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Hedgehogs have appeared widely in popular and folk culture.

Europe

As animals native to Europe and Africa, hedgehogs hold a place in European folklore.

In most European countries, hedgehogs are believed to be a hard-working no-nonsense animal. This partially results from the folk belief that hedgehogs collect apples and mushrooms and carry them to their secret storage.

It is unclear exactly how old this belief is, though the Roman author Pliny the Elder mentions hedgehogs gathering grapes by this method in his Naturalis Historia.  In medieval bestiaries and other illuminated manuscripts dating from at least the 13th century onwards, hedgehogs are shown rolling on and impaling fruit to carry back to their dens. In fact, however, hedgehogs do not gather food to store for later consumption, relying on their deposited fat to survive hibernation. Nor is apple included in their usual diet (it has been suggested, however, that the hedgehogs may use juice of wild apples in order to get rid of parasites, similar to anting). The image remains an irresistible one to modern illustrators.  Therefore, hedgehogs are often portrayed carrying apples – partially, to make them look cuter.

Hedgehogs are often pictured as fond of milk; as late as the 19th century, some English villagers even believed that these creatures would suck milk out of cows' udders.
In reality, however, hedgehogs are lactose-intolerant.

Hedgehogs are also often seen in pictures with an autumn-themed background, since the animal hibernates in piles of leaves. This also adds to the cute reputation of hedgehogs.  In Great Britain, however, the human habit of lighting bonfires to celebrate Bonfire Night on 5 November has led to an increased risk to hedgehogs, who often choose to sleep in the piles of wood accumulated in gardens and parks beforehand.  Television messages now remind viewers who might be lighting bonfires to check them first for the presence of hibernating hedgehogs.

During the 1970s and 1980s, hedgehogs were one of the poster animals for environment activists through Europe. A lot of hedgehogs were killed by traffic, and since the hedgehog already had an aura of a cute little friendly animal, the choice was nearly perfect.

In a Veps legend, the (female) hedgehog appears in a creation myth. According to it, early on, there was no dry land; the entire world was just a big lake. It was a giant hedgehog who brought soil and sand with its needles, creating dry land.

A hedgehog plays a role in a Lithuanian and Latvian creation story as well: when God made heaven and earth, he did not take good measurements, so the earth was made larger than the heaven; on the hedgehog's wise suggestion, God squeezed the earth, so that it would fit into the heaven. (In some version of the legend, the process of "shrinking" the earth resulted in the creation of mountain ranges). To reward the clever hedgehog, God equipped him with a suite of needles.
A similar legend is attested among the Banat Bulgarians and among Romanians as well.

The wisdom of the hedgehog is presented in other folk legend in the Balkans as well. In a Bulgarian legend, the Sun decided to marry the Moon, and invited all the animals to the wedding. The hedgehog was the only one who failed to appear. The Sun went to look for the hedgehog, and found him gnawing on a stone. When the Sun inquired what he was doing, the hedgehog explained: "I am learning to eat stones. Once you marry, you'll have many  Sun children born to you, and when they all shine in the sky, everything will burn, and there will be nothing to eat". The Sun then decided to call off the wedding, and the world's inhabitants were saved from starvation.

In the Balkan Slavic and Belarusian folklore, the wise hedgehog (along with the tortoise) sometimes appears as the animal capable of finding the raskovnik, a magic plant that could be used to open locks and to find hidden treasures.

In a number of Balkan (Bulgarian,
Macedonian,

Greek) folk songs the (male) hedgehog often appears romantically interested in a (female) tortoise. His advances are usually unwelcome, the tortoises often resorting to legal means to deal with the harasser.

United States

Hedgehogs remain largely unseen in modern-day American culture. On a number of occasions British educational programs have been revoiced to refer to hedgehogs as porcupines (at least one of such examples being Bob the Builder).  The Wacky Wheels video game makes humorous use of hedgehogs as projectiles, and they are also seen reading the newspaper while sitting on the toilet in the middle of the race course.

One notable exception is Sonic the Hedgehog, the video game character created by Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima for SEGA.

May has been designated Hedgehog Month by the International Hedgehog Association.

Oceania

New Zealand's McGillicuddy Serious Party were unsuccessful in their attempt to get a hedgehog elected to Parliament.

Also in New Zealand, hedgehogs feature in the Bogor cartoon by Burton Silver, via which they also appeared on a postage stamp.

Technology
A hedgehog transformer is an early type of electrical transformer designed to work at audio frequencies (AF). They resemble hedgehogs in size, color and shape, and were used in the first part of the 20th century. (See http://www.telephonecollecting.org/hedgehog.html )

Cuisine

In some supermarkets in the UK, a type of speciality loaf named Hedgehog Bread can be found for sale. The loaf has a hard top crust shaped before baking into a series of small spikes, resembling a hedgehog.

A "hedgehog cake" recipe appears in English cookbooks as early as the 18th century.

"Hedgehogs" may also be created by moulding ground meat in a teardrop shape, embedding pastry slivers or slivered almonds in the surface to resemble quills, and adding eyes and ears of peppercorns, olives, or whole almonds.   The technique dates back to at least 1390, and was referenced in an episode of Two Fat Ladies.

Hedgehogs in popular culture

In books
 In Good to Great by James C. Collins, he describes a fundamental attribute of successful businesses as their "Hedgehog Concept".
 Hans My Hedgehog is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. A wealthy but childless merchant wishes he had a child, even a hedgehog, and comes home to find that his wife has given birth to a baby boy that is a hedgehog from the waist up. After many trials Hans My Hedgehog marries a princess and becomes a handsome young man. An even more popular tale in this collection, The Hare and the Hedgehog, is about the race between a hare, who is proud of his swift legs, and a hedgehog. The hedgehog teams up with his wife who hides on the other side of the field across which the hare and the hedgehog are to race. The hedgehog does not race all the way but simply cowers in his furrow after a few steps. When the hare has crossed the field, Mrs. hedgehog raises her head on the other side and announces "I am here already." They repeat the race until finally the hare dies of exhaustion. The story illustrates the dangers of pride on the side of the hare who cannot overcome the common hedgehog's cunning.
 The French author the Comtesse de Ségur devotes a chapter in the children's classic Les petites filles modèles (in French) to a story featuring hedgehogs. A mother hedgehog and her three offspring are killed by a caretaker because, as he explains it, they destroy little rabbits and partridges, to the great consternation of the children in the story.
In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Queen of Hearts uses hedgehogs and flamingos to play croquet.
 Beatrix Potter's Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle stars a hedgehog.
 Two hedgehogs of school-child age feature in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows.
In the 1927 British detective novel, The Ellerby Case by John Rhode, in the chapter entitled "The Green Hedgehog," Doctor Lancelot Priestly, the investigator who solves the case, is nearly murdered by a hedgehog dyed green whose spines have been impregnated with a virulent poison.
 British author Terry Pratchett incorporates hedgehogs into several of his Discworld novels, and one of the characters is known for singing a lewd song called "The Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered at All".
 Jan Brett has featured a hedgehog as the main character in many of her books, including The Mitten and Hedgie's Surprise.
 Hedgehogs are common characters in Brian Jacques's book series, Redwall.
 Dick King-Smith has written a story for younger children about a family of hedgehogs threatened by traffic, The Hodgeheg.
 In The Animals of Farthing Wood by British author Colin Dann, several hedgehogs were part of the group of animals that travelled from Farthing Wood to the nature reserve White Deer Park. The oldest two hedgehogs were run over on a motorway near the end of the journey. The rest of the hedgehogs safely made it to White Deer Park and appeared sporadically in the remainder of the series. In the television adaptation only two hedgehogs were part of the group. As in the novel, both were killed on the motorway.
 Isaiah Berlin, in The Hedgehog and the Fox, takes the hedgehog as the type of the person who knows "one big thing", as opposed to the fox, who knows many things.  This was taken from a poem by Archilochus.
 Similarly, Stephen Jay Gould refers to a persistent in sticking to one strategy, "hedgehog-like" behavior in his discourse on the humanities versus science in The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox.
 In Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories a Hedgehog named Stickly-Prickly is one of the main protagonists in the story "The Beginning of the Armadillos".
 One of the most popular book-length children poems in Serbian is Branko Ćopić's Ježeva kućica, (The Hedgehog's Little House)
 Fuzzypeg, a friend of Little Grey Rabbit.
 Yona, the Hedgehog, is a mythical character in Richard Adams' Watership Down.
Shakespeare referenced hedgehogs in The Tempest and Midsummer Night's Dream. He referred to them as "hedgepigs" and "urchins."
 Kiroileva siili (Finnish for "the swearing hedgehog") is a comic strip written and drawn by Finnish artist Milla Paloniemi.

In other media

 Sonic the Hedgehog is Sega's anthropomorphic corporate mascot and one of the stars of the video game series of the same name, six TV series, OVA, movie, animated shorts, and five comic series, one published in the USA and one in the UK. Aside from being bipedal and cobalt blue, he resembles a real hedgehog, having large spines, a long nose, and a penchant for curling into a spiky ball. Among his many co-stars are four more hedgehogs: Amy Rose, Shadow, Silver and, in the Archie comic series, Scourge.  Other hedgehogs in the TV Series were Sonia, Manic, Queen Aleena and Uncle Chuck.
 In the Nintendo game Animal Crossing, the Able Sisters are 2 female hedgehogs that own a tailor shop for the player to purchase some clothing. In Animal Crossing: City Folk, a third Able sister was introduced named Labelle (also known in later installments as Label).
 The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog stars an anthropomorphised hedgehog.
 Mr. Pricklepants is an animated, stuffed toy hedgehog from the 2010 Disney/Pixar film Toy Story 3, who likes to act in stage plays.  He is voiced by actor Timothy Dalton.
 Lindsfarne Dewclaw, from the online comic strip Kevin and Kell is a hedgehog. She is highly intelligent, and is studying to be a scientist, fascinated with genetics, astronomy and spaceflight. She has recently graduated from university with her bachelor's degree and married her high school sweetheart Fenton Fuscus, a bat.
 Jeż Jerzy (George the Hedgehog in English) is a Polish comic book title written by  and drawn by .
 Igel Ärgern is a popular German board game, first published in 1990 by Doris Matthaus & Frank Nestel (the makers of Ursuppe). The title roughly translates as "Hedgehog Irking," but the game is usually called "Hedgehogs in a Hurry" in English. In the game, each player races a team of four hedgehogs across a track, avoiding mud pits and occasionally piling atop one another.
 In a 1970 episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, there was a fake news profile of a crime lord named Dinsdale Piranha, a notorious criminal known for nailing people's heads to the floor. Piranha believed a giant invisible hedgehog named "Spiny Norman" was following him everywhere, and when he came to believe Spiny Norman was hiding out in an aeroplane hangar, he blew the hangar up with a nuclear bomb. During the closing credits of the show, Spiny Norman is seen stalking London and shouting "Dinsdale!"
 In 1981 an Album called 'Hedgehog Sandwich' was released by BBC records, featuring comedy sketches from the Not the Nine O'Clock News television series.
 In the Israeli version of Sesame Street, Rechov Sumsum, one of the main characters was a pink human-sized, orange spiked hedgehog named "Kippy Ben Kippod " (Kippy Hedgehogson). The same character later appeared in the Israeli/Palestinian co-production of the series, Rechov Sumsum Shara'a Simsim
 In the Spanish version of Sesame Street, one of the main characters was a pink human-sized hedgehog called "Espinete" (little spine).
 In the anime Saint Tail, main character Haneoka Meimi acquires a pet brown hedgehog named Ruby while in her titular alter ego of the superthief Saint Tail. Ruby helps Saint Tail out on one caper, is the inspiration for one of the latter's magic tricks, and acts as a mascot.

 Hedgehog in the Fog is a 1975 animation directed by Yuriy Norshteyn about a hedgehog who travels through a very foggy wood to visit his friend, a bear.
 Harry Hedgehog is an enemy in Yoshi's Island.  He is an enemy that runs around and extends his quills when Yoshi gets near.
 Mega Man 3 on the NES had a robotic hedgehog enemy in Needleman's stage, referred to as "Needle Harry" in Nintendo Power. In Mega Man II on the Game Boy, this enemy returns along with Needleman, and in "list of enemies" at the end is referred to as "Hari Harry" (note that in Japanese a hedgehog is a "harinezumi" or literally a "needle mouse"). It attacks by firing its spines, and can also roll, during which it is invulnerable.
 In the "Timeless Time" episode of the BBC television show One Foot in the Grave, Victor, on his way back into the house in the early morning hours of returning from turning off his faulty car alarm, accidentally steps into a rotting hedgehog and walks it into the house, like a slipper.
 A series of animated road safety advertisements featuring a family of hedgehogs aired between 1997 and the mid 2000s on various British television channels, as part of the Think! road safety campaign of the British government. The ads (e.g. King of the Road, Stayin' Alive, Glow in the Dark, Green Man, etc.) were aimed primarily at a child audience, teaching them about the basics of road safety through songs and the younger hedgehogs' humorous misadventures. A promotional website supplemented the television advertisements. It was relaunched in 2003, along with the redesigned version of the ads, but discontinued in 2008. An officially archived version survives.
 In Katekyo Hitman Reborn, Kyoya Hibari uses a hedgehog nicknamed Roll as one of his signature weapons besides his tonfas.
 In the final episode of the second series of Bottom Richie mistakingly believes that Red Indians eat hedgehogs and Eddie Hitler mistakes a hedgehog for a womble
 The Incredible String Band has a song called 'The Hedgehog's Song' in their album The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion. It was written by Mike Heron.
 In Littlest Pet Shop, Russell Ferguson (voiced by Samuel Vincent), is a male orange hedgehog and the organizer of the group. Usually he keeps everyone in the Littlest Pet Shop on track, making sure the others won't wreck it in the process. He is often mistaken for a porcupine.
 In the 2012 film "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey", the wizard Radagast has a pet hedgehog named Sebastian.
 A hedgehog named Russell is one of the major characters in the film Once Upon A Forest.

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A Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze-Mounted Parquetry Inlaid Writing-Table, By François Linke.
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François Linke (1855 – 1946) was the most important Parisian cabinet maker of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and possibly the most sought after cabinet maker of his period.
He was born in 1855 in the small village of Pankraz, in what is now the Czech Republic. Records show that Linke served an apprenticeship with the master cabinetmaker Neumann, then in 1875 at the age of 20 he arrived in Paris where he lived until he died in 1946.
It is known that the fledgling Linke workshops were active in Paris in the Faubourg St. Antoine as early as 1881, and during this time he supplied furniture for other more established makers such as Jansen and Krieger.
The quality of Linke's craftsmanship was unsurpassed by any of his contemporaries and reached its peak with his spectacular stand at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900, where his Grand Bureau took the gold medal. He gambled his fortune and reputation on this stand, exhibiting several breathtaking items of furniture with sculptural mounts of the most exceptional quality and proportion. His gamble worked and his reputation was established to such an extent that Linke continued to be the pre-eminent furniture house in Paris until the Second World War.
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Payne, Christopher. François Linke, (1855 – 1946), The Belle Époque of French Furniture, Antique Collectors' Club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2003.
Meyer, Jonathan. Great Exhibitions – London, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, 1851-1900, Antique Collectors' Club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2006; pp. 298 – 300.
Ledoux – Lebard, Denise. Les Ébénistes du XIXe siècle, Les Editions de l'Amateur, (Paris), 1984; pp. 439-43.
Revue Artistique & Industrielle, (Paris), July-August 1900.
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Nel settimo capitolo del Sutra il Buddha Śākyamuni narra la parabola della città fantasma.

Innumerevoli kalpa fa, durante il kalpa Mahārūpa (Grande Forma) nel mondo Sambhavā (Origine) si manifestò il Buddha Mahâbhijñā Jñānâbhibhū (Suprema intuizione e saggezza). Quando ancora non era un buddha perfettamente realizzato Mahâbhijñā Jñānâbhibhū ebbe sedici figli. Divenuto buddha, questi sedici principi lo implorarono di far girare la Ruota del Dharma a beneficio degli esseri sofferenti. A questo punto tutti i mondi degli dèi e degli uomini si illuminarono e per ventimila kalpa il Buddha Mahâbhijñā Jñānâbhibhū espose la dottrina perfetta, e durante questo periodo i sedici principi presero rifugio nel Dharma divenendo dei novizi.

Dopo aver esposto per ottomila kalpa la perfetta "Dottrina del Loto", il Buddha Mahâbhijñā Jñānâbhibhū si ritirò nel profondo assorbimento meditativo per ulteriori 84 000 kalpa. Durante questo lungo periodo furono i sedici figli del Buddha, divenuti bodhisattva, a predicare la dottrina. Risvegliatosi dal profondo stato meditativo il Buddha Mahâbhijñā Jñānâbhibhū si rallegrò della condotta dei suoi sedici figli e affermò che chiunque ne abbia seguito gli insegnamenti sarebbe divenuto a sua volta un perfetto Tathāgata.

A loro volta i sedici figli del Buddha divennero anche loro dei buddha perfetti (Samyaksaṃbuddha):
 Akṣobhya (Impertubabile): vive nel mondo di Abhirati (Gioia) posto ad Oriente rispetto al nostro;
 Merukūṭa (Vetta del Meru): anche lui vive ad Abhirati;
 Siṃhaghoṣa (Ruggito del Leone): vive nei mondi posti a Sud-Est;
 Siṃhadhvaja (Aspetto del Leone): vive nei mondi posti a Sud-Est;
 Ākāśapratiṣṭhita (Abitante dello Spazio): vive nei mondi posti a Sud;
 Nityapaṛvrtta (Estinto per Sempre): vive nei mondi posti a Sud;
 Indradhvaja (Aspetto del Sovrano): vive nei mondi posti a Sud-Ovest;
 Brahmadhvaja (Aspetto di Brahma): vive nei mondi posti a Sud-Ovest;
 Amitâbha (Luce infinita): vive nei mondi posti a Ovest;
 Sarvalokadhātūpadravodvegapratyuttīrna (Salvo dagli impedimenti e dalle Agitazioni di tutti i Mondi): vive nei mondi posti a Ovest;
 Tamālapatra-candanagandha (Percezione divina del Profumo della garcinia e del sandalo): vive nei mondi posti a Nord-Ovest;
 Merukalpa (Simile al Monte Meru): vive nei mondi posti a Nord-Ovest;
 Meghasvaradīpa (Luce e Suono delle Nuvole): vive nei mondi posti a Nord;
 Meghasvararāja (Re del Suono delle Nuvole): vive nei mondi posti a Nord;
 Sarvalokabhayastambhitatva-vidhvaṃsanakāra (Distruttore della Paura e del Terrore in tutti i Mondi): vive nei mondi posti a Nord-Est.

Il sedicesimo figlio del Buddha Mahâbhijñā Jñānâbhibhū è proprio il Buddha Śākyamuni che si illuminò e insegnò il Dharma nel nostro mondo, il mondo di Sahā (Mondo della sopportazione, ovvero il mondo dove gli Esseri che ci vivono devono esercitarsi nella pazienza).

A tal proposito nel Sutra il Buddha Śākyamuni sostiene:

Il Buddha Śākyamuni continua spiegando che egli comprende come gli esseri senzienti si compiacciano di dottrine inferiori e siano incatenati alle cinque passioni e quindi egli predica il nirvāṇa secondo i loro desideri e secondo le loro condizioni di modo che possano credere ad esso e quindi perseguirlo.

A tal proposito il Buddha Śākyamuni narra una parabola di un gruppo di persone che deve attraversare un deserto selvaggio e pericoloso lungo cinquecento yojana per giungere in un luogo ricco di tesori. Queste persone hanno una guida saggia che li conduce e che conosce la via da seguire. Il gruppo, attraversato un certo tratto di strada, si scoraggia e chiede alla guida di riportarli indietro. La guida è dispiaciuta che queste persone rinuncino ai tesori promessi allora, raggiunti i trecento yojana, fa apparire per incanto una città che diviene rifugio e luogo di riposo per i viaggiatori stanchi e impauriti. Riposati e rincuorati i viaggiatori, la guida fa scomparire la città fantasma invitando i viaggiatori a proseguire il cammino verso i tesori, spiegando loro che la città dove si erano fino a quel momento fermati non era che un miraggio.
La città fantasma, spiega lo Śākyamuni, è il nirvāṇa degli arhat e non la profonda illuminazione, realizzato quel nirvāṇa occorre proseguire lungo il cammino esorta il Buddha fino all'illuminazione completa: l'anuttarā-samyak-saṃbodhi.

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Albeit, daresay I, the lullaby of an everso dark sleep.
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After being violently pressured to do some actual reviewing, this reporter was send to a local theater armed with a pencil and a flashlight and asked to give some kind of insightful commentary on one of this year's lesser seen comic book adaptations: THE INCREDIBLE HULK. This latest example of Marvel Studio's push to streamline their various franchises in one single definite universe picks up where Ang Lee's 2003 "quote" artyfarty "unquote" depiction of the superhero left us bored and suicidal. With cinematic auteur Lee now replaced by whoever directed THE TRANSPORTER 2, THE TRANSPORTER 3, and the even worse DANNY THE DOG and with a completely refreshed star line-up, THE INCREDIBLE HULK forgoes the character-focused slow paced set-up of the 2003 version for straight-forward HULK! SMASH! action. Now, there was certainly enough wrong with the angst-y introvert emo execution of our green hero in the first movie, so a bit of readjustment in that area probably wasn't a bad idea. But, while HULK at least ended up being a small beacon of originally in the decaying wastelands that make up a majority of comic book movie genre, THE INCREDIBLE HULK flies us straight back to the plains of mediocrity and cliché. The film never succeeds in conjuring up real emotions or any sense of immersion and instead just uncomfortably and unconvincingly tries to go through the motions like an aging prostitute with mysophobia.
Ang Lee's initial HULK feature film – from what I remember before turning off the television and gladly started cleaning my room – was primarily focused on how the experiments of Banner's father resulted in him passing those genes to his son. The new film on the other hand awkwardly tries to ignore (and change) the humble beginnings of the man-monster and instead underlines the beast's more practical usefulness as a potential crime fighter. Nevertheless it's only through a beautifully shot plot exposition of the character's origins that the film rushes out of the gates and gains momentum. During this opening credits the most necessary elements of the back story are detailed in a number of creatively cut flashbacks, which show the events leading up to Bruce Banner's transformation. We are looking in when General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross (William Hurt) hires radiation expert Dr. Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) to revive a World War II era military bio-force enhancement research project. Banner eventually exposing himself to gamma radiation in an ill-advised experiment and we see how this miscalculation results in him becoming the giant, green-skinned monster we all know and love, hospitalizing Ross' daughter along the way and turning himself into a fugitive from the American armed forces. This sequence is probably the single best executed moment in the entire movie, which is telling because it's mostly a rehash of themes that have already entered the public conscious and actually hold limited importance for the movie's plot.
This year's new Louis Leterrier helmed Hulk flick begins with our favorite nuclear cursed protagonist Dr. Bruce Banner hiding from the American government in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. Banner quietly spends his time working in a bottling factory and picking up martial arts skills to help keep his temper in check. In the meanwhile he stays in touch with a mysterious Internet friend, called "Mr. Blue", who's keen on helping him find a cure for his condition. Although it's understandable that no one would be entirely content living in the poverty-stricken gang controlled favelas of Brazil and needing to share personal information with complete strangers over the internet, our protagonist has other reasons to get back to his home town. As expected a mandatory plot device conveniently requires him to get back in touch with Betty Ross (Liv Tyler), who not only remains his "one true love", but also holds important scientific data necessary for Mr. Blue to demine Banner's cure. While sadly very underdeveloped it's only in these early scenes that Ed Norton gets a chance to shine. For most of the film his performance will be limited to laying exhausted in the gutter, while Lou Ferrigno's groans and the CGI effects take center stage when his more aggressive self is active. The only glimpses of the Banner character we get to see is when he is just presented as a common man faced with a condition he will never fully recover from and he in fact is responsible for. There were potentially interesting plot opportunities looming here for subtle stabs at the limitations and dangers of scientific progress or even at social criticism, but the film never seems interested in actually delving into the character's past choices or motivation. Instead of investigating how this men's honest work have made a life in normalcy impossible and turned him into a fugitive from the United States Army, the movie just leans on established clichés about "dangerous" cooperate government bodies, "cursed" experiments and evil scientists. It seems that the creators were afraid of falling in the same "art house" pitfalls that supposedly made THE HULK a box-office failure, because they constantly refocuse attention away from Banner's experiences and instead highlight the explosive military efforts made by General Thaddeus Ross to capture The Hulk.
After a drop of Banner's blood accidently dripped into a soda bottle eventually drunk by an ill-fated consumer (a short but sweet Stan Lee's cameo), Ross has been made aware of Banner's location and was able to pinpoint his hide-out in the slums. Somewhat ironically it turns out that the most effective weapon available to the American army for the capture of Banner is a Russian-born British special operations expert called Emil Blonsky (played by a sadly wasted Tim Roth). He is put in charge of the team send to Rio de Janeiro and ordered to sedate Banner before he has a chance to turn into the monster. Sadly for Blonsky the heckling of a couple of Brazilian lowlifes made Banner transforms just in the nick of time and the Hulk subsequently eliminates Blonsky's team during a fight in the bottling factory. After this spectacular failure an astonished and vengeful Blonsky is informed by Ross about the origins of the monster and quickly becomes obsessed with how the enhanced physical abilities the technology offers might profit him personally. He agrees to be injected with Vita-ray serum Ross has kept in cold storage, giving him enhanced physical abilities. After fleeing from Blonsky's team Banner traveled to Culver University, where his original experiments took place and Betty Ross still lives with her new boyfriend, psychiatrist Leonard Samson (Ty Burrell). Banner eventually reunites with Betty and she gives him the earlier mentioned data (our McGuffin du jour) necessary to uncover a cure for his condition. When Banner eventually decides to leave, Ross and Blonsky's forces attack him, forcing Banner to transform. The serum has made Blonsky athletic and agile enough to compete with the Hulk, but the combined forces are still not enough to contain the Hulk. After breaking two sonic cannons and every bone in Blonsky's body, The Hulk flees and takes the unconscious Betty with him. After a terrible King Kong-esk scene in which Betty calms the monstrosity down and Banner again become human, the two agree to travel to New York City together to meet "Mr. Blue".
During this voyage Betty magically forgets about her current fiancé and again falls in love with Banner. Obviously these narratives are almost mandatory by law, but while for instance IRON MAN actually benefited greatly from the chemistry between Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow, the love affair in THE INCREDIBLE HULK just feels unneeded, forced and – literary – impotent by comparison. Liv Tyler's performance is especially cringe worthy in this regard. Truth to be told, she didn't had much to work with in the first place – her role is pretty much limited to repeating the phrases "bruce,…" "you're ok,…" and "it's ok,…" over and over again – but she manages to exclaim those lines in the most obnoxious way possible. Combined with Ed Norton oozing self-pity and despair from every bodily opening, the whole romantic side-story just feels a-sexual affair and terribly redundant to the plot. Anyway, the two supposed lovebirds maintain a low profile as the Hulk's existence becomes public knowledge following the posting of the university battle on YouTube and eventually reach "Mr. Blue", aka Dr. Samuel Sterns (Tim Blake Nelson).
Dr. Sterns, your usual "power-hungry-unethically-wizard-like-pure-scientist" stock character, claims to have developed a possible antidote that may cure Banner's condition, or merely reverse each individual transformation. Never one to learn from pervious mistakes, Banner again agrees to experiment on himself despite considerable risks. After first triggering a transformation of the Hulk, Stern injects Banner with his antidote and successfully reverses him back to his human self. Shortly after finishing this treatment Banner discovers that Sterns has synthesized his blood samples into a large supply with the intention of enhance the human condition to the next evolutionary level. Appalled by what Sterns had done and fearful of the Hulk's power falling into the wrong hands, Banner attempts to convince Sterns to destroy the blood supply, but he is attacked by Ross' forces and taken into custody. A recovered Blonsky then forces Sterns to inject him with the Hulk's blood. Sterns warns that the combination of the supersoldier formula, which Blonsky has already overdosed on in order to strengthen his skeleton, and gamma treatment would be an unpredictable combination that could turn him into an "abomination". Unconcerned, the power-drunk Blonsky makes Sterns administer the gamma charge, mutating him into a hideous but powerful monster. He knocks Sterns aside and starts a rampage through Harlem in an attempt to draw the Hulk out. At the lab, an irradiated sample of Banner's blood-derivative drips into an open wound on Sterns' temple, causing his cranium to mutate and expand, while at the same time conveniently setting up a return of Blake Nelson's character as The Leader in a possible sequel.
In the final part of the movie the oh so common theme of "the dangerous repercussions of scientific process being exploited by power-hungry government agencies" come to a close when army and Hulk team up to defeat the Abomination on the loose. Realizing that only he can possibly stop the monster, Banner convinces General Ross to release him. He jumps from Ross' helicopter as it hovers over the city, hoping the fall will trigger a transformation. This ridiculous plan somehow succeeds and the now pseudo-restrained Hulk and power-drunk Abomination clash. After a brutal battle, the Hulk is able to finally defeat Blonsky by nearly strangling him to death with a huge chain, relenting his grip only after Betty's plea. In the epilogue, we then find an escaped Banner in Bella Coola, British Columbia attempting to initiate his transformations in a controlled manner. As his eyes turn green, a pleased grin appears on his face, indicating that the Banner might finally have gained control over the power his other side offers. With this open ending the dead horse franchise is still somewhat battered back to life and other sequels could still be a possibility, although looking at the box office that doesn't seem very likely. As reboots go, THE INCREDIBLE HULK was in the end a very lackluster attempt. It brings nothing new to the table and just seems to be happy going through the motions of what is generally expected from comic book adaptation. By comparison the movie feel emotionless and clichéd, lacking both the original atmosphere and deeper meaning of say Nolan-verse Batman or the pleasant chemistry that made IRON MAN such a success. THE INCREDIBLE HULK just delivers action, straightforward HULK SMASH action, and if you like big muscular green men beat each other up you might want to check this out. But only when it's out on DVD. On discount. And when someone else is paying.


I always tell myself (and even my friends) that it's good to know how to drive so that I am equipped when it's needed. But I never thought that I would need to drive this much coz family members got sick. First it was Reese, then she went okay after 2 days. Then hubby came next. Both of them were brought to the Cardinal Santos ER.
Then here comes Tuesday when I thought Reese was fully okay, but she had rashes. So we brought her to pedia's clinic in Lourdes Hospital. It was a weekday, a lot of med-reps were there so parking was full. Good thing I know where to go. I dropped off Len & Reese at the entrance, and found a parking spot near MIL's house, then, commute back to the hospital for 2 minutes. A pat on the back for the brave lady who knows how to navigate in times like this!
Now, I'm writing because I'm waiting. Hubby is back to the ER and was given IV once again to hydrate him. No findings yet as to why the antibiotics didn't seem to work. I wish we both know why. For now, all we can do is to patiently wait for the 2nd round of lab results. Until when, I don't know. I'll grab something to eat now. Better take care of my needs so that I can take care of hubby's.
Update: He got confined in the hospital, findings were leading to two illnesses. I hope and pray for his fast recovery. I'll be out of the office for the rest of the week.


In May 2018, Susan was awarded the Financial Executives International (FEI) Distinguished Service Award for 20 years of service to the FEI Chicago Chapter. Normally given to volunteers, Susan is the first Chapter Administrator in the 85 year history of the organization to receive this prestigious award. Recipients of the Distinguished Service Award are individuals who have demonstrated exemplary service to the organization that consistently ranks above and beyond their chartered responsibilities. They exhibit extraordinary commitment and purpose within their local Chapters as well as at the National level.
Sheila Gidley was the recipient of the 2006 National Association of Women Business Owners President's Award. This award recognizes exemplary service and contributions to the organization and is traditionally given to a volunteer member.
Debbie Gidley received the 2006 American Association of Women Dentists President's Award. This award recognizes exemplary service and contributions to the organization and is traditionally given to a volunteer member.
Susan Gidley was awarded the first ever Outstanding Service Provider Award from the Financial Executives International Chicago Chapter in February 2004 and received the award for the second year in a row in 2005.
GMG client Financial Executives International (FEI) Chicago Chapter was named Outstanding Large Chapter (from among 86 FEI Chapters) by FEI National for 2004,2005,2007,and placed second in 2010.
GMG was inducted into the NAWBO Chicago Hall of Fame on January 29, 2004 in recognition of their role in the continued growth and success of NAWBO Chicago.
GMG received the 2000 President's Award from the Federation of Women Contractors. This award recognizes outstanding contribution to the Federation, and is traditionally given to a volunteer member.
GMG was the recipient of the 1997 NAWBO Chicago Area Chapter President's Award. This award recognizes service "above and beyond the call of duty." This award is also traditionally given to a volunteer member.
After GMG took on the responsibility for new member recruitment, NAWBO Chicago Area Chapter was honored by NAWBO National Headquarters in 1999 for having the largest percentage of growth among its 80 chapters.
Gidley Management Group, Inc. is a member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), the Association Management Company Institute and the Association Forum of Chicagoland.


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Game of Thrones: Dunk and Egg gets writer as George Martin slams previous team
Tales of Dunk and Egg, which follows 2022's Home of the Dragon as HBO's other Video Game of Thrones-associated series in advancement with author George R. R. Martin, has actually landed an author. Reported by Range, the job of adjusting Martin's novellas, which occur in the very same universe as Thrones, is up to Steve Conrad, who will likewise be an executive manufacturer.
Conrad is maybe best understood for producing the Amazon Prime series Patriot, a spy program which used a twisty take a look at anxiety, PTSD, and the obstacles for anybody, even a federal government spy, to obtain from Point A to Point B. Conrad likewise co-created Continuous Grace, LTD, which Polygon called among the very best programs of 2019.
At the time we kept in mind Continuous Grace, LTD's "colorful dialogue that borders on the poetic." Conrad's convenience with poetic discussion and plot twists might show useful in adjusting Martin's work. Dunk and Egg describe Ser Duncan, a knight without a master described as a "hedge knight," and Egg, his young squire.
Throughout 3 novellas — The Hedge Knight, The Sworn Sword, and The Secret Knight — the duo take a ground-level view of a Westeros run by Targaryens. There are tourneys, disobediences, and palace intrigues galore, specifically when Dunk finds out that Egg is really Targaryen prince himself.
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HBO has actually been seeking to broaden its Video Game of Thrones universe for a long time. At one point, 5 spinoff programs were prepared, although this number has mainly just recently dropped to 3. Home of Dragons is the outermost along, having currently dropped an interesting trailer.
However dragons are just one thing towering above Tales of Dunk and Egg. While Video Game of Thrones was a real worldwide phenomena, the program's ending, to price quote Gretchen Felker-Martin's series evaluation, "unleashed a seemingly bottomless geyser of fan discontent ranging from mile-long Twitter threads to an honest-to-God petition for HBO to remake the eighth season from scratch."
For numerous fans, the last season of Thrones took the wind out of the program's sails. For some, the issues had actually started much previously. Apparently, this group consists of George R. R. Martin.
Winter season is Coming identified a quote from James Andrew Miller's brand-new book, Tinderbox: HBO's Callous Pursuit of New Frontiers, which looks into the making of a number of programs on the network. Priced estimate in the book is Paul Haas, Martin's representative, stating that while the author "loves" Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B Weiss, beginning at "season 5 he did start to worry about the path they were [going down] because George knows where the story goes. He started saying, 'You're not following my template'. The first 5 seasons stuck to George's roadmap. Then they went off George's roadmap."
Martin has actually not stated any of this openly, and after the program's ending composed an article applauding Benioff and Weiss for putting together "a championship team," although the post does not discuss the ending itself.
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British Telco To Converge Wireless, Landline In One Phone
British telecom provider BT said this week that, later this year, it will roll out a converged phone that it says will seamlessly switch between landline and wireless voice and data.
The British telecom operator said it was teaming with wireless carrier Vodafone UK to offer a single phone and service that accesses BT's landline system and, when mobile, seamlessly switch to Vodafone's wireless system. That device, which it dubbed Project Bluephone, will be launched widely before the end of the year, although it has been in trials for the last two months with about 50 users, BT said in a statement.
In addition, BT said there would be a "soft launch" of the phone this summer to about 1000 users. The phone is being developed with Alcatel, Ericsson and Motorola.
On the data side, when users are near a wireless access point installed by BT as part of in-home broadband, the phone will automatically access the fastest data. When the phone is out of range of the access point, it will automatically connect to Vodafone's wireless voice and data network, BT said in a statement.
BT said its goal was to generate one billion pounds of revenue from the program within five years. It hinted that more convergence products are in the offing.
"Project Bluephone, and the developments that will follow it, will be key in helping us offer the world's first fully-converged fixed-mobile service," Steve Andrews, BT's group chief of mobility and convergence said in a statement.
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For using taxpayer dollars to recruit women for a task they are already quite capable of doing on their own, NIH wins this week's Golden Hammer, a weekly distinction awarded by The Washington Times highlighting examples of wasteful federal spending.
But some experts say that using smokeless tobacco is relatively low-risk behavior compared to smoking cigarettes, and NIH should be focusing its research efforts on more serious health concerns.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly 18 out of every 100 adults in the U.S. smoke, while fewer than 4 out of every 100 adults use smokeless tobacco.
"This is big government intervention for a small-risk lifestyle choice," said Brad Rodu, a professor of medicine at the University of Louisville.
Mr. Rodu, who has been studying the effects of smokeless tobacco and smoking for over 20 years, said that there is substantial scientific evidence demonstrating that the risks of using smokeless tobacco are so small they can't even be measured.
Other experts say that the effectiveness of federal and state tobacco- and smoking-cessation programs is debatable, and suggest that NIH and states should focus efforts and resources on other public health policies that produce larger results.
Early tobacco-control policy efforts that increased taxes on tobacco products were largely successful in reducing smoking, but more recent efforts, including smoking bans, have been less effective.
The CDC provides recommendations for how much money states should spend on anti-tobacco programs. Currently only two states (Alaska and North Dakota) are funding tobacco-control programs at the recommended level. Only five other states (Delaware, Oklahoma, Hawaii, Wyoming and Maine) fund tobacco-control programs at even half the recommended level.
According to the CDC, states will collect $25.6 billion from tobacco taxes and legal settlements in fiscal year 2015, but will only spend $490.4 million — less than 2 percent — on prevention and cessation programs.
Researchers at the Cato Institute found that spending large amounts of money on anti-tobacco programs seems to produce a trivial drop in cigarette sales — less than a pack a year per capita.
Between 2001 and 2011 the percentage of cigarette-smoking American adults dropped less than 4 percent, from 22.8 percent to 19 percent, according to the CDC.
"Government interventions to [stop] smoking are well intentioned. The lifelong health risks from smoking are plenty. But the effectiveness of smoking-cessation programs is limited. Yet the government continues to award grants to study the issue, potentially wasting millions in taxpayer dollars," said Nicole Kaeding, a budget analyst at the Cato Institute think tank.
Other critics argue that using smokeless tobacco is an individual choice, and the government should not use taxpayer dollars to push an anti-tobacco agenda that's best left to private activists and nonprofit organizations.
"It's sort of a symptom of the whole 'cradle to the grave the government is going to take care of us' mentality," said David Muhlhausen, a research fellow in empirical policy analysis at The Heritage Foundation.
Mr. Muhlhausen argued that tobacco users have to make the decision to quit on their own, and this project's aim to get women to nag men who have no desire to quit will probably be a wash.


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Floater (Too Much to Ask)
When you get this old,
You get less sentimental
About everything.
"Floater (Too Much to Ask)" is one of those old-fashioned songs that could have come out 80 years ago, thought he lyrics are decidedly Dylanesque and modern. The song contains 16 verses, none of which seem to relate to each other, other than a recurring reference to living like a contrarian when people try to get the singer to do one thing or another. The title comes from the last verse when Dylan observes that it's not easy to kick someone out (of your home, I guess), and that it's unpleasant task. Sometimes, he says, someone wnats you to give something up, and even if they cry about it, "it's too much to ask."
Other contrary stuff in the song:
- Sometimes old men around here get on bad terms with the young men, but age doesn't mean anything anyway.
- One of the boss's hangers-on tries to bully you and inspire you with fear, but it has the opposite effect.
- His father is like a feudal lord and has more lives than a cat. He's never argued once with his wife, and as Dylan says, "Things come alive or they fall flat."
- Romeo tells Juliet her complexion makes her look old. Juliet replies: "Shove off if it bothers you so much."
- Bob says that if you interfere with him or cross him, your life could be in danger. He's not as cool or forgiving as he sounds, he says.
There are other verses that say other things, but it feels like this is the right way to go with the haiku.
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Service Details is a page in the Create MySQL Cloud Service wizard you use to create a new database deployment. For more information, see Creating a MySQL Server Deployment.
The following table describes the key information shown on the Service Details page.
The number of Oracle Compute Units (OCPUs) and amount of memory (RAM) for each compute node of the new database deployment. MySQL Cloud Service offers several OCPU/RAM combinations, as described in Computing Power.
The SSH public key to be used for authentication when using an SSH client to connect to a compute node of the new deployment.
Click Edit to specify the public key, either by uploading a file containing the public key value or by pasting in the value of a public key.
The name of the MySQL Database Server administration user. Default is root.
Must not exceed 64 characters. Can contain letters, numbers and special characters (_,$).
The character set used by the server.
Select a timezone for the MySQL server. The default is SYSTEM which sets the timezone of the MySQL server to the same value used by the compute node. See MySQL Cloud Service Supported Timezonesfor a complete list.
The port on which the server listens. The range of available ports is 3200 to 3399. The default is 3306.
Controls whether MySQL Enterprise Monitor is installed. Select Yes to install, No to decline.
User name of the MySQL Enterprise Monitor's manager user.
The password for the manager user.
Name of the Agent user. This user is used by the MySQL Enterprise Agents to connect to the MySQL Service Manager and relay the information collected about the host on which the agent is installed and any MySQL instances installed on that host.
No agent installations are provided at this time. It is currently only possible to install the MySQL Enterprise Service Manager, which can monitor any MySQL instances, local or remote, using a built-in agent.. If you want to monitor MySQL instances installed on other MySQL Cloud Service instances, you can configure the MySQL Service Manager to monitor them, but cannot monitor a remote host's operating system, file system, or network interfaces. Although agent installations are not currently possible, it is mandatory to define an Agent User and Password to properly configure the MySQL Enterprise Monitor. These parameters can be changed later.
The password for the agent user.
Both Cloud Storage and Local Storage—backups are configured to be created automatically and stored both on local storage and on an Oracle Storage Cloud Service container.
Cloud Storage Only—backups are configured to be created automatically and stored in an Oracle Storage Cloud Service container. No local backup is created for this option.
For more information about backups and backup configurations, see About Backing Up Databases on MySQL Cloud Service.
If the account does not include an Object Storage service entitlement or if the region selected is an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure region, the container field is not autopopulated.
The Create Cloud Storage Container checkbox is enabled by default to create the container the first time a MySQL Cloud Service instance is created on the ID domain. To use a different name, change the container string to the desired container name.
Do not use the storage container that you are using to back up MySQL Cloud Service deployments to cloud storage for any other purpose. For example, do not also use it to back up Oracle Java Cloud Service instances to cloud storage. Using the container for multiple purposes can result in billing errors.
To determine the storage-instance-specifier value for your account, see About REST URLs for Oracle Storage Cloud Service Resources in Using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic .
The user name of a user who has read/write access to the specified Oracle Storage Cloud Service container.
The password necessary to access the location specified in Cloud Storage Container.
For database deployments in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, enter the Auth Token generated in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for the user that you specified. For more information, see Prerequisites for Oracle Platform Services on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure documentation.
(Not available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) Enabled by default. Create a new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Classic container as part of the database deployment creation, if the container does not exist already. Specify the container name and the Cloud Storage user name and password in the preceding fields.
If Yes is selected, enables you to populate, or initialize, the new database with the data stored in an existing backup, in cloud storage.
The cloud storage user name.
Click to cancel the wizard without creating a new database deployment.
Click to advance to the Confirmation page.


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GOVERNMENT / RTI POWERS FOR THE CAG
What good is an auditor without information?
A recent letter written by the CAG Shashikant Sharma to the finance minister, seeking access to required information through RTI, exposes once more the lacunae in the powers of the Supreme Audit Institution. Himanshu Upadhyaya analyses the debate around the issue.
A news story that appeared recently in a couple of mainstream dailies drew attention to the Comptroller and Auditor General's attempts to take recourse to the "Right to Information (RTI)" route to obtain information necessary for effective audits of government finances and decision making.
The trigger for the news story appears to be a letter that Shashi Kant Sharma wrote to the finance minister Arun Jaitley on 16 June, demanding that the constitutionally established Supreme Audit Institute of India be given "RTI powers to access information" and a penal provision "be included in the existing CAG (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Services) Act, 1971 to make it mandatory for furnishing of information in a time bound manner".
This report does not tell us if the finance ministry did eventually reply to the CAG's June letter. It is likely that even this letter has met with the typical response that many queries by CAG audit officials do during the course of auditing, that is, one of brazen silence.
Shashi Kant Sharma, the CAG of India. Pic: Press Information Bureau
The report also mentions an amendment bill that has been hanging fire since 2009. Around the time of the biannual conference of Auditors General in the year 2008, the CAG fraternity had started voicing concerns over the need to amend the CAG (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Services) Act, 1971. During the deliberation in that conference, the CAG fraternity conveyed a sense that this constitutional institute had started to feel a little disempowered in the absence of CBI and CIC like powers. More details on the deliberation can be read at http://indiatogether.org/cagconf-government
Following these discussions and an "in-principle" agreement by the ministry, it appears that a proposed draft bill for amending the CAG (DPC) Act, 1971 was submitted to the Finance Ministry for the first time in November 2009. Since the Finance ministry suggested a few changes to it, a revised amendment draft was subsequently submitted on February 28, 2011, which has not progressed since.
While section 18 of the CAG (DPC) Act, 1971 provides audit officials the power to seek records and accounts, and empowers them to inspect any offices of state and central governments and public sector undertakings, it does not provide these officials with any enforcement powers to ensure compliance.
Where the audited entity consistently tries to put roadblocks in the CAG auditors' efforts to seek access to records, the audit report ends up exhibiting paragraphs such as the one below, taken from the CAG's performance audit report on the implementation of NRHM in Uttar Pradesh:
"Audit has been constrained due to non-production/ delay in production of records at the different tiers of government. During the course of audits at many units, it was informed that the records were either not available in full or available at all and in quite a few instances, original records had not been maintained, particularly relating to accounts." (Emphasis added)
Is RTI the way out?
Ironically, however, while CAG offices are covered under the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005 by virtue of being public offices as defined under RTI provisions, the CAG of India has been denied access to information by none less than the Chief Information Commission at least on one occasion.
It was in the year 2008 that the then CAG of India wished to initiate a performance audit on the implementation of the Right to Information Act and wrote to the then Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) requesting access to records. Curiously, the CIC shot back a reply denying access to files.
Although, there had been similar performance audits on the implementation of laws earlier, CIC took such a view since it thought of itself as a quasi-judicial body, whose decisions can only be challenged by writ in High Courts. This went on record in a news report by Manoj Mitta.
What should the then CAG of India have done in response to CIC's stand? Of course, he had an option to indulge in a long drawn process of correspondence with the CIC. In such correspondence, he could have shared with the CIC the earlier performance audits carried out by the CAG of India of laws such as Manual Scavengers Abolition and Rehabilitation Act, and explaining the constitutional mandate and powers.
In the event of failure to secure its objective even after such a long drawn process, the CAG of India could have gone ahead and sought an intervention from the court of law. There are indeed instances of the CAG of India asserting the constitutional mandate in an uncompromising fashion from earlier times.
In the mid-1980s, a prominent chairman of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), a public institution, denied CAG officials access to records and files. Worse still, in his memoirs titled I too had a Dream, Dr Verghese Kurien narrates the incident in a boastful manner by calling the attempted (and aborted) audit of NDDB an effort towards settling personal scores and positioning his active efforts of resistance as an act of defending autonomy.
When Kurien got his memoirs published, the matter was still sub judice, as the Delhi High Court had not yet passed its judgment. The judgment, which came subsequently in the year 2009, went in favour of the CAG of India, but the legal arguments had by then stretched over more than a decade.
Responding to the latest instance of the CAG writing to Jaitley, Ramaswamy Iyer, Former Secretary, Water Resources and someone who has worked in the Indian Accounts and Audit Department, says, "I was under the impression that the CAG already has the power to ask for all information and documents needed for discharging his constitutional responsibilities. Ministries and offices may be recalcitrant in providing information and material sought by CAG, but no one to my knowledge has questioned CAG's right to ask for it."
CAG conference: Caged tiger, much ado
Nothing to audit
Iyer further explains to India Together that by not insisting on his constitutional right and seeking instead the right to invoke the RTI, the CAG is in fact weakening his position. "Implicit in the proposal is the admission that he cannot do anything that is not literally and specifically stated in the CAG's Act. That is a dangerous position to adopt."
This has, in fact, long formed the crux of discourse on the CAG's powers. Former Deputy CAG of India, Dr. B. P. Mathur in his 2007 book titled, Government, Accountability and Public Audit asks a pertinent question: "While audit notices systematic violation of law, rules and regulations by departmental officers, it is unable to take an effective action to prevent them for want of an effective deterrence in its hand. Should Audit simply be content to report such matters to the concerned departments, who attempt to obfuscate the issue, or should (it) have power to recover the money?"
Drawing parallels with the powers bestowed on similar supreme audit institutions in other advanced countries, Dr. Mathur cites in particular the examples of Japan, New Zealand, France, South Korea, China, Thailand and Australia. Having discussed the legal provisions available to the offices of these audit institutions, which enable them to enforce responsiveness to audit queries, Dr. Mathur suggests in his 2007 book that "if the powers analogous to Commission of Enquiry Act are extended to CAG of India officials while carrying out auditing task, it will give teeth to audit in carrying on its investigations."
Dr. Mathur also argues that "The office of the CAG of India should be granted powers to summon officials to give evidence on oath and power to compel departments to provide records within a specified time schedule".
A paper by Noriaki Katsuno, 'Adjudication and Demand for Disciplinary Action – Japanese System' (Asian Journal of Government Audit, 1994) describes the adjudication process of the Board of Audit in that country. Under this process, the Board of Audit is entitled to demand that the head of the auditee agency take disciplinary action against defaulting officials, when it finds that grave loss to the State has been caused by him or her, either deliberately or due to gross negligence.
In 2005, India's Right to Information Act granted to commissioners at State Information Commission and the Central Information Commission powers to hear appeal from a citizen, who has failed to receive certain government records from a public office; It also granted the same officials powers to summon defaulting officers in the course of adjudication. In the backdrop of this and the enthusiasm around the notion of 'social audit', it remains a curious irony that the constitutional audit agency is asked to function without such legal powers.
This raises the question if the public accountability discourse in India is still starry-eyed with 'new bureaucracies' in place, and scarce attention being paid to crippling constraints under which our constitutional institutions function.
After almost six years of a long-drawn process, the CAG of India must now reflect on what would be the best route to regain its position, one in which its constitutionally mandated duties may be performed unhindered. It wouldn't be going beyond its constitutional brief if it sends out a strong message to government offices and officers that it audits that the other name for it is 'Supreme Audit Institution of India', and that it does not take silence as an acceptable response to audit queries.
However, even as it sends out such a message, it also needs to initiate the process of building more participatory debate over its proposed amendments to the CAG (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Services) Act. Meanwhile, we keenly await the Finance Minister's response to the letter from the CAG, reminding him about the draft amendment bill.
Himanshu Upadhyaya
Himanshu Upadhyaya ia a Bangalore-based researcher focusing on public finance and accountability issues.
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Ferguson protests over fatal police shooting continue
Fri Aug 22, 2014 12:5PM GMT3
A large number of people in the US state of Missouri have held another demonstration, demanding the arrest of a white police officer who shot dead a black teenager earlier this month.
The demonstration was held in Ferguson on Thursday night, 12 days after the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown that fuelled racial tensions in the predominantly black town.
Ferguson has been the scene of violent clashes between police and protesters since the shooting of Brown, who was shot six times and killed by police in the Saint Louis suburb of Ferguson.
It was the second straight night of orderly protests, after previous marches descended into standoffs with police who fired tear gas to disperse the crowds.
The Missouri governor has ordered the withdrawal of National Guard troops from the town, where tensions have now eased.
On August 15, Ferguson police identified Darren Wilson as the officer who shot and killed the unarmed Africa-American teenager.
Wilson has been on paid administrative leave since the fatal shooting. He has not even been arrested or charged with the crime.
Witnesses say Brown was surrendering with his hands up as Wilson shot him.
On August 14, President Barack Obama called for "peace and calm" and urged police to respect protesters. He also demanded an investigation into the killing.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/22/376196/us-protests-over-police-murder-continue/


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A visit to the Antique Auto Club of America's annual fall meet in Hershey PA presented this site's gate keepers with a dilemma. Our focus has long been to highlight cars as they are — uncurated, so to speak — in their natural environment. That means that auctions and car shows are removed from our consideration set.
If the shoe fits, drive it.
We've never seen a dry Kurtis before, let alone a wet one.
One piece at a time..
Speaking of pick up trucks, there's not much to talk about here.
This entry was posted in AMC, Buick, Cadillac, Chrysler, DeLorean, Ford, GMC, Honda, Isetta, Jaguar, Jeep, Kaiser, Kurtis, Lincoln, Mercedes Benz, Metropolitan, Packard, Plymouth, Uncategorized, Volvo 122S, Willys and tagged 60 Olds, AACA, Buick Reatta, Hershey, Model T Ford on 10/15/2018 by feralcars.
Art + Cars = feral fun!
We're excited to be involved with DRIVEN, an event that features the drawings of Eric Nash and some of his automotive subject matter in the flesh. If you find yourself anywhere near Palm Springs on February 19th please come on by. Eric's art is nothing short of brilliant and we intend to populate the curb with some freaky feral finds.
Host for the event is ZZ Top's Billy F Gibbons who knows a thing or two about cool cars. Here he is with a fine '66 Mercury.
Click here for an interview with Eric Nash by Angela Romeo. The guy is a talent!
Billy Gibbons spoke to Autoline about some the cars in his collection. Good stuff.
And here's "that Gibbons boy" enlisting the help of Manny, Moe & Jack to help with an "out of round" tire.
This entry was posted in Jeep, Lincoln, Mercury, Rattles + Squeaks, Willys and tagged Billy Gibbons, Eric Nash, ZZ Top on 01/07/2014 by feralcars.
You may have read a previous post that concerned the '69 – '71Lincoln Continental Mark III, called by some "the French Connection Continental." If not, you can catch up right here.
We hesitate to feature another one of these so soon but this '71, wearing Paint Code S (Gray Gold Metallic), comes with some very impressive stats, a charmingly variegated finish and, oh yeah, it's looking for a home. We're not used car brokers so you're on your own here but we were very impressed with the info provided by soon-to-be former owner Keith Burke. The car is all original, for better or worse, but we think mostly for the better. To wit, it's only got 42,900 miles on the clock and his asking price is south of $4000. On the "for worse" side of the issue is the fact this Mark III spent quite a few years outside. That's "outside" as in "outside in Iowa" which is, we're told, not the most hospitable circumstance for the preservation of fine automotive finishes. It's resting in Palm Springs at the moment, by the way.
Nothing to hide or be ashamed of and something of a mark of authenticity.
We like it the way it is and the rust you see doesn't seem to be invasive or advancing. The cool move, of course, would be to strip away the vinyl top which was only a clever styling trick to hide weld seams on the car's roof. Have some go-getter body shop sand the seams away and paint it all one color. We've seen one like that and it has some very serious presence. The vinyl treatment reminds one of a hairpiece on a bald guy: you know he'd be more dignified without it.
The interior is original and in excellent shape and, apart from the rust found mostly where the vinyl top ends and reality begins, this car is most impressive at a distance. Yet, we think it can get through the age of HD even with that crackled paint and rust which is, technically, oxidation and that has something to with oxygen and that's what we need to breathe so it can't really be all that bad, can it?
Again, nothing to hide except, perhaps, an imaginary spare tire.
The ever so eleganté faux spare tire in the back it wears its crackled finish patina in a lovely Grey Gardens/Sunset Boulevard kind of way, don't you think?
If you're interested in contacting Keith let us know and we'll connect you. We have no role or participation in any commercial transactions that may result from such a connection and, no, we don't mean the French kind, either.
Speaking of which, we found this terrific clip from the film that features the car in several scenes, both in New York and in Marseilles. Go get 'em, Popeye Doyle!
Include your name, location of the car and some thoughts about the vehicle and we'll look into getting it the attention it deserves.
This entry was posted in Lincoln, Lincoln Continental on 11/18/2013 by feralcars.
Popeye Doyle has his eye on you.
His highest common denominator approach brought profits quickly as the '69 – '71 generation of Continental was a significant sales success. The first model year saw production come within a mere 500 units of Cadillac's more entrenched Eldorado. This splendid, very much in service, "III" wears jaunty blue and white livery and sports the de rigueur vinyl roof. We've seen at least one that left the factory without such and the roof line, unadorned, makes the design all the more intimidating.
Couldn't help notice that a latter day pretender to the Mark III's heritage is parked directly behind this Nixon era, pre-Watergate, stunner. It's a Mark VII built in the same Wixom, Michigan plant as its forebear but quite subdued and only minimally flamboyant. Yes, they dulled it down in the 80's and early 90's but there is still that faux tire hump, a hold over from the glory years.
License plate research indicates French baddie's "voiture américaine de grande luxe" was registered in Bourges.
We found a '71 Mark III on Ebay in a color that the official designation, "Light Goldenrod Yellow," doesn't begin to describe. It's a MUST SEE The "Buy It Now" price of $19,900 seems fair in light of the paltry 32,000 (original?) miles. Get your bid in now and use this beauty at home and abroad!
If you've stalked a feral car and would like to submit a photo of it for posting please send it to us: info (at) feralcars (dot)com Include your name, location of the car and some thoughts about the vehicle and we'll look into getting it posted.
This entry was posted in Lincoln, Lincoln Continental, Uncategorized on 10/22/2013 by feralcars.


Dip/salad of chickpeas with chickpeas, pine nuts & olive oil.
This is the best hummus available to us on this wet island. In the Middle East, hummus is silky smooth and this comes close, and it's only for it's extra ingredients that it's not perfect. Morrison's own brand version, along with every other supermarket's is the wrong chickpeas, undercooked, not nearly enough tahini. I've been trying to find out the ethics of this company, can Morrisons shine any more light? Is it made by gun-toting American zionists? Is it a Jewish/Palestinian collaboration? A small family business?
I love hummus and was looking forward to trying this. What a disappointment, it was tasteless, very oily and had no texture to, it as if it had been over processed. I will never buy this again.
I guess its down to personal taste but I found this product exceptionally oily, almost slimy with a very bland taste. Not pleasant.
While this is a little more expensive than the supermarket brand houmus, it is so much nicer. The texture and flavour is a cut above. You definitely get what you pay for here.


Pinewood School is nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Drawing from diverse communities throughout the San Francisco Peninsula and greater San Jose area, Pinewood is comprised of students who seek rigorous academics and support a high standard of character. Pinewood provides a nurturing environment where our students are encouraged to grow as considerate, adventurous, expressive, self-aware young people, prepared for their top- choice colleges and for meaningful and productive lives.
A non-refundable, tuition deposit of $2,500 is required of all new and returning students. The deposit amount will be credited against the annual tuition due.
The tuition above includes textbooks, workbooks, yearbooks, art supplies, day field trips, and special assemblies.
School lunches may be ordered through the Epicurean Group; this is an optional program. Payments are made directly to the vendor through an online system.
Overnight field trips (grades 4-12), although not mandatory, constitute a core part of the school program and are charged separately from tuition and any other fees. These amounts are announced each year, well in advance of the events.
The tuition above includes textbooks, workbooks, yearbooks, art supplies, day field trips, special assemblies, and iPads (grades 7-12) that are school property but taken home by the students.
At Pinewood, we offer financial assistance for families who demonstrate financial need. While Pinewood's financial aid budget is limited, we encourage families who need assistance to apply. The financial assistance process is separate from the admissions process and the two must be done during the admissions season if a family anticipates the need for aid. We use FAST, which is a third-party vendor to assist us with the online application and gathering the financial data which helps us determine how much assistance we can offer.
Submit an application through FAST by January 15, 2019.
Upload 2018 tax returns to your FAST application through the FAST website by March 1, 2019.
The Financial Assistance Committee reviews the FAST report and notifies parents with the decision letter on March 15, 2019.
All information concerning financial aid is held in confidence by Pinewood School. Only the Financial Assistance Committee will review this information.
Most independent schools, including Pinewood School, rely upon charitable gifts beyond tuition income to support school programs. The Annual Fund First campaign provides the resources that make the difference between a good education and a truly exceptional one, where innovative ideas for teaching and learning are not held back by operating budget constraints. Pinewood depends on the participation of our entire community to support the Annual Fund First Campaign. We invite you to make a gift this year and every year. Every gift, no matter the size, is important.


On this site we will publish important practical information about the summer courses, 2019. Please stay updated on this site, before contacting us with questions. We do our best to answer all of your requests, but do to our small staff, our capsity to do so, is unfortunatly limited.
Participants, parents and siblings who are living at Valdres folkehøgskole have free acess to some of the festival concerts. The bracelet you recieve at check-in, will be you ticket to theese concerts. If you wish to attend other concerts, you can purchase tickets at our home page.
We urge you to read the following information about the courses carefully!
All participants under the age of 18 will stay at Valdres folkehøgskole, Leira (participants under the age of 11 has to have a guardian with them for the summerschool).
All participants over the age of 18 will be staying at the hotel in Fagernes.
Participants aged 18 years or older, according to our rules and Norwegian law, are responsible for themselves, and must make sure to be on time for rehearsals and concerts and otherwise follow our rules and regulations.
Bus to the opening concert at Valdres folkemuseum 17.20 pm for all participants. Please make sure you have your bracelet with you, that are handed out durng check-in.
Departure on June 26th will be after the final concert that starts at 11.00 am and finish around 13.00.
MANDATORY INFORMATION MEETING right after the concert!
Participants at "Kammerakademiets sommerkurs" will have their own concert at Valdres high school at 13.00, and departure will be straight after the concert finish.
The information-meeting at the first day is mandatory for all participants, even if you have attended the course earlier.
Upon registration and check-in, all participants will be handed an envelope with their individual schedule, read this carefully.
During the course it is important to keep track of information that will be posted outside the dining room at folkehøgskolen, in the lobby at the hotel, or given orally.
All participant will, in addition to orchestra rehersals, be given individual lessons during the course. Please prepare and make sure to bring an extra copy of the piece/pieces you would like to play for your teacher.
We will send the sheet music directly to your email. Make sure you print and rehears them before the course starts.
Our course leaders have a responsibility for all participants' safety and welfare. Helene Sinding-Larsen shares this responsibility with our course manager Anne Camilla Furre Thommesen. They also have a number of assistens avaliable day and night.
The only information distributed by email will be the admission-letter and the correct sheet music for your course. We will try to be of help in any way we can, but unfortunately our capacity to handle detail oriented questions for all participants are limited.
If you have allergies or other needs that we should be aware of, that you did not write in your registration, please send an email about this to anne.camilla.furre.thommesen@sommersymfoni.no at your earliest convenience.
PLEASE NOTE: Every year there are several participants with strong allergies to nuts. We therefore urge everyone to pay special attention to this by NOT bringing or purchasing food that contain nuts. Such food/products will not be allowed. (Some chips are made with nut oil, and is therefore not allowed. If you are unsure, read the description on the item).
Your instrument with all necessary equipment. Please make sure that your instrument is in good condition.
All strings: please bring extra strings, rosin, mute, an extra bow (if you have one) and a shoulder rest - if you use this.
Music Stand (with name and number).
Solo sheet music. Remember an original copy for the accompanist and one for your teacher.
All other orchestra music. You have to print the sheet music that we sent you and bring them along. You will not be able to print during the course.
Clothes, remember that the weather in Norway can vary from warm and sunny to rainy and cold in one day. Check the weather report and pack accordingly.
Swimwear and extra bath towel. There will be trips to the lake if the weather allows it.
If you bring electronic equipment, please remember to bring a charger.
Drinkingbottle - the Norwegian tabwater is always drinkable.