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St. Irenaeus of Lyons quotes. June 28: Saint Irenaeus of Lyons.
June 28: Saint Irenaeus of Lyons. Bishop and Martyr, writer, theologian, defender of the faith, and Doctor of the Church.
3-When we stand in the light it is not we who illumine the light and cause it to shine but we are illuminated and made shining by the light… God grants his blessings on those who serve him because they are serving him and on those who follow him because they are following him, but he receives no blessing from them because he is perfect and without need.
4- Because of his boundless love, Jesus became what we are that he might make us to be what he is.
6-But following the only true and stedfast Teacher, the Word of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, who did, through His transcendent love, become what we are, that He might bring us to be even what He is Himself.
7- And when we come to refute them, we shall show in its fitting place that this class of men [i.e., the gnostics] has been instigated by satan to a denial of that baptism which is regeneration to God, and thus to a denial of the whole faith (by denying all physical aspects of spirituality, including the incarnatian and bodily resurrection of Jesus).
8- The church has been planted as a paradise in this world.
9- It is not necessary to seek the truth among others which it is easy to obtain from the Church; since the apostles, like a rich man [depositing his money] in a bank, lodged in her hands most copiously all things pertaining to the truth.
10- A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject; knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
Saint Irenaeus was born around the year 130. Educated in Smyrna, he became the disciple of Saint Polycarp, bishop of that city.
In the year 177 he was ordained a priest in Lyons in France and shortly thereafter was made bishop of Lyons.
He composed works defending the Catholic faith against errors of the Gnostics, and it is said that he received the martyr's crown around the year 200.


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BUTTER Music and Sound's Music Supervisor/Head of A&R, Kayla Monetta Chats with Shots
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BUTTER Music and Sound's Music Supervisor/Head of A&R, Kayla Monetta, talks us through how a decade in the music industry can prepare you for the role and how learning how to get over song-attachment is an important job lesson.
Who are some contemporaries that you admire, and why?
Since my job is a mix of Music Supervision and A&R, I find myself working with a lot of sync licensing companies, labels, and publishers. A company I really admire is an independent sync licensing company called Low Profile. In my opinion, they are one of the most progressive companies when it comes to A&R signings, and the very artist-friendly deals they have with their artists. I hope that other companies will follow suit.
In terms of music supervision, I really look up to supervisors like Zack Cowie (Master of None), Brienne Rose (Russian Doll), and Mat Biffa (End of the F***ing World), to name a few. The music they selected for all three of these shows (for example) acted as almost another character itself in each episode. When music is able to take the place of dialogue successfully, you know that it works.
Please share 3-4 pieces of work that you think best embodies excellence in your profession, and explain why?
Aside from the above TV show standouts, there are a few memorable ads that had outstanding supervision recently. I think we can all remember Facebook's Never Lost ad featuring Kae Tempest, with music supervision from Droga5. It serves as a perfect example of how music steps in as the main form of dialogue.
This might be an obvious pick, but it's important to note that the Apple iPhone X commercial featuring Sofi Tukker pretty much changed the sound of advertising. To this day, brands are still looking for Sofi Tukker soundalikes due to this ad. I used to work at the band's publishing company and saw first-hand how much this commercial changed the trajectory of their careers. A huge win for everyone.
What do you like most about the work that you do?
Right now my Music Supervision work is primarily rooted in commercial advertising. My goal is to always try to steer a client in the direction of licensing a track from an unknown or smaller artist so they receive enough money to keep them going, record another album, etc.
There are artists I have worked with in the past who have told me that a commercial I helped place their music in allowed them to quit their day job. That's the best thing to hear for someone in a role like mine, and is ultimately why I do what I do.
What is the process for becoming a Music Supervisor/Head of A&R?
When I was younger and had dreams of becoming a Music Supervisor, I remember reading interviews exactly like this in hopes that it would help me navigate this often misunderstood and – at times – cliquey industry. My path to becoming a Music Supervisor and Head of A&R was definitely not conventional. I started my career interning at record labels, music PR companies and booking agencies. My early roles in the music industry included writing about music for Vice's music channel Noisey, label marketing at Downtown Records and Cult Records, and doing PR for bands. I loved music and wanted to have well-rounded experience across multiple parts of the industry to understand the bigger picture.
I think it's really important for people in roles like mine to have had industry experience on the artist or label side of things. There is a level of exploitation I have seen artists, unfortunately, have to endure due to working with people who have no idea what an album release actually entails. You hear this a lot, but for me, it really is all about who you know. I was able to shift into the world of licensing and supervision through my years of work and experience in the industry, and the trust I earned by working in various roles over the years with managers, labels, artists, etc. Also, a lot of cold emailing 🙂
What is one thing all Music Supervisor / Head of A&R's need?
On a technical level, it's a necessity to have close personal relationships with labels and publishers. In my opinion, it is also necessary to have Disco, the music software system most music supervisors use. It's completely changed the game with receiving files and organizing millions of songs. I would truly die without it.
On an emotional level, patience and a flexible ego. A lot of people glorify the role of a Music Supervisor as this crazy creative job where you get to listen and curate music all day. I would say that is 50% of the job, on a good day. The bulk of the work involves negotiating fees within the budget you are given to work with, and in some cases, educating the client on how music supervision and licensing works. This requires a lot of patience. There are also times where you can get so attached to a song you present to the director or client that they end up not selecting it; this is where having a flexible ego (or losing it entirely) is a necessity.
Did you have a mentor? Who was it?
I've had a handful of mentor figures who have helped me throughout my career, and I feel very lucky they happen to be women. One person who really took a chance on me was Natalie Cervelli, who previously oversaw all ad licensing at Third Side Publishing. I was very eager to work there and learn about licensing, and she really took a chance on me and taught me the ins and outs of the business.
Some companies are structured in ways that don't necessarily incentivize employees to expand beyond the scope of their job descriptions, but Natalie really made it a point to teach me how everything worked, and even shared clients with me. This type of mentorship is rare, and I hope I can one day want to pay it forward to someone else who is hungry to break into the industry.
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Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood.
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The blood used in an emergency is already on the shelves before the event occurs.
Sickle cell disease affects more than 70,000 people in the U.S. About 1,000 babies are born with the disease each year. Sickle cell patients can require frequent blood transfusions throughout their lives.


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Animated gifs and animations of ashtrays to share on social networks, download or send to other phones for Whatsapp, Line or Skype. Container intended for collecting cigarette ash and off and pick up cigarette butts. Utensils to snuff ash does not stain or fall where it should not. Container to collect the ashes of snuff. This is planar devices for support cigars to the ash deposited in them. Practical and decorative objects that serves to maintain cleanliness in the house. Article related to the snuff and smoking. It is a necessary for smokers who can leave the ashes of cigarettes unstained nothing object. Usually of glass, wood or materials of different kinds. Container to collect the ashes of snuff. Receptacle for ash from cigarettes and cigars. Ashtrays are typically made of fireproof material such as glass, heat-resistant plastic, pottery, metal, or rock.


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On Saturday, October 18th, the collective will stage another global protest against the Church of Scientology, exposing various frightening realities by way of Halloween-based themes. As with other Anonymous gatherings, the global protest will be a peaceful event, with participants using costumes and humour to inform the public of the very real dangers presented by the Church of Scientology.
Nightmare on LRH Way, the theme embraced by Los Angeles Anonymous, will showcase the group's interpretation of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard's life; the macabre theme will show the stark contrast between reality and the fiction sold to his followers. London and several cities will be host to Anonymous zombie hordes, meant to educate the public on Scientology's brainwashing practices. Other locations, including Boston, will see the dead rise to bring attention to the long list of suspicious deaths tied to the Church.
Anonymous is also happy to announce the unveiling of Chanology's new abode on the internet, http://forums.whyweprotest.net. Recent problems led to the loss of Anonymous' previous home, leaving many without a place to gather. In the downtime, WhyWeProtest.net's sister site, Scientology-Exposed.com, has done a wonderful job of bringing the global members of Anonymous together, and will continue to serve as both an ongoing meeting place and a backup when needed.


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UAE: Russian doctors undergo special training at Gulf Medical University
Dubai - Around 40 senior medical professors and physicians from Moscow undertook a training programme in Ajman.
By Saman Haziq
Around 40 senior medical professors and physicians from Moscow have recently undertaken a training programme at the Gulf Medical University in Ajman called "Fundamentals of Assessment in Medical Education".
The university has become the first in the Arabian Gulf region to offer this course, which aims to equip medical professors and healthcare practitioners with skills to assess and evaluate resident doctors, who have finished their training, and also practising specialist doctors for accreditation and re-accreditation.
The five-day programme was developed by Professor Dr Hossam Hamdy, the chancellor and professor of surgery and medical education at GMU, along with a series of training and workshops for the Russian delegates.
"The programme came about after the Russian department of health asked the GMU to train and run a course for senior physicians and head of the departments of top medical hospitals and universities in Moscow," Dr Hamdy told Khaleej Times.
"The health department was putting in place a new system of assessment of doctors. They sought our help to design a short course for the Russian doctors too since we are running a master's programme on similar lines."
Dr Hamdy designed the five-day course that covers various aspects of medical assessment of doctors. " Under this programme, the department of health of Moscow sends groups of 20 healthcare professionals of different specialities to Ajman to undergo the five-day course at the end of which they get certificates of competence in assessment of clinical competencies," he said.
Since most delegates are not fluent in English, all the slides and lectures of the five-day course are translated for them. Live translations are also provided for the Russians by three doctors/translators, who accompany the delegates and act as mediators between Dr Hamdy and the trainees.
"Once the course is completed, these healthcare professionals will go back and use the most advanced simulation, which I have helped them in developing and taught them how to use, in conducting the medical examination to assess clinical competencies of doctors."
"The use of advanced technologies and principles of assessing professional behaviour of doctors will ensure the society of a high quality of medical care," Dr Hamdy added.
The course, Dr Hamdy said, was another feather in the UAE's cap as it would help promote the country as a destination not only for medical education.
Dr Zalim Balkizov, MD, Ph.D and associate professor of medicine in the department of health, Moscow, said: "We're setting up a new system of assessment and accreditation. We need trained experts who will be responsible for the assessment of physicians. This is the reason why we're bringing groups of practitioners and health care professionals to the GMU to get trained on the latest techniques required for assessment."
The training includes fundamentals of assessment, general principles of assessments and also specific topics such as how to create multiple choice questions, and how to set standards in assessment.
"Based on their assessment material, we will then employ people to hospitals in Moscow and also run re-accreditation programmes for medical doctors," he said.
A contract was signed by Dr Hamdy and Koff Nataliya Evgenievna, the acting director of Center for Accreditation and Professional Development in the field of Healthcare, Moscow.
The agreement aims to promote cooperation in medical training and enhance competencies of health personnel across health specialties.


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More Trucking Videos
More trucking videos I like. Ok these are not truck videos just some I happen to like and wanted to share with everyone.
This first video is amazing.
Be sure to watch this in full screen so you can get the full effect.
Be sure to read this write up before you open the performance - you'll probably re-read it after seeing the video, then watch it again.....it is astonishing!!!
This video shows the winner of 2009's " Ukraine 's Got Talent", Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch.
The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears and she won the top prize of about $75,000.
She begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated.
It is replaced by a woman's face crying, but then a baby arrives and the woman smiles again. Once again war returns and Miss Simonova throws the sand into chaos from which a young woman's face appears.
She quickly becomes an old widow, her face wrinkled and sad, before the image turns into a monument to an Unknown Soldier.
This outdoor scene becomes framed by a window as if the viewer is looking out on the monument from within a house.
In the final scene, a mother and child appear inside and a man standing outside, with his hands pressed against the glass, saying goodbye.
The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine , resulted in one in four of the population being killed with eight to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million.
One art critic said: "I find it difficult enough to create art using paper and pencils or paintbrushes, but using sand and fingers is beyond me. The art, especially when the war is used as the subject matter, even brings some audience members to tears. And there's surely no bigger compliment."
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Trucking companies are failing to give drivers the education and tools they need to stay healthy. Simply offering health screenings is not enough. Living
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Michigan city plows ahead with climate plan amid pandemic
by Climatewire April 8, 2020 April 7, 2020
Credit: Kathy Toth / Flickr / Creative Commons
The first sentence of Ann Arbor, Michigan's new 2030 carbon neutrality plan says little about reducing greenhouse gases. It says a lot about managing two global crises at once.
"Even during the COVID-19 global pandemic, we face no greater threat than climate change," Mayor Christopher Taylor opened in an introductory letter to the nearly 100-page plan presented last week to the City Council.
"We see it in the spread of disease and infection," he added. "We know it's in disruptions to our supply chains, our agricultural systems, and our Great Lakes. We anticipate it in regards to the movement of people from vulnerable regions to areas with less susceptibility to climate disruption."
The Ann Arbor plan, known as "A²Zero," follows a November 2019 climate emergency declaration by the City Council. It was combined with an order for city staff to prepare a carbon neutrality blueprint in less than five months.
The deadline for presenting the plan was March 31, a time when coronavirus cases were skyrocketing in Michigan and a week after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued a statewide stay-at-home order to slow new COVID-19 infections.
"It was a big task to begin with," said Missy Stults, Ann Arbor's sustainability and innovations manager, in a telephone interview. "Then to launch it was even harder," because the rollout required a prerecorded video message rather than an open session where leaders and the public could interact in person.
"To release it at a time when we can't really say or do much, that's hard," Stults added. "But we really don't have a choice."
As for the report, its authors identify seven strategies and 44 specific actions for Ann Arbor to achieve carbon neutrality in 10 years. Among them: converting the city's power grid to 100% renewable energy, expanding public transit options, improving home and building energy efficiency, swapping fossil fuel-powered appliances and vehicles for electric-powered ones, and reducing vehicle miles traveled by at least 50%.
More specifically, the plan calls on Ann Arbor to cut 2.1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent coming from fossil fuel-based activities and services "used by residents, visitors, students, and businesses in Ann Arbor."
While acknowledging the plan "is audacious, ambitious, and inspirational," it also "outlines a concrete path for how we can immediately make progress towards that goal," the authors wrote.
Stults said the plan underwent extensive public review during meetings and town halls, as well as through three public opinion surveys and flyer distributions across the city. Most public comments to date have been supportive. But, she added, "I'd be disingenuous if I didn't say that about 5% of the response was not supportive."
Reprinted from Climatewire with permission from E&E News, LLC. E&E provides daily coverage of essential energy and environment news at www.eenews.net.
Tagged: clean energy, COVID-19, Michigan

Michigan city plows ahead with climate plan amid pandemic

by Climatewire, Energy News Network
April 8, 2020

 ©2020 E&E Publishing, LLC
Republished with permission

The first sentence of Ann Arbor, Michigan's new 2030 carbon neutrality plan says little about reducing greenhouse gases. It says a lot about managing two global crises at once.

"Even during the COVID-19 global pandemic, we face no greater threat than climate change," Mayor Christopher Taylor opened in an introductory letter to the nearly 100-page plan presented last week to the City Council.

"We see it in the spread of disease and infection," he added. "We know it's in disruptions to our supply chains, our agricultural systems, and our Great Lakes. We anticipate it in regards to the movement of people from vulnerable regions to areas with less susceptibility to climate disruption."

The Ann Arbor plan, known as "A²Zero," follows a November 2019 climate emergency declaration by the City Council. It was combined with an order for city staff to prepare a carbon neutrality blueprint in less than five months.

The deadline for presenting the plan was March 31, a time when coronavirus cases were skyrocketing in Michigan and a week after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued a statewide stay-at-home order to slow new COVID-19 infections.

"It was a big task to begin with," said Missy Stults, Ann Arbor's sustainability and innovations manager, in a telephone interview. "Then to launch it was even harder," because the rollout required a prerecorded video message rather than an open session where leaders and the public could interact in person.

"To release it at a time when we can't really say or do much, that's hard," Stults added. "But we really don't have a choice."

As for the report, its authors identify seven strategies and 44 specific actions for Ann Arbor to achieve carbon neutrality in 10 years. Among them: converting the city's power grid to 100% renewable energy, expanding public transit options, improving home and building energy efficiency, swapping fossil fuel-powered appliances and vehicles for electric-powered ones, and reducing vehicle miles traveled by at least 50%.

More specifically, the plan calls on Ann Arbor to cut 2.1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent coming from fossil fuel-based activities and services "used by residents, visitors, students, and businesses in Ann Arbor."

While acknowledging the plan "is audacious, ambitious, and inspirational," it also "outlines a concrete path for how we can immediately make progress towards that goal," the authors wrote.

Stults said the plan underwent extensive public review during meetings and town halls, as well as through three public opinion surveys and flyer distributions across the city. Most public comments to date have been supportive. But, she added, "I'd be disingenuous if I didn't say that about 5% of the response was not supportive."

This article first appeared on Energy News Network and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.


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Eun Na is working hard to help her father pay off a debt to a merciless lord when she meets two very different men by chance. One is a well-meaning noble who doesn't believe in magic. The other: a mysterious stranger who is forced to take the ethereal form of a ghost each night.
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Inspired by a folktale, this magical story is set in a fictional world based on historic Korea.
Elizabeth Pendry lives content with her books and imagination. When an unexpected visit from her aunt throws her life into disarray, Elizabeth seeks comfort from her imaginary fairy friends. Little does she know that fairies are real, and that someone hears her.
When Elizabeth first learns that magic and fairies are real, she enjoys believing in them. But when a dark and sinister magic threatens her family, she'll have to make the ultimate decision to protect them.
Long ago, dragons guarded the world. Now the world is in crisis, and the stars are falling, but that's not Beom's problem. Beom's problem is what should he do with a maiden who shimmered into existence and floated to the ground at his feet?
The lonely sea dragon, Yong, wants a bride.
Chung Jo wants her father to regain his sight.
They will strike a bargain, and Chung Jo travels to Yong's palace beneath the sea.
Beneath the sea, Chung Jo befriends a young servant of the sea dragon, and together they help Yong discover what it is to be loved.
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An Iyaganku Magistrates' court sitting in Ibadan has remanded a 25- year-old man, David Jacob, in prison for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 16- year-old teenager in Ibadan.
The Magistrate, Mrs Oluwayemisi Enilolobo, gave the order on Wednesday, after she held that her court lacked jurisdiction to adjudicate on the matter.
Enilolobo, therefore, ordered the remand of the accused at Agodi prison pending the advice from the Oyo state Department of Public Prosecution (DPP).
The accused plea was not taken and the magistrate adjourned the case till Jan.12, for mention.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accused, who resides at Olonde estate, Ologuneru, Ibadan, is facing a charge of unlawful carnal knowledge.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Olalekan Adegbite told the court that the accused allegedly had unlawful carnal knowledge of a teenager, 16, without her consent.
Adegbite said, " the defendant, Jacob happens to be one of the customers who patronised the food canteen operated by the elder brother of the victim, where she help him to sell food.
" David was alleged to have invited the victim to his house where he had unlawful carnal knowledge of her without her consent on Dec.1 8, 2017 at about 12 noon at Olonde estate, Ibadan", Adegbite said.


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October Horrorshow: The Legend of Boggy Creek
Author capcomPosted on October 11, 2019 October 12, 2019 Categories Empty Balcony, October Horrorshow, Shitty Movie Sundays
Joe Bob Briggs, drive-in movie reviewer and movie host extraordinaire, once referred to this strange film as a 'horror documentary musical reality show', and that pretty well sums things up. But, in the interest of being thorough, and to stretch out this review to over 600 words, a little more detail is in order.
The Legend of Boggy Creek comes to us from way back in 1972. The brainchild of local Arkansas TV personality Charles B. Pierce, Boggy Creek, to add to Joe Bob's flowing description, is a docudrama. It consists of dramatic recreations of encounters the people of Fouke, Arkansas had with a bigfoot-like creature in 1971. These stories were taken seriously enough to be featured in newspapers and on television.
Pierce decided this material would make for a great movie, so he convinced an advertising client of his to front some money, and off Pierce went to Fouke. With a budget of only a hundred grand, Pierce spent the winter of 1971-72 in Fouke shooting, with locals and students from the high school serving in his crew. Most of the cast play themselves. These are the people who claimed to be terrorized by the monster earlier in the year. Notable exceptions are Buddy Crabtree, who plays James Crabtree, and Jeff Crabtree, who plays Fred Crabtree. Why the real James and Fred Crabtree weren't available is anyone's guess, as Travis and Smokey Crabtree had no issue appearing in the film as themselves.
Pierce had his cast recount their run-ins with the beast, and plays the audio over the dramatic recreations. We see families cowering in rural cabins as the monster stalks around outside; we see a hunter stumble onto the monster washing its feet in Boggy Creek; we see the monster terrorize another family in a scaled-up version of an earlier encounter. At least, we can somewhat see these things happen. This flick didn't have the best camera (there was a single, rebuilt 35mm), lenses, or film stock, and prints haven't exactly been cared for in the five decades since its release. Everything is dark and muddy. In addition, all daytime scenes are very brown. Whether through age or incompetence, the print used for digital distribution is very degraded. One will have to be comfortable with barely discernible nighttime scenes and the color brown in daylight scenes if they are going to watch this flick.
During scenes when a guy in a bigfoot costume isn't standing thirty feet away from the camera, Pierce fills his movie with local flavor. We meet the residents of Fouke, including the many members of the Crabtree clan, and follow them throughout their day. Here, the film becomes an experience in pure Americana, and gripping shitty filmmaking.
The standout scene amongst these sequences is when Pierce follows Travis Crabtree as he spends a day in the bottoms of Boggy Creek fishing and trapping. Pierce added some music to this scene. Composed by Jaime Mendoza-Nava (a rare member of the production who had actual Hollywood experience), with lyrics and vocals by Pierce, the song, titled Nobody Sees the Flowers But Me, overlaying this scene makes for a shitty music video to rival that found in Truck Stop Women. And it's not the only contribution Pierce made to the soundtrack. He also sang and wrote the theme song — an introspective dirge about the loneliness of being a monster. Extraordinary stuff from a filmmaker who wasn't content to just produce, write, direct, photograph, and narrate his magnum opus. He had to serenade his audience, as well.
Normally in a shitty monster movie like this, the scenes between when monster stuff happens are the weakest. Not with this flick. In fact, it was the scenes with the monster that were the hardest to endure. They were slow, repetitive, and not all that interesting — mostly because it was so hard to see anything. The monster part of this monster movie is amateurish in the extreme. But the parts when we meet the people of Fouke are engaging.
This is a bizarre movie. Despite the shittiness, this thing went on to gross more than 20 million bucks. It became the 10th highest-grossing film of the year. That's amazing for a movie of such low quality. But, sometimes, things just click. Right time, right place, right movie, and Pierce made a haul. It has since become a cult classic.
The Legend of Boggy Creek looks bad, sounds bad, has bad music, bad special effects, bad narration, bad acting (sorry, people of Fouke), and it's about twenty minutes too long. But its charm and kitsch are through the freaking roof. That makes placing it in the Index a tough call. But, a film's value as a historical artifact bears no relation to its watchability, and that is what the Index is for. All this flick's bona fides don't mean too much if it's hard to sit through, and it is hard to sit through. The Legend of Boggy Creek tumbles down the Shitty Movie Sundays Watchability Index, landing with a howl and a wet, furry slap at #158, between Chernobyl Diaries and Prince of Darkness. This one is for shitty movie devotees and cult flick aficionados.
A couple of final notes. One, this might be the only horror film I've ever seen that earned a 'G' rating from the MPAA. Two, the trailer above is of much better quality than the print I saw, and there are a couple quick glimpses of the monster's face. It's a cheap mask, and a viewer can clearly see the actor's eyes. Glorious.
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When I arrived in Rijeka several years ago, one of the first things I learned about the city was that it plays host to one of the largest carnival celebrations in all of Europe, if not in all of the world. While growing up in the Midwest of the U.S., I was aware that the carnival tradition is celebrated with vigor in New Orleans, LA, but other than there, the tradition seemed largely ignored by most Americans. So imagine my surprise back in the mid-1990s, when just a few days after my arrival, my hosts brought me to Rijeka's center to participate in its grand event for a day I'll never forget.
That particular day was cold and blustery, as the fickle, late-winter weather along Rijeka's waterfront tends to be. The city's main business district, the Korzo, was swarming with people. It seemed as though dozens of foreign languages were being shouted out in all directions. There was music blaring, and thousands of colorful banners and streamers were flapping in the wind.
At first, I watched with heightened interest as group after group of costumed participants paraded down the Korzo, each group dressed in different matching outfits that were sponsored by various clubs and organizations from communities around the region. I can remember asking my friends a few relevant questions about the history of the tradition and the process of the parade, but after a short time in the cold, the wine and beer started flowing, and they started dancing and singing. Before I knew it, the party was in full swing and the details of the tradition no longer seemed important. I knew at that moment I had been infected with the spirit of carnival.
Because carnival, per se, is directly related to the Catholic season of Lent, it is a tradition that is celebrated across most of Europe. Over the years, I've had the opportunity to sample a few carnival festivals in other places and found that the style of celebration differs among each but the spirit does not. Venice, Italy, is probably most renowned for its carnival tradition, and its carnival has a more reserved atmosphere than what is offered in Rijeka. Cities in Austria, Hungary, France, Germany, and Spain, among other countries, are well known for putting on fantastic carnival celebrations as well.
It should be mentioned that carnival is a season rather than a single event. Its length varies from year to year, depending on the Catholic Lenten season and which week and month Easter Sunday falls on. Some years the carnival season lasts for as few as three weeks, while other years it goes on for as long as six weeks. In any case, the main event that takes place in Rijeka is the grand finale of a multi-week party that is celebrated there and in all of the villages in the surrounding region. During the carnival season, these nearby communities open their sports halls and community centers each Saturday night and provide music, food, and spirits– everything needed to draw the costumed revelers for a night of incognito fun.
The fun, however, isn't limited to disguised adults trying to put some spice into an otherwise uneventful time of year. The local authorities take care to include children in the festivities, and they support parades and celebrations in the larger communities for groups of children organized by schools, kindergartens, and other clubs and organizations.
This year was the 30th anniversary of the grand carnival parade that takes place on Rijeka's Korzo, which gave the atmosphere a dose of extra excitement. The 2013 season began on January 17th and ended on February 13th, Ash Wednesday, the traditional end to the carnival season. Various sources I've read stated that between ten and twenty thousand masked people participated in the parade, and well over one hundred thousand people enjoyed the festivities from the sidelines. This year's event was enhanced by nice weather, which was cold but sunny and clear for this time of year.
Over the last seventeen years, the event has grown and improved considerably in scope and organization. In my opinion, it has become more spectator-friendly. Food stalls are more plentiful, face-painting and souvenir stands are commonplace, and cafés, restaurants, and local shops have become better staffed and prepared for the influx of business.
On the negative side, suitable parking and lodging in Rijeka remains difficult to find, pickpockets have been known to work the crowds, and the noise level can be deafening. So if you are planning to join the party in the future, book your lodging well in advance, arrive early in the Rijeka center to find adequate parking, leave all unnecessary documents and valuables in your hotel, and bring a pair of earplugs to protect against the constant, blaring decibel levels.
Another suggestion that readers who are considering paying a visit to next year's carnival might value is to plan an extended trip of at least a few weeks to experience the carnival season in different settings. Anyone staying in Rijeka or Opatija can easily book an organized day trip to Venice (three hours by bus – usually every Saturday during the carnival season) from most travel agencies to sample a taste of two carnivals on one trip.
As I finish this article, the carnival season is officially drawing to a close. In fact, the Zvončari club from the village where I am writing this is marching down the street a short distance away.
The Zvončari tradition developed from pagan rituals of centuries past to scare away evil spirits and to stimulate new life in springtime. Nearly each village has its own Zvončari club which consists of men and boys wearing striped shirts, sheepskin capes, extremely large cowbells that make a deafening racket, and animal-head masks that are evil-looking enough to fascinate most adults and terrify most small children. Only minutes from now, the locals will burn the 'Pust,' a man-shaped puppet that has been hanging in the village center over the last several weeks. The Pust, who facetiously represents a local politician or prominent citizen, is blamed for all the disasters the community suffered during the previous year. At the proper time, charges against him are read by the local authorities before the puppet is set ablaze for his sins, thus bringing the carnival season to a close.
In conversations with many local Croats over the years, I have decided that carnival season isn't enjoyed by all with equal enthusiasm. Like everything else, there are people who scorn the noise and inconvenience of it all and others who look forward to the season with great joy. If you are one of the latter, then plan a visit to Rijeka, Croatia, one year in February or March. It would be worth the trip at least once in a lifetime. Below is the official link for the Rijeka carnival. Anyone thinking of coming in the future would be wise to reference it before planning their trip.
Douglas portrays accurately the pain, beauty, history and politics of the former Yugoslavia.
We are shown the greed, duplicity and military aggression of Serbia and Croatia.
The portrayal of events in Sarajevo is particularly well written. The reader feels as if he is there dodging the bullets. Douglas has told it the way I believe it really happened. There is far more reality here than can be found in the novel Goodbye Sarajevo.
Also well written are the action paragraphs of the novel. These I found to be very readable.
A good yarn. Well researched and a great first book by this author. What will he write next, I wonder?
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Hurricane Odile packed a powerful punch to the Baja Peninsula last year. Today the area is restored to it's "must-go" getaway status and the community is ready to share it's renewed glory with you. Before this summer season comes to an end take advantage of these deals Cabo has to offer.
Family friendly luxury is available for a great rate at the freshly renovated Sheraton Hacienda del Mar. The resort is currently offering their Sunsational Savings package. The deal includes a 3rd night free and a $150 USD Food & Beverage credit per room, per stay, per every 3 nights. Kids under 4 eat free and kids 5-12 have a 50% off food discount. And activities to keep your young ones busy include, Mexican bingo, ping-pong and tie-dying. Adults can participate in fitness classes, beach volleyball, tequila and wine tastings and Spanish lessons.
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For total comfort and affordability the Holiday Inn Resort Los Cabos All-Inclusive Hotel is a good choice. Fifteen minutes from Los Cabos International Airport the resort is offering their Fantastic Family Escape Deluxe. Up to 2 children stay for free in the same room with any paying adult. Children under 12 eat free when accompanied by an adult paying for a full meal. Your child will also receive an activity kit, which includes a coloring book with crayons and passes to participate in a variety of daily Kid's Club activities including indoor and outdoor (sun and shade) programs such as Spanish classes, painting and sand table art. The resort also offers two-lighted tennis courts, basketball, volleyball, football and beach volleyball courts plus bikes-to-loan to explore the area.
While in the Cabo San Lucas or San Jose del Cabo areas contact Terramar to coordinate off-property activities like swimming with dolphins, catamaran cruises, camel safari experience, snorkel & sea adventure, outdoor zip-lining or horseback riding. For meals La Galeria Restaurant, in San Jose del Cabo, has a unique menu and conducive for large parties. Next door Rock & Brews offers 20% off the check on Sunday Night Family dinners. For an unforgettable evening, dine at the entirely al fresco, Sunset de Mona Lisa.
DWKD tip #2 Make your reservation at Sunset de Mona Lisa well in advance of your visit, particularly for a large party. The restaurant books up quickly.
If you and your family are more adventurous, Red Travel Mexico is offering a special package to explore three of the most important naturally protected areas in Baja California Sur. You'll visit the Sierra de La Laguna, a biosphere reserve with vernal pools and waterfalls. Then take in a traditional rancho experience, snorkel above the reefs of Cabo Pulmo National Park and visit Espiritu Santo Island, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Paralleling the pyramids in Egypt were the ziggurats of Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia (meaning between two rivers, the Tigress and Euphrates) began making these structures around roughly 2000 BC. They were made of bricks that they produced on the building's work site. There were sun-dried bricks to make up the solid inside of the ziggurat, and there were kiln fired bricks that made up the structures facade. Some of the ziggurats were built on top of older ones.
Like Egyptian pyramids, the ziggurat was believed to be a kind of gateway between heaven and earth, but unlike the pyramids, the ziggurats where not tombs for kings. Rather they were believed to be the earthly homes of gods. Egyptians built their massive structures outside of major populated areas. But the ziggurats were in prominent areas.
Cities had their own patron god or goddess (some places even had two ziggurats, one for a god of both sexes) and priests were the only ones allowed into these temples.
The Sialk, in Kashan, Iran, is the oldest known zigurrat, dating to the early 3rd millennium BCE. Constructed around 2100 BC the ziggurat of Ur had the appearance of a massive stepped pyramid made out of sun-dried mud-brick. Built by Ur-Nammu it was one of the earliest of the Mesopotamian ziggurats.
The most famous ziggurat is, of course, the "tower of Babel" mentioned in the Biblical book Genesis: a description of the Etemenanki of Babylon. According to the Babylonian creation epic Enûma êlis the god Marduk defended the other gods against the diabolical monster Tiamat.
After he had killed her, he brought order to the cosmos, built the Esagila sanctuary, which was the center of the new world, and created humankind. The Etemenanki was next to the Esagila, and this means that the temple tower was erected at the center of the world, as the axis of the universe. Here, a straight line connected earth and heaven.


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Congress announces Cabinet expansion in Karnataka, fuels dissent
Congress president Rahul Gandhi. Photo: HT
3 min read . Updated: 22 Dec 2018, 02:01 PM IST Sharan Poovanna
The Congress on Saturday announced a list of eight names for six Cabinet posts available with the party
Bengaluru: The Congress on Saturday announced a list of eight names for six Cabinet posts available with the party, raising a storm among those who missed out making the list for the second time. Several leaders came out openly against the decision that was likely to fuel speculation on deepening divides and rumoured defections, bringing back the question of stability of the over six-month-old government led by chief minister H.D.Kumaraswamy.
C.S.Shivalli from Kundagol (Dharwad), Thukaram.E from Sandur (Bellary), Satish Jarkiholi from Yemkanmaradi (Belagavi), M.B.Patil from Bableshwar (Vijayapura), Raheem Khan from Bidar, M.T.B.Nagaraj from Hoskote (Bengaluru Rural), Parameshwara Naik from Hadagalli (Ballari) and R.B.Timmapur, a member of the legislative council were among those named.
Of this, three people are from Mumbai-Karnataka, three from Hyderabad-Karnataka and one legislator from south Karnataka were chosen, keeping the party's promise to give a higher allocation to the northern part of the state, whose legislators had argued for a more equitable distribution of ministerial berths to set right the traditional imbalance skewed to favour the south.
But in trying to craft a balanced representation, the Congress also gave room for ample displeasure among some of its most senior leaders, who were left out yet again. Seven-time legislator from Bengaluru, Ramalinga Reddy was left out and his daughter, also an MLA, declined to accept the Parliamentary secretary post given to her in protest. Hirekerur MLA B.C.Patil, who had likened the delaying of the Cabinet expansion to 'Killing of democracy and upholding dictatorship' in October on Twitter, was also left out, drawing sharp reactions from his daughter who expressed her displeasure openly.
Though it was believed that the completion of the much delayed cabinet expansion would end some of the dissent, Mint reported earlier on how filling up the vacancies will leave no room for placating leaders who remain dissatisfied once the exercise is completed. Several supporters protested outside the party office in Bengaluru.
Replacing Ramesh Jarkiholi with his brother, Satish, set tongues wagging with speculation that the former would defect to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). R.Shankar, an independent and first-time legislator who supported the Congress during the trust vote, was also dropped from the Cabinet, giving room for speculation that he too would jump ship.
The BJP, with 104 seats, is just nine seats shy of a simple majority and claims to be in touch with several Congress legislators who have expressed their intent to join the saffron outfit. Having lost three states — Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh — to the Congress, bagging Karnataka would help the party in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. To be in power in Karnataka would also give the BJP a foothold in south India, where it had little or no representation at all.
But the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) claimed to have thwarted all attempts by the BJP, who the alliance partners say were actively trying to bring down the government. The post-poll allies, which came about after the state's electorate delivered a fractured verdict in May, also joined hands to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP next year in Karnataka.
The Congress also named M.B.Patil in the Cabinet expansion, which appear to be some kind of reparation with the dominant Lingayat community, who was sidelined after the community was believed to have sided with the BJP in the May elections. Patil was the man leading the demand for a minority religion status for the community, which was later believed to be one of the biggest factors that brought down the Congress government. The Congress and the JD(S) had sidelined all leaders who had led the separate minority religion movement. Already having conceded the Vokkaliga community vote to the JD(S), the Congress appears to making amends with the Lingayats as it cannot solely depend on minorities and the highly fragmented backward classes support base in Karnataka.
There are members each from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Kurubas and one minority and one Lingayat in the eight-member list announced by the Congress.
The Congress also named 18 members to head several boards and corporations as well as seven parliamentary secretaries.
The JD(S) will not be filling up its two vacancies anytime before mid-January, according to people directly aware of the developments.
The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to be held on Saturday evening in Bengaluru.


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Swiss CDMO Lonza recently opened the world's biggest manufacturing plant to produce custom viruses for use in cell and gene therapies. The facility, based in the Houston suburb of Pearland, will enable Lonza to meet the growing global demand for the viruses required by researchers, and assertively positions Lonza as a market leader in the cell and gene therapy space.
The Lonza Houston Center of Excellence is already up and running, with manufacturing operations for several clients already in production. The facility is expected to employ over 200 full-time employees by the end of 2018 and is one of Lonza's four "Centers of Excellence for Cell and Gene Therapy" worldwide, alongside sites in the Netherlands, Singapore and New Hampshire, USA.
In recent years a shortage of necessary engineered viral vectors has caused a bottleneck in the cell and gene therapy industry, with some researchers reporting delays of up to 2 years for the production of a batch of viral vectors. Based on the current pipeline of cell and gene therapies currently in development, Lonza predicts that these vectors will remain in high demand in the coming years.
Whilst Lonza is a Swiss company with strong roots throughout Europe, the company's decision to base their Center of Excellence in the United States does not come as a surprise. Analysis of the current cell and gene therapy pipeline highlights that 58% of the 440 active clinical trials are currently being conducted in North America.
Regional evaluation of the clinical trials pipeline by current phase further supports Lonza's decision to build the facility in the United States, as highlighted by the data in chart 3 below. There are currently 15 active Phase 3 trials in the United States, with a robust pipeline of candidates in earlier stages of development.
Despite growing demand and a strong clinical trials pipeline, Lonza's strategy is not without risk. The use of cell and gene therapies remains in its infancy, and researchers face challenging quality and regulatory hurdles throughout the development process. Additionally, the exorbitant price tags of the few gene therapies that have already been approved in Europe and the United States has greatly hindered acceptance and usage by the healthcare community.
Lonza has mitigated these risks by designing the new Center of Excellence to make ingredients for multiple therapies, rather than the production of a few complete products. By diversifying products and ingredients, Lonza is distributing the risk rather than having all the eggs in one basket.
With the opening of four Centers of Excellence across three continents, Lonza are confident that cell and gene therapies will soon become mainstream. Lonza has invested significantly to position itself as a leader in this space, and given the current industry-wide shortage of cell and gene therapy products and the robust pipeline of therapeutics in development, it is likely that Lonza's strategy will be rewarded in the near future.
All data has been sourced from clinicaltrials.gov, and is accurate as of April 11, 2018.
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The Geology MGeol shares the first three years of its syllabus with our Geology BSc(Hons) and extends study to masters level with a focus on research training.
Teaching methods consist of lectures, practical classes, fieldwork and seminars, with real-world experience at the heart of our curriculum. Fieldwork is an integral part of the course, and we hold field trips to a range of destinations such as Pembrokeshire, Yorkshire, Spain and Cyprus. You will also undertake an independent geological mapping dissertation involving 4 weeks of fieldwork between the second and third years, and you may opt to do additional fieldwork for your Masters research dissertation.
The first three years provide training in the fundamental skills and knowledge base required for work as a practising geoscientist, while the fourth year gives you an opportunity to specialise in key areas of geology (rock mechanics, geochemistry, sedimentary basin analysis, evolution, petrology and mineral resources) and to develop an independent research project in an area of particular interest.
The MGeol degree also has vocational skills embedded throughout the curriculum to ensure you graduate with the confidence to succeed as a practicing professional geoscientist.
The first year provides a foundation in the earth sciences and assumes no prior knowledge of geology. The emphasis is on key principles of geology and developing your practical skills through fieldwork in Yorkshire and Pembrokeshire.
You will build on the knowledge and skills gained in the first year, together with a greater emphasis on research skills professional practice and problem-solving. You will further develop your fieldwork skills in southern Spain and North Wales.
In recent years, our students have been successful in securing placements with environmental geo-engineering consultancies, a ceramics manufacturer, and a renewable energy research centre in Spain.
Recent employers include the Ministry of Defence (contaminated land), SITA (waste management), Braas-Monier (industrial minerals) and JBA Consulting (engineering geology).
In your third year you will study advanced and interdisciplinary aspects of the earth sciences and produce a dissertation that includes a critical evaluation of published research as well as your own primary data from geological mapping. Fieldwork includes a one week residential field course in southern Cyprus.
The final year provides advanced training in research methodologies, field and analytical techniques and report writing so you can independently conduct a research programme that shows evidence of originality, decision-making and independent learning ability.
Through its emphasis on professional experience, fieldwork and technical skills, the Geology MGeol will give you an advantage in the oil, gas and petroleum industries, environmental consultancies, and civil engineering and construction companies. It also prepares you for further research into particular areas of geology, for example petroleum geoscience, hydrogeology or mining engineering.
Recent geology graduates from Brighton have gone on to work for major companies including Schlumberger Geoservices (petroleum geology), Imerys (industrial minerals), Rio Tinto (mineral exploration) and NPA Satellite Mapping (geological remote sensing). Other graduates have progressed to postgraduate study through taught masters courses and PhD research.
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Consequences of the Norway shooting on Switzerland
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Re: Consequences of the Norway shooting on Switzerland
Tweener, been asking myself the same question.
Amogles, do you really think the 'average' right winger and anti-multiculturalist in Norway had any idea this was going to happen? Do you really believe the UDC, National Front in France or Belgium, etc, or even the English Defence League may not harbour small extremist groups- hell bent on violence? I hope you are right.
Just to take examples. There a while ago was that killing in Thun. Alright, proforma, the SVP had nothing to do with it. but in reality the culprits were SVP propaganda inspired
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are you sure ? have you in the past 15 months discussed matters with SVP admirers ?
I've spoke to anti-Semitic tulip admirers, there's a causation problem here Wolli. The SVP has nothing whatsoever to do with the Norway shootings, ideologically or otherwise and, even though I hate the SVP, the implication of the OP is incredibly offensive.
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There can be a big disparity Economisto, between the officials of a party and their rank and file followers. Those of us who live in rural areas, speak the language and get a chance to 'discuss' issues like immigration with the locals (those we grew up with) - do perhaps get closer to the 'nitty gritty' of the rank and file SVP/UDC supporters. And it can be quiet shocking, I can tell you.
Leni, möpp, Wollishofener
I understand that. But there is a commonality among terrorists of this type around the world, be it "Islamic" terrorism or "fascist" terrorism or whatever. I can tell you all of this has nothing to do with the political or ideological fundamentals but to do with the individual. Typically these are poor or occasionally psychologically disturbed individuals who are easily led and incredibly vulnerable. Standing and shooting a group of children is illogical and will not further anyone's goals. Terrorism has a 100% long term failure rate. Has Osama Bin Laden made life better for any Muslim? The perpetrator of this crime won't further his so-called cause, quite the opposite.
My point is the absolute non-correlation between standing and shooting a group of children, and bitterly moaning about too many black people (or whatever these people talk about). The latter is biggoted/racist/small minded/fascist/Nazi or whatever. The former is psychologically disturbed/incredibly socially vulnerable.
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If anyone thinks that this Norwegian mass murderer really had a genuine political motive, then you're just being baffled by media bullshit.
Whilst I don't have any more insight into this incidence than anyone else, his behavior is akin to what I would call mentally disturbed. We all have crazy ideas, some more extreme than others, but what happened in Norway Friday, just has happened in other massacres carried out by mentally disturbed killers, is that the fantasy didn't stay inside his head. Something short circuited in his brain and he overcame the natural balance that most of us have when dealing with extremes and he actually considered that carrying out his appalling acts was a better option than another course. That's psychotic and really dangerous. Not political, whatever he claims. And now the stupid press are doing him the favor of actually publishing all the crap he was on about; way to go. There should be a news black out about his personal extreme manifesto, you lose the freedom of speech when you slaughter nearly a hundred innocent people for absolutely no reason.
This isn't politics folk, it's mental insanity.
No, it is similar to what you can hear from active SVPlers in a pub. The only difference is the final jump into crime and violence. But in fact, you can hear such "wisdom" in any pub around here from otherwise more or less "sane" people. In short, the whole thing was and IS political as political can be. Worse, I am sure that only too many people all over Europe share his views up to quite some extent.
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No, the implication of the OP only is exaggerated. Sure, the SVP has nothing to do with that terrorist. BUT the reality remains that their ideology is encouraging such folks.
The number of times I've heard people here say 'I am not racist, but God created Switzerland for us, and Africa for the n------ so they can stay there, simple'- and this said by very ordinary up-standing citizens, who are members of the said party. And they have no idea just how shocking this is, that is the worst bit. No, I don't think any of them would go on a shooting spree though- but the potential is there, it feels at times.
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Well, I see many leftists being terrorists as well, so to claim that terrorism is due to "extreme right wing" groups is total BS!
Terrorism is due to extremists, be they left or right.
And the SVP is hardly "extreme right" compared to the US Republican party, and many others.
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Sorry, but how do you arrive at the adventourous conclusion that Osama Bin Laden wanted to make life better for any Muslims ?
OBL never furthered his cause by his actions, but rather the opposite.
Fawad
In response: I feel that there isn't a continuum here. That mass murder doesn't occur when people who feel really strongly about something change and start feeling really REALLY strongly about something. Every people who "support" terrorism, fine and dandy but they aren't the ones doing it. And that's for a good reason - they have families and jobs and are basically happy and don't want to spend the rest of their lives in jail. Their lives have meaning. If your life doesn't have meaning, either because you live in Gaza and all your mates are dead or because you live in rural Pakistan and wish you lived on a dollar a day like those lucky guys in Africa or you live south of the Mason Dixon line and are dyslexic and laughed at and all the good gang spots are already taken, then you're likely to hook onto something to make you feel like you belong. Most of these will be cults, and barring a mass suicide, you'll never hear of them again. But some of them, the ones you hear about, will be terror cells. Now, the leaders of these organisation might have some sort of political views, but I doubt it - I'd say it's mostly about control and power and ambition.
So here's the Godwinisation (it was coming anyway, wasn't it?). Hitler wasn't right wing. Sure, he might have started out that way, or used it as a cover (actually he rose to power on Exclusionist Socialist values - National Socialism is like communism but just for German/white people). Hitler killed Jews and loads of other people and wanted to conquer the world. There wasn't much actual ideology other than that. Kill the Jews and the Gypsies and conquer the world. That's it. Stalin was really similar too - he wouldn't know a communist if it bit him. Stalin also wanted to kill off an entire class and conquer the world. Opposite ends of the political spectrum, but basically the same sort of thing. Why? Because they weren't on the political spectrum, they just said they were and so people got all obsessed with politics. People basically trusted Hitler to tell them why he did what he did. If Gacy suddenly said "I killed all those people because I hate Greek people" - you'd just ignore him. So ignore the Norwegian shooter - he didn't kill those people because of anything he believed.
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Terrorism can result out of both extreme right-wing and extreme left-wing positions. If you speak about the Republic Party in the USA, I might remind you of the point that this party was the party of gentlemen like Dwight D Eisenhower, Richard Milhous Nixon and Gerald Ford. The SVP was the party of people like Mr Rudolf Minger, Mr Friedrich Traugott Wahlen, Mr Rudolf Gnägi, Mr Leon Schlumpf, Mr Adolf Ogi, gents who for sure were not in the line of Ayatollah Blocher Now, let's say it clearly, I not for a moment think that Mr Blocher would support terrorism or violence but his politics DO encourage such developments.
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They are neither ordinary or up-standing Odile
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I see what you mean - and yes I agree. And yet ... they are here, which is even more worrying.
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This kind of actions like what happened in Norway is just cumulation of the crap right wing parties keeps spreading everyday, you cannot say where or when it's gonna happen next, it can happen anytime, anywhere and we won't ever know till it happens same as what happened in Norway and it was totally unexpected, no country is ever safe nor protected of this....not even Switzerland.
The only solution is, people should stop the right wing parties from spreading hate, anger and fear in the minds of the people....this is not gonna lead is anywhere good and we can expect much more situations like this happening in the future due to withdrawal of armies from war zones, increase of muslims in the western society, tough economical times, high unemployment and much more reasons.
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There's a small difference between someone who says all black people should get out of Switzerland, and someone who will shout or spit at a black person on the street. There's then a huge difference between that person and someone who would plan to stab or shoot a black person. Then there's a total difference including a mental imbalance between them and someone who would shoot up a school of Swiss children on the basis that some of them might grow up to like black people.
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Is he though?
Even when 9/11 happened, most people understood that this was the work of extremists and not of Muslims in general. Maybe sometimes when people speak that's a bit of a mouthful to say every time so they cut corners. But I'm pretty sure most people do know the difference.
However, when all those protests were going on about the Danish cartoons and Swiss flags were being burnt, I wonder if those Muslims really knew the difference?
Huh? Really?
Did you ask a muslim what it was to be a muslim after 9/11? Most people didn't know the difference, they took all their anger, all they hatred and spit it to any muslim they could have their hands on. How many covered women got beat up, harassed, etc. to ''look'' like a terrorist? All the extremes security mesure in airport where those who ''look'' like muslim, arabs, terrorists are getting a special extra checkup?
Whities knows the difference but muslims don't?
Well, you should spend a day in a muslim ''look'' and tell me if you think people can see the difference.
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A few things are sure in my opinion:
- Norway, a great fantastic country from many points of view (at least for me), has lost its "innocence"...a very sad day not only for the country, but for the entire world.
- In my opinion Swiss people are, on average, more xenophobic than Norwegian/Nordic people, because of overpopulation of their country, and because they are at the center of Europe and so have always been under the positive and negative influxes of movements of people, but...the direct democracy system is a great "output valve" for their "frustrations". Swiss people can't say "We don't have control of our country, the elites rule us, etc...", at least not as much as other Far-right lunatics, because THEY ARE in (more or less) direct control of their country.
- Turning your head in front of the fact that THERE ARE SOME PROBLEMS with SOME immigrants coming to Europe, and to the fact that it's the lower classes of society that are feeling most of the disadvantages of uncontrolled immigration...won't solve any problem. It will actually just exacerbate the tension.
I'm not against immigration...mankind has always moved from one country or continent to another. But there are some limits, lines that shouldn't be crossed, and respect for your host culture. What I see sometimes in many European countries is that a small percentage of certain immigrant communities tend to not integrate, pretend to have only rights and no duties, even revert to crime...they basically think that they are at home and can behave like they want. And this makes A LOT of damage to the image of the entire immigrants groups, of the honest, hard-working ones, that respect the rules (even when they seem strange compared to where they come from...I'm sorry but if you come to my house you MUST obey to my rules).
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So you don't think politics/religion can radicalize people?
e.g. raf in Germany in the 70ies - which started out as a student movement and over time developed into a terrorist group, carried and triggered by the then left intellectual sentiment of a big part of this generation.
Edit: Same for Hitler, though he was believed to be schizoid, and this may be the driving factor of his motivation to kill, the trigger for his anti-semitism were probably the 'voelkische' sentiments of the time, and his mentors of Ariosophy, which radicalized him, and enabled him to canalise his madness and to give it an outlet?
True, I don't. Politics and religion are created by people and their various iterations are designed to do different things. These ideological superstructures are (can be for the right recipient) tools of control.
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Amongst all the other planned activities of the weekend, I spent a great amount of time doing some soul-searching and motive-checking. Making sure the reasons I am going about my business are worth the struggle and will benefit more than just my ego. I don't want to be self-absorbed and blind to what goes on around me.
I know I am blessed to live in such a rich Country; To have at my disposal many things that others consider a luxury. My desire is to always be cognizant of the fact that it IS in my power to affect the happiness and well-being of another, with even small gestures of kindness and charity…but sometimes, I may miss an opportunity..because I'm not "listening"…Or I am really not "seeing".
I wish I could express how grateful I am for the measure of success I have seen over my lifetime. There are times that I just sit back, with eyes closed and smile at the sky, reflecting on unspoken desires that have come to pass…It's all so beautiful. But, I took some time this weekend to think about where I wish to go and what is it I want to accomplish by the success of the my pursuits. Fame? Wealth? Status? Not really…I mean, I'm not gonna sit here and tell you that I don't want those things at all, but I recognize that they are not my goals. And I need to work harder to reach my "true" goals and do what is necessary to fulfill what I believe I am here to do.
At this point, I'm uncertain of all that I have the potential to accomplish, as I think much will evolve over time, but I am at least aware that if my heart has dreamed it, my life and my actions will continually seek it or reflect it.


Do Working Memory Capacity and Cognitive Flexibility Predict Creative Thinking and Production?
Tests of divergent and convergent thinking are the most commonly used measures of creative potential, but less clear is whether divergent and convergent thinking predict creative production. Working memory capacity and cognitive flexibility are precursors to creative thought, but it remains is unclear whether they predict creative production. The purpose of this dissertation was to uncover relationships between five constructs: working memory capacity, cognitive flexibility, divergent thinking, convergent thinking, and creative production. 214 participants were recruited from George Mason University's psychology subject pool (SONA) and performed 15 cognitive and creative tasks. Path models were conducted in a structural equations modeling framework to help uncover any nuanced relationships between the constructs. Cognitive flexibility and working memory capacity were found to predict creative thinking processes, but not creative production. Creative thinking processes also did not predict creative production. Implications are discussed.


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Divine Comedy Records Ltd.
Song & Lyrics books
Love What You Do – UK / Ireland
Love What You Do CD1
1. Love What You Do [Radio edit]
2. Soul Trader
3. You
4. CD-ROM element: Love What You Do [Promo video]
2. Get Me To A Monastery
3. Love What You Do [Deadly Avenger Mix]
Love What You Do MC
Promo CD / HHB Acetate CD-R
Acetate CD-R Deadly Avenger
10th Planet Acetate CD-R
1. Love What You Do [Regeneration]
Promo VHS/Betacam
1. Love What You Do [Promo video]
CD1 PM519 (Parlophone / EMI, 26/02/2001):
7243 8 79052 0 7 (CDRS 6554)
CD2 (Parlophone / EMI, 26/02/2001):
7243 8 79051 2 2 (CDR 6554)
MC (Parlophone / EMI, 26/02/2001):
7243 8 79051 4 6 (TCR 6554)
Promo CD (Parlophone / EMI):
DCDJ 002
Acetate CD-R (Parlophone / HHB)
Deadly Avenger Acetate CD-R (Parlophone / HHB)
Acetate CD-R (Parlophone / 10th Planet):
Promo VHS (Parlophone Creative Dept / EMI):
Letterbox: PAL
Betacam SP S (Parlophone / Klones, 25/01/2001):
In-store ad. (Parlophone)
CD 1 comes in a 2xCD box ; probably the idea was that CD 2 could be put into it as well (as for the card sleeves of National Express). In the UK market, the box came with a white sticker promoting the 2 B-sides and the video. The catalogue number is also printed on this sticker.
Both CD and the back cover feature the tracklisting, some credits/copyright notes, the serial number. The back cover has a barcode in an EMI frame which features catalogue number and Parlophone logo. The CD also features bel BIEM and Parlophone logos. Near the centre of the CD we can read IFPI L041 8790520 1 : 1 : 1 EMI UK
The back of the leaflet features a graphical design by Claire Burbridge, probably sketches of the sculpture. Notes promoting the CD 2 and the forthcoming albums are featured plus notes on how to play the video from the CD-ROM track.
Inside the leaflet there is a picture of the actual sculpture artwork used on the front cover.
The leaflet was also accompanied by a card to subscribe to The Divine Comedy's newsletter.
CD 2 came instead in a regular single box. Since it has it own box and sleeve, it was a rather strange choice to assume people would get rid of it, to put the CD onto the double CD box. In the UK market, the case also came with a black sticker promoting the B-side and the remix. The catalogue number is also printed on this sticker.
The front cover features another part of the sculpture shown on the CD 1 artwork: while the other side features the same sketches. Tracklisting and credits/copyright notes are to be found on both sleeve and CD. A barcode is to be found in an EMI frame which features catalogue number and Parlophone logo. The CD also features bel BIEM and Parlophone logos and has a slightly different colour from CD 1. Near the centre of the CD we can read: IFPI L041 8790520 1 : 1 : 2 EMI UK
While the same pressing of the CD 1 was also used for international release, the CD 2 distributed in the international market is actually slightly different.
The cassette release comes in a card sleeve (instead of a cassette case) which is quite fragile. The front cover and the left side feature the same picture as CD 1 cover; while the back cover and right side feature the sketches artwork. We can notice that the top of the front picture is a mirror of a part, probably because they needed to adjust the image to the dimension of the sleeve.
On the two sides are printed a Parlophone logo and the catalogue number plus, of course, band and title names. On the back cover are printed the barcode in an EMI frame which features catalogue number and Parlophone logo; the tracklisitng; and the credits/copyright notes with also the mention "tracks repeated on both sides".
The cassette itself has on both sides: titles, tracklisting, copyright notes, catalogue and serial numbers; and the face number although their contents are the same.
Promo CD
The promo CD is a one track CD featuring the radio edit of the song. The CD has again a different colour and features some credits and copyright notes; the catalogue number and only a Parlophone logo. Near the centre of the CD we can read: IFPI L042 DCDJ 002 1 : 1 : 1 EMI UK
The front and back cover use the same photos used for the 2 single releases; while the inside is not plain white but printed with the sketches artwork. On the back are also printed the catalogue number, a Parlophone logo and the notes 'For Promotional Use Only', 'Made in EU'.
Some were given away to radios by Alan James PR and features stickers. It says: "The Divine Comedy release 'Love What You Do', the first single from their forthcoming album 'Regeneration', on February 26th. With plays from Steve Lamacq and Mark Radcliffe (Record of the Week), the single is the band's first material for new label Parlophone Records. The Divine Comedy have been confirmed for a CD:UK performance on Saturday January 27th. The band tours the UK in February and release their new album on March 12th."
In Ireland, Friction distributed some promo as well with their own sticker: "The Divine Comedy release 'Love What You Do' the first single from their forthcoming 8th album Regeneration on 23rd February. The album is released on 9th March"
HHB acetate CD-R
The acetate CD-R comes into a PVC slipcase. It has a simple white inlay which features the title and a Parlophone logo.
The CD itself is a simple CD-R with only the band's name handwritten. Near the centre of the CD we can read the name of the mastering company: HHB LONDON LOS ANGELES TORONTO. The content features the same radio edit as the promo CD or the singles.
Some of those discs were given away to radios by Alan James PR and features a sticker (earlier than the one above) which say: "The Divine Comedy release 'Love What You Do', the first single from their forthcoming album 'Regeneration', on February 26th. The single (and album) were produced in London in the summer of 2000 by Nigel Godrich and is the band's first material for new label Parlophone Records. The Divine Comedy showcase their new material with two special gigs at London's Riverside Studios on January 24th and 25th and tour the UK in February."
Deadly Avenger HHB acetate CD-R
A CD-R with only the Deadly Avenger mix was also issued. It features a very similar inlay with the band name, a Parlophone logo and the tracklisting (only a single track actually). The CD is an handwritten CD-R too and near the centre we can read the same name for the mastering company: HHB LONDON LOS ANGELES TORONTO.
Another acetate was produced by another mastering company, 10th Planet Audio Post Production. This CD features the album version of the track and comes within a jewel case. The front cover and the disc features only the titles and a Parlophone logo. While on the other side of the sleeve, there is a reference to the mastering company with their contacts
Some of those discs were given away to radios by Alan James PR and features a sticker similar to the one above, but with an minus to mention to the UK tour in February, probably because it was produced a bit earlier.
A promo VHS, issued by the Creative Dept of Parlophone, was released. It comes within a custom card sleeve featuring the single artwork on both front and spine. The back cover is plain white with the exception of a Parlophone logo, while both bottom and top feature the titles design.
The tape itself has a couple of Parlophone stickers with the song title. As all EMI spine stickers, there is a list of choices to check between PAL and NTSC; not sure about the meaning of OFFLINE and ONLINE though.
It seems another (earlier?) version has the original (as registered to the publishing company) song name: 'You've Got To Love What You Do'.
On the other hand, the start screen on the video featured the final song title: 'Love What You Do', as well as credits.
A better version of the video exists as a promotional betacam. The tape was duplicated by Klones Video Transfers with whom EMI was working with back then. Included is a technical sheet featuring the time codes, etc. Once again the song title is the publishing title :'You've Got To Love What You Do' like on some of the VHS, and there is no Parlophone / EMI logo / reference.
A postcard was issued by Parlophone to promote the single. The front features the same picture as CD 1 and, like the MC sleeve, the top was mirrored. The other side features a promotional text about the release of the single, as well as the March tour dates. It also mentions The Divine Comedy's newsletter and the competition to win a MP3 player.
In-store ad.
A 12"x12" in store advert was printed to promote the release of the single.
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The Egyptian revolution is not just a story about the downfall of a president but the story of a generation – "the shebab," the Arabic for the youth, who brought it to life. Shouting slogans in Tahrir or hunched over the blueish glow of laptops, arguing online through long evenings about everything from feminism to presidential candidates, this generation's youth has become bound up with protest in a way unprecedented in the Arab World. This is protest of a new kind, inseparable from the quiet technological re-wiring of a society that has seen the internet warp itself into millions of homes and mobile phones. Computer screens and television have acted as personal periscopes to the world beyond Egypt. This is a generation frustrated by their parents, at their lack of worldliness which left them so long content with the status quo. They are distrustful of their elders, who they view as the creatures of a dictatorship. Yet at the same time it is still, a generation overwhelmingly trapped in the family home. For a traditional country, where only with marriage do you leave home, and you can only marry when you have money – youth unemployment has trapped, infantilized and frustrated the young. This is a generation still in its political innocence, on the verge of being defined by its disappointment. Yet regardless of which of which road the country takes - the currents amongst the youth will not settle back into stagnation. They may be far from free, but it will impossible to defeat young Egypt. Some people say demographics is destiny, and with over 50% of the population aged under 25, it is it is right on their side.
Activists look out from the balcony of an apartment overlooking Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt Nov. 21, 2011. Mass protests exploded in Tahrir square after the authorities moved to evict protesters who had encamped themselves in the square the night before. Thousands converged into the square, sparking a battle that is continuing into its fourth day.