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Q. Are there bets taken in Las Vegas for the Academy Awards, just as for the Super Bowl or other sports? I'm no a gambling man--I'm just curious. (Cullen Daley, Chicago). Best picture: "Sense and Sensibility," 5-1 odds; "Apollo 13," 3-1; "Babe," 8-1; "Braveheart" and "The Postman," even money. Best actor: Nicolas Cage, even money; Anthony Hopkins, 3-1; Sean Penn, 10-1; Massimo Troisi, 6-5; Richard Dreyfuss, 8-1. Best actress: Emma Thompson, 3-1; Sharon Stone, 5-1; Susan Sarandon, 6-5; Elisabeth Shue and Meryl Streep, even money.
A. Vegas makes odds on all the major categories, but doesn't accept wagers. However, you can place bets in Vegas. Here are some recent odds by Lenny Del Genio of Bally's in Las Vegas:
Q. At the end of "Dead Man Walking," the credits dedicated the movie to Lee Robbins and Thelma Bledsoe. Who are these people? Were they in any way involved with the real-life characters in the film? (G. E. Milkowski, Chicago)
A. Thelma Bledsoe is director Tim Robbins' maternal grandmother, and Lee Robbins is his paternal grandfather, who died during the filming of "The Shawshank Redemption." One of the reasons Robbins dedicated the film to them is that they helped put him through college.
Q. Just saw "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" movie last night. I'm a 32-year-old white male, and a number of things bothered me (besides the fact that it was not very funny, but it cost $1 so what the heck), including: - the black tribes worshipped a white bat - the black virgin sought sex with the white Ace Ventura - the white Brits manipulated the black tribesmen - the sole black figure in "official" power, the game warden, sold out to the white Brits Contrast this to the scenes with the Tibetan monks, who handled themselves with dignity and strove to rid themselves of Ace, even to the point of giving up the valuable medallion. Also, the monks were shown as having a "higher purpose," while the tribes simply worshipped a bat that had a name that sounded like another word for feces. This apparent belittling of the tribesmen bothered me. I'm not Mr. PC, but it seemed so ... needless. I wondered what your opinion is? (Scott McCarty, Muncie, Ind.)
A. It was the kind of imagery you'd expect in one of those wheezy 1930s comedies with cannibals dancing around a pot. "Needless" is a good word. I can think of another.
Q. In the "best visual effects" category, instead of having five nominees like other categories, this year's Academy nominations indicate that only two pictures, "Babe" and "Apollo 13," are even worthy of being nominated. This is just plain flat-out WRONG. (Jeff Levin, Rochester, N.Y.)
A. So it would seem. I learn from Jeffrey Graebner of the CompuServe Showbiz Forum that the way the nominees are chosen in this category is Byzantine, to say the least. He informs me: "The nomination process is rather goofy. There is now a visual effects branch of the category and they initially narrowed the list down to seven titles via submitted ballots. The titles that made the cut were "Babe," "Apollo 13," "Casper," "Jumanji," "Waterworld," "Batman Forever," and "The Indian In The Cupboard." The makers of each of the nominated films were then required to put together a demo reel showing off the best of their effects. A special screening of the demo reels was held and the final nominees were chosen by those in attendance. For each reel, the attendees were asked to give a rating from 1-10. To get a nomination, the average score had to be 8 or above. If no films had received a high enough score, the Best Visual Effects category would have been skipped. If only one film had received an 8 or above, then it would have won automatically (this has happened a few times, including with "Star Wars," "The Empire Strikes Back," and "Total Recall"). The implication seemed to be that there could have been anywhere from 0-7 nominated films in that category. Apparently, "City of Lost Children" was eliminated from the competition very early. My guess is that not enough people saw it (or had even heard of it) for it to make the first cut."
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Former Newcastle United and England manager Sam Allardyce has questioned how Burnley's Chris Wood will fit in at the Magpies ahead of a proposed £25m deal.
The Geordies are reportedly on the verge of completing Wood's transfer in a deal that comes as a surprise considering both sides are desperately trying to avoid relegation.
With the New Zealand striker in the final stages of his move, an official announcement appears to be just a matter of time now.
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"Whether he would suit Newcastle though, I'm not so sure.
"Burnley plays specifically to Chris Wood's strengths and that's to be direct. That's him at his best. Burnley put a lot of balls in the box to use his physical strength. Not many teams do that these days.
"I'm not so sure they'll want to change the way they play to suit him and I'm not so sure the way they play will help him score goals. Without Callum Wilson, they don't seem to have that goal scorer they need – I had it at Sunderland."
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How an Engineer Is Learning to Lead Across Industry Lines While Maintaining Family Responsibilities as a Single Mom
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Maggie John, the single mom of two children, had already successfully built a career in oil and gas as a senior process engineer at U.S. Oil and Refining in Seattle, WA, but she retained the goal to lead across industry lines. She came to Wharton's MBA Program for Executives to gain a business education while maintaining her career and family responsibilities.
Maggie, whose children are 11 and 5, expected balancing school, work and family to be "tricky," however she noted that it is "doable" in Wharton's EMBA program.
"Going back to school as a single parent was a significant concern. The entire family was embarking on this new journey and it was important for me to minimize the impact on my kids' lives," she said. "But this was an important cause and I wanted my children to see me work towards my goals."
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1. Find a support network
The first step was figuring out child care for her kids when she was at school. While everyone finds different solutions, Maggie's father moved in with her to watch her children on school weekends.
2. Make it a family experience
Maggie also decided to "take her kids along on the journey" at Wharton. "I brought the kids to campus for Admissions Weekend. And every week, we review our school commitments and prepare for the week ahead. I also pick something up for them from our fun selection of desserts on class weekends – it is a simple gesture that allows me to include them in this experience."
3. Set apart time for family
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5. Talk to other students
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Makati, August 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TeleTech), a leading global provider of customer experience, engagement and growth solutions delivered through its proprietary end-to-end HumanifyTM Customer Engagement as a Service offering, today announced a partnership with Habitat for Humanity to help victims of Typhoon Yolanda in Cebu province, Philippines.
TeleTech partners with community organizations to support growth in the communities in which they operate, and seeks opportunities to make a long-term impact with these initiatives. Habitat for Humanity was on top of the list of potential community partners for the local TeleTech team thanks to the organization's global presence and proven track record in building infrastructures for underserved communities worldwide. Together the team initiated Project Strong to support local residents in need through a variety of efforts.
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"Toyota Motor said will build a new plant in Baja, Mexico, to build Corolla cars for U.S. NO WAY! Build in U.S. or pay big border tax," Trump tweeted on 5 Jan 2017.
Trying to deliver on his promise to bring back manufacturing jobs to America, Trump has often used his twitter account to target multiple automobile and prevent them from moving production facilities out of the US.
His attempts at meddling with the economy (even before assuming the title of POTUS) have also been rewarded earlier in Ford's case. The auto giant went back on its plans to build a manufacturing facility in Mexico as a result of Trump's strong-arming tactics. Although Ford has cited other pragmatic reasons for its decision to scrap the plant, Trump was quick to take all the credit and the laurels that followed.
In Toyota's case, Trump hurried into browbeating without getting his facts right. Contrary to what his tweet said, Toyota already has a facility in Baja, Mexico. It announced earlier in 2015, its plans to open another plant in Guanajuato, central Mexico.
After the tweet, Toyota released a statement giving assurance that the plant in Mexico was in no way going to detract capacity or employment from its existing production unit in Mississippi.Trump seems to have gone wrong with more than just the location there!
The automaker also said, "Toyota looks forward to collaborating with the Trump administration to serve in the best interests of consumers and the automotive industry."
Donald Trump is treading the same path that Ronald Reagan had chosen during his term as the President of US. The high tariffs he had imposed on select Japanese electronics to boost manufacturing in America did more harm than good to American consumers.
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The calculation is all per gallon but it will be nice if we had an option to pre-set per specific value of water such as 55 Gallons-standard tank.
When I am watering I love the fact that the software calculates the schedule feeding base on the age of the plants but it will be nice if the software could calculate Gallons base on tank size.
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Over the next few months, Greece must repay its bailout and large public-sector debts. Greece and the euro zone need a quick, simple solution that allows Greece to stay in the euro zone and retain ownership of its plentiful and prized assets. An IOU currency isn't the answer — but there is one solution that could work.
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This past Wednesday, Greece was able to make a 200-million euro (US$224 million) interest payment to the International Monetary Fund, but only by requiring all state enterprises — including schools and pension funds — to transfer reserves to an account at the Greek central bank. Next Tuesday, Greece faces an even bigger payment of 750 million euros to the IMF. As of now, it is unclear how Greece will manage to make this payment.
The situation has become unsustainable, even though there has been no shortage of solutions. However, implementation has been a significant hurdle. In particular, privatization of Greek assets is a lengthy process that has run into political resistance. Adding to the urgency, the recent sharp rise in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese interest rates suggests markets are fearful of contagion if Greece were to exit the euro zone.
The European Central Bank is apparently working on an IOU-based secondary currency similar to the IOU's used by California in 2009, according to a Reuters report last month. Interestingly, Yanis Varoufakis (Greece's new Finance Minister) wrote a blog post in February proposing a similar currency, which he dubbed Future Tax Coin (FT-Coin).
In both of these cases, the secondary currency would borrow tax revenue from the future to pay for obligations today. Furthermore, the secondary currency would be tantamount to a T-bill that was backed by the full faith and credit of the Greek government. As a trust-based financial instrument, acceptance would be a function of the confidence in the Greek government to collect future taxes. Without a way to easily spend the IOU currency, it would likely go unused by government employees and thus have no impact on economic growth. These limiting factors make it clear that an IOU currency issued by a government under financial stress is not a workable solution.
Using block-chain technology (the technology behind bitcoin) there is a simple and elegant way for Greece to monetize assets and pay government employees.
While Greece may not have the liquidity to satisfy its current obligations it does have enough illiquid assets to solve much of its financial problems. According to Eurostat, as of September 2014, Greece held 86 billion euros of financial assets on its general government balance sheet. As a percentage of GDP, this makes Greece the 7th wealthiest nation in the EU. As a point of reference, financially sound Germany ranks 17th on the list of state-owned assets as a percentage of GDP.
Given the amount of assets held by Greece, the solution to its financial problem becomes evident — it must monetize the assets. This understanding has not escaped the IMF, euro zone and the ECB (the troika), but it has run into resistance from the citizens of Greece. Greece needs a method to monetize state-owned assets while still maintaining ownership. In my opinion, a digital currency based on block-chain technology can provide the solution.
Instead of selling assets in what will likely be a fire sale, the Greek government could use block-chain technology to create an asset-backed digital currency that can be used to repay creditors and pay government employees. Initial proceeds from the sale of the currency could be used to meet obligations to the troika, while government employees could be paid in this parallel currency.
To make this work, the government of Greece would place a portion of its assets into a trust. Then a digital currency would be issued and backed by this basket of assets. The mechanism for tying the assets to the currency would be a smart contract embedded in the currency that would not allow Greece to sell any asset in the basket unless the holders of the digital currency are paid.
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This approach is a hybrid of a parallel currency and an asset-backed security. Combining the attributes of a digital currency and an asset backed security would result in several benefits.
1. Greece would retain ownership of its highly prized state assets, satisfying the voter mandate to curtail privatization.
2. The currency could be used to pay government salaries and workers would be able to spend the currency at local businesses providing a much-needed economic boost.
3. This creates an investable asset that would be a proxy for a recovery of the Greek economy.
4. Greek banks could hold this hybrid asset instead of T-bills; the asset backing would immediately strengthen bank balance sheets.
I want to be clear that this proposal is not suggesting Greece leave the euro zone — in fact, just the opposite. This new digital currency would work in parallel with the existing financial system. This would allow Greece to benefit from remaining in the euro zone while internally expanding money supply and paying off debt. As well, it could quell fears of contagion by providing a template for other liquidity-challenged countries.
It is useful to note that this solution does not need to be implemented nationwide — the flexibility and scalability of digital currencies allow a stepwise progression. It is possible for municipalities and agencies within the government to adopt this solution individually.
While many proposals sound good on paper, they are often not reasonable to implement. In order to ground this proposal in reality a "One Thing Challenge" has been issued to the block-chain technology community. Over the last few days, the community has been challenged to provide a working prototype of technology that aids in the implementation of the parallel currency. Start-up and established companies have been given a global stage to demonstrate products based on block-chain technology.
In my view, this is an opportunity for real-world implementation of block-chain technology. This is not a solo act; it will require a collaborative effort. To that end, a wiki page has been created where block-chain technology firms can submit and discuss all the technology that will be needed. On May 20, I will be hosting an online symposium where companies will have the opportunity to present their piece of the workable solution.
Importantly, reasoned disagreement is welcomed as the solution requires examination from multiple angles.
Let this serve as an open invitation to contribute. Everyone is invited to be a part of the solution by submitting proposals at www.drachmae.org.
This is not a pie-in-the-sky proposal; there is already a company with a mobile-banking solution and payroll function that will enable the Greek government to pay government workers via mobile phones. Another company is working on storing asset ownership records in a block chain so that ownership can be verified and tracked by everyone.
The goal of this project is to create a decentralized organization that can provide a usable solution for Greece and illustrate the potential for block-chain technology. We are fortunate to have this powerful technology at our fingertips and now is the time for the block-chain community to demonstrate its game-changing potential.


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Night River Wood
Words from the deep woods
I've been scribbling words onto stones for a few years. The hills around here are littered with small, disused quarries, shallow pits containing loose stones of different shapes and sizes. Choosing the right one is difficult as the local mudstone is coarse and it's rare to find something with a flat face large enough to hold a poem. Welsh slate would be the best material but this is not a slate area and I don't want to leave stones in places where they don't feel at home. Stream bottoms are possibly the best sources, the water having smoothed the surfaces. There is a bend in the River Wye a mile or so from my house where the river deposits perfectly flat, smooth stones about the size of a DL envelope after every winter spate. I use these most.
The best time for me to walk on my favourite hill is when the clouds are down and shifting. The land I think I know becomes an unfamiliar place. Contours blend, disappear or appear in sections like pencil lines partly erased. Familiar colours fade back to faint washes. The myriad details I spend a lot of my time not noticing are gone and this wakes me up, makes me feel disorientated, which means I feel alive. It is like having a symphony playing in the background only for the brass, wood and strings to blend into a single continuous note, made by a cello bow drawn slowly over low C. Familiar trees drift into sight, just suggestions, and then step back behind a curtain. Sound flattens. The calls of birds become the bones of calls.
The late writing of Samuel Beckett has always been the work I've most admired. What draws me to his writing is the way Beckett allows words and images to fail, how he shows the reader that there is often more meaning to mine from the spaces and silences between words than the words themselves. Less. Less seen. Less seeing. Less seen and seeing when with words than when not (from Worstward Ho).
Whenever I visit an old chapel or church I tend to ignore the architecture and stained glass. Bricks and windows bore me. Instead I head for the gravestones, looking for the oldest, the most worn, the stones where the inscriptions are very nearly gone. These last traces fascinate me. They are at the point of erasure, the last few words denoting a life, marks made by the hand of a long-dead mason.
I think these three preferences have led me to writing on stones.
The stone I'm most proud of was placed in a wound in a storm shattered thorn tree which has regrown in three sections, a flattened trident with the twisted trunk now almost horizontal, suspended only a few feet from the ground. I think this particular stone has never been read. At least, not by a human.
The poem:
This slowed copper river
put your ear to its door
hear the lighting's thorns
skied and earthed
an antennae tuned
to the curlew's call
After one winter it transformed to a faintly visible:
This low river
hear light
Now the stone contains only fragments of letters, a few downstrokes, half circles, detached serifs. Since I placed it there it has taken on other functions. It has been a cache of fallen hawthorn berries, a perch for rooks, a place for blackbirds to crack snail shells. A few vertical scratches have appeared, they look like claw-marks. Two species of shield lichen have begun to colonise the surface, The words have disappeared, as I hoped they would. Other stones I've placed nearby have not been so successful. They've been found and taken away, I don't know by whom or where they've gone. I hope they are still out in the open and dissolving a little with each passing squall.
Words are as impermanent as human life. They emerge, shape-shift, ghost away, to be replaced by their descendants. A healthy language should feel like a 500 year old oak. Its trunk should be thick, its bark gnarled. It should have many dead and dying branches, and many new and healthy ones.
Most people on earth will only hear one language through their whole lives, but if they're blessed with a long life, that language will have changed by the end. Other people will hear many languages on a daily basis. Within a 10 mile radius of Times Square, New York, 800 languages are spoken, just over 10 percent of all languages currently existing on earth. But many languages, like species, are endangered. It is estimated that a third are spoken by less than 1000 people and that one language passes away with its last speaker every 2 weeks. By the end of the century, as with animal species, half will be gone.
Imagine being the last speaker of a language. Most likely you'd be a city dweller, surrounded by people speaking a tongue not your own. As your people faded away so did your words, your way of thinking, the shapes of your ancestral place. Because words, like stones are dug from a place. A city is no place for a language to die, when its last words are spoken they should at least sink back into the earth they came out of.
I want to know what it feels like to use words that no-one else will hear, words which will sink silently into the ground. Which is why I like to find good hiding places for my stones. It's an act of solidarity.
Today I watched four ravens using the steep slope the shattered tree grows on to ride the wind, letting the updrafts carry them high into the air before they plunged back, flipping upside down and calling out with their rusted hinge cries. Ravens have a huge range of vocalisations, I swear there are words there. Below the slope are faint traces of a medieval settlement that local people call Pentre Jack. It's hard to make anything out until deep winter, when the bracken is gone and the light slants low. Then traces of field walls, platforms and animal enclosures appear. There is a quarry above the settlement. I don't know if this is where the ancients dug stone to make their walls, but it's possible. I take stones from it from time to time.
Ten centuries ago the Normans brought people to this area from all over Europe in an attempt to dilute the local bloodlines and pacify the area. The people of Pentre Jack may have spoken old Welsh, or they could have spoken something else, but that language is long gone, like the people, their animals, buildings and crops. What's left, here and there, is the upstroke of a field wall, the half circle of an animal pen, and a silence which can absorb a raven's call.
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Q: Load class within Jar file and get it's path I know there are already a lot similar questions here, but I couldn't get any smarter form them. I want to load a class inside a jar file, at this point this is no problem, but when I want to pass the path to my own ClassLoader it throws an exception it cannot find the class. Is it possible to load a class inside a jar using an absolute path? For instance,Class cls = loader.loadClass(/path/MyPlugin.jar/MyPlugin.class);
But when I do this:
File test = new File("path/plugins/MyPlugin.jar/MyPlugin.class");
System.out.println(test.exists());

It prints out false. I tried using MyPlugin.jar!/MyPlugin.class or MyPlugin.jar.jar!MyPlugin.class which i've seen sometimes on the web, even though i don't really know what it means...
When I do this it finds the class:
URLClassLoader loader = new URLClassLoader(new URL[] { "path/plugins/MyPlugin.jar" });
Class cl = loader.loadClass("MyPlugin");

But now, how can I receive the path? Something like URL url = cl.getResource("MyPlugin"); (which gives back a null)

A: You can obtain URLs to classpath resources using ClassLoader.getResources. To find a jar with specific class, you may use the following
URL url = classLoader.getResource("com/example/SomeClass.class");
JarURLConnection connection = (JarURLConnection) url.openConnection();
JarFile file = connection.getJarFile();
String jarPath = file.getName();

where classLoader is any classloader capable of finding the class you want to load. If the jar is a part of your application's classpath, you may use system classloader:
ClassLoader classLoader = ClassLoader.getSystemClassloader();

Otherwise, you need to know the jar file location beforehand, and create an instance of URLClassLoader, passing the jar in the constructor:
ClassLoader classLoader = new URLClassLoader(new URL[]{new URL("path/to/the/jar/file.jar")});

and then use it to load your class.

A: If you want to access a file in your jar file you have to put it in the same directory as the class files are.
For example if Main.class is in bin/my/pkg/Main.class you can store your MyPlugin.class in the same directory (bin/my/pkg/MyPlugin.class) and then, if you want to access that file use
URL url = Main.getResource("MyPlugin.class");

Which uses the location of Main.class in your project as root.
Hope it helps!

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An obstacle course. In addition to the pitfalls that the art market may hold, starting a collection without a detailed plan may well involve wasting time, opportunities and money.
Initially it may seem fascinating to choose an artwork relying on instinct and chance, but over time your taste will become more refined and you will inevitably find yourself wanting to replace artworks that do not meet the requirements that a proper plan could have pinpointed much earlier on. This is always a costly process when artworks are of poor quality. While the value of masterpieces will always increase, poor quality works will not even enable you to recover the capital you have invested.
Likewise, for a company or an institution it is infinitely more effective and economical to plan an art project cautiously. Protected from the pressure of the art market and mistakes, which unfortunately always cost dearly.
Planning your success. The journey you are about to embark on in the world of art will be all the more interesting, exciting and free from unwelcome surprises if you have specific map references to lead you to your destination. Whether you are creating a sophisticated private art collection, flawless from the point of view of authenticity and quality, and which tells others about your culture and style, and which represents a sound investment in the long term, or successfully communicating your image through an art collection that conveys the message of your company or institution with individuality.
The questions you should always ask yourself. Are you being offered an artist who is truly recognized? Do you know how to read their CV? Can you distinguish the exhibitions that really count? Did you know that at least 70% of artists selling today, even with considerably high price tags, will be completely forgotten in just ten years? With the consequence that their works will be sold off at that point as having a purely decorative value, in other words, no value at all.
Are you sure the work of art you are being offered is actually what it appears to be? Is it authentic? Does it come with the certificates issued by the expert or the Archive representing the appropriate authority on the subject? Does the certificate contain any ambiguity? Is the dating reliable? Is the work of prime quality?
Did you know that the documented history of a work of art appreciably affects its value? What is its provenance? Has it ever been exhibited or published in a book? What condition is it in? Has it suffered any damage or reckless restoration work in the past? Is it at risk, in the sense that its condition could rapidly deteriorate? Did you know that it is modern and contemporary works of art that present the most serious conservation problems, due to the heterogeneous materials and techniques used to create them?
Based on what criteria will you decide to commission a monumental work? Will you consider how the work is to sit with the architecture or the urban fabric? How the work will be perceived in the daytime or at night? Could the monument pose maintenance problems over time? Will the materials used respect the most advanced environmental protection standards?
The answers we can give you. Whether you are acquiring a work of value or commissioning a public work and you have no answer to even a few of these questions, you would do well to contact someone who can answer them for you. Reliably and expertly.
Enjoy the emotion of the encounter with the work of art, experience the enchantment of discovery. Focus only on the content of your cultural or social message, your company's or institution's communication aims, your priorities. We'll deal with all the rest.


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Q: Automator Service - Find thumbnail file in folder and apply I'm trying to create a service that will automatically apply a 'thumbnail.*' file of a folder to the folder as its icon. I'm using this answer here to build it, but with some modifications.
I've wrapped it in a for loop, but I'm having issue modifying the 'icon=' line to account for this.
for f in "$@"
do
# Sets an icon on file or directory
# Usage setIcon.sh iconimage.jpg /path/to/[file|folder]
set iconSource to do shell script "find $f -name thumbnail*"
set iconDestination to "$f"

icon="/tmp" & $iconSource <-----------------------------------------------
rsrc=/tmp/icon.rsrc

# Create icon from the iconSource
cp $iconSource $icon

# Add icon to image file, meaning use itself as the icon
sips -i $icon

# Take that icon and put it into a rsrc file
DeRez -only icns $icon > $rsrc

# Apply the rsrc file to
SetFile -a C $iconDestination

if [ -f $iconDestination ]; then
    # Destination is a file
    Rez -append $rsrc -o $iconDestination
elif [ -d $iconDestination ]; then
    # Destination is a directory
    # Create the magical Icon\r file
    touch $iconDestination/$'Icon\r'
    Rez -append $rsrc -o $iconDestination/Icon?
    SetFile -a V $iconDestination/Icon?
fi

rm $rsrc $icon
done

A: I believe that the problem is the &. The and is from AppleScript, not ShellScript so if you want to set the icon=, try this:
icon="/tmp"$iconSource

Or if $iconSource does not contain \ in its spaces then try this:
icon="/tmp$iconSource"

BTW Make sure $iconSource begins with /
Hope this helps! :)


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White Queen Bracelet - War Of The Roses charm bracelet - Elizabeth Woodville
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White Queen Bracelet - War Of The Roses charm bracelet - Elizabeth Woodville - historical jewellery - medieval - Edward IV
This beautiful hand crafted charm bracelet is part of my historical jewellery range to commemorate Elizabeth Woodville, 'The White Queen'.
Elizabeth was married to King Edward IV of England in 1464. Amidst the turbulent times of The War Of The Roses, where the houses of Lancaster and York fought for the right to the throne. Elizabeth was the Queen of England, a wife and a mother. It was Elizabeth's two sons who became the infamous 'Princes in The Tower'.
For this bracelet I have chosen several charms to represent Elizabeth. There is a red rose of Lancaster as Elizabeth's family were originally Lancastrians and two white roses to show her allegiance to the House of York.
There is a mermaid charm to represent the water Goddess Melusina. Elizabeth's mother, Jacquetta, believed the ancestry of the Rivers traced back to the mythical Melusina.
There is a baby feet charm to represent Elizabeth's motherhood, and a spoon which represents the spoon she pulls from the water, believing it to be a sign that she will have a son and heir to the throne, Edward.
There is a bride charm to represent Elizabeth's secret marriage and an oak tree charm as Elizabeth first met Edward under the oak tree. The dagger in the sheath charm is for the dagger Elizabeth turned on herself to refuse Edward's advances. There is a crown ring and a heart to represent their marriage for love. The bed charm represents the passion of their relationship.
There is a second crown and a throne, and a Tower of London charm for the 'Princes in The Tower'.
The bracelet measures 7.5 inches in total but it is adjustable as you can attach the lobster clasp to any of the links. It comes in a pretty box


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World's largest aircraft engine flies back to Ohio
VICTORVILLE, CA: July 09, 2018. GE Aviation called on Volga-Dnepr recently to return its GE9X aircraft turbofan to Peebles, Ohio from test flying on the engine manufacturer's B747 in California.
The airline had transported the engine from Columbus to Victorville last November in preparation for its first test flight on March 13, 2018.
Designed for the B777X and with 100,000 lbs. of thrust, the engine has a similar diameter to the B737 - making it the largest aircraft engine in the world.
The roundtrip was the culmination of two years of planning and development by GE and Volga-Dnepr that included a life-size engine mock-up loaded onboard an An-124-100 in Florida to certify the dimensions and loading ability of the aircraft's ramp system.
GE says it has orders for nearly 700 GE9X engines to power two versions of the B777X from All Nippon Airways, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Etihad, Lufthansa, Qatar Airways and Singapore Airlines. First deliveries are set for 2020 according to Boeing.
The manufacturer says the B777-8 has a book price of US$360.5 million and can carry 350-375 passengers plus cargo 8,700 nautical miles, while the B777-9 is priced at US$388.7 million and will carry 400-425 passengers 7,600 nautical miles.


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The more successful you are, the more in demand your time is. Five moguls and members of The Oracles share how they decide whom to give their time to and on what terms.
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1. Prepare helpful "no's."
I'm constantly approached by young business owners looking for "just an hour of my time." As my time is limited, I've developed a system of helpful "no's" that give a little something and leave people feeling happy they asked.
People don't like being ignored or kept waiting. As most requests come through email, I have standard responses ready to go, including a polite thank you, an expression of appreciation, an explanation as to why I can't give it, and most importantly, a suggestion for where they can find the help they require.
Years ago, I gave my time away to just about anyone. I did the same with money! But by making everybody else happy, I wasn't able to prioritize my own goals and happiness. I learned that to accomplish what you want out of life, you must take care of yourself first. —Barbara Corcoran, founder of The Corcoran Group and Shark on "Shark Tank"
2. Create multiple filters.
When I get requests for funding or advice, I run people through filters to separate the serious from the curious.
First, I tell them to message me back and see if they follow up. If they don't, I stop communicating. Second, I ask them to follow up again. If they follow up both times, I ask for their request in writing to assess if it's worth my time. Third, I schedule a 10-minute phone call, where they explain their request in depth. If it's a funding request, I ask for a pitch deck or business plan; usually, they don't have one, which quickly ends the discussion.
Without proper filters, people unknowingly waste your time. I appreciate those who cut to the chase but are also persistent and prepared. One guy followed up for six months, and I eventually helped him. —Com Mirza, "The $500 Million Man" and CEO of Mirza Holdings; failed in eight companies back to back and today, runs a nine-figure empire with over 600 employees
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3. Pre-qualify, have a game plan, and take inventory.
Systems and structures are critical for staying on purpose, while remaining efficient and focused.
First, pre-qualify like a boss. Learn scripts and dialogues that quickly get the information you need to determine if a person has something to offer your business. A great script is like a best-selling rock song: sing it the same way every time, and it will make you a fortune.
Second, follow a game plan. Having a clear business plan will provide an initial sense of what services and people your business needs to excel going forward, making it easier to determine whom to give your time to.
Lastly, take inventory of everything and everyone. When it comes to people and tasks, they either provide good, great, negative, or even terrible energy and value. Using these four categories creates critical awareness about who and what will give you the highest return on investment. —Shaun Rawls, author, optimist, thought leader, founder, and CEO of Rawls Consulting
4. Respond to people who get to the point.
The key to getting people's attention at the top level is having one hyper-specific superpower. The big mistake people make is coming off as generalists and not getting straight to the point. They say things like, "Oh, I'm good at stuff, I'm good at everything." It needs to be as hyper-specific as possible.
If you're approaching someone on the street, never say: "Hey, can I just talk to you for five minutes?" Instead say: "Hey, Elon Musk, quick question, what's your favorite book?" Don't meander.
Jim Rohn, the famous teacher, once said: "Prepare for tomorrow, today." Practice what you'll say to a VIP with a friend, so it's second nature. Prepare a script, even if that means using a piece of paper. I'd rather someone read off a script than babble. —Tai Lopez, investor and advisor to multiple multimillion-dollar businesses, who has built an eight-figure online empire; connect with Tai on Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube
5. Be discerning and schedule short meetings.
When people reach out, I often respond with an explanation about why they're not a good fit, or ask for more information. When I do agree to sit down with someone, I meet for short periods, such as 20 to 30 minutes, rather than an hour.
Your time is finite, so protect it. Be discerning with how you use it. Sometimes that means not responding. Keeping up with all requests would keep me up at night. —Tim Draper, legendary VC, founder of Draper Associates and DFJ
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Art and the History of Indigenous America
Shawon Kinew leads a first-year seminar where students study portraits of indigenous American leaders to learn about art, identity, and the history of indigenous peoples. Photo by Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer
By Liz Mineo, Harvard Staff Writer
Five first-years gathered around a table in a well-lit study room at Harvard Art Museums on a recent afternoon to examine three oil portraits of indigenous American chiefs attired in ceremonial regalia, with necklaces, exquisite feather headpieces, and blankets.
Using magnifying glasses and portable ultraviolet lamps, the students inspected the early 19th-century images of Bayezhig (Lone Man), a Snake River Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) leader; Mizhakwad (Clear Sky), an Ojibwe chief from Rainy Lake; and Tahcoloquoit (Rising Cloud), a warrior of the Sauk nation (Othâkîwa).
It was a special session on art research and preservation, but as students have come to expect, the most important lessons offered by the course "The First Americans: Portraits of Indigenous Diplomacy and Power" involve more than conservation, or even art history.
The first-year seminar centers around the paintings of 25 Native leaders and chiefs painted by Henry Inman, a noted portraitist of his time. It focuses on critical thinking and research skills and the interplay of art, identity, and representation. It also explores the history of the peoples who inhabited the land long before it became the United States, through images that capture their strength and resilience even as they are being targeted by aggressive land-removal policies.
For Shawon Kinew, assistant professor of history of art and architecture and Shutzer Assistant Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the class gives students a chance to have "a conversation with the past" and get acquainted with a part of U.S. history that is often overlooked.
"The takeaway is that the past still needs to be interpreted in many ways," said Kinew, an art historian who received her Ph.D. from Harvard in 2016. "But also, that the people who are represented in these paintings didn't become extinct. Their descendants are still here, and their nations are still here. Their languages are still spoken; the things they're wearing are still worn and used in ceremony today. There's something very powerful about the paintings and the sitters because they transcend what was once described as a moribund history."
Emerald Mae GoingSnake (left) and four fellow students examine oil portraits of Native American leaders painted in the early 1800s. Photo by Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer
The complexities of Native American history come as a revelation to many students.
"I learned that indigenous history is American history and shouldn't be treated as a side unit, the way it is taught in school," said Maddy Ranalli '23. "We also talked about colonization and the many pervasive ways in which it still continues to operate. I usually walk out of every class and I'm like, 'Wow, wow, wow.'"
Finding their home in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, the Inman paintings are copies of the original portraits painted by Charles Bird King. Thomas McKenney, who ran the Bureau of Indian Affairs between 1824 and 1830, hired King to paint the Native leaders who traveled to Washington, D.C., to negotiate treaties with the U.S. government. Since most of King's portraits were destroyed in a fire that consumed the Smithsonian Institute in 1865, Inman's canvases are among the few records that capture the Native American leaders of that era.
Because of their historical value, the paintings, some of which have experienced invasive treatment, are the focus of a conservation initiative to protect them from future damage and deterioration, a joint effort by the Peabody Museum and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies.
Associate paintings conservator Cristina Morilla and Julie Wertz, Beal Family Postgraduate Fellow in Conservation Science, who are part of a multidisciplinary team working on the conservation of the Inman paintings, recently spoke to the class about the conservation project.
"It's very important for the Peabody Museum to preserve the surviving portraits of these prominent leaders and chiefs," said Morilla, who encountered the Inman paintings as she was doing a survey of the Peabody collection. "I was astonished by the amazing quality of the paintings, and also because they're very unusual. These portraits depict Native American leaders with all their regalia and the power they held as representatives of their tribal nations during their negotiations with the U.S. government."
As part of the class, students have to write a visual analysis based on an hourlong observation of one of the paintings. It's a challenging task, said Kinew, because students have to go beyond the first impressions of seeing the leaders as "oppressed people" and gain access to the traditional knowledge embedded in the paintings through the cultural items the sitters bear.
"These leaders and chiefs were engaging in nation-to-nation negotiations, and were wearing ceremonial regalia and sacred objects, which reveal the power they have, not only as political diplomats, but in some occasions also as spiritual leaders," said Kinew.
The course attracted Emerald GoingSnake '23, who is Cherokee and Mvskoke (Creek) because she wanted to learn about her Mvskoke heritage, and also because it was taught by Kinew, who is a member of the Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation in Canada.
"It is important that Native professors are teaching about Native issues," said GoingSnake. "I believed this course would make me feel seen, recognized, and it has, but the most powerful part of the course is to learn how decolonization ties into our discussions of these paintings and the larger notion of history. We are learning how the inclusion of Native voices changes our perspective of how history is told."
For Henry Austin '23, who is part Choctaw but did not grow up with Choctaw traditions, Kinew's class has given him the opportunity to "connect with his ancestors" and learn "much more about the beauty of indigenous art, traditions, and resistance."
"I've never had the opportunity to interact with objects like those in the Peabody Museum, and it has been interesting to analyze objects as part of a greater narrative," said Austin. "Indigenous perspectives are fundamental to changing any narrative in this country, and that is something I have had the chance to learn from this class."
As part of the course, there will be two special public lectures on Anishinaabe language and art in honor of the U.N. International Year of Indigenous Languages. Alan Ojiig Corbiere of the Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures will give the lecture "Listening for Grandfathers: Aadizookaanag in Museum Collections" on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Sackler 422, 485 Broadway, Cambridge. Anton Treuer, professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University, will deliver "Ojibwe Language Warriors in Action: Connecting the Academy, the Community, and the Quest for Knowledge" at Sackler Lecture Hall on Nov. 20 at 6 p.m.
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10:15 Jul 11, 2011 575
Angry and thrilled about Arie
You may not have caught last night's Sunday programme on the strange and troubling case of Arie Smith-Voorkamp. You might have been marvelling at Matt Bowden on the other current affairs show. But I would ask you, if you have time, to spend 20 minutes watching Janet McIntyre's superbly-compiled report.
Arie, who was born with Asperger Syndrome, meaning he is somewhere on the autism spectrum, became the media's "face of looting" in February, when he was arrested and paraded for the cameras after the February earthquake in Christchurch. He was back in court last week, and is set to go to a judge-only trial after the police again rejected a very strong steer from a judge to approve diversion for Arie, who has never previously been before a court.
Arie readily admits his offence, which is not, by any reasonable measure, looting. The empty retail building he entered in February, miles from the CBD "red zone", had been damaged, cordoned off and marked for demolition months before, after the September quake. It had been unused for many months even before that.
Like many Aspies, Arie has a particular strong interest: in his case, it's electrical fittings. Against the urgings of his partner, Michael Davis, Arie entered the building and had secured two old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs when the police arrived. The items themselves were essentially valueless, but, as Arie acknowledged, the arresting officers were subjected to the risk of entering a damaged building.
Arie says he struggles to remember what happened during the arrest, but Michael told Sunday that Arie could not understand what was happening and became hysterical.
Those with personal or family experience of aspergers will probably recognise what was happening there: an autistic meltdown. It's an overwhelming and disabling response to stress and confusion.
Meltdowns do not necessarily result from or result in violence. Our older son, when he began taking the bus home at night this year from his Film Society screenings, accidentally asked for a ticket to K Road, rather than Point Chev. When the bus driver queried him at the end of K Road, he got confused and basically locked up. Fortunately, the driver was sensitive enough to realise something was going on and took our son where he needed to get to. I'd like to thank him here for his help and understanding.
Arie did the right thing: he tried to calm himself down. He apparently told the arresting officers he was Asperger -- not in the hope of getting off, but in the belief they might do the right thing. In response, they are said to have mocked him, and -- while he was prone and handcuffed -- assaulted him.
The building's owners were shocked to discover that Arie had been imprisoned, charged and subjected to repeated court hearings. Not only had they made no complaint, they had not even been informed of the theft of their light bulbs.
Arie spent more than a week in jail afterwards, and he and Michael were deliberately and humiliatingly paraded in front of the news media before even being charged. The police, despite being invited four separate times by a judge to consider diversion for Arie, have refused to do so -- in successive decisions that now apparently extend all the way to Wellington.
My lawyer friends are struggling recall other cases in which the police have behaved this way over such a minor charge, although one notes that when there is an allegation of assault by officers, they'll tend to "hang on to the prosecution" to make things look better.
In recent days, however, senior police conduct has gone beyond the inexplicable to the frankly threatening. Inspector Derek Erasmus of the Christchurch police called the elderly building owners to try and convince them to call Sunday's producers and have the programme pulled off air. And then he directly warned Sunday's producers that they themselves were also "under investigation".
There is no other way to read that than as a threat to journalists. If it hadn't been already, a line has now been crossed. This is a matter for the Minister of Police.
And yet, as angry as I am about what has happened to Arie, I was also thrilled by last night's programme. Thrilled to see a young Asperger man speak at such length on prime-time television, to be given such an opportunity to be understood and recognised for the person he is. For that, Janet McIntyre and the rest of the Sunday team, I am deeply grateful. Thank you.
PS: Michael Laws: you have no useful role to play here. You have already insulted and demeaned this young man, comparing him to an animal. This case is not an appropriate or productive place for you to display your own significant personality issues. Please do everyone a favour, desist, and work on your own problems.
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ChrisW, 10:45 Jul 11, 2011
Indeed, a fine piece of television and journalism, with well-crafted understatement. Arie was enabled to present himself and his case as completely genuine and guileless. The point where he introduced himself at the door of the building's owners as "Cornelius Arie Smith-Voorkamp" brought tears to my eyes. The anger came later.
asnz, 10:51 Jul 11, 2011
Janet McIntyre's report compelling report rose to the occasion and hopefully will attract as many media awards as it has, or might, attract in the way of sinister Police threats.
Aspies quirky behaviour has been well defended before in Kiwi media - but not with the full inclusion of the voice of these people themselves - knowing they have the attentive backing of their own discrete Aspie community in this case. To see Arie and Michael plainly declaim the truth in all its startling simplicity was to see a 'first' occur on TV, with courage and honesty writ large, not the over-wrought claims of looting and feralness those with a political axe to grind shouted out.
Arie's "Look, a train, I love trains", when set against the phrase "The Evil Face of Looting" will, for my generation, neatly sum up the task before us: to ourselves lead the way to lifting this nation out of a general ignorance unworthy of the numbers 2, 0, 1, 1.
And, yes, Michael Laws, having shot his mouth off, needs to be questioing himself under his desk right now.
Upper Hutt, New Zealand • Since Jul 2011 • 8 posts Report Reply
Damian Christie, 10:54 Jul 11, 2011
Michael Laws, still the only exception to the "it's not OK" campaign.
izogi, 11:03 Jul 11, 2011
Damn, I can't get the video to play.
That's interesting given how just last Thursday, the Police stated "Claims that the alleged offenders were assaulted are completely incorrect,"
I really thought Police were meant to get training on handling this kind of stuff. I know the situation here was unprecedented (major earthquake) and police tend to work in high tension environments. They might occasionally make bad assumptions and things won't always work out perfectly in-the-moment. But if the Police could just come out, acknowledge and clearly explain how Arie turned up in court looking as if he'd been pushed down a flight of stairs, I'd be much more satisfied. Or maybe I wouldn't, and maybe that's their dilemma.
Wellington • Since Jan 2007 • 1139 posts Report Reply
Craig Ranapia, in reply to izogi, 11:23 Jul 11, 2011
They might occasionally make bad assumptions and things won't always work out perfectly in-the-moment. But if the Police could just come out, acknowledge and clearly explain how Arie turned up in court looking as if he'd been pushed down a flight of stairs, I'd be much more satisfied.
Quite - we all fuck up, but real strength is having the maturity to own your errors of judgement and make good as far as you can. And apart from the needless humiliation (and alleged assault) of Arie, I've got to ask how much time, public money and goodwill has been squandered on what looks a lot like the infantile intransigence of a handful of Police officers?
Sue, 11:59 Jul 11, 2011
I like to think i live in a country where the police are wonderful and they are serving the community and are there to make us all feel safer. This does the opposite.
81stcolumn, 12:09 Jul 11, 2011
Buses ? I'd rather walk...last time that happened I just got off in the middle of nowhere.
Nawthshaw • Since Nov 2006 • 790 posts Report Reply
Can anyone (maybe who can view the video) indicate if Arie has actually laid an assault complaint with Police, contrary to what Inspector Erasmus said on Thursday? I can't seem to find clear info on this except that it was being considered early on (maybe March). From memory the decision was around not wanting so much media attention. It seems unusual though if claims are now being made through the media.
Hopefully a reasonable judge will throw this out soon enough and give someone an appropriate dressing down in doing so, There have been plenty of opportunities for Police to step back before now, unless we're all being hideously mis-led on the facts somehow.
Lilith __, 12:32 Jul 11, 2011
Hm, I can't get that one to play, either.
Jesus wept! If the case is anything LIKE as baseless and vindictive as it sounds...times have been tricky down here but the LAST thing we need is authority victimising our most vulnerable people.
Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3891 posts Report Reply
Following my previous comment, the end of this Herald article (also from last Thursday) states "His defence team said a complaint would be laid about their client being allegedly assaulted at the time of his arrest". So a complaint probably hadn't been made at the time of Inspector Erasmus's comment.
LIISA, in reply to izogi, 12:57 Jul 11, 2011
Can anyone (maybe who can view the video) indicate if Arie has actually laid an assault complaint with Police
- in the story Arie said (from memory) that he was too scared to lay a complaint - too scared to go out anymore, and very, very scared of going to jail.
Such a sad story - and incomprehensible response from the NZ Police - it appears they were aware almost straight away that there were special circumstances around Arie's behaviour, but they did not choose to take those into consideration.
Can kind of see how that might happen in the heat of the moment - not right/good, but human mistake in high-stress circumstances.
But for it to be supported and perpetuated by more senior staff/ management for so long... incomprehensible.
Maybe there is even more to it we don't know yet.
OTOH Arie came across so well - what a lovely man. I hope his dreams for the future (to become an electrician and own a house where he can display his collection of electrical fixtures) are realised. I suspect there will now be many people willing to offer him any help he might need.
There really has been some excellent public service television this week (Cigerettes, Leaky Homes, Arie - to name some on commercial free-to-air) Perhaps the charter finally becoming evident? - best we put a stop to it.
Wellie • Since May 2008 • 46 posts Report Reply
W K, 13:02 Jul 11, 2011
I think some people are being a little kind to the police here... At the beginning of March I received a call from a family member who is a Christchurch police officer. She informed me with great pride she and her fellow officers had been taking "looters" into dark areas to "give them the bash". I informed her of the Aspergers case and she said "his family should've been looking after him". I gave her a lecture on due process and she hasn't spoken to me since.
I don't think she would've felt so keen to tell me this unless there was a culture within her department that encouraged this behaviour.
North Island • Since Jul 2011 • 4 posts Report Reply
Idiot Savant, 13:03 Jul 11, 2011
Sean Plunket reports that "police have now launched an investigation (at taxpayer expense) into TVNZ's Sunday programme over their story on Arie".
Palmerston North • Since Nov 2006 • 1716 posts Report Reply
Hilary Stace, 13:14 Jul 11, 2011
Thanks Russell. Another player in this 'case' has been social media. Your PA thread started soon after the first media story hinted at what has now been shown to be a huge injustice, and continued on and off for four months. Facebook friends and autism sector colleagues organised, firstly, a lawyer with understanding of the issues, who later handed over to the current defence lawyer, and, secondly, ensured the situation was not forgotten. I'm sure these all contributed to the Sunday story happening at all and in the way it did. The current FB page Justice for Arie Smith-Voorkamp has been very busy over the last couple of days with first hand accounts and advice on how and where to advocate to address this huge injustice. Hasn't finished yet.
Wgtn • Since Jun 2008 • 3218 posts Report Reply
Mark Rickerby, 13:17 Jul 11, 2011
A big part of the problem may be the police fear that the public can't handle the police making mistakes. Whether or not it's true, I get the impression that a great deal of Kiwis believe that that fudging and distorting facts to fit the initial accident or assesment is an ongoing, repeating, systematic problem within the NZ police culture.
Auckland • Since Dec 2010 • 6 posts Report Reply
Christopher Dempsey, in reply to 81stcolumn, 13:17 Jul 11, 2011
Yet 'nowhere' is somewhere as well.
All I can say is that this Police behaviour is somewhat typical; once on their high horse they are inclined not to get off the horse. The Urewera 18 is one example. Arie is another. Police need training in humility - public esteem would go through the roof if they were to practice it.
Social media has been a player in this from the other side too. 56,000 people clicked they were attending "Public Humiliation for the Looters of the 22/02/2011 Earthquake" and many commenters on it advocated violence against suspects. Police use Facebook just like everyone else, and I'm sure it emboldened them.
Ross Mason, 13:34 Jul 11, 2011
A quote from a Facebook contributor:
The real culprits with an empathy-deficit... Police National HQ.
Sunday Star Times had a readable and timely article written by a "low number". On empathy, Simon Baron-Cohen and quizzes.
Upper Hutt • Since Jun 2007 • 1590 posts Report Reply
W K:
She informed me with great pride she and her fellow officers had been taking "looters" into dark areas to "give them the bash". I informed her of the Aspergers case and she said "his family should've been looking after him". I gave her a lecture on due process and she hasn't spoken to me since. I don't think she would've felt so keen to tell me this unless there was a culture within her department that encouraged this behaviour.
That's a very serious allegation and I hope it's less than what you're suggesting, but if it's true then screw 'em*. Police are human too and often under stressful situations and I could understand if Arie sustained an injury during an arrest with a reasonable explanation or whatever, as long as steps were taken later to admit correct any wrongdoing and do whatever's necessary to prevent it happening again, but taking people aside and beating them, or even joking about it, is unacceptable and unforgivable for police under any circumstances. If there's a culture that encourages this it needs to be weeded out now.
Hopefully the investigation Plunket cites is one into the allegations, and not into how the programme was able to go ahead when Police tried to stop it.
* I really want to say bayonet them, but it might come across all wrong and hypocritical.
WaterDragon, 13:52 Jul 11, 2011
I just fail to see what on earth the police think they have to gain from pursuing the matter with such single minded and small-brained vindictiveness. Quite apart from the rampant injustice of their stance it is as much a PR disaster for them as ever was the case for Rupert Murdoch and his "News of the World" band. Can somebody go chase rabbits please-a multiple brain transplant seems in order
Behind you • Since Jul 2011 • 79 posts Report Reply
81stcolumn, in reply to Christopher Dempsey, 14:04 Jul 11, 2011
<chuckle>
I have considerable gifts at my disposal; unfortunately a sense of position and direction isn't amongst them.
#shockhorrormaleadmitstobeinglost
Greg Akehurst, 14:18 Jul 11, 2011
Interesting and disappointing to compare and contrast this Police stance with Ross Meurants admissions in the Saturday Herald that he lied in denying Red Squads beating of Springbok Tour protesters dressed as clowns in 1981, and realise that things really haven't changed "deep in the forest" for the NZ Police.
Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 7 posts Report Reply
Andre Alessi, in reply to 81stcolumn, 14:21 Jul 11, 2011
Buses ? I'd rather walk…last time that happened I just got off in the middle of nowhere.
I have a tremendous, almost crippling*, anxiety about getting on the wrong bus. I'm OK with buses I catch every day, but ask me to catch a bus to a part of Auckland I've never been to before and I will spend every single moment staring out the window looking for landmarks and signs to try and determine whether I'm heading in the right direction, complete with elevated heart rate and tensed limbs (ready to leap into action at the first sign of heading in the wrong direction.) For someone who relies on buses to travel it's a fairly significant disadvatage.
* - What's the non-abelist word for "crippling" in this context? My internal thesaurus is momentarily offline.
Devonport, New Zealand • Since Nov 2006 • 864 posts Report Reply
Idiot Savant, in reply to WaterDragon, 14:29 Jul 11, 2011
I just fail to see what on earth the police think they have to gain from pursuing the matter with such single minded and small-brained vindictiveness.
Easy: they deter people from making complaints against them in the future.
Stephen Judd, 14:30 Jul 11, 2011
That was a truly sympathetic and persuasive piece. But, did TVNZ cross a line in interviewing basically all the participants but the police in a pending trial? I am fully confident that Arie has suffered a great wrong, and that there's something rotten in police conduct we need to get to the bottom of, but this aspect of the program bugs me.


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