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The flooding was traced to subsidence at the construction site of the Lyric Theatre Complex. Photo: HKEJ
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Jul 26, 2019 6:02pm
Subsidence halts theater construction at West Kowloon arts hub
The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA) has suspended construction work at a theater complex in the arts hub after subsidence caused by flooding was found, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports.
The harbourfront project involves the Lyric Theatre Complex – which will house three theaters of large, medium and small seating capacity for dance and drama performances – and expansion of the basement, the WKCDA said.
In the early hours of Thursday, workers detected a water leakage, which was later traced to subsidence that is about 25 meters in diameter.
Flooding resulted from the cave-in, with the accumulated water estimated to be about 1.5 to 2 meters in depth.
While stressing that the situation does not pose any safety risk to the site, the WKCDA said it decided to put all construction work on hold as a precaution.
Gammon Construction Ltd., which is in charge of the HK$1.5 billion project, will conduct grouting operations during the period while a probe into the incident is underway.
It was understood that Gammon, a subsidiary of Jardine Matheson Holdings, stopped the leak at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, and no one was injured in the incident.
The company said grouting work would begin as soon as possible.
Based on photos taken by local media, parts of the construction site cracked, tilted or were underwater, while some of the machines, such as excavators, were almost completely submerged, RTHK reported.
Without elaborating on the cause of the incident, the WKCDA said it had informed the Buildings Department and other agencies about what had happened.
The department has asked the registered building professionals in charge of the project to submit a report on the results of the investigation on why the subsidence happened, suggest remedial actions, and continue monitoring the safety of the buildings near the construction site.
Calling the incident shocking, Civic Party lawmaker Tanya Chan Suk-chong, who is a member of the Legislative Council subcommittee monitoring the implementation of the West Kowloon Cultural District project, questioned if Gammon had reported it in a timely fashion and why the WKCDA did not tell the public anything right after learning about it.
Lawmaker Ann Chiang Lai-wan from the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong urged Gammon's management to explain the incident in detail and give any remedial solution to ease concerns of people living in the vicinity.
Some engineers were cited by RTHK as saying that the incident may have been the result of poor water barriers, adding that such incidents are quite rare.
On Friday, WKCDA Chief Projects Officer Jeremy Stowe said remedial work has been immediately carried out to prevent seawater from continuing to pour into the construction site, adding that the subsidence situation has been under control.
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During the holidays, it's even harder than usual to find time to make it to the gym. Between shopping and entertaining family visitors, you might feel like you don't have time to work out at all.
When the holidays are in full swing, you can stay active by using what's right around you at home. If you have stairs in your house, or even a few steps up to your front door, why not use them to get some light cardio exercise? Set your kitchen timer for 10 minutes, and stride carefully up and down the stairs until the timer goes off. You can even multitask while you work out by talking on the phone or listening to tunes to plan your holiday playlist.
Living room push-ups: Lie on your stomach on the carpet or floor, keeping your hands positioned on the ground just over shoulder-width apart. Extend your arms into a push-up while pressing your thighs and upper body off of the floor. Hold the position for a few seconds, and then lower yourself back toward the ground, maintaining control of your posture. Repeat 10 times, then rest for a minute before performing another set.
Home-style standing calf raise. Stand near a wall, keeping your feet close together. Then flex your left leg, lifting your left foot off the ground. Contract your right calf and come onto the toes of your right foot, lifting your right heel as high as you can off the ground without straining. Keep your hands touching the wall to maintain your balance before slowly lowering your right heel back down. Repeat the exercise 10 times, and then switch legs.
Chair stretch. To stretch your hips, legs, and neck, go to your kitchen table, and place your right heel on a chair, in front of you, while keeping both of your legs straight. Take a deep breath and raise both of your arms over your head. Breathe out while you stretch forward over your extended right leg--if you can reach it, grab onto the back of the chair. Then inhale deeply again, and return to a standing position. Switch legs, then repeat the stretch.
Forward bend: To stretch your shoulders, back, and hamstrings, you can try an easy set of forward bends. Just sit on the floor, keeping your upper body straight and tall. With your legs stretched out in front of you, exhale and bend from your hips, stretching your upper body forward over your legs. Reach forward as far as you can comfortably--if you can't reach your feet, you can rest your hands at your sides. Hold the stretch for 30 seconds, continuing to breathe normally. Then inhale, return to the starting position. Repeat this stretch as desired.
On days when you feel like you can't add one more "to-do" to your list, you can still find ways to build physical activity into your schedule. Try integrating extra movement into your holiday planning, such as making a few extra laps of the mall while shopping, or parking further away from your destination to add extra walking time. Despite the holiday bustle, with a little patience and creativity, you can stay active and healthy this season.


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North Idaho senior citizens 'being shut out in this economy'
The line for affordable housing has become so long that Lunceford can't in good conscience give people a timeline for when they can expect to receive housing.
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — The rate at which Kootenai County senior citizens are entering into homelessness is on the rise, reports the Coeur d'Alene Press.
The Martin family — Gary, his wife, Linda, and daughter Becky — were all living in their car for six months in 2022.
Gary will be 82 in March, his wife is 78, and their daughter, who suffers from seizures, is 48 and takes care of them.
"I wouldn't recommend living in your car," Gary Martin said. "There were a lot of times we couldn't get food, or a place to eat or anything else. We went to the food bank when we could, but we couldn't store anything because we didn't have a fridge."
The Martins moved back to Coeur d'Alene from Montana last April. They consider North Idaho to be their home, and they wanted to be closer to their grandchildren who live in Spirit Lake. They were shocked by the housing prices, which they could not afford, and they ended up living in their van.
"I'll go out and live in the woods before I ever do that again," Gary said. "My legs were so swollen because they were frozen and the circulation was bad, you know."
The Martins invested in a tent and air mattresses when they were able to afford them, although it was difficult for Gary to stand up after lying on the air mattresses.
"I wouldn't recommend it," he said. "It made us realize what life was really worth and what it was all about."
Kelli Lunceford, housing director for St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho, found the Martins an apartment in October to get them off the street.
"Now we're doing good, we're healthy," Gary said. "We really love our apartment. We're crowded, you know, we have a lot of junk. But we're happy."
St. Vincent de Paul manages 300 affordable housing units. The waitlist is typically around six months.
"In the last couple years, it's been about a year to two years," Lunceford said. "And this year we've had to close our waitlist."
"For the first time in a dozen years, I've seen the elderly start to be chronically homeless," Lunceford said.
St. Vincent de Paul is a housing alternative to independent-living facilities, which are having similar surges in demand as people seek affordable housing.
Orchard Ridge Senior Living in Coeur d'Alene has a one- to five-year waitlist for government-subsidized affordable housing, Executive Director Ann Johnson said, and that's pretty typical. Prices in the private assisted living section of Orchard Ridge have increased to cover rising costs of wages and expenses, but rates are fixed by the government for independent living and the supply is low.
Over the last 10 years, the population of people 65 and older in Kootenai County has increased 67%, according to Sam Wolkenhauer, regional labor economist for the Idaho Department of Labor. That's 14,783 more seniors now than in 2012.
The number of nursing and residential care facilities has only gone up 18% in the same time, according to the Department of Labor.
"Jobs in this sector are up about 17% over the decade, but they are down about 5% from the pre-COVID level," Wolkenhauer said.
Those numbers indicate a steady increase in demand for skilled labor in assisted living or residential care facilities, with a sudden drop in supply since 2020.
"The biggest issue is we haven't had placement in (senior) facilities for a year," said Jan Young, ombudsman for the Area Agency on Aging. "They just simply are not admitting. So what are these people going to do if they don't have family members?"
Not only are facilities not admitting new residents or patients, but they're also having to evict existing ones.
"One thing that is happening is a lot of residents in (assisted living or skilled nursing) facilities right now are getting discharge notices and there's nowhere for them to go," Young said. "It's not because they're full, it's because staffing is not up to par. If a facility doesn't have the staffing to meet the needs of all the residents, they give them a discharge notice."
Some families can't take care of seniors with behavioral or nursing needs, and it falls on nursing or assisted living facilities to find a place for seniors to go.
"Every day we get five or more calls of residents that have been discharged from a facility or are trying to get into a facility," Young said. "As we see better weather, we'll see people deciding to live in their car."
When elderly people are discharged, they can sometimes be sent to local hospitals by nursing facilities, but the hospitals aren't set up to care for them long-term, Young said.
Hospitals are also full, short-staffed and not equipped for long-term senior care, said Kim Anderson, communications director for Kootenai Health.
"The other issue is the rate that Medicaid pays is low," Young said. "They need to come up to where a facility wants to take on a resident who is on Medicaid. Unless the state does something about the Medicaid rate, I see this getting worse."
Another factor is assisted living or senior housing is often expensive, even for people who have savings or a financial buffer built up over a lifetime.
"Eventually, everybody runs out of money and they're on Medicaid," Young said.
Heritage Health Street Medicine and Community Outreach Services has also seen an increase in seniors and elderly individuals becoming homeless.
The Street Medicine program helps people who are unhoused navigate their way to services and eventually homes.
Within the past few months, Street Medicine program coordinator Two Feathers was called to help a woman whose landlord raised her rent, which she wasn't able to pay with her fixed income. Her home was turned into an Airbnb and she found herself looking at the possibility of living on the street at 87 years old.
Two Feathers immediately went to her aid, but found his hands tied in many ways. She needed things that were legally difficult for Street Medicine staff to provide, like to be lifted in and out of a truck, or access to nursing care.
It's a scenario Two Feathers said he has never previously witnessed.
Local support systems like the Street Medicine program are seeing the changing face of homelessness. Many of the people needing help are now often over 50, Two Feathers said.
"I would say we're seeing five to 10 new faces a week," said Kala Hall, a Street Medicine case manager. And of those, she said, all are over 50.
The Outreach and Community Services department has a large network of services within the Heritage Health umbrella, but no easy access to resources for seniors who might need nursing facilities.
In the past, that hasn't been a need, Hall said. They hadn't seen people over 70 facing homelessness.
The elderly people seeking services at Heritage Health are usually locals, Hall said. People who were born in Kootenai County, or have lived here for many years, are seeing rents go up as housing supplies drop.
"We're finding that apartment complexes, large-scale developments, are being sold to out-of-state owners," Reilly said. "They're jacking up rents a lot more than an elderly person is able to perform."
Average housing rental rates in Kootenai County are up 25% since 2020, according to a data tool on the Washington Post's website.
"I haven't seen this in at least the last decade," Reilly said. "It hasn't been like this. What we're seeing here in Kootenai County, we know if there's a landlord who would charge $700 on a studio apartment, they'll slap some paint on the walls and make a couple upgrades and rent will go up to $1,200. When you're an elderly person on fixed income, you can't afford that."
Seniors dependent on federal support systems are also suffering from bureaucratic struggles, Lunceford said.
This month, Social Security benefits will increase 8.7% in a record-breaking cost of living adjustment, but that adjustment often bumps seniors out of the income bracket to qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
For affordable housing, seniors have to pay one-third of their income, so they pay more in rent, and many lose access to other financial support.
As economic factors contribute to a higher cost-of-living, local support services are seeing the elderly in the most vulnerable positions.
"There are some things you can cut back on, but people who have cut back already can't cut back anymore," Reilly said.
Support systems begin at age 62 or 65 to help provide seniors with affordable housing, but people younger than 62 have fewer resources to prevent evictions.
"How does an elderly person on an extremely low fixed income improve their lot in life?" Reilly said. "They can't. These golden agers have been called our Greatest Generation, yet they're being shut out in this economy."
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Is the law about to change to make upskirting a crime?
AuthorMalcolm Underhill
Women protected from Upskirting
Upskirting, now defined as '…the practice of taking a photograph up a person's skirt or clothes without their consent.'
Following a public outcry the Justice Secretary, David Gauke, stated he was "sympathetic" to those who were calling for action against individuals perpetrating upskirting and vowed to carry out a review into the then existing law to "make it fit for purpose"[1].
What did the law state around upskirting?
Mr Gauke said, at the time, "There are offences in place where people have successfully been prosecuted for upskirting, in terms of outraging public decency, and also voyeurism can also apply under the Sexual Offences Act. But I think there is a case to say these offences don't necessarily cover every incidence of upskirting and that is why there is a strong case for looking at the law and whether we need to change it".
The law had focused on the public nuisance elements of such behaviours (using the old common law of 'outraging public decency'), rather than being a sexual offence perpetrated on a victim. Interestingly, upskirting was already deemed a sexual offence in Scotland, under the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009.
Unfortunately, the voyeurism laws, which were introduced to deal with 'peeping toms' who spied on people in private, for sexual gratification, could not be used to deal with upskirting as such incidents occurred mainly in public settings, and therefore voyeurism laws would not apply[2].
One example of the confusion caused by the inconsistency of the law was the case of Police Service for Northern Ireland v MacRitchie [2008] NICA 26, [2009] NI 84. The accused, Richie McRitchie, had secretly placed a camera (which was set to record video) in an adjacent cubicle in a public changing room. The camera captured four clips of an 18-year-old female wearing a bikini. In the initial proceedings, the judge stated there was "no case to answer", and 'swimwear' was not 'underwear'. When the case later when to the Court of Appeal, the judges ordered prosecution on the basis of new charges of voyeurism. Mr MacRitchie's defence argued for leniency on the basis that what had happened was not premeditated, but opportunistic. District Judge Fiona Bagnall sentenced Mr MacRitchie to four months in prison, suspended for two years, and he was placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for seven years.
Gina Martin, who herself was the victim of Upskirting, had vehemently campaigned for a change in the law to make Upskirting a criminal offence.
In Ms Martin's case, she was attending a music festival in London's Hyde Park in summer 2017. She was with her sister at the time, waiting for the main performance by mega-band 'The Killers'[3]. Two males who were nearby offered the sisters some chips. They were behaving in a 'creepy' manner. During a period of uncomfortable interactions, one of the men rubbed up against her – which is when she suspects the photo was taken. All she knew was that at some point, he had put his camera up her skirt, and had taken pictures. Initially unaware of what had happened, Ms Martin proceeded to enjoy the festivities. It was only when she observed one of the men looking at his phone and laughing, she was able to see a picture of a "crotch covered by a thin strip of underwear".
"Even though it was a small picture, I knew it was me straight away", she said.
An aggressive scuffle ensued as Ms Martin snatched the camera – and the man boasted about what he had done. Despite the intervention of the security guards, she was forced to return the camera to the perpetrator. When the police arrived, they reviewed the evidence and stated, "Unfortunately, I've had to look at the picture. It shows more than you'd like… but it's not graphic. So, there's not much we can do because you can't see anything bad. I'm going to be honest - you might not hear much from us."
Following her ordeal, Ms Martin took to social media to try to shame the men who had caused her so much anguish (as she had found a photo with them in the background. As a result of this post she garnered a large number of responses – some supportive, (although many less so). This gave her the confidence and fortitude to start a petition for a change in the law, which garnered nearly all of the 100,000 signatures she was seeking.
As a result, Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse put a private members' bill to the Commons for an Upskirting offence. Unfortunately, it was initially blocked by Conservative MP Sir Christopher Chope, who later also blocked a bill seeking to address FGM. Ms Martin said of his objection "it took the campaign stratospheric" and the objection "made people even more angry than they were already". PM Theresa May backed the campaign and shortly after the Voyeurism (Offences) (No. 2) Bill was put before Parliament.
On 12 February 2019 the Bill passed its final stage in the House of Lords receiving Royal Assent and from April 2019 finally, as a result of the campaign efforts Upskirting is a criminal offence, punishable with up to 2 years imprisonment.
Ms Martin's reaction to the news, on the petition's website, stated, "It has been a long time coming but we are finally protected in every scenario - as we should always have been."
The emotional trauma of upskirting
The victims of upskirting often suffer feelings of humiliation, helplessness, and violation, which can lead to depression and anxiety. And unfortunately, due in large part to social media, many victims become subject to abuse and trolling. The effects of this should not be underestimated.
In Gina Martin's own words, "For seven days I was being trolled and receiving awful messages. At one point I became a meme - teenagers tagged themselves in my post with phrases like "Viva la upskirters!" and crying-laughing emojis. Their friends replied with "Lol. Slag." I struggled to sleep, from the attention and stress, and I lost my appetite. I don't think you really know how victim-blaming affects you until you've been there. It's awful".
In the age of the ubiquitous mobile phone and cheap covert video camera technology, upskirting is incredibly easy for potential perpetrators. Given the recent media coverage and the new laws, hopefully, this legislation will prove fit for purpose. However, if you have been the victim of upskirting speak to a specialist solicitor who will listen to your case and help you to access justice and claim compensation.
Our personal injury team, led by Malcolm Underhill, has the expertise and knowledge to advise and represent you if you wish to claim compensation for personal injury. To talk about how we might be able to help, please phone us on 0333 123 9099, email us at enquiries@ibbclaims.co.uk or fill in our contact form. Any discussions you have with us will be in the strictest of confidence and handled with the utmost sensitivity.
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As my kids and I shopped at the Gap for my wife's birthday, we couldn't help be notice their strangely themed fall clothing lineup. We decided their new clothing line was TV themed.
For the female wizard tired of the same-old black or blue robe, consider the Gap's new robe for the fall. It's a full robe, made of sweater material. Why may you ask is the Gap now selling full robes? It's possible they're looking to expand their market to the untapped wizarding community.
If, in your spare time you fight ghosts and ghouls, this coat is perfect for you. It has everything- pockets, a nice tan color, and length. It's not too heavy, making room for your proton pack on the back. The great thing about the coat is that it can double as your next Indiana Jones, adventure-seeking coat. Grab one now before they're spirited away.
For the woman that has everything in their wardrobe, but sometimes wants to dress like a pirate, this shirt is perfect for you. It's the kind of shirt that says, "I'm a serious business person, but I also like to hunt for gold and own a pirate." If you're part business, part pirate, this shirt is definitely for you.
As my kids and I perused the ladies clothing section, these are the first thing we noticed. Maybe they're normal to women, but they seem weird to us. I hope the Gap's winter lineup is as interesting as their fall lineup.


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%% Posterior predictive density for Bayesian linear Regression in 1d with Polynomial Basis
% We use a gaussian prior with fixed noise variance
% We plot the posterior predictive density, and samples from it
%%

% This file is from pmtk3.googlecode.com

setSeed(1);
[xtrain, ytrain, xtest, ytestNoisefree, ytest, sigma2] = ...
  polyDataMake('sampling', 'sparse', 'deg', 2);
deg = 2;
addOnes = false;
Xtrain = degexpand(xtrain, deg, addOnes);
Xtest  = degexpand(xtest, deg, addOnes);
fs = 14;

%% MLE
modelMLE = linregFit(Xtrain, ytrain);
[mu, v] = linregPredict(modelMLE, Xtest);

fig1=figure;
hold on;
plot(xtest, mu,  'k-', 'linewidth', 3, 'displayname', 'prediction');
%plot(xtest, ytestNoisefree,  'b:', 'linewidth', 3, 'displayname', 'truth');
plot(xtrain,ytrain,'ro','markersize', 14, 'linewidth', 3, ...
     'displayname', 'training data');
NN = length(xtest);
ndx = 1:5:NN; % plot subset of errorbars to reduce clutter
sigma = sqrt(v);
h=legend('location', 'northwest');
set(h, 'fontsize', fs);
errorbar(xtest(ndx), mu(ndx), sigma(ndx));
title('plugin approximation (MLE)', 'fontsize', fs);
printPmtkFigure('linregPostPredPlugin')

%% Bayes
model = linregFitBayes(Xtrain, ytrain, ...
  'prior', 'gauss', 'alpha', 0.001, 'beta', 1/sigma2);
[mu, v] = linregPredictBayes(model, Xtest);
fig2=figure;
hold on;
plot(xtest, mu,  'k-', 'linewidth', 3, 'displayname', 'prediction');
%plot(xtest, ytestNoisefree,  'b:', 'linewidth', 3, 'displayname', 'truth');
plot(xtrain,ytrain, 'ro', 'markersize', 14, 'linewidth', 3, ...
    'displayname', 'training data');
NN = length(xtest);
ndx = 1:5:NN; % plot subset of errorbars to reduce clutter
sigma = sqrt(v);
h=legend('location', 'northwest');
set(h,'fontsize', fs);
errorbar(xtest(ndx), mu(ndx), sigma(ndx));
title('Posterior predictive (known variance)', 'fontsize', fs);
printPmtkFigure('linregPostPredBayes')

%% Plot samples from posterior predictive
S = 10;
ws = gaussSample(struct('mu', model.wN, 'Sigma', model.VN), S);
figure;
hold on;
plot(xtrain,ytrain, 'ro', 'markersize', 14, 'linewidth', 3, ...
    'displayname', 'training data');
for s=1:S
  tmp = modelMLE;  tmp.w = ws(s,:)';
  [mu] = linregPredict(tmp, Xtest);
  plot(xtest, mu, 'k-', 'linewidth', 2);
end
title('functions sampled from posterior', 'fontsize', fs)
printPmtkFigure('linregPostPredSamples')

%% Plot samples from  plug posterior predictive
S = 10;
figure;
hold on;
plot(xtrain,ytrain, 'ro', 'markersize', 14, 'linewidth', 3, ...
    'displayname', 'training data');
for s=1:S
  [mu] = linregPredict(modelMLE, Xtest);
  plot(xtest, mu, 'k-', 'linewidth', 2);
end
title('functions sampled from plugin approximation to posterior', 'fontsize', fs)
printPmtkFigure('linregPostPredSamplesPlugin')


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I've a been a "nerd" for some time now.
I say "nerd" because by some measures I hardly qualify. I was a football star in high school and fairly popular if not the BMOC. I've dated women, and I have no problem fitting in socially when that's my desire. I love to watch and play sports, and I don't own any "Star Wars" or "Star Trek" paraphernalia.
But, I've also been teased for years for being too smart. Plus, I have a fiendish obsession with fantasy novels and certain science fiction works. I know way too much about the inner workings of Pern, and I'm a little too familiar with the intricacies of the Farseer reign. Those are nerd references for those of you who are confused.
Being a black fantasy fan with decidedly "black" views about the world can make reading most fantasy books an interesting experience. Sure, I love good fantasy because it challenges norms, but when it comes to racial mindsets, many fantasy and sci-fi writers are plagued with a very naive or uninformed view on the world. Hell, most of them know more about God than race, and they don't know that much about God!
My experiences made me knowingly shake my head when I stumbled across this story on one of the sites I visit frequently. It seems that when casting Hobbits for Peter Jackson's new movie "The Hobbit" the casting personnel let it be known that folks with a complexion any darker than "pale" need not apply. Hell, if you read the article, you can see where the casting director obviously realizes he's discriminating, but decides that he has to do it anyway.
The article lead me to wonder why is it that so many white writers have such pale imaginations? Some folks will bristle at that contention, but it's just a fact. White people make up a very small part of the world's population, but when you read books about space, or fantasy worlds, they are ALWAYS the dominant group.
Hell, even when characters are given "black" features, they still behave like white folks in blackface. I guess that fits with the writers' "colorblind"view of the world, but I find it to be unrealistic. Black people and white people may share interests and education, but often our life experiences are divergent in key ways, which gives us very different perspectives. Which again leads me to wonder, what is shaping these writers' imaginary worlds?
Do many white people long for a world free of unsavory and difficult minorities? Do they really find find us to ancillary parts of their lives, and feel like life would move on easily if we weren't around? Do they have an inflated view of their own importance and not realize just how little of the world's population they make up?
I think you could answer yes to all of those questions which is illuminating and disturbing. Many white people do see most minorities as either unimportant background noise or unsavory elements to be avoided. In fact, it's often only minority women who prove to be of interest and then only for the occasional sexual dalliance. It seems that when white people dream of their ideal world, it doesn't include us at all.
We're not in their plans.
Labels: Race ish
Something Old From Someone New
Nicholas Sarkozy should run for president.
Sure, France's president already has that title in his home country, but that shouldn't stop him from immigrating to America, ignoring the rules on presidential candidates, and tossing his hat in the ring. Given Sarkozy's views on immigration and "national identity" he would probably give the crowd trying to take their country back recurring nocturnal emissions.
I find Sarkozy interesting because despite all the claims that Europe has "moved past" racism, the actions of the French, English and British prove that's a pipe dream. What should have become obvious to most folks, and was already obvious to me, is that many European nations never dealt with widespread racism within their borders, and it's been allowed to fester and spread. Now, as more and more immigrants from the countries these European powers have screwed over the years attempt to come power seat, this deep-seated racism and xenophobia.
Sarkozy is just the face of the movement.
It was only five years ago when France's slums exploded with riots fueled by the pent-up anger felt by children of many of the country's immigrants. Sarkozy capitalized on the fear those riots created and expanded the country war against what many French believe are uncouth interlopers. He created a "National Identity Ministry" and set out to prove he didn't like foreigners one bit.
It's funny looking at what the French have done and then considering our own country. Tea Party candidates recently rode the wave of anti-immigrant and anti-black sentiment still prevalent in much of the country into Congress, and they're hoping to use those same feelings to take back the White House in 2012. One of the central themes of this new shift in direction has been the discussion of what it means to be a "real" American, and a call for "real" Americans to take their country back.
That's where Sarkozy could really make a mark. A central theme to his election was the idea that France had fallen victim to too much multiculturalism and really, too much diversity. Sarkozy argued that immigrants should be forced to become indelibly French and toss off any affiliations to their old countries. Implied in this message was that any sort of connection or allegiance to another country was a betrayal of French values, and the mere possibility of the existene of this sort of conflict justified pre-emptive action by the French. That pre-emptive action has included banning Muslim headgear in public spaces, and clear discrimination in hiring and education for immigrants.
It's interesting to watch Sarkozy and the French people stammer and stumble around in their moral morass. It's actually quite satisfying since the French love to blast the racism and discrimination in America, but seem to somehow miss the beam in their own eyes.
Yet, it becomes scary when I think that it's not that unlikely that if President Obama fails to get re-elected America might get its on National Identity Agency and I'm not sure black people would be as safe from scrutinyas we assume. Those centuries of enslavement only count so much towards proving our worth. Besides, these past few months have taught me that a sizable portion of this country views any sort of questioning of American ideals and motives by non-white folks as a sign of intense disloyalty and grounds for suspicion.
True, it's only the latest iteration of the "Stay in your place" motif, but things have risen to a pitch not seen since minorities were openly denied equal opportunities. Many whites will bristle at that comparison, but it is what it is.
Sarkozy's views echo something from the not so distant past throughout the Western world, and we see it taking shape in a variety of countries. Many white folks have decided the time has come to rise up and recreate the past that many of them cherish and miss. Sarkozy is just one more cog in that frightening machine.
Something old indeed.
Obama's Nuts
Apparently President Barack Obama's testicles are a lot like former President George W. Bush's brains.
Their existence is disputed.
Well, at least James Carville disputes the existence of Obama's cojones. I'm sure some of you remember when Carville questioned Obama's testicular fortitude during the campaign as Carville stumped for Hillary Clinton, and now Carville has decided to revive those comments. If you haven't heard about it, check on this cached page. The page used to be on CNN, but when you click on the link now you're told it no longer exists. Good thing Google does.
Anyway, it's always amazing to me that folks feel like Obama's anatomy and manhood are fair game. Carville has tried to laugh off his comment as a joke, but when you say that a woman is more of a man than a man, you're insulting both the man and the woman. You can't joke that away Mr. Carville.
Folks of a certain hue insist on pretending that Obama lacks a backbone, as if getting mad and throwing a hissy fit is proof that you have a backbone. They ignore the fact that he walked into a room full of Republicans and debated them word for word with no backup or teleprompter. They ignore the fact that he's made unpopular decision after unpopular knowing that they would piss of his base. Hell, he ran for president of the United States and exposed himself and his family to previously unimagined level of scrutiny. That takes a certain type of courage.
Black folks understand that Obama has a different sort of temperament, and that he's a black man operating in a largely white environment. Those of us familiar with that particular tightrope know that the slightest slip up can plunge you into a world of peril. We may not agree with all of his choices, but most of us understand that there's only so much angry black man America can take. Hell, some folks are already pissed because he walks with a "strut"!
These trite attacks on Obama's manhood are tiring and disrespectful and they should not be given a pass, particularly when they come from a public figure.
That's what's nuts.
I sat on a jury the other day.
It was one of the most interesting and nerve wracking experiences of my life.
In my line of work, I've attended several court trials. I've watched prosecutors and defense attorneys make their arguments and I've often decided in my mind whether someone was guilty or not guilty. But, it was always from the other side of the jury box. Stepping inside that box, becoming one of 12 people charged with dispensing "justice" is a totally different experience.
It's pretty damn scary.
When I went into jury service I wasn't thrilled about the drudgery of the ordeal, but I was excited about the possibility of helping dispense "justice." Notice how I keep putting that word in quotation marks? There is a reason.
In my mind, jury service would be the perfect time to use my superior intellect (insert sarcasm) to convince people of the proper decision to make to keep the world on its proper course. Using my vaunted logic and only slightly biased objectivity, I was certain I would be in the vanguard of protecting this country's legal ideals.
Until I got selected to be a juror in a rape case.
There is no crime like rape. It's no coincidence that rape convictions can carry death sentences, just like murder convictions in some states. Outside of child molestation, no other crime carries the stigma that rape carries, yet rape trials often are very difficult to prosecute. That's especially true when the rape trial is a consent rape case, instead of a forcible rape involving a stranger.
I was asked to decide a consent rape case.
I won't discuss the details of the case because I think that would be an issue. But, the case showed me that the responsibility of being a juror, at least the way it is outlined by prosecutors and defense attorneys, is awesome. I truly found it difficult to come to a firm conclusion on the "facts" of the incident. I struggled with the possibility of freeing a rapist or sending an innocent man to jail. I struggled with watching a woman shed tears relating what she clearly considered one of the worst experiences of her life, and being asked to determine if I believed her account.
I can honestly say that I never, ever, want to do it again.
I don't know if I'll be excused from jury duty the next time I'm called, but I hope I am. I hope I never have to sit in that box and try to determine who deserves freedom or punishment.
I never want that power again.
Every Time I Think It Can't Get Worse
Yo, what up blog family? I know I don't post that much anymore, but I saw something that just got my angry lunatic juices flowing.
I'm watching CNN (I know, first mistake) when that dude Jack Cafferty says something like President Obama's tenure may be a short term love affair because he might not get re-elected. Then, to buttress this point, this cat points to a recent poll by somebody where 49 percent of the folks polled think Obama did a better job than Bush.
49 freaking percent!
Man, I don't think it's my job to be Obama's fart-catcher and cheerleader, but somebody has to say something about stuff like this poll. How the hell could any reasonable group of people consider Obama's two year tenure next to Bush's eight-year debacle and seriously come to the conclusion that Bush did a better job? WTH!
That's just a half dozen of Bush's most high profile screw-ups, I'm not even getting into the stuff that happened behind the scenes that most people aren't aware of. That list only includes the stuff that we all know about and all despis,e and depsite those eff-ups people are saying that Obama has done something worse than that?
I feel like slapping TACs right now.
If this ain't the double standard to beat all double standards, then I'm not a black man with anger issues. Bush creates the problems for Obama to inherit and because Obama doesn't solve them in a quarter of the time Bush had in office, Obama is screwing up. Do white people and conservative minorities even see their hypocrisy or are they on their Stevie Wonder thing right now? Really, if these folks think making that kind of statement is a form of intelligent discourse then I weep for the current state and future state of this country.
We are royally and totally fucked.
Point blank period.
A New Color on the Hood
Same stuff, different day.
That was my reaction to the story linked above about South Carolina politician Nikki Haley. The story outlines how Haley has used her color and gender to her advantage while at the same time espousing the traditional, hateful conservative message. Basically, she's just donned a different color hood for her Klan robes.
That's honestly how I feel about minorities who try to prove they are more conservative than the most loony Tea Party member. They have the Klansman's spirit wrapped up in a new package. That package allows them to escape scrutiny and dodge questions, but it can't truly hide the poison in their hearts.
Haley, whose given name Nimrata Randhawa, is having success by painting herself as the victim of injustice at the hands of hateful whites and blacks, while also promising to inflict the Tea Party's peculiar brand of pain on as many dark-skinned people as possible. (No, she doesn't promise to target darkies, but she sure knows the codewords.) As the story I linked to notes, it's a common strategy of minorities looking to rise within conservative movements, just as adopting a colorblind strategy is useful for minorities wishing to remain popular among liberals.
In reality, these minorities, be they conservative or liberal, trade on the same stereotype just from different perspectives. Both consevatives and liberals view minorities, particularly black folks, as unrelenting complainers always seeking to take something from well meaning white folks to enhance their own station in life. A savvy minoritiy politician seeking mainstream approval learns quickly that distancing your campaign from that idea by any means necessary is the best move.
That could mean pointing out that minorities are just as capable of racism as anyone else, while at the same time denying that white folks are really even racist anymore. It could mean pushing the idea that race is a played out metric, and what we really need to focus on is poverty and our shared interests. Of course that ignores the reality that while everyone is affected by class, some of us are affected by class and race.
Either way, you don the hood. Any time you embrace racial dishonesty to advance your cause, you don the hood.
Sarah and The Dummies
Just read this piece from Politico about how the Republican establishment doesn't want Sarah Palin anywhere near the presidential election in 2012.
The bigwigs fear, rightfully so, that given her appeal with the rank and file, Palin is a good bet to win the Republican nomination if she runs. Unfortunately, given her repeated idiocy and complete lack of qualifications (Yeah, I know she was governor) she's also a good bet to get waxed by President Obama in the general election. Obama may be unpopular, but he's not THAT unpopular just yet.
I showed the article to a friend and she expressed complete confusion at Palin's appeal to Tea Party folks and other staunch conservatives. Given the fact that she's consistently shown herself to be uninformed and uninterested in becoming informed, my friend can't understand why people would be comfortable with her in a position of authority. She noted that Palin's constant attacks on the elite and intelligent only convince her that she's not prepared for the job as the top politician in America.
My response was simple:
"That's because you're not a dummy, and don't like dummies. On the other hand, dummies like their fellow dummies and don't like you eggheads."
That's about it. Dummies stick together like semen-covered balls and thighs.
This reality only confuses folks who lie to themselves about their own motivations and the motivations of human beings in general. We all know about birds of a feather, but we like to pretend that somehow that old cliche doesn't apply most of the time. Newsflash, it's a cliche because it's true almost all the time. That's how you pass the entrance exam for cliche school.
People are comfortable around people like them. It's not always evil, and it's perfectly understandable. The problem is when people decide that only people like them are "good" or "right." That was the impetus behind segregation and discrimination, well along with the need to increase the power of a certain group by cruelly subjugating another group. It's not surprising that the idiot brigade has rallied around their all-powerful leader, it would be shocking if they recognized her idiocy because then they would have to admit their own.
And Lord knows people in America aren't too keen on admitting their flaws.
Guess We've Got Enough Nigglets
I used to watch Jon and Kate Plus 8.
Before their family exploded due to the combustible nature of fame and responsibility, I liked to watch two regular people try to cope with a very irregular family. I didn't begrudge them the free trips and substantial salaries they received due to their show. I knew that if I was in the same position I would want the same assistance.
Unfortunately, that assistance isn't provided to every family of multiples.
That's a picture of the McGhee sextuplets, a group of six brothers and sisters born to an Ohio family. For those of you unfamiliar with the cost of car seats, what you're looking at in that picture is about $300 to $500 worth of equipment. Yeah, having babies is hard on your pockets.
I understand that nobody forced this couple to take fertility drugs, or refuse to "reduce" the number of babies they had in utero. (That has to be the worst euphemism I've every heard for abortion. Easily.) It makes sense that if two adults decide they want to get pregnant with multiple babies, they need to make some arrangements to take care of those children on their own. I understand, and support that logic.
That said, I know that there seems to be different attitudes about different multiples. Some families are greeted with appreciation and television deals, while others, like the Octomom and McGhees, are greeted with scorn or indifference. It's the same "miracle" but it seems like folks don't feel as enthralled with every bevy of babies.
Truthfully, I guess that's people's choice. There is no law saying that you have to gawk and support every family that exponentially increases. Yet, it still leaves me with a strange feeling. I have no proof, or statistics to back up my feelings, but I still feel like something is wrong.
I wonder if the indifference to the McGhee's plight is because their family doesn't meet the "cute" criteria or because people just don't feel like this extra large family of black folks is worthy of help? Do companies feel like it's not a worthwhile investment to give these kids free swag, or do schools think it doesn't help their profile to offer them free college tuition?
Those are all freebies that countless other multiples have received, but they've been absent for the McGhees. Is the recession to blame, or is it just a convenient excuse to hide behind? Maybe people no longer consider multiples special, although I do know that another white family just got a new deal with TLC to replace Jon and Kate. Are the McGhee's a victim of circumstance, or just another entry on the crowded log of discrimination in America?
I don't know for sure, but I know which way I'm leaning.


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Beyoncé denies alleged affair with Barack Obama
And today in wacky rumours: Beyoncé has been forced to deny that she's had an affair with Barack Obama.
Sure, Mr Obama is a well-known fan of Beyoncé - she has regularly performed at White House events, including Michelle's 50th birthday party. But it turns out the rumours were just as laughable as those allegations about Liz Hurley and Bill Clinton last week - with a rep for the singer saying the rumours were "absurd".
Allegations that the singer and the US President had embarked on an affair started circulating around the French media yesterday morning, after a French papparazzo claimed the Washington Post newspaper was planning to run a story on the two on France's Europe 1 radio station.
Pascal Rostain, who is also a friend of the former French first lady Valérie Trierweiler, was promoting his memoir on the radio station, and revealed:
14 outfits that prove why Michelle Obama will always be the First Lady of Fashion
Happy Birthday, Michelle!
"There is something big that is happening… it'll go out tomorrow in the Washington Post...I can assure you the world will be talking about it. We cannot say that it is from the gutter press - a supposed liaison between President Barack Obama and Beyoncé. I can assure you that the world will talk."
The story quickly spread like wildfire, however, the Washington Post were quick to deny the claims. Kristine Coratti, director of communications for the newspaper said they had recieved a number of calls, but had no other information other than the fact that Mr Obama and Bey were firm friends.
"It's kind of crazy how fast these rumours spread" she added.
Then, just as Tom Sizemore had admitted he'd made the Liz Hurley/Bill Clinton rumours up, Pascal admitted he was actually joking when he started the allegations. So it turns out all rumours of a White House romance were totally made up and Jay Z/Bey and Michelle/Barack are all still very much drunk in love with each other.
Beyoncé & Jay Z's love story: The making of a power couple
Move over, hot chocolate bombs! Tea bombs are taking over TikTok and here's how to make one of your own at home
No, you're obsessed with tea bombs.
Jodie Turner-Smith is set to play Anne Boleyn in this new period drama (and on-set pictures have just been released!)
A new historical drama with a feminist viewpoint.
Calling all KUWTK fans: The Kardashians are doing a brand new reality TV series!
Looks like we'll still be keeping up with the Kardashians.


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Movie Review: Furious 7 (2015)
21/12/2015 / TheMarckoguy	/ 1 Comment
As some of you might remember, I reviewed every single "Fast & Furious" movie back in May of this year because of the at that point recent release of this damn movie. And from that it's taken me more than 6 months to get around to it. But at long last, we are here. So let's stop with this shit and get with it.
Ladies and gentlemen… "Furious 7".
Ready for some more stupidity? *Smack* Ouch, okay I'll do it right! The story of this movie is that Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), the brother of the the last movie's villain, is coming after the gang to get revenge for his brother. So it's up to Dom (Vin Diesel), Brian (Paul Walker, R.I.P) and all the other guys we know and love to try and stop him. Now that is the main plot we are supposed to care about, but at the same time we get a secondary plot of the gang helping a governmental orgainzation led by Mr. Nobody (Kurt Russell) with finding a device that could locate any person on planet earth. And it is all very convoluted and guys, this is what the problem was with "Fast & Furious 6". Don't get me wrong, I think the plot of this movie is more well handled than in the last movie, but it's still a bit convoluted and that takes away a bit from the enjoyment of the movie. I mean, it's fine I guess.
The characters are just as enjoyable as last time and their performances have neither imporved nor gotten worse. So let's discuss some of the newer ones… like Jason Statham as Deckard Shaw. I would say that putting Jason Statham as the main villain of your movie is a damn good idea, it is one I highly approve of. And while Statham's performance was really good and menacing, I still felt like the character was underutilized and that he was only there to mess things up a little for our heroes. Then we have Kurt Russell as the mysterious Mr. Nobody and he was awesome. Come on, it's Kurt fuckin' Russell! Sure, he wasn't in teh movie too much, but he was still great… He's Kurt Russell! One thing I feel kind of split about is the character of Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson). Don't get me wrong, I think he might be the best thing that ever happened to this franchise, but he is used so little in this movie that it's a bit disappointing. Sure, whenever he is on screen we get some of the best parts of the movie, but they are so few and far between that I almost feel betrayed.
The score for "Furious 7" was composed by Brian Tyler and as you may know, I'm a big fan of that guy. And as per usual, he delivered a great original score for the movie. It is big, bombastic, tense and surprisingly emotional. I would really dare say that this is one of the best scores I have ever heard from Tyler. With that said, does the rest of the soundtrack work for the movie? Yes… yes it does. They managed to fit songs perfectly into the scenes they were used in. And with that said, I feel like i should maybe touch on the song "See you Again" by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth. The song was created as a tribute to the late Paul Walker and his character Brian who would most likely get retired after this movie. And I have to say that the song worked, it is a fitting send-off for Walker and his character. I can also say that I think it is a good song, maybe even worthy of an Oscar nomination…
This is the first "F&F" movie since "Tokyo Drift" that have had a new director take over. So now instead of Justin Lin directing it, we have James Wan who is more known for horror movies than for action. But I have to say that I think he did a good job directing this movie. Sure, the hand-to-hand combat sequences were not that great because of a higher framerate and for a little bit of shaky-cam in them, so they are not impressive at all. However, when there is over-the-top vehicular mayhem in the movie, Wan really did a fantastic job! It's silly, stupid, ridiculous, absolutely bonkers and pretty fucking fun. Really, instead of Vengeance Hits Home, the tagline for the movie should've been Physics Be Damned.
This movie has been pretty well received. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an 81% positive rating and a "Fresh" certification. On Metacritic it has a score of 67/100. And on imdb.com it has a score of 7,3/10.
While bogged down a bit by a convoluted plot and underutilization of certain characters, "Furious 7" is still one of the best entries in the franchise. With fun characters, a really great soundtrack, really good directing and a fitting send-off for Paul Walker, it's definitely still a fun movie. Time for my final score. *Cough*. My final score for "Furious 7" is an 8,95/10. It's definitely worth buying.
My review of "Furious 7" is finally completed.
*Looks out window*. Is that Jeff parachuting a car?
Movie Review: Fast Five (2011)
09/05/2015 / TheMarckoguy	/ 2 Comments
Jesus tapdancing Christ, we are already at number 5 in the series. So let's cut the crap and get straight into the review, shall we?
Dudes and chicks… "Fast Five".
So once again Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker, R.I.P) return to cause more vehicular mayhem. But this time it is to pull the heist of a lifetime so they can buy their freedom. But they can't do this alone! They hire a team of people who are experts in their respective fields. And this team consists of previous cast members Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson, oh fuck no), Tej (Ludacris), Han (Sung Kang), Gisele (Gal Gadot), Leo (Tego Calderon) and Santos (Don Omar). But at the same time they have to worry about taking down a druglord AND staying clear of federal agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson). Before giving a verdict… how did we go from ripping off "Point Break" to ripping off "Ocean's Eleven"? Anyway, the plot in this movie while slightly more layered than what is good for the franchise, I love the plot to the movie. While it has a few layers, it is well done and surprisingly simple. Since this movie doesn't take itself that seriously and instead embracing the ridiculous aspects of the franchise it really helps. It knows it is stupid and it wears it like a badge… kind of like 1996's "The Rock".
The characters in this movie are great. They are all fun and get a good amount of space, while not feeling over/underused. Vin Diesel is still really good (if you can call it that) as Dom Toretto. And in this one Paul Walker has not really improved since the last time, but that's not a bad thing seeing that he was pretty good in "Fast & Furious". All other characters are great too. AND TYRESE GIBSON WASN'T ANNOYING IN THIS ONE! And of course… Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, he is as awesome as he is in everything. I swear, you could put that guy in a movie where he is in just one room, reading the dictionary and he'd be great. And to be fair, everyone was really good in the movie.
The hip-hop music is back, fitting perfectly in how it is used. They also added a little latino pop, in lack of a better word for it. And for the third (and so far best) time Brian Tyler. And as per usual the score was great. It was intense, it was action-y and it was overall great.
This is Justin Lin's third time directing an "F&F" movie and it is definitely the most well-directed of the three. It is smooth, it is visually great and HOLY SHIT, THE ACTION IS AWESOME! It is fast, furious, intense and badass as hell! Not just the driving scenes which are by far the best in the franchise so far, but all other action scenes too. The fights, the shootouts, the chases… they are all great. Especially if you are able to suspend your disbelief. Because this movie is so badass that it chooses to ignore the laws of physics. So you science nerds should probably not watch this movie. Thank god then that I love over-the-top stuff like this!
Looking at all major review sites, this is the most well-received of the movies so far. On Rotten Tomatoes it has a 78% positive rating with a "Fresh" certification. On Metacritic it has a score of 67/100. Roger Ebert liked this one and gave it 3/4 stars. And on imdb.com it has a score of 7,3/10.
"Fast Five" is big, loud and dumb and it wears it like a badge. With fun characters, a decent story, great music and some awesomely ridiculous action, it is a good movie. Time for my final score. *Vroom vroom* My final score for "Fast Five" is a 9,64/10. It of course gets the "SEAL OF APPROVAL!"
"Fast Five" is now reviewed.
Kind of sounds like a high-speed handjob…
Movie Review: Inglourious Basterds (2009)
05/07/2014 / TheMarckoguy	/ Leave a comment
Let's face it…Quentin Tarantino is the king of odd movies. "Pulp Fiction", "Kill Bill", "Django Unchained" to mention a few. But the thing is, these odd movies are for the most part good. I know I said I wasn't the biggest fan of "Kill Bill vol. 1″, but in general I am a Tarantino fan. His odd movies are interesting. And back in 2009 he made a little WW2 movie (as if there weren't enough of those). Now, is it good? Is it bad? Will this guy here like it? I mean it is a bit weird to see a Tarantino movie that doesn't even have Samuel L. Jackson in it.
Ladies and Gents…"Inglourious Basterds".
Shosanna (Mélanie Laurent) experienced a not too fun thing. One day when she was hiding under the floorboards of a man's house to hide from Nazi's…she and her family who hid were found. And who found them exactly? SS Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). He and his men shot up the place, killing almost everyone. Shosanna managed to get away. Several years later she owns a cinema called "Le Gamaar Cinema". She meets nazi soldier Fredrick Zoller (Daniel Brühl) and kind of strikes up an awkward relationship/friendship with him. Later when she finds out his new movie will play at her cinema and several high ranked nazi officers will be there she plots to get revenge.
But that is not all, there is a second story getting intertwined in it all. And that is the story of the American-Jewish group "The Basterds". They are led by lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt). They are in the Nazi occupied france to kill every nazi they see. Among the troops we have Sergeant Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz (Eli Roth) who's main way of dispatching Nazis is by caving their heads in with a baseball bat…ouch. Then we have Sergeant Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger) who is mainly a big brute. And finally we have pfc. (private, first class) Smithson Utivitch (B.J. Novak) who is just another basterd. Of course there are more members of the team, but they are not really as majorly important to the movie as these guys. Anyway, they also meet up with british lieutenant Archie Hicox (Michael Fassbender) for a special plan…Now I am not going to say more? Because like any Tarantino movie, this is over-the-fucking-top. And that is pretty good. Still, this is a relatively straight forward and regularly paced movie. You can even notice a bit of it in "Django Unchained" how he have changed his still a little bit since we first saw him. And to be completely honest, that is probably for the better. Trust me. But still, really good story once you watch it and don't sit here and listen to me.
The characters are fucking awesome. But that shouldn't come as a surprise considering…again, this is a Tarantino movie. And in those types of movies, awesome characters are very common. They are all incredibly unique and just in general very entertaining to watch. There is nothing more to it really. I am very pleased with the choice of actors as well, they are PERFECTLY picked for their respective characters. I especially love the character of Hans Landa. Sometimes he can be the nicest and most polite person ever and then the next minute be as cruel as the devil himself. No wonder Christoph Waltz got an Oscar for the role.
The music…so good. There are a few orchestral pieces here and there but also include songs that use electric guitar. I really don't have much to say…only that if I could meet the composer, I would kiss him/her on the forehead and then go down on my kness and yell "I'M NOT WORTHY, I'M NOT WORTHY!".
General stuff there is nothing more than the obvious stuff like how this movie is violent and very bloody. But that is not much of a surprise considering this is a…you get it.
Reception for "Inglourious Basterds" was good. Rotten Tomatoes holds an 89% positive rating and a "Fresh" certification. Metacritic got a 69/100 on it. Roger Ebert gave this movie 4/4 stars and said this:
"Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is a big, bold, audacious war movie that will annoy some, startle others and demonstrate once again that he's the real thing, a director of quixotic delights."
imdb.com has the score of 8,9/10 and has it ranked #100 on their Top 250 list.
The movie was also nominated for eight Oscars, but only won one…Best Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz.
I have praised this movie and told you a bunch of shit in this review and can finally give you a score. Score for "Inglourious Basterds" is a 9,62/10 and of course…the "SEAL OF APPROVAL!" This is one hell of a movie and I recommend you buy it.
Review of "Inglourious Basterds" is done.
Where is Samuel L. Jackson, Tarantino? Where are you hiding him!?


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Spoorlijn 24A was een korte Belgisch / Duitse spoorlijn die lijn 24 met lijn 37 verbond. Het Duitse deel was als spoorlijn 2554 onder beheer van DB Netze.

Geschiedenis
Lijn 24A was een dubbelsporige verbindingslijn tussen de Montzenroute (Spoorlijn 24) en de hoofdlijn Luik – Aken (Spoorlijn 37). De spoorlijn is aangelegd door de Preußische Staatseisenbahnen tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog en werd geopend op 28 februari 1917. Tussen 1921 en 1926 en tussen 1941 en 1944 was er reizigersverkeer en werd de halte Buschhausen aangedaan. In 1949 is de lijn op enkelspoor gebracht.

Tussen 1962 en 1966, tijdens de elektrificatiewerken op lijn 37, werden internationale reizigerstreinen (waaronder de TEE Saphir) omgeleid via de lijnen 40, 24 en 24A. Op 5 augustus 1968 is de lijn gesloten. De opbraak van de lijn volgde in 1969. Het tracé van de lijn is nog goed in het landschap te zien.

Aansluitingen
In de volgende plaatsen  was er een aansluiting op de volgende spoorlijnen:
Y Geulthal
Spoorlijn 24 tussen Tongeren en Aachen West
Y Ronheide
DB 2600, spoorlijn tussen Keulen en Aken

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Infrastructuur in Noordrijn-Westfalen

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Pol Espargaro completed a dominant British Grand Prix weekend by winning today's Moto2 race with Scott Redding beating Marc Marquez on the last lap to claim a sensational second on home soil. All three riders were fighting for the lead along with Andrea Iannone and Simone Corsi but Espargaro upped the pace shortly after half distance and had too much for his pursuers.
The opening lap saw a thrilling battle for the lead between the two front running Brits with Bradley Smith making a lightning getaway before scything around the outside of Espargaro into turn one, followed through by Redding. The Marc VDS youngster then dived up the inside of Smith into Brooklands but his lead only lasted until Maggotts when the no.38 forced his way back through. Smith's move cost him momentum through Becketts, allowing Redding back through but the Tech 3 rider finally made the move stick at the end of the Hangar Straight.
Unfortunately for Smith, that only ensured he led the first lap and he wouldn't lead another. Redding got his revenge at Brooklands on lap two before a forceful move by Espargaro at Stowe knocked Smith out of his rhythm, allowing Marquez and Iannone through too. Smith also fell behind Simone Corsi on the third lap and was forced to fend off Claudio Corti for sixth.
Redding kept hold of the lead until the end of lap eight when Espargaro drafted past him on the run towards Stowe and unfortunately for Scott, Andrea Iannone and Marc Marquez would soon sneak past as well. Iannone's spell in second was rather brief though and as his pace dipped, the fight for second became a straight shootout between the Spaniard and the Briton.
With just over four laps to go, Redding made his move at Stowe but the next time the pair entered the Hanger Straight, Marquez's Suter breezed past the Kalex as if it was standing still. That didn't bode well for Redding who regained P2 at Village at the start of the final lap but frustratingly, Marquez would have the beating of him down the Hangar Straight again.
Just Vale and Club remained and inevitably, Redding launched an attack into the left hander and stormed up the inside of Marquez, who tried to strike back on the inside of the final corner. Redding was wise to that though and chopped across the no.93, securing second to equal his career best result in the intermediate class.
While they were squabbling, Espargaro was busy taking the chequered flag for his second win of the season from Redding, Marquez, Iannone and Corsi. While the last lap didn't pan out in Marquez's favour, third was enough to move him back into the championship lead as previous leader Thomas Luthi had a poor race.
The Swiss rider started from the third row and languished in the bottom half of the top ten until the latter stages when he suddenly came alive. Chasing down the fight for sixth between Corti and Smith, Luthi broke the lap record and entered the final lap right on their tails. Smith led with one to go but fell back behind both his challengers before repeating his compatriot's move to beat Luthi at the very last corner, clinching seventh by 0.042s.
Dominique Aegerter and Mika Kallio completed the top ten while Gino Rea finished a lowly 24th despite finishing the first lap inside the top ten.


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Man arrested after video of fight on busy road in Mong Kok
Fight video goes viral and started after two men argued on a busy street. One man suffered slight head injuries and the other was arrested
by Asia Times staff July 13, 2018 February 18, 2020
Stills from the video of a fight on Mong Kok, Kowloon. Photo: 巴打絲打 Facebook Club@Facebook
Police arrested a 38-year-old man for alleged assault occasioning actual bodily harm after he had a fight with another man on a busy road in Kowloon's Mong Kok more than two weeks ago.
A 19-second video was uploaded to Facebook on Thursday, a week after the incident happened, showing the man who was arrested and a 33-year-old man fighting on Soy Street in Mong Kok, Apple Daily reported.
At the start of the video, which viewers online described as "MMA on the street," a man wearing a white T-shirt and glasses was seen slapping the other man before the fight broke out. One man used an umbrella, making him lose his balance.
The other man then grabbed his legs and slammed him backwards on the ground before punching him in the face five times. The video also showed the man under arrest stomping on the other's chest as he lay stunned on the road.
Police confirmed the fight happened at noon on July 5 after the two men argued over a crash caused by a trolley cart. One man suffered head injuries and was sent to Kwong Wah Hospital but was conscious, the Oriental Daily reported.
Tagged: Crime, HK, Hong Kong, hospital


This tutorial shows how to debug the native code in your Android apps on devices that do not support the 'run-as' command. We will first demonstrate how to reproduce the 'run-as' problem and then explain the workaround VisualGDB supports. Before you begin, install VisualGDB 5.1r5 or later.
If you let VisualGDB test the toolchain, it will detect that the device needs the workaround and direct you to this page.
As the native library does not have access to the Java environment and cannot determine the gdbserver location, it will simply open a socket and rely on VisualGDB to tell it the location of the gdbserver and the port to use. VisualGDB will do it automatically as long as you have the workaround enabled in Debug Settings.
Your app will always launch gdbserver and wait for the debugger when it is started. If you want to launch the app without debugging, build a separate configuration of it without the LAUNCH_GDBSERVER_FROM_APP macro so that the gdbserver_launcher won't engage.
If your app uses several native libraries, the gdbserver_launcher.c will need to be included in the one that is loaded the first. Otherwise you won't be able to debug any code that runs before gdbserver is launched.


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The largest solar rooftop system in the US installed on the Mandalay Bay Convention Center
A giant 8.3 MW solar rooftop system has been installed by NRG Energy on MGM Resorts International's famous Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, making it the largest in the U.S.
July 7, 2016 Sam Pothecary
As solar PV starts hitting the mainstream across the United States, one of the Las Vegas' most famous buildings has adopted the country's biggest rooftop array. The project was a joint partnership by NRG Energy and MGM Resorts International, and utilized some top-of-the-range technology from Ten K Solar.
The colossal rooftop system has been installed on the roof of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, with over 26,000 modules making up a combined capacity of 8.3 MW. The project has been completed in two sections, with the most recent utilizing Ten K Solar's REFLECT system, which is fully integrated, including a racking system with no roof penetration.
NRG is the owner of the array, and will sell the electricity to MGM Resorts International on a 25-year power purchase agreement. The system has the capacity to power 25% of the entire electricity demand of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino complex.
"Companies like MGM Resorts are driving an evolution in America's energy mix as they seek cleaner sources of power that provide more certainty over energy costs," ," said Craig Cornelius, Senior Vice President of NRG Energy. "The solar array atop Mandalay Bay is stunning in its scope and functionality, and we're thrilled to have MGM as a partner."
Sam Pothecary
Sam joined pv magazine in 2016, primarily to manage the magazine's online presence. As well as writing and editing articles for the daily news section, he reports on the global solar industry and climate policies for the magazine.
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About to make duck but I can see tons of black hair/feather follicles. What to do?
Order a duck online and just unwrapped it. It looks like a preteen boy's face. Lots of black feather follicles just below the skin. It will take me forever to remove them all. Any suggestions for quick removal? Or will they just burn up as I cook it. Help!
One way of taking care of all the little hairs is to singe the bird. Kind of like the lighter, but do it over a gas burner or a sterno. You simply pass the bird over the flame a few times quickly to singe it all off. The longer bits under the skin I usually tweeze.
Didn't have any paraffin handy so I attacked it with tweezers. I think I got the large majority of them but there were so many I couldn't get them all. We'll see what happens. Didn't see the lighter response until I had thrown the duck in the oven. Will definitely try next time. THanks.
Paraffin is for getting the down/pinfeathers off (after the feathers) and is an almighty pain in the ***, although it does work. I've done it! It's the reason slaughterhouses that handle chickens will often not do ducks, as the down and pin feathers won't come off in the chicken-plucking machines.
I think that if it's just some unsightly remainders from less than efficient plucking, a lighted match or (better) a lighter of some sort should do the trick. It's what I use on our home raised ducks when the original plucking leaves something to be desired.
Worse comes to worse - go at it with tweezers?
Wax Picking: Is used primarily for water fowl.
remaining feathers--including the pin feathers.
Hunters in my family (I am not one of them) dip the duck in paraffin after they have taken the outer feathers off. They then let the duck sit for about 15 minutes and then peel the paraffin off. Hope this helps. Let us know how it all turns out.


Futures took a break from the downward trend today as corn and soybeans both settled higher from supportive export news this morning – old crop bean sales and new crop corn/bean sales. Technically oversold futures and some short covering also lent support to each market. Corn closed 4 to 5 cents higher and beans settled 6 higher in Aug, 15 higher in Nov. The market will continue to trade weather (which remains favorable) until the August 12 USDA S&D report. Weekly export sales tomorrow morning are expected to be between 24-31 million bu. for corn and 18-26 million bu. for beans.


Millions of farmers in the country will now have the opportunity to come together and form private limited companies of their own. These companies will be based in rural areas.
The Union agriculture ministry has prepared a concept paper on allowing farmers to form private limited companies. The value of the landholding of the farmer will be considered as equity.
The agriculture secretary, RCA Jain told FE that there would be no problem under the existing law to allow farmers to form private limited companies on basis of equity participation as per their landholdings. The amendments to the Companies Act recognises producers cooperatives as companies. The farmers are producers of crops and they can very well come together and form companies of their own.
Mr Jain said that while the voting rights of the members of the company will be purely on individual basis as per cooperative principles, the sharing of the profits will be on the basis of the landholdings. In case of losses or liquidation of the company, farmers landholdings will remain untouched and not considered for the purpose. The settlement of losses will only be met out through cash reserves or from assets other than landholdings, he said.
He said this would be a unique concept of a rural based company by farmer to be experimented for the first time in India. Here the farmer has nothing to invest in cash expect for leasing out his land to his own company. The farmers cooperative has not been much successful. This concept is a hybrid of the principles of cooperative and company culture. As per cooperative principles the voting rights is one vote per individual while profits will be shared in terms of landholdings.


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Biografia
Da bambina visse a Leningrado durante il lungo assedio nel corso della seconda guerra mondiale.

Nel 1954-1957 studiò nel collegio musicale Čajkovskij a Taganrog e spesso partecipò a concerti nel teatro locale. Nel 1957-1958 studiò alla scuola di musica di Rostov sul Don. Nell'agosto 1958 superò l'esame di ammissione al Conservatorio di San Pietroburgo.

Nel 1963 partecipò a una produzione del Teatro Bol'šoj di Boris Godunov e in tournée con lo stesso teatro esordì poi alla Scala, dove apparirà frequentemente, in particolare nella serata inaugurale del 1977 con Don Carlo diretto da Claudio Abbado. Nel 1971 debuttò alla Wiener Staatsoper ne La dama di picche e nel 1976 al Metropolitan in Aida Nel 1978 apparve in una produzione televisiva di Carmen e nel 1982 in una di Cavalleria rusticana, entrambe con la regia di Franco Zeffirelli.

Fu ripetutamente premiata dal suo paese per meriti artistici: nel 1971 e nel 1980 con l'Ordine della Bandiera rossa del lavoro, nel 1973 e nel 1976 come Artista del popolo dell'Unione Sovietica, nel 1976 con il Premio Lenin, nel 1990 con l'Ordine di Lenin e nel 2009 con la II Classe dell'Ordine al merito per la Patria.

Nel 2014 venne colpita da leucemia, che, nonostante un trapianto di midollo, la portò alla morte.

Repertorio

Discografia

DVD
 Bizet, Carmen – Elena Obraztsova/Plácido Domingo/Carlos Kleiber/Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, regia Franco Zeffirelli - 1978 Arthaus Musik
 Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana (film 1982)
 Prokofiev, War and Peace - Elena Obraztsova/Paris National Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Gary Bertini, regia Francesca Zambello - 2000 Arthaus Musik

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Sepolti nel cimitero di Novodevičij
Dame dell'Ordine della Bandiera rossa del lavoro


Jeremy Zierau. Singular Concept. 2016.Acrylic Paint, Caulk Gun, Concrete, Matte Panel (White). 10" x 10" x "22.
Our ability to solve complex issues has been hindered by our level of education. Content injection is a negated obloquy. Art gives the viewer equal stake in the topic at hand, and instead of allowing for free communication (whether it be positive or negative by nature), art has a habit of hindering the voices of objection. In order for art to evolve, ALL lines of communication need to be kept open, and not just ones that are acceptable only to the most "open-minded" Globalist. Censorship in it's simplest form, is ignorance.
While in residence, Zierau will create art object pairings and produce a weekly podcast that documents conversations with local artists about irrelevant topics.


EDEN HAZARD and three of his Chelsea team-mates participated in a brilliant darts challenge ahead of the PDC World Championship which starts tomorrow.
Blues trio Willian, Jorginho and goalkeeper Willy Caballero also took on the challenge, with the losing pair facing a rather scary forfeit.
Willian and summer signing Jorginho formed Team A, while Hazard and Caballero were coupled together in Team B.
The objective was simple, which ever pairing that achieves the highest score wins, while the losers will be blindfolded and forced to face their fears.
Jorginho was first up and scored 42, with Hazard then scoring 39. Willian then added 22 to bring Team A's total to 64, leaving Caballero with 26 to win.
But the former Manchester City shot-stopper could only muster up 17 to bring Team B's score to 56, much to the frustration of the Belgian international.
A remote controlled tarantula was placed in a box, with Hazard screaming and trying to run away before he even placed his hand in the container.
Next up was a box full of slime, with the ex-Lille ace picking up a handful before launching it at the face of Caballero.
And Hazard will be hoping to have aim just as good as that if he takes part in Chelsea's Europa League tie against Vidi in Hungary tomorrow.
Maurizio Sarri's side have topped Group L having won each of their five games, netting on ten occasions and conceding just once.
Hazard, 27, slammed the Chelsea supporters that allegedly shouted racial abuse at Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling at Stamford Bridge.
Speaking of the incident that has seen four fans suspended by the club, he said: "The only thing I can say is, I support the player. Sterling is a fantastic player.
"There is an investigation, so we don't know what will happen. They are called fans but, for me, they are not fans.
"Proper Chelsea fans just sing for Chelsea and enjoy the game.
"I am fully supportive of Raheem and this kind of racism cannot be in the stadium anymore."


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Alice M. Hanten, 82, of Mechanicsville, passed away on Thursday, October 25, 2018. She was preceded in death by her husband, James J. Hanten. Alice was a longtime member of the Church of the Redeemer. Left to cherish her memory are her children, Jennifer J. Hanten, Laura H. Jordan, Jeffrey J. Hanten (Cathie), and Christopher J. Hanten (Tenille Sullivan); grandchildren, Graham, Darin, Kaylin, Trinity, and Iain; sister-in-law, Judy Russo; and dear friend, Mary Ann Stackowitz. A funeral mass will be held on Monday, October 29, at 10 a.m. at Church of the Redeemer, 8275 Meadowbridge Road, Mechanicsville, VA 23116. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the C Diff Foundation at www.cdifffoundation.org.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James J. Hanten. Left to cherish her memory are her children, Jennifer J. Hanten, Laura H. Jordan, Jeffrey J. Hanten (Cathie), and Christopher J. Hanten (Tenille Sullivan); grandchildren, Graham, Darin, Kaylin, Trinity, and Iain; sister-in-law, Judy Russo; and dear friend, Mary Ann Stackowitz.


Every citizen of the United States who has attained the age of eighteen years, who is a bona fide resident of the town in which he seeks to be admitted as an elector and who takes such oath, if any, as may be prescribed by law, shall be qualified to be an elector. Any such elector may exercise the privileges of an elector only upon the presentation of a current and valid photo identification containing the name and address of such elector.
RESOLVED: That the foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution be continued to the next session of the General Assembly elected at the general election to be held on November 6, 2018, and published with the laws passed at the present session, or be presented to the electors at the general election to be held on November 6, 2018, whichever the case may be, according to article sixth of the amendments to the Constitution. The designation of said proposed amendment to be used on the ballots at such election shall be "Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to require the presentation of current and valid photo identification for the exercise of electoral privileges?""


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Corals are important components of many marine ecosystems, both modern and ancient. Fossil corals from New Zealand have been reported in Squires' important 1958 monograph, and more recently by Cairns and others. This research considers the taxonomy and diversity of Oligocene corals from the southern South Island. Fossils were collected from three localities: Hakataramea Quarry and Lake Aviemore in South Canterbury, and Cosy Dell farm in Southland. Corals represent 10 families of alcyonarians and scleractinians: Pennatulidae, Melithaeidae, Oculinidae, Rhizangiidae, Caryophylliidae, Turbinoliidae, Flabellidae, Dendrophyllidae, Poritidae and Astrocoeniidae. In total, the assemblages contain 17 species in 15 genera; they include 6 previously undescribed species of Melithaea, Peponocyathus, Notocyathus, Astrangia, Goniopora and Astrocoenia. Goniopora and Astrocoenia are the first probable hermatypic (reef-forming) coral species of Oligocene age from southern New Zealand. Corals from Hakataramea Valley occur in a glauconitic packstone (Otekaike Limestone), particularly in a high-diversity mid-shelf shellbed ("Protula horizon"). The presence of Stephanocyathus mantelli and Trochocyathus papakurensis suggest average bottom temperatures of 10?C, although warmer temperatures are possible (as indicated by e.g. the brachiopod Lingula and the bivalve Spondylus). Corals from Lake Aviemore, from the richly glauconitic Kokoamu Greensand, are congeneric with those of Hakataramea, despite the different facies. Corals from the Cosy Dell locality are also from highly diverse molluscan-rich strata. The presence of hermatypic coral species at this locality indicates that water temperatures were at minimum 18?C, several degrees warmer than current mean annual sea surface temperatures in southern New Zealand. These hermatypic species must also have lived in the photic zone, and likely lived in waters down to 20-40 m depth. This, the facies and wider assemblage, indicates that the Cosy Dell locality was a shallow inner shelf setting, in comparison to the deeper-water Hakataramea and Aviemore localities.
Gaffney, Rhian B.J., "Taxonomy and Paleoecology of Oligocene Corals from the southern South Island of New Zealand," Otago Geology Theses, accessed April 22, 2019, http://theses.otagogeology.org.nz/items/show/630.