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Despite their lack of demands, it's been fascinating to watch the growth in Occupy Wall Street protests (in the US and abroad). As someone long puzzled that the US don't object more to the uneven distribution of wealth, it is heartening to see many Americans taking the issue of inequality to the streets. The effort has been incredibly effective at putting the issue of "income inequality" (the 1% vs. the 99%) on the table, but far less effective at effecting change.
Is it a social movement? Or as Marshall Ganz says "is it a moment"? The eminent Univ. of Columbia sociologist/political scientist/historian Charles Tilley (1929-2008) identified three components widely considered to be the core elements of a social movement:
- A sustained, organized public effort making collective claims on target audiences ("a campaign");
- Employing various combinations of political action ("repertoire"), including special purpose associations and coalitions, public meetings, processions, vigils, rallies, demonstrations, petition drives, public statements through the media, and pamphleteering; and
- Participants' concerted public representations for themselves or constituents of their worthiness, unity, numbers and commitment (WUNC).
Along these three criteria, Occupy Wall Street merits mixed success.
1a. sustained campaign: so far Occupy Wall Street has been going for 6+ months but their momentum has fallen sharply from their original days [their funding is running short, contributions have slowed dramatically, public support for the movement has gone from 54% approval in an October 2011 TIME poll to 71% disapproval in an April ABC/WSJ poll. Social media interest in OWS has fallen: there were 20-60 tweets a minute in October (hitting a peak one night of 1500 tweets a minute) using the hash tags #occupy and #OWS; that flow has fallen by June to 5 a minute and some of these concern an Oregon Wildlife Campaign. The number of sites has dissipated dramatically.
The ouster of protesters by police in places like NYC, Oakland, Portland, Denver, and the like, seems to have substantially dissipated their numbers. And violent confrontations with police in places like Oakland have undermined broader support for the Occupy movement.
1b. organized: so far Occupy Wall Street is highly unusual in their self-organization. They do not have leaders. They don't even have megaphones so they resort to people around a speaker physically amplifying a speaker's comments by repeating it in unison or developing hand signals to show approval/disapproval with comments. OWS certainly is organized as far as things like the provision of food, having various committees, etc. While there was no leader to the OWS protest, it was the brainchild of Adbusters, and based on the Arab Spring protests and designed to be a US-based Tahrir Square, but having called people to protest, they have remained fairly hands-off. Note: it's worth reading the interesting "Pre-Occupied" on the history of OWS and ongoing involvement of Adbusters.
1c. demands: so far, there are no demands that Occupy Wall Street has made of the government, of Wall Street, etc. In fact some (like Bill Clinton) are criticizing OWS for not having made specific demands, although in some ways it makes it easier to sustain this amorphous "movement" by being potentially all things to all people and being a vehicle for people's general anger. They have now formed a committee to try to develop demands. Many of their demands like "an end to Wall Street greed" seem relatively unachievable without a cap in pay on Wall Street (which seems very unlikely). Other possible goals like writing down student debt for unemployed students might be more achievable.
Derek Thompson, writing for The Atlantic claims that the mid-November ouster of OWS from Zuccotti Park is a good thing because it enables the protesters to reformulate their movement and focus on a central demand: "Whether or not the protesters return to their tents, New York police have given them a chance to lift up, take stock, and pitch their energies in an issue worth occupying. Writing for The Atlantic yesterday, Sara Horowitz reached back into the Industrial Revolution protests that culminated in the Eight-Hour Day Movement. From a "massive, inchoate, messy movement emerged a central demand: an eight-hour workday," she wrote. And that eventually led to Fair Labor Standards Act as part of the New Deal in 1938.
"What should be the Eight-Hour Day Movement of the moment? Maybe they should focus on student debt reform. Today, student debt lives with you until you die and cannot be unwound in bankruptcy court; perhaps it should be. Maybe they should focus on the minimum wage, which has declined in real value for the last few decades. Maybe they call for repealing the Bush tax cuts, a savvy request that would represent broad sacrifice (it would raise taxes on almost all households, but mostly at the top) to demonstrate to Americans that the movement is willing to sacrifice for its ultimate goals. There is also welfare reform, unemployment benefit support, and other platforms that would aim to support the least well-off." Such demands don't require a physical base.
Some protesters after the Zuccotti Park eviction said they "were already trying to broaden their influence, for instance by deepening their involvement in community groups and spearheading more of what they described as direct actions, like withdrawing money from banks, and were considering supporting like-minded political candidates." But "Doug McAdam, a sociology professor at Stanford, predicted that the energy could quickly dissipate without the occupation. 'The focal point will be lost,' he said. " (NY Times)
In total, on dimension 1, given how short this protest has lasted and the current lack of demands, I'd give them a C+ on this.
2. repertoire: OWS has largely resorted to rallies thus far, but they have had a couple of marches (to places like Times Square). They make wide use of social media, including the Internet, Meetup, Twitter. They have a website (Occupy Together) that charts their efforts in other cities. They use protest signs, music (although often more entertaining than protesting). I'd give them a B+ on this front.
3. WUNC: they clearly have made a general statement that government has been there during the Great Recession much more for the 1% than for the 99% (Wall Street at the expense of Main Street). Moreover, their message appears to be resonating, in terms of number of actual and inchoate demonstrations, number of Facebook sympathizers, and views in the general public. As noted in a lack of their demands, there is relatively little "unity" and their "numbers" while growing are still relatively small in any one site. As to "commitment", it certainly appears that some of the protesters are there for the long-haul, sleeping there overnight, but their numbers have dramatically fallen. I'd give them an C- on this dimension.
As someone who has written about the power of Meetup before and about "alloy social capital", the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) folks who originally showed their support on Facebook (a far less meaningful indicator of support in my book) have now taken to using Meetup as a tool to organize protests in new cities. As Micah Sifry noted on 10/14/11, "On Meetup.com/OccupyTogether, where the OccupyTogether folks shifted their efforts, the number of communities represented has also doubled in the last 8 days, from 945 to 1,749. The number of occupiers listed as having joined one of those Meetups has tripled, from just under 4,000 to about 12,300."
If this chart to left is put on a logarithmic scale, one sees that the rate of growth dramatically slows after 10/7, even with an action (registering a "like" on facebook that is quite easy). By June, 2012, there were only 167,000 Facebook likes.
I think the growth on Meetup is much more real, but many of these locations are currently inactive (see below).
– number of actual and inchoate demonstrations. There is not great data on this. Nate Silber had an interesting post on 10/17/11 about the size and geography of protesters. Meetup charts the current number of "occupiers" by location, but this is likely an overestimate since some/many(?) of these "occupiers" may not show up on a given day and an underestimate since it only includes people registered on Meetup (and not their tag-along friends or people who see a protest and join in).
– views in the general public. Over 54% of Americans have favorable views of OccupyWallStreet. And a Quinnipiac University poll on 10/17/11 found two-thirds of Big Apple voters support the Occupy Wall Street protests. [Recent polls, as noted above, show support for the OWS protest slipping dramatically.]
– moreover, there is some evidence that the OWS efforts are changing at least what the media is discussing. See this post by Zaid Jilani of Think Progress on what the media was covering in the end of July versus what it was covering in October. [Granted that the resolution of the showdown over the national deficit naturally made the focus naturally shift away somewhat from a focus on debt, but the turnaround in attention to jobs, fairness and inequality has been remarkable.]
Syd Tarrow, a pre-eminent scholar of social movements defines them as "collective challenges to elites, authorities, other groups or cultural codes by people with common purposes and solidarity in sustained interactions with elites, opponents and authorities." Along this definition, the OWS movement would have to wrestle with proving that they are sustained (see above), that they have "common purposes and solidarity" (see above) and "collective challenges" when they have yet to present any unified demands. Moreover, the OWS movement has been less about interacting directly with elites, opponents or authorities (other than fighting off arrests or threats to clear them from Zuccotti Park).
Where OWS may be more successful as a quasi social movement is to the extent that they get political leaders to stand up and take notice and change their policies accordingly. On this score, time will obviously tell, but they have tapped into a period of fundamental and widespread feeling of malaise and lack of economic confidence about the future.
For a primer on Occupy Wall Street, see this LA Times piece and see this CBS piece comparing the actual distribution of income in the US against what respondents think the distribution is and what they would desire. There is also an interesting abridgement of a Scientific American article on attitudes/behaviors toward income redistribution in the US.
Note: Jeffrey Sachs calls OWS "The New Progressive Movement", but he is far looser about using the term social movement.
– From analysis of 5,600 completed surveys at occupywallst.org, fastcompany concludes that the typical protester is white (82%), male (61%), college-educated (61%), has a political affiliation of "independent" (70%), is 25-44 years old (44%), has a full-time job (47%), has income under $25,000 (47%) although 30% have income over $50,000 and 2% have income over $150,000, and about one quarter of them have attended occupation events previously. Other demographics here.
– And an interesting article about how the Teamsters are allying with Occupy Wall Street around shared goals.
– See "Can Occupy Wall Street Survive?" (Reuters)


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We have come a long way on this blog since I posted that picture almost two years ago.
Flavie Alexandre and Myra Alexandre,
daughters of Philomène Lagacé and Jean-Baptiste Alexandre
This was one of my favorite pictures…
It still is.
These two young women were unknown to Sandy and I in 2010. We just had a few clues. Bristol late 1890s.
We have found almost everything about them.
Flavie Alexander married Charles Lestage and Myra Alexander married William Archambeault. Some of Myra's descendants have contacted me since then. Descendants of Flavie still have not seen this blog nor all the pictures I have of their ancestors.
I can sit and wait.
We all have our precious pictures of our ancestors… hidden somewhere.
We just have to find them.
Flavie Alexandre and Myra Alexandre
They are so precious because most people don't have any.
This is a picture of my great-grandfather Stanislas Lagacé.
Stanislas Lagasse 1842-1927
Sandy, who is part of the A-Team, sent it in 2010 without knowing who this old man was. For my part, the only info I had of my great-grandfather was his birth certificate.
He was born August 9, 1842 in Notre-Dame-de Stanbridge.
1842… That was quite a long time ago!
Together Sandy and I manage to find who he was by looking at this picture and comparing it to pictures sent by someone else…
Four generations
I knew who were three of the four people. The baby was little Gerard Lagasse. His father Harry Lagasse is holding him and his grandfather Dennis Lagasse III is having a cigar. It was easy to figure out who was the tall and serious man on the left.
I still don't have a picture of my great-great-grandfather Stanislas Lagasse I who was born in 1816. Stanislas bears the same given name as Stanislas Lagacé. This is why I call him Stanislas 1842 since he also named one of his sons Stanislas whom I call Stanislas 1864.
This is all I have of Stanislas 1816…
No picture just his certificate of death.
Stanislas Lagacé 1816-1900
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Sandy sent it in 2011 as an early Christmas present!
I know that there are probably some pictures of Stanislas 1816 somewhere in an old dusty wooden chest hidden behind a pile of old objects in a dark attic somewhere in Bristol, Connecticut in 2012.
This is why Fran's e-mail was Godsend.
Stanislas Lagacé 1816, aka Dennis Lagasse 1816, died on March 26, 1900. He missed the 1900 U.S. census by only two months and five days. If he had been around in June 1900, I would have known with whom he was living back then.
Stanislas died from mitral insufficiency because of his old age. That's what Doctor Desmarais wrote 112 years ago. He also wrote my great-great-grandfather's home address: 22 Conlon street, Bristol, Connecticut…
Stanislas Lagasse I is the ancestor of thousands of Americans who have no idea who he is.
I do.
Myra Alexandre's descendants now know a lot about their ancestors. Helen Alexander's descendants will soon find out. Stanislas Lagacé I, or Stanislas 1816, and Libbie Lagasse Alexander were their ancestors.
Helen Alexander Bleau is in this picture with her mother Philomène Lagacé and her lovely sisters…
It's Joe's favorite picture. He sent it in 2010. We could not figure out who were these people. Joe is also part of the A-Team.
It took us two years to finally identify four of them: Flavie, Myra, Agnes and Helen. The other two should be Mary and Philomene but we can be 100% sure. What I know is that Philomene Alexander married a man named Molloy and she died probably in 1906. We have pictures of Mary but the one we have here does not look like her in the other pictures.
This is another picture. A tin-type picture.
Robin, from our A-Team on the West Coast, scanned it in 2011. She is not even directly related to us. Her husband is.
This is most probably taken around 1893 looking at the little boy's age.
Myra Alexander, John Alexander, Agnes Alexander
Philomène Lagasse, Helen Alexander Bleau with two unknown children
Fran has now her little idea who the little boy is.
I have also my little idea.
Robin, I got your e-mail yesterday. I could not reply. The message was filtered as a SPAM! Don't worry I read all your messages.

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DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history on Thursday, setting the stage for a costly court battle with creditors and opening a new chapter in the long struggle to revive the city that was the cradle of the American auto industry.
The bankruptcy, if approved by a federal judge, would force Detroit's thousands of creditors into negotiations with the city's Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr to resolve an estimated $18.5 billion (12.1 billion pounds) in debt that has crippled Michigan's largest city.
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder said he saw no other options for Detroit and approved Orr's request to file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.
"Detroit simply cannot raise enough revenue to meet its current obligations, and that is a situation that is only projected to get worse absent a bankruptcy filing," wrote Snyder, a Republican, in a letter accompanying the filing.
Detroit's creditors are expected to face huge losses, and the future of retiree pension and health benefits for thousands of city workers hangs in the balance.
Anticipating the filing on Thursday, investors drove prices of Detroit bonds and notes lower, sending their yields to record highs on Thursday.
In some respects, Detroit's legacy as a model for American innovation is at stake as well. Its crippled condition threatens to overwhelm its image as the home of Henry Ford's pioneering assembly line and Motown's 1960s soul-music hit machine. More recently, the city has become an incubator for efforts to repopulate and reinvigorate an urban relic of a bygone, industrial age.
New York, Cleveland and Philadelphia previously teetered on bankruptcy, but Detroit is the first major U.S. city to go over the edge.
Detroit has lost 25 percent of its population in the last decade, with just 700,000 residents remaining. The ranks of retirees outnumber the city's active workers by more than a 2-1 ratio. With a quarter of its buildings abandoned in some neighbourhoods, no other American city has borne the brunt of deindustrialization so heavily.
In his July 16 letter to the governor making the case for a bankruptcy filing, Orr laid bare the scope of the city's decline.
"After decades of fiscal mismanagement; plummeting population, employment and revenues; decaying City infrastructure... Detroit today is a shell of the thriving metropolis that it once was," Orr wrote.
Snyder named Orr in March to tackle the city's spiralling long-term debt, which is estimated at $18.5 billion.
A White House spokeswoman said Democratic U.S. President Barack Obama and his senior team were monitoring the situation in Detroit closely. But unlike after the economic collapse of 2008, in which the federal government injected billions in cash into U.S. auto makers General Motors Co and Chrysler as the first step of a quick turn through a managed bankruptcy process, Obama made no promises this time.
"While leaders on the ground in Michigan and the city's creditors understand that they must find a solution to Detroit's serious financial challenge, we remain committed to continuing our strong partnership with Detroit...," White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage said.
Detroit was once synonymous with U.S. manufacturing prowess. Its automotive giants switched production to planes, tanks and munitions during World War Two, earning the city the nickname of the "Arsenal of Democracy."
Now the city's name has become synonymous with decline, decay and crime. A population that peaked at 1.8 million in the 1950s has fallen steadily since then. Manufacturing job losses and an exodus of white residents to the suburbs, which accelerated after race riots in the 1960s, have left huge swaths of this 80 percent black city blighted and crime-ridden.
Pay cuts and job reductions in the city's police and fire departments have added to the sense of insecurity. Budget cuts have left streetlights broken, fire hydrants out of order, and cop cars and fire trucks badly in need of repair.
The city's murder rate is at its highest in nearly 40 years; only a third of Detroit's ambulances were in service in the first quarter of 2013; and an estimated 5,000 buildings a year intentionally are set on fire.
To compound the challenges, a crime wave in city government has compromised efforts to recover. In just one high-profile case, former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sits in prison, after he and associates were convicted of public corruption and systematic bid rigging.
The private sector has sought to make inroads against the crushing problems. Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert in 2010 began moving more than 7,000 jobs downtown, and several Detroit-based foundations have begun targeted investment in small local firms, neighbourhoods and public schools.
But despite high taxes, the city's coffers have continued to dwindle.
In June, the city's emergency manager, Orr, presented a proposal to creditors offering them pennies on the dollar. His plan had met with resistance from some creditors, most notably Detroit's two pension funds representing retired city workers. The funds recently filed lawsuits in a state court challenging the governor's ability to authorize Orr to file for bankruptcy.
Creditors are expected to mount a stiff challenge to the bankruptcy, which was filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of Michigan.
Douglas Bernstein, a bankruptcy attorney at Plunkett Cooney in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills, said he expected the case would last one to three years and would be very costly.
"This could run to tens-of-millions to hundreds-of-millions of dollars," he said.
Orr has said previously that he hoped Detroit could emerge from bankruptcy in a year or less. During a press conference in Detroit on Thursday after the bankruptcy filing, he said he hoped Detroit would emerge from bankruptcy by late summer or fall in 2014.
"We are planning to get through this process as expeditiously as possible," said Orr, an experienced bankruptcy lawyer before he took the emergency manager job.
Corporate bankruptcy filings with far less at stake have taken much longer than Orr's targeted timeline. Richard Ciccarone, managing director of McDonnell Investment Management, said it would be a long, drawn out process.
"They're dealing with very difficult issues in which there's not very much court precedent for a major city in this arena," he said.
While thousands of companies have gone through bankruptcy and emerged intact, only a relative handful American cities have made Chapter 9 filings since the Bankruptcy Act was amended in 1934 to include municipalities. The paucity of precedent and sheer number of creditors portend a complicated road ahead.
"It's a very complex landscape and it's one that's going to be watched very closely by municipal investors," said Robert Amodeo, a portfolio manager at Western Asset in New York.
General Motors, the only major U.S. automaker headquartered in Detroit, said in a statement that the company "is proud to call Detroit home and...(this is) a day that we and others hoped would not come. We believe, however, that today also can mark a clean start for the city."
Ford Motor Co, which is based in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, said it was "optimistic that governmental leaders will be successful in strengthening the community."
But Ed McNeil, chief negotiator for a coalition of 33 unions that represent most of the service workers for the city of Detroit said the bankruptcy filing was about "busting the unions."
"I've said all along that this is a power grab," said McNeil. "This is not about fixing the city's finances. It's about the governor and his own agenda to take over the city of Detroit."
Additional reporting by Bernie Woodall, Deepa Seetharaman, Joseph Lichterman Paul Lienert in Detroit; Karen Pierog in Chicago and Roberta Rampton in Washington; Editing by Leslie Gevirtz and Lisa Shumaker


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Two new books arrived this week in my mailbox, one a new collaboration between Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert and a new novel by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. I have to admit that "Hellhole" sounds really interesting and I am very curious about it. On the other hand, "An Embarrassment of Riches" is the 24th novel in the author's "Saint Germain" series, but I am not sure about it. It is true that my previous experience with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, "Beastnights", was a very pleasant one, but here the vampire theme is not exactly appealing. Therefore I am not yet entirely sure if I pick the novel for a reading soon.
- "Hellhole" by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert (through the courtesy of Tor Books);
Only the most desperate colonists dare to make a new home on Hellhole. Reeling from a recent asteroid impact, tortured with horrific storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and churning volcanic eruptions, the planet is a dumping ground for undesirables, misfits, and charlatans…but also a haven for dreamers and independent pioneers.
Against all odds, an exiled general named Adolphus has turned Hellhole into a place of real opportunity for the desperate colonists who call the planet their home. While the colonists are hard at work developing the planet, General Adolphus secretly builds alliances with the leaders of the other Deep Zone worlds, forming a clandestine coalition against the tyrannical, fossilized government responsible for their exile.
What no one knows is this: the planet Hellhole, though damaged and volatile, hides an amazing secret. Deep beneath its surface lies the remnants of an obliterated alien civilization and the buried memories of its unrecorded past that, when unearthed, could tear the galaxy apart.
- "An Embarrassment of Riches" by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (through the courtesy of Tor Books).
More than two decades strong, the Saint-Germain cycle is one of the most compelling works of dark fantasy and horror of our age. Historically accurate, often involving key events or figures from throughout world history, these deeply emotional novels have a devoted readership. Each novel is written as a stand-alone and they are not chronologically consecutive, so readers may enter the saga with any book and move backward or forward in time as they choose, from Pharaonic Egypt to Paris in the 1700s, from the fall of the Roman Empire to World War II Europe.
In An Embarrassment of Riches, the vampire Count finds himself a virtual prisoner in the Court of Kunigunde in Bohemia in the 1200s. Rakoczy Ferncsi, as Saint-Germain is known, passes his days making jewels to delight Queen Kunigunde and trying not to become involved in the Court's intrigues. In this, the vampire fails. Handsome, apparently wealthy, and obviously unmarried, he soon finds himself being sexually blackmailed by Rozsa, an ambitious lady-in-waiting. If he does not satisfy her, she will denounce him to the priests and he'll be burned at the stake, resulting in his True Death. Despite his care, the vampire makes more than one enemy at the Bohemian Court, and by the end of An Embarrassment of Riches, the Count can see only one road to freedom...through death.
Thank you very much!


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Fred Bealefeld to chair task force probing Anne Arundel Police Department problems
County exec announces tip line to report concerns within department
Former Baltimore City Police Department Commissioner Fred Bealefeld will chair a task force examining possible problems within Anne Arundel County's police department.
New County Executive Laura Neuman announced the task force's creation last month. On Thursday, she also announced a tip hotline that has been set up so people can report concerns about unethical or inappropriate behavior within the department.
The tip line is 410-222-2400.
"I understand that it can be a difficult decision for some individuals to come forward. This tip hotline is an effort to provide the highest level of confidentiality to anyone wishing to relay relevant information that will assist the task force with their investigation," Neuman said in a news release.
She said she created the task force after getting dozens of complaints.
"It seems that our police department continues to be plagued with drama and scandal, and there's always a recurring issue, so I want to get to the bottom of that," Neuman said last month.
Police Chief Larry Tolliver is the subject of an internal county investigation into allegations that he called police officers homophobic slurs and retaliated against officers who testified at the misconduct trial of former county executive John Leopold, who appointed him last summer.
However, Neuman said the task force will look at the entire department.
Bealefeld retired last year after 31 years with the Baltimore Police Department. He was chosen to head the department in 2007. On the task force, he will join law enforcement officers from Montgomery County and Washington, D.C.


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This week: Learn how to utilize your futuristic love-seeker, in the new TiMER trailer. Plus, would someone please tell me What's In The Box?
In the future, we'll all be implanted with timers that counts down the days, hours and minutes until you find your soul-mate, as you can see in the above trailer. Sadly, main character Oona's (Emma Caulfield) timer is blank, so she really has no idea when she'll meet her other half, and is tired of men leaving her when they find "the one." I'm actually very excited about this sweet little film, especially since Desmond Harrington is in it along with Caulfield. Did you notice the other Buffy alum? (It's Halfrek, AKA Kali Rocha)? TiMER's world premiere will be at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 26th.
What's In The Box?
Slashfilm pointed out this amazing test footage from What's In The Box? The footage (above) shows the scramblings of some poor soul as the world comes to an end, or is shifted to another dimension, or ... actually, I have no clue. The movie borrows from Half-Life and Lost (for the music). Watch closely for clues as to what this intense, end of the world movie really is. And then, please tell me.
Tokyo! is in the same family as the indiesParis Je T'aime and New York I Love You which are celebrations of mythic urban landscapes and the people that inhabit these big cities. Michael Gondry, Leos Carax and Joon-ho Bong all directed three shorts to this movie, and each one is beautiful in its own right. In August of 2008, Tokyo! was released in Japan. This March, it's currently getting a limited release in U.S. theaters and we wanted to make sure you were aware, because it's a thing of beauty.
"Interior Design " by Michel Gondry
A young couple tries to set themselves up in Tokyo. The young man's ambition is clear - to become a film director. His girlfriend, far more indecisive, cannot escape the vague feeling that she's losing control of her life. Directionless, both are beginning to go under in this vast city until the young woman, utterly alone, becomes the object of a bizarre transformation.
"Merde" by Leos Carax
A mysterious creature spreads panic in the streets of Tokyo by means of his provocative and destructive behavior. This man, dubbed "The Creature of the Sewers" by the media, arouses both passion and repulsion...until the moment he is captured.
"Shaking Tokyo" by Bong Joon-Ho
For more than 10 years, he's been a hikikomori (shut-in). He lives shut up in his apartment, strictly limiting all contact with the outside world to an absolute minimum. When a pizza delivery girl faints in his home during an earthquake, the unthinkable happens - he falls in love. Shortly after, he learns that the girl has in turn become a hikikomori. Will he dare cross the threshold that separates his apartment from the rest of the world?


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You know how it physically hurts to drift away from someone, when you know in your heart you do not want to. And it is almost shocking when you allow yourself to go back in the past and dig up memories of shared closeness? You just have to move on and tell yourself that you grew up. The one you held dear grew up too. And you are just two completely different people, ... and that is all there is to it. Sounds so simple when you put it that way, people just grew up.
And yet, some days you sit and try to remember when was it that you had started to drift apart? When was it that this 'growing up' happened? Was it when you had your first real heart break? Was it when quit tying your hair into two pigtails and traded wearing ugly black school boots for shiny new college heels? Was it when you somehow made it to graduation finish line without having a complete breakdown and stepped out into the big bad world? Or was it when, corporate life killed all semblance of a social life that once existed, quickly distancing you from everyone that exists in your world?
You may never know when you grew up.
It will be almost funny to remember how, staying in two different states, meeting only but twice a year for short vacations, was enough for two people to be the closest of friends and now staying in the same city, barely an hour away from each other, and the conversation never goes beyond an occasional Whatsapp. You will never know when memories become things of the past, stashed away somewhere on the top of the closet, wrapped in an old sheet, covered with a film of dust by now. Forgotten, because people moved on.
Remember how a decade and a half ago, life was full of all these amazing stories - like that one time you got blasted for ruining mom's sarees - two sets, one for each of the moms - in order to make a make-shift tent on that terrace you spent almost all of your time on. Or like spending endless hours, armed with only that old blue comb, inventing hairstyles that could be worn to school. Or that one time, you lay close giggling in the middle of the night, torch light in hand, looking up meanings to words in that faded old Oxford dictionary, you dare not ask anyone else. When you began a ritual to 'treat' each other with pocket money saved over Diwali, when a cheese grilled sandwich, pavbhaji and two bottles of old Coke, amounting to a mere 50 rupees, was an expensive luxurious meal for two.
That time when you breathlessly declared that you had fallen in love with that guy who had grown taller and considerably attractive last fall, and definitely seemed to make some suspicious eye contact with you at Holi. And then the winter after that, spending hours on that same terrace, calls names to the same guy in childish fury, for breaking your heart to pieces. Spending an entire night brushing aside boys and their silly antics, to talk about life and career and fucked up families and a future you were too scared to confront.
It all faded away. The terrace grew too small, the heartbreaks got too big. The future we were so worried about, became the present... one in which you were just a figure on the sidelines. Marriage happened, kids followed. New families happened. New responsibilities happened, and all our childish playthings were packed away. We went from knowing all to knowing barely anything. This wasn't just falling out of touch, this was more. This was not just growing up, this was growing out of each other.
It happens. I know. But just this once, can we go back to 90's again and stay there a while longer?
~ Annie.
P.S: I miss you M. :(
P.P.S: Something that would have come easily to me otherwise, but for some reason it didn't this time around - That time you called me at 4AM, while you were awake tending to your kid and I was awake tending to my sick kitten, and we giggled quietly whispering about how we were now mom's feeding our babies.... I swear I was back to our sleepover when we slept out in the hall, giggling at 4AM.
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The Peer Counseling program at Deerfield started in the spring of 1988, when a large group of boys gathered to hear about a new opportunity for leadership. Working through the Health Center, the members of this new group trained to reach out and support their fellow students as part of the overall counseling program. The boys chosen from that group were the pioneers who originated the seamless program that is now over 20 years old. The makings of a good peer counselor have not changed over the last 20 years: A good sense of self, respect in the community, a genuine interest in helping other people, and an understanding of one's boundaries and limitations are all valuable assets for young counselors.
In order to become peer counselors, students must go through a six-week training program that focuses on three core areas:
- Their own attitudes. Through discussions and role-playing, students examine their own opinions and issues, learning how to talk to others in an objective and unbiased way.
- Information and referrals. Students are given information, including a comprehensive manual, on the issues they may encounter. They also learn where to refer peers who are in need of further help.
- Counseling strategies. Through role-playing and discussions, students address the basic questions: what is counseling? and how is it done?
It is not unusual that many former peer counselors gravitate toward teaching and counseling, but the skills learned have been applied in other professions as well. One graduate said, "I incorporate what I learned from DA's program just about every time I speak with friends, family members, and now, clients when they have difficult situations to discuss." Another remarked, "While at DA, I did a lot of great things that served me well later in life, but peer counseling gave me a much more accelerated capacity to empathize with the situations other people are dealing with. I also think it made me a lot less eager to judge people. I keep using these skills every day."
For all that peer counselors give to others, many of them agree that perhaps the greatest benefit of the program is what they gain in self knowledge and awareness.
–Excerpted from "Person to Person" by Sue Carlson, Deerfield (Fall 2006)


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Mizzou Defense Forces Turnovers in 33 Straight Games
COLUMBIA - It began in the first quarter during a game played nearly three years ago. Not many players from that Missouri team are on the Tiger's roster today. The only Tiger remaining who started back then is Henry Josey.
The game, Missouri at Texas Tech. The day, Nov. 6, 2010. It was still in the first quarter of the game, and the Tigers found themselves with a 14-3 lead. It was first-and-10; the Red Raiders had the ball on Missouri's 47-yard line. On the next play, the Red Raiders' tailback ran the ball for three yards, but Missouri's Bren Donaldson forced the fumble. Andrew Gachkar recovered the fumble for the Tigers and gave Blaine Gabbert and the Missouri offense the ball back around midfield.
It probably wasn't a celebrated turnover that day; Missouri went on to lose that game in Lubbock, Texas, 24-17. But now that fumble is recognized as the beginning of a streak. Ever since that game in early November 2010, the Missouri Tigers have forced at least one turnover in each of their last 33 games. That's the longest active turnover streak in the FBS.
Missouri continued its opportunistic ways late in the first half against a vaunted Indiana Hoosiers offense. Indiana came into the game against Missouri averaging 50 points per game, and tied with Oregon for the most plays for over 40 yards. Missouri was up 21-14 with the Hoosiers marching downfield when it happened again.
It was third-and-3, the Hoosiers had the ball on their own 49. The clock was ticking down to just under two minutes left in the first half. On the snap, Missouri defensive end Kony Ealy rushed past Indiana's left tackle, and timed his leap with Indiana quarterback Nate Sudfeld's pass to the left sideline. The ball seemed to stick to Ealy's hands, and he came down with his first career interception. No sooner did his feet hit the turf did Ealy rush off to the end zone; he had a clear path with everyone behind him.
"I was just focused on securing the ball, and making sure he couldn't knock it out from behind," Ealy said as he went over the interception with reporters.
That play made it 28-14 in the second quarter, and Indiana never got closer than that as Missouri cruised the rest of the way to a 45-28 victory.
Defensive coordinator Dave Steckel preaches turnovers in practice, but knows the players must put the words into action.
"We're just doing the fundamentals that all the other coaches are teaching and doing a great job with vision and breaking on the football, so you gotta attribute it to our kids being able to see the ball," Steckel said.
"We try to get as many takeaways as possible," Ealy said."We try to get six or seven turnovers a practice, and you see how that happens in the games."
As for what makes his team so good at executing on turnovers, Head Coach Gary Pinkel said he didn't know, and that he didn't mind--adding one more requirement.
"We need more," Pinkel said. "So whatever it is, we need more."


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You just knew there was going to be a backlash against Condoleezza Rice reportedly being tabbed as one of the 12-18 members of the College Football Playoff selection committee, whether it be for her politics or for the simple fact that she's a woman in a male-dominated sport.
ESPN college football analyst David Pollack kicked off the national backlash Saturday on the College GameDay show, stating essentially that women shouldn't be a part of the group that will be charged with selecting the four teams that will play for the national championship.
Monday, that backlash continued.
Former Auburn head coach/athletic director Pat Dye was asked during a radio interview about Rice, who was born in Birmingham and whose father was a long-time Alabama fan, being a part of the committee. Suffice to say, Dye is not a fan of a move that hasn't even been officially announced yet.
"All she knows about football is what somebody told her," Dye said. "Or what she read in a book, or what she saw on television. To understand football, you've got to play with your hand in the dirt."
"I love Condoleezza Rice and she's probably a good statesman and all of that but how in the hell does she know what it's like out there when you can't get your breath and it's 110 degrees and the coach asks you to go some more?"
It's unclear how al.com was able to obtain a transcript of the interview, what with Dye's head being buried in the sand and all.
This won't be the last time the college football community, particularly those old-school types, come out and blast the expected selection. God forbid that someone like Rice, who more than makes up for her lack of on-field experience with knowledge of the game, should be a part of the process and add a different perspective to the room.
That would be horrible, and would potentially ruin this great game.
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Lastly the Umbra Angela were created by me and can be substituted by any kind of angel you deem appropriate.
"Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do."
Afterlife. Redemption. Final reward. All these words define hope for the future and motivate mortals into great acts. Their actions are observed and judged by higher powers and if they are deemed worthy, the gift of immortality awaits them. Immortality of their deeds that is, not the greedy and futile preservation of the flesh.
And yet there are the jealous, the malign, those that would erase every trace of existence from the righteous, so they can rule in fear and intimidation. They destroy and consume souls, committing the most heinous crime in the multiverse without shame.
While the Dark Angel Ascendants battle for the mortal spirit, the Soul Keepers protect its future.
<<Fluff Pending>>
To qualify to become a Soul Keeper, a character must fulfill all the following criteria.
Shadow casting: Able to cast 2nd level mysteries
Skills: Heal 4 Ranks, Knowledge (religion) 5 ranks
Meld shaping: Ability to shape soul melds.
Alignment: Any Good
Hit Die: d6
Soul Keeper
|Base Attack Bonus
|Fort Save
|Ref Save
|Will Save
|Meld shaping
|Angelic Devotion, Pure Soul
|+1 level of existing mystery-using class
|+1 level of existing meld shaping class
|Past Redemption
|+1 level of existing mystery-using class
|+1 level of existing meld shaping class
|Shadow Chakra, Memories beyond Time
|+1 level of existing mystery-using class
|+1 level of existing meld shaping class
|Angel of Mercy
|+1 level of existing mystery-using class
|+1 level of existing meld shaping class
|Ultionis in Nex
|+1 level of existing mystery-using class
|+1 level of existing meld shaping class
|Twin Shadow Chakra
|+1 level of existing mystery-using class
|+1 level of existing meld shaping class
|+1 level of existing mystery-using class
|+1 level of existing meld shaping class
|Recall Soul
|+1 level of existing mystery-using class
|+1 level of existing meld shaping class
|Perfect Shadow Chakra
|+1 level of existing mystery-using class
|+1 level of existing meld shaping class
|Angel of Death
|+1 level of existing mystery-using class
|+1 level of existing meld shaping class
Class Skills:
The Soul Keeper's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Diplomacy (Cha), Knowledge (all skills, taken individually) (Int), Perception (Wis), Spell craft (Int), Stealth (Dex).
Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier
Soul Keepers have the following game statistics.
Class Features:
All of the following are class features of the Soul Keeper prestige class.
Angelic Devotion:
The powers granted by this class are divine in nature and, much like a cleric, if you misuse them, they will be inaccessible until you atone for your misdeeds.
More specifically if you ever cease to oppose those who would misuse Shadow Magic, control other people against their will, or, more generally harass Good people with the help of the cover of darkness and night, or work intentionally to uncover the identity of your patrons or directly or indirectly oppose them, you lose all benefits granted by this prestige class and cannot gain new levels in it.
Depending on the severity of your actions an atonement spell and one month of acting towards the Umbra Angela cause may allow you to regain your class benefits back and resume taking levels normally.
Pure Soul (Ex):
The Soul Keeper gains Pure Soul (Heroes of Horror) as a bonus feat. Furthermore she cannot become undead by any spell or ability not deific in nature.
At each level you gain new mysteries per day and an increase in caster level (and mysteries known, if applicable) as if you had also gained a level your mystery-using class. You do not, however, gain any other benefits a character of these classes would have gained.
If you had more than one mystery-using class before becoming a dark angel ascendant, you must decide to which class to add each level for the purpose of determining mysteries per day, caster level, and mysteries known.
Meld shaping:
At each level, you increase your meld shaper level, the number of soul melds you can shape, the number and kinds of chakra binds you can create, and her essentia pool as if you had gained a level in the meld shaping class to which you belonged to prior to gaining the Soul Keeper level. You do not; however gain any other abilities of that class. If you had more than one meld shaping class before becoming a Soul Keeper, you must decide to which class to add each level for the purpose of determining her essentia pool, meld shaper level, and the number of soul melds and chakra binds available.
Past Redemption (Su):
The Soul Keeper gains the ability to shape a special chakra at 2nd level. While shaped, any evil outsider or undead under the effect of a Soul Keeper's mystery or soul meld ability that dies, is permanently destroyed and cannot be resurrected, reanimated or become an undead creature and its rejuvenation ability is negated, unless a creature with divine rank uses such an ability. Destroyed undead can still be resurrected to their living state, however the Soul Keeper must be present at the casting of the restoring ability.
For every point of essentia invested the Soul Keeper and his allies in a 30 feet radius gain a +2 sacred bonus to saves against possession, taint, death effects and energy drain and reduce all vile and unholy damage taken by 2 (minimum 0).
If bound to the brow, the Soul Keeper instantly recognizes any and all abilities of a creature or object that involves energy drain, taint, vile or unholy damage, ability drain, soul imprisonment, destruction or possession and gains SR equal to 11 + meld shaper level against those effects. He does not however determine any other abilities the creature might possess.
Memories beyond Time (Ex):
At 3rd level, a Soul Keeper no longer takes penalties to his ability scores for aging and cannot be magically aged. Any such penalties that he has already taken, however, remain in place. Age bonuses still accrue.
In addition the Soul Keeper has no maximum age and he can speak with any creature that has or is a soul.
Shadow Chakra:
At 3rd level, a Soul Keeper gains the use of a unique chakra: the shadow chakra. Instead of binding a soul meld to a chakra on her body, she binds it to a chakra on her shadow. The Soul Keeper can bind any soul meld she knows to her shadow chakra, just as if it were bound to any other chakra on her body that she could bind soul melds to. However, due to the fact that it is bound to her shadow and not to her, each two points of essentia invested in the soul meld bound to her shadow chakra only act as if one essentia were invested in it. For the purposes of binding, the Soul Keeper can treat her shadow chakra as if it were any other chakra she has access to and may bind soul melds to it even if she already has another soul meld bound to the chakra the shadow chakra is mimicking.
Angel of Mercy:
At 4th a Keeper of Souls may spend a mystery to spontaneously cast a cleric spell equal or less than the spent mystery's level. She can only cast spells with the (Healing) descriptor and they function as divine spells, not mysteries.
In addition undead who were killed by a Soul Keeper and their alignment was any good before undeath; need no material components to be raised from the dead with any (Healing) spell, nor do they lose a level when brought back in life.
Ultionis in Nex (Su):
At 5th level, whenever a Soul Keeper would succumb to the effects of a death spell or death by energy drain or ability drain, he is raised on the following round with any negative levels or ability drain removed and with no loss of levels. His creature type changes to deathless and he gains the augmented subtype.
This ability is used once per day without any action on the soul keeper's part and lasts for 3 rounds. After the effect expires, he dies again.
Twin Shadow Chakra:
At 6th level, a Soul Keeper's shadow chakra can have two soul melds bound to it, each emulating a different chakra that the Soul Keeper has access to. One of these chakra uses essentia as a normal chakra does, providing a 1:1 ratio for invested essentia. The second, being the weaker chakra, act as the shadow chakra described in the Shadow Chakra ability.
Recall Soul (Su):
At 8th level, a Soul Keeper ignores any effect that imprisons or destroys a soul, for the purposes of resurrecting a good aligned recipient. Imprisoned souls are freed and destroyed ones are reformed from the lingering memories residing in the Plane of Shadows. This ability fails if used against souls destroyed or imprisoned by artifacts or salient abilities of creatures with divine rank or from creatures with HD greater than the CL of the Soul Keeper.
Also true resurrection can now resurrect dead recipients that died up to 50 years per caster level before.
Perfect Shadow Chakra:
At 9th level, a Soul Keeper's shadow chakra becomes an incredible font of power. Any soul meld bound to the Soul Keeper's shadow chakra is treated as having twice the essentia invested in it as it actually does (to a maximum of four), so that a soul meld bound to the Soul Keepers shadow throat chakra with 2 essentia invested in it would be treated as having 4.
Angel of Death (Ex):
At 10th a Keeper of Souls' creature type permanently changes to deathless. As a free action, taken out of turn but once per round, she can transform back to her previous creature type (restoring her previous constitution score) or change back into deathless. She counts as either creature type wherever it would be more beneficial to her for purposes of spells, prerequisites and abilities.
In addition she gains wings out of pure shadow enabling her to supernaturally fly at 120 feet speed and granting her +8 to the Fly skill. She may hide or reveal them as a free action.
Lastly any (Healing) spell or effect she utilizes gains a +2 on save DC and +4 on caster level and has no maximum caster level cap.


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Total Commander 9.0a Extended 17.3
Total Commander (former Wincmd) is a file manager for Windows similar to the Windows Explorer. But Total Commander uses a different approach: it has two fixed windows side by side like a well-known file manager for DOS.
•Two file windows side by side
•Multiple language and Unicode support
•Enhanced search function
•Compare files (now with editor) / synchronize directories
•Quick View panel with bitmap display
•ZIP, ARJ, LZH, RAR, UC2, TAR, GZ, CAB, ACE archive handling + plugins
•Built-in FTP client with FXP (server to server) and HTTP proxy support
•Parallel port link, multi-rename tool
•Tabbed interface, regular expressions, history+favorites buttons
•Thumbnails view, custom columns, enhanced searchCompare editor, cursor in lister, separate trees, logging, enhanced overwrite dialog etc.
•Unicode names almost everywhere, long names (>259 characters), password manager for ftp and plugins, synchronize empty dirs, 64 bit context menu, quick file filter (Ctrl+S)
•New: USB port connection via special direct transfer cable, partial branch view (Ctrl+Shift+B), and many imporvements to ftp, synchronizing and other functions
•And many more!


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FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for modern server, desktop, and embedded computer platforms. FreeBSD's code base has undergone over thirty years of continuous development, improvement, and optimization. It is developed and maintained by a large team of individuals. FreeBSD provides advanced networking, impressive security features, and world class performance and is used by some of the world's busiest web sites and most pervasive embedded networking and storage devices.
FreeBSD 10.4-RELEASE Announcement
The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce availability of FreeBSD 10.4-RELEASE. This is the fifth release of the stable/10 branch, building upon the stability and reliability of 10.4-RELEASE and introducing new features.
Some of the highlights:
10.4-RELEASE is the first FreeBSD release to feature full support for eMMC storage, including eMMC partitions, TRIM and bus speed modes up to HS400. Please note, though, that availability of especially the DDR52, HS200 and HS400 modes requires support in the actual sdhci(4) front-end as well as by the hardware used. Also note, that the SDHCI controller part of Intel® Apollo Lake chipsets is affected by several severe silicon bugs. Apparently, it depends on the particular Apollo Lake platform whether the workarounds in place so far are sufficient to avoid timeouts on attaching sdhci(4) there.
Also in case a GPT disk label is used, the fsck_ffs(8) utility now is able to find alternate superblocks.
The aesni(4) driver now no longer shares a single FPU context across multiple sessions in multiple threads, addressing problems seen when employing aesni(4) for accelerating ipsec(4).
Support for the Kaby Lake generation of Intel® i219(4)/ i219(5) devices has been added to the em(4) driver.
The em(4) driver is now capable of enabling Wake On LAN (WOL) also for Intel® i217, i218 and i219 chips. Note that stale interface configurations from previous unsuccessful attempts to enable WOL for these devices now will actually take effect. For example, an `ifconfig em0 wol` activates all WOL variants including wol_mcast, which might be undesirable.
Support for WOL has been added to the igb(4) driver, which was not able to activate this feature on any device before. The same remark regarding stale WOL configurations as for the em(4) driver applies.
Userland coredumps can now trigger events such as generating a human readable crash report via devd(8). This feature is off by default.
The firmware shipping with the qlxgbe(4) driver has been updated to version 5.4.66. Additionally, this driver has received some TSO and locking fixes, performance optimizations as well as SYSCTLs providing MAC, RX and TX statistics.
Mellanox® ConnectX-4 series adapters are now supported by the newly added mlx5ib(4) driver.
OpenSSH received an update to version 7.3p1.
GNOME has been updated to version 3.18.
Xorg-Server has been updated to version 1.18.4.
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The big day is finally here.
Just in case you weren't invited to the wedding of Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom, you could catch it on E! on Sunday. Earlier, the three Kardashian sisters all took to their blogs and Twitter pages in an effort to drum up hype about the much-anticipated reality TV event.
"AHHHHH my wedding special airs at 8pm tonight on E! Who's watching?!?!?!?" Khloe tweeted on Sunday (emphasis clearly not ours).
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Sister Kourtney Kardashian tweeted an hour after Khloe.
"Yay! Tonights [sic] the big night...the keeping up with the kardashians wedding special! Its [sic] on at 8pm! I'm sooo excited to watch!" she posted on her Twitter page.
Kim added, "I am so excited 4 Keeping Up W The Kardashian's wedding special tonight on E! at 8pm U guys will see how Khloe & Lamar fell in love!"
Khloe and her NBA star hubby exchanged vows on Sept. 27 at the Beverly Hills home of family friend Irving Azoff and boasted a star-studded guest list that included the whole Kardashian clan, Kobe Bryant, Chelsea Handler, and Ryan Seacrest (who produces the Kardashians' reality show for E!) among others.
Both Odom and Khloe, who wed a month after first meeting, have refuted speculation that their wedding was a publicity stunt amid rumors that the stars had yet to make it official with the singing of prenuptial agreements.
"Anybody that was there will tell you it was a beautiful event and it was real," Odom told reporters shortly after the wedding.


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Pope's friend Max Seckler: Did Benedict XVI himself wrestle with intrigue in the Vatican?
According to the Tübingen professor of fundamental theology, Max Seckler - he was once a long time colleague of the theologian Joseph Ratzinger - the announced resignation of Pope Benedict is a sign of inner depths.
"It strengthens the view that a Pope should give up, if his health demands it", the 85-year-old friend of the Pope said today to the news agency dpa- and added:
"He has suffered a lot from some things that this office brings with it. "
Dimas, Professor Seckler: It is hard to imagine that there is intrigue in Rome, with which he himself has had to wrestle with. This has affected him very much because he is a theologian and a noble man indeed. "
He had been wondering for years how long Pope Benedict could put up with this burden.
Yet, the resignation announcement came as a surprise admitted Professor Seckler:"This is one of those bold steps which he has always beern ready to take."
"Pray for me that I did not flee from the wolves"
In a sermon, the head of the Catholic Church asked the faithful shortly after his election as pope to, "Pray for me, that I may not flee for fear of the wolves." - This may already have indicated that Benedict would not be able to bear the coming time easily.
Here is the context of those significant words of 24 April 2005 in his speech at the inauguration:
"Feed my sheep", says Christ to Peter, and now, at this moment, he says it to me as well. Feeding means loving, and loving also means being ready to suffer. Loving means giving the sheep what is truly good, the nourishment of God's truth, of God's word, the nourishment of his presence, which he gives us in the Blessed Sacrament. My dear friends – at this moment I can only say: pray for me, that I may learn to love the Lord more and more. Pray for me, that I may learn to love his flock more and more – in other words, you, the holy Church, each one of you and all of you together. Pray for me, that I may not flee for fear of the wolves. Let us pray for one another, that the Lord will carry us and that we will learn to carry one another.
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I've noticed three instances of Ennio Morricone songs used on the show.
The first is Tony's flashback in "Fortunate Son", when he approaches his father the night after he sees him mutilate Satriale, the theme from "The Good the Bad and the Ugly" is playing.
The second is later that season in "He Is Risen" when Ralphie and Tony have their "stand-off" in the pool hall. I'm not sure which song this was, but it was definitely Morricone.
The final instance is at the end of "Whoever Did This", Tony leaves the Bing and it cuts to black, with a remix of "The Man with the Harmonica" playing over the credits.
Taps, lights out, 2200 hours. What's missing? Give up? Television.


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Spinach & three cheese cannelloni
Nutrition and extra info
- Can be frozen uncooked
- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal660
- fat39g
- saturates22g
- carbs49g
- sugars10g
- fibre6g
- protein32g
- salt2.32g
For the tomato sauce
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 3 garlic cloves, finely sliced
- pinch golden caster sugar
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp dried oregano
Closely related to marjoram, of which it is the wild equivalent, oregano has a coarser, more…
- 2 x 400g cans chopped tomato
For the filling
- 500g spinach, washed
Used in almost every cuisine across the world, spinach is an enormously popular green vegetable…
- 300g soft rindless goat's cheese
- 100g parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), finely grated
Parmesan is a straw-coloured hard cheese with a natural yellow rind and rich, fruity flavour. It…
- pinch grated nutmeg
One of the most useful of spices for both sweet and savoury…
- 200g dried cannelloni tubes
- 1 ball mozzarella, sliced
First make the tomato sauce. Heat the oil in a shallow pan, then fry the garlic for 1 min until fragrant. Add the sugar, vinegar and oregano. Simmer for a moment, then tip in the tomatoes and season. Simmer sauce for 20 mins, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes have cooked down to a thick sauce. Turn off heat and set aside.
Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Put the spinach in a large colander, then pour over a kettle of hot water to wilt it (you may need to do this twice). Pour over cold water to cool it down. Squeeze the spinach, then place it in a clean tea towel and wring out the water really well.
Tip the spinach into a food processor and pulse to chop, then crumble in the goat's cheese and half the Parmesan. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg, then blitz until everything is finely chopped. Using a piping bag, or a plastic food bag with the corner cut off, squeeze the mix into the cannelloni tubes, then lay them, side by side, in a baking dish. Pour over the tomato sauce and top with the mozzarella and remaining Parmesan. The cannelloni can now be frozen for up to 1 month – defrost completely before cooking. Bake for 25-30 mins until golden and bubbling, then remove and leave to stand for 5 mins. Serve from the dish.
Recipe Tip
Or why not try... Creamed spinachSimmer wilted spinach and double cream together until piping hot, then season with salt, pepper and grated nutmeg.


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DescriptionThis, as the name implies, is the sequel to Raging Thunder, an arcade racing game. As in the first game, the player controls the car from a third person perspective. In smartphones, the car can be controlled either using the touch screen alone or using the accelerometer (the Zeebo version is controlled using the regular controller). The car also has a boost feature, which can be recharged by collecting blue lightning bolt power-ups during the races. Another way of gaining some speed is through the opponents' windshadow. The player can win not only by being the fastest racer, but also by taking his/her opponents out of the race by hitting them. Other power-ups include car armor (which makes the car less vulnerable to hits), money (to buy new cars and upgrades), credits (used in the Arcade mode), repairs, stars (which grant achievements), extra time (for the Arcade mode) and flaming tires (which give the car extra grip).
The game features 6 single player game modes:
- Career: in this mode, the player competes in 8 tournaments including 2 to 5 tracks, earning money to buy new cars and upgrades for them. There are 6 cars available to be purchased.
- Time Attack: in this mode, the player runs against the clock.
- Single Race: in this mode, the player selects a track and runs against A.I. opponents.
- Instant Race: in this mode, the player picks up a random car and a random track to race on.
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- Arcade: in this mode, the player races through all stages trying not to let the clock reach zero.
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After you've generated tenant interest with your great listing and fair rent price, you need to decipher if prospective tenants will be a good fit for your property. It's common for landlords to make this huge mistake: only requiring a rental application and meeting their tenant at a showing. This method leaves room for error when deciding if a prospective tenant is qualified.
Screening tenants is your key to success. A solid tenant screening process tells you if your tenant will likely pay rent (based on affordability and their financial history) and if your tenant will be responsible (based on employment stability, eviction history and criminal history).
Your tenant screening process should:
- Include a rental application that asks the right questions
- Require a tenant background check
- Include a showing where you ask questions and look out for these red flags:
- Inconsistent answers to questions
- Reluctance to complete a credit and background check
- Delayed communication; expressing disinterest
- Disrespectful behavior at your property showing
Your tenant screening process should be consistent. To ensure you're complying with Fair Housing Laws, you should follow the same process for everyone and talk to a lawyer if you have any questions.
The easiest way to complete tenant screening is online. Using an online application and a credit and criminal background check is faster and provides enhanced security for your tenants. They can be assured that their personal information will not be lost or misused.
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#1 More Photoshop Painting11-11-2008, 01:32 AM
Here is something I was playing with the other night. Still not that great but I feel I'm making progress.
Cast your burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain you;
he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 55:22
Personally I couldn't paint my way out of a paper bag. But a Wacom tablet is a great help when editing photos and I've read where artists say that after using one, they'd never go back to working with a mouse alone.Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Last edited by FlaGator; 11-11-2008 at 10:58 AM.Cast your burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain you;
he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 55:22
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...=wacom&x=0&y=0 you can get a Intuos3 4x6 for $209.00. I've had the Intuos3 6x8 for a couple years now and it makes life a lot easier. I don't know if you've bought from Newegg or not. Over the last 10 years I've bought thousands of dollars of hardware from them . GREAT people to do business with. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. You order in the morning and it goes out that day. Cheap shipping too.Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
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................................The Butterfly
by Nikos Kazantzakis (1885-1957) from Zorba the Greek]
I remember one morning when I discovered a cocoon in the back of a
tree just as a butterfly was making a hole in its case and preparing
to come out. I waited awhile, but it was too long appearing and I was
impatient. I bent over it and breathed on it to warm it. I warmed it as
quickly as I could and the miracle began to happen before my eyes,
faster than life. The case opened; the butterfly started slowly
crawling out, and I shall never forget my horror when I saw how its
wings were folded back and crumpled; the wretched butterfly tried
with its whole trembling body to unfold them. Bending over it, I tried
to help it with my breath, in vain.
It needed to be hatched out patiently and the unfolding of the wings
should be a gradual process in the sun. Now it was too late. My
breath had forced the butterfly to appear all crumpled, before its time.
It struggled desperately and, a few seconds later, died in the palm of
my hand.
That little body is, I do believe, the greatest weight I have on my
conscience. For I realize today that it is a mortal sin to violate the
great laws of nature. We should not hurry, we should not be
impatient, but we should confidently obey the external rhythm.
"I sat on a rock to absorb this New Years's thought. Ah, if only that little butterfly could always flutter before me to
show me the way."
11-15-2008, 08:24 PMCast your burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain you;
he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 55:22
I haven't watched South Park in a very long time, yet that was for some reason the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the picture. :o"If you bound the arms and legs of gold-medal swimmer Michael Phelps, weighed him down with chains, threw him in a pool and he sank, you wouldn't call it a 'failure of swimming'. So, when markets have been weighted down by inept and excessive regulation, why call this a 'failure of capitalism'?"
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Blessthefall Unleash 'Hollow Bodies' Video
We recently brought you plenty of exclusive green screen shots from Blessthefall's 'Hollow Bodies' video shoot. Now you can see how that all paid off in the final video, which just arrived online today.
The clip is a performance-based piece, but that's underselling the visuals somewhat, as director Daniel Davison uses several camera tricks to provide interesting and eye-catching images. At various points during the clip, the band members appear suspended in action, either caught in a jump or in a heavy rocking moment as the camera shows you the view from different angles.
In addition, each of the band members took turns jumping off a platform to the ground below, but it looks extra interesting in the video as the backdrop is a dilapidated darkened house and the musicians are suspended in air as they prepare for impact.
'Hollow Bodies' comes off the band's album of the same name, and fans can look for the song finding its way into sets during the band's upcoming 'Hollow Bodies' Tour. The trek launches April 8 in El Paso, Texas. To see all the dates on the trek, click the button below.


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All-From-Scratch 7-Layer Dip Recipe
This dip, adapted from NYC chef Joaquin Baca's recipe in New York magazine, is undeniably delicious. But, boy, is it labor-intensive. After having made it straight through over the course of a Saturday afternoon (as part of a husband-wife 7-Layer Dip Duel*), I would advise you to prepare it in stages a few days ahead of time.
Here's my hypothetical timeline, assuming you're making it for a game day party on Sunday.
Friday: Make the salsa and the refried beans; refrigerate.
Saturday: Cook the ground beef and the rice; refrigerate.
Sunday: Shred the cheese, if using block cheddar. Make the guacamole. Layer dip, and set out.
* Want to see the recipe my wife prepared? Here: Classic From-a-Can 7-Layer-Dip »
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- Yield:20 to 25 people
- Active time: 2 hours or more
- For the refried black beans: 1/4 cup olive oil or lard
- 1/2 medium yellow onion, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
- 3 1/2 cups cooked black beans, liquid reserved
- For the rice: 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1 cup long grain rice
- 1/2 medium yellow onion, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
- 1 medium clove garlic, minced (about 1 teaspoon)
- 1 1/2 cups low-sodium canned or homemade chicken stock
- 1/4 cup tomato sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- For the ground beef: 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 medium onion, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 medium clove garlic, minced (about 1 teaspoon)
- 1/2 tablespoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1teaspoon kosher salt
- For the cheese: 3/4 pounds grated cheddar
- For the guacamole: 2 ripe avocados, halved and peeled
- 1/2 medium red onion, diced (about 1/2 cup)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped cilantro leaves
- 1 tablespoon juice from 1 lime
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- For the sour cream:1 3/4 cups
- For the salsa:
- 3 medium tomatoes, finely chopped (about 2 cups)
- 1/2 medium red onion, finely chopped (about 1/2 cup)
- 3 serrano chiles, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon juice from 1 lime
Refry the beans: Heat oil or lard in large skillet over medium heat until shimmering. Add onion; cook until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add beans gradually and mash until smooth; if beans are too dry, add reserved liquid as needed.
Cook the rice: Heat oil in large saucepot over medium heat until shimmering. Add rice and onion, stirring constantly until rice is toasted, about 4 minutes. Add garlic, cooking until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add chicken stock and remaining ingredients; bring to boil, cover pot, and simmer until liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes.
Cook the ground beef: Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat until shimmering. Add onion; cook until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the beef and seasonings; cook, crumbling beef with spatula, until the liquid is absorbed, about 10 minutes
Make the guacamole: Mash avocados in bowl with fork and combine with remaining ingredients.
Make the salsa: Combine all ingredients.
Assemble the dip: In 9-by-13-inch glass dish or large bowl layer ingredients in this order:
Refried beans
Ground beef
Sour cream
Serve with tortilla chips.
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Chicken with lemon & courgette couscous
Nutrition and extra info
- Healthy
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal275
- fat7g
- saturates1g
- carbs29g
- sugars4g
- fibre1g
- protein25g
- salt0.37g
- 200g couscous
Consisting of many tiny granules made from steamed and dried durum wheat, couscous has become a…
- 400ml chicken stock
- 2 tbsp olive oil
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- 4 courgettes, grated
The courgette is a variety of cucurbit, which means it's from the same family as cucumber,…
- 2 lemons, 1 halved, 1 cut into wedges
Oval in shape with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile…
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Tip the couscous into a large bowl and pour over the stock. Cover and leave for 10 mins until fluffy and all the stock has been absorbed. Heat 1 tbsp oil and fry the courgettes until softened and crisping at the edges. Tip into the couscous, then stir in with plenty of seasoning and a good squeeze of lemon juice from one of the halves.
Halve the chicken breasts horizontally and put each piece on a sheet of cling film. Cover with another sheet and beat each piece out with a rolling pin to make it thinner. Season. Heat the remaining oil in a large pan and fry the chicken for about 2 mins on each side until cooked through. Squeeze over the juice from the other lemon half and serve with the couscous and lemon wedges on the side.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The contrast could not be sharper: Economists are all but certain the U.S. Federal Reserve will expand its monetary stimulus this week, but they have no clue how the fiscal battle in Congress will shake out.
U.S. central bankers look set to extend their monetary stimulus, known as Quantitative Easing, into the new year at a meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday. Analysts expect the Fed to continue buying $85 billion worth of securities per month.
"The Fed would not have emphasized the number '$85 billion' in securities purchases in its statement if it wasn't prepared to continue at that pace well beyond the end of the year," said Roberto Perli, a senior managing director at investment research firm ISI.
No matter what it does, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has made it clear the central bank lacks the firepower to counter the possible drag from the looming $600 billion combination of expiring tax cuts and automatic spending reductions popularly known as the "fiscal cliff."
Alarm over an immediate, looming deadline may be overstated. Some analysts say the cliff is better described as a slope, since not all provisions will kick in at once. But Congress' budget watchdog and the Fed both think it spells recession.
The world is watching with bated breath, particularly given the fragile state of other major economies.
The euro zone remains mired in recession and, while Greece's latest debt deal has calmed nerves for now, few believe it will take long before troubles in Spain and Italy flare up again.
Euro zone industrial output numbers on Wednesday are forecast to show an uptick of 0.2 percent following a steep 2.5 percent plunge in the prior month, according to a Reuters poll. Still, few believe the euro zone's wounds will heal any time soon.
A European Central Bank policymaker said the bank had a "very serious" debate last week about cutting interest rates, which are already at a record low of 0.75 percent, and added that a cut was possible next year if the euro zone economy does not pick up. The German and Austrian central banks separately suggested such a turnaround is unlikely, forecasting scant growth in their economies for 2013.
With the continent still in crisis, European Union leaders will hold their last summit of the year. Ahead of that gathering, EU finance ministers will meet on Wednesday to try to hash out an agreement on cross-border banking supervision, having failed to do so last week.
Heads of state, for their part, will focus on the long-term direction and structure of the bloc, for which banking union is a key part.
The final Spanish bond auction of the year on Wednesday will provide a good opportunity to look back at how they have fared this year and, more importantly, a possible signal of how they will do in 2013 with investors still waiting for Madrid to request outside help, which would allow the ECB to intervene in the bond market.
Stateside, budget negotiations will remain center stage, even if expectations for a deal are based more on faith than fact.
"The decision is completely being driven by politics, not by what's good for the economy," said Eric Leeper, an economics professor at Indiana University. "That's what happens when you have no clear objectives for fiscal policy."
Republican House Speaker John Boehner accused President Barack Obama of pushing the country toward the "fiscal cliff" on Friday and of wasting another week without making progress in talks. Obama has argued it is Republicans and their desire to protect the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans that are preventing an agreement.
"Last week brought very little substantive progress," said Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Pierpont Securities, calling the discussions "a slow-motion train wreck."
U.S. employment picked up in November, according to a Labor Department report on Friday, but the drop in the jobless rate to 7.7 percent was due to discouraged workers bailing out of the labor force. This should keep the Fed, which has committed to buying assets for as long as it takes to improve the outlook for jobs, easing monetary policy for the foreseeable future.
Indeed, economists at JPMorgan said that the third round of quantitative easing could range as high as $3 trillion if recent progress in bringing down unemployment grinds to a halt.
At $2.8 trillion, the Fed's balance sheet is already more than triple its pre-crisis size.
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On the roof at number eight again, a pale sun trying to burn through the thin layer of cloud overhead. I could be in the country here, in some crooked little pueblo, for all the city noise I can hear – which is to say, none. Red tiles and whitewashed walls, palms, ferns and potted plants – my visual field is a crowd of Andalusian tropes – but this place is different, has always managed to be different. Something in its proportions, in the shape of the slender carmens and villas that rise from the ramshackle roofscape, the better to build the miradors and terraces from which people have looked across at the opposite hill for centuries.
The horseshoe arches and heavy wooden doorways and window frames: there is something more distinctly Berber here than anywhere else on the peninsula. Something Arab. Something African. K has walked down to the frenetic city below where we were last night, almost intimidated by its busyness, its overflowing bars and bodegas, to shop. I'll follow her down there soon; it's only a five minute walk through the stepped and cobbled, car-free streets of the old town.
It isn't completely silent; as I down the first coffee of the day and look up at the Alcazaba, I recognise a few notes of "New York, New York" as it wafts over from a house upslope behind me. It's soft and welcome and entirely typical of the place. I can't remember being here, in fact, and not being able to hear music, if only in the distance. It always seems to be good music too: when it isn't flamenco it's jazz, or swing, or an old Billie Holliday number More


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Acts: 2. Scenes: 18. Roles: Male (49) , Female (8) , Neutral (0)
This is noisily Protestant England - the England of William and Mary's Glorious Revolution at the end of a century of civil strife. This is London in the 1690s, the monster city tamed into awe by our only Orpheus: Henry Purcell.
Monarchs, princes, prostitutes, wigmakers, composers, tapsters, musicians, transvestites and watermen jostle for attention in the teeming, unruly world of late seventeenth-century London, where enthralling stories both real and imagined merge and intersect.
Gabriel premiered at Shakespeare's Globe, London, in July 2013 with Alison Balsom, one of the world's finest trumpeters, performing the music of Purcell and Handel.