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On this New Release Tuesday, we have a special classic for you! Solty Rei, a gritty noir filled with mechas, cyborgs, and action, relaunches in a S.A.V.E box set today! Get yours here!
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If you've ever been down on your luck, waiting for a lucky break, Solty Rei proves that things can turn around – even in the face of catastrophe. A brooding hybrid of vivid sci-fi and grey noir, this series explores the connections forged among the lost. Sometimes, the end of the world is just the beginning.
It's been twelve years since an unexplained disaster left countless dead and maimed. Society is divided and every citizen feels the burn, most of all the Resembles – people whose mangled bodies have been rebuilt with high-tech prosthetic devices. Bounty hunter Roy Revant's had his fill of pain, walking alone in the shattered city. That is, until the day a strange little girl named Solty falls from the sky. Roy and Solty may seek different things… but who wants to search for truth alone?
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Russ Concert In Saudi Arabia Is Canceled
The GEA cancels the show after a number of violations by the organizer.
By: Shirley Ju @shirju
(AllHipHop News) Earlier this month, the news was revealed that Russ would be performing in Saudi Arabia for the first time, something he's been working on for three years.
Saudi Gazette reports the show has been canceled by the General Entertainment Authority (GEA).
The official statement issued on Friday reveals the organizer committed a number of violations and did not meet the terms of the license.
This included non-compliance with the requirement of coordinating with the Authority when dealing with promotion campaigns and ticket sales.
The statement also reveals violations were repeated after several warnings.
The show was to take place on July 12 at King Abdullah Economic City in Jeddah, in collaboration with Extraordinary Entertainment.
Allegedly, tickets sold out a few hours after going on sale.
Russ previously stated his largest market is in Saudi Arabia.

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The Ice Cream Bet; Smoothies to the Rescue!
Two years ago my friend made a bet with her dad about ice cream. The first one to cave in and have a bowl had to pay the winner a good deal of money. And I am talking a lot of money. So neither of them ate ice cream… even still, to this day! Guess how my friend made it through: Fruit Smoothies.
She would psyche herself out by eating a thick smoothie out of a bowl. It technically wasn't ice cream, but still satisfied that thirst for something cold and sweet.
Smoothies are great. I'm a huge fan myself.
I start with simple ingredients.
From there you can add anything depending on your mood.
Sometimes I add orange juice or chia seeds (healthy and it doesn't interfere with taste).
If I am limited on my frozen strawberries, I often add banana and a spoonful of peanut butter.
One of my new favorite things to do is to sprinkle some chia seeds on top of my smoothie once it's all blended.
Smoothies are great for squeezing in those antioxidants and good for a snack when it isn't quite dinner time.


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January 29, 2016

        According to ruby-docs.org,

      <q cite="http://ruby-doc.org/core-2.3.0/Enumerable.html#method-i-map">
        Returns a new array with the results of running block once for every element in enum.

        If no block is given, an enumerator is returned instead.</q>

        But what does this mean?

        #map is going to create and return a new array or hash.
        It will also execute the code inside the block once for every element in the array or hash.
        It will take the results for executing the code, and put it into the new array.
        This code may modify elements from the original array/hash, or not.

        Here are the examples from ruby-docs.org

          (1..4).map { |i| i*i }      #=> [1, 4, 9, 16]

          (1..4).collect { "cat"  }   #=> ["cat", "cat", "cat", "cat"]

        In the first example, #map is iterating over the array, accessing the element of the current iteration, squaring it, and putting it into the returned array.

        In the second example, #collect (an alias for #map), is iterating over the array, executing the block of code (which is just the string "cat"), and inserting the result into the returned array.

        The same will happen if the method were called on a hash.

          {a:1, b:2}.map { "cat" }    #=> ["cat", "cat"]

        To demonstrate that this methods returns a new array...

          a = (1..4)
          a.map { |i| i*i } == a    #=> false

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The Best Five Songs Released This Past Week Pt. 49
Happy Sunday! I'm taking over this week while Kristin's at Coachella.
Noteworthy album & EP releases:
Gifts from the Holy Ghost, Dorothy
Skinty Fia, Fontaines D.C.
Giving the World Away, Hatchie
Omnium Gatherum, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
To Believe – EP, Louis The Child
Everything Was Beautiful, Spiritualized
"Riptide" – The Chainsmokers
Release Date – April 22
I've been hyper critical of most Chainsmokers antics since Memories, Do Not Open, but I have to say— I'm pleasantly surprised by their new direction. "Ipad" and "High" accompany "Riptide" as a three pack. "Riptide"—the latest installment— practically erased any doubts I had with the formerly monumental electronic group. Perhaps they've shaken free from the colossal pressure that launched them sky-high without a parachute. While a step in the right direction, the duo is still lacking on the vocal front, but their production value is the highest it's been in a long time. I'll have to keep an ear out for their inevitable next album.
"A Beautiful Life" – Dorothy
I haven't accidentally stumbled on a universally underrated banger in quite some time, so "A Beautiful Life" is welcomed with open arms. This rock meets country, Kelly Clarkson meets Avril Lavigne and Lady Gaga mash-up is simply glorious. I know what you're thinking—that's some star-studded company to associate with. And it is. And it's entirely justified. Do yourself a favor, make your own day by blasting Dorothy's Gifts from the Ghost—but specifically "A Beautiful Life" right now. Energy boost guaranteed.
"Big Shot" – Fontaines D.C.
This track opens with a grungy rock feel that immediately dissipates into a more atmospheric, distanced approach. Grian Chatten's voice floats effortlessly at center, while the slow guitar and drum progression lingers just far enough. This is a textbook example of a feel-good chiller; Fontaines D.C. knows what they're doing with this one. If you're digging what you hear, Skinty Fia is out on streaming platforms now.
"The Rhythm" – Hatchie
There were plenty of bangers on Giving the World Away, but "The Rhythm" was the ultimate showstopper—at least from the new tracks that were released on April 22. Three teasers built momentum for a powerfully memorable experience. I'm surprised to learn that Hatchie has a relatively niche following with just over 200,000 listeners a month (Spotify). Hopefully, Giving the World Away launches Hatchie into a greater spotlight. For now, I'm going to continue spinning this recent release whenever possible.
"Talk" (With Royal & The Serpent) – Louis The Child
An effortless give-and-take emerges on this remix, as Royal & The Serpent's vocals meet a breezy and bop-worthy beat. This track encompasses everything that's right with the electronic music scene. This track was teased by Louis the Child at Coachella where fans fell in love. The message is simple and the beat is straightforward–and it works. Complexity does not always result in astonishing work. Let this pair whisk you away to some easy listening and greater times ahead.
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1. Sour Tsunami
2. Northern Lights
3. Skunk #1
4. Sacred Seeds
5. Northern Lights #5
6. Neville's Haze
7. OG Kush
There are specific marijuana strains that affect the cannabis industry in more ways than one. There are marijuana strains named according to their lack of dominance and those with more THC levels.
Landrace is the oldest form of marijuana strain, as far back as 50000 years ago. It is very distinct because it originated from a specific region around the world.
Some cannabis growers have been in the business of breeding these landraces so they can be made available to generations to come. Most times, these landraces get names for their original regions in which they were grown.
In North America, the initial weed smokers puffed on the sativa landrace that were from the Caribbean, Mexico and some places in the south.
In those days, weed was called 'sensimilla,' especially in Caribbean regions like Jamaica during the 19th century. Those cannabis seeds would not have grown well in certain northern climates.
In the grand scheme of things, pure sativas will usually take several weeks longer in comparison to indicas as it relates to its maturity. Therefore, a warmer and longer season for growing weed would be required. This would certainly be an issue in the United States. Now, let's look at some of the top marijuana strains that have affected the industry.
The breeder for the Sour Tsunami marijuana strain was Lawrence Ringo. He altered the way that the CBD elements in the strain were stabilized. Although, Lawrence Ringo has passed away, but currently, CBD is valued by medical patients in the treatment of most disorders; from epilepsy to chronic pain and anxiety.
One of the top marijuana strains is Northern Lights, which is quite easy to be grown either indoors or outdoors. This allows most recreational users in the market to acquire a taste for a strain that is better in comparison to "Schwag."
One of the marijuana strains that were a game changer is Skunk#1. This particular strain has aided in the forging ahead in terms of having growers become more self-sufficient. The name Skunk#1 was given because of its funky aroma. It was bred from a landrace strain. It became a significant breeding stock for most second-generation marijuana strains.
The Sacred Seeds is from the state of California and an innovative underground bred marijuana strain. The Sacred Seeds is considered to be one of the most authentic hybrid marijuana strains.
One of the most classical marijuana strains that are from the first generation of hybrid is Northern Lights #5. It is considered to be an indica strain, which means that it crosses across various landrace strains, but more so the ones that come from Afghanistan.
This one was specifically bred so as to obtain a higher level of potency, a large harvest and a ratio of bud to leaf is high. During its heyday, the Northern Lights #1 was a winner, becoming popular because of its potency. It is now replaced by its counterpart, Northern Lights #5.
While, you may not have heard about Neville's Haze, it has made its mark as one of the marijuana strains that give users the most uplifting and electric sensation. There are other haze strains dating back to the latter part of the 60s. This is a sativa strain with a dominant hybrid in the mix. It originated from Columbia, Mexico and Thailand.
Last, but not least, we could not leave out the OG Kush strain. It is one of those marijuana strains that's considered magical. It is a hybrid strain, second generation. Now, you know a little about the top marijuana strains that affected and still affecting the cannabis industry.


Are You a Dish-Washing Robot?
On Friday I realized—yet again—that my too-clever-for-their-own-good students were finding ways to answer questions without understanding the ideas.
That's all true, so far as it goes, but it's as opaque and sinister as the tax code.
"Math is supposed to make sense!" I told them, and in my flailing to explain why, I found myself reaching for my favorite rhetorical tool: the overly-detailed analogy.
So, to see what math class is like for memorization-driven students, imagine that you're a household robot.
Your job is to clean the dishes.
Now, you don't know anything about food, meals, or human culinary practices—you're a robot, after all. All you know is what you're told. And your only wish in life is to follow your instructions, and to carry out the right procedures.
Of course, you don't know what dishes are for (decoration? sport?). You don't know how they get dirty (carelessness?). You don't know the point of cleaning them (don't they keep getting dirty?). And you don't know why they belong in the cupboards afterwards (they're hidden when clean and displayed when dirty?). You just know that these are the steps.
And you follow steps. You're a good robot.
You're confused. Weren't you just following the rule that says 'Stack the dry dishes'?
Okay. Weird, and contradictory, but whatever. One exception isn't so hard to learn.
A little later, you notice the plates getting dirty. There's all kinds of lumpy organic stuff piling up on them. So you grab them and start cleaning.
What's all this "lasagna" talk? Isn't this organic dirt on the dishes? Aren't dirty dishes supposed to be cleaned? Isn't that, like, your entire job?
"Wait until the large dirt particles are gone?" How paradoxical. You're supposed to focus your cleaning on the less dirty dishes, waiting for the really dirty dishes to magically clean themselves halfway?
Well, no matter. Strange and inconsistent rules are still rules, and—being a good robot—you follow rules.
You look at it. It's still got lots of dirt on it. Didn't they say not to clean it if it's got such big particles left?
You're starting to get anxious now. What once seemed a simple scheme of rules has grown rather complicated. You could really use some encouragement for your efforts, and so you leap at the first chance to put this newly modified rule into action. The removal of particles on one dish has stopped, so you begin to clean it.
It all seems cruelly arbitrary. This once-straightforward task ("clean the dirty dishes") has become a nightmare cobweb of exceptions and contradictions, in which you must calibrate your behaviors precisely based on bizarre conditions and inscrutable requirements.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to math class.
What's missing, of course, is the crucial understanding of what it's all for. It turns out that you can't succeed as a dishwasher until you understand why dishes get dirty in the first place.
You get to work a lot less, and think a lot more.
Now, conceptual understanding alone isn't enough, any more than procedures alone are enough. You must connect the two, tracing how the rules emerge from the concepts. Only then can you learn to apply procedures flexibly, and to anticipate exceptions. Only then will you get the pat on the back that every robot craves.
With my students on Friday, I garbled the whole analogy. I tend to do that.
But there's a simple takeaway. Even if you don't care about understanding for its own sake; even if you're indifferent to the beauty and deeper logic of mathematics; even if you care only about test results and right answers; even then, you should remember that the "how" is rooted in the "why," and you're unlikely to master methods if you disregard their reasons.
You have inadvertently proven the existence of artificial intelligence.
I assume that all of my past employees have been sentient, intelligent beings.
Hence your pet robot is a sentient, intelligent being.
For the record (which I should clarify, because I know some of my students read this blog), I'm sympathetic to where the robot is coming from! His goals are noble! His heart is true! He's just going about it in a way that's bound to frustrate him.
So true – if you think of the "right answer" as a reward for following the right steps (rather than a truth you need to uncover), then following the steps and NOT arriving at the right answer is infuriating! It's like an implicit contract has been violated.
Your students are crappy at mathematical reasoning because their grasp of economic reasoning is excellent. They are (overall) tested not for understanding but for results, and they have learned that the least-effort thing to do is to guess more or less wildly at the results, knowing that this will succeed sufficiently often. The only way to change this behavior is to massively shift the incentives.
This is even more stark in the UK, where (as in most of Europe) university admissions are based on a handful of standardized tests. Grades given by teachers aren't even considered. So, unlike in the US, where the assessments I designed (projects, homework, 'effort grades,' etc.) had an economic impact, here they're irrelevant. A single test always gets the final word. The economic calculation is pretty straightforward for them.
Any ideas what that shift of incentives might look like?
The widespread adoption/acceptance of alternative assessment.
So I guess that someone (else) taught them this set of rules!
On the other hand, if they figured out the rules themselves there is a strong glimmer of hope.
Mmm, a sadly fitting motto for math class.
Amazingly enough, I'm not convinced all of them have been taught this set of rules. Certainly there's a glimmer of hope – their ability to spot and extrapolate patterns is quite impressive! What's hard is communicating to them which patterns are worthwhile, which are meaningless, and which are true-so-far-as-they-go-but-not-intellectually-fruitful.
But figuring this out for one's self is what maths is about. So long as the ideas and methods remain compartmentalised progress in that direction is going to be limited. Slope problems are nice, as there are several ways of looking at the situation. When everything is "x" and "y", one's view is constricted.
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Thank you! I have been quoting the wrong guy!! Good thing I am not a lit teacher….
I'd love for "dish-washing robot" to become an idiom people use. It captures this mentality so well.
I have a request, which ought to do some damage to the dishwashing robot mentality: stop making the answers come out to be neat integers.
Suppose I have some orange squash which says to dilute it 1:4 squash to water, how much diluted squash will 3/4 of a litre make? I suspect many students on auto pilot will see the 4 and the 3/4 and say 3 litres! Ha! But that is partly because they have been conditioned to expect a neat number to come out.
I guess the generalisation is to find questions which are trick questions if you're on autopilot.
This is one of the most interesting posts I've ever read. Absolutely loving your blog, have been binge-reading it obsessively for the last couple of days. Keep them coming!
As an aside, it is reminiscent of the conflict between traditional explicit rule-driven AI and "deep learning", where the bigger goals are specified and rules built up by the robot in a bottom up fashion, from smaller rules, using the goals as a rough guide.


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Are we taking the federal government's word that a vaccine is safe?
No. The Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), a group of medical and public health experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), also assesses the safety and efficacy of vaccines. They will also develop recommendations on COVID-19 vaccine use.
Additionally, in New York State, the Governor's Clinical Advisory Task Force will independently review the vaccines as they are made available. According to the Governor's plan, "The Task Force's independent review of any federally authorized COVID-19 vaccine will help address publicly reported concerns about the scientific process and rush to market. The Task Force will rely on numerous data sources including public information and the findings of expert third party independent organizations."
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The following side effects to the Pfizer vaccine are very common, meaning that they may affect more than 1 in 10 people:
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If you have had COVID-19 and recovered, it is still worthwhile to get a COVID-19 vaccine. While most people are protected from getting COVID-19 again after they've recovered, we don't know how long that protection lasts.
If I get vaccinated, can I stop wearing masks and socially distancing?
If you get a vaccine, you should still protect yourself by wearing a mask and social distancing. We don't know how effective the vaccine is going to be. It's possible, for example, that the vaccine will protect you from getting very sick with the virus, but it will not prevent you from spreading the virus to other people. Until we have a better idea of that and know how many people are going to receive it, you should still practice social distancing, wear a face mask, and wash your hands often and well. We're going to have to do all of this for a little while longer until we know more and until the pandemic is more under control.
Do the clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines include people from the most affected groups?
While vaccines work the same in people of different races or ethnicities, it is important to make sure vaccines are tested in diverse population groups before they are released. The phase 3 clinical trials conducted by Pfizer and Moderna included significant numbers of participants from the population groups most at risk for COVID-19.
In Pfizer's U.S. trial, 13.1 percent of participants are Hispanic/Latinx, 10.1 percent are Black, 5.5 percent are Asian American, and 1 percent are Native American. About 45 percent of U.S. participants are 56-85 years of age.
For comparison, in the most recent estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau, 18.4 percent are Hispanic/Latinx, 12.8 percent are Black, 5.7 percent are Asian American, and 0.9 percent are Native American. The Census uses slightly different age groups than the drug companies, but says that 27.4 percent of Americans are between ages 55 and 84.
Of the patients in Moderna's trial, 9.7 percent identified as Black or African American, 20 percent as Hispanic/Latinx, 4.7 percent as Asian, and 0.8 percent as Native American. Also, 25.3 percent were over the age of 65 (compared to 16.5 percent in the general population), and 22.3 percent had at least one high-risk chronic disease, such as diabetes, severe obesity, and cardiac disease.
How well do the first vaccines work?
The FDA reports that the vaccine made by Pfizer had an efficacy rate of 95 percent. That means that under the controlled conditions of the company's phase 3 trial there were 95 percent fewer cases of COVID-19 in the group of people who got the vaccine compared to the group of people who got the placebo.
The FDA reports that the vaccine made by Moderna had a similar efficacy rate to Pfizer's, and that the vaccine's efficacy rates were similar across genders, age groups, racial and ethnic groups, and groups with comorbidities.
How do the COVID-19 vaccines work?
Vaccines expose us to pieces of either a bacteria or a virus. Our body mounts an immune response by making antibodies against those pieces. Antibodies are proteins that fight germs like viruses and bacteria by latching onto and disabling them. The goal is that our body will then recognize those pieces and use the antibodies to fight off any future exposure to the real bacteria or virus.
There are several different types of vaccines.
Traditional vaccines include pieces of the virus in them. This causes your immune system to react by making antibodies against those pieces.
The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are called "messenger RNA" vaccines. They do not contain pieces or proteins from the virus. Instead, they contain instructions for your cells, called "messenger RNA." This messenger RNA tells your cells to make the COVID-19 spike protein themselves. Once your cells make the spike protein, your immune system will make the antibodies that fight COVID-19 and protect you from getting sick from this virus.
What is "herd immunity" and when will we get there?
Herd immunity means that enough people in a community are immune to a disease that the disease can't spread easily among them. That helps protect people who are not immune—for example, those who can't be vaccinated for some reason—from getting sick. In the case of COVID-19, we don't yet know how many people need to be vaccinated to reach herd immunity. But we are likely still far away from that point.
How do I know what vaccine information online is accurate?
There is a lot of information on the internet about vaccines, and it can be difficult to know which sites to trust. Mount Sinai is providing a tool called NewsGuard, which is a browser extension you can download that will help determine which information about vaccines and other health topics is accurate.
I've heard some really hard-to-believe things about COVID-19 vaccines. How can I find out if they're true?
Where can I find out more about the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines?
The FDA has publicly released its analyses of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. The Pfizer analysis can be found here and Moderna here.
Were the vaccines tested in children?
Children aged 16 and older were included in the initial Pfizer trial, and Pfizer is now enrolling children as young as 12 for more testing. The Moderna vaccine has been tested only in people aged 18 or older.
Should I get my antibodies tested before the vaccine so that I can tell if the antibodies are from the vaccine or disease?
Testing for COVID-19 antibodies prior to receiving the vaccine is not recommended.
How long does immunity last after the vaccine?
We do not know how long the protection will last. The clinical trials are ongoing with the aim of determining this information.
What blood type is the vaccine the least effective for?
This was not included in the clinical trials, but it is unlikely that blood type would affect vaccine response.
Can I donate blood after receiving vaccine?
At this time, there is no contraindication to donating blood, but you should inform the collecting agency of your vaccination status. If they have any concerns, they will let you know.
How many strains of the virus are there? Does COVID-19 vaccination protect against all if there is more than one?
Although SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can develop mutations, there doesn't seem to be an effect on vaccine effectiveness, which is different from what we see with flu and the annual influenza vaccination.
Now that multiple vaccine candidates have been authorized, will we be able to choose which one we take?
We encourage you to take a vaccine if you are offered vaccine and not wait for another vaccine to become available.
Do we know if COVID-19 vaccine reacts with other vaccines I may be prescribed?
This is not yet known. You should discuss your COVID-19 vaccination with your primary physician. You and your doctor should then work together to plan how other vaccinations will be spaced around your COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Add all ingredients into a non-stick or non-reactive pan. Put on medium heat, stirring ingredients until the sugar melts and the mixture begins to boil. Reduce heat to low and cook for approximately 25-30 minutes, or until it reaches your desired consistency.
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Heading the list of international presenters at the March 23-25 Stamford, Conn., conference of the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) is Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, wife of the former president of Honduras, José Manuel Zelaya, who was sent into exile by a U.S. backed military coup.
On Feb. 11-12, the founding conference of the Liberation and Re-foundation Party (Libre), a new political party established by the National Front for Popular Resistance of Honduras, chose Castro as its presidential candidate. She speaks at a moment when the U.S. is proposing to double military aid to the current Honduran regime, a regime that they hope will continue to cooperate in the use of this Central American nation as an important U.S. basing and military command center that is deemed important to the facilitation of trade with the Far East.
Castro is one of many international activists who are gathering at the UNAC conference to build solidarity in the fight against U.S. and NATO aggression. Others include Kazem Azin of Solidarity Iran; Manijeh Nasrabadi of the Raha Iranian Feminist Collective; Adaner Usmani of the Labor Party of Pakistan; Sergio Fernández, a member of Mesa Amplia Nacional Estudiantil (MANE) and the recent national student strike in Colombia; Gamelyn Oduardo, who helped to organize a 10-month Puerto Rico student strike; and Andrew Murray, a British Trades Union Congress leader of the massive Nov. 30 UK public-sector general strike.
Murray will be sharing a panel with Mike Fuqua, a member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Workers Union Local 21, who with the help of the West Coast Occupy movement wrested a contract from the union-busting grain shipper EGT at the port of Longview, Wash. Because the U.S. government planned to use the Coast Guard to militarily ensure the safe docking of a scab ship in the port of Longview, the Action Program that will be the subject of deliberation at the conference calls for the condemnation of the use of the U.S. military at home against unionists.
The new militarization of law enforcement in the U.S., and the specific use of related tactics, weapons, and strategies, is another thread that is spurring the participation of a number of other recent victims of repression. Veteran and Oakland occupier Scott Olsen will join leaders of the fight against NYPD wartime spying and harassment of the Muslim American community, such as Imam Talib Abdurrashid of the Islamic Leadership Council of Metropolitan New York, Cyrus McGoldrick of the New York City Council on American Islamic Relations, and Monami Maulik of Desis Rising Up and Moving.
All of these international and domestic leaders are coming together to share analysis and solidarity with U.S.-based activists determined to teach the connections between the U.S./NATO war drives, the attacks on civil liberties, and the 1%'s austerity drives. Even more importantly, they are gathering under the umbrella of the United National Antiwar Coalition, a formation that remains committed to mass movement building, to mounting visible opposition in the streets to U.S. imperialism, and retains confidence that this can and will be done in Chicago and beyond.
The draft Action Program submitted by UNAC's National Coordinating Committee is open to full discussion, debate, amendment, and vote at the March 23-25 conference. This is an open, democratic, one-person-one-vote assembly of the broad antiwar and social justice movements. See unacpeace.org to read the draft Action Program and how to submit amendments, alternate plans, and resolutions for consideration by the conference.
For more information on the March 23-25 UNAC conference, and to register, go to www.unacpeace.org.
> The article above was written by Christine Marie, and first appeared in the March 2012 print edition of Socialist Action newspaper.
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HOBBITSES: or HOW EVERY GOOD STORY DESERVES EMBELLISHMENT (as Gandalf teaches us)
mark sinker • FT • 32 comments • 2,607 views
1: I saw this last night (2D/24fps) and here are my notes
2: which is to say SPOILERS and DO NOT READ IF YOU HATE MORE FvCKING ELVES and ABANDON DIGNITY ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE and — above all — BEWARE THE CAVE TROLL IN THE ROOM
3: bcz, in the sense that at the end I very much wanted straight away to be watching the next ep I clearly liked this one, despite there being plenty wrong with it also
4: anyway I am largely going to write a DEFENCE of the plot-changes (and reserve the main critique for stuff PJ also got wrong in the LotR trilogy?)
5: And it is very rough and note-form bcz Silmarillion
The Annual Between Christmas And New Year Pub Crawl 2012: The Clerkenwell Wiggly Worm
Pete Baran • FT • 1 comment • 459 views
Its that time of year again where Christ has been massed, and New Years Eve has yet to dawn (before it eves). Which means it is the 29th December and the FT between Christmas & New Year Pub Crawl again. And this year its in Clerkenwell. Which was up and coming years ago, but has now up and come and then settled down into being a little bit pretentious, but on the whole rather nice. We will be skirting Clerkenwell Green, nipping past Mount Pleasant and going to a number of lovely pubs, many of which will be closed.
They are all architecturally interesting and serve a decent pint (or whatever you are drinking). Its between Christmas and New Year, it'll be quiet and you'll have escaped your families so come out for some fun.
The order is
3pm: Craft Beer Co.
4pm Betsy Trotwood
4.45pm The Horseshoe
5:30pm: The Three Crowns – I mean Kings
6.15pm: The Sekforde Arms
7:15pm: Exmouth Arms
8pm The Wilmington Arms
9pm The Pakenham Arms
All timings are approximate and of course, at least one of the pubs will be shut anyway…
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mark sinker • FT • 1 comment • 415 views
Sic Transit Gloria Barlow
Tom • FT • barlow/imperial phase/Pop/x-factor • 42 comments • 1,730 views
When Was The X-Factor's Imperial Phase?
I got bored with the recent series of the X-Factor, and I was not alone: the ratings this year have crashed by a few million. The post-mortems are beginning: the editor of the Radio Times wasted no time in crediting the Olympics and its awakening of a public desire for real heroes who train and sweat and ACHIEVE and BELIEVE. Stage school is no picnic, honey, you might reply – but the claim debunks itself anyway. The ratings crash this year is no one-off – it's now a trend, after an even more dramatic tumble in 2011, a year with no whiff of gold.
The Freaky Trigger Readers Poll 2012
katstevens • FT • 2012 • 9 comments • 793 views
"Hi! I'm global megastar Rihanna. While I'm not achieving world domination I like to flick through old copies of Melody Maker and think about how I lucky I am not to have to compete with the likes of the Milltown Brothers and Haysi Fantayzee in the year-end polls of old. Of course, these days the only poll that truly matters is the Freaky Trigger Readers' Poll, so I'm delighted to be giving you this year's voting details!
Just email your top 20 tracks of 2012 to poptimistspoll2010@gmail.com by 23.59 31st December 2012. Simple!
– You can vote for fewer than 20 tracks
– 2012 remixes of 2011 songs etc are fine
– Your #1 track will be allocated more points than your #20 track so put them in order if that is important to you.
Bedtime Story Watch I
Tom • The Brown Wedge • kidlit/narnia • 24 comments • 690 views
At the weekend I finished reading The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe to my kids – audience L (almost 6) and D (3 1/2) liked it, or maybe they like the ritual of bedtime stories and found it tolerable content to fill said ritual, I dunno. My Dad thoughts follow.
This was never my favourite Narnia book as a kid – some of which was budding contrarianism and some of which was that it's all over the place in terms of pace, plot, mood, you name it. Lewis has three stories here: the one he wants to tell, the one he insists on telling, and the one he fakes the reader out into thinking he's telling.
Poptimism presents… Club Action POPULAR SPECIAL
katstevens • FT • 25 comments • 883 views
It's been 60 years since Al Martino was the UK's first #1 record*!
To celebrate this sensational sexagenary, DJ Chlorine and The Barnet Ape will be playing only #1s all night** – all the boshingest chart-toppers from Aqua to Zager & Evans.
Assisting them in this noble endeavour will be our very own Popular maestro Tom Ewing and Popular superfan Bob Stanley.
WHERE: Downstairs @ Ryan's Bar, 181 Stoke Newington Church St
WHEN: Friday 30th November 2012, 8pm-1am
FREE ENTRY also we know where the air conditioning button is now
So come along, to (probably) the only club night where you will hear both Coolio AND Doris Day!
*YES YES WE KNOW
**NO EXCEPTIONS***
***EXCEPT THAT ONE
Last Stand Of The Trenchcoat Brigade
Tom • FT • alan moore/Comics • 1 comment • 715 views
I remember Hellblazer being announced, way back whenever it was, and feeling underwhelmed and disappointed: a silly name, and not even written by Alan Moore. And the truth is I never warmed to the comic – now axed by DC after a 300-long run. Sometimes because I was too callow for it, sometimes because I felt I could see through it, and occasionally just because it bored me.
But also always with the sense that John Constantine simply shouldn't have his own comic in the first place. I was firmly in the camp who had loved the character and wanted to see him slip quietly away from DC Comics as unpretentiously and oddly as he'd arrived. False hope: that kind of thing didn't happen then and certainly doesn't now – if you have a breakout hit, you milk it.
DOOP – "Doop"
Tom • Popular • 66 comments • 6,999 views
#703, 19th March 1994
One of the divisive things about disco was the apparent will to discofy anything and everything: no style, era, film theme or rock classic was safe. To haters it was proof of disco's stultifying lack of creativity – why make something new when you could slap strings and a beat under the old? But there's something a little utopian about it too – a sense that disco was the philosopher's stone of pop, the perfect unifying sound that could turn anything into dancefloor gold.
Something of that survived in commercial dance music. While club music continued mutating and innovating at bewildering pace, its leaps forward took it into the charts less often. The gap was often filled by novelties – raved-up TV themes, videogame music, cover versions, and finally stand-ins for whole genres with a 4/4 thump grafted on. Hence "Doop", some Europeans building their money-making vehicle from a xerox of a memory of a decade that had happened somewhere else, souping its engines up and letting it loose.
Kid Loki and the Braek Haerts
Hazel • FT + The Brown Wedge • Comics • 1 comment • 1,515 views
This is just a coda to Tom's brilliant (but spoiler-y! Very spoiler-y!) piece on Journey into Mystery. This is less spoiler-y and much more ramble-y and nothing like as in-depth but Tom asked me to write it, so you have him to blame.
I am not a Western comics reader. I have read some and indeed, enjoyed them a lot but in a hobbyist way that didn't make me feel like a fan, per se. Even for someone much enthused by enormous run of things, the unassailably enormous back history of Marvel or DC characters always felt like too much work in comparison to the apparent safety of manga, where I had done the groundwork to know where my incestuous reincarnated celestial beings were at. Or more accurately to the present day, CSI, in front of which I had found my adult self lounging and wondering if anything in the geek culture that raised me would ever interest me again.
'So far so nylons and lipsticks,' you might think; however, this doesn't explain why I ended up in the pub last Friday, cursing at the Marvel app for its dysfunctional purchase downloading and burbling 'Kid Loki is THE BEST why did no one TELL me that comics were GREAT?' Tom enthused about how heartening it was that young people were reading Marvel again- 'I'm twenty five!' I protested, 'that's REALLY OLD' and then proceeded to have some kind of showdown altercation with a table. Or maybe a door. Or a fellow patron. A grown up showdown, no doubt.
I was and still am absolutely livid that no one told me how great Journey into Mystery is before- my emotional core has been utterly destroyed by it but I want to curl around it and clutch it to myself as though it were my child. Finally, I totally get why people care so much about Marvel and superheroes- I'm reading the whole of Thor, as though this can somehow provide attrition for my years of ignorance but honestly, it's the gateway drug that's the masterwork.
THE VERVE – "The Drugs Don't Work"
23 Mar 2014 #773, 13th September 1997 "Whenever we played that live there would be rows of grown men crying. It was almost like these guys couldn't cry when they needed to cry, but that song operated like a pressure valve for them and it was okay for them to cry at a big rock concert." – Richard […]
BRYAN ADAMS – "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"
5 May 2011 #667, 13th July 1991 Sixteen Listens For Sixteen Weeks: An Everything I Do Liveblog This song got to number one for 16 weeks, so I decided to play it 16 times in a row, writing as I went. Play 1: And we're off. I've honestly hardly heard this in the last twenty years so I […]
10cc – "Dreadlock Holiday"
8 Aug 2008 #426, 23rd September 1978 On one level the 'plot' of "Dreadlock Holiday" is hugely important to any judgement of it. On another, not at all, but let's recap anyway. The narrator is a tourist in Jamaica – he gets mugged for his silver chain and returns to the comfort of his hotel where a woman […]
THE BEATLES – "Eleanor Rigby"/"Yellow Submarine"
30 Dec 2005 #222, 20th August 1966 DIGRESSION: For Christmas I got Never Had It So Good, the first part of Dominic Sandbrook's huge new history of Britain in the sixties. Here's what he says about the project: "This book seeks to rescue 'from the enormous condescencion of prosperity'…the lives of the kind of people who spent the […]
Manage A Team In The Pop World Cup 2014!
21 Nov 2013 So here we are. The 32 qualifiers for the football World Cup have been decided, which means it's time, once again, to get ready for the POP WORLD CUP. The point of this post is very simple. If you want to be a manager in the Pop World Cup, put your name in the comments […]
28 Dec 2019 REASON: Welcome one and welcome all, to the FreakyTrigger wing of a KWIZZ (quiz) sat for a hundred and blimey years by Isle of Man schoolkids. ("Please return your answers to the Principal's Office by Monday 13th January.") RHYME: Themed sets of 10 questions each — a new one every day (or so). COLLABORATIN' COMMENT […]
The Friday Fun Canon Discussion And Monster Poll
12 Mar 2010 People in the Popular comments boxes are talking about "the canon". I'm always quite curious as to which bits of the canon have 'taken' with a broadly pop-positive audience such as we have here. So here's a poll, very easy to fill in, just say which of the Top 50 albums OF ALL TIME EVER […]
Which of the following is not a pie?
28 Nov 2004 i. shepherd's/cottage pie ii. cheese flan/pizza iii. scotch egg iv. boiled egg actually i am not going to bother you w.all the ins and outs of the GREBT PIE DEBATE, as i wz not in on its inception, and besides the militia are now formed and a stiff crackdown ordered on heretics and dissidents. Hunting […]
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Poll to Poll - PWC Result
Which Of The Number One Hits Of 2002 Would YOU Have Given 6 Or More To?
AALIYAH - "More Than A Woman"
GEORGE HARRISON - "My Sweet Lord"
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS - "Hero"
WESTLIFE - "World Of Our Own"
WILL YOUNG - "Anything Is Possible"/"Evergreen"
GARETH GATES - "Unchained Melody"
OASIS - "The Hindu Times"
SUGABABES - "Freak Like Me"
HOLLY VALANCE - "Kiss Kiss"
RONAN KEATING - "If Tomorrow Never Comes"
LIBERTY X - "Just A Little"
EMINEM - "Without Me"
WILL YOUNG - "Light My Fire"
ELVIS vs JXL - "A Little Less Conversation"
GARETH GATES - "Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake)"
DARIUS - "Colourblind"
SUGABABES - "Round Round"
BLAZIN' SQUAD - "Crossroads"
ATOMIC KITTEN - "The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)"
PINK - "Just Like A Pill"
WILL YOUNG AND GARETH GATES - "The Long And Winding Road"/"Suspicious Minds"
LAS KETCHUP - "The Ketchup Song (Asereje)"
NELLY ft KELLY ROWLAND - "Dilemma"
DJ SAMMY & YANOU ft DO - "Heaven"
WESTLIFE - "Unbreakable"
CHRISTINA AGUILERA ft REDMAN - "Dirrty"
DANIEL BEDINGFIELD - "If You're Not The One"
EMINEM - "Lose Yourself"
BLUE ft ELTON JOHN - "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"
GIRLS ALOUD - "Sound Of The Underground"
None Of Them!
Poll closes: No Expiry


As soon as summer started, our family went into non-stop sickness each week. One week the minis would be down with the colds, the next week it would be my turn, then it would be A's turn. This went on for weeks and by the second week of April, we found ourselves all very sick. As in can't-stand-up-sick. I was even observed for Dengue Fever because of my on-and-off high fever accompanied by chills. My nose bled a couple of times too. I cried because I feared the worst. I had Dengue Fever not more than a year ago, and if I had it again, it would be my third time and it could be fatal. Thankfully, I didn't pass for Dengue Fever. I simply had the flu; and likely over fatigue as I have been working late for months already. A doctor suggested that all I needed was fresh air and some rest. Real rest.
As soon as I was able to stand, we took a ship (2Go) going to Odiongan, Romblon so we can take a 5-day vacation in my mom's hometown: Looc, Romblon. True enough, by the second day, I was feeling a lot better. My lungs have cleared, my coughing bouts stopped, and my colds suddenly went away. I never felt that good for months!
We spent days 1-3 in Romblon wherein we visited our Lolos and Lolas, enjoyed the white beaches of Romblon, and tried out the new restaurants that popped up in recent years. Of course, being their first time here, I brought A and the minis to the famous Looc Sanctuary, a protected sea area that houses various fish species. You can reach The Sanctuary from the Port of Looc. As of April 2016, it costs PHP100 per person to go there, two-way boat ride included. The kids will really enjoy this place because they can get feed AND swim with the fish.
We are very proud of this place because our Lolo Vital, who served as Vice Mayor of the town of Looc years ago, was one of the people who pushed to protect this area. Now, there are lots of fish here!
The minis loved taking morning walks here. One time, during our morning walk, we caught a parade and Pagoda. The minis have never seen one before, neither have I – so I took the opportunity to take some snaps.
We also caught a glimpsed of fishermen preparing their colorful boats for the boat race after the parade. Unfortunately, we didn't get to witness the race itself.
Why we didn't get to watch the race is because my very spontaneous husband decided to board us all on a boat going to Caticlan. With just a wallet and a camera with us, our adventure in Boracay began. I can't even call it a backpacking adventure because we didn't have a backpack to start with. Haha! As in, we had no things with us.
My husband and the minis have never been to Boracay, which is why they were all so up for the adventure. I, on the other hand, have been there a couple of times before since it's super near Looc. Before, we used to take a boat from Looc and jump off directly on the shores of Boracay. But since they want to keep the white sand shores of Boracay clean, all boats need to dock at Caticlan first, then tourists will have to take smaller boats to the back area of Boracay island.
Since we had no plans at all, the first thing we did when we arrived was to look for accommodation. We knew no one in Boracay, but we know we have friends we haven't met that we're sure are always ready to help – the Boracay Fire Fighters. One of the perks of being a Fire Family is that we have friends all over the country, the world even!
And so we took a tricycle from the port to Boracay Fire Station. In disbelief that we actually went to Boracay unprepared, the firemen there helped us find a hotel. We expected a not-so-nice one since we had no booking, but they found us a pretty comfy place to stay in that's just two minutes from the beach – St. Vincent Cottages. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to take photos of the room because the minis immediately invaded the bed. It has basic amenities – a bed, an airconditioner, a television, and a nice bathroom with soap and shampoo.
After taking a quick rest, we went to D'Mall to shop for clothes. In fairness, we bought quite a lot for just P1,000. Clothes, toiletries, and snacks. Since we were out already, we also had lunch in the area.
The minis wanted fish and chips so we took them to Astoria Boracay for lunch. With a glass of Mango Shake each and a platter of Fish and Chips, they were more than satisfied!
Once we're all set, we took the minis to the beach for some time under the sun. The Princess has been asking for the beach for months already so she really had fun playing and swimming.
The Princess' favorite part, she said, was when she buried her dad in sand.
Just like me, the Little Man loved the swimming part of going to the beach, but playing in the sand isn't our thing at all. So the two of us hung out on beach beds while A and The Princess played by the beach.
Once the sun set, we went to a grill by the beach (sorry, can't remember the name!) and enjoyed a platter of pork barbecue with steamed white rice. I wanted to eat seafood, but since the Little Man and I seem to be having allergic reactions to certain kinds, we had to pass.
We took a walk by the beach once more after dinner to enjoy the stars and watch the fire dancers. By 10 in the evening, we called it a night and headed back to our hotel.
I woke up early the next day because I know that the boat going back to Looc leaves by 9 in Caticlan. It's the only boat going home so we had to catch it. Otherwise, we'll have to stay in Boracay for another day. We were in Caticlan by 8:45, and to our surprise – the boat going to Looc left early!!! We found ourselves scrambling to find a way to go home. Thankfully, a tricycle driver pointed us to another port in Caticlan where locals board. He said there are boats there that go to Sta. Fe, another town in Romblon. We took our chance and boarded that boat instead.
Unlike the tourist boats that dock in the main port of Caticlan, the one we boarded is a much smaller one. I found myself praying the whole time because we can really feel the big waves pounding at the boat. Thankfully, the minis fell asleep during the ride so they didn't get scared.
After 2 and a half hours, we finally reached Sta. Fe, Romblon. Unlike the port of Looc, this one was empty. There were no one else on the port except for men in motorbikes. We learned from another passenger that the only way we can reach Looc was to ride the motorbikes! And that's a two-hour ride!
We were about to ride the motorbikes when, thank heavens, our Lolo Ben called. He told us to go to the police station and seek assistance from the Chief of Police. By sheer coincidence, the chief knows Arjay's classmate from the academy, who was once assigned in Romblon as well. After a quick rest at the station, he offered us a safer ride back to Looc.
Before we knew it, we were already home. I expected to get a long sermon from all our grandparents in Looc because of the crazy adventure we went on. But, instead, they all just laughed it off. They were most amazed that the minis survived AND enjoyed the whole adventure.
"Mom, can we go on more adventures?" my daughter would ask me each day since our Romblon-Boracay adventure. Soon, I hope!
Unplanned trips are the most memorable, right? I'd be more than happy to have an interview with you, Julie!
My family just got home from a five day trip (2 hours ago). Isn't it so tiring and so much fun at the same time? How wonderful naman your trip! I hope we could get to hop on to another island when our own mini is bigger. 🙂 I loved how spontaneous your boracay trip was. The island is close to our hearts.
We just came from an adventure but would love to have another! We haven't been to Boaracy yet. Another must visit for us.
That was indeed a crazy adventure but a really fun one! 🙂 I'm so envious right now. The summer is almost over and we haven't gone to the beach yet.
This makes me want to go on an adventure too! I wish we have one soon.
What an adventure! I'm certain your kids will remember this trip! One of my dream destinations is Romblon. How I wish I can go there!
Lovely photos! Mukhang nag enjoy ang mga bagets! My kids will definitely enjoy the Looc Sanctuary! They love fish because of Nemo and Dory!
The kids really enjoyed this place!
That's exactly what my doctor said. I just need some fresh air – makes me want to stay there na!
What an adventure! So exciting that the Boracay part was totally unplanned and unprepared for. It makes it all the more fun haha!
The kids really had fun! I, being a control freak, was panicking the whole time. Haha!
Traveling to places is super fun and memorable if spent with family. Its nice to watch our kids play with the water or the sand and even tell you repeatedly that "we go back here, please." So happy to see you enjoy with your family and hope many more travels to come.
Looks like your family really had an awesome Summer!!! I hope we can go to Boracay next year.
The fish sanctuary is interesting!
It's a must see. I especially love the floating hut within the sanctuary where guests can have lunch/snacks. The only problem though is that they only have one big floating "kubo" so during the summer, it may get a bit crowded.


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U.S., Iraq Leaders on Watch for Iran Meddling in Upcoming Iraqi Elections
BASRA, Iraq – The top U.S. military officer quizzed Iraqi leaders Friday about the influence and motives of next-door Iran as national elections approach, but made no promises when his hosts asked for surveillance equipment and other help to keep an eye on their neighbors.
Hours before Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited the southern Iraqi city of Basra, near the Iranian border, Iranian troops crossed into Iraqi territory and seized an oil well in a disputed area along the border, Iraq's deputy foreign minister said.
Such incidents have happened before along the border, which was never clearly delineated after the extended war between the two countries in the 1980s.
Mullen was not specific in his comments, but the United States accuses Iran of training, arming and financing Shiite militias like the one in Basra that was the target of a fierce military crackdown last year.
U.S. and Iraqi leaders are watching for signs that Iran is trying to meddle in the upcoming Iraqi elections, and keeping tabs on what they describe as an Iranian goodwill campaign in southern Iraq.
Mullen also emphasized throughout a day of meetings in Iraq that the U.S. will stick to its plan to rapidly withdraw forces beginning almost immediately after the election on March 7.
"That draw down from 115,000 to 50,000 is going to happen, no doubt in my mind," Mullen told a group of enlisted men and women at a U.S. base in Basra.
The election was postponed from January, but Mullen said that will not change U.S. plans.
A Shiite cleric, Abdul Aziz Moosawi, greeted Mullen warmly and told the American he was grateful for U.S. help despite earlier skepticism.
Mullen asked the cleric and a senior Iraqi Army general for their views on Iranian influence and how they see Iran in the future, "because Iran worries me a great deal."
The cleric bluntly explained the calculus of life next door to powerful and influential Iran.
Iran's influence is inevitable and sometimes works in positive ways, Moosawi said. "But I think we feel the negative impact more," he said.
Western and Arab analysts long had feared that a Shiite-governed Iraq inevitably would fall under the sway of its far larger Shiite neighbor, enabling the Iranians to expand their influence westward into a crucial Arab country in the Middle East.
Iran and Iraq maintain close commercial and cultural ties, from Iranian consumer goods in the markets of Basra and Najaf in southern Iraq to the tens of thousands of Iranian pilgrims who visit Shiite religious sites here every year.
But Iran appeared to be the loser in separate regional elections in Iraq last year, in which Iranian-linked candidates did poorly.
Suspicion of Iran and an undertone of Iraqi nationalism surfaced in Mullen's discussions in Basra and Talil.
"Iran is trying to dominate not only in Basra ... Iran is trying to dominate in many provinces in southern Iran," Maj. Gen. Aziz Swady told Mullen.
In Talil, several speakers invited to a discussion session with Mullen asked for help protecting the border with Iran. Iran is trying to meddle in the election, Mullen was told. Iraqis asked for equipment such as monitoring towers and high-tech surveillance gear. Mullen did not commit.