID = tbStudentInfo.ID
) t
order by Last_Name , Tap_Time

A: Rank function could help you choose first 1 by each type, change column name based on your requirement
use RFIDEmployee_DB

select *
from  (
    select FK_student_ID, Tap_Type, FK_Terminal_ID, Student_No, Last_Name, First_Name, Middle_Name, Tap_Time, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY Tap_Type ORDER BY Tap_Time) R
    from tbGateEntry
    inner join tbStudentInfo on tbGateEntry.FK_student_ID = tbStudentInfo.ID
) t
where R = 1
order by Last_Name , Tap_Time


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What's environmental occupational safety and health all about
by StudyMalaysia.com on June 9, 2018 | Top Stories, Career Guide
Environmental health is concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environments that affect the health of individuals and the population in general. Occupational health specifically deals with workplace health and safety. It has a strong focus on the primary prevention of hazards that can cause injuries and disease at the workplace.
Environmental, occupational safety and health (EOSH) is a rewarding field especially if you're passionate about ensuring people's welfare and wellbeing at work. A constantly developing field, professionals in this field help prevent work-related illness and stress, discover how motivation can impact on health, and help to improve the quality of people's lives.
The increasing need for EOSH professionals comes from environmental and occupational health threats, including those associated with global warming and climate change such as the effects of indoor and outdoor air pollution on cardiovascular and respiratory diseases; deadly outbreaks caused by food contaminated with E. coli, Salmonella, and Listeria; diseases spread through unsafe drinking water; cancer-causing chemicals, toxins, and other agents; and outbreaks of communicable diseases. EOSH professionals also work to minimise workplace risk factors leading to injuries and accidents, musculoskeletal diseases, cancers, cardiorespiratory diseases, hearing loss, and stress-related conditions. In addition, they create and promote natural environments and green spaces that are beneficial to human health and well-being.
What's the difference between environmental health and occupational health?
Environmental health specialists help find ways to promote healthier environments and minimize risks that increase the incidence of respiratory, cardiovascular, and musculoskeletal diseases, asthma, lower respiratory infections, road traffic injuries, poisonings, and drownings.
Occupational health specialists study all aspects of health and safety in the workplace. From exposure to toxins on the job, to workplace violence and lifting injuries, occupational hazards create an enormous health burden, unnecessary pain and suffering, and economic loss in the workplace.
Source: Environmental and Occupational Health
What will you study?
A typical course in EOSH will ensure that you develop the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively create, maintain and manage environment, safety and health programmes. You will also acquire an in-depth understanding in environment, safety and health practices including knowledge of the relevant legislation with respect to environment, safety and health.
You will learn how to identify and manage risks and hazards, effectively participate in decision‑making processes and improve safety and health to prevent injuries and illness in the workplace. In addition, you will learn the necessary scientific and technical skills associated with analysis and the evaluation and interpretation of data.
Is this course right for you?
Are you passionate about ensuring people's welfare and wellbeing at work?
Do you like finding ways to help improve the quality of people's lives?
Do you have excellent written and spoken communication skills that will help you to explain health and safety processes to a range of people and to give presentations to groups?
Do you have good negotiating skills to convince managers of the need to implement and maintain safety standards?
Are you patient, diplomatic and good at using a collaborative approach?
Do you have an investigative mind and good attention to detail?
Are you interested in the law and the importance of implementing and maintaining regulations?
Do you have IT skills and the ability to understand and analyse complex information and present it simply and accurately?
Do you enjoy a flexible approach to work and working on site and outdoors?
A wide range of career opportunities exists for graduates in this expanding field. These careers include: Occupational Safety and Health Officer; Safety, Health and Environmental Adviser; Safety Health Engineer and Practitioner; Ergonomist; Fire Protection and Suppression System Engineer; Industrial Hygienist; Process Safety Engineer; Risk Assessor; Environmental, Safety and Health Legal Compliance Advisor; Emergency Response Commander and so on.
You can gain employment in both government and private sectors, particularly in oil and gas, healthcare, manufacturing, construction, public utility companies, consulting firms, and environmental or public advisory organisations.
Courses on environmental, occupational safety and health
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) is unveiling a new multidisciplinary programme integrating both environmental health and occupational safety and health through its Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology (FEGT).
A four-year programme, UTAR's Bachelor of Science (Hons) Environmental, Occupational Safety and Health degree is designed to respond to the impact of local occupation and safety and health issues as well as environmental legislation on the working environment of institutions and industries. The programme aims to produce graduates who are competent and able to recognise, develop and apply good EOSH practices and technologies based on sound scientific principles and legislative requirements.
Students will undergo an intensive industrial training at either clinical setups, government agencies or private sectors. The compulsory industrial training is a platform for students to apply their knowledge and skills into a different work environment and to prepare them for the future challenges at work.
Soft skills-based courses are also integrated into the curriculum – these include communication, complex problem solving, cultural intelligence, leadership, moral ethics, entrepreneurship skills, and digital literacy.
Other providers of OHS courses at Diploma and Bachelors degree levels
List of courses (source: StudyMalaysia.com)
Diploma in Occupational Safety & Health
Offered by: Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences (CUCMS)
Level: Diploma Level
Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health
Offered by: City University College of Science & Technology (CUCST)
Diploma in Occupational, Safety and Health
Offered by: Asia Metropolitan University (AMU)
Bachelor of Occupational Safety and Health (Hons)
Level: Bachelor's Degree Level
Bachelor of Science (Hons) Environmental, Occupational Safety and Health
Offered by: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)
Offered by: DRB-HICOM University Of Automotive Malaysia
Offered by: Management & Science University (MSU)
Executive Diploma in Occupational Safety And Health
Offered by: Open University Malaysia (OUM)
Bachelor of Occupational Health and Safety Management with Honours
Bachelor of Occupational Safety and Health (Honours)
Offered by: Universiti Selangor (UNISEL) Shah Alam Campus
Offered by: Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP)
Bachelor of Environmental Health and Safety (Hons)
Offered by: MAHSA University
Bachelor of Science (Hons) Environmental Health & Safety
Bachelor of Science (Hons) Occupational Therapy
Diploma in Occupational Therapy
Offered by: Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Bachelor of Health & Environmental Safety (Hons)
Bachelor of Health Science (Hons) Environmental & Occupational Health
Offered by: Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
Bachelor of Science (Environmental and Occupational Health)
Offered by: Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
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Posted inFilm/TV
Life During Wartime and Twelve, Reviewed
Two pointless ensemble films with execrable characters
by Tricia Olszewski August 6th, 2010 August 29th, 2020
Sad Company: Janney plays one of Solondzs miserable creations. s miserable creations.
In Todd Solondz's last film, 2005's Palindromes, the writer-director used eight actors to portray the same character. He employs a similar gimmick in Life During Wartime, the 2009 sequel to 1998's squirmingly excellent Happiness—by using an entirely different cast. But what was novel in Palindromes quickly wears here, and the result is an irritating distraction instead of a worthy follow-up.
The first scene, which re-creates the setting of Happiness' opening, clues you in to what's going on. Sort of. Joy (Shirley Henderson) is having an awkwardly silent and gloomy dinner date. When her companion (Michael Kenneth Williams) tells Joy that she seems sad, she answers, "Oh, no, just a little…déjà vu" (har har). Then, like in Happiness, he gives her an inscribed ashtray. So is this the same guy Joy broke up with in the first film? Nope, it's Allen, the phone stalker previously played by Philip Seymour Hoffman. And they're married.
Joy and Allen do not break up but talk about his issues, which go beyond reaching out and pretending to touch someone. The conversation is darkly funny. ("No more crack, no more cocaine, no more crack cocaine…" he says, offering a list of vices that goes on and on.) But even if Happiness is still fresh in your mind, it's too much of a struggle to grasp what's going on to appreciate the humor.
Joy's sisters are more recognizable: Trish (Allison Janney), the former I-have-it-all! wife of a pedophile, is now in love with an older man (Michael Lerner) and living in Florida with her tween son and grade-school daughter, while Helen (Ally Sheedy) has cut ties with her family and retired from poetry to write screenplays. Sheedy and Janney prove terrific mimics of Happiness' Lara Flynn Boyle and Cynthia Stevenson, which makes it a shame that their characters are so cartoonish. (Trish, blissed out, tells her son that she "got wet" during a date; Helen randomly over-reacts to a question about dating Keanu Reeves with, "I mean, we're still a country at war!")
Helen, at least, is corralled to a single scene, with the bulk of the story devoted to Joy. Henderson is babyish as Joy, her character infuriatingly passive and unsympathetic, unlike Jane Adams' original and more likable loser. These new iterations are the film's worst sin: Whereas Happiness also showed deeply flawed human beings, they had some humanity, and you pitied them. These characters arouse only ire as they say and do things that no relatable person would say or do. Joy talks to the ghost of her ex (Paul Reubens), who commits suicide and generally walks around dumpy-looking and dazed—and then another guy kills himself over her. (Really?) Trish's former husband, now played by a too-manly and too-dignified Ciarán Hinds, is released from jail and visits their college-age son, Billy (Chris Marquette), where he doesn't really try to make amends for molesting Billy's friends but asks him if he has rape fantasies.
It's as uncomfortable as it sounds, with no big-picture payoff. When Trish, in a rare instance of melancholy, says, "Fuck family. Fuck motherhood. Fuck the kids. I just don't care anymore," it comes across as a refreshing moment of Earthling-esque honesty. But then she says she doesn't mean it, and the mask goes back on—not that the sentiment redeemed the rest of the film anyway. There's also a lot of talk about forgiving and forgetting as well as terrorism, freedom, and democracy, with most of the topics tied—naturally!—to pedophilia. As a whole the film feels rambling, with the director seemingly grasping for significance while hating his creations. There's only one possible outcome to such disjointed contempt: You'll hate it all, too.