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Les Linklater: Do you remember September 1, 2014?
by Les Linklater
Les Linklater
Opinion by Les Linklater
For most, the day came and went; that same Monday morning feeling, discussions about the weekend, goodbyes before going offshore again.
But for a few, the day had been at the top of minds for months.
With more than 56,700 people now trained with the CAT-A EBS, it's hard to imagine that when the CAA report was published seven months ago, a Category A breathing system was a stranger to every offshore province in the world. Nor did we expect that our ability to work together regardless of background, company and speciality was about to be tested for hundreds, if not thousands, to see.
So what happens when an operations manager, a logistics manager, a subject matter expert, a Regulator, an aviator, a manufacturer and a safety representative and a planner are given a tight deadline, and are depended on by thousands of offshore workers?
They achieve the impossible – but only through collaboration. In the last seven months, that group of people have worked hand in hand with the manufacturer, identified a new breathing system and lifejacket, and seen it through a rigorous testing and approval regime.
Working with OPITO, they developed an approved training course that was run by OPITO-approved training providers across the UK, and which more than 57,000 offshore workers successfully passed.
At Step Change, we say 'collaboration' a lot. The more we say it, the more it could lose its meaning. But if we take the EBS process and break it at any point, like a stick of rock, 'collaboration' runs through it. It's been a constant theme throughout the last seven months and must continue to shape everything we do in the future.
Ultimately, if we believe everyone has their part to play for safety, we have to let everyone play it.
We have to be humble and keep our mouths closed. We have to accept that other people may know more than we do and might do something better than we can. There's no 'I' in team, and there certainly no 'I' in collaborate. When it comes to safety, the stakes are too high to do everything in isolation. We have to collaborate.
So how can you step up, play your part and then step aside to let others play theirs?
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Why are cab drivers often called 'hacks'?
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Real Seattle Taxi, a blog based out of Seattle Washington, is written by the witty and spirited Joe Blondo who began driving a taxi twenty-six years ago. His blog reflects his thoughts while on the job, from topics ranging from the taxi industry, interesting passengers or events in his home city. Get a truly unique point of view and take on the life of a cab driver through Real Seattle Taxi blogger, Joe Blondo.
Taxi drivers come from all kinds of backgrounds. What is yours like? How long have you been driving a taxi and how did you start?
I was anointed at a young age to be my father's relief driver during our various ramblings around both the US and Canada. First in New Mexico, then in Alberta I learned to drive in our cream-colored 1952 Dodge Cornet. By the time I was 14 I had a learning permit which allowed me the freedom to co-pilot the Dodge up and down the rural byways. Growing up, my father was a taxi driver in between professional jobs, first in Toledo, Ohio and then in Denver, Colorado. Based on his stories while on the job, I can assure everyone that the taxi business has certainly remained the same.
I started as a taxi driver in the autumn of 1987 quite accidentally. At that point, my life was in upheaval as a pending divorce threatened my sanity. I had a good job as a psychiatric case manager so money wasn't an issue. I had just arrived back in Seattle from a short poetry reading tour when I flagged down a taxi. We had gone barely five blocks before he asked, "Do you want to drive a taxi?" "No," I replied, "I don't." Anyway, I took the character's card and upon reconsideration I started driving on weekends. The rest is history, personal taxi history that is!
What is Seattle like to be driving a taxi in? What is something you love about your city?
Seattle is a gateway city to both the State of Alaska and the Far East thus transforming a medium-sized city into what I term "a real taxi city." You can make big taxi money if you put the hours in. However, navigating your cab down the streets here can be painful as Seattle drivers are "out-of-control-in-slow-motion!" There is a unique driving style here to say the least and it is frustrating, very frustrating.
And one of my favorite aspects of Seattle has to be the parks; the city has beautiful parks!
It's great to hear. You know Seattle's calculator is one of our busiest pages. So you blog while not on duty. Why? Was there a specific moment or reason that you decided to share your experiences as a taxi driver?
My main motivation to begin blogging was to communicate to the world an unblemished description of taxi reality, not as presented in some kind of myth or comic book reality. Not "Cash Cab" or "Taxi Confessions" or similar silliness. My blog reflects the truth behind the taxi industry and not just in Seattle. You could change the name to any other city and the stories would all be similar. I present factual taxi: the good, the bad and the insane.
Also, my girlfriend Laura kept bugging me to begin one, so it is all of her fault! She knew I held some opinions regarding my experiences on the job.
You describe countless encounters with passengers in your blog, is there a single experience that always stands out as the most memorable? Favorite? Worst?
How to choose…but long rides is a good place to begin. My first really long ride is nominated as my favorite. It was Christmas Eve 1989 and I was sitting on the Greyhound stand. A man comes up and wants to go to Vancouver, BC, Canada. All flights are grounded and he wants to get home. I asked if he would be opposed to picking up my girlfriend and he had no qualms, so I swung by my house to grab Laura. From here we headed north to Vancouver, driving through a thick ground-laden fog. After dropping the fellow off, Laura and I shared a lovely Christmas Eve dinner in Chinatown in Vancouver. It was wonderful!
The worst encounter I have had was with one especially angry woman. I picked her up at a hotel and she asked to be brought to a residential area, a huge suburban area southeast of Seattle. The weather was terrible, a miserable rainstorm, yet somehow the weather inside of the taxi was much worse. The woman questioned my navigational skills and inserted choice commentary for the duration of the ride. Finally, through all of the commotion, we arrived at the destination and she sarcastically commented that I should try another occupation. I replied by telling her that I had a new book coming out and would be happy to send her a copy. Needless to say, she quickly handed me a twenty and exited the cab.
Taxi drivers are full of great wisdom. Can you share with us some? What is one lesson you may NOT have learned if you were not a taxi driver?
One piece of wisdom I learned while working as a taxi driver is: 99% of the human population is generous and caring, but watch out for the remaining 1%, they are trouble!
One thing I have learned beyond anything from taxi driving is humility. Driving a taxi is a very humbling experience. The main reasons being: how challenging it is to find the money, avoid the ever present idiots behind the wheel and remain sane and courteous with your passengers. It isn't easy. Quickly your temperature will rise. Never again will I think I am "Mister-Top-Of-The-Mountain" as at any moment I can be in engulfed in an avalanche. Humbling I assure you.
We couldn't agree more regarding the 99% comment. It's the 1%. … You are active and outspoken in the taxi community. What do you see as the biggest change that needs to occur in the industry?
The biggest change required is a change in attitude. Another problem is the fact that the professional lease-driver is indispensable to the industry. And finally, another is that governmental bureaucracy, municipal, county and state must recognize how important and vital the taxi industry is to the overall transportation infrastructure. Once attitudes change, everything else will follow suit, and become balanced, not lopsided as most everything currently is in the taxi world.
What do you think is the most common misconception about taxi drivers?
I feel that many people believe taxi drivers are little better than criminals, miscreants prepared to do you harm. They believe we are driving a taxi because we cannot do anything else or because the job is just driving a car which anybody can do.
What does the future look like for you? Are you planning on continuing to drive? …and write?
Unless someone starts paying me, I will be resigning from all of my taxi political activities in June after my second full year on the Seattle & King County Taxi Commission ends. It has become a third full-time job. Since I have only one body I am having difficulty completing all my tasks. I plan on continuing my weekend taxi gig until the best possible alternative occurs: I get a viable book contract. I am working away at a memoir of my youth, "To Age 13" and a novel, "Flat Tire." I call them "money projects" because they are just that, written and focused to be popular. Though writing much of my adult life I have almost never submitted anything, at least not directly, letting my publishing happen accidentally. It is a good way to remain a taxi driver though, I am not complaining. There is always something crazy waiting around the next corner. Madness, here I come.
We would like to thank Joe again for all of his time and effort, we truly appreciate your support. You can find the complete collection of his stories on his blog at: http://realseattletaxi.blogspot.com/. Check out his last book Caught Between Cultures: A Story of Milton Wan & Vietnam, published in 2010, which can be purchases on Amazon.
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Although TaxiFareFinder has supported London for some time now, we have just recently released taxi fare calculators for twelve additional cities in the United Kingdom. We love the classic black hackney carriages and the respected drivers who must pass 'The Knowledge' test to hold a taxi license. We are excited to be expanding further into the United Kingdom, but because our calculators are new and in the beginning phase, we appreciate feedback whenever possible.
Have you checked out TaxiFareFinder's Pinterest account? We have a huge collection of amazing taxi and travel pictures from all around the world. The hundreds of pictures on our page show the simple, everyday beauty of drivers, passengers, taxis and the countless magnificent places we can travel.
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CW's hit show The Originals Season 2 returns with its 5th episode today, 3rd November at 8:00 pm ET.
The episode is titled Red Door, and The Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev is set to guest star as Tatia, in flashbacks.
In the previous episode we saw Esther capture Elijah, and Mikael was injured by Klaus, who doesn't use the white oak stake on him, following Cami's advice. In the episode Hayley and Marcel are successful in saving all the werewolves from Esther's evil plans, thereby forming a bond of friendship between the two supernatural characters in New Orleans.
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Sun City North Golf Course
Post author By ceogolfer
Arizona Golf Authority AZGA Arizona Golf Course Buzz: Sun City North is one of the oldest golf courses of the 8 golf facilities managed by Recreation Centers of Sun City, Inc. The RCSC is the private, non-profit corporation that owns and operates approximately $80 million of recreational facilities in the Sun City retirement community northwest of Phoenix.
Designed by Del Webb Corp., the course opened in 1960 and is known as a player-friendly design with relatively flat terrain, large trees and numerous dogleg holes, with two lakes bringing water into play on four holes. There are three sets of tees at 6,451, 6,154 and 5,625 yards, with a rating of 69.5 and slope of 117 from the back tees, which means there are plenty of birdies to be taken on the par-72 layout.
The challenge starts early because the second hole, a 422-yard par-4, is the No. 1 handicap hole. The course also ends strong with a par-5 at 573 yards that is the longest hole on the course and features a sweeping dogleg-left and a green heavily guarded by bunkers on three sides.
Among the highlights in between is the 12th hole, a testy little par-3 that some consider the signature hole. It plays at 170 yards and requires a tee shot over a small lake with a large bunker guarding the left side of the green.
That same lake comes into play on the 13th hole, a 523-yard par-5, rated the No. 2 handicap hole on the golf course.
Another lake comes into play on the eighth, a 406-yard par-4 with bunkers squeezing both sides of the green, and the ninth, a 368-yard par-4 dogleg-right.
Par-3 holes offer a nice variety, ranging from 143 to 210 yards. The course has a driving range, putting green and chipping area and a snack shop that serves breakfast and lunch items.
Sun City celebrated its 50th birthday in 2010 and continues going strong as one of the country's foremost retirement communities. A large part of that success is RCSC, which operates seven recreational centers, eight golf courses with five snack shops, two bowling centers, two full-service restaurants and one amphitheater (Sun Bowl).
The five regulation and three executive golf courses span 1,100 acres and are within six miles of each other. North is a semi-private course that is open to public play but Sun City residents receive preferred tee times and rates, which are among the lowest in the metro Phoenix area.
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Executive Golf Courses
Sun City Lakes – East Golf Course: http://s167282.gridserver.com/coursedirectory/
Sun City Quail Run Golf Course: http://s167282.gridserver.com/coursedirectory/
Sun City Willowbrook Golf Course: http://s167282.gridserver.com/coursedirectory/
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Arizona Golf Authority AZGA Buzz: There's a good reason national magazines rank Forest Highlands' Canyon Course as one of the best courses in Arizona every year. When it comes to top quality golf, it simply doesn't get any better than the Canyon Course – and the club's other course, Meadow, is northern Arizona ponderosa pine forest perfection as well.
The Canyon Course, designed by then-partners Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish, was created in 1988 as part of a 1,100-acre enclave in the midst of majestic pine trees and groves of matures oaks and aspens in the cool forests of northern Arizona at 7,200-feet of elevation. As beautiful and serene as the Canyon's setting is, it presented something of a design challenge, with Morrish fearing that the topography lent itself to too many driver-and-wedge par-4 holes, so he and Weiskopf folded, spindled and mutilated the lineup card and produced a revolutionary new batting order.
Far from the norm, they created a unique combination of six par-3 holes, five par-5s and seven par-4s; the back nine has three of each. The routing works so well that many golfers don't notice that every other hole between the fourth and 14th is a par-3.
That all translates to a par-71 challenge, with four sets of tees at 7,007, 6,647, 6,225 and 5,004 yards. From the tips, it is rated at an over-par 72.6 with a stern slope of 139.
This course has hosted the U.S. Mid-Amateur and Junior Amateur, Canon Cup and numerous other USGA and Arizona Golf Association events.
Gorgeous canyon vistas, free-flowing streams and upwardly sweeping walls of Ponderosa pines frame the layout that is loaded with memorable holes, including the par-3 fourth, considered the signature hole, which plays across a lake at 182 yards with a second smaller pond, up at green level, guarding the front-left side of the green; the waterfall tells you it's there. Two pine trees pinch access from the front-right of the green so the baby-draw the hole sets up for must be precisely flighted.
Our vote is cast for the ninth, though. The par-4 plays at 466 yards, starting on a wildflower-covered hillside, with a tee shot that hangs in the air for several seconds before landing in a low-lying meadow defined by a mountainside brook, which bisects the fairway near the landing area and spills into a pond along the right side of the green, part of a large green complex shared with the eighteenth. Your approach shot must carry the pond to the elevated green; bunkers right and left look appealing when compared to "short, in the pond". Tricky green, stunning setting; fun golf hole.
Another standout par-3 is the 165-yard 14th, which offers no option except an accurate, full-carry over a lake protecting the front and complete right side of a deep, but quite narrow, green. Once on the dance floor, you will find an undulating putting surface that mimics the surface of an angry body of water, captured and reproduced in bent grass; you won't find a flat putt here.
When it opened for play in 1988, the Canyon Course was ranked in second position by Golf Digest on their list of the best new golf courses in the country, just behind Shadow Glen in Kansas City, which also was also designed by Weiskopf and Morrish. That layout has faded from the rankings while Forest Highlands' Canyon Course has stood the test of time.
Snagging a tee time is the tough part because this is an exclusive, equity club. Membership to both courses comes with property ownership, although in recent years, Forest Highlands has sold a limited number of "special memberships." Each course has its own clubhouse and championship caliber practice facilities. The Canyon clubhouse presents an elegant, traditional look and serves as the gated community's social center with fine dining, a lounge, locker rooms and administrative offices.
Read the Arizona Golf Authority AZGA Buzz for Forest Highlands' Meadow Course.
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Yuma Country Club
Arizona Golf Authority AZGA Golf Course Buzz: Founded in 1950 with 246 charter members, Yuma Country Club remains the only member-owned private golf and country club in Yuma County. It's a walkable, park-style course designed by the father-son team of William P. and William F. Bell, the "first family of golf course design" in California whose portfolio includes U.S. Open site Torrey Pines in San Diego, Riviera Country Club and L.A. Country Club's North Course as well.
The younger Bell was known for his trademark laced-edged bunkers which he located with shot strategy and player temptation in mind. His artful hand is evident here, where he's combined them with the elevated, undulating greens he preferred.
The fairways are a bit on the narrow side and lined with plenty of mature trees; four lakes bring water into play on six holes. Yuma Country Club offers four sets of tees at 6,810, 6,525, 6,254 and 5,902 yards, with a rating of 72.2 and slope of 124 from the tips.
The par-4 10th is the signature hole and it's a textbook example of the understated Bell Sr. design style. Although it plays at just 385 yards from the back tee and there's not a fairway bunker in sight, it rates on the card as the No. 2 handicap hole. Accuracy and yardage control are the keys to unlocking the Bell family style and they're your only hope here.
The gentle dogleg left requires accurate placement of the tee ball in the right side of the fairway. Water threatens the last 140 yards of the fairway over there, and a tributary crosses the fairway, about 40 yards short of the green. You'll also match wits with a large willow tree standing guard at the water's edge that always seems to be in the way of your approach shot. The modest green is bunkered in front, left and right, and subtle undulations run throughout the putting surface.
The 18th presents a strong par-4 finishing test playing 405 yards. This sweeping dogleg left has out of bounds left and water right of the fairway. A lone bunker threatens the right side of the landing area and gets a lot more activity than it seems it should. You'll find a very narrow opening between front bunkers to the small undulating green beyond. Solidly struck, precise yardage shots are rewarded here, once again.
Several memberships, both golf and non-golf, are offered, including seasonal memberships; prospective applicants require three sponsoring members. Practice facilities and instruction are first rate. The club also offers tennis, swimming and fitness facilities and several dining options, including the casual Saguaro and Ocotillo rooms and the upscale Agave Grill.
Read the Arizona Golf Course List AZGA Player's Arizona Golf Course Review for every golf course in Arizona at www.arizonagolfauthority.com/coursedirectory.
Willowcreek Golf Course – Sun City
Arizona Golf Authority AZGA Arizona Golf Course Buzz: Willowcreek is one of the most popular layouts among the eight courses, five championship and three executives, that comprise the Recreation Centers of Sun City's golf stable. Built in 1973 and designed by well-known architects George and Tom Fazio, Willowcreek is known for its great conditioning and undulating fairways that can produce some tricky lies. The layout's five lakes bring water into play on nine, that's right, 9 of the 18 holes.
The course is laid out so that most of the holes run parallel to each other, with an out-and-back loop configuration on both nines. So as long as you spray in the proper direction, you'll have a chance to visit with other groups playing the course.
The relatively flat terrain and traditional design make the course walkable, as is its little sister, Willowbrook, an 18-hole executive course located on the same property.
In 2011, the property underwent a $700,000 improvement project to the bunkers, tees and driving range, which was overseen by Gary Brawley of Tripp Davis and Associates. Three sets of tees are now in play at 6,366, 6,040 and 5,551 yards, with a rating of 69.4 and slope of 119 from the back tees; level par is 72.
Plenty of birdie opportunities are available, but the water hazards and mature trees require careful attention to score well on this seemingly docile layout. The back nine is the most interesting of the two nines and the last six holes providing a fun but tough stretch; standouts are the water-threatened 14th and 15th.
The 14th is a drivable par-4; bunkers and a lake to the right of the fairway create a risk-reward scenario here for those who have a go. The lake must then be carried off the tee at the 15th, a 181-yard par-3 featuring an undulating green that produces a lot of 3-putts.
Willowcreek shares a fine driving range and putting green with little sister Willowbrook. The clubhouse is a full-service facility and provides standard fare. Public play is encouraged, but RCSC members receive preferred rates and tee times.
Willowbrook Golf Course – Sun City
Arizona Golf Authority AZGA Golf Course Review: The Willowbrook executive golf course is part of the Sun City, Arizona complex that also offers the regulation-length Willowcreek golf course. Both courses were designed by the highly regarded father-son duo of George and Tom Fazio and they are two of the more popular layouts in Sun City's RCSC stable of eight golf courses, three of which are executives.
The facility spent $700,000 in 2011 updating the two courses, their shared driving range and clubhouse. Willowbrook has two sets of tees at 3,800 yards with a rating of 57.8 and slope of 84, and 3,414 yards with a rating of 58.1 and slope of 89.
Willowbrook offers six par-4 holes and three par-3s on each nine. The 10th and 12th holes are the longest at 340 and 339 yards, but the front is longer overall and definitely the more interesting of the two. That's because of a lake that brings water into play on three holes in a four-hole stretch.
The watery challenge begins at No. 3 with a 184-yard par 3 that has large bunkers guarding both sides of the green. The respite is No. 4, but it stretches 225 yards and is the longest par-3 on the course.
The water reappears at the 5th, a 306-yard par-4 that doglegs right, around the lake. At the sixth hole, a 112-yard par-3, the tee shot must carry the lake hold a putting surface surrounded by three large bunkers.
Willowbrook shares its complete driving range and practice putting green, along with a full-service snack bar that serves breakfast and lunch with its little sister, the Willowcreek course.
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Connor is an Apple Pie, because he's American.
I would say Connor is like McDonalds chicken nuggets, because he's kind of bland and unexciting so they put him with historic figures to spice things up (like dipping sauces), and many people claim to hate them yet they are still a best seller strangely(kind of like Connor). And there's mystery behind them ( asking what's in a McDonalds chicken nugget is like asking what happended to Connor after AC3 some people are curious and many would just rather go on not knowing haha). I think nuggets pretty much describe Connor haha.
Well, except for the Mc********, which is a representation of the some of the "crazier" things that the Tumblr/Deviantart/Fanfiction/etc. communities have done with characters like Altair and Malik, Connor and Haytham, Ezio and Claudia, Edward and Jenny, Desmond and Shaun, etc.
The amount of thought that went into this is just awesome.
-Yusuf is mccafe coffee because... Turkish.
Why is this a thread again?
ac2 ezio: qtr pounder...bigger and better than the basic burger...declares a vendetta against your colon.
rev ezio: 2 am chicken nuggets...you're probably a lil tired of mcdonalds by now, but you grab some old nuggets with a variety of sauces to get you by till the next meal.
edward: mcrib...change of pace...but ppl will argue over whether you are 'truly' ribs or not.
hatham: salad...tries to make you think its good for you...but hes still at mcdonalds, thus still kills people.
desmond: fries at the bottom of the bag...you still reach down in between bites of the main course to grab the often forgoten bag fries.
YOU WILL ALL BOW BEFORE HAYTHAM THE TACO!!!
Altair - French fries. Simple, pragmatic, straight to the point. Deliciously badass even when cold.
Ezio - Mcflurry. Flashy, tasteful yet beneath the toppings he is your average man - fighting for a purpose above himself. Ice Cream is also synonymous with Italians.
Connor - Mcmuffin. Polarising characteristics. Some love him, some hate him. An acquired taste.
Aveline and Adewale - Chicken Legend.
Now this is where I have to step in on Washington's defense here (he never hated or wanted to destroy native americans or take their land) Its a historic fact if you look into it. The reason he did those things to Connors people is because they were Mohawk which are a tribe of the Iroquois who sided with the British in the Revolution, and parts fought with the French in the 7 years war(Connors were neutral so he may have thought they were a threat) He was acting as a commander should in war time eliminating the enemy and their bases. But if you look in to what he did as President he actually intended for Native American Nations to have their own regions with their own boarders with strong ties to the US and he hoped they would eventually Join their nations with the US as new states in the future. He even signed the Treaty of New York with the Cherokee to try to make this happen and planned to do the same with other native tribes. This was actually the first treaty(besides the Paris peace treaty) that the US ever made. Unfortunately for Washington most Americans ignored the treaty, and most southern state governments didn't enforce it so they continued to steal land from Natives, and the Tribes attacked these settlers(who were illegally there) which kicked off the Indian wars that began in the 1790s and merged with the War of 1812 with the Brits backing the Natives. Then pres. Andrew Jackson(an Indian and 1812 wars vet) had all the tribes east of the Mississippi River forcibly moved by the military to the West.
Sorry for the lecture. But I thought people could use a short history lesson based on the things I've seen on the forum.
Back on topic I would agree on the Sweet and Sour for Washington.
please don't bring up Arby's in this thread.
I don't think any of us are that hungry.
Didn't know it was a British exclusive. It's a crispy, breadcrumb fillet of chicken, in a long farmhouse-style bun. With salsa or spicy Mayo. We even get the McChicken, too.
Well said, that is what happened. It was a difficult time to be a Native then, I don't think I would have survived if I lived back then, we still live with the effects of the past.
HAHAHAHA! "Arby's.....because no one else is open and you only have $5" "Arby's....its pretty good if you close your eyes and don't think about it"
good call...also a history lover here too...people forget to change the focus when looking through the lens of history. too often we apply modern morals and interrpretations of events without fully understanding the situations these ppl lived in. like when people are shocked that jefferson or lincoln thought sending blacks back to africa was a good idea. its not that they were racist or wanted to get rid of them, in their minds it just made sense to send them 'home'...even though we now know that wouldn't have worked.
Exactly good to see another history buff on here. That plan was actually attempted by private groups whose money included several big American names before the Civil War. And Liberia was a colony created specifically for that purpose that's why their flag looks so much like the US flag. Most slaves didn't feel comfortable there though and came back to the states which they considered their home.
but anyway this is off topic discussion for this thread. I just have to correct issues when I see them on here. I feel Ubi doesn't properly represent characters some times just because we get such a narrow glimpse at them and we don't cover the rest of their story. As we see with the reputation AC3 gave Washington(people seem to find him overwhelmingly in a negative light based on AC3).
I feel Ubi doesn't properly represent characters some times just because we get such a narrow glimpse at them and we don't cover the rest of their story. As we see with the reputation AC3 gave Washington(people seem to find him overwhelmingly in a negative light based on AC3).
Don't agree with this, Ubisoft represented our people respectfully AC3 is from the view point of what our people had to suffer.
Washington wasn't a perfect man, he had many faults.
Abstergo is Mcdonalds. The Assassins are a bunch of random local independent restaurants from around the world.
yeah, they do take liberties with certain characters, but hey, thats why we have to see the disclaimer every time we load up "this work of fiction was created...yada yada"
I know what you are talking about I never said Washington was perfect. I was just referring to the fact that they never explain why Washington burned those villages. And they leave the player with an image that makes him seem like he wanted the Natives to go away or to steal their land. Which just is not true in any interpretation the fact don't support that. I agree he was a flawed man. He used excessive force against natives during the war but that theater was exceptionally brutal to begin with. My home area in PA was actually the scene of some of the fighting between the Iroquois and American Rebels so I'm familiar to the history there. Washington also wasn't all that great of a conventional war commander either he lost most of his battles, and the ones he did win were often luck or French help. I never said Washington wasn't flawed I think they got that across well in AC3 they just left the player with an image that wasn't true about him when it came to the natives.
I also never commented on AC3s representation of Natives which I thought was very fair and respectful IMO. I just felt they weren't entirely fair to Washington based on the opinion that people seem to be getting from what I read on these forums. For many people this is their only knowledge of what happened and most do not know the actual history of what Washington tried to do FOR the natives.
That was my point I never said he wasn't flawed, just that he was misrepresented on that particular issue.
Thank you explaining. I just wanted to state that he wasn't because it's just the first thing that comes to mind when Washington is stated in general terms, nothing against what you stated which is true.
The only time in AC3 when Washington spoke of his actions why he burned Connor's village was when Haytham found that note Washington had, Washington just mentioned the Seven Years' War as his reasoning but no further detail as to why he was planning another attack on Connor's village in the game. I agree with you Washington's reasons should have been talked about more in AC3.
II also never commented on AC3s representation of Natives which I thought was very fair and respectful IMO. I just felt they weren't entirely fair to Washington based on the opinion that people seem to be getting from what I read on these forums. For many people this is their only knowledge of what happened and most do not know the actual history of what Washington tried to do FOR the natives.
I just thought I'd mention it from my perspective. I respect and appreciate that and you were being fair, thank you.
Let's get back on topic for this thread..
When Arby's was mentioned earlier, I did laugh. LMAO Charles Lee suits being Horsey sauce, exactly his personality perfectly!
We work in the stomach to preserve the fat.
The Kenways are a dinner box, except Connors burger was spat on.
Ezio is the Grand Angus burger, as he is grand.
Altair is fries, as he is so cold.
Edward is a happy meal, he likes the toys.
We got two regular roast beefs, one fancy "angus" sandwich, a whole bunch of curly fries, and the chicken strips.
The regular roast beefs were meh, just average fast food staple junk, but upon saving one for a few days and heating it up later, it tasted surprisingly well for fast food that had been rotting in the fridge for a couple of days.
The curly fries are fries. Fries are always awesome no matter what.
The chicken strips were surprisingly good. Maybe it was just a lucky occasion, but I found them to be better than the roast beef sandwiches.
I decided that this experience basically was AC3 in a nutshell.
So basically, the angus sandwich represents the marketing campaign which promised us great things but only half-delivered on those promises. The roast beef sandwiches were basically the initial impressions of stuff like freeroam - a big meh, but upon further examination later things revealed that they were better than previously thought.
Mary Read is like a happy meal. Looks a little cringe worthy at first, but turns out to be quite tasty and full of surprises!
oh and Subway too. and Chipotle.
Desmond is the ice in the Coca Cola when it's winter, it's just there to fill up the space.
Isn't the ice what they make their money on?
The burger is just enough to leave you appetized, but not full. That's what the fries are for.
The fries fill you up but they leave you thirsty as well. That's where teh soda comes in.
The soda is refreshing but it could colder... that's where the ice comes in.
But the ice makes you feel empty and watered down... that's where the burger comes in.
The ice fills half of the cup, you need to ask for no ice to actually get the amount of Coke you paid for.
Haytham s the McRib. Not everybody likes him, but those who do want to see him back!
I like Haytham but I don't want to see him back.
His story is conclusively finished via both the games and expanded universe media. Giving Haytham another appearance would only be a waste of a slot that could be given to any other Assassin/Templar who hasn't had their stories fully filled out yet: Connor, Aveline, Random Initiates-exclusive person #49384102, Baba Ji, Patrice Desilets, etc.
The Assassins are becoming 'The Big Mac' - Once the very essence of the franchise - Now a shadow of the former Quality & content .
The new Chronicles games are like Happy Meal Toys!


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William Ockham (även William Ockam och William av Occam, ibland bara Occam, latin: Gulielmus Occamus), född cirka 1287 i byn Ockham i grevskapet Surrey i England, död 9 april 1347 i München, var en engelsk franciskanmunk och filosof.

Utgångspunkten för William Ockhams tänkande är kritiken av den realistiska kunskapsteorin. Enligt Ockham har allmänbegreppen, universalia, ingen verklig existens utanför det mänskliga medvetandet och är bara tecken för tingen, inte tingen själva (se den så kallade universaliestriden). Denna nominalism förenade han med ett nytt intresse för det individuella och för den empiriska världen i allmänhet. Hans ståndpunkt innebar en avgörande vändpunkt i skolastikens historia. Han formulerade en princip om minsta möjliga antagande som går under beteckningen Ockhams rakkniv.

Ockham fick av sina anhängare hedersnamnen Venerabilis inceptor, Doctor singularis et invincibilis, Princeps et caput nominalium.

Biografi och tankevärld
William Ockham studerade i Oxford och inträdde i franciskanorden, där han anslöt sig till observanternas strängare parti. Han var lärjunge till Johannes Duns Scotus (död 1308) och blev själv en framstående lärare i filosofi och teologi vid universitetet i Paris och därefter i Oxford. Där bekämpade han den rådande realismen. År 1322 uttalade han på ett ordenskonvent i Perugia en kraftig protest mot påve Johannes XXII:s välvilja mot ordens mindre stränga parti. På grund av detta blev han fängslad i Avignon, men lyckades fly. Han bannlystes 1328, och påven Klemens VI lyckades inte förmå honom till lydnad och underkastelse, trots förhandlingar.

Ockham ansåg att naturorsakerna, som frambringar tingen, omedelbart åstadkommer dem som individuella företeelser. Därför är en särskild individualiseringsprincip, som Duns Scotus hävdade finns, helt överflödig. De föregående medeltidstänkarna hade i allmänhet tänkt sig sinnesförnimmelserna som någon sorts inre avbilder av tingen. Ockham bröt med denna syn och betraktade förnimmelserna och begreppen endast som tecken (termini) för de föremål som framkallar dem. Med hjälp av dessa tecken kommer vi inte åt tingens väsen, men vi kan i tänkandet liksom räkna med dem som med ett slags lätthanterliga skiljemynt. Dessa tecken kan vart och ett för sig stå för en mångfald individuella föremål och blir därigenom på sätt och vis något generellt. Men verkligheten i sig själv består endast av individer. Medan den föregående medeltidsfilosofin arbetade med endast abstrakta begrepp, antog Ockham även en intuitiv kunskap, inte bara i form av sinnesåskådning, utan också som ett vetande, som innebär omedelbar visshet. Därigenom undgår denna intuitiva kunskap det med slutledningar opererande abstrakta förståndets osäkerhet.

Denna uppfattning tillämpade han också i sin teologi. Guds existens kan enligt Ockhams syn inte omedelbart härledas ur gudsbegreppet, som Anselm av Canterbury försökt. Inte heller kan den bevisas kosmologiskt. Den enda kunskapskällan för att veta något om Gud är därför uppenbarelsen, vilket gör Ockham till antirationalist i detta avseende. Guds allmakt gör allting möjligt för honom. Denna föreställning om Guds allmakt utsträcker Ockham även till det moraliska området: Gud är inte med nödvändighet god utan står över distinktionen mellan gott och ont. Därför förnekar han att det finns något gott och rätt i sig självt. Hade det behagat Gud, hade han kunnat dekretera att det rätta varit en hänsynslös egoism; Gud hade, om han så hade velat, kunnat handla ont. Endast uppenbarelsen, som låter oss lära känna Guds vilja, definierar skillnaden mellan gott och ont.

Även om Ockhams lära fördömdes av universitetet i Paris år 1340, omfattades den av en mängd lärjungar. Gabriel Biel (död 1495), "den siste skolastikern", sammanfattade Ockhams läror och utövade genom dem inflytande på Luther och Melanchthon. Å andra sidan är Ockham att beteckna som en föregångare till den empiriska riktningen inom den nyare tidens engelska filosofi.

Bland Ockhams många skrifter må nämnas Summa totius logices, Super IV libros sententiarum subtilissimæ quæstiones, Centiloquium theologicum och Dialogus in tres partes distinctus, hans kyrkopolitiska huvudverk, där han ger kejsaren rätt att avsätta påven och vänder sig mot påvens ofelbarhet, men även mot konciliernas. Enligt Ockham kunde kyrkan lika gärna ha en annan författning – utan påve. Påven har på intet vis någon världslig maktbefogenhet – särskilt tillkommer det honom varken att utnämna eller att sanktionera den romerske kejsaren, då han tvärtom själv står under kejserlig jurisdiktion. Men även inom kyrkan är påven, enligt Ockham, allt annat än enväldig eftersom han är bunden av Bibeln. Den senare är ofelbar medan påven är utsatt för villfarelser; han kan själv vara en kättare och måste i så fall avsättas från sin värdighet. Kyrkan utgörs ingalunda uteslutande av prästerskapet, utan av samtliga kristna. Men även denna kyrka och dess organ, konciliet, kan enligt Ockham missta sig, så snart den avlägsnar sig från skriften.

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The Habit of Art - Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Matthew Kelly, John Wark and David Yelland in The Habit of Art. Photo by Helen Maybanks.
Whether it is from his late 80's series Talking Heads, the recent film adaptation of The Lady in the Van, or his smash-hit plays The History Boys, The Madness of George III and most recently Allelujah!, most of us are all familiar with Alan Bennett's tone of voice which is full of both wit and intellect. One of his more recent plays, The Habit of Art is no different in displaying that tone, since its opening at the National Theatre in 2009 with Richard Griffiths and Alex Jennings.
For the two hours, we are the fly on the wall for a rehearsal of a play called Caliban's Day - which shows a fictionalised meeting between the poet W H Auden and composer Benjamin Britten in their later years. We are immediately faced with the strikingly realistic set of a local church hall, designed by Adrian Linford. It is a spacious with tall walls, noticeboards, fire exit signs, black curtains and hanging LED lights which are switched on by the cast both at the start and end of the play (and virtually the only source of lighting in this performance). But what is fascinating is the amount and use of props around the stage, like a clutter of resources for our actors to rehearse with.
The performances from this company of seven are individually terrific and work masterfully with Bennett's writing and Phillip Franks' marvelous direction with pace, intricacy and charm in this humorous piece. Leading the cast is Olivier-winning actor Matthew Kelly as Fitz an actor who plays Auden in the piece. There is initially something a bit diva-ish about Fitz's rehearsal process, constantly asking for the next line due to his old age, but Kelly gives a delightful performance as Auden, a decrepit old man who pays for rent boys and is full of ego. Star of screen and stage David Yelland also gives a great performance as Henry, who plays Britten. He is more reserved and nervous than Kelly's Auden but is sharper and full of expertise in his craft as a composer.
As the title may suggest, the whole piece is about the practice of art and how we as human beings tend to use or create it. The supporting characters personify brilliantly the need to feel purpose with their art, or in this case acting. We tend to both laugh and sympathise with John Wark as Donald, who acts as an omnipresent narrator in the Caliban's Day, but bevomes full of frustration as merely a device, not knowing where to stand and desperation leads him to entering the second half in drag to feel needed among the company. Benjamin Chandler also provides a lot of laughs as the rent boy hired by Auden and at the end of the piece also begins to feel frustration of his purpose as an actor. Robert Mountford who plays Neil, the writer of Caliban's Day as someone who is protective of the piece he has written and having to make do with misbehaving actors and script cuts or changes beyond his control.
Alexandra Guelff and Veronica Roberts are both superb as George and Kay the stage managers ensuring the production goes ahead as planned. They also have funny scenes personifying Auden's furniture and help deliver the context of Britten's music and Auden's poetry. Roberts in particular ends the play with a moving monologue that helps us the audience understand the craft that actors and theatre makers bring to an evening like the one we are watching.
There is plenty to enjoy in this profound and multi-leveled play that is packed with many themes that will survive for as long as great theatre, such as this, will survive as well as all other forms of glorious art.
The Habit of Art runs at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry until Saturday.


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French warned travelers to avoid Ferguson, MO area
Advisory for northern St. Louis issued at least 1 year ago
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Police in Ferguson, Missouri, during a fourth night of violence after the police shooting of a black teen.
NEW YORK – For the past year, a French government website has warned French travelers to avoid visiting the area north of downtown St. Louis were the police shooting of a black teen Saturday sparked violent, racial tensions that now are being addressed by the White House.
The French government website "France Diplomatie" carries a security warning for St. Louis, that reads in French: "St. Louis: Eviter le quartier nord entre l'aéroport et le centre-ville, mais la navette reliant l'aéroport est sûre."
It translates to: "St. Louis: Avoid the northern area between the airport and the city center, but the airport shuttle is safe."
Noticing the French government travel warning last November, KMOX-TV in St. Louis posted an article that began: "It was 250 years ago that Frenchmen Pierre Laclede and Auguste Chouteau founded the fur trading post that would become St. Louis. Now the French government has some warnings for travelers coming here."
KMOX reported at the time that the mayor of St. Louis was not amused.
"The French government can do what it wants, but in the end, you know, we're still going to have people come in and enjoy our city," Mayor Francis Slay explained to the television station.
KMOX also reported North St. Louis Alderman Antonio French objected that the travel warnings were unfair.
"If you actually think about it, it's actually not bad of a list to be on," Slay said. "Almost every major city in America is on the list, including St. Louis, of course. If a Frenchman were to decide to avoid or be discouraged from visiting cities like New York, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, their visit to the United States would be a lot less fun, a lot less enjoyable."
The French government website warns French tourists that when arriving in an American city, "it is advisable to learn about the neighborhoods to avoid."
Obama, calling for "peace and calm on the streets" of Ferguson, said Thursday there is "never an excuse for violence against police or for those who would use this tragedy as a cover for vandalism or looting."
But he also chastised police.
"There's also no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protests or to throw protesters in jail for lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights," he said, taking time from his vacation in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
The executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police was unhappy with the president's remarks, The Hill reported.
"I would contend that discussing police tactics from Martha's Vineyard is not helpful to ultimately calming the situation," Director Jim Pasco said in an interview with Capitol Hill daily.
"I think what he has to do as president and as a constitutional lawyer is remember that there is a process in the United States, and the process is being followed, for good or for ill, by the police and by the county and by the city and by the prosecutors' office," Pasco said.
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Vigilante Force
Review Date: Sep 14, 2015
George Armitage
1978 (September 8, 2015)
United Artists (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Film/Program Grade: A
Extras Grade: A
George Armitage is one of the great mavericks of the American cinema, a writer-director of wit, energy, and style whose work deserves to be better known. After an apprenticeship with Roger Corman in the early 1970s that led to his directorial debut, Private Duty Nurses, Armitage wrote and directed a terrific Blaxploitation riff on Get Carter (Hit Man) and the equally brilliant action flick Vigilante Force before more or less disappearing from American screens for fourteen years – only to reemerge with 1990's Miami Blues, Armitage's masterpiece and a film that beat Tarantino at his own game two years before that director even started to play. After his reemergence, Armitage applied his unique cocktail of satire and violence to the entertaining John Cusack vehicle Grosse Pointe Blank and the Elmore Leonard adaptation The Big Bounce…and then he disappeared from American screens again for eleven years and counting.
Every one of Armitage's directorial efforts is worthy of reexamination thanks to the unique blend of intellect and brute force that characterizes them all – like Sam Fuller, he's a poet and a brawler at the same time, and the way that he merges social and political observations with pulpy genre pleasures is endlessly rewarding. Vigilante Force, newly available on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, is a perfect place to begin studying and enjoying Armitage's sensibility; literally explosive in its energy (there's more action and violence in the opening credit sequence than some directors can cram into an entire film), it's also a somewhat unsettling picture of post-Vietnam America and a darkly funny portrait of a psychopath – a motif that returns in Miami Blues and Grosse Pointe Blank. The psychopath in Vigilante Force is Aaron Arnold (Kris Kristofferson), a Vietnam vet whose brother Ben (Jan-Michael Vincent) calls on him for help when the small town Ben lives in is overrun by violence. Ben and his neighbors get more than they bargained for when they ask Aaron to clean up the town, and instead he forms a gang that's even worse than the people he was brought in to eradicate.
Eventually, Ben and his friends have to take up arms against Aaron in a climax that represents Armitage at his most kinetic and inventive – and which includes a stunt that Tarantino has called his all-time favorite. The whole movie is filled with dynamic action sequences, from shoot-outs to car chases to bar fights, and Armitage's clear but complicated staging is a marvel to behold (particularly when one realizes that he made the movie on a $1 million budget). Yet he's just as good in the quiet scenes; the cast includes an abundance of reliable character actors, from Brad Dexter to Armitage favorite Paul Gleason, as well as pair of strong leading ladies (Victoria Principal and Bernadette Peters) and they all have wonderful character-based moments peppered amidst the carnage. The movie is loads of fun, but it also has an underlying melancholy that's deeply affecting; the ghost of Vietnam hangs over the whole affair, and the idea that the small town itself is a kind of Vietnam, with Kristofferson once again part of an occupying force, is a rich and provocative one.
The Blu-ray transfer is solid overall, with sharp detail, vibrant colors, and a source print that is virtually flawless; some slight inconsistencies in terms of grain and contrast keep it from an A rating, but it's generally a strong presentation. The same goes for the audio, though the DTS-HD 2.0 mix reveals slight distortion in the louder action sequences. Aside from a trio of theatrical trailers (for Vigilante Force, Convoy, and Defiance), there's only one extra feature, but it's a good one: a commentary track in which filmmaker Elijah Drenner (director of That Guy Dick Miller) interviews Armitage. Given what a mysterious, elusive figure Armitage has been for much of his career, the chance to hear him speak is a delight – particularly since he's as good a verbal storyteller as he is a visual one.
- Jim Hemphill
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Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as minister of Law and Order on February 25th 2018. It was a stop gap measure. The premier was only expected to be in charge of the portfolio for two weeks until a new minister was appointed. The fortnightly stint as a"caretaker" minister however has proved to be a terrible ordeal amounting to a baptism of fire for the new Law and order minister. A pre-planned, well co-ordinated campaign of anti-Muslim violence was unleashed in two phases , first in the Amparai town and next in the Kandy district.
Politically astute stalwarts of the United National Party(UNP) suspect that the calculated anti-Muslim violence had a multi-pronged objective. Primarily it was intended to test and challenge Wickremesinghe's capacity to discharge his duties well as a law and order minister. Ranil's opponents have for long tried to depict him as a weak and ineffective leader incapable of dealing efficiently with threats to the County and/or law and order. The spectre of communal violence rearing its ugly head again would provide an opportunity to demonstrate that Ranil was not a strong leader. Since Wickremesinghe is a contender for the Presidency in 2020, the portrayal of the prime minister as weak would certainly pay dividends to any rival contesting on a platform of "strong man as president".
Apart from this, UNP circles suspect that the orchestrated violence was aimed at placing Wickremesinghe in a tricky situation. If he cracked down hard on the politically motivated criminal elements attacking Muslims, extensive propaganda could be conducted against Wickremesinghe that he had betrayed the Sinhalese. This would further reduce the quantum of Sinhala votes he was likely to receive at the polls.If on the other hand ,Ranil did not check or contain the anti-Muslim violence effectively, he would lose the confidence and faith of the Muslim community. This would have a ripple effect on the other minority ethnicities too and thereby result in an erosion of what is considered to be a safe vote bank for the UNP leader.
More importantly and more dangerously the violence and its consequences could have a de-stabilising impact on the Sirisena- Wickremesinghe Govt. The UNP-SLFP coalition government describes itself as a "national unity "govt but there are deep divisions within. It does not appear to be national nor united. President Sirisena and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe are at loggerheads with each other. Sirisena and Wickremesinghe are operating at different wavelengths within one Govt.The UNP and Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) ministers within the Govt perceive each other as enemies rather than cabinet colleagues bound by collective responsibility. The newly formed Sri Lanka Podu Jana Party(SLPP) has got the better of both the UNP and SLFP and emerged as the leading victor at the local authorities elections. Complicating the situation further is the antipathy towards Wickremesinghe as Prime minister among the President, most SLFP ministers and some UNP Parliamentarians. Moves are afoot to de-throne Ranil as Prime Minister as well as party leader. In the prevailing situation, escalating communal violence under Law and order minister Wickremesinghe could very well turn out to be the tipping point for the regime resulting in rapid de-stabilisation and drastic change.
Then there is also the fact that the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions are scheduled for March in Geneva. The Government of Mahinda Rajapaksa became discredited in the eyes of the world for a number of reasons. One such reason was the encouragement received by hate mongering ethno -religious fascist outfits like the Bodu Bala Sena and the anti -Muslim violence it fomented in places like Aluthgama and Beruwela. The new "Good Governance" Govt was much respected internationally because it has ushered in a climate of ethnic harmony and amity where the minority communities felt safe and secure.The Gintota violence dented this image last year. Now with more large-scale and widespread anti – muslim violence erupting that positive image could be tarnished further. People like rear -admiral(retd) and ex-MP Sarath Weerasekera could argue in Geneva – if they wanted to – that anti – Muslim violence can happen under any Govt and not necessarily the Rajapaksa regime alone.
It is against this backdrop therefore that the UNP led Govt viewed the outbreak of anti – Muslim violence in Amparai town followed by Digana and other parts of the Kandy district.There was a distinct pattern in the organized violence directed against innocent Muslim people. The attacking mobs were mainly "strangers" transported from outside places into the targeted areas. Most of them masked their faces. The Mobs were guided by a few locals. Causing loss of life or limb does not seem to have been the priority. The primary objective was to destroy or undermine the economic power of Muslims.Hence Muslim owned businesses, shops,houses and vehicles were specifically targeted.
The secondary objective was to deliver a symbolic message or threat to the Muslims practising the Islamic faith. Thus Mosques were attacked. The violence was accompanied by a well -organized hate campaign against Muslims via the social media justifying the attacks on the basis of canards.
In comparative terms the violence in Amparai is very much less than the violence perpetrated in the Kandy district. Amparai was a single"operation" restricted to the town while there has been a series of widely distributed acts of violence in Kandy. There is reason to suspect that the original plan was to use Amparai as a launching pad for other areas too like Siyambalanduwa in Moneragala district and continue extending attacks to other areas. However another option presented itself without any pre-planning in the Teldeniya-Digana region when a Sinhala lorry driver died as a result of an assault by intoxicated Muslim youths. This was seen as an ideal opportunity as it could be projected that enraged Sinhala people were spontaneously rising up against Muslims with "righteous anger" to retaliate for the death of an innocent Sinhala person. Two noted exponents of "Saffron Terror" Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero and Ampitiya Sumanarathne Thero visited the dead driver Kumarasiri's home , paid their respects to the departed soul and "left". Lo and Behold! The floodgates were opened for wave after wave of anti-Muslim violence thereafter.
At the outset I would like to emphasise two points. The first point is that most media reports particularly those by foreign media outlets have been referring to the violence as race riots between Sinhalese and Muslims or religious riots between Buddhists and those professing the Islamic faith. The prevailing reality however is that the current violence is not a clash between two groups.It is a case of large mobs of Sinhalese attacking property belonging to Muslim individuals and families. The violence is committed overwhelmingly by one side and vannot be called clashes. The limited counter violence in self-defence has been only in a few instances where Muslim youths bunched together to protect their families,properties and above all their places of worship.
The second point is about the wrong impression conveyed or sought to be conveyed by certain elements that the violence is an all -out ethnic war in which the "majority" Sinhalese have totally turned against the "minority" Muslims. Though some racists would like to project that image of the current violence,it simply is not true. Only a microscopic minority of the majority community are engaging in violence against a minority. The Sinhala people at large are against this violence and want no part of it. There may be some who sanction it by their silence even if they take no part in it. But most people keep silent not because they approve of the carnage but because they dare not speak out against it due to fear of consequences both real and imaginary. If the majority of the Sinhalese turn against the minorities on a genocidal spree, very few Muslims or Tamils would be left to tell the tale.
Initially the Govt seemed to have been taken by surprise and responded in pitiful fashion leaving much to be desired. The Sirisena – Wickremesinghe divide has placed the Govt and its ministers in an unenviable position.Instead of forging an adequate response to the continuing violence the govt ministers acted in a confused incoherent manner. Some condemned the violence and appealed for calm through facebook and twitter instead of taking concrete action.After some initial lethargy, lack of decisiveness and dilly-dallying, the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe Govt buckled down to its imperative task of combatting communal violence. An emergency was declared and curfews were in force in violence -prone areas. The army has been deployed and is coordinating with the Police and Special Task Force (STF). In an extraordinary measure restrictions have been placed on some social media and telephone applications to prevent the spreading of hate and promotion of violence.
Initially there were instances of Police,STF and even a few soldiers colluding with the mobs or simply remaining indifferent without trying to check the violent elements. Subsequently the situation improved. Police fired on rampaging mobs on one occasion to convey a strong signal. Over 140 alleged perpetrators of violence have been arrested. These include the "Mahason Balakaya"leaderAmith Weerasinghe and his deputy Sureda Suraweera. The Mahason Balakaya had been conducting a hate campaign against Muslims and inciting violence. Amith Weerasinghe is the alleged mastermind directing and coordinating the current campaign of anti-Muslim violence. Interestingly enough both Weerasinghe and Suraweera were arrested by the Police Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) in two separate pre-dawn raids in Digana and Poojapitiya respectively.
In a separate development Public Administration minister and Moneragala district MP Ranjith Madduma Bandara was appointed as the new minister of Law and Order. Ranil Wickremesinghe ceased to be Law and order minister after just eleven days.The anti – Muslim violence is gradually subsiding though it had not completely ended at the time this column was being written. By all accounts however it seems that the shower has ended with only a slight drizzle remaining. What remains to be seen is how the Government will deal with the arrested persons and for how long it will maintain the arrangements necessary to preserve peace and prevent the recurrence of violence. The ethno -political environment in the country is quite fragile and there are a lot of vested interests waiting eagerly to exploit the situation. Eternal vigilance is needed to counter the potential threat.
As stated earlier this year's anti-Muslim violence erupted first in Amparai town and was followed by violence in Digana.Thereafter it spread to other areas in Kandy district like Teldeniya, Pallekalle, Katugastota and Akurana etc. The damage in Amparai is very much less when compared to the destruction in Kandy. In Amparai one mosque and adjacent structures , Three Muslim owned hotels, one grocery store and eight vehicles were attacked and damaged. A few Muslim dwellings were stoned but no families were harmed as most had taken shelter in neighbouring homes or fled to shrub jungle areas. All this happened within a few hours on one night in Aparai. In Kandy the situation was different.
Although the quantitative nature of the anti-Muslim violence was greater in the Kandy district the Amparai violence was qualitatively more dangerous. The scope and scale of violence in Kandy was greater, lengthier and more widespread than that of Amparai. In Kandy the death of the Lorry driver was used as the pretext for launching violence. In Amparai the reason cited as cause for the violence was hilarious but had the potential of being very , very dangerous. It was alleged in Amparai that a Muslim run eatery was mixing contraceptives and sterilising drugs in food served to Sinhala customers. Consuming them would affect sperm in man and render them impotent. It would also affect wombs in women and prevent conception.The implication was that a Muslim conspiracy had been hatched to reduce the birth rate of the Sinhala people and convert them into a minority by diminishing their numbers.
The accusation is absurd and ridiculous as scientifically or medically it is not possible to prevent "babies forming in wombs" through administering contraceptive drugs in food particularly in Kothu roti or meat curry. It is not possible to weaken sperm by any drug mixing as any drug of that type would lose potency while being heated to a high level on a stove or cooker. Yet this is what was alleged and propagated to trigger off and later justify the Amparai violence.Sadly quite a number of people believed the blatant lie. The danger is that had this canard been believed by large numbers of Sinhalese (They did not) it would have enabled the hatemongers to target all Muslim hotels and eateries in defence of the Sinhala nation. The Amparai attacks therefore assume a great degree of importance.
A powerful propaganda campaign against Muslims in general and Amparai Muslims in particular was launched in the aftemath of the Amparai violence. The attack was justified on the basis that the Muslims were trying to destroy the "Sinhala Jathiya" through "Wanda Pethi".On February 28th Muslim businesses in Siyambalanduwa in adjacent Moneragala district were the targets of a threat campaign. They were warned that what befell the Muslims of Amparai would happen to them too. Most Muslim businessmen closed their establishments early and vacated Siyambalanduwa though most have now returned.
It must be noted that in spite of Muslims being targeted in Amparai on the pretext of "Wanda Pethi" most Sinhalese in Amparai did not believe the accusation. In fact quite a number of Sinhalese in Amparai provided refuge to the frightened Muslim families in town. Though there were few takers for the Wanda Pethi canard among the Sinhala people of Amparai , there were many Sinhalese outside Ampara who purportedly believed it. This includes some people living in Western countries too. However the Govt analyst A. Weliyange has nailed that canard conclusively. After examining the " stuff " suspected of being "Wanda Pethi" the Govt analyst has ruled that the alleged contraceptive drugs were merely Particles of flour scientifically described as 'Carbohydrates". So all that violence including the attack on a Mosque was over flour particles! What a tragicomedy!!
As I have observed frequently those of us who love Sri Lanka and yearn for peace and happiness in the Island need pieces of good and positive news at times to restore our sagging morale and lift up our downcast spirits. We need silver linings in the dark clouds;we need whiffs of sweet fragrance to eliminate the stinking odour;we need gusts of cooling breeze to reduce the effects of oppressive heat. In the context of violence perpetrated by hatemongers against a minority community, we require some positive input to show us that all is not lost. We need some proof at least to re-iterate our faith in the inherent goodness of most human beings. We need to know that while inhumanity is displayed by some humans to other humans, there are some humans who show love and amity to their fellow humans at great risk to their lives too.
There were many positive acts by ordinary people during the raging violence. So many people mainly Sinhala but some Tamils too gave shelter and protection to their besieged Muslim neighbours and friends. This happened in Amparai and Kandy. In most cases the threatened people were kept hidden in homes. There were many instances of Sinhala people standing up to the mobs and refusing to let them go on the rampage in their vicinity. There were instances of Sinhala families keeping the vehicles belonging to Muslims in their premises and refusing to let the mobs torch them. Likewise some people occupied houses owned by Muslims and turned the mobs away saying the house belonged to them. The finest example of them all to my knowledge was the action of a young Buddhist monk and some Sinhala students. They slept in the beleaguered Muruttalawa mosque along with their Muslim brethren and turned away marauding mobs not once, not twice but thrice.
These instances are but a few lamps glowing in an overarching canopy of darkness.These together cannot dispel the overwhelming darkness. Yet they demonstrate that what the hatemongers and neo-fascists say is not true. It also shows that humanity has not deserted the Island lauded as the "Dhammdeepa". The future of this resplendent island lies not in the hands of the promoters of hate and perpetrators of violence.It lies in the hands of ordinary people such as these who rise up boldly to face up to extraordinary situations with compassion and courage. These are people who do what is right and do not show fright before might. And as the angel wrote about Abou Ben Adhem in James Henry Leigh Hunt's poem "May their tribe increase"in Sri Lanka.


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Q: ALSA (snd_pcm_open) over SSH? I have written an application using ALSA (snd_pcm_open, snd_pcm_readi, etc). The application works perfect locally on my machine. However, when I SSH to another machine and run it through the SSH connection, all calls to snd_pcm_open fails with a message "Device does not exist" or similar. The remote machine has a soundcard just as my local machine has.
What could be the problem here?
Thanks!
EDIT: If I run the application using the console on the remote computer (walk to the computer, login, run the application), the application runs fine.

A: The problem might be with /dev/snd/* access rights.
Be sure the user is in the audio group.
In my case, I had to do adduser $USER audio, disconnect and then reconnect.

A: Just to check for the obvious: Are the drivers for the sound card on the remote machine loaded and working correctly? Check /proc/asound/cards and see so that the card is listed.

A: Just to confirm...you have the application installed on the remote machine and the remote machine has otherwise working aplay etc?  The remote machine must be set up so that if you were to login from the console and run the application, it would work
If this is the case then check your environment variables as sometimes they can be subtly different.

A: Found the reason. Turns out /dev/audio and the devices below /dev/snd/ where all owned by the user logged in on the remote computer, and readable/writable by no one else. For testing I applied chmod 777 /dev/audio /dev/snd/* and it started working.
Anyone know how I can apply a bit more generous permissions to the audio devices for the remote computer (which will last after a reboot)?

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Palestinian mufti appeals for release of hostages on Iraqi TV
December 7, 2005 CounterVortex
Palestinian mufti appeals for release of Iraq hostages
BBC Monitoring Newsfile
Text of report by Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah TV on 6 December
Mufti of the Palestinian Territories Ikrimah Sabri appealed on Monday [5 December] for the release of the four kidnapped foreign members of the Christian Peacemaking Team. In statements to the press in the West Bank, Sabri said that the abduction of those four came as a surprise to the Palestinian people, noting their support for the Palestinian causes, especially their protests against the racial segregation wall.
The four members of the Christian Peacemaking Team were kidnapped in Baghdad last week. They are a Briton, an American, and two Canadians, said to be working within the same team in the Palestinian territories.
The non-governmental Peacemaking Team voiced hope that the Saraya Suyuf al-Haq [Brigades of the Swords of Right] will understand the work of the abducted members and the humanitarian side of their mission in Iraq. The team's spokesman William Biny [name as received] voiced hope that the abductors will realize who our colleagues are and release them.
Source: Al-Sharqiyah, Baghdad, in Arabic 0600 gmt 6 Dec 05
See our last post on the Iraq hostage crisis.
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Jerusalem Mufti calls for release of four hostages in Iraq
BBC Monitoring Middle East
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Text of report by Dubai-based news channel Al-Arabiya TV on 1 December
Jerusalem Mufti Shaykh Ikrimah Sabri has called on the kidnappers of foreign hostages in Iraq to release them, emphasizing that kidnapping does not serve the cause of liberating the land from the occupier.
Ikrimah added that the kidnapping of humanitarian organization workers was a practice that went against one's conscience and the principle of peace, and emphasized that most of them were supporters of the Palestinian cause.
[Sabri – recording] In principle, we reject the issue of kidnapping. This is an inhumane act. Therefore, we consider the kidnapping of the four individuals – who represent people who call for peace – a violation of humanity and peace. We call on the kidnappers to release them and protect their lives so that they can return safely to their families.
We do not forget that these hostages were with us in Palestine, supported our just causes, and stood against the separation wall. They have courageous humanitarian and political actions. Therefore, we emphasize the importance of their release and call on the kidnappers not to harm them.
Source: Al-Arabiya TV, Dubai, in Arabic 0625 gmt 1 Dec 05