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by Young Critic | Jan 11, 2020 | 0 comments
An Incredibly Immersive and Captivating Film with A Powerful (and still unfortunately timely) Anti-Bellicose Message
Stories have a flexible nature to them, allowing them to be told in a variety of mediums, be they in books, paintings, episodically, or in film. However, when one particular story is able to fit exclusively into one medium, and make a unique use of its tools, it gathers all the more power as well as respect for its creator. Such works of art come around rarely, be they DaVinci's "Mona Lisa" or Velazquez's "Las Meninas" in painting, Breaking Bad (2008-2013) or Seinfeld (1989-1998) in Television, and Don Quixote or 100 Years in Solitude in literature. In film we have been graced with one such unique artistic experience with Sam Mendes' 1917 (2019).
1917 is a World War I-set film which was singled out and hyped because of its technical feat to make the entire film seem as if it is one seamless shot. The story takes place in the French trenches in the eponymous year; we follow two English corporals Blake (Dean Charles-Chapman) and Schofield (George MacKay). The two are tasked with delivering a message to a further battalion, to refrain from an offensive that would lead them into a German trap and cost the lives of 1,600 men.
The film is as anti-bellicose as one could get, with a clear delineation from showcasing violence, and instead presenting the intense suffering and horrors that war wrings. The choice of having the camera follow the characters without any seeming interruption helps bring a real immersion that brings you level to the characters' plights, to an extent that I haven't seen in the best of war films from Dunkirk (2017) to Paths of Glory (1957). The former Christopher Nolan film is the easiest to compare 1917 to, since they both make a use of not showing any specific combat, but rather focusing on a rather unknown soldier (with both directors cleverly casting non-movie stars) and his determination and will to survive. Both films also do not explicitly show the enemy, in 1917 we only really see two German soldiers face to face, the rest are a seeming presence and flitting of shadows, which allows viewers to see the antagonist as an overarching cruelty and not so much an opposing nationality.
Apart from the great technical achievement of the camera movement, legendary director of photography Roger Deakins is also able to frame each of his shots in a horrifyingly beautiful manner; helping divulge the disturbing nature of violence. The film is also pared with an inspiring and unsettling score from Thomas Newman. But Mendes' greatest feat is in showcasing the deterioration and exhaustion of his characters over time. For a film to transpire how tired a character actually is, they usually either wear out viewers themselves with lengthy running times, or they have a verbal confession and make-up showcasing sweat and heaving chests. In 1917, Mendes does neither, instead using the visual immersion and subtle chipping away at one's strength to bring down his characters. Each scratch and stumble is stripping away at the characters, their hope and their resolution. Towards the end, viewers won't be surprised as a soldier nearly falls asleep floating in river rapids.
Mendes' choice to have two relatively un-starry actors in the lead roles allows for an easier assimilation to their perspective from viewers, as was mentioned before in a similar choice by Nolan in Dunkirk. This allows for the lead characters to seem like common boys, whose lack of a narrative background quickly becomes unimportant as we become deeply involved in seeing them survive. This casting is contrasted with the film stars that play high positions of military power, such as Colin Firth as a general or Benedict Cumberbatch as a colonel. Their presence is only for one single scene and yet their commanding presence in such short sequences help provide the respect and inspiration that such figures would have had on the battlefield. But the film is really MacKay and Charles-Chapman's, they absolutely carry brunt of the story (almost literally) in its entirety, bringing about unabashed performances that perfectly translate the fear and pain that their characters suffer. MacKay especially has a fascinating arc from an already disillusioned soldier to a stripped down and broken man, he's an actor to look out for as he's already impressed cinephiles in Marrowbone (2017) and Captain Fantastic (2016).
In the end, 1917 keeps its objective and premise simple, there is a journey from point A to point B, and the experiences between these two points will inform the ambience and plights of the characters. It is this clarity that helps bring about such an impactful and rather emotional message of the horrors of war. The incredible cinematography delivers a unique cinematic experience that gives an already carefully crafted film even more urgency for its viewing. 1917 doesn't concern itself with becoming political or contrasting such suffering with the comforts of others; it is a film about the difficult moralities and dehumanization that war can bring, and the necessity to be aware of such historical horrors. The deterioration and exemplary determination that the characters and the real men brought in such moments in history was enough to leave me in a trembling sob by the credits. It is great to have such a film brought to the public, but it is incredibly sad that the film and its message be deemed necessary to be transmitted and reminded to the public of today.
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December 13, 2022 December 13, 2022 Silvin Boan Engineer boots, Engineer boots History
Engineer boots are also what we often call retro motorcycle boots. Also known as engineer's boots or engineering boots, typical American work boots. Because of its rugged and heavy style, it is the favorite of Harley riders.
The first generation of engineer boots were made of thick and hard cow leather, with a long boot barrel and metal buckles at the ankles. Occasionally, buckles were also equipped at the mouth of the boots. The height of the boot barrel is 20cm or higher, the toe cap is round, the sole is made of thick leather, the heel is about one to three quarters of an inch high, slightly tilted forward, and the edge is sunken. The first edition and the most classic and orthodox engineer boots were black, and later there were brown and other versions.
The origin of engineer boots
Engineer boots were first born in the 1930s, which was also the era of train development. It was originally designed as a "slip on" boot for railway workers and firefighters. The English name of the train driver working on the steam locomotive is engineer, which has become the origin of the name of the engineer boot.
At that time, the steam train still needed artificial fueling to run the power train. The locomotive staff also had a task to shovel coal into the engine. The high boots of engineer boots can protect the wearer's feet and legs from being injured by coal, hot embers, sharp edges of shovel, etc. As the engineer boots are loose and easy to wear and take off, they can also be quickly taken off in case of accident to avoid scalding. In short, it is very safe to wear engineer boots in high temperature and dangerous working environment. In the 1930s, engineer boots became popular among the whole blue collar class.
It is said that the designer John Lofgren got the design inspiration from the harness ring boots produced by Frye company in 1860. The ankle strap of the ring boots was connected with a metal ring and was soon adopted by the U.S. cavalry. John Lofgren designed the original engineer boots with twill fabric and traditional tooling boots. However, this view has always been controversial. Some people also say that the engineer boots are designed by the combination of woodcutter boots and British riding boots.
By the 1940s, two mature brands chipewa and Wesco had mass produced it, and they were also the first two brands to produce engineer boots.
However, there is a saying that chipewa is the origin of engineer boots. In 1937, chipewa used full leather high boots and Goodyear technology to make the first pair of engineer boots in human history, called "the original" chipewa engineer. The semi dress style toe cap made the boots more suitable for working on flat ground. The full leather insole and outsole, plus the metal toe bracket, became the favorite of outdoor workers at that time.
In 1939, the North American heavy boots brand Wesco West Coast shoe factory launched boss engineer boots for the shipping workers in the west coast. At that time, shipyard workers needed to face spattering welding slag every day. This boot could help shipbuilders quickly take off to avoid scalding. Later, Wesco even designed for motorcyclists and produced a variety of boss series. The shoes are full of power and beautiful curves. The rough and beautiful shape of heavy duty is super durable and comfortable, and has become a must for American mounted police and heavy motorcycle enthusiasts.
By the time of World War II, manufacturers were closely following the trend to produce lace up boots for the front line. The demand for engineer boots fell sharply and was left out in the cold. In the 1950s, the demand for post-war engineer boots soared. The soldiers returning from the battlefield are energetic but have nowhere to vent. They have set up various motorcycle clubs. The retro and durable engineer boots have undoubtedly become the first choice for motorcycle riders. Because of its simple shape, comfortable wearing, excellent functionality, no lace design will not interfere with the motorcycle shaft belt, the leather boot can also be well insulated, and protect the legs from injury in the event of an accident.
At that time, the image of engineer boots was always closely linked with American motorcycle riders and gas station staff. As the tough guy stars Marlon Brando and James Dean performed in the movies the wild one and rebel without a cause respectively, the engineer boots even became a popular symbol of "rebellion" among American teenagers at that time. T-shirts, jeans and engineer boots, coupled with leather clothes and motorcycles, were definitely the coolest and most fashionable dress of that era.
In the late 1960s, engineer boots frequently appeared among gang members and homosexual groups. In the 1970s, the skinheads, one of the bad youth groups, took the engineer boots as a standard item. Later, engineer boots became part of punk fashion, symbolizing power and industrial style.
In short, from the 1950s to the 1970s, famous retail department stores like Sears have always been their main products, so we can see how good the sales are.
Up to now, the engineer boots are still the classic partner of the original cow jeans.
Wearing of engineer boots
In addition to matching jeans, many men who like retro clothes also wear straight pants, wide leg pants, overalls and engineer boots, and generally follow the wearing method of covering the boot barrel and exposing the upper.
However, back to what I said at the beginning, compared with other tooling boots, the engineer boots are still a relatively unpopular style, because in the eyes of the public, they are indeed a bit too heavy, strange and at first glance not so routine. But this does not prevent it is still the first choice for many motorcycle enthusiasts and many men. Many work wear and boots brands will produce items of this series.
For example, white's, one of the four largest tooling boots in the United States, has always been famous for its characteristics of making shoes for various working classes, selecting various shoe lasts and customizing services. Naturally, it will not miss engineer boots.
Clinch, a Japanese tooling shoe brand, is very craftsman in the details of workmanship and last design. It only takes some time and patience to receive a single product. It usually takes 6-10 months from ordering to receiving.
Trophy clothing, a Japanese retro clothing brand founded in 2005, has also launched its own series of engineer boots. The managing director, zhenshu Jiangchuan, is very obsessed with American motorcycle culture and works with designers of neighborhood/tenderloin/ rugged
Several people are members of the Tokyo indian's Club
Therefore, the series of works of the brand show his enthusiasm for motorcycles.
It also draws inspiration from American retro military uniforms and tannins
In addition, Mr. Jiangchuan has collected many ancient books as a tailor
Therefore, the design concept of clothing has maintained a high level
And the locomotive retro culture and exquisite tailoring are perfectly combined
In a word, it is a relatively low-key but not negligible Japanese brand.
Classic arrow engineer boots Black tea core vegetable tanned leather until 2019
The wrinkled toe cap has a good aging effect after tea Later, Mr. Jiangchuan used suede engineer boots.The same last shape brings a different wearing experience.The aging effect is still amazing after one year of daily riding
Therefore, trophy clothing made this boot on a small scale.
Mr. Jiangchuan prefers this pair of beige suede engineer boots to another black engineer boots that have been transformed into tea. It may be that the light beige engineer boots are not so boring and easy to match, or it may be that the traces left by the gear on the bicycle are more meaningful In a word, in Mr. Jiangchuan's many riding and daily matching pictures, we can see this aging suede engineer boot.
The leather is soft waxy Beige cowhide suede. The overall color is light and the nap is short and smooth. A little effort can make the leather surface wrinkled and deformed. It is more comfortable than those iron boots.
Trophy clothing sells Beige cowhide suede for $1300
The Austrian shoemaking brand Hector Maden has also launched its own engineer boots, which are also made of suede. The soles are made of foaming process, which can control the weight and is more suitable for daily wear.
The stitches of unclehector's engineer boots are very precise and neat. No obvious defects can be found The brown cork midsole matches well with the white exterior line, and the natural and smooth treatment at the edge is in place, without obvious joints and bumps, which is the delicacy that many American engineer boots lack.
The hardware of the two adjusting belts on the boot surface and the boot barrel is made of nickel plating. The thickness and weight are standard and not too prominent. Thanks to the soft leather, it is easier to operate when adjusting.
Let's take a look at the actual effect of unclehector's engineer boots The flat toe really shows a completely different temperament, and the suede itself has its own artistic flavor Thanks to the foam rubber outsole, the sole is very soft.
At present, the price of unclehector's engineer boots is very suitable for beginners.
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Diospyros kamerunensis est une espèce d'arbustes de la famille des Ebenaceae.

Description
L'arbuste peut atteindre jusqu'à  de haut et  de diamètre. La surface de l'écorce est rugueuse, finement fissurée, de couleur gris verdâtre. L'écorce interne est beaucoup plus mince. Le bois est rosé lorsqu'il est fraîchement coupé, devient souvent gris à brun-gris lors du séchage. Près du centre, le bois est parfois noirâtre. Pendant le séchage à l'air, il est susceptible de se fendre et de se tordre. Il est alors recommandé de sécher le bois en petites dimensions. En Afrique de l'Ouest, la floraison des arbres se produit généralement en septembre-octobre. Les fruits mûrissent environ 3 mois après la floraison.

Habitat
Cet arbuste est dispersé du Liberia au Ghana et du Cameroun au Gabon. On dit qu'il est principalement originaire de la Côte d'Ivoire.

Usage
Le bois de Diospyros kamerunensis est principalement utilisé localement et parfois commercialisé sur le marché international avec d'autres bois d'ébène, souvent sous le nom d' «ébène du Cameroun » (Cameroon Ebony). À partir du bois, on peut fabriquer des haches, des lances, des poteaux et des cabanes, mais aussi des poignées de portes, des ustensiles ménagers et des tambours. La tige dure de l'arbre est parfois utilisée comme corde et la pulpe de son fruit mûr est comestible. Les branches flexibles sont utilisées pour construire des pièges. Dans la médecine traditionnelle, on administre des décoctions d'écorces et de brindilles feuillues, souvent en mélange avec d'autres plantes médicinales, pour soigner les affections cutanées causées par des champignons, un saignement utérin excessif et une varicelle. L'écorce sert à traiter la diarrhée.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Espèce d'Angiospermes (nom scientifique)
Ebenaceae
Flore au Cameroun

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We are accustomed to using Vaseline as lip balm to keep our lips protected and soft, but did you know that this classic ointment can also help us keep the eye contour young and beautiful while getting rid of puffy eyes? That's right, there are already many women who use Vaseline as a usual anti-aging cream to moisturize the skin around the eyes and keep it free of wrinkles, puffy eyes, crow's feet and bags. Its composition is ideal to care for the skin of this delicate area and protect it from all external factors that can affect its structure and cause damage or signs of premature age.
Continue reading this article from oneHOWTO if you want to find out all the properties of Vaseline for the skin and how to use Vaseline for puffy eyes.
It creates a protective barrier on the skin on which it is applied, thus preventing external pollutants from damaging it or excessively drying it.
Prevents skin from losing water, moisturizes and softens it amazingly.
By penetrating deeply into the skin, it acts as a good healing product from the innermost layers.
Prevents premature aging and keeps skin firm and elastic.
It prevents cellular oxidation and prevents the appearance of new wrinkles puffiness or lines of expression.
It attenuates and makes the wrinkles and signs of the area's age less visible.
For all of the above, Vaseline is one of the best existing natural products to prevent the aging of your eye contour and keep that area looking beautiful and fresh. Not only will it allow you to keep the skin around your eyes always perfectly moisturized, but it will also help reduce wrinkles, crow's feet, dark circles and bags. With a single product, you can get all these benefits and look a more beautiful face and a much more awake and attractive look.
Using Vaseline as a regular eye contour is very simple, as you will only have to take a small amount of this product with your fingertips and apply it with small dabs to the skin to ease its absorption. With these gestures, you will also stimulate blood circulation in the area and contribute to its rejuvenation. Make sure you pay particular attention to the outer corner of the eye contour, where crows feet appear, as this will also avoid their appearance.
For the treatment to be more effective, we advise you to leave the petroleum jelly on the skin all night. The next morning, wash your face with soap and warm or cold water. Repeat this procedure every night and you will see how you'll look better and look prettier from now on .
Melt 2 small tablespoons of Vaseline in the microwave and then place in a bowl with 1 small spoonful of honey, 1 small spoonful of almond oil and 1 egg yolk. Remove all the ingredients until you get a homogeneous mixture and apply the cream on the eye contour with the help of a brush or a clean cotton swab. Leave it on for about 30 minutes and, after this time, remove with plenty of warm or cold water.
Almond oil and honey are very hydrating and moisturizing products and egg offers a very powerful natural lifting effect.
To start making this cream for puffy eyes, first melt 2 tablespoons of Vaseline in the microwave or in a water bath. In a bowl, combine the melted Vaseline with 1 tablespoon of rose oil and 1 tablespoon of wheat germ oil. Wait a few hours until the ointment thickens and when it has done so, apply it over the eye contour giving a gentle circular massage. Perform the treatment before going to sleep and let it act all night long.
Wheat germ oil is ideal for moisturizing dry skin and reshaping thanks to its vitamin E content. Rose oil, on the other hand, is toning and soothing.
This recipe consists of mixing 1 tablespoon of melted Vaseline with 5 tablespoons of grape oil and 2 tablespoons of aloe vera gel. Apply the mixture to the skin around the eyes and allow it to sit overnight or for at least 30 minutes.
Grape oil is a great rejuvenator and natural purifier, while aloe vera has the ability to regenerate damaged skin tissues and prevent the formation of wrinkles.
Moisturize your eye contour daily by applying a cream specifically for this area. In the following article we tell you when to start using eye cream.
Protect this area from the sun by applying a good sunscreen.
Avoid applying face cream in this area to prevent eye bags from appearing.
Properly clean and tone your eyes every day using suitable makeup removers for your skin type and specific to each area.
Take care of your diet and add foods that increase collagen levels.
Drink plenty of water during the day and avoid excessive consumption of alcohol and caffeine.
Sleep a minimum of 8 hours a day to prevent the appearance of dark circles or eye puffiness.
If you want to read similar articles to How to Use Vaseline for Puffy Eyes, we recommend you visit our Beauty & Personal Care category.


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"I'm going to get angry": Alejandro's umpteenth 'threat' to his girlfriend Tania in 'Temptations'
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The final bonfire between Alejandro Nieto and Tania appears very tense after what he has warned her about, without knowing it. The contestant from 'The Island of Temptations' Has threatened not to touch or kiss her if she agrees to meet her favorite bachelor on the last night of the adventure.
All the contestants have had to decide whether to spend the last day of their experience in the Telecinco contest alone with their tempter or their tempting star. Except for Zoe, Josué, and Alejandro himself, all of them agreed to date their single men and women. favorites before ending your stay in the villas, including Tania.
"If Tania has had a 24-hour appointment, I may not even greet her"
Information that the ex-model still does not know and that is why Sandra Barneda wanted to press his opinion on whether or not he believes that Tania accepted the final date with Stiven. The girl not only She agreed to spend the day with her special bachelor and have a very romantic dinner on the seashore, but promised to see each other once the recordings have finished.
Alejandro's response was blunt: "I think not, because it's stupid and give you an appointment 24 hours. We came with a goal and I hope we come out with that goal. "An opinion totally removed from reality to which, in addition, he added a dose of pressure for his girlfriend to reject the possibility of seeing Stiven on more occasions.
Alejandro Nieto, in 'The island of temptations'. (Mediaset)
But the former contestant of 'GH VIP' went to more and came to issue a severe warning before seeing each other for the last time before the bonfire of the program: "If Tania has had a 24-hour date I may not even greet her. Even if I'm dying to hug her and kiss her another lack of respect, I no longer want to put up with it. The truth is that it will make me quite angry".
The gesture with which Stiven mocks (and 'charges') Alejandro Nieto in 'The island of temptations'
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A disappointment that, judging by the progress of the program for the next chapter, comes true when he discovers that his girl did decide to see herself alone with her temptress a few hours after meeting her partner. Voices, tension and another batch of disappointments will star in the last match between the two in 'The Island of Temptations'.


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Q: How should HTML and data look to use DataTable responsive display type 'column'? I'm trying to use jQuery datatables responsive to display a column on the left of my data to show hidden columns.
This result is shown in this example from their api / reference docs:
https://datatables.net/extensions/responsive/examples/child-rows/column-control.html
It says I should set:
responsive: {
    details: {
        type: 'column'
    }
}

Which I have done, but when I do this, I get the following error:
Requested unknown parameter '0' for row 0
Which asks me to look at this: https://www.datatables.net/manual/tech-notes/4
I can't see quite why this error is occurring, going through the tech notes.
My datatables config option (abridged) looks like this (note the first column set as the control column).
var table = $('#list').DataTable({
            responsive: {
                details: {
                    type: 'column',
                    target: 0
                }
            },
            columns: [
                {
                    className: 'control',
                    orderable: false
                },
                {
                    data: 'Id',
                    className: 'never'
                },
                {
                    data: 'EventDate',
                    className: 'desktop'
                }
    ]});

My HTML (abridged) is set like this (note the first th to contain the control column).

        Id
        Event Date
        Event

If I don't set the type and let the control occur inline in the first data column things work ok. What's also annoying is that even after the error, the control displays in its own column and behaves as I'd expect, so I'm not quite sure what the error is going on about.

A: I managed to solve this by performing the following:

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*Make sure the HTML had a blank  to contain the control column.

*Make sure I always had a column set to visible: false.

*Add a columnDef option to the datatable, mine looked like this:
        columnDefs: [
            {
                targets: 0,
                orderable: false,
                className: 'all control'
            }
        ]

*Set the column you want to be the control to refer to some server side column, in my case I added a field to my server side function called 'Control' which just returned an empty string. I then added this to the front of my columns array like this:
        columns: [
            {
                data: 'Control'
            },

*I set the config on the datatables responsive to target the first column like this.
responsive: {
  details: {
    type: 'column',
    target: 0
  }
}
I found the relationship between columns, columnDefs and the responsive config confusing due to the 'targets' property which is not very well explained in the docs.
Here's how I now understand it.
The responsive.details.target value tells responsive which column index triggers the responsive behaviour, so in the case of a column layout it should be set to the column you want to have a click event on.
The HTML needs to have a  in there for the control column and this need to pair with a columns array record. The columns array record need to have some data to bind to.
Your server side data, needs to have something that column array can attach to, else I just ended up getting all my data shifted one column to the left. In my case I just output a field with an empty string.
The columnDef seemed to be needed, even if I set the same properties on my column regarding classNames. The targets option in columnDefs tells datatables which column to apply the settings to. So in my example it sets the orderable and className properties.

A: You don't have to return an empty string (point 4 from @dougajmcdonald).
This is sufficient:
columns: [
   ...
   ...
   {data: null, defaultContent: '', orderable: false, searchable: false}
]

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You can find wolf lichen on hard, dry wood. You can recognize wolf lichen by its intense yellowish green colour.
The plant is becoming increasingly rare but is still possible to find in the park.
How did the wolf lichen gain its name? The lichen contains the toxic substance vulpinic acid. It is said that the wolf lichen has been used to poison wolves by putting it in food that was left in the forest for the wolves to eat.


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Our free, hot breakfast features Belgian waffles, a variety of cereals and fresh fruit.
For lunch or dinner, check out one of the restaurants within three miles of the hotel. Hatfield's serves juicy burgers and tender barbecue, and Mazzio's Italian Eatery dishes out tasty Italian cuisine alongside family-size pizzas.
Tulsa Zoo – This zoo features a variety of exhibits built to mirror the animals' natural habitats. Drive about 10 minutes from the hotel to visit with lions and white rhinos at the African Plains exhibit. Spend some time with Gunda, a 66-year-old Asian elephant older than any other animal or staff member at the zoo.
Historic Cherry Street – Located about 10 miles from the hotel, this section of downtown Tulsa is filled with unique boutiques, vintage shops and local dining options. Stop by the Cherry Street Farmers' Market on Saturday mornings to try some fresh cheese on artisan bread and browse handmade crafts.
Woodland Hills Mall – The largest shopping mall in Oklahoma is only 15 minutes from the hotel. The facility houses more than 160 stores on three floors, including Macy's, Gap and Apple. Grab a pretzel from Auntie Anne's and a Double Doozie from Great American Cookies for an unbeatable salty-sweet combination.
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Reserve our meeting space to host a social gathering or seminar for up to 25 guests. We offer a convenient location near Tulsa International Airport with thoughtful amenities like free high-speed Internet access. Our staff is on hand to assist with everything from event planning to catering arrangements.


Two years ago, trans activist and performance artist Travis Alabanza had a burger thrown at them along with a transphobic slur. No one intervened.
In Burgerz, cooking a burger onstage becomes a vehicle to process the incident and years of gendered control and repression in Alabanza's life.
Alabanza addresses the pressure to reenact the violence outright onstage. Instead they draw strength from global traditions of gender diversity and charge the audience directly to do better.
Alabanza sheds a plain blue jumpsuit to reveal a bright frock and purple heels as the burger is assembled, cooked and served from a kitchen, part of Soutra Gilmour's pristine set.
A useful multitude of cardboard boxes inside the cuboid that houses the kitchen would be enough to make Alabanza's point without their statements about "colouring outside the lines" with gender.
Alabanza keeps the piece moving, drafting in a male audience member to help with food prep while questioning him about his manhood. Is he a man who cries? What about when not chopping onions?
Alabanza is at their poised best when improvising with the audience, funny and knowing: the scripted laughs are easy to spot coming though not all the jokes land.
Against a backdrop of pink light and organ-like chords, this exploration of the threat that trans people continue to face feels at once a little heavy-going – and absolutely vital.


Grosvenor Downs is one of the most sought after neighborhoods in Granite Bay, CA. This non-gated community was established in the 1990s, and mainly features custom single-family homes. The central location of Grosvenor Downs puts you within close proximity to shopping, dining and outdoor recreation.
One of the main attractions of Gosvenor Downs is its relative affordability when compared most other neighborhoods in Granite Bay. Here, prospective homebuyers can purchase a home for under one million.
It should be noted that all residents of Grosvenor Downs are subject to annual HOA fees, which cover regular maintenance such as landscaping, management fees, and maintenance of shared amenities. Read more about Grosvenor Downs homes for sale.
The children of Grosvenor Downs are served by the esteemed Eureka Union School District. Public schools include Ridgeview Elementary School, Excelsior Elementary School, Greenhills Elementary School, Olympus Jr High School, and Granite Bay High School. Private institutions include Granite Bay Montessori and Prestige Preschool Academy.


"Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace", said Buddha. From the looks of it, he clearly knew what he was talking about. When we came across this statue placed within the Tooth Temple in Kandy, our guide told us that the smile on this one makes it the most gracious Buddha statue in the whole of Srilanka. From what little of the country we saw, we agree. A beautiful temple in a beautiful city - this one's a must-visit for anyone visiting Srilanka.


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Combo-Combat JRPG Gravastar in Development by Studio Atma
By Taryn Ziegler March 3, 2019 March 11, 2019
Seattle-based Studio Atma is hard at work, steadily chiseling away at a block of granite– underneath which lies a potentially phenomenal new indie escapade. Inspired by JRPGs of yore like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy, Gravastar is a bright and beautiful adventure into the world of Aethera. Play as the orphan Baird, a young boy who's only just discovered a secret that ties him to the stars. Punch foes and save the universe in Gravastar, which describes itself thus:
"Gravastar is a sci-fi fantasy JRPG (Japanese-style Role Playing Game) for PC and consoles that combines a traditional JRPG aesthetic with a unique and fast-paced, turn-based battle system inspired by 2D arcade fighting games. The battle system in Gravastar is set apart from traditional turn-based JRPGs by its real-time button-combo input system. Alter the flow of battle, master your character's movesets, build enormous combos, and string together chains to dispatch your foes."
Mash combos and set out on an expedition across a lovingly crafted land in Gravastar, currently planned for release on PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and PC. There's no word of a launch date yet, but Studio Atma regularly gives fans the teases they need in the form of streams and Twitter announcements.
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Kids could also suffer from hypertension. That is why some doctors also recommend Amlodipine as medicine to keep their blood pressure levels in good shape.
More often than not, the healthcare provider will provide your kids 2.5 milligram (half a tablet) Amlodipine tablet, to be taken daily. One medical website based in New Zealand stated that the highest dose that is recommended for kids ages six to 17 years, who are suffering from hypertension or angina, is five milligrams, to be taken daily as a maintenance medicine.
As far as online sources are concerned, there are no contraindications indicated on the administration of the Amlodipine for children, except that it should be taken or administered with precaution. It is important to give your child the proper dosage and at the proper time. It should not be skipped, unless there were enough reasons to do so.
You can have your child's medicine neatly kept in a medicine container, preferably one that has compartments. It could be bought from your favorite pharmacy. By doing this, you would know if your child had already taken his medicine or not.
As prescribed by your doctor, Amlodipine should be given at the same time you first administered it. For example, if it is indicated that it should be taken after breakfast, it should be taken after every breakfast. Timing is so important in order to maximize the efficacy of the medicine.
If taking Amlodipine makes your kid's tummy a little upset (similar to other medicines that are unflavored), let him take it with food or milk. By doing this, the medicine should not cause any uneasiness on the part of your kid; neither would it go to waste due to vomiting.
What if he skipped his medication? The answer is: give it as you remember it! Since the Amlodipine is usually recommended to be taken just one tablet daily, it is safe to presume that you could give it without the danger of double dosage. However, it should be given at the regular time the next day.
Always keep the medicine out of reach of children. Make sure that all pharmaceutical products are kept on high places, so that your children would not play with them. Beware of overdose.
It is normal that on the first intake of Amlodipine, there is light-headedness, dizziness, or some discomfort. This is just normal. All you need is to let your kid lie down and have some rest. The body is just adjusting to the beta-blocker and the discomfort would soon fade away.
Meanwhile, it is important to see a doctor whenever there are other conditions affecting your child. If your child is suffering from colds or cough, over the counter drugs could not just be given right away, for there may be chemicals in it that could trigger the sudden spike on the child's blood pressure. So it is a necessity to call your healthcare provider for proper medical assistance and advice.
Amlodipine gets better and better in helping the patients who are suffering from angina and hypertension. In the United Kingdom, many doctors are now prescribing Amlodipine as medicine to help their patients to cope with the disease.
In one of the patients' rating survey, Amlodipine emerged as one of the most effective drugs in the management and control of hypertension. The side effects, a 42 year-old patient says, are moderate or none at all.
Amlodipine, as a beta-blocker, is quick in lowering blood pressure, as stated in one medical and health website, publishing reviews on medicine and other pharmaceutical products.
Beta-blockers like are used to ease the blood vessels for better blood flow. Hypertension occurs when the blood from the heart is so thick that it cannot flow that easily. In order to maintain a good blood pressure, Amlodipine or other beta-blockers are prescribed.
Aside from the most common use, Amlodipine and other beta-blockers are also used to treat some forms of glaucoma and migraine. These conditions lower the adrenaline or the hormone that makes our hearts beat fast, thus resulting to high blood pressure and headaches due to migraine.
However, primarily, Amlodipine and other types of beta-blockers are used for relieving symptoms of angina and to maintain a healthy blood circulation. On the other hand, for those who are suffering from diabetes, it is very important to check on your blood sugar levels from time to time to make sure that they are on the safe or normal levels.
Aside from the above-mentioned medical conditions, beta-blockers such as Amlodipine are also prescribed by doctors to control arrhythmia or irregular heartbeat, generalized anxiety disorders or nervous attacks, certain types of tremors, and also a form of maintenance drug for patients suffering from hyperthyrodism. The latter condition is characterized by the enlargement of the thyroid or commonly known as goiter. This kind of hormonal disease can also cause irregular heartbeat. That is why beta-blockers are used in order to maintain regular heart beat patterns.
Afraid of the side effects? There is no need to worry for Amlodipine is known to come with few side effects. Most of the doctors trust this medicine for it has no effects on other vital organs unlike any other hypertension prescription drugs.
Meanwhile, the best way to maximize the benefits of this medicine is to take it "seriously." Even if you do not feel any symptom of angina or sudden spike of your blood pressure, you should take this medicine regulary to ensure a better health. Take your medicines on time and never skip.
On the other hand, it is also good to inform your doctor, before taking Amlodipine, if you are taking any other maintenance or vitamin supplements that can cause sudden changes in the body. Furthermore, full disclosure of your past medical condition is also important for better and effective treatment. It is also important for lactating and pregnant women to disclose their condition, prior to taking this kind of treatment. Always seek for doctor's advice for your own good.


Spring It On! is our first inaugural event celebrating Spring and Community in Pittsburgh, to be held in Lawrenceville's Arsenal Park each spring. This FREE to the public event is a joint venture between Second Shift Crafters and The Steel City PizzaFest, and is in partnership with The Lawrenceville United Community Group, Lawrenceville Corporation's Blossom Tour, and The Friends of Arsenal Park Committee. Picnic blankets and camp chairs encouraged!
Join us on May 9th, between Noon and 6pm in Arsenal Park for an amazing day in the park! It's a great day for everyone, and is family-friendly. Plenty of space for everyone to listen to music, shop local artists, eat some sweets, and experience the best pizza in the Burgh! This event is Rain or Shine.
It features six hours of the best bands in the Pittsburgh area. Blues, Roots Rock, Modern Rock and more performances including The Pressure, The Bessemers, Devon Moses and The Saved, The Turpentiners, and Molly Alphabet. There will be a second stage featuring acoustic local musicians and spoken word artists, including GRLHood.
Pizza vendors include Spak Bros, Pizza Parma, Calente, Angelo's, Grazziano's, Pessaro's, Hambones, and Cattivo. We will also have sweets from Pgh Crepes and Pittsburgh PopStop. This is going to be delicious!
There will be more than 50 local crafters and artists, showing their wares. There will also be craft activities for the kids!
Plus a Ms. PizzaBurgh contest, Dough Throwers, and the People's Choice "Best Pizza".
Second Shift Crafters, founded in 2014, believes that everyone - not just those who earn their living from their hobbies and crafts - deserves a space to exhibit their goods to the public. Born of the hustling mindset, Second Shift Crafters pledges to keep their vendors as local as possible, with an emphasis on those who hold day jobs and create art in their spare time. In addition to local art and crafts, Second Shift Crafters partners with and supports Pittsburgh-based community organizations, mobile food and treats, independent breweries, and craft spirit companies. No matter what your day job, Second Shift Crafters is there for you. We don't profit from our events, we are just here to organize fun, and create partner networks!
Steel City Pizzafest is run by local promoter and dynamo Michael Devine, otherwise known as DJ Zombo, it is Pittsburgh's first free to the public Music and Pizza Festival. It's a great way to promote some of the best local Pizzas in town. So, Pizzafest is similar to a Rib Burn off… but with Pizza. And EVERYBODY loves pizza!


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An off-track adventure along the White Trig Ridge
Dharug Land
Summary: An off-track route along "White Trig Ridge", which passes the depiled White Trig before reaching some vantage points over Bobbin Head and Cowan Creek.
Trailhead: Cullamine Fire Trail from end of Booralie Road (Duffys Forest)
Online map: https://www.gaiagps.com/public/2ETtIYnjROYwqpHVQJDQRemH
I'm finally heading out to one of the last Ku-ring-gai Chase trig stations I haven't yet visited… I've been advised by Phil from the Old Desperates Walking Group that there is a rough pad out along the "White Ridge Trig", but no real trail. Starting next to the Slades Trail, I set off up the Cullamine Trail for a short distance, before leaving the firetrail and heading north-west into the bush.
Although there is no trail, it's easy walking along the wide ridge ridge which runs towards Cowan Creek. There's not much undergrowth, and progress is reasonably quick.
As I continue along the ridge, I spot a white marker on a blackened tree. Occasionally, there's an obvious trail through the undergrowth. Despite these remnants of an old trail, it's easier to find he easiest route along the ridge than to try and follow the infrequent markers.
There's not a lot wildflowers in Autumn, but I spot a few common fringed-lilies (Thysanotus tuberosus). A herb which is endemic to Australia, the species' name tuberosus refers to the "crisp tasting" edible root. Flowering from September to April, the three petaled flowers with frilly edges last for one day.
Also keeping me company on my solo bushwalk are many Golden Orb spiders: a female orb spider can be up to a thousand times larger than the smaller male spider.
I'm soon at my first stop, White Trig (or rather the remnants of White Trig), which is about halfway along the ridge.
After the trig, the ridge veers sharply to the west, passing a gully to the right which has some low sandstone overhangs and orchids.
I haven't seen any white markers for some time… but I spot a couple of small rock cairns that suggest I'm following roughly the "right" route!
I reach what seems to to be the end of the ridge (although it does descend a bit further to the north-west), where there is a large, grassy clearing – but no views.
However, as I return along the ridge, I follow the western side where there are some nice views over Bobbin Head.
Returning along a route close to the western side of the ridge, there are more filtered views down Cowan Creek to the south.
A few more rock outcrops provide views towards St Ives and over Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.
Getting to the White Trig Ridge
The bushwalk starts at the end of Booralie Road in Duffys Forest; leave the Cullamine Fire Trail after about 200m to follow the ridge. There are some route markers (white metal squares and rock cairns) but they should not be relied upon.
Trig Station, Views
Peter · April 27, 2022 at 2:08 pm
Looks reasonably short. How long, there and back?
oliverd :-) · April 27, 2022 at 3:04 pm
Peter, are you looking at the hike on a mobile device? I'm having a few issues getting the hike info displaying on mobiles. It's 5.5km return.


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The Breakfast Club: 4-2-2014
By poligirl
Beer, That Group, The Breakfast Club
April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 273 days remaining until the end of the year.
On this day in 1513, Ponce de Leon discovers Florida. Near present-day St. Augustine, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon comes ashore on the Florida coast, and claims the territory for the Spanish crown.
Although other European navigators may have sighted the Florida peninsula before, Ponce de Leon is credited with the first recorded landing and the first detailed exploration of the Florida coast. The Spanish explorer was searching for the "Fountain of Youth," a fabled water source that was said to bring eternal youth. Ponce de Leon named the peninsula he believed to be an island "La Florida" because his discovery came during the time of the Easter feast, or Pascua Florida.
First voyage to Florida
Ponce de Leon equipped three ships with at least 200 men at his own expense and set out from Puerto Rico on March 4, 1513. The only contemporary description known for this expedition comes from Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, a Spanish historian who apparently had access to the original ships' logs or related secondary sources from which he created a summary of the voyage published in 1601. The brevity of the account and occasional gaps in the record have led historians to speculate and dispute many details of the voyage.
The three ships in this small fleet were the Santiago, the San Cristobal and the Santa Maria de la Consolacion. Anton de Alaminos was their chief pilot. He was already an experienced sailor and would become one of the most respected pilots in the region. After leaving Puerto Rico, they sailed northwest along the great chain of Bahama Islands, known then as the Lucayos. By March 27, Easter Sunday, they reached the northern end of the Bahamas sighting an unfamiliar island (probably Great Abaco).
For the next several days the fleet crossed open water until April 2, 1513, when they sighted land which Ponce de Leon believed was another island. He named it La Florida in recognition of the verdant landscape and because it was the Easter season, which the Spaniards called Pascua Florida (Festival of Flowers). The following day they came ashore to seek information and take possession of this new land. The precise location of their landing on the Florida coast has been disputed for many years. Some historians believe it occurred at St. Augustine; others prefer a more southern landing at a small harbor now called Ponce de Leon Inlet; and some argue that Ponce came ashore even further south near the present location of Melbourne Beach.
After remaining in the vicinity of their first landing for about five days, the ships turned south for further exploration of the coast. On April 8 they encountered a current so strong that it pushed them backwards and forced them to seek anchorage. The tiniest ship, the San Cristobal, was carried out of sight and lost for two days. This was the first encounter with the Gulf Stream where it reaches maximum force between the Florida coast and the Bahamas. Because of the powerful boost provided by the current, it would soon become the primary route for eastbound ships leaving the Spanish Indies bound for Europe.
I remember Sunday morning
Paul Ryans's April Fools Joke: 2015 Budget Plan
By TMC in Economy, Politics
Why Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) decided to release his latest budget proposal on April 1 will most likely not be answered except with some guffaws. Calling it the Path to Prosperity is another joke, or prank if it even gets to the House floor for a vote. It's more like the Road to Ruin except for the 1%. His proposal cuts government spending over the next 10 years to the tune of $5.1 trillion dollars mostly on the backs of the middle class but mostly the poor. It will increase military spending:
In his plan, military spending through 2024 would actually rise by $483 billion over the spending caps established in the 2011 Budget Control Act "consistent with America's military goals and strategies," while nondefense spending at Congress's annual discretion would be cut by $791 billion below those strict limits.
In all, Mr. Ryan says, spending would be cut by $5.1 trillion over the next decade. More than $2 trillion of that would come from repealing Mr. Obama's health care initiative, the Affordable Care Act, a political move that has become much more difficult with the closing of the first enrollment period. As many as 10 million Americans have gotten health insurance through the law, either through private policies purchased on insurance exchanges, through expanded Medicaid or private policies purchased through brokers but subsidized by the law.
As with past budget proposals, Mr. Ryan seeks to eliminate the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, then turn the health care program for the poor into block grants to the states – saving $732 billion over the decade. He would also cap and block-grant food stamps, starting in 2020, cutting that program by $125 billion in five years. The budget relies on imposing new work requirements on food stamp and welfare recipients.
Some of the headlines from The Hill tell most of the story for the rest of Ryan's fantasies:
Ryan budget sets sights on Dodd-Frank and Ryan budget attacks Obama's climate agenda.
Talking Points Memo's Sahil Kapur shines light on the biggest contradictions that will have politicians twisting to explain on the campaign trail:
The new Republican budget will adopt cuts to Medicare under Obamacare that the party is attacking Democrats for ahead of the 2014 congressional elections.
And it won't include cuts to Social Security that Republicans bashed President Barack Obama for omitting from his budget proposal just six weeks ago.
The blueprint, to be unveiled Tuesday by House Budget Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI), will shine a light on stark contradictions in the GOP's stance on these two programs. Slashing the retirement safety net is an overarching goal for wealthy donors and party elites, but their elderly voting base strongly opposes any cuts. While Republicans warn of a looming debt crisis if Medicare and Social Security aren't scaled back, they're knocking Democrats for Obamacare's $700 billion in Medicare payment cuts to hospitals, private insurers and other providers.
A difference between this budget fantasy and Ryan's other dreams is that it was scored by the Congressional Budget Office before its release. At FDL Action, Jon Walker points out another problem, it won't achieve what the GOP says it wants, eliminating the deficit and a balanced budget:
The problem is that the CBO has recently downgrade its revenue projections making it harder for Ryan to meet his goal of eliminating the deficit in 10 years. If the deficit was really a top priority for Republicans they could have made the tough decision to raise taxes or put forward even more cuts spending. Instead they decided to basically cheat to get a better CBO score. [..]
This budget is a purely statement of principle by Republicans since it has no chance of becoming law or even being the starting point for a negotiation. In this statement of principle Republicans had to choose between a real plan to balance the budget or their other priorities like tax policy and defense spending. By going this route they made it clear the national debt is at best a second tier concern for them. [..]
Republicans have repeatedly had to the chance to choose between reducing the deficit and keeping taxes low for rich people and once again they proved they will pick rich people every time.
Ryan would like everyone to think he's serious. The truth is that the is just a very bad running April Fool's joke.
federal budget, paul ryan, TMC Politics
March Madness 2014: Women's Regional Finals Day 2
Time Network Seed School Record Seed School Record Region
7:00 ESPN 3 Louisville (33 – 4) 4 Maryland (27 – 6) South
9:00 ESPN 2 Stanford (33 – 3) 4 N. Carolina (27 – 9) West
ek Holiday
It was all worth(less) it.
The CIA Won't Let Senate Report Settle 'Debate' on Whether Torture Led to Bin Laden
By: Kevin Gosztola Firedog Lake
Monday March 31, 2014 11:41 am
For former government officials who have defended torture techniques, this report poses a key threat to their ability to continue to appear on cable news programs, pen editorials for newspapers and participate in speaking engagements where they can claim torture played an effective role in leading the US to bin Laden and helped keep the country safe.
This key talking point makes it possible to convince audiences and hosts of news programs to ignore the unmistakable fact that the interrogation techniques authorized were torture and should not be used on any human being. If it is lost, they will only have their disingenuous fear and crude ideology to aid them when confronted over their role in the CIA's rendition, detention and torture program.
Former vice president Dick Cheney said on "The Charlie Rose Show" on February 13, 2013, "KSM was more than anybody else [subjected] to enhanced interrogation techniques and more than anybody else provided us with key pieces of intelligence that we needed in order to defend the nation against al Qaeda."
On January 29, 2013, Jose Rodriguez, the former CIA Counterterrorism Center head who authorized the destruction of videotapes of interrogations, "It's a ridiculous assertion when a report says that enhanced interrogation program had no value or produced nothing. Frankly it's disturbing. Because in my view it is an attempt to rewrite history. The narrative of this administration is that the enhanced interrogation program was torture and nothing came out of it, but in fact we were able to destroy al Qaeda because of it."
Rodriguez used appearances on television, where he was promoting his book, Hard Measures, to defend President George W. Bush's administration and the use of torture techniques on terrorism suspects. He also, like other former officials, benefited from the release of the film, Zero Dark Thirty, depicting the hunt for bin Laden because it garnered him invitations to speak about how he believed intelligence from torture had led to bin Laden's execution.
Former CIA director Michael Hayden has maintained that, "as late as 2006, even with the growing success of other intelligence tools, fully half of the government's knowledge about the structure and activities of al Qaeda came from those interrogations." On February 23, 2013, on Fareed Zakaria's program on CNN, he said, "Part of that fabric in the hunt for bin Laden came from detainees against whom enhanced interrogation techniques have been used."
John Rizzo, a former top CIA lawyer who oversaw whether torture techniques used on captives were "legal," also during this same month, "This program was carried out, was originally carried out, evolved over the years, was refined, produced thousands of intelligence reports and was conducted, mind you, all those years, by career CIA officers, non-political public servants."
"To say – to make a blanket statement that nothing of any value ever came out of these techniques, I just think beggars the imagination. I just don't buy that."
Torture and Lies
CIA misled on interrogation program, Senate report says
By Greg Miller, Adam Goldman and Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post
Published: March 31
"The CIA described [its program] repeatedly both to the Department of Justice and eventually to Congress as getting unique, otherwise unobtainable intelligence that helped disrupt terrorist plots and save thousands of lives," said one U.S. official briefed on the report. "Was that actually true? The answer is no."
Classified files reviewed by committee investigators reveal internal divisions over the interrogation program, officials said, including one case in which CIA employees left the agency's secret prison in Thailand after becoming disturbed by the brutal measures being employed there. The report also cites cases in which officials at CIA headquarters demanded the continued use of harsh interrogation techniques even after analysts were convinced that prisoners had no more information to give.
U.S. officials said the committee refrained from assigning motives to CIA officials whose actions or statements were scrutinized. The report also does not recommend new administrative punishment or further criminal inquiry into a program that the Justice Department has investigated repeatedly. Still, the document is almost certain to reignite an unresolved public debate over a period that many regard as the most controversial in CIA history.
The Damning New Torture Report Shows The CIA Doing What It's Always Done
By Charles P. Pierce, Esquire
Surely this can't be the work of the all-too-human, but mysteriously error-prone, heroes of our surveillance state? Surely this must be the result of the fact that Glenn Greenwald is a big dork, and, besides, Amazon has your information, so what do you care if the government does, anyway? Surely this can't be the result of how we, as a nation, allowed the surveillance state to metastasize to the point at which it has corrupted almost every inch of our democracy. It will be easy to dismiss this, and the revelations about the NSA, as two different horses of two different colors, but the fact is, it is all of a piece. Once you accept one massive and ongoing violation of the Constitution in the name of security, whether or not it is obscured by a figleaf of legality provided by the government's pet lawyers, you will find it difficult to get outraged about another one. Once you have allowed the surveillance state to grow, it will operate on its own imperatives, outside democratic norms.
And it's not like this should be a surprise. The CIA — and all the elements of the intelligence apparatus — has played fast and loose with this country's rule of law since its founding. The Church Committee gave us a very clear picture of the undying mentality of the CIA, and that was 40 years ago. That mentality demands that, if the CIA wants to do something, we should get out of the way and let them do it because they are imbued with a messianic fervor by which even their more grotesque mistakes — and history tells us there are a lot of them — are sanctified by a sense of holy mission.
"Misled investigators" is a nice, polite, journalistically objective way of saying "lied to the Congress." People go to jail behind that stuff. Of course, the messianic sense of mission precludes punishments that might fall like bricks on ordinary mortals.
"I moved left just by standing still."
By TMC in Meta, Politics
In a recent interview with Peter Dreier at The Progressive, Bill Moyers, host of PBS's popular Moyers and Company, was asked:
You seem to have moved steadily to the left in the past decade-not only in your public comments and articles but also in your public ties to progressive groups. Is this an accurate assessment? If so, what inspired this leftward shift?
His answer:
Journalism's been a continuing course in adult education for me. And I've lived long enough to see the triumph of zealots and absolutists, to watch money swallow politics, to witness the rise of the corporate state. See the party of working and poor people become a sycophant of crony capitalism. Watch the union of church and state become fashionable again. Witness the coupling of news and entertainment. See everyday people cast overboard as the pirates and predators of Wall Street seized the ship of state. I didn't drift; I moved left just by standing still.
Like Moyers in that interview, my politics have not changed since I became politically aware in the early 60's. My views are the same now, as they were then. I have not moved but what passes for "left" has, to the right.
So where are you?
Bill Moyers, TMC Meta, TMC Politics
April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 274 days remaining until the end of the year. April 1 is most notable in the Western world for being April Fools' Day.
On this day in 1700, English pranksters begin popularizing the annual tradition of April Fools' Day by playing practical jokes on each other.
Although the day, also called All Fools' Day, has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, its exact origins remain a mystery. Some historians speculate that April Fools' Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563. People who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to January 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes. These included having paper fish placed on their backs and being referred to as "poisson d'avril" (April fish), said to symbolize a young, easily caught fish and a gullible person.
Historians have also linked April Fools' Day to ancient festivals such as Hilaria, which was celebrated in Rome at the end of March and involved people dressing up in disguises. There's also speculation that April Fools' Day was tied to the vernal equinox, or first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, when Mother Nature fooled people with changing, unpredictable weather.
April Fools' Day is celebrated all around the world on the April 1 of every year. Sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, April 1 is not a national holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day where everyone plays all kind of joke and foolishness. The day is marked by the commission of good humoured or funny jokes, hoaxes, and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, teachers, neighbors, work associates, etc.
Traditionally, in some countries such as New Zealand, Ireland, the UK, Australia, and South Africa, the jokes only last until noon, and someone who plays a trick after noon is called an "April Fool".
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Fairchild v. Hughes, 258 U.S. 126 (1922)
Someone who seeks to find out whether a proposed statute or constitutional amendment would be valid, if passed, does not have the right to bring a lawsuit with the goal of determining that indirectly. While citizens have a general interest in the proper administration of government and the effective use of their taxpayer money, this does not extend to requiring the federal courts to resolve issues that are not yet ripe for decision.
The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution granted the right to vote to women. Thirty-four states passed resolutions to ratify it, and one certificate had been received by the Secretary of State. He needed just one more certificate before issuing a proclamation to announce that the amendment had been adopted. The Senate meanwhile had introduced a bill that imposed criminal penalties on anyone who prevented a woman from voting, which would be enforced by the Attorney General if it passed. Fairchild sought to have the amendment declared unconstitutional, obtain an injunction to prevent the Secretary of State from proclaiming that it had been adopted, and obtain an injunction to prevent the Attorney General from enforcing it.
Claiming that the proclamation of adoption would not be conclusive proof of the amendment's validity, Fairchild argued that it would encourage election officers to allow women to vote in states where only men could vote under the state constitutions. He cast a male-exclusive voting system as a right for men in those states, and he argued that removing that right would undermine the value of the votes in those states while increasing election expenses.
Louis Dembitz Brandeis (Author)
William Rufus Day
Willis Van Devanter
Mahlon Pitney
John Hessin Clarke
This case may not be heard under Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution, which allows the courts to hear a claim in equity. The plaintiff fails to present any claims that courts can evaluate through their regular proceedings, established by law or custom to protect rights and punish wrongs. No concrete harm has been shown, since the allegedly wrongful acts of the Secretary of State and the Attorney General are merely speculative at this stage. Citizens do not have a right to bring a claim to challenge the validity of statutes or constitutional amendments that have not been adopted. Standing is not conferred by a general right to ensure that the government lawfully administers its laws.
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There is no standing for an individual bringing a generalized grievance based on taxpayer status, except for some situations involving the Establishment Clause. The Court might have found that there was standing if the suit had been brought by an election officer or by a citizen of a state that still had a law restricting voting to men.
Fairchild v. Hughes
Argued January 23, 1922
Decided February 27, 1922
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
1. The general right of a citizen to have the government administered according to law and the public moneys not wasted does not entitle him to institute in the federal courts a suit to secure by indirection a determination whether a statute, if passed, or a constitutional amendment about to be adopted, will be valid. P. 258 U. S. 129.
2. Though in form a suit in equity, this is not a case within Art. III, § 2, of the Constitution. P. 258 U. S. 129.
Appeal from a decree of the court below affirming a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia which dismissed a bill by which the appellant sought to have the Nineteenth Amendment declared unconstitutional and to enjoin the Secretary of State from proclaiming its ratification and the Attorney General from taking steps to enforce it.
On July 7, 1920, Charles S. Fairchild, of New York, brought this suit in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia against the Secretary of State and the Attorney General. The prayers of the bill are that "the so-called Suffrage Amendment [the Nineteenth to the federal Constitution] be declared unconstitutional and void;" that the Secretary of State be restrained from issuing any proclamation declaring that it has been ratified, and that the Attorney General be restrained from enforcing it. There is also a prayer for general relief and for an interlocutory injunction. The plaintiff and others on whose behalf he sues are citizens of the United States, taxpayers, and members of the American Constitutional League, a voluntary association which describes itself as engaged in diffusing
"knowledge as to the fundamental principles of the American Constitution, and especially that which gives to each state the right to determine for itself the question as to who should exercise the elective franchise therein."
The claim to relief was rested upon the following allegations: the legislatures of 34 of the states have passed resolutions purporting to ratify the Suffrage Amendment, and from one other state the Secretary of the United States has received a certificate to that effect purporting to come from the proper officer. The proposed amendment cannot, for reasons stated, be made a part of the Constitution through ratification by the legislatures, and there are also specific reasons why the resolutions already adopted in several of the states are inoperative. But the Secretary has declared that he is
without power to examine into the validity of alleged acts of ratification, and that, upon receiving from one additional state the customary certificate, he will issue a proclamation declaring that the Suffrage Amendment has been adopted. Furthermore, "a force bill" has been introduced in the Senate, which provides fine and imprisonment for any person who refuses to allow women to vote, and if the bill is enacted, the Attorney General will be required to enforce its provisions. The threatened proclamation of the adoption of the amendment would not be conclusive of its validity, but it would lead election officers to permit women to vote in states whose Constitutions limit suffrage to men. This would prevent ascertainment of the wishes of the legally qualified voters, and elections, state and federal, would be void. Free citizens would be deprived of their right to have such elections duly held, the effectiveness of their votes would be diminished, and election expenses would be nearly doubled. Thus, irremediable mischief would result.
The Supreme Court of the District granted a rule to show cause why an interlocutory injunction should not issue. The return was promptly made, and the defendants also moved to dismiss the bill. On July 14, 1920, the rule was discharged, a decree was entered dismissing the bill, and an appeal was taken to the Court of Appeals of the District. The Secretary, having soon thereafter received a certificate of ratification from the thirty-sixth state, proclaimed, on August 26, 1920, the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment. The defendants then moved to dismiss or affirm. The Court of Appeals affirmed the decree, on the authority of United States v. Colby, 49 App.D.C. 358, 265 F. 998, where it had refused to compel the Secretary to cancel the proclamation declaring that the Eighteenth Amendment had been adopted. The grounds of that decision were that the validity of the amendment could be in no way affected by an order
of cancellation; that it depended on the ratifications by the states, and not on the proclamation, and that the proclamation was unimpeachable, since the Secretary was required, under Revised Statutes, § 205, to issue the proclamation upon receiving from three-fourths of the states official notice of ratification, and had no power to determine whether or not the notices received stated the truth. But we have no occasion to consider these grounds of decision.
Plaintiff's alleged interest in the question submitted is not such as to afford a basis for this proceeding. It is frankly a proceeding to have the Nineteenth Amendment declared void. In form it is a bill in equity; but it is not a case, within the meaning of § 2 of Article III of the Constitution, which confers judicial power on the federal courts, for no claim of plaintiff is
"brought before the court[s] for determination by such regular proceedings as are established by law or custom for the protection or enforcement of rights, or the prevention, redress, or punishment of wrongs."
See In re Pacific Railway Commission, 32 F. 241, 255, quoted in Muskrat v. United States, 219 U. S. 346, 219 U. S. 357. The alleged wrongful act of the Secretary of State said to be threatening is the issuing of a proclamation which plaintiff asserts will be vain, but will mislead election officers. The alleged wrongful act of the Attorney General said to be threatening is the enforcement, as against election officers, of the penalties to be imposed by a contemplated act of Congress which plaintiff asserts would be unconstitutional. But plaintiff is not an election officer, and the State of New York, of which he is a citizen, had previously amended its own Constitution so as to grant the suffrage to women, and had ratified this amendment. Plaintiff has only the right, possessed by every citizen, to require that the government be administered according to law and that the public moneys be not wasted. Obviously this general right does not entitle a private citizen to institute in the
federal courts a suit to secure by indirection a determination whether a statute, if passed, or a constitutional amendment about to be adopted will be valid. Compare Giles v. Harris, 189 U. S. 475; Tyler v. Judges of Court of Registration, 179 U. S. 405.
Decree affirmed.
Chris Skelton Mountain View, CA


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India's IT Rules: Twitter & FB's Court Cases May Decide the Future of Regulation
Both are seminal judicial events where two HCs will decide on two very important aspects of the digital ecosystem.
Subimal Bhattacharjee
Published: 30 Jul 2022, 9:58 AM IST
In a gap of just a year, two social media 'intermediaries' have approached two different High Courts on two contentious issues that arose after the Union government started regulating intermediaries.
In July 2021, the government implemented the new Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 (IT Rules). Among other things, the new rules sought the traceability of messages to their first originator when asked. Meta (Facebook)-owned Whatsapp, the most popular push messaging platform, has gone to the Delhi High Court citing that such a step of breaking encryption would violate the privacy of users, which was guaranteed as a fundamental right by the landmark Supreme Court judgment in KS Puttaswamy v Union of India. This July, the most popular micro-blogging site, Twitter, approached the Karnataka High Court for a judicial review of the take-down requests that were made by the government. In its filing, Twitter has argued that many of the requests for the removal of content fell short of the procedural requirements stipulated by the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 (IT Act).
Content tracking and content blocking are at the heart of the Twitter and Facebook cases. Individually, they are related to technology, but collectively, they signify the direction the Indian digital conversation is going in.
While in the Facebook case, the Delhi High Court will deal with the technical possibility of traceability around existing rules, in the Twitter case, the Karnataka High Court will decide on issues based around censorship and freedom of expression.
Both are seminal judicial events as concerns grow about the need to regulate tech giants.
India's 17,338 legal demands between 2012 and 2021 account for 7% of the global legal demands to Twitter.
Where Is India's Digital Ecosystem Going?
Both these cases come as concerns grow about the need to regulate tech giants, which have become the key medium for the spread of hate speech and fake news. These platforms are guided by the provisions of Section 79 of the IT Act and are thus categorised as 'intermediaries', thereby enjoying immunity as long as they don't get involved in the inception, transmission and reception of any content.
Twitter's Fight Against Blocking Orders is a Major Moment for Freedom of Speech
However, over the years, it has been seen that certain online content may end up disturbing public order in the real world. In such cases, intermediaries are slow to take problematic content down on their own or respond to requests from users and the government. The guidance for the take-down requests to the intermediaries has primarily been based on the terms of usage that these platforms provided rather than primacy to the laws of the land.
As a response to the emerging situation, the government introduced the IT Rules in February 2021 (implemented in May 2021), which put in place many provisions that could resolve the gap between content flowing through the networks and the response from the intermediaries to the satisfaction of the users and governments. But many saw the requirements of the IT Rules as more than just making the intermediaries accountable; they seemed to be missing the principle of proportionate application as well as hinging on facets that would be difficult to implement technically, or which may even fall short of the free speech standard.
Content tracking and content blocking are thus at the heart of the Twitter and Facebook cases. Individually, they are related to technology, but collectively, they signify the direction in which the Indian digital conversation ecosystem is going.
The IT Rules have defined 'significant social media intermediaries' as those having more than 50 lakh users. The rules require them to enable the identification of the first originator of information within India on their platform if a court or a competent authority orders them to do so. Such orders would be issued only when less intrusive means have failed to trace the first originator – and only on specified grounds, including the prevention, detection, and investigation of certain offences, such as those relating to national security, public order, and sexual violence.
Understanding WhatsApp Encryption
While Whatsapp has argued that such an action is not possible without breaking encryption, a handful of technology experts have asserted that it is possible to trace a message without compromising with encryption. These views are primarily based on the expert opinion of Professor V Kamakoti of IIT Madras in the PIL filed by Anthony Clement Rubin in the Madras High Court in 2018. But the fact is that such an assertion has neither been proved in any quarters nor peer-reviewed.
Privacy Row: No Fundamental Right Is Absolute, Govt Tells WhatsApp
Whatsapp adopted the Open Signal Protocol (OSP) in 2014, a year after the protocol was developed as a response to the Patriots Act in the US, which required messaging platforms to share the decryption key with agencies when ordered. The OSP uses a so-called 'ratchet' system that changes the key after every message and generates a secret key. Since generating this secret key requires access to the users' private keys, it exists only on the two devices involved in the channel. Thus, not even WhatsApp or Facebook themselves can see or listen to the communication channel across its platform. While the reasons why the Indian government is calling for traceability may be genuine, doing so might not be possible unless Whatsapp has a different protocol in place.
Free Speech vs 'National Interest'
In the Twitter case, content take-down requests are premised on Section 69A of the IT Act, which allows a designated officer of the government to seek content removal by a government agency or an intermediary in the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of the State, friendly relations with foreign states or public order or for preventing incitement to the commission of any cognisable offence relating to the above. However, there is a clear pluralistic procedure for such steps.
Twitter Sues Indian Govt: Why 'Digital Society' Needs a Different Legal Approach
It is true that Twitter has to abide by the law of the land if it wants to operate in India, and that the government has the responsibility of maintaining internal law and order. So, any content that can threaten peace on the ground needs to be removed. But at the same time, public order and national security cannot become an excuse for crushing dissent or unfavourable viewpoints.
Also, and more importantly, selective application of Section 69A will only imperil democratic institutions. Given that as a nation, India has been flagged by multiple transparency reports as having the highest number of content take-down directives, the concern is genuine.
India's 17,338 legal demands between 2012 and 2021 account for 7% of the global legal demands to Twitter, and there are arguments that this is proportionate to India's user base, which makes up for 7% of Twitter users.
Both the Facebook and the Twitter cases are thus seminal judicial events where two High Courts will decide on two very important aspects of the digital ecosystem. While in the former, the Delhi High court will deal with the issue of the technical possibility of traceability around existing regulations, in the Twitter case, the Karnataka High Court will have to decide what content can be censored by the government and whether 'anti-government' content is part of the fundamental right to freedom of expression.
(Subimal Bhattacharjee is a commentator on cyber and security issues around Northeast India. He can be reached @subimal on Twitter. This is an opinion piece and the views expressed are the author's own. The Quint neither endorses nor is responsible for them.)
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Over the next 18 months, I'll be criss-crossing the 8th district from Rochester, to Brighton to East Lansing, listening to people's concerns – and I'll be bringing you into the process along the way. Because the fight to preserve the American Dream in the 8th district is a fight that everyone should want to win.
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