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Kristallnacht: The Night of the Broken Glass
Posted on June 19, 2014 April 2, 2017 by Kim Seabrook
On 28 October 1938 the Nazi Government in Germany deported those German Jews they defined as being of foreign origin and some 12,000 Jews who had been born in Poland were ordered to pack a suitcase, vacate their homes, and were put upon transports destined for the Polish border. Upon their arrival the Polish Authorities permitted only 4,000 of them to enter the country to join their families, the rest were left to wander the villages along the frontier, homeless, penniless, and forced to beg for food and shelter.
Among these refugees were Zindel and Rivka Grynzspan who had relocated to Hanover in 1911.
Their 17 year old son Herschel was staying with his uncle in Paris when he received a harrowing letter from his sister Berta detailing the dire situation his parents now found themselves in and begging him to send money. Instead Herschel used the little money he had to purchase a pistol and some ammunition.
On 7 November he visited the German Embassy and asked to speak to an official.
After waiting for some time he was taken to the office of the diplomat Ernst von Rath who greeted him warmly but once in his presence and without saying a word Herschel he took out his revolver and shot him five times. Having shot the diplomat he made no attempt to escape but waited calmly in the office for the arrival of the police to whom he gave himself up and confessed everything. Von Rath died the following day.
Ironically Herschel had taken out his vengeance on a man who was a vocal critic of the Nazi Regime and had been under investigation by the Gestapo.
Ever since Adolf Hitler had come to power, the Nazi's had used the law to exclude Jews from German society.
On 7 April 1933, the Law for the Restoration of a Professional Civil Society banned anyone of Jewish origin from working for the Government and forced those already employed to resign.
On 15 September 1935, the Nuremberg Laws defined who was to be considered Jewish and then stripped them of their German citizenship. It also banned marriage and sexual relations between Jews and non-Jews and there was yet another only partially successful boycott of Jewish shops and businesses.
This infuriated the Nazi's who despite all the relentless anti-Jewish propaganda remained perplexed by the ordinary German's insistence on calling their Jewish family doctor, buying their sausages from the local Jewish butcher, and having their clothes made by their Jewish tailor.
The Nazi's were frustrated by their inability to unleash the full fury of the German people against the Jews but no reason had yet been found to do so. The murder of a German diplomat in a foreign city by an emotionally disturbed Jewish youth provided them with just the pretext they required.
News of von Rath's death on 9 November reached Berlin around ten o'clock the same night and within two hours anti-Jewish riots had already broken out throughout Germany. Such a speedy response to the news was indicative of how much work had been made in preparation for just such an event.
Yet it was important for the Nazi's that the riots appear to be the spontaneous outpouring of the German people peoples against the alien Jewish presence in their midst. So among the crowds that gathered on the streets were SA and SS Units dressed in civilian clothes but armed with petrol, matches, and sledgehammers. Their job to destroy Jewish property and where there was no angry crowd to create one.
The preparations for Kristallnacht had been made in large part by the Minister of Propaganda Josef Goebbels who had been out of favour with Hitler ever since his wife Magda had brought his affair with the Czech actress Lida Barova to the Fuhrer's attention. This was his opportunity to again become part of the Fuhrer's inner-circle.
By the early hours of 10 November the riots had spread to almost every major German town and city and the dark night sky was lit up by the flames of burning Synagogues and the still air rang to the sound of breaking glass.
Jewish homes were broken into and their occupants dragged out and beaten, passers-by of Jewish appearance were attacked in the streets, whilst young Jewish men were particularly targeted not just for harsh treatment but for arrest.
Jewish shops were occupied and cordoned off to prevent looting, not to protect the property of their owners, but because the Nazi's did not want the riots to be seen as anything but the expression of the German peoples wrath against the Jew.
The atmosphere in many places was as much one of celebration as it was hate as millions of Germans came onto the streets not to participate but to simply cheer and applaud. Even so, some were brave enough to express their disgust but they did so at great risk to themselves.
By the end of the night as many as 1,000 Synagogues had been set alight and destroyed, 7,000 Jewish owned businesses had been occupied and had their windows smashed, and 29 Department Stores had been ransacked.
Jewish cemeteries had also been vandalised and graves desecrated, and as many as 30,000 Jews had been arrested and sent to the Concentration Camps at Sachsenhausen and Buchenwald. The brutality of Kristallnacht caused outrage around the world and no one could any longer be in doubt about the Nazi's intentions towards the Jews.
The official total of deaths given was 91 though the actual figure is believed to have been at least 800 and may have been as high as 2,000.
Along with the many windows that had been shattered so had any illusions that the Nazi Government abided by the rule of law. The events of Kristallnacht had been nothing but an old-fashioned anti-Jewish pogrom as crude as anything that might have been seen in Tsarist Russia.
The anti-Nazi diplomat Ernst von Rath was given a much-publicised State Funeral that was attended by Hitler himself and the Jewish community fined 1 billion marks for the murder. They were then ordered to pay a further 4 billion marks to pay for the clean-up following Kristallnacht and to ensure that the money was paid it was levied at 20% of all Jewish businesses and property.
Prior to Kristallnacht many people had believed that the rabid anti-Semitism of the Nazi's would pass with the responsibility of power, that it had merely been a crude tool with which to court popularity. Few people remained under any such illusion including a great many Jews and in the months following tens of thousands of those Jews remaining in Germany fled.
The unintended irony of the Nazi pogrom on the Night of the Broken Glass is that it likely saved many thousands of Jewish lives that would otherwise have been lost.
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"They're putting in nonscientific criteria to decide what science the agency can use."
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) used the cover of Super Tuesday to put out an update to its plans to limit scientific research in its decision-making on Tuesday evening, as the mass media world had its eyes focused on the election results trickling in.
The proposal, called Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science, is part of the agency's ongoing push to rewrite "the foundation on which public health and environmental rules are crafted," as E&E News reported.
As Common Dreams reported, the timing of the release was curious. In a tweet, Rebecca Leber from Mother Jones wrote, "an incredible news dump by EPA this evening. After delays, EPA just moved forward its most controversial proposal of the Trump administration, limiting science and medical data that can be used by the agency. Still far from a final rule but inching closer."
Experts say the move, which would restrict the type of research that can be considered in public health and environmental regulations, is one of the government's most far-reaching restrictions on science, according to The New York Times.
The proposal, which was first put forth in April 2018 by former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, looked to exclude research where all the underlying data was not publicly available, even if that meant data was not shared because it would have violated medical privacy laws. The so-called "secret science" proposal received more than 600,000 comments during the public comment period. Most of them were critical of a proposal that would stop the agency from considering landmark public health research, according to The Hill. For example, under the proposal, the EPA would downplay studies that "definitively linked air pollution to premature deaths but relied on the personal health information of thousands of study subjects who had been guaranteed confidentiality," according to The New York Times.
"They're putting in nonscientific criteria to decide what science the agency can use," said Andrew Rosenberg, director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, as The New York Times reported. "Now the most important thing is whether the data is public, not the strength of the scientific evidence."
The new proposal makes a slight alteration. It would not flatly reject studies without publicly available information. Instead, it would create a tiered-system and give lower priority to studies where some of the data, even sensitive medical data, is not made public, according to The New York Times.
"In the midst of a public health crisis, Americans deserve a government that relies on the best available science to protect everyone against harm. This proposal does the opposite," said Gina McCarthy, former EPA administrator and now president and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council, in a statement.
"Now is not the time to play games with critical medical research that underpins every rule designed to protect us from harmful pollution in our air and in our water," McCarthy added. "This move is even more egregious than the last proposal, which the administration's own hand-picked scientists criticized."
The proposal seems to be in lockstep with the administration's systematic efforts to dismantle environmental regulations and to finalize the rollbacks before this year's election. The effort to dilute scientific-research is particularly beneficial to the fossil fuel industry, which is often hampered by studies about the climate crisis, air pollution or the safety of drinking water, as The New York Times reported.
"These additions and clarifications to the proposed rule will ensure that the science supporting the agency's decisions is transparent and available for independent validation while still maintaining protection of confidential and personally identifiable information," said Andrew Wheeler, the EPA's administrator, as E&E News reported.
However, observers have a much different take on the intent of the rule.
"It's increasing the damage of the proposed rule," said Betsy Southerland, former director of EPA's Office of Science and Technology and a member of the Environmental Protection Network, as E&E News reported.
"Number 1, it expands the scope of the rule, and number 2, by no means does it demonstrate they have a legal authority to do this rulemaking."
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Donald Sinden stars as eccentric amateur sleuth Gideon Fell in these two full-cast BBC radio dramatisations of stories by John Dickson Carr.
One of the pre-eminent detectives of crime fiction's Golden Age, Dr Gideon Fell is stout, jovial and fond of beer and band music. However, he also possesses a razor-sharp mind and extraordinary powers of deduction, which are frequently put to the test as he is called upon to solve seemingly impossible crimes. Created by the master of the locked-room mystery, John Dickson Carr, Dr Fell appeared in 23 novels, several short stories and plays, and numerous radio adaptations. These two dramas, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997, see him embroiled in two inexplicable cases that have the police baffled.
In The Hollow Man, two murders are committed by someone who appears to be both invisible and lighter than air; while in The House in Gallows Lane, the peaceful English countryside of 1936 is disrupted by an alarming fortune-teller – and a mysterious death. These thrilling dramatisations star Donald Sinden as Gideon Fell with John Hartley as Hadley.
Classic Radio Crime: presenting vintage detectives for your investigation!
John Dickson Carr (November 30, 1906 – February 27, 1977) was an American author of detective stories, who also published using the pseudonyms Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson and Roger Fairbairn. Carr is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers of so-called "Golden Age" mysteries; complex, plot-driven stories in which the puzzle is paramount. He was influenced in this regard by the works of Gaston Leroux and by the Father Brown stories of G. K. Chesterton. He was a master of so-called locked room mystery, in which a detective solves apparently impossible crimes. The Dr. Fell mystery The Hollow Man (1935), usually considered Carr's masterpiece, was selected during 1981 as the best locked-room mystery of all time by a panel of 17 mystery authors and reviewers.[1] He was also an author of historical mystery. A resident of England for a number of years, Carr is often grouped among "British-style" mystery writers. Most (though not all) of his novels had English settings, especially country villages and estates, and English characters. His two best-known fictional detective characters (Dr. Gideon Fell and Sir Henry Merrivale) were both English.


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Club co-owner and promoter to soothe rifts with riffs
Adversaries on both sides of the human rights boycott have played the race card. Cincinnati's club owners just want musicians to play. "We wanted to do something to celebrate our local diversit
By Kathy Y. Wilson on Thu, Apr 4, 2002 at 2:06 pm
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Adversaries on both sides of the human rights boycott have played the race card. Cincinnati's club owners just want musicians to play.
"We wanted to do something to celebrate our local diversity," says Mark Yates, co-owner of the Greenwich in Walnut Hills. "(Boycott organizers) are blocking national acts from coming in, so we decided to showcase what we already have here."
On Saturday, one day shy of the one-year anniversary of the murder of Timothy Thomas and flashes of rioting that still make city leaders anxious, the Greenwich presents Sounds of the City.
"It fell, as it turned out, at the beginning of April," Yates says. "Musically, it's about as mixed a bag as you'll get."
In the shadow of a boycott that's brought threats of lawsuits and countersuits, calls for a boycott of the boycott and more splintering of an already fractured community, the concert is an answer, of sorts, to a dilemma facing many area club owners. Is booking local acts in opposition to the boycott? Is the boycott intended only for national acts?
Does the boycott hold for the entire city? At what point do small business owners, in support or opposition, deem it OK to make money for themselves and, ultimately, how will they rebound financially?
Sadly and suddenly, there'll be a weekend when even music is weighed down in politics. But as corny as it sounds, Sounds of the City could be a healer.
The showcase features Jazz trumpeter/composer/arranger Mike Wade leading saxophonist Randy Villars, William Menefield on piano, guitarist Paul Cavers, vocalist Kim Lawson, Daryl Roth on drums, bassist Tony Whack and percussionist Charlie Schweitzer. They burn through Jazz, R&B, Funk and originals.
The group, in its third appearance with a revolving lineup, is multi-racial, and its players hail from Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati. Sounds of the City premiered at the Greenwich in November 1999 according to Jazz promoter Laura Gentry, also Wade's manager.
"It was very successful," Gentry says of that first show. "Mark wanted to try to tweak that formula for another show. He was really the person who said, 'Maybe this can be a reflection of people coming out, coming together."
The boycott notwithstanding, Gentry says music fans are confused by the boycott's physical and theoretical boundaries. In other words, where can music fans spend their money and where shouldn't they?
"We did a benefit at Clark Montessori (High School) and everybody was saying, 'Where's Mike playing next?' And most of the audience was white," Gentry says. "I said, 'Next week he's doing a weekend at the Blue Wisp.' They said, 'Oh, I don't know. That's downtown. What about the boycott?' "
Like Gentry, Yates says the boycott has fans reconsidering allegiances. And that has forced many to stay home.
"The people who are uptown, say, Forest Park, they consider the Greenwich to be downtown so it's made them more hesitant," says Yates, Greenwich co-owner for nearly five years.
Gentry and Yates say the misgivings held by potential touring acts are based in reality. They agree the boycott is indeed warranted.
"The city does need shaking up. I'm with them to that extent," Yates says. "But they need focus. It wasn't King's idea that the bus boycott go on forever. I'll take a hit if something good's gonna come of it."
"I'm not completely on one side or the other on the boycott," Gentry says. "Anybody who's lived in Cincinnati for any length of time knows it's conservative and knows it's repressive — especially for blacks. There's some white people here — some of the powers that be— that don't want to see it changed. The boycott organizers have some legitimate concerns that are not things that just happened overnight.
"Timothy Thomas had to die for shit to hit the fan," she continues.
As a promoter, Gentry has brought hard-hitting and respected Jazz players here. Saxophonist Javon Jackson, guitarist Fareed Haque, vocalist Renee Marie and the New York supergroup of bassist Cecil McBee and pianist Mulgrew Miller, among others, are some of the Jazz players Gentry has invited here.
Likewise, the walls of the Greenwich are lined with photographs of some of the world's late and living Jazz legends. The boycott may have dealt a hard blow to the club's sometimes spotty, pre-boycott roster.
Still, Sounds of the City may serve as the soundtrack to the next day's events whether they turn out to be violent, peaceful, thought provoking, regrettable or forgettable.
"Musicians still need to be supported," Gentry says. "We have some great talent here and I think we forget that. I can say about this show, come and support these local musicians.
"Even if you're a boycott supporter, I don't think it'll tear you in two."
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What Are the Must Try Places in San Francisco for El Salvadoran Food?
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Those who are craving the tastes of El Salvador would do well to make their way to the Mission. This Latin-American neighborhood is the epicenter for most of the Salvadoran restaurants in San Francisco. Whether they're looking for pupusas, tamales or fried plantains, there is something to satisfy every craving.
Pupuseria Metapan
Situated in the Excelsior neighborhood, Pupuseria Metapan is a beloved Salvadoran restaurant. It is open for breakfast every day of the week and closes at 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and at midnight Friday through Sunday. Its late hours make it an ideal stop to end a night on the town. The breakfast menu includes dishes like fried plantains, huevos rancheros and omelets served with beans and sour cream. The lunch and dinner menu includes a variety of soups, tamales and Salvadoran specialties like shrimp cocktail, grilled fish and steak with tomatoes and onions. The pupusa selection is extensive with fillings like cheese, zucchini and shrimp.
La Santaneca de la Mission
La Santaneca de la Mission is a casual Salvadoran restaurant in the Mission District that has been run by the same family for over 50 years. The restaurant is small and relaxed with wooden tables and black-and-white photos on the wall that document life in El Salvador. There is frequently a line at the door because each dish is made to order, but the wait is worth it. La Santaneca de la Mission's menu includes Salvadoran favorites like sopa de pollo, fried plantains, empanadas, Salvadoran tamales and a range of pupusas. The pupusas are filled with ingredients like beans, cheese, pork and loroco.
Balompié Cafe
Balompié Cafe is a casual no-nonsense Salvadoran establishment in the Mission that is open Wednesday through Monday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. If there is a soccer match being televised, customers can pretty much bet Balompié will have it on one of its TVs. Balompié has been recognized for making the best pupusas by San Francisco Weekly and 7×7 Magazine. The menu has standard pupusas like beans and cheese, zucchini and cheese, and ground pork. There are also specialty pupusas like prosciutto and cheese, steak and cheese, and spinach, mushroom and carrots.
Panchita's Restaurant No. 2
Also located in the Mission, Panchita's doesn't look like much from the outside, but inside are Salvadoran delights to please the palate. The menu includes dishes like yucca root with pork, Salvadoran enchiladas, pupusas and corn atole.


I love dancing (well...let's just say I love WATCHING dancing, as I have no rhythm or coordination to speak of) so dance scenes happen to be one of my favorite... genres? of movie scenes.
P. S. The whole movie doesn't have to be a dance movie to qualify, and even the dance itself doesn't have to be all that good, but if it is an integrel part of the movie or has a "wow" factor, add it to the list.
I'll try to catagorize them..
I love the Signing in the Rain.... and Gene Kelley in that!
I also liked the "Good Morning" scene in Singing in the Rain.
and also Donald O'Connor's Make 'Em Laugh same flick!
Dirty Dancing of course...the final dance...cuz they do the lift!
That was great! There are still so many Shirley Temples movies I haven't seen yet. They make a great pair! So talented.
The Mask is one of those movies that I never did get around to watching. That was cool.
It reminded me of another favorite dance scene.
Hmmm....only two come to mind right now.
Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart dancing to (I think) "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" in the movie "Casablanca".
Well, I was going to try and focus on only one or two scenes in this movie, but I just recommend the whole darned thing: "Shall We Dansu?" I'm talking about the original movie from Japan, not the spectacularly crappy remake starring J. Ho and Richard Gere. Just see the whole thing. It is funny, sad, and just brilliant.
-Singing in the Rain - all of them but the Gene Kelly one is just so classic and I can watch it again and again. Hell, I could watch any dancing by Gene Kelly in any of his movies.
-Staying Alive-the only part of the movie I love-the last 15 minutes.
The opening sequence of "Breakin"
And for some reason, I've always loved the Bazarr dance during "Gone with thd Wind" where Rhett and Scarlett waltz together. It was SO romantic.
but I realize now that was in the first breakin' movie. Aw, I just realized you can see the string in one of the broom shots. That's disappointing.
My favorite dance sequence in a film?
I thought it was free but exclusive due to that whole talent thing.
She forgot the cape to her super hero costume.... I think I just found my halloween costume! ;D Gotta go practice my dance moves.
I almost posted that one!
Thought I'd bump this one. Any new favorites forms of Dance in movies?
Dancing was featured in the Oscar winning movie "The Artist" (2011).
Yes, this is a good one. In fact, any dance scene with Fred Astaire and/or Ginger Rogers is a classic. Those two were great.


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Sox Seek Seventh Straight Win
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(Sports Network) – The Detroit Tigers' postseason chances have probably gone by the wayside. However, they will get a chance to play spoiler this week and open a four-game series with the playoff-hopeful Chicago White Sox at Comerica Park.
While the Tigers sit 12 games back of the Minnesota Twins in the American League Central, the White Sox are only 3 1/2 behind in the divisional race.
The White Sox won their sixth straight game on Sunday when Gordon Beckham and Juan Pierre drew the go-ahead and insurance bases-loaded walks, as Chicago staged a four- run ninth-inning rally to take a 7-5 decision over the Boston Red Sox in the finale of a three-game set from Fenway Park.
Carlos Quentin stroked a run-scoring double and Ramon Castro added an RBI single during the burst for the White Sox, who swept the set after taking both ends of a doubleheader on Saturday.
Scott Linebrink (3-1) allowed a run in the eighth but picked up the win. Matt Thornton turned in a scoreless ninth for his sixth save.
"This was a huge win for us," said Chicago manager Ozzie Guillen. "Especially the way that we were losing the game. It just shows that this team never gives up and it was big."
Heading to the hill for the White Sox this afternoon will be Edwin Jackson, who has gone 3-0 with a 1.47 ERA in five starts since arriving from Arizona on July 30.
Jackson, who pitched last season for the Tigers, defeated the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday, holding them to three runs and seven hits in 8 2/3 innings to run his overall record on the year to 9-10 to go along with a 4.37 ERA.
This will be his third start against his former team since joining the White Sox and is a perfect 3-0 lifetime against the Tigers with a 2.63 ERA in seven games, five of which have been starts.
Getting the call for the Tigers today will be hard-throwing righty Max Scherzer, who is 3-0 in his last four starts. Scherzer did not get a decision on Wednesday in Minnesota, but was terrific, as he allowed a run and four hits in nine innings. He also struck out nine in his team's 2-1 extra-inning loss.
Over his last nine starts Scherzer is 4-2 and has allowed three runs or less in each outing, surrendering one or less in seven of those games.
He did not get a decision the last time he faced the White Sox, and is 0-1 in two starts against them with a 3.14 ERA.
Detroit was denied a sweep in its series with the Kansas City Royals on Sunday, as it dropped a 2-1 decision at Kauffman Stadium.
Sox Win Seventh Straight, In 10 Innings Over Tigers
Replay Reversal Helps Sox To Win In Detroit
Sox Continue Road Trip With Labor Day Matinee In Detroit


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ART & ABOUT IN VIENTIANE
KRIS HEMENSLEY & CATHERINE O'BRIEN
THE "ART & ABOUT VIENTIANE" INTERVIEW
[Ever since Cathy mentioned Mr Patrick [Dr Patrick Gay] to me --in 2003? --I've created an image of him in my mind. Sometimes he's a French Rumpole, his equivalent of a Pommeroy's --anise?-- perpetually on the go! Or he's a Somerset Maugham or one of his characters, or even Malcolm Lowry's vice-consul from Under the Volcano --a mature-aged man who loved Laos as he'd been educated to do by French colonialism though not at all a lording-it colonial. Indeed, I imagined his Frenchness had given him the character to recognize the necessity of a local painting which could take its place in at least Asia's contemporary art, a contemporary art which was recognizably Lao though no longer traditional, all of which is probably true. I was crestfallen, however, when Catherine described him as younger & slimmer & hipper than me --no tropical white jacket & pants or cigarette in holder & et cetera! Even so, perhaps he nurtures such a character within his jeans & t-shirt facade?]
Kris Hemensley : At last I've been to Mr Patrick's Treasures of Asia Gallery [on Setthathiroth Street], except that he's not there!
Catherine O'Brien : He's in Singapore, & he does seem to go there at this time of year...
KH : Yes, but didn't you say you noticed a different director's name on his card?
COB : No, it was when I entered the gallery I felt it wasn't a gallery anymore. It was an art shop. There were Hmong textile bags readily available at the market, containing buffalo horns or maybe goat, and the girls hammering the frames on the floor seemed incongruous. Another thing : I noticed piles of Vietnamese art (water-colours, tourist paintings), not that there's anything wrong with Vietnamese paintings but a whole pile of them, also effigies you can see at the Talet Sau market... and then, most surprising of all were the dolls--
KH : The faceless dolls?
COB : No, they're not faceless... they're made by a Hmong lady at the Night Market in Luang Prabang... my friend Daniel, who's now returned to Canada, first told me about them, and then Kris Coad & I collected them...
KH : Don't I recall you describing them as magical or shamanic?
COB : They're spirit dolls, some had two heads-- They're a folk art coming from somewhere we didn't know, nothing like the stuffed animals also sold there-- These were naively made, badly stitched-- And I was surprised to see them in the gallery because obviously someone thought they were sellable in a gallery context--
KH : Do you think Mr Patrick...?
COB : I don't think so... Previously he's promoted a certain kind of Lao artist & the occasional passing Frenchmen...
KH : Do you think Patrick isn't the director anymore?
COB : Well, why is another name [Phimphone Vilaydeth] on the card? ...Patrick was the first one to tell me of a French artist, Marc Leguay, who lived in Lao & probably Thailand as well -- The Lao artists copied his style --red flowers from the flame tree, beautiful Lao women bringing offerings to the monks... It was a style from which the young artists got the idea of painting traditional subjects. But now it's what we saw there today--
KH : The Delaunay, Cubist kind of thing --which I quite liked--
COB : Patrick also showed the older painters --the academy professors --art only came from the art schools.
KH : Do you think an era has ended?
COB : I think Patrick was the first person to have the idea of bringing all the Lao artists together in a gallery. Some of these artists were hanging at the gallery today.
[The paintings to catch my eye were, firstly, Cubist style, in which the figures rise from ornate surfaces or are one element of the ornate swirl, &, secondly, the depictions of monks. I suppose the latter puts me right in the post-colonialist gunsight! The exoticised subject, integral to our orientalist repertoire, they'd jeer. Except that the monks are at the heart of these societies too. The monks chanting & eyes-closed praying --simultaneously realistic & idealized as the monks are in the everyday. Another painting, same artist, has them in rows --a phalanx of backs of heads, each figure emerging from the golden brown --the geometry, perhaps, met before their identities.
The series of monks juxtaposed with Buddhas is obviously devotional, symbolic, but given a certain sensibility or ideology not fanciful. (I remember my first time in Glastonbury, UK encountering numerous paintings & prints of Arthurian & British mythological subjects, sometimes in the recognizable Somerset or Cornwall landscape, and I would also have ignored it all as kitsch except for the emotional, aesthetic & cultural investment I'd latterly made in those subjects & landscapes!)
A third category were the flower paintings --not botanical studies, though they owned that genre's veracity, but floral tributes (as it were), something of the French Impressionists &, of course, Georgia O'Keeffe.
Thinking then, after Catherine's reminder of the existence of censorship in Laos, it's probable that such subject-matter is also opportunity for painting pure & (not so) simple. The genre's main exponent, at least in Mr Patrick's stable, is Keomany, the painter Cathy's bought, and it doesn't detract from our proposition that her current work is a series of children studies. Perhaps it's similar to Chinese folk or genre painting, although the examples I have in mind, from the 1970s, had that heroic aura in which stylization cancels personality & transparency is the stamp of official approval. And its naivety reflects the affection for the subject & precedes its expression.
Where Modernism isnt the gauge it doesnt mean there isnt a gauge. But even when there are modernist forays, genre resumes its traditional or pre-modernist importance --that is to say, painting is propelled by the subject into whatever expression & modernism isnt wholly characterised by the dominant expressionism or abstraction.]
KH : Reading La Peinture Contemporaine Lao (2007), I see that art & artists runs in families?
COB : Yes --for example, P. Noy's husband is an artist --specialises in ethnic women --Isabelle showed Noy at L'etranger in Luang Prabang... Vilay, untrained, amateur, P. Noy's brother-in-law... I met him at the Art School exhibition --I leant him a book on S.E. Asian art. He came round to get it --I was going to buy one of his paintings --one of his first... But I returned to Australia, didn't get my book back, haven't seen him around since, though his paintings are at Patrick's... Patrick used to buy most of the paintings --
KH : Is Mr Patrick's interest aesthetic? commercial? personal?
COB : He told me he did his PHD on Lao history. He helped set up an ethnic museum in Phonsilly-- I told him that's funny --every time I've been there it's shut! He bought a huge number of historical photographs of Asian people & places including many Lao subjects ["The gallery also owns the most important collections of iconographic reproductions from Asian countries dating from 1860 to 1940...", p14, La Peinture...] -- he obviously has an interest in preserving the culture-- He's more than a collector--
KH : Where was the gallery to which you took me where your Keomany painting is still waiting for you?
COB : Five Arts Gallery in central Vientiane--
KH : It was funny when the guy, one of the artists looking after the gallery that night, didn't understand that you'd already purchased her Golden Lotus! It was wrapped in newspaper, upstairs, --you showed him & apologised for not yet picking it up & he was saying that of course you could buy it if you wanted to! What attracts you to her flower paintings? (I note that, according to La Peinture..., her husband, Bounepol, a graduate from the same Faculty of Fine arts in Vientiane, similarly paints in the 'hyperreal' manner --the monograph describes them as forming 'a couple in the same artistic domain' & Keomany's style as 'vegetal hyperrealism'...
COB : I first saw them at the International Women's Day Exhibition in Vientiane, in 2006 --a big show of women artists... Looking at such an exhibition you have to set aside all your modern art preconceptions but you're hoping to find something really fine --It's an old building, unfortunately it's going to be turfed --It's a building with a history --Behind a curtain there's a painting by Leguay, I think --At the counter, a group of women, smiling, happy for anyone to come --None of the shows I've attended there get much attention --You know these women are the artists --Looking around I saw very large canvases of flowers --the dok chompa (frangipani), the national flower --huge close-ups, glistening with dew --sensual -- They reminded me of Georgia O'Keeffe but I doubt these artists have encountered Georgia O'Keeffe --I'm not a lover of flower paintings per se --It's the form, the colour I like --The painting I've bought is quite different to the others --the Golden Lotus --Because it's set on a black background it has an abstract quality --At Five Arts, next to her new children studies, were one or two brown flowers studies --like seaweed --which are even less naturalistic...
A lot of the pictures in La Peinture Contemporaine Lao belong to Patrick. They form the basis of the collection represented there. Perhaps because they were reflecting what I'd been seeing in Laos, I responded to pictures of women going to the temple --for example, by Anoulom, one in particular, Women Going to the Temple in Phon Si (which means 'colour mountain') --and one by Chandavong, Procession in Luang Prabang. Anoulom's painting has the Marc Leguay red flower motif in the corner; you can see the influence through Leguay of Gauguin --the romantic figures of women, bathed in soft light...
I like Monkan... I talked to him one day... the thickness of the paint, the colours...
KH : Yes, they're both stylized & fluid, energetic --
COB : Mick Saylom perhaps hasn't found his style yet --a young painter --I'm not into his string paintings --he traces the figures with string, perhaps jute, builds the painting around the outlines --The catalogue calls it 'vegetal string'...
KH : They're keen on the 'vegetal' aren't they?!
COB : I liked Chandavong's blue hues --in particular one portrait, a face, at Patrick's gallery for ages but surprisingly not in the book --I feel very affectionate to the group of paintings & painters I saw at Patrick's gallery which coincided with my first years in Vientiane --I'd also seen them at the National Faculty of Fine Arts collection --I got to meet some of the painters & to match the paintings with the painters-- I could then identify them in cafes or hotel foyers, knew who they were by, where they came from --For example, once at the Spirit House, the hotel restaurant on the road by the Mekong, as I was walking home by the river, I saw an exhibition of paintings by Monkham --So I recognized that period --There's a particular Lao cafe which had somehow collected paintings --At the Lan Xane Hotel there is a collection of an earlier period of paintings --Those two places have very interesting collections --Now, when you see the Five Arts paintings at the "M" Gallery, and the perhaps changed scene at Patrick's gallery, there's a sense of new artists, different styles --There seems to be an increasing romanticism --temples, Buddhas, gods, stars!
KH : Are they creating a mythology?
COB : I don't know --maybe --and maybe they know those subjects will sell!
KH : So the door is well & truly opening but onto what one's not really sure...?
COB : Yes!
One painter, Mr Vithaya came round to see me --His brother is Anousa & his sister-in-law is P. Noy --He's self-taught --I saw these wonderful paintings of monks carrying umbrellas shaped like discs --You could say comics style painting --very unusual perspectives--
KH : Like a camera, filmic?
COB : Yes --and he makes the characters from geometrical shapes --for example, seven monks, a parabola --I almost bought it --lost his phone number. As a naive painter with an unusual perspective on traditional subjects, pethaps he's one of the new wave...
The Maison de la Culture exhibition was a big one --I saw the group of painters I'd discovered at Mr Patrick's in a larger context of contemporary Lao art --Their themes were similar but they had their own styles --as if they were a development from the larger, traditional painting...
Mr Vithaya also made the Dreaming About a Departure ('07) --
KH : That painting struck me looking at the book --It had that Casper David Friedrich feel of the individual facing the Absolute --
COB : I was surprised, but then not because he's such a thoughtful person --I had an interesting conversation with him about Lao cosmology, so why should I be surprised by this strongly symbolist picture? The figure has left his thongs under an umbrella, so I imagine he is still beneath the umbrella while his dreaming self walks into the clouds carrying his tong pai (his travelling bag)...
[The traveller's experience of censorship is muted by the general absence of signs of authority. One's ready to observe the local requirement for modesty in dress & the sanction upon affectionate or sexual expression, not because of statute but in accordance with the gentle nature & rhythm of that society. Although the term 'open door' doesn't appear in the pages of the widely distributed La Peinture Contemporaine Lao, it occurs to me that the art represented there is its official confirmation. Thus the importance of Mr Patrick's gallery & vision.
Coincident with or perhaps part & parcel of the phenomenon is the cultural activity of the foreigners in Laos. I'm intrigued by the potential for interaction, on the level of both non-Lao representation of indigenous subjects and of the continuation in Laos of the work of foreign artists. Parallel reality, world within world, collaboration. The foreign art isn't only European (French of course, German, British etc.) or North American but also Asian (Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese etc.) &, dare one say, Australian.]
COB : There's a Lao artist who has his own 'shop', full of paintings & drawings --he told me he'd trained in China. What I liked were large charcoal drawings of figures influenced, I think, by Chinese calligraphy. His other work was of Lao subjects.
KH : Once again this reminds us that influence isn't always the big, bad West. For Laos there's also the not insignificant links with the old Communist states of Europe & current Communist regimes in Asia.
COB : Yes... earlier on there was the influence of Vietnam --Lao artists studying there --but not so much now, although there is still official cultural exchange between Laos & Vietnam. In Luang Prabang there's probably more inter-relationship & exposure than in Vientiane...
The Quiet of the Land exhibition, curated by France Moran --which included film by British-Lao installation artist, textiles by French-Lao & European anthropologist, painting, photography, very significant installation work (e.g., Anne Hamilton) --has to have been tremendously significant...
COB : I have to say I'm not involved in the wider circle of Lao art & artists... What I'm interested in is the Vientiane art as I came across it in town --in galleries but also in shops & cafes (cafes which show certain periods of painting)... There is a gallery, relatively recently opened, Maison de la Culture de Ban Naxai, like an 'approved' gallery, whose opening I attended, which shows the work of many of the artists I've seen at Mr Patrick's gallery. He actually gave me the invitation! I didn't see him there... I looked at all the work & saw the artists sitting together at a table, but I didn't stay...
[June/July/August, 2009
Vientiane/Bendigo/Melbourne]
Labels: Anne Hamilton, ART AND ABOUT IN VIENTIANE, CATHERINE O'BRIEN ARCHIVE, Cathy O'Brien, Georgia O'Keeffe, Keomany, Kris Coad, Kris Hemensley, La Peinture Contemporaine Lao, Laos, Marc Leguay, Patrick Gay
Jeff S said...
I meant to post this ages ago, so obviously it has nothing to do with your recent blog. I have just returned form overseas and thought I had better send it off. It is really just a convoluted way of saying how much I enjoyed you writing.
I read 'This Secret Walking' twice. The first, which I feel must be described at length, was after sharing a meal with friends who had evacuated their homes fleeing the recent bushfires. Jo had cooked most of the meal, but Meg had made pesto with basil from her garden, Pete, on Jo's advice selected the DVD and I brought poached peaches, windfalls from my garden. After our meal, home in bed, I opened The Library of Fire, the eighteenth in Heat's publication series and your wonderful essay. The Library of Fire seemed particularly apt as an overall title since I had recently unpacked yet again those books from my library that I felt needed to be saved. On Monday I had received a call from Cath while finishing up a meeting in the city. A dog we look after often had that morning taken bait and died. She was being buried in our yard as Cath spoke, while the town was engulfed in thick plumes of smoke from a grass fire, and would a short time later force the closure of the Ballan Road. Just pack as many books as you can Cath, I said down the phone. Later I passed her on the Ballart Road as she was heading out of town with her friend Liz. They would spend the better part of the evening on the windswept Newlyn football oval with other evacuees. The fire was burning to the town's boundaries. I drove out the following week to the end of East Street. The bush was black, the burnt leafless trees seemingly endlessly repeated into the distance. Standing right there located me directly in relation to the fire. It had come so close. We had been right to evacuate, to pack and leave, to save my books, and very little else. This is how I read, in bed, your writing. Its rhythm somehow fitting this now slowed time of remembrance. A coincidence of pleasure. The bracketing of the text by the first and third sections added to the narrative's depth of reflection, an abstracting of the everyday recounted.
The second reading was the following afternoon, a Saturday which I had initially put aside as my day of rest, or at least a day when the floors could be mopped and the bathroom scrubbed. It was raining, the first in weeks of dry; a rain that would dampen any possibility of flare-ups. Wearing a coat with the collar turned up I ducked under the laden branches of our peach trees and collected fresh windfalls. Rather than clean I made jam, seven jars. It was after the jars had been wiped of excess sugar syrup, set aside to cool that I sat in the lounge and read again 'This Secret Walking'. I wondered if I would be able to re-discover the enjoyment of its layered narrative. But there had been, I recalled, a repetitiveness in the second section that had weighed too heavily on the work as a whole, too much detail perhaps, or one too many digressions. It appeared to be in the telling of the actions of Julian Knight, or perhaps in the gibe at postmodernism, somewhere in there was a deviation from its core, enough to slow me down, to break the rhythm of my reading and reverie. Once the blackberries were tasted again however and the Diary invoked I was back with the text walking secretly through that self which no other may truly grasp, but begins to be appreciated in your telling. A secret walking through a landscape totem lovingly revealed.
Dear Jeff, Thank you for your comment, though 'comment' hardly does it justice! I hope readers of the Blog click onto the 'comments', otherwise they'll miss such gems as yours. Two things : (1) Your own quiet but dense accumulation of the particulars of your own life and place obviously mirrors my own in This Secret Walking. You might be 'saying' that there's a naturalness to my prose piece, such as could be received into the rhythm of your own life in the country; the reading of my prose piece, if not also my story, taking its place amongst the events of your day. Reminds me of Charles Olson's thought about the poem that it be able to take its place (what does he say?) there amongst nature's things... (It's in the title essay of his Human Universe collection.) And (2) what you correctly call my jibe against postmodernism slowing or interrupting the flow of mine... Fair point... The jibe, of course, is in relation to a particular circumstance back then in 1987! and it's a quip, a throw away. I make similar sport I suppose in the remarks I published elsewhere in this Blog regarding equally disposable comments made by Justin Clemens during his launching speech in favour of Michael Farrell. Not a jibe is the comment in the Art & About Interview (to which your own comment is appended!) to the effect "if modernism isnt a reference it doesnt mean there isnt a reference"... I guess I mean here that if modernism isn't the authoritative optic for either making or seeing the particular art, then one must investigate further, deeper what it might be. As, indeed, we begin to do in the interview...
Welcome back from China, though! And thanks for your stimulating words!
Currently in Vientiane but flying back to oz tomorrow. Just stepped into the same gallery you talked about and saw some paintings by p noy. Googled her name and lo and behold I get your discussion about her and Lao art. Very arresting paintings, almost tempted to buy one - but being fiscally cautious - maybe next time. Small world, in case you don't remember me, I used to be at lamama in your poetry salon days. Have occasionally dropped into collected works to say hello. Will drop in on our return to Melbourne. have just sold our business and am going to go full time back to writing while my brain stays good. Bestbwishes to yourself and retta.
Michael Elliman (la mama class of '69)
hi michael, how and why wd i forget you! But what a pity you werent in touch previously... i cd have given you our Vientiane friend's details... There's a second Art and about in Vientiane conversation if you look further at more recent postings...
Do call in when youre home... wd love to chat! bst wishes, Kris [27-10-10]
THE MERRI CREEK : POEMS & PIECES, #12, August, 2009


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I'm so glad to see everyone at the finish line. I'm so sorry about the lack of the wrap up party. I have canceled the wrap up party. Life has happened. Please comment in the thread below where we should meet for the wrap up party.
What works for you guys? We're a pretty big region and I'm the only ML here.
I'm checking in. How is everyone? Also, I canceled Thursday morning write-in due to an emergency. I'll see you all on Tuesday.
Hey guys, I am sick at home which means I can knock out a lot of meet-up scheduling today. Some of you have given me some awesome ideas. Remember that I am the only ML in the area and we're going based off of what time I have off. If you see a shortage of write-ins and want to make your own, by all means let me know. I am happy to publicize.
Hey guys, I'm making up meetups so speak now about locations or forever hold your peace. Also, word of warning; I will be out from November 14th-16th for surgery (It's cool, I'm just going to be a mess for two days). If you want to do a write-in around that time without me that is okay, just tell me so I can publicize the event.
Hello everyone! My name is Marissa and I am your new ML for this region. During this time period I will be scheduling meet ups mainly on weekends. The meetups I schedule will mostly be centered in Lower Westchester. If you are in northern Westchester I am open to doing meetups there. Please let me know if you have any places in mind.
Week one is just about in the books. Hopefully everyone is making good progress with story, even if it is just become clearer in what has to happen in story. or learning for yourself what it takes to sit down and make appointments with your characters. That is good progress. Good luck, as we all enter week two.
And we are typing! Welcome to 2016 Nano for White Plains and Westchester County.
Just as a reminder. There will be a kick off party next Saturday at the Panera in White Plains. See the calendar below for all the details.
Greetings. I would like to welcome you all, here un Westchester county Nanowrimos.. This is the beginning of what will be both a journey and a chance to meet others who want to share the journey. There will be a kick off party currently scheduled for Saturday October 22. Watch the forums for more details. For now, planners build, pantser slowly immerse yourself in where you want to go.
Greetings. The site has rebooted. The journey begins anew. The kickoff party is in process of getting date and time.Until then, by all means contribute your wit, wisdom, and humor in the forums. Looking forward to updates as they come up.
We are 2/3 done with NaNoWriMo 2013... how is your novel coming?
4 days into NaNoWriMo 2013 and I've had to abandon my initial idea because it wasn't inspiring me enough to write. It's a NaNo no-no, but I threw out my 1678 words from days 1-2 (didn't write anything yesterday) and started over. Result? I wrote just over 2500 words today. If I can keep doing 2500 a day, I'll catch up to where I should be by Saturday night. How are you doing? If you feel like your story isn't working, don't get discouraged. It's early. Just change your strategy, and keep plugging away.
10 days until Halloween, which means 11 days until NaNo! Are you as excited as I am? I've been working on #NaNoPrep (check out the hash tag on Twitter for some great tips and notes from the trenches!) but I actually changed my mind on which novel I will be working on next month, so I've started over with planning. How about you- are you a planner or a pantser?
Welcome everyone! Please introduce yourself in the 2013 Introduction thread and feel free to explore.
Hi! I'm your new ML, Michelle (TessD1891). I have planned some events for NaNoWriMo 2013 (see calendar below). We have a large Region, so I chose a place with free parking that is pretty centrally located in Westchester County (Panera Bread in Bedford Hills). If you want to plan additional write-ins that's great. Please let me know and I will add them to the calendar as well. Feel free to send me nanomail with anything - questions, comments, etc. Looking forward to getting to know you, and to helping make this a great NaNo for everyone here!
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Q: Django Cookiecutter : package folder not found I have created a Django Project usin the cookiecutter project.
On this project I have installed django-simple-poll.
All is going fine, not error message; the poll Model appears in the admin.
But, there is not folder for the 'poll' app in my project.
I presume that installing the package should create a folder for this new app with template subfolder and all the usual stuff.
Am I missing something?

A: Yes, you do miss something. Only your own packages are usually located in your project folder.
When you install a package using pip the sources get downloaded into a so called environment. By default when you run pip as root it is located somewhere in your OS. The exact place differs depending on your OS and the python version used.
There is a software called virtualenv that allows you to create python environments on purpose (e.g. per project). I would strongly recommend using it.
You can also grab the package sources and place them directly in your project folder, if you want to. But this is not the intended way to go.
All this is possible, because python when it starts reads the PYTHONPATH and whenever you import a package it searches in all this directories.
You can check which paths are set using sys.path
import sys
print(sys.path)

You can even add your own paths on runtime if necessary, but usually it is not.

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A number of groups of motorcycle riders in Metro Manila are presently booking transport transactions online, according to Transport Watch PH, a newly launched transport advocacy group.
During its kick-off press conference, Transport Watch revealed that over 200,000 individuals have already joined online groups on Facebook, where they are able to book habal-habal services online. According to the transport advocacy group, numerous riders post their preferred routes and schedules online along with their mobile numbers, so potential passengers near them could contact them to book services.
It can be recalled that this was also one of the reasons cited by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) when it ordered motorbike-hailing operator Angkas to cease operations on November 16, 2017.
At the same time, the agency underlined that under Republic Act 4136of Land Transportation and Traffic Code, motorcycles are categorized as private vehicles, which are not authorized to provide public services in exchange for fees. Angkas was also not covered by a new category that regulates transport network vehicle services (TNVS) like Grab and the soon-to-be-pulled out Uber.
There are currently about 6 million motorcycles in the country. About a million of those have been converted into tricycles, which are regulated under the Local Government Unit code, according to transport safety advocate George Reyoca of Two Wheels One Nation. "There are five million motorcycles, and zero regulation for them," he said.
Transport Watch PH said it will try to coordinate with Facebook to explore possible measures on how those habal-habal booking groups could be dissolved on social media.


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from __future__ import absolute_import

from collections import namedtuple

from sentry.utils.dates import to_datetime

class Record(namedtuple('Record', 'key value timestamp')):
    @property
    def datetime(self):
        return to_datetime(self.timestamp)

ScheduleEntry = namedtuple('ScheduleEntry', 'key timestamp')

OPTIONS = frozenset((
    'increment_delay',
    'maximum_delay',
    'minimum_delay',
))

def get_option_key(plugin, option):
    assert option in OPTIONS
    return 'digests:{}:{}'.format(plugin, option)


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Google Stadia review: A week with Google's cloud gaming service
We don't hate the player, and we love the game
Scott Webster
Google's cloud gaming service, Stadia, is finally here and ready to take on the likes of Steam, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live. Set to go live on November 19, it cost $10 per month and gives players access to games without the need of a console.
Like nearly everything these days, it's based in the cloud, and promises lag-free, high-definition (up to 4K) gaming up to 60 frames per second. It requires an internet connection of around 25Mbps to get the full, glorious experience, but that's not much of a problem in 2019.
We've been fortunate enough to get our hands on a Stadia Founder's Edition and spent the last week playing around with Google Stadia. As part of our bundle we received codes to a select number of games as well as a Pixel 3a and Chromecast Ultra to test out the mobile experience.
Our experience with the setup and configuration varies from what users will ultimately see when Stadia goes live. Moreover, the selection of games was much more limited and doesn't truly represent how the public interacts and uses Stadia. With that said, we were able to get the overall feel and understand what's in store for gamers as 2019 winds down.
Well, how is it?
How does Stadia fare? In a word, excellent. As someone who only occasionally games on PlayStation and Xbox, the actual experience of playing is no different than when dealing with a console.
It's remarkably indistinguishable from anything else we're playing today. Once you're through all the initial setup stuff, you'd never notice the difference in load times, graphics, response, and feedback.
We had to remind ourselves that we could easily take the controller and Chromecast Ultra to any room in the home. Even better, we could simply cast the gaming experience to other Chromecast Ultras or, later, to devices with built-in casting like an NVIDIA Shield TV. A little more on this later.
The $130 Bundle
Although the Founder's Edition of the Stadia is no longer available, you can still purchase the Premier Edition. For your money you get a Stadia controller, a Chromecast Ultra, and three months of Stadia Pro service.
At just $130, this is a fraction of the cost of a game console and a small price to pay for a seemingly endless experience. Just as Chromebooks seem to last forever, and even get better with time, so should Stadia. At least in theory.
It's hard to imagine anything better than 4K resolution and 60fps gaming, but easily we remember thinking that nothing could top the Super Nintendo and its graphics. With that in mind, there's no PC or game console to grow outdated. The hardware is not in your living room; it's Google that does all the heavy lifting.
To be sure, there's not a massive library of content available at launch. And, really, the $10 monthly fee doesn't give you access to many games just yet. In its initial phase it is more of a place to buy the same games you'd normally purchase, just with universal access to them.
The selection of games available on day one is a short one, but it's not a weak one. The lineup includes a number of selections from major franchises. In a related note, there a plenty of great bargains to be had, too. If you've had your eye on titles like Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Mortal Kombat 11, or Final Fantasy XV, you'll find sizable discounts.
Stadia Launch Games Pricing
Assassin's Creed Odyssey – $59.99 $30.00 Stadia Pro Deal
Gylt – $29.99
Just Dance 2020 – $49.99
Kine – $19.99
Mortal Kombat 11 – $59.99 $41.99 Stadia Pro Deal
Red Dead Redemption 2 – Launch Edition – $59.99
Samurai Showdown – $59.99
Thumper – $19.99
Shadow of the Tomb Raider – $59.99
Rise of the Tomb Raider – $29.99
Tomb Raider 2013 – $19.99 $10.00 Stadia Pro Deal
Final Fantasy XV – $39.99 $29.99 Stadia Pro Deal
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Stadia Ultimate Edition – $119.99 – $60.00 Stadia Pro Deal
Mortal Kombat 11 Premium Edition – $89.99 $62.99 Stadia Pro Deal
Red Dead Redemption 2 Special Edition – $79.99
Red Dead Redemption 2 Ultimate Edition – $99.99
Once you've redeemed a code, you'll find your game available in your library. Our review experience was different than what general consumers get, so we can't speak to how long it takes. We understand that while our games were immediately available upon redemption, this won't be the case with everyone.
The Stadia experience
Beyond the initial purchase, and any free trials of service, Stadia gives players the following features and options.
Cloud-based access to a limited selection of 22 launch games you can mostly already buy everywhere else – there are nearly two dozen more titles expected in the coming months
Ability to play on Chromecast Ultra select Pixel phones using the controller, and Chromebooks and PCs using wired gamepad/tethered Stadia controller or mouse and keyboard
The cloud is still the future
One of the things we love about the Nintendo Switch is how we can continue to play games when we leave the house. Or, how we can switch from the TV to handheld on the couch so others can use the television.
According to Google's support page, if you have a Google Pixel 2, 3, 3a, or 4 phone, you can get the same experience. This might not be the same as what Google shows on the Stadia website, but our review kit indicated a wider selection of devices is in order. Start on the TV via Chromecast and switch to your phone — or vice versa.
There's something so comforting in being able to pick up where you left off in a game, regardless of where you are. Be in on a different device or at someone else's house, it's as simple as logging in and playing. That's really cool stuff if you've never had the chance.
Graphics and game play
To be clear we're not a gaming site nor did we run benchmarks and perform direct head-to-head comparisons. Keeping that in mind, we were impressed with the graphics and resolution.
Playing games on a couple of 1080p HD televisions was as fun and immerse as we might see with consoles. We've yet to put it on a 4K TV but not for a lack of desire or fear. As it turns out, we're just too busy throughout the week to really unwind.
At any given time there around 20-30 devices connected to our home Wi-Fi with about ten of them smart home speakers or displays and tablets on standby. We routinely stream Netflix and other content and use YouTube TV as our main way of consuming content. Our internet speed is automatically tested daily and averages 118Mbps.
We didn't optimize the network or prioritize anything ahead of playing. We expected to see some artifacting or pixelation but haven't yet. If you have the ability to make those sort of adjustment with your router or Wi-Fi connection, you'll undoubtedly want to put your Chromecast Ultra or Chromebook high on the list, if only to ensure the best speeds.
Playing on a Chromecast Ultra on a TV feels like anything else you've ever done, but what about on a laptop or Chromebook? It's buttery smooth on a good Wi-Fi connection so airports, libraries, and other places should be no problem. Sadly, there's no LTE support yet for Stadia so playing elsewhere won't work.
A quick glance at other publications as we finalized our review indicate that head-to-head comparisons don't favor Google. Again, we don't spend enough time in this space to observe noticeable differences. Keeping that in mind, casuals will love it and likely not see anything wrong.
How is the controller?
Familiar. If you've held a PlayStation controller or a Bluetooth controller from the last few years, you know what to expect. It's a comfortable controller that feels good in hand; the vibration and haptics are solid, too.
Google hasn't revealed what sort of battery life to expect in the Stadia controller. With that said, we spent a few hours playing games after taking it out of the box without any sort of notification.
There's a USB Type-C cable that comes with the controller and we're accustomed to charging up every game session or two. If only out of habit, we anticipate this will be sufficient for Stadia.
There are two buttons on the controller which don't come standard on others: Google Assistant and screen capture. While we were able to easily grab screens from games, the Google Assistant feature was not enabled.
Wait and see approach
We can imagine that gamers might tiptoe into Stadia to trial the service before going all-in on purchasing games. While it's game-changing technology that helps to change the overall conversation for the better, it's unproven.
We'd love to see more games that are free to play, helping to justify the $10 monthly fee. There are likely tons of people like us who don't necessarily want or need to buy AAA titles, but like to play casually, cherry-picking a key game every so often.
Stadia's day one games
Destiny 2: The Collection (available in Stadia Pro)
Samurai Shodown (available in Stadia Pro)
It's not unreasonable to imagine Google courting developers to bring Stadia-exclusive games to its library; it has already done a great job of working with Android and Chrome developers. Factor in major developers with massive cross-platform games with cloud-based content, and it just makes sense.
Exclusivity in games isn't new as gamers routinely consider purchases. We often see Microsoft and Sony doing their best to court players with in-game features and exclusive content. Could Google become a viable third player in the game?
Google Stadia launches one day after this review goes live and that concerns us. Why? About half of the experience has yet to reveal itself in the real world.
Looking back to the initial launch and demonstration of Stadia, we saw features like players clicking on a YouTube ad for a game and then jump directly into said title or sharing a link to an exact moment in a game with friends and followers so they can try it.
Live-streaming games to YouTube in 4K, using Google Assistant for help beating games, and streamers letting followers join games? Not available yet. The coolest, most standout stuff is still on the horizon.
What about other phones with support for Stadia? It's not as if the Pixel devices have specific hardware that make them unique; it's just a case of certification from what we understand.
Competition heating up
More interesting to us right now is how others in the gaming space move, both reactive and proactive. Google's not the only one doing this cloud-based stuff. Sony plans to take its PlayStation Now service to another level later this year and Microsoft's xCloud is getting off the ground, too.
Then there are game developers like EA whose Project Atlas figures to disrupt things a bit. Hardware manufacturer NVIDIA just last week brought its GeForce Now gaming to Android devices. Also rumored to be getting into the mix are Amazon even Verizon.
What is presented in Stadia is done well. It's just that we expected to see much more. Not just in game selection, but in overall features. That unique and compelling stuff that caught our attention isn't available yet.
The concept of a day one Stadia player is an interesting one to us. The heavy gamer and early adopter crowd likely has some, if not all of these games in their library. Are they willing to spend more money on them again? Are they willing to sign up and wait for features to trickle out?
As we see Stadia today we're reminded of the first days of Android. It's half-baked but extremely promising. When it comes to its mobile ambitions, Google has far surpassed what it set out to do more than a decade ago — and the ride continues to get smoother.
How long until Stadia hits other countries? How long until we get some of the features first demonstrated earlier this year? How long until Google Stadia ultimately hits its stride? Thankfully, there's a lot of competition in this space. That should keep Google's foot on the gas pedal.
Are we willing to be beta testers in Google's foray into gaming? Assuming it hits its intended marks, Stadia will be incredible stuff. Really, it's hard to imagine wanting or needing anything beyond.
Additional games expected to be playable on Stadia by the end of the year include Borderlands 3, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, Dragon Ball: Xenoverse and Darksiders Genesis.
Of course, there are many more titles that have been announced as coming to Stadia in 2020 including Doom: Eternal, WatchDogs: Legion, Gods & Monsters and Cyberpunk 2077.
We love the promise of Google Stadia more today than when it was announced earlier this year. It sounded lofty and aspirational, but we're already seeing that it can work.
One area of concern that comes to mind is how quickly or effectively Google can scale to handle demand. While we don't anticipate day one numbers like Disney Plus, Google doesn't want to be on the receiving end of bad press or ugly social media chatter.
It's an important time of year for game players and gift buyers alike. Year-end lists, holiday discounts, letters to Santa, and holiday breaks all tend to share gaming in common.
Can we recommend Stadia as a gift to yourself of someone you know for the end of 2019? Yes, but mostly no.
Nobody wants to buy a game two or three times, especially if they've already completed much of it. Even with cross-platform sync, it makes sense to ride the horse you're on instead of switching.
Looking ahead, as new titles roll out and consumers line up for games like Cyberpunk 2077 (April 2020), Stadia will be more interesting. More features will be available by then, but a new wave of games is what will probably be more helpful. Maybe by spring it will be much easier to convince us that it's the platform to back.
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Q: How to ping an IP address from an Android device? Is there a way to ping an IP address from an Android device?
Is there a Android built-in application or am I to download an app for my task?

A: Using connectbot - (google play), you can access a local shell and use the ping command. Start it up, select "local" from the list, leave Nickname as it is, and select OK with the keyboard.


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Donald Trump mysteriously cleared his schedule and cancelled a bunch of events
AP Photo/Julie Jacobson
Is it because he's tired?
From our Obsession
By Hanna Kozlowska
Investigative reporter
Published April 7, 2016 This article is more than 2 years old.
Donald Trump has cleared his schedule for the coming days, opting to stay in New York instead of attending events in Colorado and California. His campaign announced the change of plans earlier today, following a massive yet strangely lackluster rally in Bethpage, Long Island on Wednesday night (April 6).
"Mr. Trump has rescheduled his California trip and will be campaigning in New York. He looks forward to returning to California in the weeks ahead," his spokeswoman Hope Hicks said in a statement. It is unclear what those New York events could be. In an email to The Washington Post, Hicks emphasized that the re-shuffling was not a result of a fatigue. "Mr. Trump is working extremely hard, both on the campaign, which remains his primary focus, and on the multibillion-dollar company he is still running," she said.
But Trump did appear uncharacteristically subdued during the Long Island rally.
He is leading by a wide margin in New York: according to one poll he is supported by 52% of likely Republican primary voter, to John Kasich's 25% and Ted Cruz's 17%. So he sure doesn't need to ramp up his home state effort.
However, it appears that his campaign is going through some upheaval, with rumors of infighting among his staff. In what seems to be an effort to rally his troops, Trump announced he was re-organizing his staff, and making experienced operative Paul Manafort his "convention manager," who would be working closely with beleaguered campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.


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Gift of Life Center
The Mississippi Gift of Life Center will dramatically enhance the lifesaving efforts of the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency and provide MORA's clinical staff with one of the nation's top recovery centers-setting the industry standard for years to come.
Over the next four years, MORA will raise $4,000,000 through a Capital Fundraising Campaign to make the MSGLC a reality. The Agency has already designated one million dollars toward the building campaign. Your generous contributions will help make this start of the art recovery center a reality. The addition of the MSGLC will help to improve the rate of transplants in the state, thus saving and enhancing the lives of more Mississippians.
Time Saves Lives
Time is the most valuable asset in organ recovery. The new MSGLC will provide our staff and physicians with a facility that will be used exclusively for organ and tissue recovery. The precious hours gained by not waiting for a hospital surgical suite translates directly into more successful transplants and more lives saved.
Cost Will Come Down
The MSGLC will also provide relief of the expense of organ transplants. By recovering organs and tissues on site, MORA will eliminate the high cost of using outside surgical facilities.
The clinical area will be one of the nation's most technologically advanced facilities, putting Mississippi on the cutting edge for recovery of organs and tissues. Currently only 10% of the nation's 58 organ procurement organizations utilize a surgical center for both organ and tissue recovery. The creation of this facility will put MORA at the forefront of organ and tissue recovery technologies.


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NFL Ban on Anthem Kneeling Violates Free Expression. America's First Amendment
By Stephen Lendman
Global Research, May 25, 2018
https://www.globalresearch.ca/nfl-ban-on-anthem-kneeling-violates-free-expression-americas-first-amendment/5641834
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America's First Amendment prohibits Congress from passing laws suppressing speech, press and religious freedoms – along with the right to peacefully assemble and petition government for redress of grievances.
The same goes for NFL owners. Their announced policy on national anthem kneeling or sitting flagrantly violates First Amendment guaranteed free expression.
Near-unanimously banning these practices, excluding the ruling from collective bargaining, San Francisco 49ers owner abstaining, subjects teams to fines if players or other personnel fail to show respect for what deserves none.
Along with its flag, the national anthem represents an imperial state, waging permanent war on humanity at home and abroad, responsible for countless millions of casualties post-9/11 alone.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. Last September, Trump disgraced himself by irresponsibly blasting NFL players – kneeling, not standing, during the national anthem, their legitimate right of dissent, and why not. There's plenty to dissent about America's rogue state policies at home and abroad.
NFL players and everyone else have a constitutional right to protest peacefully against racial discrimination, police brutality, wars of aggression, social injustice or anything else.
Not according to Trump, roaring at the time "(w)ouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out! He's fired. He's fired!' "
During US 1899 – 1902 aggression on the Philippines, Mark Twain criticized America's flag, saying:
"I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land," harshly blasting ruthless US mass slaughter and destruction.
It's far worse today than then, including dismissiveness toward the nation's most vulnerable, and repression of targeted dissidents, opposing Washington's debauched system, its anti-democratic agenda, its contempt for rule of law principles, its governance of, by and for the nation's privileged class exclusively.
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began what followed, dozens of players kneeling during the national anthem, protesting against racial discrimination and cops killing unarmed, nonthreatening Black youths and men, nearly always accountability.
The newly adopted NFL rule illegally bans the right to legitimately protest injustice by refusing to stand on-field during the national anthem – players, coaches and other staff wishing to protest given the option to remain off-field while it's played.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said
"(w)e want people to be respectful of the national anthem," adding:
"We want people to stand. That's all personnel, and make sure they treat this moment in a respectful fashion. That's something we think we owe. But we were also very sensitive to give players choices."
Their choice is to protest publicly as the Constitution allows, not privately in locker rooms or elsewhere out of sight and mind.
An NFL Players Association statement said it'll review the new rule, "challeng(ing) any aspect" inconsistent with its collective bargaining agreement.
Cleveland Browns quarterback Tyrod Taylor issued a statement, saying
"(t)o make a decision that strong, you would hope that the players have input on it. But obviously not. So we have to deal with it as players, for good or a bad thing."
In response to the ruling, Players Association director DeMaurice Smith tweeted:
"History has taught us that both patriotism and protest are like water; if the force is strong enough it cannot be suppressed. Today, the CEOs of the NFL created a rule that people who hate autocracies should reject."
A second tweet said:
"Management has chosen to quash the same freedom of speech that protects someone who wants to salute the flag in an effort to prevent someone who does not wish to do so."
"The sad irony of this rule is that anyone who wants to express their patriotism is subject to the whim of a person who calls himself an 'Owner.' I know that not all of the NFL CEOs are for this, and I know that true American patriots are not cheering today."
A Final Comment
In Palko v. Connecticut (1937), the Supreme Court called "(f)reedom of thought the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom."
In Texas v. Johnson (1989), Justice William Brennan, writing for the majority, said\ "if there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea offensive or disagreeable."
According to the High Court ruling, the right to peaceful protests includes public flag-burning – a far stronger action than kneeling or sitting during the national anthem.
Thomas Jefferson once said (f)ree speech and other fundamental rights "cannot be limited without being lost."
Former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall stressed
"(a)bove all else, the First Amendment means that government has no power to restrict expression (regardless of its) ideas…subject matter (or) content."
"Our people are guaranteed the right to express any thought, free from government censorship," along with having all other constitutional protections – eroding toward disappearing altogether.
The NFL Players Association should contest the new rule, suing for the right of constitutionally protected free expression – no matter how politically or otherwise offensive.
Loss of this most fundamental of all rights jeopardizes all others!
Stephen Lendman is a Research Associate of the CRG, Correspondent of Global Research based in Chicago.
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Copyright © Stephen Lendman, Global Research, 2018


I was in my third year of graduate school when I applied for a research assistantship with Nadine Kaslow, who worked in psychiatry and behavioral sciences.
We shared an interest in providing mental health services for underserved populations, which had not been an emphasis in my clinical psychology program. I hadn't been able to find a mentor, and she was someone I could connect with. She was a very open and available person. She was also interested in helping me figure out where I wanted to go professionally and how to get there.
How did she help you succeed?
Nadine believed in me and encouraged me in a way that nobody else ever had. I was an African-American in a predominantly Caucasian field, and she believed there was a place for me not only as an African-American, but also as a researcher focused on underserved populations. She was one of the first non-African-Americans I felt I could talk openly with about race issues.
Nadine also created opportunities for me professionally. When she was writing an NIH grant about pediatric sickle cell disease, she invited me to be part of the process. Once she received funding, I helped with the study. This experience helped me when I went on to write grants of my own.
When I had my first child, she was also available to talk about the importance of being a mother and how to balance my career as a psychologist with being a parent. She helped me set goals and believe I could successfully navigate both of these roles.
How are you paying it forward by mentoring others?
When I was part of Nadine's research lab as a graduate student, I helped to bring other African-American students to the lab. I had the opportunity to supervise and mentor these students, interns and fellows. Once I was a faculty member, I formed the African-American Training Research Lab, which is a support group for African-American women in psychology. We have co-authored a couple of articles, including one about the importance of mentoring for African-American trainees in psychology. I also hold an annual potluck at my home for incoming minority trainees to give them an opportunity to network with one another and other minority faculty members.