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A defence of liberalism
By Chris Howden | Wed 20th November 2019 - 8:55 am
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"Socialism is the only ideology fit for the working class"
These were the words I was told the day after the 2017 General Election- and to an extent, they were true. For as far as the eye could see across South and West Yorkshire, the only real option voters had was to vote for Labour. 'My patch' was nothing more than a patchwork quilt of safe red seats, Trotskyist CLPs, and statist, unambitious, complacent Labour-run councils. As you may have imagined, I rejected this dogma. I saw nothing optimistic about Corbyn's left-populism and his commitment to the growth of the state, whilst the arrogance of which my local Labour Party machinery had governed these one-party states had instilled in me a great suspicion of their supposed attachment to progressive politics.
Instead, I turned to liberalism. Ambitious, confident liberalism- an ideology that can enrich and empower the lives of all citizens. I'd be lying if I said I could remember the single event that tipped me into this decision, but the quiet dignity and humility of Nick Clegg's concession speech ensured that days later, I was a signed-up member of the Liberal Democrats. By rejecting Labour's state-socialism, I was committing myself to the fundamental values of freedom, liberty and democracy which can only ever be found in the Liberal Democrats. I was supporting a party that would stand up for individual rights and freedoms; that would radically transform our unfair, broken politics; that believed in free markets and free trade as a force for good; and that recognised the state can be used as a tool to ensure opportunity for all. Instinctively internationalist and green to its roots, the Liberal Democrats remain the true radicals of British politics, and the only credible alternative to the statism and small 'c' conservatism of Labour and the Tories.
All this amounts to the real need to reject both Labour and the Conservatives in the upcoming election. Many of our candidates have been encouraged to step down in order to give the Labour candidate a clear run at unseating the incumbent Tory. This is wrong and should not be tolerated. Whilst I accept that as a democratic party, the final decision rests with the local associations, we must consider how every vote for Labour weakens and undermines, not strengthens, liberalism. A Labour government will create more state monopolies, will neglect the reforms our democracy desperately needs, and cannot be trusted to defend our freedoms and our civil liberties. Likewise, the Tories' support of Johnson's hard-Brexit deal is completely incompatible with our internationalism, whilst their opposition to HS2 will deprive the North of the infrastructure, innovation and opportunity that is needed.
In response to this, we need to be clear about our case for an alternative: for a party that is optimistic, outward-looking, and green. We need to be uncompromising in our support of liberalism, and throw our full backing behind a party that will always champion the rights of the individual, that will fight to rid all forms of discrimination from our society, and will always strive to give power, information and choice back to the people. That party is the Liberal Democrats, and it is our responsibility, in the face of the two tired old parties, to continue to make that liberal voice heard.
* Chris Howden is an activist for Wakefield & District Liberal Democrats
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Peter Martin 20th Nov '19 - 9:46am
Nearly all countries, including the USA, but possibly excluding North Korea, are a mixture of socialism and capitalism.
At present our road system is largely 'socialist'. The costs of building and maintaining roads comes mainly from Govt spending. Even many hardened Tories would recoil in horror at the thought that it could all be sold off to the private sector. We'd all have sensors fitted to our cars, which would contain GPS chips and our accounts with the privatised road companies would be linked to our credit cards. If we exceeded the speed limit our fines would be automatically included too. It's all quite possible with current technology.
So where do we draw the line? Should the water supply be publicly or privately owned? Ditto the railways, gas, electricity, the police, …. It's all a matter of opinion. I personally would prefer the monoplolies to be state owned. Does this make me a hardened lefty? Is this incompatible with Lib Dem philosophy?
Nationalisation doesn't necessarily make everyone more equal. I'd like more equality though which has to be achieved through a combination of Govt spending on the right things and the taxation system. Does this make me a hardened lefty? A Trotskyist even? Is this incompatible with Lib Dem philosophy? If so, why?
Jen 20th Nov '19 - 10:09am
"the fundamental values of freedom, liberty and democracy which can only ever be found in the Liberal Democrats"
In fairness I think these can be found elsewhere in politics too. One thinks of Roy Jenkins in his Cabinet days. But the Liberals/Lib Dems are probably the only GB party where they have been the majority view rather than a strand of thought within a wider party that does not share them (the 1989 sect is an interesting side-case for another day!)
Katharine Pindar 20th Nov '19 - 10:20am
Splendid stuff, Chris. It's heartening to see a member of a younger generation than mine speaking out so vigorously for our beliefs and values.
With regard to Labour, your statement that 'they will reject the reforms our democracy desperately needs' is a reminder that in the confusion of parties and policies to come after the Election, our party needs to seek Labour's and other parties' agreement on the desperate need for reform of the voting system. Whether this will require a Citizens' Assembly to agree on it I am not sure, and the needed Referendum on remaining in the EU should precede any such initiative, but our party should surely be leading a new alliance among parliamentarians to achieve proportional representation before another General Election is held.
Co-operation between those elected on agreeing other essential reforms will be needed, and I am sure our leader will be prepared for that. I hope our party will support progressive proposals of the Labour party, of which those seeking to end austerity, relieve poverty and tackle inequality in our country are in my view the most important.
John Marriott 20th Nov '19 - 11:23am
As I have now well passed four score years and ten it amuses me to see how many people come along and reckon they have invented the wheel. Capitalism? Of course it can work to make money, but for whom and at what cost? Socialism? It's been tried before and found wanting. Communism? Ditto. So what about Liberalism? Now I'm still not sure what that is. In the USA it's generally a term of abuse, on a par with socialism. Over here, Arthur Scargill reckoned it was all about "brown bread and sandals", while, according to the late social historian, George Dangerfield, it died before WW1, at least as far as England was concerned.
I have always felt that Liberalism is partly a state of mind and partly, as practised by Extremely committed and focused individuals like Katharine Pindar, a way of life. As a political philosophy it would appear to mean different things to different people. For me it's about getting things done. As the late Robert Kennedy famously said; "I dream of things that never were and say; 'Why not?'".
Last night's so called Prime Ministers' debate showed us just what a state our so called democracy is in. What a pair! No wonder some of the audience laughed at them. There is more to life than getting Brexit "done", for me at least, and, please forgive me, sorting out 'our NHS', although I'll grant you that both deserve our attention.
What about a proper federal UK to replace our clapped out excuse for a democratic system, grasping the nettle of adult social care, Creating a fair tax system both locally and nationally and sorting out the mess that state education is in? There's four for starters. At least three of these ought not to be party political issues. And finally, it's about time that each political party accepted the fact that it doesn't have all the answers!
Graham Jeffs 20th Nov '19 - 12:18pm
"…..fit for the working class"
Isn't it pathetic that some people are still pre-occupied with "class" in this day and age. Apart from everything else, it's this attitude that ensures that I could not possibly ever vote for Labour or the Conservatives.
Frank West 20th Nov '19 - 12:31pm
When the energy co's were privatized there was recognition that there was not a competitive market and a formula for prices was applied that forced prices down over five or ten years, so now keeping them private but limiting prices using a ratio between energy cost and the final price would be the Liberal compromise, this ratio designed to decrease over time. Having no standing charges and a lower rate for low energy users would also be a very Green thing to do, encouraging miserly use of gas, electric and water.
Jennie 20th Nov '19 - 12:44pm
This is a lovely article to read. I really hope you keep that optimism, Chris. Battling against the forces of managerial centrism is a tough and constant gig in the LDs for an actual liberal…
David Raw 20th Nov '19 - 1:02pm
"throw our full backing behind a party that will always champion the rights of the individual".
Interesting stuff, Chris, and as someone who was brought up ten miles from Wakefield I admire your idealism.
I hope you can apply this idealism into pressing the case for the party to accept and commit to doing something about Professor Alston's UN Report into Poverty in the UK.
Recipients of Universal Credit need a party to 'champion their human rights' too. Here's some local info for you :
Child Poverty – the Wakefield JSNA
http://www.wakefieldjsna.co.uk › wider-determinants › poverty › child-poverty
Child Poverty. Across the district in May 2017 there were 10,730 children aged under-16 (17% of this age group) living in households where at least one parent …
Poverty – the Wakefield JSNA
http://www.wakefieldjsna.co.uk › wider-determinants › poverty
4,865 children aged 0-15 years in Wakefield are estimated as living in … if spent, would leave the household with an income below the official poverty line.
According to the Wakefdield Express last year, "Large parts of Wakefield are among the most deprived areas for education and skilled jobs anywhere in the UK, a new study has revealed. Around 28 per cent of neighbourhoods in the city were classed as being among the country's poorest for schooling, training and skills."
Good luck….. speak up and try to do something about it.
Peter Martin 20th Nov '19 - 1:20pm
@ Graham Jeffs,
I quite like this quotation.
"Class distinctions do not die; they merely learn new ways of expressing themselves. Each decade we shiftily declare we have buried class; each decade the coffin stays empty."
You've only got to watch the excellent 7 Up TV series to understand how all our lives are shaped by our own class origins. The Labour Party themselves used to understand this better than most but, sadly, their Parliamentary representation is now less from the working classes than it has ever been previously.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160406-how-much-does-social-class-matter-in-britain-today
Bill le Breton 20th Nov '19 - 2:34pm
In the last week the best piece on Liberalism was published in Liberator Magazine edition 398. Written by Bernard Greaves. Liberator are offering the two page essay free to download on their site:
https://liberatormagazine.org.uk/en/ Just scan down the page until to see the word "Latest" and down load it.
I cannot recommend it highly enough. And would also like to read what Chris (and anyone else for that matter) thinks of it.
Ruth Coleman-Taylor 20th Nov '19 - 4:37pm
Thanks, Chris, for an encouraging and inspiring article!
Richard Underhill. 20th Nov '19 - 6:26pm
Jo Grimond said that Roy Jenkins was "an Asquithian Liberal" which Roy Jenkins, the first leader of the SDP, happily repeated at a Liberal International Congress in Paris.
'If you are Liberal you are international. You cannot be one without the other.'
Katharine Pindar:
David Steel called it "a fair voting system" "party policy is the Single Transferable Vote"
which we have for local government in Scotland, familiar to our Scottish leader.
Michael Sammon 20th Nov '19 - 9:47pm
Thanks for saying this Chris. I hope the British public realise that a liberal democracy can't be taken for granted and we'll all be sorry if we allow Conservatives or Labour to take this away from us.
TCO 20th Nov '19 - 10:24pm
Bravo! Its great to see the future of this party in such safe hands, rejecting all the trappings of statism and socialism by the back door that has bedevilled recent generations. Wonderful stuff Chris!
Chris Keelty 28th Mar '20 - 4:20pm
On defence of Liberalism – I would like to add (for the benefit of Chris Howden) those of us who have really read, On Liberty, we would never ask others to wear a Tin Hat. Would any decent person do that.


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Vanessa Carlton Talks About Why She Doesn't Identify as a Pop Star
By Jessie Schiewe @j_schiewe Wednesday, Jan 13 2016
Vanessa Carlton plays with Skye Steele at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 19, at The Independent. $25, www.theindependentsf.com
Surely you've heard Vanessa Carlton's chart-topping debut single, "A Thousand Miles." With its piano over a string orchestra, "A Thousand Miles" was the song of 2002 (or, as Billboard magazine called it, "the most enduring song of the millennium"). It's been sampled and covered by dozens of artists and played in the backgrounds of so many television shows and movies that it's hard to count. The point is: It's a catchy, infectious song that not only launched Carlton's career, but has stuck around throughout the past 14 years.
And yet it sounds nothing like the music Carlton is making today. Liberman, her fifth (and latest) album, is a folksy, mellow indie-pop project that was preceded by 2011's similarly left-field album, Rabbits on the Run. While on tour for the new project, Carlton took time to chat with SF Weekly about her newfound sound, recent life changes (she moved to Nashville, got married, and had her first child), and why she no longer identifies as a "pop star."
You recently moved to Nashville. How are you liking it?
Oh, I love it. It's where I want to raise my family. And it's also such a vibrant community of artists. We live in a little bungalow, built in 1938, that has a yard. It's definitely old. It actually needs a new roof.
You've been touring since last fall and you'll continue touring until early February. What's that been like?
This tour is unlike any tour I've ever done. It's probably the longest tour I've done in years and years. This is also the first time I've ever toured with a baby. My daughter is 11 months old, and you know, I'm trying to figure out how to make that work because family is my priority. I only decided to tour and really promote this record because I knew it would work to a certain degree where my husband and baby can come out and visit me every week or two weeks. At any given moment on the road, there's like a baby and a dog and my husband in the van with us all. It's certainly a unique situation.
You've been making music since you were a teen. When did you realize that music was what you wanted to do?
My mom's a pianist and a piano teacher and would have group lessons at our house, so I was always around the piano since I was like 2. I just started playing soon after that and never stopped playing. It was something I did for fun. I was very much into doing ballet, too, but music was always just a part of my life.
I started recording demos of songs when I was 16 or 17. Like, my dad would help me out. I think the turning point for me was when I was 16, and I started to really not get along with one of my ballet teachers. I was living in New York, attending the school of American Ballet, and this one teacher, I just couldn't stand to be in her class anymore. I would skip that class and instead, I would write music because there was a piano in our dorm. So I would say that that was definitely a turning point. And then I got a publishing deal when I was 19, and I got signed soon after that to a major label.
What's the story behind the album's name?
Liberman is my grandfather's real name, but he was always Grandpa Li to me. I didn't realize Liberman was his actual name. He changed it when he got back from [World War II] because of anti-semitism. Aside from me wanting to bring to light my family's real name, it was more about a painting [he created]. He was a painter and he loved huge murals, and there was this one painting that my grandmother finally gave to me about 10 years ago. I wrote much of this album in New York before I moved to Nashville, and that's where this painting was hanging. Where it hangs, if you sit at the piano, you basically get lost in this painting. And the thing about his work is he's a very traditional painter in terms of his technique, like he can paint beautiful hands and feet, but his palette is very unusual. Very psychedelic. I realized I was kind of writing this music that felt like this painting. It was such a strong family name that we always hid, so I just thought it really made sense to call the whole body of work Liberman.
How does Liberman differ from your previous records?
It's very different from the music that I made in the beginning of my career when I was marketed as a pop star. I felt pressured to follow along those lines. I thought, "Okay, well, I guess that's who I am." And that was fine when I was like 20 years old. "I'm just the songwriter, so the way that the producer chooses to produce it and create all the sounds, I guess that has nothing to do with me," is what I thought. But, of course, that's not true. I was just a passenger during that time. I'm not regretting it or am angry at anyone about it, but I have to admit that I was definitely not holding the reins there. And I think I was very confused.
I'm guessing you don't consider yourself a pop star anymore.
I'm not a pop star. It's not the type of music I ever really wanted to make, but it's just what ended up happening. When I left the major label system in 2009, that's when I started to shift into exploring the sounds I've always wanted to explore. And as I grew up, I had more confidence to really create an album as a whole body of work and sound, and to create all of that the way that my instincts led me to, without having any sort of commerce or business angle affect my aesthetic, which I had let happen for many years.
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While there has been some improvement in the reading and arithmetic skills of lower primary students in rural India over the last decade, the skills of Class VIII students have actually seen a decline.
The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2018, the results of a yearly survey that NGO Pratham has been carrying out since 2006, shows that more than half of Class VIII students cannot correctly solve a numerical division problem and more than a quarter of them cannot read a primary-level text.
Those figures are worse than they were a decade ago. In 2008, 84.8% of Class VIII students could read a text meant for Class II; by 2014, only 74.6% could do so, and by 2018, that percentage had fallen further to 72.8%.
Four years ago, 44.1% of students at Class VIII could correctly divide a three-digit number by a single-digit number; in 2018, that figure had fallen slightly to 43.9%.
Noting that the "additional value added in terms of math skills for each year of schooling is low", Pratham researchers concluded that "without strong foundational skills, it is difficult for children to cope with what is expected of them in the upper primary grades".
The picture is slightly more encouraging at the Class III level, where there has been gradual improvement since 2014. However, even in 2018, less than 30% of students in Class III are actually at their grade level, that is, able to read a Class II text and do double-digit subtraction. "This means that a majority of children need immediate help in acquiring foundational skills in literacy and numeracy," said Pratham.
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If you are anything like me, you may be experiencing a 'crawl to the finish line', after a massive year? So I asked the CLARETY team to share their top secrets to recharging fully and quickly over the holiday season. So we can get back and firing for a ripper 2019.
Partner, Emma Hart says it's all about creating the right mindset to recharge…"RESPECT your recovery. It's essential if you are to perform and feel your best. Say NO to too many engagements and create the space to say a deep YES to things that really matter e.g., resting (aka doing nothing), does not mean you are lazy it means you are respecting your body and what it needs".
Whole foods chef, Ben Horne recommends taking some time to 'play' in the kitchen. He says, "good food takes time. Have you ever noticed how nourishing & recharging a meal made with love & integrity is? When I'm thinking about putting some of the good stuff back in I'm thinking "how can I nutrient charge what goes on the plate AND create some space and time to be creative".
Meditation teacher, Jaye Carcary says, "The fastest way to start dissipating the anxiety and tension that may have been building up is taking a moment to acknowledge and tune into it. So in those early holiday days try a short and simple meditation like this to start mindfully managing down those stress levels".
Finally, "I usually have my daily '5 to thrive'. The small habits that maintain my energy levels throughout the year but the last few months have seen me trying to maintain my energy levels from a much lower base. So, if this is also you, I recommend trying '5 to fast recharge' to begin rebuilding those energy levels".
Take some time to reflect & acknowledge what happened in the last year and use as fuel to start gently laying down some plans for 2019 – join me to do this by registering for our FREE 'Make 2019 your best year yet' webinar.
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COURT RULES.
SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Amendment to Rule 27.*
Add at the end of Rule 27:
attention is called to the matter by a prayer When testimony is admitted, not as sub- for instruction; nor will it be ground of exstantive evidence, but in corroboration or conception that evidence competent for some tradiction, and that fact is stated by the purposes, but not for all, is admitted generalcourt when it is admitted, it will not be ly, unless the appellant asks, at the time of ground for exception that the judge fails in admission, that its purpose shall be restricthis charge to again instruct the jury specially ed. upon the nature of such evidence, unless his Adopted March 16, 1904.
Amendments to Rules 28, 52, and 53.7
28. Printing Records, What to be Printed 53. Petition to Rehear-What to Contain. Pauper Appeals.
The petition must assign the alleged error Fifteen copies of the entire transcript sent of law complained of, or the matter overlookup in each action shall be printed, except in ed, or the newly discovered evidence, and alpauper appeals, and in these latter the court lege that the judgment complained of has desires the counsel for the appellant to furnish been performed or secured. Such petition a sufficient number of printed or typewritten shall be accompanied with the certificate of briefs for the use of the court, giving a suc at least two members of the bar of this court cinct statement of the facts applicable to the who have no interest in the subject-matter exceptions, and the authorities relied on. and have never been of counsel for either Should the appellant gain the appeal the cost party to the suit, and each of whom shall of the same shall be taxed against the ap- have been at least five years a member of pellee.
the bar of this court, that they have carefulThe printed transcript shall be in the order ly examined the case and the law bearing l'equired by rule 19 (1), and shall contain the thereon and the authorities cited in the opinmarginal references and index required by ion, and they shall summarize succinctly in rule 19 (2) and 19 (3), though, for economy, such certificate the points in which they deem the marginal references in the manuscript the opinion erroneous. may be printed as subheads in the body of the The petitioner shall endorse upon the petil'ecord and not on the margin. The tran- tion the names of two justices, neither of script shall be printed immediately after whom dissented from the opinion, to whom docketing the same unless it is sent up ready the petition shall be sent by the clerk, and printed.
it shall not be docketed for rehearing unless
both of said justices endorse thereon that it is 52. Petition to Rehear-When Filed. a proper case to be reheard: Provided, how
ever, that when there have been two dissentA petition to rehear may be filed at the ing justices it shall be sufficient for the petisame term, or during the vacation succeed- tioner to designate only one justice, and his ing the term of the court at which the judg-approval in such case shall be sufficient to orment was rendered, or within twenty days der the petition docketed. The clerk shall enafter the commencement of the succeeding dorse on the petition the date on which it was term. If such petition is ordered to be clock- received, and it shall be delivered by him to eted by the justices to whom it is submitted one of the justices designated by the petitionunder rule 53, such justices may, upon such
There will be no oral argument before terms as they see fit, make an order re the justice or justices thus designated, before straining the issuing of an execution or the it is acted on by them, and if they order collection and payment of the same until the the petition docketed there shall be no oral next term of said court, or until the petition argument thereon before the court (unless the to rehear shall have been determined.
court of its own motion shall direct an oral
er.
*For rule as originally adopted, see 39 S. E. vii.
46 S.E.
For rules as originally adopted, see 39 S. E. viii, x. (v)
argument), but it shall be submitted upon | lar by the respondent the cause will be disthe record at the former hearing, the printed posed of without such brief. petition to rehear and a brief to be filed by The petition may be ordered docketed for the petitioner within ten days after the peti- a rehearing as to all the points recited by tion is ordered to be docketed and a brief to the two certifying counsel (who cannot certify be filed by the respondent within twenty days to errors not alleged in the petition), or it after such order to docket. Such briefs shall may be restricted to one or more of the points not be the briefs on the first hearing, but thus certified, as may be directed by the shall be new briefs, directed to the errors justices who grant the application. When a assigned in the petition, and shall be print- petition to rehear is ordered to be docketed ed. If not printed and filed in the prescribed notice shall at once be given to counsel on time by the petitioner, the petition will be both sides by the clerk of this court. dismissed, and for default in either particu Adopted October 28, 1903.
SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA.
It is ordered that Rule XII of this Court | law,) and no re-hearing will be allowed, unbe and it is amended and re-adopted so as to less one of the judges who concurred in the read as follows:
decision shall be dissatisfied with the con
clusion reached; and no petition for a reNo petition for a re-hearing will be enter- hearing will be entertained by the Court in tained unless presented within the term at any case, unless the reasons therefor are which the decision is announced, nor, in any printed and filed with the petition; but if case, later than thirty days after the date the decision complained of is announced withdec the case in which it
pre- in fifteea days of the close of the term, the sented, (unless as otherwise authorized by 'printing may be dispensed with.
titor,
CASES REPORTED.
Page Aaron v. Southern Ry. (S. C.)....... 556 Bassell v. Caywood (W. Va.).
159 Aikin v. Perry (Ga.). 93 Batchelor, Brewer v. (N. 0.)
.1029 Alabama Midland R. Co. v. Guilford (Ga.) 655 Batson v. Benford (Ga.).
93 Alleghany Ore & Iron Co., Persinger's Baxter & Co., Griflis v. (Ga.).
840 Adm'x_v. (Va.). 325 Beach, Levadas v. (Ga.).
864 Alston, Belington & N. R. Co. v. (W. Va.) 612 Beale, Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. (Va.). ... 307 American Freehold Land Mortg. Co. of Becton, Moore v. (N. C.)...
..1031 London v. Walker (Ga.).
426 Belington & N. R. Co. v. Alston (W. Va.).. 612 Americus Grocery Co. v. Brackett & Co. Bell v. Felt (Ga.).
612 (Ga.) 657 Bell, Hargett v. (N. C.).
749 Anderson v. State (Ga.).
639 Belmont Coal & Coke Co., Williams v. (W. Anderson, Chason v. (Ga.). 629 Va.)
802 Arbogast v. Mylius (W. Va.).
809 Benford, Batson v. (Ga.). Armitage-Herschell Co. v. Muscogee Real Bentley v. McCall (Ga.).
645 Estate Co. (Ga.). 634 Benton v. Hunter (Ga.).
414 Armour Packing Co. v. Wynn (Ga.).. 865 Berkeley & Harrison v. Green (Va.).
387 Armstrong v. Taylor County Court (w. Bigby v. Atlanta & W. P. R. Co. (Ga.).... 827 Va.) 131 Biggs, State v. (N. C.).
401 Armstrong, Porter v. (N. C.)..
997 Billmeyer, Merchants' Coal Co. v. (W. Va.) 121 Arnett, State v. (N. C.)..
.1031 | Blackford, Van Winkle v. (W. Va.). 589 drrowwood v. McKee (Ga.). 871 | Blackwell' v. McNinch (S. C.).
477 Arthur, Miller v. (Va.)... 323 Blackwell v. State (Ga.).
432 Asheville, Cresler v. (N. C.). 738 Bland v. Purcell (N. C.)...
.1029 Asheville Sanatorium, Cheesborough v. (N. Blue, Tew v. (N. C.)...
.1032 C.)
494 | Board of Com'rs of Wilkes County, FanAtkinson v. Ricks (N. C.). 1029 ning v. (Ga.).
410 Atkinson v. Washington & Jefferson Col Board of Education of Davis Dist. v. Holt lege (W. Va.).. 253 (W. Va.)
134 Atlanta, K. & Ń. R. O. v. Smith (Ga.).. 853 Board of Trustees of Charlotte Tp. v. Atlanta, Pate v. (Ga.). 827 Piedmont Realty Co. (N. C.)..
723 Atlanta, Stephens v. (Ga.). .
872 Board of Water Com'rs of City of CharAtlanta Rapid Transit Co., Foster v. (Ga.) 840 lotte, Brockenbrough v. (N. C.).
28 Atlanta Trust & Banking Co. v. Nelms Boggan, State v. (N. C.).
111 (Ga.) 851 | Bolling, Chesterman v. (Va.).
470 Atlanta & C. Air Line R. Co., Morrow v. Bookman, Chambers v. (S. C.).
39 (N. C.)
12 Bosley v. Baltimore & 0. R. Co. (W. Va.).. 613 Atlanta & W. P. R. Co., Bigby v. (Ga.). 827 Bossard v. Vaughn (S. C.)...
523 Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Common Bowen v. Wyeth (Ga.).
823 wealth (Va.) 911 Bowman, Brown v. (Ga.).
410 Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., Bryant v. (Ga.) 829 Brackett & Co., Americus Grocery Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., Duval v. (N. (Ga.)
657 C.) 750 Brackin v. Bainbridge (Ga.).
828 Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., Griffin v. (N. Branan v. Nashville, C. & St. L. R. Co. C.) 7 (Ga.)
882 Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., Guthrie V. Bray, Davis v. (Ga.).
90 (Ga.) 824 | Brazzell v. State (Ga.).
837 Atlantic Hotel, Shepherd's Point Land Co. Brewer v. Batchelor (N. C.).
.1029 v. (X. C.)... 748 Bristol, Dooley & Bayless v. (Va.).
290 Atlantic & B. R. Co. v. Douglas (Ga.).... 867 Broadhurst v. Carswell (Ga.).
6.58 Atlantic & B. R. Co. v. Penny (Ga.). 665 | Brock, Isler v. (N. C.).
951 Atlantic & B. R. Co., Taylor v. (Ga.). ... 834 Brockenbrough v. Board of Water Com'rs Attaway v. Southern Ry. (S. C.). 543 of City of Charlotte (N, C.).
28 Attorney General v. Holly Shelter R. Co. Brooke v. Western Union Tel. Co. (Ga.). 826 (N, C.) 959 Brooks, McGowan v. (Ga.)...
626 Avery v. Stewart (N. C.). 519 Brown v. Bowman (Ga.).
Brown v. Carolina Midland R. Co. (S. C.) 283 Bailey & Son v. Wells (S. C.).
768 | Brown v. Georgia, C & N. R. Co. (Ga.)... 71 Bainbridge, Brackin v. (Ga.). . 828 Brown v. Nutter (W. Va.)...
375 Baird, Lee v. (N. C.).. 955 Brown v. State (Ga.).
833 Ballentine v. Hammond (S. C.). 1000 Brown v. Stewart (N. C.).,.
741 Baltimore & 0. R. Co., Bosley'v. (W. Va.) 613 Brown, Cain v. (W. Va.)...
579 Bamberg, Rice v. (S. C.).. .1009 | Brown, Castellow v. (Ga.).
632 Bank v. Manufacturing Co. (N. C.).. .1029 Brown, Newton v. (N. C.).
991 Bank, Marion v. (N. C.). . .1031 Brown, Sayer v. (Ga.).
619 Bank of Culloden v. Bank of Forsyth (Ga.) 424 | Brown, Wilson v. (N. C.).
762 Bank of Forsyth, Bank of Culoden v. Browning, Fales & Jenks Mach. Co. v. (S. 424 C.)
545 Bank of Wrightsville v. Merchants' &
Browning, Providence Mach. Co. v. (S. C.) 550 Farmers' Bank (Ga.)... 94 Brummett v. Life Ass'n (N. C.).
1029 Barnard v. State (Ga.).
644 Brunswick & W. R. Co. v. D. Rothchild Barnwell, Marion v. ($. C.). 536 & Co. (Ga.)..
830 Barraud, Turner v. (Va.).
318 Bryant v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. (Ga.) 829 Barrow v. Cotton Mills (N. O.). .1029' Bryant, Pence v. (W. Va.)...
275 46 S.E.
(Ga.)
.1030
Page Bumgardner v. Railroad (N. C.). .1029 Coker, Woodley v. (Ga.).
SI : Bunch v. Elizabeth City Lumber Co. (N. C.) 24 Coleman y. Nelms (Ga.).
451 Burckmyer, Dickson v., two cases (S. C.).. 313 Colin v. Wellford Val.
780 Burke v. Railroad (N. C.). .1029 Collins v. George (Va.).
681 Burks v. Telegraph Co. (V. C.). .1030 Collins Co., Giebell v. (W. Va.).
569 Burrough v. Ely (W. Va.). 371 Columbia Drug Co. v. Goodman (Ga.).
617 Burt v. Stocks Coal Co. (Ga.). 828 Columbus R. Co. v. Dorsey (Ga.)...
635 Burton, South Bound R. R. v. (S. C.). 340 Commissioners, Carter v. (N. C.).
. 1030 Burwell v. Farmers' & Merchants Bank Commonwealth, Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. (Ga.) 885 v. (Va.)
911 Butler v. State (Ga.) 838 Commonwealth, Johnson v. (Va.).
78) Butler & Co. v. McCall (Ga.)
617 Commonwealth, Old Dominion S. S. Co. v. Butt, State v. (N. C.)...... 490 (ta.)
783 Connelly v. Southern Ry. (S. C.).
543 Cable Co., Holcombe v. (Ga.)..
671 Consumers' Brewing Co. v. Doyle's Adm'x Cain v. Brown (W. Va.).... 579 (Va.)
390 Calhoun v. State (Ga.).. 428 Cook v. State (Ga.).
64 Calhoun, Henry C. Werner Co. v. (W. Cook, First Nat. Bank v. (W. Va.). .1027 Va.) .1024 Cook, Knox v. (Ga.)...
868 Camden, Dorr v. (W. Va.). .1014 Cordele Ice Co., Sims v. (Ga.).
811 Camp v. Vaughan (Ga.). 79 Cotton Mills, Barrow v. (N. C.).
. 1029 Camp v. Williams Bros. (Ga.).
66 ' Cotton Mills, Rutledge v. (N. C.). .1031 Campbell v. Life Ass'n (N. C.). . 1030 Cotton Mills, Shute v. (N. C.).
..1031 Cannon, Ginn v. (Ga.)...
631 Courier-Journal v. Howard (Ga.). Capps, State v. (N. C.)...
730 | Cowan, McClung & Co. v. Roberts (N. C.) 979 Carmack, McKinney v. (Ga.). 719 Coxwell v. Goddard (Ga.).
412 Carmichael v. Everett (N. C.).
.1030 Cozart v. Railroad (N. C.). Carolina Midland R. Co., Brown v. (S. C.) 283 Craft, Hauser v. (V. C.)..
75ti Carr, Fairmont Plumbing Co. v. (W. Va.) 458 Craig v. Craig (W. Va.).
371 Carr, Featherston v. (N. C.). .
15 Orane's Nest Coal & Coke Co., Virginia Carson v. Southern R. Co. (S. C.). 525 Iron, Coal & Coke Co. v. (Va.).
393 Carson Lime Co. v. Rutherford's Adm'r Cresap v. Cresap (W. Va.). .
582 (Va.) 304 Cresler v. Asheville (N. C.).
738 Carswell, Broadhurst v. (Ga.). 658 Cribb v. Parker (Ga.)..
110 Carter v. Commissioners (N. 0.). .1030 Crum v. Hargrove (Ga.) Carter v. White (N. C.)..
983 C. S. Hirsch & Co., T. L. Smith & Co. v. Carter Oil Co., O'Hanlin v. (W. Va.). 505 (Ga.)
637 Carter & Dorough v. Minton (Ga.).
658 Castellow v. Brown (Ga.)....
632 Daniel v. Central of Georgia R. Co. (Ga.) 107 Castle, State v. (N. C.). 1 Daniel, Hendrick v. (Ga.).
438 Castleberry, Perkins v. (Ga.). 825 Daniels, State v. (N. C.)..
713 Catawba Power Co., Moore v. (S. C.).. .1004 Daniels, State v. (N. C.)...
991 Cauley v. Wadley Lumber Co. (Ga.). 852 Danner. Slaughter v. (Va.).
289 Causey, Fay v. (N. C.).
.1030 Darlington Oil Co. v. Pee Dee Oil & Ice Cavenders Creek Gold Min. Co., Chestatee
Co. (S. C.)..
720 Pyrites Co. v. (Ga.).
422 Davis v. Bray (Ga.). Cawthon v. State (Ga.).
897 Davis v. Seaboard Air Line R. Co. (N. C.) 515 Caywood, Bassell v. (W. Va.). 159 Davis, State v. (X. C.)..
722 C. C. Vaughan & Co. v. Virginia Fire & Dawson, Virginia Acc. Ins. Co. v. (W. Va.) 51 Marine Ins. Co. (Va.). 692 Day, South Bound R. R. v. (S. C.).
310 Central of Georgia R. Co. v. Wallace (Ga.) 87 Deepwater R. Co. v. Lambert (W. Va.)... 11 Central of Georgia R. Co., Daniel v. (Ga.) 107 Dickens v. Perkins (N. C.)...
490 Central of Georgia R. Co., Hawkins v. Dickey, Morrison v. (Ga.). (Ga.)
82 Dickson v. Burckmyer, two cases (S. C.)... 313 Central of Georgia R. Co., Russell v. (Ga.) 855 Dimmock; Glover v. (Ga.)..
821 Chambers v. Bookman (S. C.). 39 Dinning v. Dinning (Va.)..
473 Chapman v. Mill Creek Coal & Coke Co. Disosway v. Edwards (N. C.).
501 (W. Va.) 262 Dixon, Waid v. (W. Va.).
918 Charleston Nat. Bank, Hanna v. (W. Va.) 920 Doddridge County Court, Foley v. (W. Va.) 216 Chason V. Anderson (Ga.)...
629 Dodds, State v. (W. Va.). Cheek v. Oak Grove Lumber Co. (N. c.).: 488 Dooley & Bayless v. Bristol (Va.)
296; Cheesborough v. Asheville Sanatorium (N. Doolittle, Forest Coal Co. v. (W. Va.). 238 C.)
494 Dormineyprice Lumber Co., F. R. SteadChemical Co. v. Leach (N. C.). .1030 man & Co. v. (Ga.).
839 Chesapeake & 0. R. Co., Ryland & Rankin Dorr v. Camden (W. Va.).
.1014 V. (W. Va.) 923 Dorsey, Columbus R. Co. v. (Ga.).
635 Chestatee Pyrites Co. v. Cavenders Creek Douglas, Atlantic & B. R. Co. v. (Ga.). Gold Min. Co. (Ga.). 422 Douglas County v. Sayer (Ga.)..
634 Chesterfield Coal Co., Richmond Standard Doyle's Adm'x, Consumers' Brewing Co. v. Steel Spike & Iron Co. v. (Va.). 397 (Va.)
390 Chesterman v. Bolling (Va.).
470 D. P. Few & Co., Standard Wagon Co. of Cheuvront v. Cheuvront (W. Va.). 233 Georgia v. (Ga.)..
109 C. H. Perkins Co. v. Shewmake & Murphey D. Rothchild & Co., Brinswick & W. R. (Ga.) 832 Co. v. (Ga.)..
830 Citizens' Banking Co. v. Paris (Ga.). 638 Dunn, Parlett v. (Va.).
467 City of Albany v. Lynch (Ga.). 622 Dunn, State v. (N. C.).
919 City of Asheville v. Webb (N. C.)... 19 Duty, Sprinkle v. (W. Va.).
557 Clark, Hughes v. (N. C.).
956 Duval v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. (N. Claytor v. Pierson (W. Va.). 9:35 C.)
750 Clifton v. Weston (W. Va.).. 360 Dyerle, Tompkins v. (Va.)...
300 Coal & Iron R. Co., Wees v. (W. Va.). 166 Cochran v. Cochran (W. Va.).
924 Eagle & Phenix Mills v. Herron (Ga.).... 405 Cody v. State (Ga.). 617 Early v. Early (N. C.).
50,3 Cody, Louisville & N. R. Co. v. (Ga.). 429 Early, Sumner v. (N. C.).
492 Coffee v. Coffee (Ga.). 020 Echols v. State (Ga.)..
409) Cohen v. King Knob Club (W. Va.)...... 799 Edwards, Disosway v. (N. C.).


A new level of care is being offered by six helicopter paramedics who fly with the University of Mississippi Medical Center's AirCare.
They join the select ranks of the state's new critical-care paramedics, gaining certification after completing an intensive, hands-on pilot program on the Ridgeland campus of Holmes Community College, in collaboration with clinical areas at UMMC.
The new certification means they can perform potentially life-saving procedures that nurses or paramedics without the certification cannot, said Donna Norris, AirCare's program manager.
Adding critical-care to their paramedic status are Jeremy Benson, Stacy Gill, Sam Marshall and Don Moore; and Kevin King, James Walters and Stephen Houck, who also are registered nurses. AirCare is Mississippi's only medical flight team that operates statewide, and the only program that transports adults, children and infants. It's also the only program utilizing isolettes for premature and ill infants and the sole program that carries blood products and an ultrasound.
Paramedics and nurses fly with AirCare to trauma scenes, but also treat patients being transported by AirCare from smaller hospitals to UMMC for expert care offered by the state's only Level 1 trauma center.
Critical-care paramedics can give medications that a regular paramedic can't administer. "They can perform advanced procedures that nurses aren't allowed to do, such as placing a chest tube in someone whose lung has collapsed in order to help reinflate the lung," Norris said.
The state legislature in 2013 allowed the licensing of critical care paramedics. Graduates of the year-long class, which includes many hours of both classroom and hands-on training, must be certified by the state Department of Health's Bureau of Emergency Medical Services.
Norris said five AirCare paramedics are enrolled this fall in the critical-care paramedic classes at Holmes, and two more will begin in fall 2015. "Our goal is to have 100 percent of paramedics credentialed," she said.
"Ultimately, our goal is to save lives, and to ensure we're taking as many of the medical resources we have to the patient's bedside," she said.
With a little more than a month left before deadline, more than 7,000 of the University of Mississippi Medical Center's 9,600 faculty and staff and 3,000 students have rolled up their sleeves for mandatory flu shots.
Only a small number of employees have requested exemptions from Human Resources for medical or religious concerns, said Michael Estes, chief human resources officer. Employees have until Dec. 9 to voluntarily get the immunization, whether it's at UMMC, the Jackson Medical Mall, or from a private provider off campus.
The Medical Center's Mandatory Flu Vaccination Policy requires all employees and students, regardless of their clinical responsibility or patient contact, to be vaccinated from the flu annually. The policy also applies to vendors, contract or temporary workers, volunteers and students visiting the Medical Center campus.
The policy approved in August was created to help protect patients, faculty and staff from the highly contagious virus. The Joint Commission is requiring that by 2020, all medical centers nationally have 95 percent of employees vaccinated. "We must demonstrate we are working toward that. Mandatory is the only way to accomplish it," said Dr. Rathel "Skip" Nolan, UMMC professor and clinical director of infectious diseases.
Immunizations are free and available from 7 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays in the Office of Student/Employee Health. Proof of vaccination forms and exemption forms must be submitted to the Office of Student/Employee Health by Monday, Nov. 10.
Those with no exemption who don't get an immunization by the deadline face suspension without pay for a week. They may return immediately to work, however, if they receive their vaccination during that week.
If an employee is not in compliance after a week, he or she will be terminated. Students face termination from class a week after written notification of non-compliance.
Flu shot doses ran out quickly when a station was set up in mid-October at the Jackson Medical Mall, said Jane Free, nurse manager in the Office of Student/Employee Health.
But shots will be available again Monday from 8:30-11:30 a.m. at the Medical Mall's Grand Rounds Room. That's where UMMC registered dietitian Dacia Breeden plans to get hers.
Setting up immunization stations in locations around campus allowed employees to get their vaccination during the workday, she said. For the next week or so, she said, an immunization station will remain in the School of Medicine hallway. Those who come to the Student/Employee Health will have their badge scanned and will be immediately directed to the School of Medicine station so that the office won't become too congested.
UMMC School of Pharmacy student Emily Draper is among those who've helped give the immunizations. She got her shot in September from a local pharmacy after hearing early reports of local cases of the flu.
A decision will be made before the Dec. 9 deadline on requests for religious or medical exemptions, Free said.


Whether participants are just starting off as receptionists or are veterans, this one day workshop will deliver valuable information and be fun. They will be participating with other receptionists who are dealing with similar challenges. Learning together for the day will help them build a support network for advice and establish a sounding board.
BGS has been presenting this seminar for several years receiving high accolades from course attendees and their dealer employers. The MDA has utilized BGS's services for several years, been very pleased with the feedback, and highly recommends their program to all dealers. What makes them successful? ATTITUDE! Experience, genuine enthusiasm, off-the-wall humour, and old fashioned hard work blend with their sincere dedication to bring out the best in their clients.


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Withdrawn with effect from November 16, 2021, February 18, 2022, May 02, 2022 & May 13, 2022
Guidelines for clearing of cheques where there is no formal clearing house
RBI/2011-12/559
DPSS.CO.CHD No./2073/03.02.01/2011-12
The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer
All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs /
Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks /
District Central Co-operative Banks/Local Area Banks
As you may be aware, it has been the endeavour of Reserve Bank of India to put in place clearing infrastructure at all places where there are five or more banks operating but do not have a clearing house with a relaxation to district headquarters where the presence of three banks is sufficient to establish a clearing house. Towards this endeavour, Regional offices of RBI continuously identify locations and banks for opening new clearing houses. As a result of such continuous efforts, there are 1200 clearing houses as on April 2012 across the country of which more than 200 clearing houses have been made operational during the last four years (2008-2012) alone.
2. However, there are still some locations/districts where a formal clearing house could not be opened due to the presence of less than three banks or bank branches not being within commutable distances or the volume of cheques being too low for a formal clearing house arrangement. In such locations, banks are following the practice of bilateral exchange/counter presentation of such instruments for debit to the customers' account and thereafter settlement of funds among themselves through various means. There is hence no uniform practice in the matter.
3. It has therefore been decided to issue formal guidelines to be observed by banks at such places where there is no clearing house, as detailed in the annex I. Banks are advised to instruct their branches in such locations to adhere to the said guidelines for faster realisation of cheques and better customer service.
4. Please acknowledge receipt and confirm compliance. The first such monthly compliance report may be submitted on or before, October 12, 2012 in the format at annex II to our Regional Office under whose jurisdiction the bank branches are located.
(Vijay Chugh)
Chief General Manager
Encl: as stated above
1. Banks, through mutual discussions, will put in place arrangements to ensure that the instruments drawn on the other banks are delivered/exchanged at a mutually decided place and time every working day.
2. Ensure that the fate of the cheque is known on the same day and the return instruments are re-exchanged at a mutually decided place and time.
3. Put in place arrangements for settling the realisation proceeds through cash, transfer etc.
4. Presenting Bank should afford shadow credit to the presenting customers' account on the same day of settlement and allow the customer to make use of the clearing credit as per the Cheque Collection Policy (CCP) of the bank.
Annex II
Statement showing the details of instruments settled through bilateral exchange for the month of
(to be submitted by banks participating in such arrangements)
To The Regional Director, Reserve Bank of India, National Clearing Cell ………….
Name of the bank
Name of District
No. of branches
Name of the other bank with which exchanged
Daily average volume of cheques exchanged
Daily average value of cheques
Signature of the Branch Manager)
(We confirm that cheques are exchanged physically on the day or next day and settlements are carried on the same day of exchange)
(Signature of the Branch Manager)


Following on the release of Debian 7.4 earlier this weekend, I am pleased to produce the updated list of AMIs in all EC2 Regions worldwide, with the current exception of US Gov Cloud which will hopefully happen over the course of this week. Please note that AWS Marketplace images will also take a little while until they are updated.
New this release, hello Beijing, also known as the cn-north-1 Region! I'm not going to build 32 bit PVM EBS AMIs in Beijing at this time (multiarch within amd64 may take care of most requirements for 32 bit). However, if you do require 32 bit in Beijing, please let me know!
As always, thanks to Anders and all other contributors - this was produced with the bootstrap-vz script. Note that I have not installed Non-Free GPU drivers for the g1 instance, and the HVM AMI is currently not permitted on the new G2 GPU instance type(s). I'm working on that so please stay tuned.


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London Irish 21 Sale Sharks 19: Steve Diamond blasts referee after disputed penalty
Mark Baldwin
Monday January 09 2012, 12.01am, The Times
Steve Diamond, the Sale Sharks executive director of sport, launched a fierce attack on Wayne Barnes, England's leading referee, after watching his side pipped by London Irish in a gripping, see-saw contest at the Madejski Stadium in which the lead changed hands seven times — six in the second half.
The match was decided by what Toby Booth, the London Irish head coach, called "a stonewall penalty" in the 77th minute, when Barnes decided that Sale had illegally wheeled an Irish scrum, just outside their own 22, and Adrian Jarvis nervelessly stepped up to kick the goal.
That was enough to tip Diamond over the edge after witnessing what he felt was an unacceptably inconsistent performance from the referee, who was officiating in his 101st


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        <link href="/demo/resources/themes/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
        <link href="/demo/resources/themes/custom/css/custom.css" rel="stylesheet" />

        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
        <title>App Page</title>

custom.css
.middle{
    z-index: -1;
    position: relative;
    display: block;
    height: 88%;
    width:100%;
    top: 0px;
    left:0px;
    margin: 0px;
    background-color: transparent;
}

#canvas{
    display: block;
    position: relative;
    height: 88%;
    width: 80%;
    margin: auto;
    top: 6%;
    background-color: white;
    border: 5px dashed black;
    border-radius: 10px;

}

Below is the image of the divs:
This is really frustrating because this is a basic function that I cannot call.
Edit:
I added a https://jsfiddle.net/5mtt2khu/
Please let me know any questions.
Thanks!

A: Do with event.target element .And match with condition
Updated js Fiddle

$(document).ready(function() {
 alert("test");

  $(".middle").click(function(e) {
if($(e.target).attr('id')== 'canvas'){
alert('canvas')
//do stuff for canvas
}
else{
 alert("middle");
//do stuff for middle
}
  });
});

middle

canvas

Updated

Remove or change the z-index

$(document).ready(function() {
  alert("test");
  $(".middle").click(function(e) {
    if ($(e.target).attr('id') == 'canvas') {
      alert('canvas')
      //do stuff for canvas
    } else {
      alert("middle");
      //do stuff for middle
    }
  });
});
.middle {
 z-index:0;/*remove or change > -1*/
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  height: 88%;
  width: 100%;
  top: 0px;
  left: 0px;
  margin: 0px;
  background-color: red;
}

#canvas {
  display: block;
  position: relative;
  height: 88%;
  width: 80%;
  margin: auto;
  top: 6%;
  background-color: white;
  border: 5px dashed black;
  border-radius: 10px;
}

A: Your code seems to work.
So the problem must come from other things. Here is some possibilities :

*

*JQuery is not correctly installed

*You have a javascript error before so this is never executed

*Your html is dynamically added after you load the event handler

*You have an other div with the same id somewhere

If your html is dynamically added, I recommend you to do something like this
$(document).ready ( function () {
    $(document).on ("click", "#canvas", function () {
        alert("canvas");
    });

    $(document).on ("click", "#middle", function () {
        alert("middle");
    });

});

If you have several "canvas" id, you can do something like :
$("[id=canvas]").click(function () {
    alert("canvas");
});

A: I think you are looking for something like this:

$(document).ready(function(){
  alert("test");

  $("#canvas").click(function(e){
      alert("canvas");
      e.stopPropagation();
  });
  $(".middle").click(function(){
      alert("middle");
  });
});
.middle {
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  background: red;
}

#canvas {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  background: green;
  margin: 50px;
}

Hope it helps :)

A:

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />

Try to change the div to input type or button.It works when I specified the color to the div and clicking it.So, without knowing where to click the event was not working.

A: Your jQuery code is actually working fine as it should. The problem here is propably because the canvas has no height and width defined, so it's too small to actually be able to click on it.
Give the divs a height and width like the below code snippet and you'll see that the jQuery gets executed correctly.

$(document).ready(function(){
    alert("test");

    $("#canvas").click(function(){
        alert("canvas");
    });
    $(".middle").click(function(){
        alert("middle");
    });
});

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Earth to America: Trump's Not the Centre of the Universe (Or the Climate)
Carol Linnitt
Nov 17, 2016 8 min read
The UN climate talks seemed to grind to slow motion this week with the much-hyped, much-anticipated arrival of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
Kerry arrived late for his scheduled talk, striding in with that celebrity dignitary air, surrounded by a posse of private security guards and long-lens photographers. An inexplicable apocalyptic plume of black smoke rose from the Marrakechi cityscape behind him.
From along the corridors of the conference venue adoring bystanders yelled, "We love you Secretary Kerry!"
I swear I saw Kerry's teeth glisten like a Disney princess as he smiled and waved.
The moment was perfectly American, unfolding like a scene from a high-budget Hollywood film. In this conference mashup of international attendees it really did feel like the whole world was watching.
But they weren't.
Secretary John Kerry at the UN climate talks in Marrakech, Morocco. Photo: Carol Linnitt
In fact, the whole of the giant complex making up the 22nd Conference of Parties seemed only to gaze up at the commotion before carrying on with its work.
At most international diplomatic events, the U.S. takes up a disproportionate amount of the sociopolitical bandwidth.
With the recent dramatic unfolding of the U.S. election — and the elevation of sideshow performer Donald Trump to one of the most powerful thrones in the world — this is truer than ever.
The reverberations of Trump's win are still being felt in Marrakech where delegations from some 200 countries are deliberating the details of the Paris Agreement, a historic international treaty to limit global warming to as close to 1.5 degrees Celsius as possible.
Trump, who said he believes climate change to be a Chinese hoax, has vowed to pull out of the Paris Agreement and unleash America's fossil fuel corporations on the nation's remaining hydrocarbon deposits.
Here's Trumps 100-day energy action plan:
Trump's 100-day action plan for energy #climate #cop22 "cancel Paris Climate Agreement" and stop payments "to U.N. global warming programs." pic.twitter.com/p0BvVXzyrf
— Graham Readfearn (@readfearn) November 9, 2016
Many responded by announcing the end had come, the planet will fry and we're all screwed.
As a Canadian watching the U.S. election furor descend into ever-deeper madness from north of the border, I'll admit it was hard to ward off the end-times thinking.
Yet arriving in Marrakech after extracting myself from my self-referential cesspool of a Facebook feed, it was clear just how much of the world is… well… not America and preoccupied with very non-American things.
In an interview at the climate talks Erik Solheim, executive director of the UN Environment Program, said the leadership gap left in America's wake will simply be filled by other countries.
"The small talk here in Marrakech was, of course, completely overshadowed by the U.S. election, as everyone knows," Solheim said. "But I'm very optimistic that whatever happens in the U.S., China and others will provide the global leadership that we need."
China, responsible for 25 per cent of the world's emissions while also being the world's largest solar energy market, seemed eager to wave its diplomatic finger at the U.S. It backed up the gesture by announcing a new climate partnership with the European Union.
Lutz Weischer, leader of international climate policy at Germanwatch, said the EU/China collaboration is a game changer. He suggested Trump may have inadvertently strengthened the international community's resolve.
"The Chinese have made statements that read to me they believe this is a global challenge…indicating the EU and China can move forward on this together," he said. "Trump was sort of a wake up call to everybody. Countries seem even more committed than in the past."
Solar installation in China. Photo: The Climate Group via Flickr.
Australia, Pakistan, Italy, Saudi Arabia and the U.K. have all ratified the Paris Agreement since Trump's election, putting an end to speculation the U.S. shakeup might cause a climate treaty exodus.
Mohamed Adow, climate lead from Christian Aid International, said it's a significant sign that even a post-Brexit U.K. isn't abandoning the agreement.
"During a week in which the international climate negotiations have experienced the shock of the U.S. elections, this backing by America's oldest and strongest ally shows that support for global action to tackle climate change remains resolute," he said.
"If the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States can't shake countries' resolve then nothing will."
Beyond pure political and economic leadership, many have expressed concern that the real loss will be felt in the absence of America's moral leadership. But Weischer doesn't see it that way.
"The strongest moral leadership in this process has always come from the vulnerable countries," he said. "And not just in providing that leadership but in actually committing to do more."
Bill Hare, climate scientist and director of Berlin-based Climate Analytics, said Trump's surprise victory did dampen the mood in Marrakech — for a day.
"People bounced back quickly, thinking 'well, okay, we can also do tough.' "
New climate possibilities are opening up in new ways, Hare said, "because the geopolitical and technological dynamics have changed."
Slowing emissions in China are the most obvious example.
"From our technical analysis, we're beginning to think China has peaked its carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels," Hare said.
"It's the second or third year in a row where carbon dioxide emissions have reduced and new policies announced by China should continue that trend."
Earth to America: Trump's Not the Centre of the Universe (Or the Climate) https://t.co/hNspoMRXIx #cdnpoli #ClimateAction
— DeSmog Canada (@DeSmogCanada) November 18, 2016
But Hare said the real news story is coming out of India, which is responsible for 6.96 per cent of the world's total emissions and has millions of residents still without power.
For several years the world has been left to wonder if India's solution to its energy poverty would be coal or cleaner alternatives.
Hare said news that India cancelled four ultra, mega coal plants —"which are as bad as they sound" — is a positive sign, as is the country's massive growth rate in renewable energy.
"I think that's the biggest story on the planet right now: will India make that transformation away from coal towards renewables bringing hundreds of millions of people out of energy poverty in a clean and sustainable way?"
"That would be the biggest transformation the world has seen should it come about," Hare said.
"So despite the depression that many people feel about the Trump election, and rightly so, in the climate policy space we see a lot of potential for things to move forward rapidly despite the turbulence from the U.S. political system."
Liz Gallagher, senior associate with the UK-based climate analysis group, E3G said Secretary Kerry's remarks to conference attendees may have provided some measure of comfort by emphasizing the role of pure market forces in deciding the fate of the climate.
Over 360 businesses and investors have also called on Trump to stick with the fight against global warming, saying it simply makes good business sense.
The Paris Agreement calls for a worldwide decarbonization by 2050, something that is going to require what Trump might term 'tremendous' amounts of renewable investment dollars.
"That's the paradox of what president-elect Trump is proposing: he's going backwards on policy that could make it harder for the U.S. to retain or grow its place in the world," Hare said. "The economic benefits will be lost to the United States."
Weischer had a similar sentiment: "This is the first time the federal U.S. government has actively decided to take the U.S. out of an emerging industrial revolution."
Emissions in the U.S. will likely be affected by Trump's victory but it's not yet game over for the universe.
So maybe all that apocalypse talk emanating from the U.S. is really about something more specific: in the coming clean energy rapture, America is the one who risks being left behind.
Carol Linnitt is a journalist, editor, illustrator and co-founder of The Narwhal. Carol has been reporting on energy and environmental…
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Evelyn Dick and the Torso Murder
Aside from Karla Homolka, Evelyn Dick, the "torso murderer" of the 1940s, is perhaps the most notorious woman in Canadian history. Journalist Paula Todd, however, was able to locate Homolka on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe where the convicted killer resides with her husband (the brother of her long-time prison lawyer) and their three children. Unlike Homolka, Evelyn Dick's fate is shrouded in mystery. If she is still alive her whereabouts are unknown to the public and she would be 92 years old. If deceased, the details of her death are also unknown.
Let's go back to Hamilton, Ontario on March 16, 1946. On that day, a group of children discovered a dismembered body laying part way down the side of the Niagara Escarpment (referred to as "The Mountain" by Hamilton residents). It turned out to be the torso of an adult male whose head, arms and legs were nowhere in sight. With the help of doctors and a positive identification from a brother-in-law, police were able to identify the remains of 40-year-old John Dick. His estranged wife, Evelyn, was suspected of involvement in the gruesome murder.
Evelyn Dick was worn in Beamsville, Ontario (near Niagara Falls) on October 13, 1920. Her parents, Donald and Alexandra MacLean, moved the family to Hamilton where Donald found employment as a streetcar conductor with the Hamilton Street Railway Company. He later secured an office job with the company and used his position to pilfer from the company. Young Evelyn enjoyed hosting parties and she had a reputation for spending money lavishly on items such as jewellery and furs. She always seemed to have a steady supply of cash.
In 1942, Evelyn gave birth to a daughter. She claimed to be married to a soldier stationed overseas whose last name was `White." Mr. White`s existence, however, was never proven. The baby, Heather White, was mentally disabled and required a great deal of care from her mother and grandparents. The following summer. Evelyn gave birth to a stillborn child. Then, on September 5, 1944, her son, Peter David White, came into the world. It has never been clear who fathered these children.
By June of 1945, Alexandra MacLean had separated from her hard-drinking husband and moved into downtown Hamilton apartment with daughter Evelyn. Not long after, Evelyn shocked her mother by announcing that she intended to marry someone named John Dick, a streetcar driver for the Hamilton Street Railway, in two weeks` time. Alexandra was not even aware of the existence of a man by that name in her daughter`s life.
Nevertheless, on October 4, 1945, Evelyn married Dick, a Russian immigrant 14 years her senior. The marriage was a sham and the couple did not even live together most of the time. When John disappeared, he was living with his cousin, Alexander Kammerer. It was Kammerer who reported John missing since March 6, 1946.
Soon after the identification of John Dick's remains, Evelyn was taken to police headquarters for questioning. She reacted to the news about her husband by declaring, "Don't look at me. I don't know anything about it." She then told a tale about a Mafia hitman who had been looking for John. The police did not believe her story because hard evidence proved otherwise. There were bloodstains on the upholstery of a car Evelyn had borrowed that matched John's blood type and bits of human bones were discovered in the backyard of her home. On March 19, 1946 three days after the discovery of her husband's torso on Hamilton Mountain, Evelyn Dick was arrested.
Several week later, during the investigation of John Dick's murder, another grisly discovery was made. The body of Evelyn's baby son, Peter David White, was discovered in an old suitcase enclosed in cement in the attic of her home. Evelyn then made statements implicating herself, her lover William Bohozuk and her father Donald MacLean in the murders. The trio all faced murder charges.
In October of 1946, Evelyn Dick's case came before the courts. The sensational "black widow" murder trial was front page news and scores of people congregated outside the courthouse during the proceedings. It is interesting to note that prominent Hamilton lawyer John J. Sullivan, who defended Evelyn during her first trial, would later run unsuccessfully for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party in 1950. After nine days of testimony, however, the jury quickly delivered a guilty verdict.
On January 7, 1947, Evelyn was sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of her husband. Famed lawyer J.J. Robinette appealed her case and won an acquittal for his client on the basis that Evelyn's statements to police were improperly admitted into evidence and that the judge had not provided the jury with proper instruction. In 1947, Evelyn went on trial for murder again. This time she was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of her baby son and sentenced to life in the Kingston Prison for Women. Her father was sentenced to five years for being an accessory to murder.and Bill Bohozuk was acquitted because Evelyn refused to testify at his trial.
In 1958, after serving 11 years in prison, Evelyn Dick was paroled. Ales Edmison,, a senior member of the National Parole Board, provided her with a new identity because he thought she was entitled to a fresh start. To this day, Hamiltonians never tire of speculating about what happened to the infamous Mrs. Dick after she was released from the Kingston Penitentiary. According to Jeff Mahoney in his October 17, 2011 article in the Hamilton Spectator, the most accepted version of Evelyn's fate appears to be that she settled in London, Ontario or Kitchener. Mahoney stresses , however, that her exact location has never been pinpointed although there have been reported sightings of the evasive woman.
According to the late journalist Brian Vallee in his 2001 book, Torso Murder: The Untold Story of Evelyn Dick, Evelyn married a well-to-do man who was never learned of her true identity. She relocated to Western Canada where she was able to elude private detectives and the press in their attempts to track her down. Vallee, who never met Dick, obtained his information from third parties and go-betweens.
In a March 15, 2005 article by Charlie Gillis in Maclean's magazine, Vallee is quoted as saying, "Evelyn had the help of everyone in power keeping her secret." "These days, he told Maclean's, "police go around advertising when an offender's about to get out of jail."
I can't help wondering what would have happened if Evelyn Dick had been released from prison in 2013 rather than 1958. With modern technology and social media, it would be extremely difficult for her to remain hidden from the public eye. She certainly would not have been able to vanish as she did.
* According to Brian Vallee's book, Evelyn Dick's mother, Alexandra MacLean, died on July 7, 1964. Her father, Donald MacLean, was released from prison in April of 1951. He died on May 3, 1955 at the age of 77. Bill Bohozuk died in Hamilton in 1996.
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If you're like most, writing is probably a last resort. Or, you're using it to avoid direct contact with someone. Either way, writing is a means of managing and learning as much as communicating. As a writer, you're often collecting and organizing a staggering volume of thoughts, struggling to make sense of your world and pinpoint what's relevant and important. You're searching for a voice, to capture and clarify experience…and truly make it your own. In the end, your writing is about persuading as much as conveying. And you can only hope that your writing established your authority, revealed a path, and left a record for others to follow.
Legal writing is no different. On shows like Law and Order, the drama is predicated on discovery and oral arguments. In reality, cases are often built by harried attorneys cursing at their laptops with files and Post-its strewn across their credenzas. In law, letters, memos, motions, briefs, and contracts are the vehicles that drive the process. And attorneys must master the language of law, which is driven by facts, rules and precedents. This language prizes accuracy, precision, logic, formality, and clarity. And it relies on complex sentence structures and archaic legalese to address issues that are technically and philosophically ambiguous.
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Q: Executar o próximo passo sem passar por um anterior a esse Tenho o seguinte problema, se o usuário não digitar nem 'S' ou 'N' irá retorna a mensagem de erro que tratei, no entanto irá continuar o loop, mais eu queria uma forma de não pedir novamente pra digitar o número novamente e se digitar a resposta da variável 'pergunta'.
def caractere(resposta):
    # false
    if resposta == 'N':
        return 'Encerrando programa...'

    # true
    elif resposta == 'S':
        return 'Ok, vamos continuar...'

    # true
    elif resposta not in 'SN':
        return 'Caractere inválido. Digite novamente'

def main():
    while True:
        try:
            numero = float(input('Digite um número: '))
            print(f'O cubo do numero {numero} é igual {numero ** 3}')
            pergunta = str(input('Deseja continuar[sim - S/não - N]: ')).upper()[0]
            resultado = caractere(pergunta)

            if pergunta == 'S':
                print(resultado)

            elif pergunta == 'N':
                print(resultado)
                break

            elif pergunta not in 'SN':
                print(resultado)

        except:
            print('Valor inválido, tente novamente.')

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

A: def caractere(resposta):
    # false
    if resposta == 'N':
        return 'Encerrando programa...'

    # true
    elif resposta == 'S':
        return 'Ok, vamos continuar...'

    # true
    elif resposta not in 'SN':
        return 'Caractere inválido. Digite novamente'

def continuar():
    pergunta = ""
    while (pergunta == "S" or pergunta == "N") == False:
        pergunta = str(input('Deseja continuar[sim - S/não - N]: ')).upper()[0]
        print(caractere(pergunta))

    return pergunta

def main():
    while True:
        try:
            numero = float(input('Digite um número: '))
            print(f'O cubo do numero {numero} é igual {numero ** 3}')
            pergunta = continuar()

            if pergunta == "N":
                break

        except:
            print('Valor inválido, tente novamente.')

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()


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Mister Comfypants
watching far too many movies
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 1962. A young lawyer in the old west tries to champion law and order.
Directed by John Ford. Written by James Warner Bellah, & Willis Goldbeck, based on a story by Dorothy M. Johnson. Starring John Wayne, & James Stewart, with Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine, & Woody Strode.
Concept: B
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: C
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: B
Enjoyment: The framing device is unnecessary and pretty dull, and the political convention scene is interminable. But when the movie's a Western, it's great. B
GPA: 2.7/4
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Galaxy Quest, 1999. Actors from a cheesy sci-fi show are taken into space.
Directed by Dean Parisot. Written by David Howard, & Robert Gordon. Starring Tim Allen, with Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell, & Enrico Colantoni.
Concept: A
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: C
Enjoyment: Clever. It's more faithful to the spirit of Star Trek than half the actual Star Trek movies, despite the fact that most of its jokes are at Star Trek's expense. B
Star Trek: Enterprise: Season Four
Star Trek: Enterprise: Season Four, 2004-2005. A spaceship crew forms interstellar alliances.
Created by Rick Berman, & Brannon Braga. Directed by Allan Kroeker (5 episodes), David Livingston (3), Mike Vejar (3), LeVar Burton (2), Michael Grossman (2), David Straiton (2), Marvin V. Rush (2), Roxann Dawson (1), David Barrett (1), & James L. Conway (1). Written by Manny Coto (9), Michael Sussman (7), Judith Reeves-Stevens (5), Garfield Reeves-Stevens (5), André Bormanis (4), Ken LaZebnik (2), Alan Brennert (1), Michael Bryant (1), Berman (1), & Braga (1). Starring Scott Bakula, with John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, & Connor Trinneer.
Concept: Gee, I wonder if they'll manage to form some sort of... federation.. of planets? Oh, the tension. D
Dialog: D
Special effects/design: C
Acting: D
Music: D
Enjoyment: About half the episodes are bad, which is a pretty good ratio for Enterprise. Meanwhile, the good episodes are very good. If the show had gone on for the usual seven seasons, it might have been great by season six or so. Probably not, though. A lot of the time, the writers just don't seem to have any grasp of what makes good television. C
Labels: star trek enterprise
Zoolander, 2001. A male model is brainwashed to be an assassin.
Directed by Ben Stiller. Written by Drake Sather, Stiller, & John Hamburg. Starring Stiller, with Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor, Will Ferrell, Milla Jovovich, & Jerry Stiller.
Concept: D
Story: F
Characters: D
Music: C
Enjoyment: There are maybe six jokes in this entire movie, and only half of them are funny. F
Imaginary Oscars
These are the movies of 2014 that would win and be nominated for Oscars if my wife and I were the Academy. Because it's more fun than predictions.
We've seen more than fifty eligible movies this year (50 from 2014, and a handful that I consider 2013 releases), but still, thanks to not living in a major metropolis, there are a lot of important movies we haven't seen. Some notable omissions include: Whiplash, Nightcrawler, Inherent Vice, Mr. Turner, Two Days One Night, Goodbye to Language, The Immigrant, The Babadook, A Most Violent Year, Still Alice, and American Sniper.
- Birdman
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Edge of Tomorrow
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- The Imitation Game
- Mockingjay Part 1
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Foxcatcher
- Alexandre Desplat, Godzilla
- Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Hans Zimmer, Interstellar
- Mica Levi, Under the Skin
Best Song
- "Everything Is Awesome," The Lego Movie
- "I'll Get You What You Want," Muppets Most Wanted
winners (tie):
- "For the Dancing and the Dreaming," How to Train Your Dragon 2
- "Glory," Selma
- Daniel Landin, Under the Skin
- Fredrik Wenzel, Force Majeure
- Ryszard Lenczewski & Lukasz Zal, Ida
- Robert D. Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Ava DuVernay, Selma
- Richard Linklater, Boyhood
- John Michael McDonagh, Calvary
- Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
- Darren Aronofsky & Ari Handel, Noah
- Walter Campbell & Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin
- Lukas Moodysson, We Are the Best!
- Gillian Robespierre, Obvious Child
- Andrew Bovell, A Most Wanted Man
- Steven Knight, Locke
- Paul Webb, Selma
- Neil Patrick Harris, Gone Girl
- Stephan James, Selma
- Edward Norton, Birdman
- Chris O'Dowd, Calvary
- Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
- Carmen Ejogo, Selma
- Emma Stone, Birdman
- Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer
- Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Best Lead Actor
- Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
- Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Brendan Gleeson, Calvary
- Tom Hardy, Locke
- David Oyelowo, Selma
Best Lead Actress
- Tilda Swinton, Only Lovers Left Alive
- Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin
- Jennifer Lawrence, Mockingjay Part 1
- Agata Trzebuchowski, Ida
- Reese Witherspoon, Wild
- Boyhood
- Ida
- A Most Wanted Man
- Selma
- Calvary
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Turist, 2014. A man runs from an avalanche instead of protecting his family.
Written & directed by Ruben Östlund. Starring Johannes Kuhnke, & Lisa Loven Kongsli, with Vincent Wettergren, Clara Wettergren, Kristofer Hivju, Fanni Metelius, & Karin Myrenberg.
Concept: C
Story: D
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: Bonus point for sound. A
Acting: A
Music: A
Enjoyment: A guy is a dick, then carries on being a dick for two hours. It's an artfully made film, but not what you would call entertaining. C
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Beverly Hills Cop, 1984. A cop unofficially investigates his friend's murder.
Directed by Martin Brest. Written by Daniel Petrie Jr.; story by Danilo Bach, & Petrie. Starring Eddie Murphy, with Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, & Lisa Eilbacher.
Enjoyment: Much more entertaining than I expected it to be (although, my expectations were pretty low). All of the action scenes are unnecessary and uninteresting, but Murphy is great enough to make the movie fun. B
The Imitation Game, 2014. A WWII code-breaker invents the computer.
Directed by Morten Tyldum. Written by Graham Moore, based on a book by Andrew Hodges. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, with Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Hugh Alexander, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard, Charles Dance, & Mark Strong.
Characters: B
Enjoyment: Pretty standard Oscar bait, but perfectly good for what it is. B
Labels: 2015 in the theater
The Sopranos: Season Two
The Sopranos: Season Two, 2000. A mobster sees a therapist.
Created by David Chase. Directed by Allen Coulter (4 episodes), Tim Van Patten (3), John Patterson (3), Martin Bruestle (1), Lee Tamahori (1), & Henry J. Bronchtein (1). Written by Robin Green (4 episodes), Mitchell Burgess (4), Frank Renzulli (4), Chase (2), Terence Winter (2), Todd A. Kessler (2), Jason Cahill (1), & Michael Imperioli (1). Starring James Gandolfini, with Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Imperioli, Dominic Chianese, Vincent Pastore, Steven Van Zandt, Tony Sirico, Robert Iler, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Nancy Marchand, Drea de Matteo, David Proval, & Aida Turturro.
Enjoyment: There's a lot of greatness in it, especially in the scenes between Gandolfini and Bracco. But the last episode was disappointing; the story didn't end up going anywhere unexpected, and a number of plot points from earlier in the season went ignored. B
Labels: sopranos
"Poultry Pirates"
"Poultry Pirates" (short), 1938. Chickens raid a garden.
Directed by Friz Freleng. Starring Mel Blanc, & Billy Bletcher.
Acting: C
Enjoyment: There's one good sequence, a fist fight with a giant rooster, where Freleng's strengths come through. The rest of the cartoon is pretty much just filling time. C
Batman Returns, 1992. The Penguin and Catwoman don't like Batman.
Directed by Tim Burton. Written by Daniel Waters; story by Waters, & Sam Hamm, based on characters by Bob Kane. Starring Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, & Christopher Walken.
Enjoyment: Ridiculous and campy, but without ever being funny or entertaining. D
Sullivan's Travels
from my 100 Popular Movies Marathon, part 49 of 100
Sullivan's Travels, 1941. A Hollywood director tries to experience life as a tramp.
Written & directed by Preston Sturges. Starring Joel McCrea, & Veronica Lake.
Story: B
Enjoyment: An enjoyable movie. Its more serious parts don't work as well as the comedy - it's too bluntly trying to say something rather than tell a story. But for a movie with a social message, it's aged remarkably well. B
Labels: popular movies
Grease, 1978. 1950s teenagers do cliche 1950s things.
Directed by Randal Kleiser. Written by Bronte Woodard; adapted by Allan Carr from a play by Jim Jacobs, & Warren Casey. Starring John Travolta, & Olivia Newton-John, with Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, & Didi Conn.
Concept: F
Special effects/design: D
Enjoyment: I think 1978 was just a terrible time to make a musical. A lot of these songs would be good, but they've had all the life produced out of them. Meanwhile, there's no story to speak of. I guess it's supposed to be a romance, but nothing in that vein ever amounts to more than an excuse to feature 1950s scenery. C
"What Price Porky"
"What Price Porky" (short), 1938. Ducks declare war over chickenfeed.
Directed by Robert Clampett. Starring Mel Blanc.
Pacing: A
Enjoyment: These ducks will cold-blooded murder you, provided it's funny. Don't mess with a Bob Clampett character. B
"Porky at the Crocadero"
"Porky at the Crocadero" (short), 1938. Porky Pig gets a job at a club.
Directed by Frank Tashlin. Written by Lew Landsman. Starring Mel Blanc.
Enjoyment: There are some gags I like, and solid comedic timing. It might have been a pretty good cartoon if it weren't for the black face. Porky Pig in black face. C
The Twilight Zone: Season Two
The Twilight Zone: Season Two, 1960-1961. A collection of modern-day fairy tales.
Created by Rod Serling. Directed by Buzz Kulik (5 episodes), Douglas Heyes (5), Jack Smight (3), James Sheldon (3), David Orrick McDearmon (2), Richard L. Bare (2), Jus Addiss (2), John Brahm (2), Don Medford (1), John Rich (1), Boris Sagal (1), Montgomery Pittman (1), & Elliot Silverstein (1). Written by Serling (20 episodes), Charles Beaumont (5), Richard Matheson (2), E. Jack Neuman (1), George Clayton Johnson (1), & William Idelson (1). Starring Robert Cummings, Luther Adler, Joe Mantell, Richard Haydn, H.M. Wynant, Maxine Stuart, William Shatner, Inger Stevens, Brian Aherne, Fred Clark, Jean Carson, Art Carney, Thomas Gomez, Russell Johnson, Jack Carson, Agnes Moorehead, Dick York, Barbara Nichols, John Anderson, Burgess Meredith, Dean Jagger, Dane Clark, Buddy Ebsen, Philip Abbott, Patricia Smith, Cliff Robertson, Simon Oakland, Oscar Beregi Jr., Franchot Tone, Liam Sullivan, Dennis Weaver, Shelley Berman, & John Hoyt.
Enjoyment: There are a few bad episodes, and at its best, it's never as good as the best of season 1. It might be more consistently good on average, though. Or maybe I just enjoyed it more because I wasn't mistakenly expecting science fiction this time. B
Labels: twilight zone
"Porky's Poppa"
"Porky's Poppa" (short), 1938. A cow competes with its mechanical replacement to produce milk.
Enjoyment: It seems like every Clampett cartoon, all I have to say is that Clampett was completely insane. Funny, yes, but clearly a raving madman. B
Very Slow Marathons
2015 in the theater