The formation of Anime Fannatiku is another proof that Japanese animation is taking the Western culture by the storm. The quality of the animation and the sheer number of excellent writers make anime superior to cartoons and other forms of animated creations the Western world creates.
A club has formed for those who appreciate anime (Japanese animation), or just want to check it out. Anime Fannatiku meets the first Saturday of every month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hurricane Library.
Natalie Daniel, a librarian clerk at the Hurricane Library, was inspired to start the group by a similar one that meets in the Charleston Library in Las Vegas, called Anime Vegas.
"I was sitting at the computer one day and thought, 'Wouldn't it be great if we had a club here where we could all get together with people who have similar interests?'" Daniel said.
She talked her co-worker, Sarah Hall, into helping her organize the club.
Anime Fannatiku met for the first time on Feb. 4. A total of 75 people were in attendance, and some of them were from St. George and Ivins. Even Anime Vegas founder, Rich Stott, brought a group of members with him from Las Vegas to support the club opening.
The club's meeting featured cosplay, where the members dress up like their favorite anime character and win a prize. The group watched anime music videos, where American pop music and anime are cut and spliced to the music. Gowers made an anime music video just for the opening.
"Hillarie's video was really cute," Daniel said.
At each meeting, the club watches new and classic anime, a movie or first couple of episodes, enough for the members to get interested in an anime series. On Feb. 4, Anime Fannatiku premiered "Final Fantasy: Advent Children," which the people from Las Vegas hadn't even seen. They also played DDR (Dance Dance Revolution).
The next meeting is set for March 4. At 11 a.m., they will show "InuYasha movie No. 1: Affections Touching Across Time." Afterward, the club will have its first art contest. The fanart theme is spring picnic. Contestants will need to have their finished product ready to be displayed, and members will be allowed 30 minutes to vote.
At 1:15, they will show the first two episodes of "Clamp's Tsubasa Reservoir of Chronicles (Subtitled)." Then the winners of the art contest will be announced, and the first place winner will receive a prize. The winners of the art contest will have their entries displayed in the library for the month of March.
The meeting will end with a short J-Pop (Japanese popular music) dance. Costumes are always welcome.
In April, the club will start raffles for anime standees or life-size cutouts, posters and DVDs. In the future they will have Japanese Karaoke, songs from the popular animes, as well as cosplay workshops and how-tos. Anime Fannatiku also wants to have masquerades later in the year, where people do skits and vote for their favorite one and win prizes.
Daniel and Hall have been fans of anime for a long time.
"I've always watched anime, and couldn't find anyone else who watched it until I went to Tuacahn High School," Daniel said.
Each also has her own favorite anime series.
Daniel had a different favorite.
Daniel was excited about meeting and obtaining the autograph of Vic Mignogna, the voice of Edward, (the main character of FullMetal) at a convention in Las Vegas sponsored by Anime Vegas.
"He's the most amazing, sweetest guy in the world," Daniel said of Mignogna.
Anime Fannatiku member Travis Larson also enjoys the club.


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Greece. The Greek Civil War, was fought from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek government army—backed by the UK and US — and the communist Democratic Army of Greece, backed by Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Albania. It is estimated that 158,000 people were killed.
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We played our first games of the scenario for june. Here are some pics and a littel writeup of the happenings as far as I can remember.
as she had to less light to make it work.
The commandos are ready to leave the building, by fanning them out I tried to keep him guessing where I would go.
As my luck would have it there were the suppressors right in my path. You see also one unit of marines which could mean troubles.
Close to the silo in front there where the other unit of marines. The miltia was on the other side of the table.
Here we are now a bit into the game (somewhere around turn two).
trying to hold up the milita there and take out the marines on that flank.
One of my units charged the supressors to stop them.
The second unit of marines is lurking still behind the silo, ready to spoil my day.
Here they are now, ready to pounce on my poor commandos, which thought they were save allready.
In the background there are the last survivors from the third team. (Currently panicked as the milita brought them under half strength).
This is the end of the Viridians, the last commando is surrounded by Suppressors and Marines.
The Marines in fron made short work of my other troop (due to some increadible dice rolls).
I won the first combat round but the marines refused to panic and in the return killed of my commandos.
Had two guest battleing it out.
Here we have the setup. The Viridians clusterd to one side, like they would make a run off the closer side.
But what happened was that he rushed them all towards the front of the picture, where only a unit of militia were stationed (with Sgt Tenko).
Behind the yellow silo in the front there where also some marines.
Here we see them rushing to safety. (As we all thought).
The lead unit would tie up the milita and allow the other two behind her to rush around to safety.
If they would run between the red silo and the militia they would also be farely save from the marines.
Thats what we all thought.
But he not only rushed the first unit into CC with the militia but also the second unit, and both got bogged down.
Unit 3 didnt have much impact as a grenade had decimated them allread in turn one and the suppresors chasing them finished it off.
So this is the end of the Viridians, of the two units only 3 members are left.
The militia held. In the end the marines also charged in and finished them off.


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Lexicon, PhiloFiction
INTRODUCTION TO NON-MARXISM
By François Laruelle
Marxism may have "lacked" the Real and tied its fate to the history-world. It may have consequently lacked the theory according-to-the-Real of this history-world. These are not just some "observations," but a new style of theoretical hypotheses. They assume a "program" as much as they imply that program.
Compared to whatever philosophy's past was, whether metaphysical or Marxist, philosophy as interpretation (herme-neutics), position (differential), correction (Marxist), decision in general, or whatever, can only but want to render itself more concrete and more intelligible, more real and better elu-cidated. This has been the case ever since Parmenides gave the definitive formulation being and thinking are the Same. What is important is the double action, this divided effect of philosophy on itself. Non-Philosophy, on the other hand, aban-dons this duality in order to deduce, not thought, but the trans-formation of thought, from the Real. And the Real is neither being nor thought, at the most it is a negative possibility for the concreteness of the object and rigor of thought, for the ob-ject that ceases to be empirical or the thought which ceases to be separately philosophical or scientific.
Marxism is "realized" or "made concrete" by philosophy in several complementary ways:
1. By bringing Marxism a real ground that it was assumed to be lacking, since materialism is seen as an abstraction by philosophical idealism. However, from a larger and more encompassing [englobant] philosophical point of view, it does not at all lack the real, of which it has its own kind—this is an illusion bound up with the struggle of philosophical positions. It is only from a non-philosophical point of view that Marxism really lacks an identity and the Real as identity, it is from this perspective alone that it is an abstraction in a new sense, as is every philosophy. But we can only say that the materialist break lacks the "idealist" sort of Being and ground that it expressly intends to do without. Rather than replace it with a more philosophical "real," we instead propose to identify the kind of non-philosophical Real that this philosophical real merely indicates in a symptomatic way.
2. By specifying and determining its efficacy for various situations, its revolutionary, critical, and transforming power of intervention [force d'intervention]. From this perspective, Marxism intends to effectively realize what every philosophy, even idealist ones, believes philosophy to be able to do: transform the world, no longer through meaning and interpretation, but at last to change the world practically. We propose here to accentuate this aspect by maintaining the reality and (relative) autonomy of the superstructure, of the object of its practice, rather than by deducing the superstructure in an idealist way from the infrastructure (i.e., from the existence close to the nature of society): consequently maintaining the consistency and the reality (not only "material") of every "ideology" and every form of knowledge, like those of the object that it imperatively needs. Moreover, to axiomatically conceive a sufficiently universal Real in order to open the mode of immanence within it onto this reality of the superstructure, its now relative autonomy. So it is urgent to deregionalize the "infrastructure," but also to undo how it has been made fundamental, to recognize in its Marxist form a model in the axiomatic and not philosophical sense, of the immanent Real, the identity of which is by definition more than a singularity—the universal in flesh-and-blood (the "universal," as we will write it).
3. Finally, it is equally urgent to identify what kind of order Determination-in-the-last-instance (DLI) really is, seeing if it must be understood dialectically or with a dialectical complement, or if it must be understood outside of every dialectic and even outside of every form of philosophical order. This is the condition for the universality of this "syntax." The few indications Marx and Engels provided for this subject may only be worthwhile as symptoms in order to extract the radi-cal concept, meaning the real kernel of DLI rather than its "rational kernel" (which can only be a philosophical artifact).
In other words, within the Marxist DLI there is nothing lacking philosophically. At any rate, DLI is unintelligible for reasons that are philosophical twice over: at first, unintelligible as the ultimate mechanism of transcendence, a motor of Philosophical Decision, and then unintelligible a second time as a materialist break which truncates this mechanism and amputates a part of itself. By contrast, we are looking for Marxist DLI—it is a concept clearly displayed or radicalized— a third form of unintelligibility where it would be unintelligible even for the terms of unintelligibility internal and proper to philosophy, thus of an unintelligible intelligibility within the terms of the thought-world.
Unified Theory of Marxism
There are several transformations of Marxism's axioms that are necessary in order to rid Marxism of the philosophical antinomies and insufficiencies that paralyze its concept. For example (because there are many more):
1. A uni-versalization of the concept of "base" or infrastructure, a uni-versalization of its real kernel and immanence in the form of a radical immanence of the last-instance foreclosed to every superstructure, so that here again the content of the infrastructure in the Marxist sense no longer appears except as a symptom and a limited model of this "real base" in a new sense. This new "real" is the presupposed that must suspend the philosophical antinomies of Marxism (which is better than "resolving" them).
2. A syntactic uni-versalization, consequence of the radicalization of the "real base": the axiomatization of the causality known as "determination-in-the-last-instance," which must be understood as the non-ontological causality and in particular as non-materialist causality of the Real('s)-immanence, and as the critique in actuality of material causality (and not only formal or final causality).
3. A "unified theory" of science and philosophy, recognized as one of Marxism's essential but aborted projects. This is the condition for comprehending its historical form as a specification of this uni-versal scheme that we are calling non-Marxism.
4. A unification of other antinomies like theory and poli- tics, theory and practice, science and ideology, a unification that is every bit as immanent or in-the-last-instance. This is not a synthesis, fusion and confusion, but only identifications in-the-last-instance. Non-Marxism has no criteria for a choice between Marx and his tradition, between revolution and the ontology of the individual, between infinite rectification and permanent revolution, between class consciousness and taking a stand [prise de parti], etc. Non-Marxism does not take place among these antinomies or these opposed interpretations, but within the Real that unifies these antinomies in-thelast-instance within their theory, treating the whole tradition as a possible domain of available objects and properties.
5. A withdrawing from philosophical sufficiency through the theoretical reduction of philosophy to the radical immanence of its real base. It implies the distinction of philosophy's structure and its sufficiency or pretension with regard to the Real. In this sense—as a pretension to the Real—it is more than an ideology, it is a hallucination but one which possesses a consistency or an objective reality, that of the "World." The concept of ideology, even "material ideology," is too general and unitary. Philosophy is the principle form, universal in its transcendent way, of every regional form of knowledge [savoirs régionaux] but it is what we are treating as the universal concept, this time in the radical sense of the word, of the superstructure.
6. A mutation within the concept of the "(historical) science of ideology," which must become even more of a universally "transcendental science" that is identically scientific and philosophical, a mutation of the form-world or philosophy, consequently of the thought-world (which encompasses [englobe] the regional forms of knowledge as they are drawn directly from philosophy, because they are "philosophizable" or pertain to the universalized concept of "ideology").
So we are not changing the general kind of hypothesis (the Real determines in-the-last-instance the theory that is adequate to it), but we mean to extract the theoretical (non-dialectical) kernel and primarily real (non-transcendent) kernel by transferring this hypothesis onto a terrain other than that of society and history, onto the terrain of the Real as radical immanence whose structure of "productive forces" is only a symptom still specified within the conditions of the thought world (of capital and philosophy reunited). It is important to recall the probable axis of Marxism as an emergent and universal theoretical style: on the one hand the determinationin-the-last-instance of theory by the Real (against the idealist interpretations of theory), on the other hand the immanent unification of philosophy and science (against the syntheses through supplementary philosophical axioms). From this perspective the distinction between HM (science of history) and DM (philosophy of science) is a theoretical catastrophe that is philosophical in essence and reestablishes an old hierarchy and a poorly elucidated distinction. But the discovery of the Real is necessary (and the discovery of theory as determined by the Real rather than by politics) in order to see the scope of philosophy's resistance and worldly incorporation [englobement] and in order to bring an end to the vacillation of sometimes deciding for Self-Consciousness, and sometimes deciding for the Structure, sometimes for the Auto-interpretation, sometimes for Praxis, etc. This discovery is necessary in order to repeat the Marxist style in a radical way outside of the idealism (including materialism) of the thought-world.
"Marxism"—it is necessary to keep this general proper name—is a theoretical discovery that Marx did not have the theory of (this is Althusser's thesis). But this theory can only be formed through another discovery, one which can certainly no longer be the discovery of Structure and the Unconscious, but instead is the discovery of the condition of every emergence determined by the Real as Radical Immanence of-the-last-instance. Marx discovered in a practical way the unified theory of history-society, but restricted it right away to this object. He did not understand it as a specification of more universal axioms, the theoretical sense of which has not been laid out. He only discovered it inside, not only of this or that philosophy (this is the materialist break), but inside the primacy of philosophy, which subsists within the break. NonMarxism only grasps the "principle" of a universal theory, the axioms and theorems of which can later be specified in the restricted conditions of the thought-world. Complementarily, we must explain the global failure of this limited form, not only by the particular practical and theoretical limitations imposed by history and globalized capitalism, but by the nature of its fundamental axioms which are co-determined by the thought-world itself. It is not only the materialist break that is histrionically [théâtralement] enveloped within Hegelian idealism, it is also the unified theory that is, as enveloped, prevented from taking place within philosophy.
Marxism, a Miscarriage, a Material, a Symptom, a Limited Model
Non-Marxism consists in uni-versalizing in-the-last-instance the scientific and philosophical formulas of Marxism and in suspending the ultimate validity of their representative form or more widely their form of the thought-world, while nevertheless conserving this validity as a simple material. There are several ways to consider Marxism under the general heading of "materials" according to the non-Marxist point of view: 1. As a premature and "miscarried" form, if you will, of nonMarxism; it is not contradictory to affirm its objective reality or consistence, and its aborted character at the same time. 2. Also the possibility of "repeating" Marxism, meaning cloning it, producing a clone with this material. 3. As a symptom that non-Marxism is condemned to use and so it is given the radical concept of symptom. 4. Finally, as a limited and particular model of non-Marxism, or something that has validity only within—or perhaps at the limit of—the thought-world.
The specific rigor of Marxism is the search for the unilaterality of theory according to a real immanent base. But its insoluble contradiction, internal as a birth defect or an ir- retrievable malformation—which moreover gives it a kind of objective consistency—is the hurried effectuation, in a glob- ally philosophical mode, of this experience of the Real and the form of thought that it demands. Marx has, so to speak, poorly understood (or understood it in a "hasty" way under the influence of philosophy) the radical meaning of the new theoretical genre that he came close to. Unified theory is understood by Marx in a dominant mode, by nature philosophical, even when Marx meant to be scientific, rather than unified theory being understood as a real unification through its cause in-the-last-instance. This haste (worldly, capitalist-andphilosophical) caused Marx to short-circuit the conditions for a real "last-instance" and left his thought between miscarriage, symptom, and model, according to the aspect of the theory taken into account. So Marxism is: 1. a limited form of a unified theory, a theory under philosophical domination, where science and philosophy are not equal and not equally determined by the Real within a non-philosophy; 2. a nontranscendental science (not real in-the-last-instance), realized prematurely under a philosophical form; 3. a substitute (the HM/DM break) for philosophical essence (where DM anticipates and retcons [rétrospecte] HM), fills in for the absence of a uni-versal unified theory, which the science of history would only have been a mode of. A repetition, in a nearly really immanent base, which is therefore a uni-lateral repetition, is possible however and can be delivered—a second birth—as non-Marxism, while these givens will be transformed into symptoms and models.
We are not putting forth historical hypotheses on the constitution of the Marxian doctrine and the Marxist tradition (following what political and theoretical crises?), we take them holistically [globalement] with their pretensions and their heterogeneity as a symptom of a status that is inseparably theoretical and experimental (its failures). If Marxism is in fact important for philosophy, this importance can only be seen from our perspective through a non-Marxist posture. A philosophy of Marx, for Marx, neo-Marxist, etc., can only be allowed as a simple enrichment of the materials or objects of non-Marxism. This is a symptomatic formation in two senses: in the banal sense of the word and in a more profound sense, only the non-Marxist perspective can make Marxism its symptom, as Marxism ceases to be read according to itself in order to be itself in its radicalized form. What is given as Marxism is instead an originally compromised philosophical sufficiency and themes or operations which announce non-Marxism, but without its radicality.
The elaboration of non-Marxism modifies the axioms, but first the axioms that relate to the fundamental themes that are just as symptomatic here: real base, infra/superstructure duality, determination-in-the-last-instance, science and philosophy, the "three sources." And to themes seemingly more secondary "aspects," "sides," "supports," "instances," "theses," etc. Many of the symptoms we undoubtedly could interpret in the Hegelian style, or the structuralist one, but that already bear witness to a philosophical strangeness that it is necessary to follow rather than avoid. As long as we are willing to take a moment to receive it, let us say as an "affect" rather than as a weak form of the dialectic, a post-Hegelian figure, it manifests a kind of primary irreducibility and philosophical regression in which the interpreters refuse its chance. Is the duality of principle instances, for example, a "topographical metaphor" as topological idealism would like to believe? Without a doubt one is allowed to see a basic materialism, but this materialist duality must be conceived as immanent and (not only or primarily) as transcendent, spatial, drawn up and constructed according to the order of the World.
Or even: the Marxist position within philosophy is the symptom of a more universal (uni-versal) posture than philosophy, this uni-versality marks its true "difference," its extraordinary identity.
Concerning all of these points, the essential symptoms for non-Marxism are apparently provided by HM rather than DM. On the other hand, understanding HM as a simple specified form in the history of an axiomatic that is uni-versal (and transcendental, not formal) otherwise than the Marxist one is apparently a permanent and "performative" critique of DM, at once of the "new materialism" and the revised dialectic that it needs. These appearances are not false but, more precisely, the fundamental concept of syntax which serves as a symptom for us is DLI, proper to HM, while what serves for us as a symptom of the concept of the Real is that of "matter" and its immanence, proper to DM. From our perspective, HM and DM are indissociable since a complete comprehension of philosophy's structure is demanded, a structure which is always the association of these two complementary, or sometimes supplementary, dimensions. A single theory unifies here in an immanent way, outside of every division or antinomy, the two forms of materialism that it treats as materials. Non-Marxism does not "overcome" them within their dialectical unity, it unifies them by bringing them back to a cause-through-immanence.
Marxism is here suspended, not absolutely, but in its philosophical sufficiency alone. Generally suspended and reduced to the state of materials from which we are producing a nonMarxism, Marxism becomes one of the dimensions of nonMarxism and a particular interpretation given by it. Marxism therefore necessarily becomes the object of a special repetition, we will call this special repetition "uni-lateral" and not "bilateral" or absolute. On the whole, the entirety of its axiomatic system is uni-laterally displaced by the function of determination (a function held by non-philosophy) in the "occasional" cause; by the place of a general theory and first philosophy, not of a simple "superstructure," but of a unified theory, though regional or specified by the limited conditions of history and society. We will not confuse a specific effectuation of universal unified theory (which non-Marxism is) and a limited theory, philosophical in a dominant way (as Marxism spontaneously is).
Marxism's Philosophical Side
In general, though not to say without exception, the problem of the existence of a "philosophy of Marx," indeed a "Marxist philosophy," that has been presented and is to come remains posited inside philosophy itself. It is true that philosophy is present and interwoven in all of his works. This compromise with philosophical sufficiency does not at all save him, on the contrary, it only saves his "textuality." In the work of the postmoderns, the "ideological" generality of the text has become the required reference so as to abstain from posing the problem of the "identity" (of Marxism) and so we are supposed to believe we are going to get rid of "totality" through these means.
These two theses—1. There is no philosophy of Marx, only a Marxist usage of philosophical concepts and categories; 2. But Marx is decisive for philosophy—are correct though equivocal. They can take on a meaning that is strictly philosophical itself, because the "new materialism" and the critique of idealism expressed there are in the end recovered for the benefit of an ultimate philosophical authority. Or re- covered by another practice of philosophy, but this other practice, resulting from a materialist break, is too weak and too narrow to take up a global transformation of philosophy. Materialism, even a "new" one, is only an anti-philosophical or anti-idealist thesis, which needs a complement of a generally idealist-philosophical practice of concepts. The absence of philosophy then remains measured by the presence of its older particular forms and has an effect only on them. The philosophical circle is undoubtedly broken, but it is not abolished. At best the new categories forged by Marx serve to transform their old forms. Without it being a matter of an explicit auto-interpretation of these categories (always shifted, displaced in relation to themselves), it remains a more general and englobing circle of auto-interpretation that cannot be identified except under more radical conditions.
As for what we have all too often believed, that Marxism has not been read as the philosophy it deserves to be, it nevertheless is one through and through, without then being only one. Even if philosophy is only one of Marxism's "aspects," it is only repressed by materialism. It is philosophy not only through its Hegelian references, the most apparent, but much more profoundly through its repressed Platonic roots, and remembered only recently—we will return to this issue.
Marxism does not lack philosophy, it is simply a philosophy that is at once auto-mutilated and hetero-mutilated by the impact of science and politics, an impact it "loads" the autodivision proper to philosophy with. In fact, if not a systematic philosophy, within Marx there is at least some philosophy but, more fundamentally still, a constitutive remainder of philosophical sufficiency.
So as to formalize the style of this co-belonging, we may say that Marxism maintains an internal and external relation with philosophy, a relation that belongs to philosophy's congenital idealism. It is undoubtedly a nonphilosophical practice of philosophy on the whole, but the formula is ambiguous, overly general and liable to take on a final idealist sense. This is still an interpretation of "transformation," it is not a transformation and it is more than a transformation of "transformation." An interpretation of "practice," not a practice and more than a practice of "practice." Moreover, the more critical usages of Marx often significantly ignore the critical import of contemporary philosophy, for example that of deconstruction, which could have provided a warning concerning the unfathomable philosophical resistance, told of its power, of its ruses inaccessible to a simple materialist break. It is true that in order to "unify" revolutionary materialism and deconstruction, without simply "deconstructing" materialism or falling back into a philosophical synthesis, it is necessary to straight away exit the one, the other, and their being blended together. "Transformation" and "practice" cease to be the ultimate forms of (auto-)"interpretation" when the new materialism itself is related—in a manner altogether more rigorously Marxist—no longer to itself but to a heteronomous cause, tearing it finally from the constituent philosophical horizon. Philosophical Decision, cut off by itself and by something other than it (politics), still engenders materialism and once again renders Marx's thought "decisive," as the philosophers say, "for the thinking of our time." The heterogeneous game of Marxism within or with philosophy, and of philosophy within or with Marxism, cannot confront the problem of its most fundamental axioms and above all the still philosophical status of its axiomatic type ("theses").
Philosophical Normalization
As materialism appears to defy the philosophical Reason that enables it to identify with idealism (the congenital idealism of Philosophy-with-a-capital-P), so many philosophers find it unintelligible and set out, as we mentioned, to make it "admissible." There are innumerable attempts to render materialism philosophically acceptable: recently, for example, by existentialism (Sartre), through structure (Althusser), by the transcendental phenomenology of auto-affective life (Henry), through the transindividual as synthesis of the collective and the individual (Balibar), by the deconstruction of its "spectres" (Derrida), through contractuality and metastructure (Bidet). So many philosophies destined to supply it with a supplement of intelligibility and concreteness, of some anti-abstraction. Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, etc., are perhaps like Noah's cloak intended to cover this apparent lack of philosophy, an original incompetence that is itself philosophical.
The thought that can be found within Marx has, for example, allowed for two unilateral excesses at the extreme limits. On the one hand, but not only, the Marxist-Leninist tradition that claims to enrich this thought and adapt it philosophically to the demands of "proletarian struggles," providing it with the philosophy the proletariat needs. Hence a build-up of the transcendence (revolution, class struggle, taking a stand, and inversely, self-consciousness) of axioms that are generally taken from the philosophies of the day (Hegel, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger) or from the dominant ideologies (structuralism, Lacanianism, etc.). On the other hand, at the opposite extreme, the unconditional refusal of Marxism-Leninism, the return to the immanence of Marxian texts or, more profoundly, of the individual or labor power (Michel Henry). Sometimes worldwide revolution, world-communist, sometimes the textual and overcautious economy of contemporary thinkers who believe they can save a thought from being disowned by history by returning to its texts. A median solution consists in inferring, from the sketches and traces of a philosophy scattered even in texts, a philosophy for Marx, salient points of a thought in the process of emerging.
A philosophy for Marxism can undoubtedly always be worked out in competition with DM, which is too easily declared foreign to Marx. But why return to these "idealist" schema (in a large sense)? So that it is at least materialist and at any rate intends to "leave philosophy?" They are normalizations and reappropriations, but also deviations. The philosophical normalization of Marxism, begun with Marx, is its principal deviation, more than a simple deviation, it is precisely the normalization of its non-philosophical style. The philosophical history of Marxism is that of a war of appropriation, of idealist reconquest, while its real history is that of its failure, its violence and what is undoubtedly joined with it, its theoretical incompleteness that motivates philosophical desire.
We intend to maintain that neither Marx nor his interpreters have, at bottom, put forth the problem of philosophy and that Marxism is then still an interpretation of the World that adds to the thought-world rather than transforming it. Marx is a "nonphilosopher" by the strict measure that philosophy can always deny itself in the form of materialism—as far as that goes. This is a sense of "non-philosophy" that is scarcely weaker and less servile than the postmodern. As for its philosophical normalizations, they come back to represent it, to dissolve its "heretical" effects within an image of thought, to reject them as unintelligible whereas they are only philosophically unintelligible and their specific intelligibility must be invented. Does non-Marxism intensify it? re-affirm it? Rather, it radicalizes this emergence that returns to the thematic of "exiting philosophy" (Ausgang) through a non-philosophical practice of philosophy.
Non-Marxist Practice of Philosophy
How can the opaque heart in more than one account of Marxism be elucidated? Rather than adding philosophical axioms to the opacity of determination-in-the-last-instance and the opacity of its real conditions of performation, filling in this philosophical void, this void which is philosophy itself, with the repeated attempts to proliferate neo-Marxisms meant to nuance Marxism and make it tolerable, it is a matter of returning to its simplicity and its minimal character, and above all returning to the radicality of its axiomatic and understanding that it is at least a line of flight outside of philosophy, and undoubtedly more. Rescuing Marxism from metaphysics is effectively an illusion as long as it is not rescued from philosophical sufficiency itself, belief in the Real and desire for the Real. This is Marxism's divided and uneven history, its doctri- nal multiplicity, this is the salvage efforts that have given rise not only to political and historical causes (more profoundly they are causes of philosophy itself) but also its dialectical essence so as to appear as if it were the best while really being the worst. Marx wanted to practically transform philosophy and intervene in the World. But the idea of this transformation is itself philosophical and worldly. The philosophy-world is not in itself really able to be transformed and it is only able to be transformed for the subject, which is the "Stranger"—being the real content of the "proletariat" and "class struggle"—and transformed for its account alone. It is more than a correction of these concepts within the same problematic that it needs, maybe more than an overhaul of the problematic—an abandonment, we will see, of the "problematic"—and of its philosophical sense to the benefit of the "unified theory." But what is still more radical than the overhaul is the change of terrain. Furthermore: this is the same acquisition of a terrain upon the non-place of philosophy. Or better still: this is the being-given (of) terrain rather than the givenness of a new terrain. And it is, on the other hand, the axiomatic acquisition of a new object, the thought-world as the unification of capitalism and philosophy. Marxism has a meta-Marxist dimension, a supplementary philosophical duplication, which is the element of all these corrections, improvements, rejuvenations, renewals, etc. But for the other terrain of the radical Real, foreclosed to theory, it is possible to identify within the jumble of heteroclite categories of the Marxist tradition (vulgarly interpreted as "imaginary Marxisms") the uprightness of a rigorous theoretical intention for the innermost unification of science and philosophy, the invention of a new kind of thought.
In order to identify this "posture," it is not necessary to add postulates to what already exists, to philosophically complexify Marxism and include it within a more general structure that is always assumed to be first. We propose a minimalism or a simplification, better yet: an impoverishment of Marxism. Philosophical enrichment is the process of all the post-Marxisms and all the overhauls, a process which responds to a unique and double slogan that is, as we know, of a philosophical nature: make Marxism more concrete, make it closer to the singularity of the individual, to the singularity, to the "real" of history; make it also more intelligible by importing scientific and, above all, philosophical elements. In its generality, this double slogan could also be, as we have seen, that of non-Marxism, but it gives it a non-philosophical sense and realization. Non-Marxism is not, in particular, the substitution of a new philosophy as a better foundation for an old one. Marxism already possesses its philosophy, it has all too much of it. And it is the global position and the usage of this philosophy that it is a matter of evaluating, as encompassing [englobant], the materialist break and later, on the basis of this material, as a simple support [apport] inside this new theory.
Non-Marxism's wager is that these philosophical appropriations, among other less coherent and polished ones, lack non-Marxism's specificity which is to be a theory of existent forms of knowledge unified by the Real itself as Determination-in-the-last-instance. Let us try to think these aspects of Marxism together, each in its place and without one dominating the other. We will give up on once again grounding it in "reason" and in the "dialectic," in "structure" and in "life," which runs the risk of spreading the evil, namely this trait of being premature or hasty which did not leave Marxism enough time to perform its "idea," if we can put it that way, or its "Telos." Not thinking Marxism's position but radicalizing its own invention of a theoretical posture of an unknown type, nothing less than its "accomplishment…." If there is a non-philosophical practice of philosophy, it cannot only be a political practice, but more universally a real practice of philosophy. How do we make philosophy a simple contribution [apport], equal to the others, with its sufficiency removed from it, if not by determining it in-the-last-instance by the Real which is as non-political as it is non-scientific and non-philosophical? The non– cannot have any other "content" except that of the radical immanence of the Real or strictly following from it, without being a relation of negation to philosophy itself and co-determined by it (or by class struggle, etc.). We will invert—at least—the usual approach of a philosophical appropriation of Marxism. Rather than completing Marxism through axioms drawn from the tradition, in general from transcendence or the thought-world, from thought-as-capital, we will instead disappropriate every constitutive relation to philosophy (but not its materials, symptoms, and models), i.e., every relation to it that is itself philosophical.
Discovering the Identity of Marxism
The first appearance of a thought may not be the least re- fined, the least inhuman, even if it is the most tragic. Maybe a special repetition, a uni-lateral one, without reciprocity, is necessary in order to explain it without deferring to it. Something like a eugenics of theory might be possible precisely because man as presupposed radical real excludes the possibility of eugenics for humanity's benefit. Marxism can give the impression that it is a theoretical composite, contradictory, and poorly formed from various contributions that have been constructed by a philosophical position itself at the limits of self-contradiction. Maybe it will have to be a myth so as to tell of its birth—but this myth already exists, it is the philosophy or form of the thought-world. However, our non-Marxist task is also, identically, to find the internal law of this apparently poorly implemented assemblage. Its condition is this and only this: Marxism is not recognized but cognized: it is discovered rather than rediscovered. There will be effects of recognition and reappropriation (Marxism as the assumed "anticipation," "germ," etc., of non-Marxism), but these are objective appearances produced necessarily by the resistance of the thought-world.
The Identity-(of)-Marxism is only given as if it were in the mode of an objective appearance from its beginning, through the laborious and "intersected" conditions of its birth. Now that we know the ruses and strengths of philosophy even better after Hegel, as sufficient-for-the-Real and not only as a doctrine and particular thought, we can better appreciate its theoretical specificity and deliver ourselves from this objective misunderstanding, to various degrees that are more or less subtle: a relation of Marxism to philosophy that would be essential, whatever the sense of causality, albeit only for Marxism over philosophy. Non-Marxism can make an occasion, a symptom, and model from the thousand imaginary, paleo-, neo-Marxisms, and those Marxisms yet to be born. The identity of a real base foreclosed to the existing and nonexistant Marxisms is postulated by non-Marxism under precise theoretical conditions. As if the "infrastructure" was radically foreclosed to every action of the "superstructure," from which we posited the conditions and have drawn all the effects. At bottom it is a matter of dismantling the Principle of Sufficient Marxism not through history, capital, and philosophy altogether but, on the contrary, through a non-sufficient conception of the real base and infrastructure, which we will explain, is an ontological non-sufficiency which does not contradict its being-foreclosed to the superstructure, to the contrary. Aporias, suffering, desire and resentment, the entire game of the impossibility of history must be eradicated, at least from its real conditions, and expelled from history itself and from the thought-world. So for non-Marxism it is not a question of claiming to install itself at the heart of the same impossible "identity" that Marxism wanted, it is not a question of believing itself to be capable of defying its failure and finally realizing what it had intended to do and where it had failed. This is why it is not its failure that motivates us and makes us think in this way and through this style. This is only an occasion and a conjuncture and, Marxism being definitively lost for history, it would no longer have more to it than being a function of the World's object and material for a thought coming from elsewhere than history.
Non-Marxism assumes then the abandonment of several philosophically minded operations upon the most general postulates: deconstruction, reconstruction, renovation, neoMarxisms, dialectization, the crossbreeding with the human sciences, etc. All of these projects are of course possible but prolong the same transcendental illusion so long as they are not themselves ordered by a Real and by a uni-versality of the non-Marxist type. To reconstruct, to deconstruct, to reform, etc., Historical Materialism, in particular by conserving the same philosophical presuppositions of materialism and the dialectic, are attempts at disguising destined to return a second time, in a comic role, the hero now free from a tragic history. Projected from their foreclosure, the discovery of the Real and the syntax that accompanies it, the specificity of its theoretical style, does not redivide it, nuance it, displace its decisions, or complexify its axioms. The classic question from the neo-Hegelians to Althusser—how do we break with Hegel?—must be formalized and universalized by nonMarxism: how do we break with Philosophy-with-a-capital-P itself as sufficiency rather than as a particular doctrine (be it no more distinctive than that of Hegel)? Even this question is still too philosophical; it does not make Marxism a solvable and "scientific" kind of problem. Marxism still presents itself as an interminable question rather than as that which deduces itself from axioms: be it the Real or radical immanence, as a presupposed that is not confused with organic labor power or subjectivity, what then results for Marxism, what will become possible out of Marxism for the "stranger-Subject" (the real core of the "proletariat")? The real presupposed must be as capable of giving Marxism itself in an immanent way as a theoretico-political formation that originally has something of the thought-world's nature.
But what should be understood by the radical being-given of Marxism? That it is precisely a simple occasion uncovered or emerging from the being-manifest or being-given (meaning radical or without-an-operation-of-givenness) (of) the "last instance."
excerpt from the book: INTRODUCTION TO NON-MARXISM by François Laruelle
Translated by Anthony Paul Smith/Univocal
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A German court has ruled in support of the safe harbor rules that protect YouTube against legal infringements made by its members. The Higher Regional Court Munich has decided that copyright infringements are the responsibility of the people who upload the offending material, not with YouTube as the hosting platform.
Collecting agency GEMA voiced displeasure with the decision. "The decision is not justified from an economic perspective, as it continues to enable YouTube to generate high advertising revenues without passing them on to musical authors," said Dr Tobias Holzmüller, GEMA's general counsel.
GEMA has been pushing for YouTube to have more accountability in the licensing of music uploaded to its video network. It previoiusly filed a lawsuit resulting in a decision that once YouTube had been informed of an infringement, it would be liable for it. The group is likely to appeal the latest court ruling.


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Mount McNair is a  mountain summit located in British Columbia, Canada.

Description
Mount McNair is part of the Lillooet Ranges of the Coast Mountains. The prominent mountain is situated  northwest of Hope and  east of Harrison Lake. Precipitation runoff from the peak drains to Harrison Lake via Talc and Bear creeks, and from Garnet Creek to the Fraser River. Mount McNair is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation as topographic relief is significant with the summit rising 1,100 meters (3,609 ft) above Bear Creek in approximately .

Etymology
The mountain's toponym was officially adopted April 7, 1955, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. The mountain is named after Royal Canadian Air Force Flight Sergeant Nathaniel Wesley McNair (1917–1943), from Chilliwack. He was serving with 460 (RAAF) Squadron when he was killed in action November 26, 1943, age 26. McNair perished during a raid against Berlin when his Avro Lancaster crashed during WWII in Europe.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount McNair is located in a subarctic climate zone of western North America. Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Coast Mountains where they are forced upward by the range (Orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall. As a result, the Coast Mountains experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

See also

 Geography of British Columbia

References

External links
 Nathaniel Wesley McNair (photos): Canadian Virtual War Memorial
 Weather: Mount McNair

One-thousanders of British Columbia
Pacific Ranges
Yale Division Yale Land District
Coast Mountains


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Sri Lanka's organic food revolution threatens its tea industry | Culinary news
Fred G. Gobert September 1, 2021
Sri Lanka's drive to become the world's largest producer of 100% organic food threatens its prized tea industry and raises fears of a wider agricultural disaster that could deal a further blow to the beleaguered economy.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has banned chemical fertilizers this year to start his organic race, but tea plantation owners predict harvests could fail as early as October, with cinnamon, pepper and staples such as rice also in the pipeline. difficulty.
Tea master Herman Gunaratne, one of the 46 experts chosen by Rajapaksa to lead the organic revolution, fears the worst.
"The ban has thrown the tea industry into complete disarray," Gunaratne said at his plantation in Ahangama, in the hills 160 km south of Colombo.
"The consequences for the country are unimaginable. "
The 76-year-old, who grows one of the most expensive teas in the world, fears Sri Lanka's average annual harvest of 300 million kg (660 million pounds) will be halved unless the government changes course.
Sri Lanka is in the throes of a pandemic-induced economic crisis, with gross domestic product contracting by more than 3% last year and the government's hopes for a return to growth have been hit by a news coronavirus wave.
Fertilizers and pesticides are among a host of key imports – including vehicles and parts – that the government has halted as it battles foreign exchange shortages.
Food security "compromised"
But tea is Sri Lanka's largest export, grossing over $ 1.25 billion annually, accounting for around 10 percent of the country's export earnings.
Rajapaksa came to power in 2019 promising subsidized foreign fertilizers, but did an about-face, arguing that agricultural chemicals were poisoning people.
Gunaratne, whose Virgin White tea sells for $ 2,000 a kilo, was pulled last month from Rajapaksa's task force for a green socio-economy after disagreeing with the president.
He says the country's Ceylon tea has one of the lowest chemical contents of any tea and poses no threat.
The tea harvest hit a record 160 million kilograms (352 million pounds) in the first half of 2021, thanks to good weather and old fertilizer stocks, but the harvest began to decline in July.
Sanath Gurunada, who runs organic and conventional tea plantations in Ratnapura, southeast of Colombo, said if the ban is upheld, "the harvest will start to collapse by October and we will see exports in earnest. affected by November or December ".
He told AFP news agency that his plantation kept an organic section for tourism but that was not viable.
Organic tea costs 10 times more to produce and the market is limited, Gurunada added.
WA Wijewardena, former deputy governor of the central bank and economic analyst, called the organic project a "dream with unimaginable social, political and economic costs".
He said Sri Lanka's food security had been "compromised" and without foreign currency it "got worse by the day".
Jobs at stake
Experts say the rice problem is also acute, as vegetable growers organize almost daily protests against reduced crops and crops affected by pests.
"If we go completely organic, we'll lose 50 percent of the crop, (but) we won't get 50 percent higher prices," Gunaratne said.
Tea plantation owners say that in addition to lost income, a poor harvest would lead to huge unemployment, as tea leaves are always picked by hand.
"With the tea collapse, the jobs of three million people will be at risk," the Tea Factory Owners Association said in a statement.
Plantations Minister Ramesh Pathirana said the government hoped to provide organic compost instead of chemical fertilizers.
"Our government is committed to providing something good for the tea industry, from a fertilizer point of view," he told AFP.
Farmers say Sri Lankan cinnamon and pepper exports will also be affected by the organic campaign.
Sri Lanka supplies 85 percent of the world market for Ceylon cinnamon, one of the two main types of spice, according to United Nations figures.
Yet Rajapaksa remains confident in his journey, saying at a recent UN summit that he was convinced his organic initiative would ensure "greater food and nutritional security" for Sri Lankans.
He called on other countries to follow Sri Lanka's approach by taking "the bold steps needed to sustainably transform the global food system".
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The present study investigates whether the function of the intestines is also attacked in MS. The results, obtained from a disease model of MS in mice, shows inflammation and changes in the barrier function of the intestines early in the course of the disease. The study has been published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have published new research findings on the role of the intestinal barrier in the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis (MS).
Within medical science, it is not known for certain how MS develops or why the body's immune system attacks cells in the central nervous system. Inflammation develops for an unknown reason, which hinders transport of neural impulses. This can produce various physical and mental symptoms, including a loss of sensation, motor difficulties, blurred vision, dizziness and tiredness.
"We know that the permeability of the intestines to harmful substances is raised in inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease and ulcerous colitis, as well as in some other autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes. The condition is called 'leaky gut syndrome'. Our studies indicate a leaky gut and increased inflammation in the intestinal mucous membrane and related lymphoid tissue before clinical symptoms of MS are discernible. It also appears that the inflammation increases as the disease develops", said Shahram Lavasani, one of the authors of the study.
Dr Lavasani and his colleagues at Lund University have previously shown that probiotic bacteria could give a certain amount of protection against MS. They therefore wondered whether the intestinal barrier is affected and decided to investigate inflammatory cells and processes in the intestine. The hypothesis was tested in a research project in collaboration with Professor Björn Weström, doctoral student Mehrnaz Nouri and reader Anders Bredberg.
"To our surprise, we saw structural changes in the mucous membrane of the small intestine and an increase in inflammatory T-cells, known as Th1 and Th17. At the same time, we saw a reduction in immunosuppressive cells, known as regulatory T-cells. These changes are often linked to inflammatory bowel diseases, and biologically active molecules produced by Th1 and Th17 are believed to be behind this damage to the intestines."
Neuroinflammatory processes in MS are believed to lead to damage and leakage in the blood-brain barrier that protects the central nervous system and regulates the transport of cells. The researchers have now observed similar damage in the intestinal barrier, especially to the 'tight junctions' that bind the cells together in the mucous membrane of the intestine, and have demonstrated that these are connected to disease-specific T-cells.
"In most cases, we don't know what triggers autoimmune diseases, but we know that pathogenic cells frequent and disrupt the intestines. A leaky gut enables harmful bacteria and toxic substances in the body to enter the intestine, which creates even more inflammation. Our findings provide support for the idea that a damaged intestinal barrier can prevent the body ending an autoimmune reaction in the normal manner, leading to a chronic disease such as MS", said Dr Lavasani.
Shahram Lavasani and his colleagues believe that future drugs to treat this type of disease should perhaps not only focus on the central nervous system, but also on the intestines by repairing and restoring the intestinal barrier.
"In the long run, we hope that our findings will lead to better understanding of what actually happens in the development of MS. Looking even further to the future, we hope for the development of a better treatment that aims at the intestinal barrier as a new therapeutic target."
The research group is now studying other inflammatory parameters in the gut that could affect the development of MS. Their aim is to draw up treatment methods that can heal the mucous membrane in the intestine in the hope of preventing the development of the disease. Some of this work forms part of Mehrnaz Nouri's thesis, which will be defended later in the year.
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POPP stands for Port Orford Pickin' Plucker... catchy name, eh? This mis- named member of the Cypress family, Port Orford Cedar, owns the distinction of being the best, quickest transmitter of sound of any wood. Many classical and flamenco guitars are made with Cypress and Cedar, so we gave it a try. So glad that we did. Maybe it's the soundholes, but everyone loves this one!
We've all seen alternative soundholes that make you wonder... why? These work very well, visually and for the purpose. My Mentor, Craig, kinda flipped when he saw this neck idea. Everyone else, including me, enjoyed it. Neck of Wenge and Cedar, binding of Curly Walnut, dual veneers of Ebony on the headstock, Ebony Fretboard, Curly Koa Tailpiece, and the 'mystifying' Corian Bridge with toes carved onto the bridge feet. No, that is not a stone Bridge, but it does hide Fishman electronics.
 This is the one I turn to when I play Baritone. It Is Alive! Excellent projection and sustain. It also has a two way truss rod, just in case the neck may deform over time.
This Baritone uke has been sold to Stephan in Biloxi... hope you love it!


I got injured in November 2018. Bremerton wellness has been amazing with helping me through the healing process as well as dealing with the multiple insurances and attorney. Being able to come in and do chiropractic, massage and acupuncture all in one day helped keep me moving and able to work. The front staff are welcoming and super supportive. Definitely recommend them.


Maryanne McGuire is hands down, the most talented,professional and fun photographer I have ever come across.
Our wedding was trans-Atlantic, we had two ceremonies in two different countries. I was very disappointed by the photos of our first ceremony and Maryanne's photos were a redeeming experience.
She was unobtrusive throughout the ceremony, staying clear of our guests view and not getting too close for comfort. She was helpful in giving instructions and making all of her subject feel comfortable, she has an eye for esthetics and moving moments, she finds the most beautiful angles in any environment, plays beautifully with light and shade and is prompt, skilled and pleasant to work with.
Now that we have a new baby, we can't wait to get back to the US and have her do our family portrait.
Maryanne was such an incredible find! Our wedding and engagement photos came out better than I could ever imagine. Not only did she do an amazing job capturing us and our personalizes, but the rest of our guests as well. She did a fantastic job getting us organized, coming up with incredible shots, and keeping us on task. She is truly talented and knows her craft well. We are so grateful to work with her and would recommend Maryanne for anyone's memorable moments.
If you're looking for someone special to capture your special day...Marianne McGuire is the way to go! Marianne came highly recommend from close friends. Her energy, style, and passion are seen through her incredible work! Marianne was so great to communicate with throughout the whole process! My husband and I were absolutely blown away by her photos! We met with Marianne first to just meet and to get to know each other. This was so helpful because we got to talk about what we were looking for and had a chance to review some of her work. This helped all of us to have a better understanding of the specific styles we were drawn to. We also did an engagement photo shoot with Marianne. Marianne captured us so perfectly! She was open to any ideas/locations that we had, and also guided us whenever she saw that perfect shot! This was such a fun day and would highly recommend doing an engagement shoot as this was a great way for us to get more comfortable for our big day and also get a better understanding of specific styles/shots that we were looking for. Marianne's turn around time was awesome! We are so happy that we now have these photos to capture this special time of our lives! Marianne and her second shooter, Misha, were absolutely fabulous throughout our entire wedding day! They were both on time, organized, and had great energy! Marianne's style is one of the many reasons why we chose her and we were absolutely blown away by the images and moments that were captured. Marianne listened to any requests or ideas that we had, while also using her expertise to guide us whenever she saw a perfect shot! Marianne's turnaround time was also very timely. Marianne even met with us for a special viewing of our Wedding Photos. Marianne has several packages to choose from and works with you to help you stay in your budget! Her work is truly a reflection of her artistic passion and talent! We would highly recommend Marianne to photograph any of your special occasions!
Originally from New York, at the age of 19, Maryanne drove cross country until she parked her bug by the sea and fell in love. She received her BA in Communications/Visual Arts from UCSD and then opened McGuire Photography.
Since opening twenty years ago, Maryanne's work has taken her around the world - from Europe, the West Indies, and throughout the United States. In the past couple years she has traveled to Saint Thomas, The Bahamas, Aruba, Hawaii, Victoria BC, and Puerto Vallarta. Travel is deeply rooted in her, and she loves every chance she gets to combine her passion for traveling with her love of photography.
Maryanne believes every photo should evoke a feeling, and capture the emotion and essence of each individual.


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Robert J. Nichols (July 10, 1930 – March 30, 2013) was an American college basketball coach. He was known for his tenure as the head men's coach for the University of Toledo.

Nichols was born in Grand Haven, Michigan and raised in Jackson, Michigan. He played college basketball for Toledo from 1950 to 1953. He was hired as head coach for Central Catholic High School in Toledo in 1956, and in seven seasons as head coach compiled a record of 111–39. He then entered the college coaching ranks, first as an assistant at Bowling Green, and then was hired as an assistant coach at his alma mater in 1964. Nichols was promoted to head coach after head coach Ed Melvin resigned following the 1964–65 season.

He coached Toledo for 22 seasons, compiling a record of 377 and 211. His teams won five Mid-American Conference (MAC) championships and the 1980 MAC tournament title. Nichols compiled twenty consecutive winning seasons, but resigned in 1987 after consecutive losing seasons.

Nichols returned to coaching in 1989, where he first accepted the head coach position at Lake–Sumter Community College, but then reversed course and accepted the head women's job at Eckerd College. Nichols coached at Eckerd for five seasons, resigning to take care of his wife after she was in a serious car accident.

Nichols died in Toledo on March 30, 2013 at age 82.

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When you tap to view a product from a brand's shopping post, you'll see a "Checkout on Instagram" button on the product page. Tap it to select from various options such as size or color, then you'll proceed to payment without leaving Instagram. You'll only need to enter your name, email, billing information and shipping address the first time you check out.
Once your first order is complete, your information will be securely saved for convenience the next time you shop. You'll also receive notifications about shipment and delivery right inside Instagram, so you can keep track of your purchase.
Checkout on Instagram is currently in beta phase for businesses and is only available to Instagram users in the US. The brands below have already began rolling out, and more will be coming soon!
Hopefully, the shopping feature will be made available to users all over the world, including Nigeria.
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In the Ottoman Empire, on second half of 18th. Century, during Sultan Abdülaziz' period, a kind of jacket which was called İSTANBULİN had been wearing by reformer people who were officer men were addressed from high class people.
Istanbul and becoming as a different sector and that was one of the most important inducements for ISTANBULIN to be established.
Every night at 9pm our program starts with Turkish music band, then continues on by shows of belly dancers, folk dances and different culture shows are presented.


On Wednesday, demolition continued at the Christian Street Baptist Church in Bella Vista. Developer Ori Feibush is razing the property. A new developer will build townhouses.
After more than a year of controversy surrounding the fate of Christian Street Baptist Church in Bella Vista, the century-old building is coming down.
The cupola atop the building had been dismantled by Monday afternoon, and workers continued to chip away at more of the building Wednesday. Last week, neighbors who live in the fast-gentrifying neighborhood said they had seen windows being removed. A large pink dumpster sat outside throughout the week.
The start to the demolition, which came after a week of asbestos remediation, is part of a complicated and dramatic story that has enveloped the small church and Philadelphia's development community throughout the last year. Last summer, South Philadelphia developer Ori Feibush entered into a $1.5 million purchase agreement for the property at 1024 Christian St., with a plan to demolish the church and build six $800,000 townhouses in its place.
Demolition began earlier in the week and continued Wednesday. Developer Ori Feibush declined to comment on when the demolition might be complete.
The situation grew complicated, however, when the church was nominated for historic designation around the same time that Feibush made an offer. Oscar Beisert, a preservation activist in Philadelphia, made the bid to save the 1890s structure last June 8, citing its ties to Italian immigrants who once filled the neighborhood.
After an emotional debate before the Philadelphia Historical Commission, the building was designated as historic. Then, following a misunderstanding of the commission's voting rules, it was not. Yet Feibush continued to face blowback for his decision to demolish the property. So, in April, he offered to chip in $500,000 and transfer his agreement of sale to a preservation-minded buyer should one step forward.
1024 Christian Street, the Christian Street Baptist church, in Bella Vista, last fall.
Last month, Feibush said that he and the congregation had waited long enough and that his project would move forward. Then, developers Guy Laren and Stephen Wagner raised their hands, offering to buy the church and convert it into apartments. Feibush declined the offer, arguing that it contained a zoning contingency that could have delayed the settlement date by weeks. In addition, according to comments Feibush posted on Facebook, he was opposed to giving $500,000 to Laren, who secured a permit this year to tear down Christ Memorial Reformed Episcopal Church in West Philadelphia.
On June 16, Feibush said he would demolish the property and walk away from it, transferring his agreement of sale to another developer. In correspondence with neighbors and stakeholders last month, Feibush said the new developer's plans are identical to his — six townhouses. The new developer has not been publicly named, and the deal has not been settled.
Workers prepared the Christian Street Baptist Church for demolition on Tuesday.
Feibush declined to comment Monday.
It remains unclear how much trouble the new developer might face. Dozens of neighbors and other stakeholders remain upset over Feibush's decision to demolish the property. And the zoning approval path may not be so straightforward. The lot may not be big enough to support six townhouses under its current residential zoning designation — possibly requiring a variance. A subdivision could be created to accomplish the townhouse plan, but a variance would also likely be needed.
In the weeks leading up to the church's demolition, preservationists and residents pleaded with city officials to save the church. Among those they asked: Mayor Kenney, who on the campaign trail vowed to enhance Philadelphia's preservation efforts.
Asked last month about his position, Kenney's office replied in a statement: "The city learned that Mr. Feibush has a signed agreement with another party. The city is not inclined to intervene in a sales agreement between two private parties."


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PRhyme – Royce Da 5'9" and DJ Premier – performed their new single "Flirt" on 'The Tonight Show' alongside 2 Chainz and the Roots.
PRhyme performed their new song "Flirt" Tuesday on The Tonight Show alongside 2 Chainz. The show's house band, the Roots, recreated the track's ornate production, giving new energy to the thumping bass and surging synth-strings.
Throughout the track, rapper Royce Da 5'9″ vented his disillusion over modern romance, summarizing his many past encounters with digital dysfunction: "You ever had a bad bitch try to kick it with you in your Twitter DMs?" he asked. "I have – been a statistic and demonstrated against."
2 Chainz delivered an array of sex boasts in his punchline-filled guest spot. DJ Premier upped the energy with his slick scratches and hype-man interjections, even shouting out Jimmy Fallon at the climax.
"Flirt" appears" on the PRhyme's upcoming LP, PRhyme 2, out March 16th. The album, the first from Royce Da 5'9″ and DJ Premier since 2014, also features appearances from Roc Marciano, Dave East, Big K.R.I.T. and Rapsody.
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CUPE 375 is using the federal Cabinet ministers' retreat in Sherbrooke, QC, as an opportunity to denounce Nicola Di Iorio, the outgoing MP for Saint-Léonard. The local, which represents workers at the Port of Montreal, are calling attention to the fact that Di Iorio was working for the Maritime Employers' Association (MEA), the longshore workers' employer, during 2018.
To the union, this is a flagrant conflict of interest and raises suspicions the MP was improperly lobbying the Trudeau government, specifically the Labour Minister, at the expense of the port's workers.
"As early as April 2018, Mr. Di Iorio had to withdraw from a case. It was obvious that an MP from the ruling party, serving as counsel before a federal labour tribunal, would look bad," explained CUPE union rep Michel Murray.
Unfortunately, Di Iorio has remained active as counsel for the MEA and is reportedly behind several legal challenges against CUPE 375 that aim to deprive it of its right to strike.
"We are taking advantage of the Cabinet ministers' presence here in Sherbrooke to appeal to both the Prime Minister and the Labour Minister: safeguard our fundamental right to negotiate from a position of equal strength, as set out in the Canada Labour Code," added Michel Murray.


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Our view of the pool was somewhat obscured due to some thin trees. I think they are acacia (sp?) trees. After a moment of trying to decide whether we liked the view or not, we decided we DID like it. LOL We could see basically the entire pool area due to the trees being so "thin", but we still had privacy. We were on an end, so the left-hand side of our balcony was open, not solid. When we looked left, we could see Jiko, and the stream that runs in front of it. We really did love this room by the end of our stay, not only because we liked the view and the room itself, but also because of the close proximity to the elevator and lobby. This is because my RA (rheumatoid arthritis) went haywire on the first full day of our trip, and it became so extremely painful to walk that I ended up in a wheelchair for the next 2 days. (Oh yes, I was one of those people who some might look at and think "what's she doing in a wheelchair, she can walk!" that I've read about over the years here on some message boards. Please everyone, try not to judge people in wheelchairs who do not have any obvious physical problems).
Anyway, back to the resort!! I was blown away by the theme and attention to detail at AKL. I mean, literally every square inch of this resort is themed. I think this could possibly be THE MOST themed resort on all of WDW property. Well hey, this is my opinion anyway. I think the rooms are beautiful, and even elegant to some degree. I felt very comfortable at the resort, especially the pool area, which I loved.
The pool area seemed nice and open; I was afraid it might feel too closed in since it's surrounded by the resort on 3 sides. The pool is pretty big, I didn't realize it was that big. It has a zero-depth entry and goes as deep as 4'11", over by the foot bridge, which is to the right of the slide. Ever since the AKL opened, I'd read that the water in the pool is warm. Well I have to say, they must've corrected that problem because the water was cool and very refreshing. The water itself was crystal clear, but the bottom of the pool must be painted with hints of brown and green, because it didn't look blue like pools usually do. I know some people have commented on the color, but it definitely was crystal clear water; only the paint on the floor of the pool was green. lol It didn't look dirty at all to me, it looked very much in keeping with the theme of the resort. We went to the pool 3 different times, put our things down at a table next to the pool bar. We had drinks each time... I can't remember the names of all the drinks, but they were good! LOL I do remember an extremely delicious frozen drink called "Nyami Nyami", which had Amarula, banana liqueur, and ice cream. It tasted like a pureed banana split, and I HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend trying it! We also had the Victoria Falls Mist, which was a lime green color and had melon liqueur. I had a pina colada which was very good, and a drink called the Pretoria Punch something or other. lol The bar has a book with all of the specialty drinks that they can make, so if you don't see a favorite drink listed on the drink board, ask the bartenders. They have the recipes for many of the drinks that are available only at Jiko, Boma, and other resorts and parks.
All of the CMs that we encountered were very, very nice. Housekeeping was great; we requested turndown service and each evening we returned to our room to find the beds turned down, the drapes drawn, the lighting soft, and some chocolates and a card with an African proverb on the bed. I had bought some Mickey beanies (Jedi Mickey and Class of 2006 Mickey), and the housekeeper placed them on the bed each night. One night they were tucked into bed with the remote control next to them. lol I took pictures of this, very cute!
Our room was in excellent shape; no visible wear AT ALL. The carpet looked brand new, as did everything else. The thermostat worked VERY well. It was very responsive, and the room actually cooled off and STAYED at the correct temperature, even with us out of the room. All other Disney resorts we've stayed at would not get cool enough for us, and the A/C would turn off during the night and whenever the room was empty. High marks from us for having thermostats that actually work!
Oh, how can I forget... The bus service!!!! I've read on the boards that so many people are afraid to try this resort because it only has bus service. I have to admit that I was wondering how transportation would be; we're used to being on the monorail line, or at least have the boat to MK (WL). I have to say that the bus service this past week at AKL was EXCELLENT!!!!! All of the buses are direct, except for the stop at Blizzard Beach on the way to MGM. Also, Typhoon Lagoon and Downtown Disney share a bus, but we never went to either place. Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Epcot are all direct buses. And there were plenty of buses, we never had a wait of more than a few minutes. In my own opinion, based on my own experience, I would NOT let the transportation issue keep you from trying out the AKL. The AK park is literally a 4 minute drive; Epcot was about 10 minutes, MGM (because of the stop at BB) was about 15 minutes, and the MK was about 15 minutes. The rides went very fast, and we only had to stand once. I really liked the fact that AKL doesn't share with another resort; this is something that really bothers me when we stay at the Polynesian, Wilderness Lodge, or Grand Floridian.
Now, on to the pictures!!!


Trains will need to operate on a single track between Beacon Hill Station and Othello Station to ensure a safe work area. The single-tracking on this 4.7-mile segment will require running trains approximately every 30 - 40 minutes instead of the usual 10 - 15 minute weekend schedule.
Northbound and southbound riders boarding at Beacon Hill, Mount Baker, Columbia City and Othello stations will board from the southbound platforms. Riders should follow signage at the stations.


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iolo Accelerates to Another Deloitte Fast 50 Victory
Leveraging its award-winning System Mechanic® software, L.A. developer scores big
LOS ANGELES, CA – October 3, 2007 – iolo technologies and Deloitte & Touche LLP are pleased to announce that for the third year iolo has won a spot on the "Deloitte Technology Fast 50," ranking twentieth for 2007.
Los Angeles-based iolo technologies is a software developer and manufacturer widely known for its award-winning System Mechanic software, which can reverse even years of system-clogging PC damage to bring computers back to like-new performance.
To qualify for the Fast 50, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2002 and $5,000,000 in 2006, be headquartered in North America, and own proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues.
According to iolo CEO Noah Rowles, the key to winning a coveted spot on the Technology Fast 50 for the third year is fulfilling an ongoing customer need. "We've found that creating products that have years of enduring relevance instead of explosive but often fleeting appeal is what works long-term. Every day, millions of people turn on their PCs and expect them to be fast and responsive. With System Mechanic, they get that."
This strategy has placed iolo on the Fast 50 three times to date. Tony Buzzelli, Vice Chairman and Regional Managing Partner, Pacific Southwest Region, Deloitte & Touche LLP says, "To rank on Deloitte's Technology Fast 50, companies must have phenomenal revenue growth over five years. iolo has proven to be one of the fast-growth success stories in the highly competitive Los Angeles area."
Rowles says longstanding product appeal is only part of iolo's success. "There has to be solid strategic planning, and that should start when you're assembling your business team. We employ people for the long-term and make it a priority to build a creative, collaborative atmosphere."
He also values a balance between smart risk-taking and dedication to core products. "As we enter our tenth year, we're continuing to be known as a market leader, and we're committed to being first-to-market with revolutionary product advancements. With System Mechanic, because it inspires such allegiance in millions of users, we're dedicated to making every new version even more worthy of that trust."
Rowles believes the biggest key to continued success is iolo's extraordinarily devoted customer base. "As we win new customers, we find they come back year after year." The user feedback he values most? "In our surveys we hear the same thing again and again: 'Your product actually does what it says it does!' That's so important to us personally, and it's fundamental to iolo's success."
System Mechanic and System Mechanic Professional support Windows Vista, XP, 2000, Me, and 98. System Mechanic 7 retails for $49.95 ($29.95 for upgrades) and System Mechanic 7 Professional retails for $69.95 ($39.95 for upgrades). Both products can be used on up to 3 PCs. More information and free product evaluations can be found at www.iolo.com.
iolo technologies (www.iolo.com), a privately held firm located in Los Angeles, produces award-winning utility software that optimizes and protects computers running Windows. The company and its products are recognized worldwide for providing comprehensive and effective solutions that meet a wide range of PC needs. The iolo product line includes System Mechanic® and System Mechanic Professional®, a comprehensive suite of PC optimization and security tools; iolo AntiVirus™ and iolo Personal Firewall™, software for Internet security; Search and Recover™, a powerful data recovery program; and DriveScrubber®, a utility that deletes data permanently, beyond all ability to recover it. iolo products are carried in over 14,500 retail storefronts and are also available from all major e-tailers, by mail order, and from a multitude of distributors and resellers in the U.S. and abroad.


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If you are a fan of racing games, I am sure that you can not ignore this fascinating game - Highway Patrol Showdown. The game is different from other ones because it's a race between police cars with normal cars. Now, are you ready? Here at game friv 4, there are 2 modes for you to choose: single-player and multiplayer.
Get into your car and Go! The game is set up with many different tracks, achievements along with impressive graphics and sounds that will make you feel like you're in a real race. It's time to show all your skills. Try your best to drive your car to overcome all other talented racers and finish first.
You shouldn't have any collision with other vehicles on the way but you can crash into your opponents' cars. Of course, your opponents can do the same to you. So, keep your hand to control your car carefully.
Don't forget that speed is the bottom line to win any race. The shorter time you take, the higher score you will get. Speed up at the right time and reach the finish line first. Good luck at friv free! If you want to conquer similar exciting games, check it out at friv best Games!
Use arrow keys to move, space to use brake, C to use the camera.