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JURASSIC PARK IS WEIRD and LAURA DERN WANTS IT
Danielle and I rewatched "Jurassic Park" last night. It is a strange fucking movie. I don't even know how many times I've seen it at this point at least 3 dozen times I would think, but it is a fucking weird movie filled with the dumbest characters ever put on film.
The girl who strangely looks like a mini-Laura Dern is one of the dumbest movie characters in all of movie history. She's in a Ford Explorer and an actual T-Rex is standing no less than 15 feet away and she decides to jump into the trunk of the car and find an enormous flashlight and turn it on. Why? Why?!!? Pretty much every creature that has ever existed on this planet would be drawn to a beam of light that is moving around. Human beings would be attracted to a beam of light that is moving around! No one in a horror movie has ever done as stupid of a thing as being in a hiding spot in the dark then going out of their way to find a flashlight to turn it on and to point it at the thing they are worried about killing them.
THEN! 20 seconds after she just turned the flashlight on she is 100% incapable of turning the flashlight off! Incapable! Completely cannot figure out how to turn off a flashlight she literally turned on less than a minute ago.
Later, she references herself as a "hacker" and is shown to be a whiz with computers. I guess if the flashlight was turned on and off with Linux software – she would've been able to do it.
The movie is also filled with the oddest humor, which makes all the characters seem like sociopath buffoons.
How about Laura Dern being attacked by a velociraptor then an arm falls on her shoulder out of the shadows and she's all calm for a second like "ohhh, Mr. Arnold" then it turns out it's a bloody stump of an arm that I guess the velociraptor hid back there for this very moment and that revelation of the bloody arm is what makes Laura realize again that their is a highly murderous dinosaur a couple feet from trying to rip through the tiny little fence between them.
Also, by the end of the movie, Laura Dern is about one more dinosaur chase away from creaming her khaki shorts. SERIOUSLY! She starts off as some archaeological nerd and with every seen Laura Dern fucking wants IT and Wants IT and WANTS IT to the point that she ditches her glasses, ditches her top, and she's got some pretty serious pokies happening beneath her tank top to the point that they should seriously put those kids in a different chopper off the island because she needs to get Dr. Grant's D tout de suite in her toot sweet.
I may have missed something on every viewing of Jurassic Park, but…
ARE ALL THE SCIENTISTS AND STAFF OF JURASSIC PARK KILLED BY DINOSAURS?
Where does everyone go?
I feel like they must make some mention of it, but maybe they don't. Did they escape the island when everyone else was manning the fort?
There are dozens of scientists as well as waiters and chefs on this island. What happened to them? Are they eaten by dinosaurs too?
There's the shitty, park ranger/doctor who is such a shitty doctor that he doesn't notice the sick triceratops' gigantic eyes are dilating. He takes Laura Dern for a ride – not that kind of ride although she certainly wants IT – and then is never seen or heard from again. I mean where did he go? Am I forgetting like a mass exodus sequence where all the chefs and scientists like B.D. Wong get off the island while the rest of our protagonists/morons decide to stay on the island to 'rassle with the dinos?
WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH THE "GAME WARDEN"?
More like "gay warden" if you ask me with his sassy khaki shorts showing off more leg than Debbie Does Dallas Laura Dern over there.
First off, he's a fucking lunatic who wants to kill all the animals in the park, so we might as well make him in charge, right?
Second off, when he finally gets the chance to show off his hunting prowess, he tries to trick the ever-clever raptors by placing his curled-up cowboy hat on a log as if the raptors would spot it and go after that instead of going after him as he tries to flank them. Uhhhhhh, what the fuck?!?!?! What kind of horrible plan is that? That raptor doesn't know what the fuck that hat is or even going to register that that is a hat and hats are worn by humans, so it should go after it.
IF you're hunting something and trying to draw it into a trap, you have to put something in the trap area that will lure the animal. A hat ain't going to do it. Especially, a hat that isn't even fucking doing anything besides sitting on a stationary log. That raptor and/or any animal ever will just be looking through the jungle and be like, "tree, tree, tree, tree, tree" they're not going to be like, "tree, tree, tree, hat on a log, tree, tree- WAIT A SECOND! Hat on a log?!??!?! There's a human under that hat I bet!"
So fucking stupid. Worst hunter ever and worst hire ever by the most inept grandfather of all-time.
Sure, I could criticize Sam Neil's Dr. Grant character who has a weird perversion with children and, also, doesn't think to climb around to the other side of the tree where the Ford Explorer isn't dangling over head, but he's a mole hill compared to the mountain of idiocy that is John Hammond.
JOHN HAMMOND IS THE FUCKING WORST!!!
Hey, you Santa Claus look-a-like motherfucker, what is going on in your fucking idiot skull?! You're going to test drive a theme park – that you totally think there's a chance will kill everyone that steps foot into it – with your grandkids?!
Not only does he test drive the theme park with his fucking grandkids, but could he have a more skeletal crew of people involved with keeping DINOSAURS behind a wire fence? He has one "game warden" for a fucking island of creatures that are all 10x the size of us and we have absolutely no experience keeping control of. ONE GUY IS IN CHARGE OF THAT! Shit, I worked at a non-profit for a few months and my desk was near the mail room and there were 5 people working the mail room. FIVE. Five people sorting mail to be delivered in house to a staff of like 200 people. FIVE. John Hammond hired ONE guy to handle keeping an island of HUNDREDS of DINOSAURS in line from KILLING PEOPLE! John Hammond is the fucking dumbest man ever!
And then when everything falls apart and that Col. Sanders look-a-like motherfucker is simply waiting to hear if his grandkids have been murdered by dinosaurs – what does this fucking idiot do?
HE EATS ICE CREAM WHILE HIS GRANDKIDS ARE POSSIBLY GETTING EATEN ALIVE BY DINOSAURS THAT HE CREATED!!!
Ice cream! The fucking old coot doesn't grab a walkie-talkie and stand-by pacing around or maybe get off his rich ass and grab a fucking shotgun and try to kill a dinosaur himself. NO! What this fucker does is go into the expansive kitchen of the catering hall and pull out multiple drums of ice cream and then he carries them into the dining room and he just sits down and goes to town on some ice cream. SERIOUSLY!!
This dude bought an island, bought scientists to make dinosaurs, filled the island with dinosaurs, hired less than the minimum of people to run this island and the highly-dangerous dinosaurs that he brought back to life, and then he threw his grandkids into the mix.
Also, he is an actual moron in the movie too. The other characters point out what an idiot he is. Laura Dern mentions that John has filled the island with poisonous plants because they look pretty, but he doesn't know nor did he do any research to know that they're poisonous plants. Besides all the shit that we see him do that is dumb that Steven Spielberg probably didn't intentionally think would make him look dumb and instead thought they would be nice set piece scenes – his character is actually fucking dumb to the other characters.
JOHN HAMMOND IS THE VILLAIN OF THE MOVIE!
There's a strange scene where he it is setup that he's the reason why Wayne Knight's character does the shit that he does that eventually causes all the power to go out. First, he only hired ONE person to code or decode or whatever computer nonsense that Wayne Knight is doing. This plus an apparently low salary and a shitty attitude by John leads Wayne Knight to become disgruntled and fuck them all over.
Plus, the park is just a fucking murder park to begin with. He's got dinosaurs and raptors just being fed live animals to be torn to shreds. John Hammond is fucking PETA's worse fucking nightmare. A live cow simply lowered into a room of raptors to tear it to fucking shreds? A live goat tied to a pole for a T-Rex to fucking pick its teeth with? He's easily the most terrible person alive. That's all if the park is going well too! Once the park falls apart, it's just a T-Rex and raptors running loose eating whatever dinosaur they feel like. So, he brought back dinosaurs into existence, so they could either murder or be murdered. Isn't that the most psychotic thing you've ever heard?
And, in the end, he fucking survives too. There should have been a shot of John Hammond sacrificing himself to help save his fucking grandkids. Or a shot of him staying on the island to go down with the ship ala Titanic, which in this case means to get torn to shred by the fucking horrible creations that he unleashed on the world that will all no doubt be killed by each other and/or the poisonous plants he stocked the island with because they were pretty.
FUCK JOHN HAMMOND!
If you're wondering why I haven't mentioned Jeff Goldblum or the boy – it's because those two characters are flawless.
Goldblum points out what a death trap this island is and he tries to fuck Laura Dern and he has to actually tell Sam Neil to worry for the kids' safety.
The boy? He knows more about dinosaurs than almost all of the adults and appears to know just as much about dinosaurs as Dr. Grant, he has a healthy fear of everything that is going on, and he's a fucking kid. You want me to find fault in some kid? Disgusting. The girl does all the moronic things in their section of the movie.
The movie is weird. I'll watch it another million times though. It's fucking Jurassic Park!
The Bachelor 19 – FINALE – She's just not that into you
THANK GOD – IT'S OVER!!!!
THE CURSED SEAL IS RELEASED AND WE CAN ALL BE FREE (until Bachelor in Paradise starts this summer)!!!! WE CAN ALL LIVE FREELY (meaning we can now watch something else on Monday nights for 2 to 3 hours like House of Cards)!!!!!! YES!!!!!
Last night was the finale for trick ass, punk ass mark Chris Soules' stupid ass, dumb ass season of the Bachelor.
And you may have guessed from her name trending all day on Yahoo or from the myriad of articles that are more or less lazy FBI background checks on her propagating all over the internet today…
WHITNEY WON!!!!
WOOOOOO!!!! GO WHITNEY!!! YOU WON A PROBABLY ILL-FATED RELATIONSHIP WITH A HALF-MUTE WHO IS GOING TO SPEND THE NEXT YEAR AT LEAST MILKING HIS 15 MINUTES OF FAME FOR ALL IT'S WORTH ALL THE WHILE SPENDING NOT A SECOND THOUGHT ON YOU OR YOUR ADDICTION TO THE COLOR PINK OR HIS MULTITUDE OF FARMS IN IOWA AND THE ALWAYS LOOMING HARVEST!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats, I guess.
So, Whitney won.
She did win. Technically, she totally won. I mean she totally got the final rose and she totally got the engagement ring. That totally happened. He said the "I love you" words and he proposed and all of that totally happened in some stupid ass barn in stupid ass Iowa with a stupid ass stained-glass spraying tie-dye colored light all over this stupid ass moment of theirs.
BUT!!!
The thing is…
HE WANTED TO CHOOSE BECCA!!!
He so did.
Fucking numb nuts Chris wanted to choose Becca, but that Jamie Lynn Spears looking virgin didn't want anything to do with him. Honestly, it was pretty amazing.
Covered head to toe in about 10 pounds of bronzer, Becca carved a hole into numb nuts Chris' heart and proceeded to proceeded to put not an ounce of herself into it. She couldn't have been any less committal to a guy whose TV show she is on for the sole purpose of being proposed to by him.
Becca was all like 'you can propose to me, but I'm not sure if that's going to make me like you like you anymore than I do now or ever and I'm also not really that into liking you just because you're the only guy here.' Not an exact quote, but it's exactly what she was feeling.
After however much or little time the two of them spent together, Becca was not down to clown with Chris.
SHE WAS NOT DOWN TO CLOWN!!!!
And if you're not down to clown then I guess you have to move on and propose to the OTHER girl who is also riding in a limo on their way over to the same exact barn that the not clowning chick is leaving from because this is a fucking game show and that's how the sanctity of marriage is dealt with on this show.
Seriously, if I was a marriage advocate who thinks gays getting married was a slap in the face to marriage… NO! The Bachelor and The Bachelorette is a fucking slap in the face to marriage. It's not some great moment between two people who have found each other. It's a fucking thing that you say you're going to do because the show is coming to an end and the one chick isn't feeling it, so you say you're going to get married to the other one because why not – it's not like any of this means anything because you don't HAVE TO get married nor does it matter if you do and then divorce them because the marriage was based on winning a fucking gameshow. A FUCKING GAME SHOW!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!
Whatever your beef with gays is – they dress better and dance better than you probably – they're not trying to get married because of a fucking game show. They want to get married because of government benefits and because they want the world to know they want to put their genitals together with this other person's genitals for the rest of their life in a real way. And that's what the true spirit of marriage is and not some fucking game show.
Back to the fucking proposal bullshit game show…
Per usual, Whitney adorned herself in pink and threw herself and her crazy type A eyes at numb nuts Chris for the entirety of the time she was shown on TV. She will do anything to win or at least pretend like she's going to marry numb nuts Chris. Throw away her life, throw away her job, pretend like numb nuts Chris isn't going to try and bang the hell out of his dance partner on Dancing with the Stars whose name is… Witney Carson.
HAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!
She spells her name without an H like an idiot… but nevertheless…
HER NAME IS WITNEY TOO!!!!
Too fucking funny!
Whitney – the one on the bachelor who will soon be cheated on with Witney – said that she didn't watch this season's The Bachelor and Chris Harrison asked why every which way he could to try and break Whitney into saying that she didn't watch it because numb nuts Chris was tongue-fucking every chick on the damn show including a 20 year old single mother, a pair of 24+ year old virgins, a clown prostitute, and he totally fucked Kaitlyn.
I'd 100% bet that Whitney has googled this shit in the middle of the night and found out about all the stuff that numb nuts Chris did and I'm sure she'll see that numb nuts Chris would have totally asked Becca to marry him if she had given him even the slightest bit of confidence that she was at all planning on letting him pop her cherry.
It's actually making me grossed out thinking about a grown man being into de-virginizing someone. I know it's grossing you out, but let's just be clear – I find it fucking creepy as shit as well.
Jimmy Kimmel was pretty hilarious saying point blank to numb nuts Chris that Becca just wasn't into him… with Whitney right there.
The show kept pushing Ashley S. to be on Bachelor in Paradise.
And the show announced its new setup for the next season of The Bachelorette, which I feel like I don't understand.
Next season, clown prostitute Britt – who showed up to the finale with about 1/10th of the make-up on that she normally had – and the cutest unemployed wino ever Kaitlyn will both be The Bachelorettes… for one night?
I'm not sure if this is right or not, but I think the idea is that the next season of The Bachelorette will have 25 dudes or whatever show up to the house and both Britt and Kaitlyn will be there and the guys will meet both of them and then at the end of the night the guys will get to decide who is The Bachelorette for that season.
Just another fucking slap in the face from Disney to women everywhere! WOOOO!!!
Also, the count total is 25 for Britt or 25 for Kaitlyn then there are going to be guys on the show who are faking it even more that they are into a chick they're just supposed to be into because they're on this game show that says they're supposed to be into this chick — even though they just voted they would rather be into the only other option chick who they were more cool with faking that they were into her because they are supposed to be into her because this is a game show they signed up to be on.
I'd say there's a 1% chance that Whitney and numb nuts Chris get married.
The Bachelor 19 – episode 9 – Crazy women's pleas fall on idiot farmer's deaf ears
WHAT IT IS!?!?!!
I survived a bachelor party weekend in Vermont consisting of dangerous as hell snowmobiling to watch more of this cluster fuck? YES I DID!
Last night, The Bachelor aired the shrillest and most fake tearful "Women Tell All" episode I have yet to see on the three seasons I have watched of this show.
WOMEN TELL ALL?!?!?!?
WHAT, PRAY TELL, DID THEY TELL!??!?!
A whole lot of nuttin'.
Or nothing.
NOTHING!!!!
After another two hours spent watching this trainwreck, nothing new was divulged or earned through all of this.
We didn't learn why Kelsey is crazy, we didn't learn why Ashley S. is crazy, we didn't learn why Britt is fake, we didn't learn why moron Chris pumped & dumped Kaitlyn, we didn't learn why moron Chris let the "Wild Mustang" Jade out of the stable, and we didn't learn a single thing about Samantha.
But were we really expecting to? Were you?
Were you really expecting to get answers? Because…
THE ANSWERS ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR FUCKING FACE!!!
Kelsey is crazy because SHE'S FUCKING CRAZY!
Ashley S. is crazy because SHE'S FUCKING CRAZY, but it's a harmless crazy not like Kelsey who will definitely knife you in the shower type of crazy.
Britt is fake because SHE'S FUCKING FAKE AS FUCK! SHE'S A CLOWN PROSTITUTE!
Moron Chris fucked & chucked Kaitlyn because he fucking could and no one could or would stop him.
Moron Chris kicked Jade to the curb because he's thoroughly creeped out by a pair of brothers calling their sister a "wild mustang" over and over again and he didn't want to marry into that.
And Samantha? SHE'S NOT EVEN A REAL PERSON! She's some black hair blown out CGI character that was in the show to pad out the numbers.
There was one funny part on last night's ep where Samantha tried to blame Kelsey and her phoney-baloney panic attack for being the reason why moron Chris kicked her off the show and moron Chris didn't get a chance to fall in love with her. Uhhhhhhhhh… no, CGI bitch, you were kicked off the show because no one knew who the fuck you were or why you were still there. As for you not getting to know moron Chris – I mean besides the idea of how can a human really ever get to know a CGI character – you had like a billion times to say something to moron Chris and vice versa and neither of you took advantage of it because you both inherently knew it wasn't worth the effort. NEXT!
As mentioned, not a fuck ton happened last night. Just a lot of fake ass crying…
FAKE ASS CRYING!!!
And the key perpetrator of the FAKE ASS CRYING was Britt.
BRITT IS FAKE, YO!!!!
BRITT COULD NOT BE MORE FULL OF HERSELF!!!
Britt spent a good portion of last night's episode squeezing her eyes together and puckering her clown prostitute make-up caked face to make it appear that she was truly about to burst a Hoover Dam amount of tears over her lost love – moron Chris. Maybe like one or two tears snuck through with all of her drama training, but by and large Britt made the sounds and the expressions of someone crying, but not the actual tears, which means… SHE FUCKING FAKE, SON!!!
Besides her auditioning for a guest spot on The Young & the Restless, Britt spent an inordinate amount of time yelling at Carly.
Britt blames Carly – 100% – for why Britt and moron Chris aren't together.
The lion's share of the first 90 minutes of the show before moron Chris came out was spent on Britt and Carly yelling over each other with Britt insisting the two of them were BFFs and that Carly ruined everything.
My two favorite parts of all this Britt nonsense was…
1. YOU'RE JUST OBSESSED WITH ME!!!! I called it in my head like 5 minutes into the Britt/Carly stuff, but I felt the need to actually say it out loud, so Danielle could be my witness in me obviously guessing the conclusion of Britt's self-centered-ness – YOU FAKE ASS, CLOWN PROSTITUTE. As Britt hammered home as much as she could how it was Carly who was the villain of the season – which she wasn't – Britt finally got to her point that she had wanted to make for the whole time, but it's a bad point because it's about the most self-centered thing anyone can possibly say – it's because Carly was just jealous.
BOOM! We've had an egotistical explosion by Britt! That's right, Britt. She was your friend and she was your friend because you were just so nice to her and because she was clearly just so in awe and had to be in awe of you and then as time wore on she became all "Single White Female" on you and got obsessed with you and couldn't stop talking about you and then she had to go out and ruin your life with moron Chris. Typical, cruise ship singer Carly.
It's the type of thinking that a truly self-obsessed person has and Britt has it and Britt sucks.
2. MORON CHRIS IS A MORON!!! Finally, moron Chris comes out and Britt walks on stage and has this shitty ass sit-down with him where she tells moron Chris her whole "Carly is obsessed with me" theory and that that is why moron Chris and Britt are not together. That's when moron Chris says that it wasn't because of Carly that he isn't with Britt. Which Britt immediately says that she wouldn't think that he had as simple mind of that to think that. What?
YOU TOTALLY JUST SPENT ALL OF YOUR TALK TIME INCLUDING THE TALK TIME YOU JUST HAD FIVE SECONDS AGO IN MORON CHRIS' PRESENCE WHERE YOU FLAT OUT SAY THAT ALL OF THIS IS CARLY'S FAULT! SO, YOU DO THINK HE'S THAT STUPID OF A PERSON TO BE TRICKED ALL BY CARLY!
Follow that up with moron Chris totally not saying anything new besides what Carly said to him about Britt not being ready for shitty ass Arlington, Iowa… SO HE IS SO STUPID TO BE SWAYED BY JUST CARLY!
And yet, moron Chris still kicked Carly off. Why? BECAUSE HE'S A FUCKING MORON!!
What else? What else? What else?
Honestly, Kelsey didn't do anything new either except for just be crazy, which we already knew.
Every time that crazy woman Kelsey says "Sanderson" – it makes my urethra clench.
What about Jade?
Well, she wore a body hugging dress and whined about how her sexy photos have haunted her for the 1000th time. Hey Jade, let's be real for a minute, sexy photos are probably the tip of the iceberg with you and it's not like you're not about yourself being sexy. You're not not dressing up your fake boobs and your real butt to be shown off for everyone to see including potential paying photographers to snap more bikini modelling pictures of you.
Moron Chris is a moron and he dumped you because he's a moron and because he's on a Disney TV show where he cannot pick the chick with the nudie photos out there because this show is all sorts of bullshit, but at the same time your family calling you a "wild mustang" is both creepy/gross and not inviting for would-be husbands.
Now, I agree with Jade that moron Chris should have said something to her about how he was pretty much ready to get rid of her after meeting her family and after seeing her nudie photos instead of saying stuff to her about how everything was cool and there were no issues and that every makeout session with him in front of his own parents and a in front of a high school at a football game really meant something to him because they didn't.
And, I do think Jade was crying actual tears because she wasn't doing the cry face and then there were actual tears that were coming out of her eyes.
Dear Jade, try Match.com – not The Bachelor.
Either way, I bet Jade will end up making out on TV sometime soon on The Bachelor in Paradise.
Who else?
Kaitlyn? Well, she tried to get moron Chris to tell her why he dumped her. She also alluded more to her having this night alone that the two of them "so deserved", which I guess is the most polite way of saying "condom-less vag-fucking". Either way, moron Chris did have anything for her. He just said the same shit that meant nothing about how he tried the best he could and he made some mistakes and he had to make a decision and he made it, which means FUCK YOU BITCH – I GOTS MINE, SO KICK ROCKS!!!
They didn't say it last night, but everyone is rumoring that Kaitlyn is the next Bachelorette, so that means that Kaitlyn is the next Bachelorette because the rumors of Andi and moron Chris came out 100% true, so these will be true too and who the fuck cares.
Kaitlyn is cute, but she's a simpleton.
NEXT??!!?!?
Um, well, there was Ashely S.
She's a weirdo. She looked good last night in this 1980's cocaine party dress. It reminded me of my favorite 1980's cocaine party dress, which was of course worn by Linda Kozlowski in the cocaine party scene in "Crocodile Dundee".
Nothing was learned or gained from the Ashely S. interview as she just acted silly per usual and then they tried to yell at her to the point that she would agree to be on Bachelor in Paradise and then she dead panned how weird it is that they're on TV. It is fucking weird that they're on TV and you know what I feel like Ashley S. is really just saying what we're all thinking if you were on the TV show and not at all interested in winning.
The best part of the Ashley S. truth-a-thon was when she mentioned how she just walked out of the house and found where the TV crew was living because she was bored and the rest of the girls in the house were crying and fighting. Yeah! Exactly! Wouldn't it be fucking weird being in a house with women who have all made themselves crazy after this one guy just because they're "supposed to"? It would be weird and it would be boring too, especially if you didn't allow yourself to dupe yourself into getting crazy as well over this guy who is completely underwhelming as a human being.
They did make fun of moron Chris' dolphin laugh, which I'm happy about.
Next week, there is a THREE HOUR finale.
This show is fucking insane and requires a fuck ton of dedication. I hate it and love it and hate it, but then kind of love it, but then I hate it again and then I'm like whatever and I love it again, but then…


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Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez
Scarborough is a low-income, culturally diverse neighborhood east of Toronto, the fourth largest city in North America; like many inner city communities, it suffers under the weight of poverty, drugs, crime, and urban blight. Scarborough the novel employs a multitude of voices to tell the story of a tight-knit neighborhood under fire: among them, Victor, a black artist harassed by the police; Winsum, a West Indian restaurant owner struggling to keep it together; and Hina, a Muslim school worker who witnesses first-hand the impact of poverty on education.
And then there are the three kids who work to rise above a system that consistently fails them: Bing, a gay Filipino boy who lives under the shadow of his father's mental illness; Sylvie, Bing's best friend, a Native girl whose family struggles to find a permanent home to live in; and Laura, whose history of neglect by her mother is destined to repeat itself with her father.
Scarborough offers a raw yet empathetic glimpse into a troubled community that locates its dignity in unexpected places: a neighborhood that refuses to be undone.
Catherine Hernandez is a queer theatre practitioner and writer who has lived in Scarborough off and on for most of her life. Her plays Singkil and Kilt Pins were published by Playwrights Canada Press, and her children's book M is for Mustache: A Pride ABC Book was published by Flamingo Rampant. She is the Artistic Director of Sulong Theatre for women of color.
Kindle, 272 pages
Published May 22nd 2017
by Arsenal Pulp Press
Scarborough was another read from our Family Blessings Book Club. Picked by son #1, for various reasons, one being the close proximity from Toronto and some kind of connection through his MFA program.
Four of us read this and 3 kinda felt the same way I did. That this was a hard book to read, it was a hard on a number of different levels.
1. If I lived in Scarborough I would be offended that my hometown was portrayed in this manner. Yes I get there are bad sections to every city but this comes across like the whole city is a mess.
2. There were too many characters, just when I got them all straight the author throws in some more. At first I attributed my confusion to my age but alas the younger crowd felt the same way - one even made up a spread sheet.
3. There were a number of POV which kinda reflects my previous point. Also I found some didn't really add to the story other than to portray the despair of the area. Some scenes repeated as told from a different POV.
I struggled to figure out what genre this book fits into. Not literary or genre fiction other than maybe book club fiction (is that a thing?) because it would make for a lot of discussions.
I am all for trying new avenues to read and I can't fault the author when I read outside my usual area. But with this book I struggled to find the purpose of the story. The ending left me frustrated and sad.
Scarborough is a story with multiple stories lines, its raw and descriptive . As I understand there is a film in the making, I am curious to see how that turns out.
My copy was obtained through Scribd.
Posted by Margaret @ JustOneMoreChapter at 2:41 PM
Labels: 2021, Canadian Author, Canadian Setting, Catherine Hernandez, Family Blessings Book Club, New to me author
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There is substantial evidence of rodenticide contamination in UK wildlife due to non-target species such as field mice and voles feeding from permanent bait stations, according to chairman of the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU), Dr Alan Buckle. CRRU is responsible for the stewardship regime's implementation in farming, gamekeeping and professional pest control.
almost exclusively on wild small mammals, not rats," he explains. "The availability of tamper resistant bait boxes can give a false impression that it is acceptable for rodenticide baits to be put out permanently.
A planned control strategy based on the regime's Code of Best Practice does allow non-toxic material in permanent bait boxes as an early warning system for new rat activity. To be effective, Dr Buckle points out that this demands sufficiently regular inspection, not necessarily possible under some economy pest control contracts. If non-toxic bait is being taken, and an inspection for droppings rules out mice, voles or other non-targets, he says it can be replaced temporarily with rodenticide bait, in conjunction with chemical-free methods such as trapping, terriers and nocturnal shooting, for example, depending on the severity of infestation.
with those at lowest risk of adverse consequence. In particular, these include actions to make rural sites as inhospitable to rats as possible: Clearing rubbish, denying access to food and water sources, controlling vegetation around buildings and installing concrete or bare ground perimeters, and involving all members of a client's staff in the control plan.


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Pakistan - Population
Impact of Migration to the Persian Gulf Countries
Pakistan had a severe balance of payments deficit in the 1970s. To deal with this deficit, as well as to strengthen ties with the Islamic states in the Middle East, the government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto encouraged both skilled and unskilled men to work in the Persian Gulf countries. The government set up a program under the Ministry of Labour, Manpower, and Overseas Pakistanis to regulate this migration and also seconded military troops to many of the Gulf states.
By the mid-1980s, when this temporary migration was at its height, there were estimated to be more than 2 million Pakistanis in the Persian Gulf states remitting more than US$3 billion every year. At the peak, the remittances accounted for almost half of the country's foreign-exchange earnings. By 1990 new employment opportunities were decreasing, and the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War forced many workers to return quickly to Pakistan. Workers have only slowly returned to the Gulf since the war ended.
The majority of the emigrants are working-class men, who travel alone, leaving their wives and children behind with their extended families in Pakistan. These men are willing to sacrifice years with their families for what they see as their only chance to escape poverty in a society with limited upward mobility. A study in the old quarter (the inner walled city) of Lahore in 1987 suggested that half of all working-class families had at least one close relative working in the Gulf. Families generally use the remittances for consumer goods, rather than investing in industry. The wage earner typically returns after five to ten years to live at home.
Although this migration has had little effect on Pakistan demographically, it has affected its social fabric. While a man is away from his family, his wife often assumes responsibility for many day-to-day business transactions that are considered the province of men in this traditional male-dominated society. Thus for the women involved, there is a significant change in social role. Among the men, psychologists have identified a syndrome referred to as "Dubai chalo" ("let's go to Dubai"). This syndrome, which manifests itself as disorientation, appears to result from social isolation, culture shock, harsh working conditions, and the sudden acquisition of relative wealth. Men often feel isolated and guilty for leaving their families, and the resultant sociopsychological stress can be considerable.
In early 1994, the population of Pakistan was estimated to be 126 million, making it the ninth most populous country in the world. Its land area, however, ranks thirty-second among nations. Thus Pakistan has about 2 percent of the world's population living on less than 0.7 percent of the world's land. The population growth rate is among the world's highest, officially estimated at 3.1 percent per year, but privately thought to be closer to 3.3 percent per year by many planners involved in population programs. Pakistan's population is expected to reach 150 million by 2000 and to account for 4 percent of the world's population growth between 1994 and 2004. Pakistan's population is expected to double between 1994 and 2022.
These figures are estimates, however, because ethnic unrest led the government to postpone its decennial census in 1991. The government felt that tensions among Punjabis, Sindhis, muhajirs (immigrants or descendants of immigrants from India), Pakhtuns, and religious minorities were such that taking the census might provoke violent reactions from groups who felt they had been undercounted. The 1991 census had still not been carried out as of early 1994. The 1981 census enumerated 84.2 million persons.
Population Planning Policies and Problems
Pakistan's extremely high rate of population growth is caused by a falling death rate combined with a continuing high birth rate. In 1950 the mortality rate was twenty-seven per 1,000 population; by 1990 the rate had dropped to twelve (estimated) per 1,000. Yet throughout this period, the birth rate was fortyfour per 1,000 population. On average, in 1990 each family had 6.2 children, and only 11 percent of couples were regularly practicing contraception.
In 1952 the Family Planning Association of Pakistan, an NGO, initiated efforts to contain population growth. Three years later, the government began to fund the association and noted the need to reduce population growth in its First Five-Year Plan (1955-60). The government soon combined its population planning efforts in hospitals and clinics into a single program. Thus population planning was a dual effort led by the Family Planning Association and the public sector.
In the mid-1960s, the Ministry of Health initiated a program in which intrauterine devices (IUDs) were promoted. Payments were offered to hospitals and clinics as incentives, and midwives were trained to treat patients. The government was able to attract funding from many international donors, but the program lost support because the targets were overly ambitious and because doctors and clinics allegedly overreported their services to claim incentive payments.
The population planning program was suspended and substantively reorganized after the fall of Mohammad Ayub Khan's government in 1969. In late December 1971, the population was estimated at 65.2 million. In an attempt to control the population problem, the government introduced several new programs. First, the Continuous Motivation System Programme, which employed young urban women to visit rural areas, was initiated. In 1975 the Inundation Programme was added. Based on the premise that greater availability would increase use, shopkeepers throughout the country stocked birth control pills and condoms. Both programs failed, however. The unmarried urban women had little understanding of the lives of the rural women they were to motivate, and shopkeepers kept the contraceptives out of sight because it was considered mannerless to display them in an obvious way.
Following Zia ul-Haq's coup d'état in 1977, government population planning efforts were almost halted. In 1980 the Population Division, formerly under the direction of a minister of state, was renamed the Population Welfare Division and transferred to the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development. This agency was charged with the delivery of both family planning services and maternal and child health care. This reorganized structure corresponded with the new population planning strategy, which was based on a multifaceted community-based "cafeteria" approach, in cooperation with Family Welfare Centres (essentially clinics) and Reproductive Health Centres (mostly engaged in sterilizations). Community participation had finally became a cornerstone of the government's policy, and it was hoped that contraceptive use would rise dramatically. The population by 1980 had exceeded 84 million.
In preparing the Sixth Five-Year Plan (1983-88), the government projected a national population of 147 million in the year 2000 if the growth rate were to be a constant at 2.8 percent per year, and of 134 million if the rate were to decline to the desired 2.1 percent per year by then. By the Seventh Five-Year Plan (1988-93) period, the multipronged approach initiated in the 1980s had increased international donor assistance and had begun to enlist local NGOs. Efforts to improve maternal and child health were coupled with education campaigns. Because of local mores concerning modesty, the government avoided explicit reference to contraceptive devices and instead focused its public education efforts on encouraging couples to limit their family size to two children.
The key to controlling population growth, according to activists in the women's movement, lies in raising the socioeconomic status of women. Until a woman's status is determined by something other than her reproductive capabilities, and especially by the number of sons she bears, severe impediments to lowering population growth rates will persist.
Repercussions of the War in Afghanistan
The presence of large numbers Afghan refugees has had a weighty impact on the demographics of Pakistan. After the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979, refugees began streaming over the borders into Pakistan. By 1990 approximately 3.2 million refugees had settled there, a decrease of about 90,000 from 1989. Previously uninhabited areas of the North-West Frontier Province and Balochistan had been settled by refugees during the 1980s. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimated that in 1990 there were 345 Afghan refugee villages. Of these, 68.5 percent were in the North-West Frontier Province, 26.0 percent in Balochistan, and 5.5 percent in Punjab. Each village housed an average of 10,000 people, and women and children accounted for 75 percent of the refugee population.
The influx of refugees has had profound social consequences, and the population of desert areas has also had an effect on the environment. Initially, Pakistanis wanted to help their neighbors in a time of need, but difficulties slowly led many to think that their friendship had gone far enough. Among the problems were inflation, a dearth of low-paying jobs because these were taken by refugees, and a proliferation of weapons, especially in urban areas. The escalation of animosity between refugees and Pakistanis, particularly in Punjab, caused the government to restrict the refugees' free movement in the country in the mid1980s .
To assist Pakistan in preventing conflict by keeping the refugees separate from the local population, the UNHCR placed restrictions on disbursements of food and other goods in its refugee camps in the North-West Frontier Province and in Balochistan. Since the 1989 end of the Soviet occupation in Afghanistan, the UNHCR, the Pakistan government, and an array of NGOs have encouraged the refugees to return home, but until internecine fighting in Afghanistan stops, many will elect to remain in Pakistan. In early 1994, the number of Afghan refugees still residing in Pakistan was estimated at 1.4 million, according to Amnesty International. More than 2 million Afghan refugees also remained in Iran.
Traditional Kinship Patterns
Linguistic and Ethnic Groups
Pakhtuns
Baloch
Migration and Growth of Major Cities
Pakistan's cities are expanding much faster than the overall population. At independence in 1947, many refugees from India settled in urban areas. In the 1950s, more than one-half of the residents of several cities in Sindh and Punjab were muhajirs. Some refugee colonies were eventually recognized as cities in their own right.
Between 1951 and 1981, the urban population quadrupled. The annual urban growth rate during the 1950s and 1960s was more than 5 percent. This figure dropped slightly in the 1970s to 4.4 percent. Between 1980 and early 1994, it averaged about 4.6 percent. By early 1994, about 32 percent of all Pakistanis lived in urban areas, with 13 percent of the total population living in three cities of over 1 million inhabitants each--Lahore, Faisalabad, and Karachi.
The key reason for migration to urban areas has been the limited opportunity for economic advancement and mobility in rural areas. The economic and political control that local landlords exercise in much of the countryside has led to this situation.
The urban migrant is almost invariably a male. He retains his ties with his village, and his rights there are acknowledged long after his departure. At first, the migration is frequently seen as a temporary expedient, a way to purchase land or pay off a debt. Typically, the migrant sends part of his earnings to the family he left behind and returns to the village to work at peak agricultural seasons. Even married migrants usually leave their families in the village when they first migrate. The decision to bring wife and children to the city is thus a milestone in the migration process.
As cities have grown, they have engulfed surrounding villages, bringing agriculturists into the urban population. Many of these farmers commute to urban jobs from their original homes. The focus of these individuals' lives remains their family and fellow villagers. Similarly, migrants from rural areas who have moved to the cities stay in close touch with relatives and friends who have also moved, so their loyalties reflect earlier patterns. The Pakistani city tends to recreate the close ties of the rural community.
Pakistani cities are diverse in nature. The urban topology reflects the varied political history within the region. Some cities dating from the medieval era, such as Lahore and Multan, served as capitals of kingdoms or small principalities, or they were fortified border towns prior to colonial rule. Other precolonial cities, such as Peshawar, were trading centers located at strategic points along the caravan route. Some cities in Sindh and Punjab centered on cottage industries, and their trade rivaled the premier European cities of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Under colonial rule, many of the older administrative cities declined. Where the British located a trading post (factory) near an existing administrative center, the city was typically divided into old and new, or European, sections. New towns and cities also emerged, especially in the expanding canal colonies, Faisalabad (formerly Lyallpur) is such a city. The town of Karachi expanded rapidly to become a center of rail and sea transport as a consequence of British rule and as consequence of the opening of massive irrigation projects and the increase in agricultural exports. Thus, Pakistan's two largest cities, Karachi and Lahore, illustrate how differing regional and sociocultural histories have shaped the variations among Pakistan's cities.
Karachi absorbed tens of thousands of muhajirs following independence in 1947, grew nearly two and one-half times from 1941 to 1951, and nearly doubled again in the following decade. Karachi is by far Pakistan's largest city and is still rapidly growing. In the early 1990s the population exceeded 10 million.
Karachi's rapid growth has been directly related to the overall economic growth in the country. The partition of British India into the independent states of Pakistan and India prompted an influx into Pakistan of Muslim merchants from various parts of the new, Hindu-majority India. These merchants, whom sociologist Hamza Alavi refers to as salariat, had money to invest and received unusual encouragement from the government, which wanted to promote the growth of the new state.
Karachi at first developed in isolation. Relatively few people from outlying areas were engaged in running its factories, and the city had little impact on Pakistan's cultural fabric. But when the economies of southern Sindh and parts of Punjab began to expand, large numbers of migrants flooded the city in search of work (generally low-paying jobs), and Karachi become the hub of the nation's commerce. The city, however, also has serious problems. It has the poorest slums in the country, and it suffers from serious interethnic conflict as a consequence of the influx of many competing groups. It was the site of considerable violence in the late 1980s as muhajirs solidified their local power base vis-à-vis the Pakhtuns and native Sindhis.
Lahore, Pakistan's second largest city, contrasts markedly with Karachi. With just under half the population of Karachi, it is regarded as the cultural nucleus of Punjab. Residents of Lahore take special pride in their city's physical beauty, especially in its Mughal architecture, which includes the Badshahi Mosque, Shalimar Gardens, Lahore Fort, and Jahangir's tomb. In the earliest extant historical reference to the city, in A.D. 630 the Chinese traveler Xuan Zang described it as a large Brahmanical city. A center of learning by the twelfth century, Lahore reached its peak in the sixteenth century, when it became the quintessential Mughal city--the "grand resort of people of all nations and a center of extensive commerce."
The economy and the population expanded greatly in the 1980s in a number of other cities. The most important of these are Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Wazirabad, and Sialkot in Punjab; Hyderabad in Sindh; and Peshawar and Mardan in the North-West Frontier Province.
The nation's capital was situated in Karachi at independence. General Mohammad Ayub Khan, who assumed power in 1958, aspired, however, to build a new capital that would be better protected from possible attack by India and would reflect the greatness of the new country. In 1959 Ayub Khan decided to move the capital to the shadow of the Margalla Hills near Pakistan's third largest city, Rawalpindi. The move was completed in 1963, and the new capital was named Islamabad (abode of Islam). The population of Islamabad continues to increase rapidly, and the official 1991 estimate of just over 200,000 has probably been much exceeded.
For more recent population estimates, see Facts about Pakistan.
Population Distribution and Density
Pakistan's people are not evenly distributed throughout the country. There is an average of 146 persons per square kilometer, but the density varies dramatically, ranging from scarcely populated arid areas, especially in Balochistan, to some of the highest urban densities in the world in Karachi and Lahore.
About 68 percent of the population lived in rural areas in 1994, a decrease of 7 percent since 1970. In contrast, the number of people living in urban areas has risen substantially, resulting in an urban growth rate of 4.6 percent between 1980 and 1991.
More than half of Pakistan's population is below the age of fifteen; nearly a third is below the age of nine. For cultural reasons, enumerating the precise number of females has been difficult--and estimates of the percentage of females in the population range from 47.5 percent in the 1981 census to 48.3 percent in the 1987-88 Labour Force Survey. Pakistan is one of the few countries in the world with an inverse sex ratio: official sources claim there are 111 men for every 100 women. The discrepancy is particularly obvious among people over fifty: men account for 7.1 percent of the country's total population and women for less than 5 percent. This figure reflects the secondary status of females in Pakistani society, especially their lack of access to quality medical care.
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LAWSUIT: STUDENT REMAINED IN SCHOOL AFTER SEXUAL ASSAULT. A lawsuit alleges that a Kansas student was allowed to stay in school after sexually assaulting a classmate, even though he was facing charges for other sex crimes.
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HOYT, KAN. (AP) — A Kansas high school student was allowed to remain in school after he was accused of sexually assaulting a female classmate, even though he was facing charges for other sex crimes, according to a federal lawsuit.
The suit alleges that the Royal Valley School District was aware that the male student was a "known danger" and already had been charged with sex crimes in two other cases when the girl reported that she had been raped at school in November 2017, reports The Kansas City Star. Both students attended Royal Valley High School in Hoyt, about 17 miles (27 kilometers) north of Topeka.
The suit, which was filed Tuesday in federal court by the girl's father, says his daughter was "forced to continue walking the same hallways and be in the same classrooms as the perpetrator who raped her." That led her to transfer to another school "because of the trauma of being raped and because Defendants permitted her assailant to remain in school" and to participate in extracurricular activities, the suit said.
The male student, identified in the suit as W.H., initially was charged with rape and aggravated sexual battery in the school case, but pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of sexual assault, the suit says. No details were released about his sentence.
Superintendent, Aaric Davis, who also is named as a defendant in the suit, said he was "not aware of the lawsuit being filed" and couldn't discuss pending litigation.
Christopher Dove, the plaintiff's attorney, said the school district failed to protect the student and wouldn't provide information to her parents after she was assaulted.
"It becomes a legal matter because the school didn't want to take care of her on the front end and even after it happened didn't want to take steps to make her feel that it was a school she wanted to return to," Dove said.
The suit said that for "a long period of time" before the girl was assaulted, the district knew that her attacker was "sexually assaulting and harassing multiple female students in the School District."
The male student also was charged in March 2016 with multiple counts of sexually soliciting minors, sexual exploitation of minors and making a criminal threat of sexual assault against a minor, according to the suit. The charges stemmed from incidents that occurred during November and December 2015.
In August of 2017, according to the suit, he was charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a child.
His criminal records are filed under seal in juvenile court. The suit provided no details on how the cases were resolved.
The lawsuit claims the district violated its own policy against sexual harassment and bullying and failed to protect students when it chose not to act against W.H. before or after the November 2017 assault.
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British Cops Arrest 3 on Flight to Dubai
January 8, 2010 / 8:50 PM / AP
British police arrested three people aboard an Emirates passenger jet at London's Heathrow Airport Friday. Witnesses said police were called after the three suspects made verbal threats as the plane was taxiing.
A police spokesman said the three - all believed to be male - were removed from the jet, which was preparing to fly to Dubai.
The spokesman, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with policy, said officers were searching the plane but had found no hazardous material.
"Nothing has been found," he said.
Witnesses told television channel Sky News he saw several armed police officers boarding the plane bound and arresting one of the men.
"Basically the police just swarmed the guy and rushed him out," passenger Cameron Mclean told Sky News by phone. "We've been told not to stand up. ... We're going to be moved to a safe place."
He said the man was taken out in handcuffs, then sniffer dogs were brought on board.
The police spokesman said the three suspects were now held in police custody.
A Heathrow spokesman said no passenger was harmed and that the airport - Europe's busiest - remained open. He declined to provide further details.
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20 Coolest Cars That Weren't Officially Imported to the US
After the Second World War, cars became a global product. However, fundamental differences between the USA and the rest of the world meant that cars started to differ greatly as the years were passing by. That meant that the United States missed getting some interesting cars, and the reasons varied from failing to comply with safety and emissions standards to general lack of interest for a wider market. Today, we brought up twenty cool cars that were never officially sold in the US, but that are certainly worth your attention.
Porsche's first road-going supercar is perhaps the most notorious car which was never imported into the United States. The import ban was a consequence of Porsche refusing to provide the Department of Transportation with four cars required for testing. As the car was never certified by the NTHSA. Not even Bill Gates could import his 959, and it was kept stored for full 13 years by the US Customs Service until the Show and Display law passed in 1999. Of course, Mr. Gates helped pass the law, and we're thankful to him for that.
Nissan Skyline GT-R R34
The other infamous example of import banning comes from Japan, in form of the Skyline GT-R, especially R33 and R34 models. As all Skylines were never imported to the United States, they were also never certified by the DOT, and the fact that they're RHD-only made matters even worse. A certan number of R33 and R34 cars came into the States as grey imports or legal imports by a company called Motorex, but it's still very hard to legally own a GT-R in the USA. However, some examples can be imported under the 25 Year Old Import Rule that passed in 1998.
Mazda Eunos Cosmo Series JC
The 1990-1996 Eunos Cosmo was a luxurious coupé with a tri-rotor Wankel engine and Mazda's halo car of the era. Apart from being pretty rare with 3,550 20B-REW triple rotor cars sold, the Eunos Cosmo was also a Japan-only car that never came to be imported to the States, although there were initial plans for that. The combination of these factors is why none of these cars legally came into the country.
Built by then-independent company Alpine and strongly relying on Renault engines, the Alpine A110 was one of the most successful rally cars of the sixties and the seventies. Although its predecessor called Alpine A108 was even produced in Brazil by Willys-Overland, the reason A110 never came to the USA was probably because the interest in exotic European sports cars wasn't that strong during peak years of the muscle mania.
Built from 1999 to 2002, S15 variant of the Nissan Silvia still has years in front of it to become legal in the United States. This coupé with enormous tuning potential from its turbocharged inline-four engines was a sold in Japanese, Australian and New Zealand market only, and so was non-compliant with US regulations regarding safety and emissions, as many other cars on the list.
Noble M600
One of the finest British independent supercars was the Noble M600, built by Noble Automotive from 2010. Powered by a twin-turbocharged 4.4L Volvo V8 with either 450, 550 or 660 horsepower, the M600 is capable of reaching truly impressive numbers, but a lack of any driving aids is kind of a problem for DOT and NTHSA, so this hand built limited edition mechanical wonder is basically illegal in the USA.
Lotus Elise S1
Even though the S2 Lotus Elise managed to find the way to the American customers, the original S1 Elise wasn't that lucky with the DOT and NTHSA. This nimble British sports car is a certified future classic, so this means that when it turns 25, it will be a highly collectable car in the United States. Weighing just 725kg, the S1 Elise could go from 0 to 60 in just 5.8s thanks to its 1.8L Rover engine. Besides the standard S1, the extreme limited edition 340R was also unavailable in the US, so it's another great car to keep your eyes on when the time comes.
TVR Cerbera
The story of the Cerbera being banned in the US is one of the most bizarre ones on the list, because former TVR chairman Peter Wheeler didn't believe in ABS, or airbags, claiming that they offer nothing but a false sense of security. With no modern safety systems whatsoever, TVR Cerbera couldn't make it to the US, and it's not the only model from the British factory that has been banned.
Lancia Delta Integrale
For largely unknown reasons, the Lancia Delta Integrale was never sold new on the US soil, despite being one of the best cars of its time, and an undisputed rally legend which won six consecutive WRC titles between 1987 and 1992. Today, Delta Integrale is one of the most collectible cars of the era, and a number of them entered the US thanks to the 25 Year Old Import Rule.
Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG
Speaking of cool turbocharged hatchbacks with four-wheel-drive, Mercedes-Benz decided not to offer the A-Class in the US, and that includes the souped up A45 AMG. This ultimate hot hatchback from Stuttgart is powered by a 2.0l inline-four with 381 horsepower and a top speed of 270 km/h. Quite impressive, huh? Fortunately, Mercedes-Benz offers an alternative in form of the CLA45 AMG.
Another great hot hatch that was never an official US import was the Peugeot 205GTi. Powered by either a 1.6l or a 1.9l engine, this little French hatchback was quite a performer, and a car that largely defined the class in the late 80s and the early 90s. Post-war French cars were never that big in the US, but the blooming classic car market brought the 205 GTi to the States.
Renault 5 Turbo
Continuing with amazing and crazy French hot hatches, we have to pay hommage to the most extreme Renault of the time. While the United States got just a disappointing AMC Le Car, on the other side of the Atlantic, Renault had a version that had little to do with the original R5 in terms of practically everything. First of all, the 1.4L engine was moved behind the driver, and was also turbocharged, giving the R5 Turbo 160HP, formidable power for the era. This car was built for the purpose of rallying hard, but a street version was also available.
Audi S1 is just another proof that USA doesn't like small hot hatches enough to get them imported to its soil. The S1 has Audi's signature Quattro all-wheel-drive and 227 horsepower from its 2.0l turbocharged inline four. It's the smallest and arguably the most agile and citywise Audi's S car, and the only one not available in the US.
Peugeot's unbelievably stylish coupé based on the Peugeot 307 mechanics was in production from 2009 to 2015, and over that time, around 67.000 examples were made. Unfortunately, none of these beautiful and chic bubble top coupés reached the United States. USA missing this car is such a shame, because there's always space for small lifestyle cars in any market.
Ford Focus MK1 RS
European Ford division had a long history of creating amazing hot hatchbacks, and after the Escort RS Cosworth came the Focus RS. A part of Ford's global platform, the first-gen Focus was sold in the USA from 1999 to 2007, but the North American continent missed the RS version. The car was built for one year only, from October 2002 to November 2003, and was powered by a turbocharged 212-horsepower 2.0l Ford Zeta engine. The Focus RS was limited to just 4,501 examples, the majority of them being sold in the United Kingdom, which means that LHD examples are quite scarce, and that the car is already highly collectible.
BMW's most out-of-the-box Z car was the first one, the Z1 convertible. This two-seater featured a 2.5l inline-six from the 325i E30 model on a bespoke chassis and plastic bodywork. The main feature of the car were its doors which slid down into the body of the car rather than opening the normal way. The Z1 was in production from 1989 to 1991, and just 8,000 examples were made. Today, they are very valuable and sought after by the collectors, especially in the United States, where the car can be imported by exploiting the 25 Year Old Import Rule.
Nissan Figaro
Nissan's super cute retro microcar was a Japan-only product based on the Nissan Micra platform, built just in 1991 in around 20,000 examples. Along with several other models built at the Pike Factory, this was one of Nissan's special cars that made the first step towards the 2000s retro craze in automotive design. It was available in four colorways representing the four seasons, with the rarest being the Topaz Mist, with 2,000 examples made. Initially, 8,000-example production run was planned, but the demand was so high that Nissan decided to build 12,000 more, and a number of buyers was chosen via a lottery.
Pininfarina-designed kei convertible was also a product for the Japanese domestic market, and was built in around 33,600 examples from 1991 to 1996. The car had a mid-mounted 3-cylinder engine with 64 horsepower and an impressive 8,100RPM redline. This small mechanical wonder had individual throttle bodies, and its speed was limited to just 84 MPH. As a JDM car, the Beat was built only as RHD, and that's why none of these tiny open tops was imported to the US.
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Looking back, rally legends were never a thing in the United States, and that was the case with the Sierra RS Cosworth, one of the most amazing homologation specials of the era. Unlike the ordinary Sierra, three generations of the RS Cosworth featured specially engineered engines, and most importantly, permanent all-wheel-drive on examples built from 1990 to 1992. These Sierras dominated various rallies and touring championships, but at the time, they weren't interesting enough to be offered to the US market.
Ford Falcon XB GT
Probably the best muscle car built outside the US, Ford Falcon GT was a V8-powered fastback coupé coming from Australia. The car became a pop culture icon thanks to the Mad Max franchise, where a heavily modified Falcon XB GT called Pursuit Special captured the hearts of petrolheads and post-apocalypse enthusiasts around the world. Even in its non-apocalyptic version, the Falcon XB GT is an amazing car, and a piece of the muscle car puzzle from the Land Down Under.


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Transgender Bill Passed In Lok Sabha
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Amid noisy protests over the Rafale deal and Cauvery issue, the Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill seeking to empower the transgender community by providing them a separate identity.The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016, seeking to define transgenders and prohibit discrimination against them, was introduced in the Lok Sabha two years ago. It was passed with 27 amendments.Amid din, five members, including Kakoli Gho...
Amid noisy protests over the Rafale deal and Cauvery issue, the Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill seeking to empower the transgender community by providing them a separate identity.
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016, seeking to define transgenders and prohibit discrimination against them, was introduced in the Lok Sabha two years ago. It was passed with 27 amendments.
Amid din, five members, including Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar(All India Trinamool Congress) and Badaruddoza Khan (CPI-M),participated in the debate, questioning the provisions of the legislation. The amendments moved by the government, along with some others moved by opposition members, were considered. Dastidar said the bill was hastily drafted and the different clauses mentioned in it were totally inconclusive.
"First we have to define what transgender means. This bill has to be returned," she said, adding that a properly drafted bill had to be tabled. In the midst of the uproar, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the government was ready was any kind of discussion. Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot said that the bill was sent to standing committee and the government has accepted 27 amendments. Khan said that the definition of the transgender mentioned in the bill was not clear. Earlier, seeking passage of the bill, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot said the bill was complete and there was no need for more discussion.
He said the objectives of the bill includes protecting interests of transgenders, defining of the term 'transgender',to give them recognition and setting up of a national transgender council.
"A long discussion has taken place on this issue. It has also gone to the parliamentary standing committee. We have included several of their suggestions," he said.
Initiating the debate on the bill, Congress member Shashi Tharoor said the bill was "flawed" and the minister should withdraw it. "Defer consideration of the bill as it needs serious discussion. I request the minister to withdraw the bill," he said. "We need to recognise transgenders' identity" as it goes beyond male and female, Tharoor said, adding the government has "blindly" borrowed the definition of transgenders.
"The bill also fails to define discrimination against transgenders," and there is a need to redraft certain clauses,he said.
B Mahtab of BJD said there was no clarity on the term"self perceived gender identity" and "how it will been forced". He said the definition of transgenders was not complete and that other terms such as transmen and transwomen were not defined.
Mahtab said there were several laws in the country and it was not clear how these laws including the Companies Act would be applied to transgenders. "Adequate attention has not been given in drafting this bill," he maintained, adding the government itself has moved 27 amendments.
Supriya Sule of NCP said a transgender commission at the national level was not enough. "We are asking for a welfare board for transgenders. They need equal rights," she said,demanding a helpline number for the community.
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Welcome to update #2 of my journey to 100 push-ups series.
On Sunday (8th October 2017) I finished program #2 of the 100 push-ups app.
I'm not going to lie, compared to program #1, parts of this program were tough!
Unlike last week where I only took a one day break I had to take a few more breaks this time around.
All up, over the 6 days of the program I completed a total of 258 push-ups.
My grand total push-ups performed to date (program 1 + program 2) is 388 push-ups.
Thursday 28/09/17: Program 2 Day 1 (24 push-ups total).
Saturday 30/09/17: Program 2 Day 2 (32 push-ups total).
Monday 02/10/17: Program 2 Day 3 (42 push-ups total).
Wednesday 04/10/17: Program 2 Day 4 (47 push-ups total).
Friday 06/10/17: Program 2 Day 5 (53 push-ups total).
Sunday 08/10/17: Program 2 Day 6 (60 push-ups total).
Due to the high volume of push-ups per training day, especially the last 2 days, I had to complete some push-ups on my knees. This usually happened in the last two sets where I had already accumulated 30+ push-ups.
Mid way into this program I decided to do a gymnastics conditioning class at my gym. Part of the warm up was 3 sets of 15 push-ups. I smashed out the first set of 15 push-ups in record time. I was genuinely surprised at how smoothly and easily I could do so many push-ups. My arms felt fatigued afterwards and the following two rounds were a struggle but I was happy with myself and I could start to see proof that this push-up program is working.
My recovery time after each training day has significantly improved. When I first started this push-up challenge and was working my way through program 1 I would get sore triceps and pecs for a couple of days afterwards. This time there was no muscle soreness on the following day.
I can now perform multiple reps of diamond push-ups. My current max reps in one set is 6. Previously I struggled to perform 2 in a row.
Having completed so many push-ups up to this point I don't find them as daunting as I first did before I started.
This app and high volume method of training is sort of like the 'grease the groove' training system. You can read more about grease the groove here.
Overall, I feel a little stronger all around and I'm slightly beginning to see some more definition in my arms and chest.
I still have some way to go in building up a level of strength to be able to comfortably do 100 push-ups in a row but I feel that I'm on the right path.
The plan is to now take a two-day break and start Program #3 on Wednesday 11/10/17.
Stay tuned for my next update after I complete program 3.


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Q: developer tools for os' other than windows I currently use visual studio 2008 for creating projects that can run on windows. Can you recommend me of other tools that can be used to develop applications for other operating systems?(Linux, Mac, Solaris)
The most prominent programming languages will do(C++, C#, F#)
And scripting languages(PHP, Perl, etc)

A: Eclipse strong Java focus, but support for a wide variety of other languages and is cross platform.
MonoDevelop for cross platform c# fun

A: A somewhat similar commercial IDE on Linux is SlickEdit.
Eclipse and NetBeans are free alternatives for development on many platforms.
Emacs and vim give you lots of functionality, with a bit coarser interface.

A: For Mac OS X, Apple provides XCode which is a pretty decent IDE and you can't beat the price.
It handles Java, C, Objective-C and C++ apps out of the box, I believe.

A: Padre, the Perl IDE can be used to develop applications in Perl. It is cross platform and since Perl is (mostly) cross platform, you can develop applications for other operating systems.

A: On Linux, I sometimes just use nano (with syntax highlighting), makefiles and subversion. It has the advantage of being really fast over ssh, and unless you need syntax highlighting, Netbeans and Eclipse are overkill.
The languages that can be highlighted in nano by just uncommenting a line in the nanorc file are: asm, awk, c, c++, css, html, java, objective-c, ocaml, patch, perl, php, pov, python, ruby and sh. (It also has highlighting for non-programming things like email and man pages)

A: For C programming which is very frequent on Unix especially for older programs, the best combination is make + gcc with a good editor.  Emacs has good integration with C source, and compiler output.

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Partners Michael Donaldson and Lisa Callif were named 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers for their work in entertainment law. Lisa was also selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers' 2019 Women's edition.
This marks Lisa's fourth consecutive year on the list, and Michael's eighth consecutive year.


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Glove used by kid to catch Jeter's disputed 1996 ALCS game 1 home run up for auction
1996 Jeffrey Maier Fielder's Glove Used to Catch Derek Jeter ALCS Game One Home Run.
NEW YORK, NY.- The baseball glove that 11-year-old fan Jeffrey Maier used to catch Derek Jeter's 1996 ALCS Game One home run ball, robbing right fielder Tony Tarrasco of the catch and propelling the Yankees to a controversial and still disputed victory — and many would say it was the spark that lit the modern Yankees dynasty — will be up for auction on Saturday night, Feb. 21.
The glove is being offered by Heritage Auctions, at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion (2 E. 79th Street, at 5th Ave.), as part of the company's Sports Collectibles Platinum Night Auction.
"This is, charmingly, a kid's sandlot baseball glove," said Chris Ivy, Director of Sports Auctions at Heritage. "It was obviously well-used before being brought to Yankee Stadium on the night of Oct. 9, 1996. Yet this little black leather Mizuno glove hauled in perhaps the most consequential and memorable home run of Derek Jeter's long and prolific career — and made a household name of its owner."
After Jim Leyritz was retired on strikes to start the bottom of the eighth inning, the American League Rookie of the Year came to the plate to face hard-throwing Orioles reliever Armando Benitez, trailing by one run with one out and the bases empty. Jeter swung at the first offering and sent a long drive to deep right field. Bob Costas made the call.
"In right field... Tarasco... going back to the track... to the wall... and what happens here? He contends that a fan reaches up and touches it. But Richie Garcia says no. It's a home run!"
Replay quickly confirmed Tarasco's tale, but that could not overturn the blown call. Jeter circled the bases, tying the game. After two more scoreless innings, Bernie Williams would send Yankee fans home with an eleventh inning solo shot to walk off with an unlikely five to four victory. The Yankees went on to win the World Series, ending their longest Championship drought since Babe Ruth supplied the teams' first in 1923. Three more World Championships would come in the next four seasons and the Yankees — or the Evil Empire, as many non-Yankee fans consider it — were once again the center of the baseball world.
The glove is consigned to auction by the collector who purchased the glove from Maier directly, and is accompanied by an array of photographs of Maier holding the glove both as a child and as an adult, along with his signed letter of provenance.
Quite a legacy for an 11-year old kid.
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Review: Three New Works by Azouz Begag
D. Gordon
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It is a great paradox that France's first ever ministers from a family with a background in postcolonial migration were appointed not by the Left, with its universalist rhetoric of internationalism (and for whom most ethnic minority voters actually vote), but by the Right, traditionally associated with xenophobia and exclusion. But while much publicity surrounded Nicolas Sarkozy's first appointments, before Rachida Dati and Rama Yade, there were Tokia Saïfi, Hamlaoui Mékachéra, and Azouz Begag, who served in Dominique de Villepin's government from 2005 to 2007. Born the year of the Battle of Algiers, Begag's life story, from a shantytown in the suburbs of Lyons to minister, via a successful career as the author of more than twenty books, mirrors chronologically that of the Fifth Republic. Now that Begag has celebrated his fiftieth birthday, and the Republic prepares to mark its own, what does the encounter between the two tell us about the recent history of France?
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Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts, a sprawling country estate, is known for its outdoor classical and opera offerings—befitting the quiet Westchester town in which it's located. Though Katonah, NY is just over an hour's drive from the city, the 90-acre estate transports visitors to another world and time. The grounds are filled with towering trees and open lawns prime for picnicking, and the performance venues are one-of-a-kind: from the Venetian Theater that seats 1,700 to the Music Room filled with Renaissance furniture, Gothic tapestries and probably a ghost or two.
This summer, Caramoor will expand its traditional program and appeal to a broader demographic by hosting "In the Garden of Sonic Delights" (a nod to Hieronymus Bosch's triptych, "The Garden of Earthly Delights"). There, newly commissioned sound artworks from the likes of Laurie Anderson to Francisco López will live among the nooks and crannies of the gardens.
"We've been sort of talking about this project since 2008—a long time ago," curator and contributor Stephan Moore tells CH. "They wanted to find a way to bring a new audience here and bring people out to the gardens to see these beautiful spots." Moore (who's worked with Merce Cunningham Dance Company and Animal Collective) brought together a diverse roster of fellow sound artists who add validity to the field of sound art—a medium still marginalized by the contemporary art world. "We got everybody out here in the summer of 2013; artists picked their sites and they had all year to build their piece." The result is a collection of new works that you'll most likely never be able to experience outside of Caramoor in the future, due to their site-specific nature.
For example, Moore chose the Sense Circle fountain at Caramoor for his piece "Diacousticon." Robotic slide whistles installed around the fountain are programmed to self-tune and match the pitches picked up through microphones, whether it's an airplane flying overhead or a murmured conversation. The mysterious allure of sustained musical breaths is interrupted by the mechanic whirring of the whistles in constant adjustment, which, if you closed your eyes, could be mistaken for a security camera turning its head. Upon closer inspection, the whistles have been carefully positioned at an all-too-familiar angle.
He has set up a situation that leaves people feeling not defensive and outraged, but surprisingly ambivalent. "On the one hand, it's flutes, it's pretty! On the other hand, it looks like a weapon that's shooting someone," chuckles Moore. And the view of the bucolic garden from the fountain, lush with plants and greenery, promises there's absolutely nothing to be concerned about—even if "Diacousticon" is a listening device that is learning about its surroundings.
The crowd favorite at Caramoor is no doubt Trimpin's The Pianohouse, which is exactly what it sounds like: a house made from six upright pianos. Ring the doorbell and it plays itself—though instead of traditional piano notes, music is created from hammers beating, strings being plucked and banged, even a saw slicing through the roof. This technological feat also has two partners: nature and time. "The whole idea is every time it gets rained on, it changes and disintegrates and will slowly stop working," says Moore. "Gradually everything is falling out of tune; he sees it as a continuum of the piece's life." What The Pianohouse sang last weekend will sound completely different in November, after the weather takes its toll.
Patience is rewarded here at Caramoor; the longer listeners sit and linger, the more a piece reveals itself and warms up to the curious. This is especially true of Suzanne Thorpe's two-speaker set-up in the Spanish Courtyard, called "Listening Is As Listening Does." The artwork simulates the principles of echolocation—used by bats and dolphins to navigate—and interacts with sounds it "hears" in real-time. Scott Smallwood's "Coronium 3500 (Lucie's Halo)" is another piece that changes throughout the day, as the sound-making devices (each with different sensitivities) are dependent upon the sun to come alive.
At Caramoor, cicadas and birds and squeals from children share the same stage as beeps and growls and ambient loops; whether sound art or nature stands as the leading player is entirely for the listener to decide. Hours whizz by as there's plenty to see and hear, and because each piece invites you to sit down and stay a while.
Caramoor itself is especially sweet for first-time visitors though; part of the magic is getting lost and not knowing where the next sound artwork hides. For once, Google Maps can't provide the answer.
"In the Garden of Sonic Delights" is on view until 2 November 2014 from Thursday to Sunday (10AM-3PM) —we recommend packing along a picnic. One-day tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and free for children; Caramoor is located at 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, NY 10536. Be sure to check out the rest of the exhibition which extends to five partner organizations throughout Westchester county.


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H1Z1 Update 1.30 for PS4 Released, Read What's New and Fixed
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H1Z1 update 1.30 is now rolling out for players on PS4. According to the H1Z1 1.30 patch notes, the new hotfix includes minor changes and bug fixes to the game. In addition, the latest H1Z1 version 1.30 also comes with stability and performance improvements. Recently, a big update was released with the new features like the Battle Pass, a new vehicle, and two new weapons, and more.
The launch day update also includes two new weapons – The SOCOM and RPG. The SOCOM is a new sniper rifle that is available in Purple airdrops. It is a semi-automatic sniper and fills a similar role that the M40 used to. Whereas, the RPG is the preeminent anti-vehicle weapon. Rockets shoot in a straight line once you fire them (they are not guided or fly-by-wire), so skill will be required to hit fast-moving targets.
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Fixed stuttering and lag issues.
H1Z1 version 1.30 performance and stability improvements.
Added fixes crashing issues.
Added other minor fixes with H1Z1 1.30.
H1Z1 update 1.30 for PS4 is now available for download.
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We have hosted celebrities, schools, film festivals and held star studded premieres. We have opened our doors for groups that needed electricity, water or restroom facilities. Special Needs Schools have come and the children have enjoyed a movie when no other theater could accommodate that many wheelchairs. We have been thanked for our help and awarded for our movie and holiday displays. When the Maplewood Theater is called upon, it always answers.
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Medbury's well-qualified Music Director and other specialist music teachers ensure that every boy has the best opportunities to experience music. Instrumental tuition is available from Year 4, and may include younger boys at the discretion of the Music Director and Class Teacher.
The purpose built music facilities in The Medbury Centre are superb. Medbury's three choirs perform regularly at local and international music festivals, and lead the school at its church services. The Medbury Orchestra plays at both school and community events, whilst the Quartet, Chamber Ensembles, together with the Concert Band, Rock Bands and Jazz Band, are all popular with the boys and tutored by skilled musicians.
At Medbury, boys in all year levels receive Art tuition and are encouraged to develop their individual creativity. Our art programme is run by a specialist Art Teacher in the Art Studio, enabling the boys to enjoy a variety of artistic styles and genre.
The boys have an opportunity to explore many facets of art including painting, drawing, clay modelling and sculpture, print making, fibre and fabric, collage, design and graphics.
Medbury boys' work features around the school, in art exhibitions and competitions held in the city and further afield.
Medbury has an outstanding reputation for drama. Under the direction of the Head of Drama, all boys have the opportunity to explore and use their creativity, through imaginative play, creative movement and dramatic performance.
Class performances are regular events. The Senior School Musical Production is held biannually, allowing boys to learn and experience the excitement of performance in music and drama.


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