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What comes after civilization?
19 February 2012
Recently (in Don't Cry for the Papers) I wrote that, "Books will be a part of human life as long as there are human beings (or some successor species engaged in civilizational activity, or whatever cultural institution is the successor to civilization)." While this was only a single line thrown out as an aside in a discussion of newspapers and magazines, I had to pause over this to think about it and make sure that I would get my phrasing right, and in doing so I realized that there are several ideas implicit in this formulation.
Since I make an effort to always think in terms of la longue durée, I have conditioned myself to note that current forms (of civilization, or whatever else is being considered) are always likely to be supplanted by changed forms in the future, so when I said that books, like the poor, will always be with us, for the sake of completeness I had to note that human forms may be supplanted by a successor species and that civilization may be supplanted by a a successor institution. Both the idea of the post-human and the post-civilizational are interesting in their own right. I have briefly considered posthumanity and human speciation in Against Natural History, Right and Left (as well as other posts such as Addendum on the Avoidance of Moral Horror), but the idea of a successor to civilization is something that begs further consideration.
Now, in the sense, everything that I have written about futurist scenarios for the successor to contemporary industrial-technological civilization (which I have described in Three Futures, Another Future: The New Agriculturalism, and other posts) can be taken as attempts to outline what comes after civilization in so far as we understand civilization as contemporary industrial-technological civilization. This investigation of post-industrial civilization is an important aspect of an analytic and theoretical futurism, but we must go further in order to gain a yet more comprehensive perspective that places civilization within the longest possible historical context.
I have adopted the convention of speaking of "civilization" as comprising all settled, urbanized cultures that have emerged since the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution. This is not the use that "civilization" has in classic humanistic historiography, but I have discussed this elsewhere; for example, in Jacob Bronowski and Radical Reflection I wrote:
…Bronowski refers to "civilization as we know it" as being 12,000 years old, which means that he is identifying civilization with the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution and the emergence of settled life in villages and eventually cities.
Taking this long and comprehensive view of civilization, we still must contrast civilization with its prehistoric antecedents. When one realizes that the natural sciences have been writing the history of prehistory since the methods, the technologies, and the conceptual infrastructure for this have been developed since the late nineteenth century, and that paleolithic history itself admits of cultures (the Micoquien, the Mousterian, the Châtelperronian, the Aurignacian, and the Gravettian, for example), it becomes clear that "culture" is a more comprehensive category than "civilization," and that culture is the older category. The cultures of prehistory are the antecedent institutions to the institution of civilization. This immediately suggests, in the context of futurism, that there could be a successor institution to civilization that no longer could be strictly called "civilization" but which still constituted a human culture.
Thus the question, "What comes after civilization?" when understood in an appropriately radical philosophical sense, invites us to consider post-civilizational human cultures that will not only differ profoundly from contemporary industrial-technological civilization, but which will differ profoundly from all human civilization from the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution to the present day.
Human speciation, if it occurs, will profoundly affect the development of post-human, post-civilizational cultural institutions. I have mentioned in several posts (e.g., Gödel's Lesson for Geopolitics) that Francis Fukuyama felt obligated to add the qualification to this "end of history" thesis that if biotechnology made fundamental changes to human beings, this could result in a change to human nature, and then all bets are off for the future: in this eventuality, history will not end. Changed human beings, possibly no longer human sensu stricto, may have novel conceptions of social organization and therefore also novel conceptions of social and economic justice. From these novel conceptions may arise cultural institutions that are no longer "civilization" as we here understand civilization.
Above I wrote, "human speciation, if it occurs," and I should mention that my only hesitation here is that social or technological means may be employed in the attempt to arrest human evolution at more-or-less its present stage of development, thus forestalling human speciation. Thus my qualification on human speciation in no way arises from a hesitation to acknowledge the possibility. As far as I am concerned, human being is first and foremost biological being, and biological being is always subject to natural selection. However, technological intervention might possibly overtake natural selection, in which case we will continue to experience selection as a species, but it will be social selection and technological selection rather than natural selection.
In terms of radical scenarios for the near- and middle-term future, the most familiar on offer at present (at least, the most familiar that has some traction in the public mind) is that of the technological singularity. I have recounted in several posts the detailed predictions that have been made, including several writers and futurists who have placed definite dates on the event. For example, Vernor Vinge, who proposed the idea of the technological singularity, wrote that, "Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended." (This is from his original essay on the technological singularity published in 1993, which places the date of the advent of the technological singularity at 2023 or sooner; I understand that Mr. Vinge has since revised his forecast.)
To say that "the human era will be ended," is certainly to predict a radical development, since it postulates a post-human future within the life time of many now living today (much like the claim that, "Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power."). If I had to predict a radical post-human future in the near- to middle-term future I would opt not for post-human machine intelligence but for human speciation facilitated by biotechnology. This latter scenario seems to me far more likely and far more plausible than the technological singularity, since we already have the technology in its essentials; it is only a matter of refining and applying existing biotechnology.
I make no predictions and set no dates because the crowding of seven billion (and counting) human beings on a single planet militates against radical changes to our species. Social pressures to avoid speciation would make such a scenario unlikely in the near- to middle-term future. If we couple human speciation with the scenario of extraterrestrialization, however, everything changes, but this pushes the scenario further into the future because we do not yet possess the infrastructure necessary to extraterrestrialization. Again, however, as with human speciation through biotechnology, we have all the technology necessary to extraterrestrialization, and it is only a matter of refining and applying existing technologies.
From this scenario of human speciation coupled with extraterrestrialization there would unquestionably emerge post-human, post-civilizational cultural institutions that would be propagated into the distant future, possibly marginalizing, and possibly entirely supplanting, human beings and human civilization as we know it today. It is to be expected that these institutions will be directly related to the way of life adopted in view of such a scenario, and this way of life will be sufficiently different from our own that its institutions and its values and its norms would be unprecedented from our perspective.
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World's Largest Database: The Web of Data
While 'Big Data' has been a hot button for venture capitalists and the trade press, there have been several years of progress in the 'Biggest Data' arena. The Semantic Web meme, with some prodding by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), has morphed into the Linked Data meme. And the notion of building the world's largest database has gained traction and continues to move forward.
The basic premise is augmenting searches by making data, even raw data, accessible to the Internet browsing experience. Moving from a web of linked documents to a web of linked data provides a key building block for Web 3.0. A useful resource for data modelers and database geeks, "Open Conceptual Data Models", describes the transition as moving from
a Web linked at the document-to-document level, to one linked at the entity-to-entity level.
There were growing Linked Data, Open Data, and Web 3.0 movements by 2008 when Bob DuCharme and I chaired the LinkedData Planet conference. In picking a speaker lineup, we included a keynote by W3C Director Sir Tim Berners-Lee. It was Berners-Lee who had started the ball rolling on tying together the concepts of linked data and the next-generation web. In 2006 he'd written a paper about linked data design issues and he followed that with a campaign of public advocacy. He had written:
The Semantic Web isn't just about putting data on the web. It is about making links, so that a person or machine can explore the web of data. With linked data, when you have some of it, you can find other, related, data.
Two W3C specifications provide vital information to developers who want to publish and exploit Linked Data. The Resource Description Format (RDF) provides a data model for web information, representing it with a directed, labeled graph data format. The RDF format is triples: subject, predicate, object.
SPARQL provides a query language and protocol for operations with RDF data sets. SPARQL can produce query results as RDF graphs or result sets. Because working with RDF and SPARQL is like working directly with SQL, sites that publish link data might choose to offer APIs. The proliferation of SQL was due in part to a proliferation of tools that wrapped SQL and provided a higher level of abstraction. Simple, easily understood APIs will likely do the same for RDF and SPARQL.
Recipe for Linked Data
In his keynote address in New York and in his writings, Tim Berners-Lee (W3C), Tom Heath (Talis), and others have explained Linked Data basics.
First, think in terms of creating typed links. Use RDF for document encoding, which has an advantage over untyped HTML links. Use Universal Resource Identifiers (URIs) as the name or identifier for specific entities, making them searchable by using the HTTP protocol. It's possible to locate entities by de-referencing a URI over HTTP, which provides a means to retrieve serialized byte streams or descriptions of entities. This approach makes for machine-readable links that have explicit meaning and provide information when accessed via RDF or SPARQL queries. Last, but not least, include links to URIs of related items.
Kingsley Idehen points out that this data access mechanism is likely to become as ubiquitous as using Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) to access SQL databases. He said:
A Web of Linked Data is simply about the application of Web architecture to the time-tested concept of "Data Access by Reference." It is about publication, derivation, and dissemination of structured data that exposes discrete entities that exploit the prowess of the HTTP protocol for Naming and Name Resolution. Linked Data is not different (conceptually) to Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) or Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) when exploring the subject of "Data Access by Reference.
Free, Linked Open Data
Linked data is seen as an enabling technology for solutions to technology and architecture issues related to open data and open government, in part because of the effect of reducing data silos. The W3C sponsored a Linking Open Data (LOD) project to identify existing open data sets that were candidates for conversion to the RDF, linked data format. By May 2009, the Web of Data had grown to 142 million RDF links but the best was yet to come.
Sir Tim's campaigning produced endorsement of the Open Data and Linked Data concepts at the highest levels in the US and UK governments. Both the US and UK governments established government portals that published a large number of linked data sets. Nigel Shadbolt, a professor of Computer Science and member of the Web Science Research Group at the University of Southampton, is a key figure in the UK effort. He's worked with Sir Tim Berners-Lee to develop the technology behind the UK's data-sharing portal (data.gov.uk).
Data.gov.uk publishes a variety of data sets that are freely available with the UK Open Government Licence (OGL). The data provides point granularity, geographical and temporal, for global locations and those in the UK. Because the data volume is growing, developers are likely to start by downloading the metadata for the data sets. The metadata is available in the CSV and JSON formats.
Besides providing a portal to data, the data.go.uk menu also provides menu options for finding Apps and Linked Data. The site publishes linked data from public agencies, government departments, Members of Parliament, and other government sectors, with one or more SPARQL endpoints for each sector.
The US portal (data.gov) also publishes linked data under a menu option labeled Semantic Web. Professor James Hendler and his developers at the Tetherless World Constellation at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute have developed a variety of apps that demonstrate the use of linked data sets. If you want to know which public companies have filed for bankruptcy or who's among the most frequent visitors to the White House, you can find the information at data.gov. By May 2010, the US government had published about 400 data sets at data.gov, consisting of 6.4 billion RDF triples.
In addition to the US and UK portals, national libraries in countries such as Germany and Hungary have started publishing linked data sets. By September 2010, the Linked Open Data cloud had grown to 203 linked datasets, 25 billion RDF triples, and 395 million RDF links.
If there is near-universal adoption of Linked Data, we will create a global database — the Web of Data. It will be the world's largest collection of data achieved through a systematic effort to provide granular access to data items. The data will be distributed across time zones, much of it in the cloud, including the computing clouds of governments such as the US and UK.

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The Vegetarian Option: Table Verte, an All-Vegetarian Bistro in the East Village
Dining out meat-free.
Years ago, going to a vegetarian restaurant in the East Village meant an unexciting meal of salads or "health food." But the openings of restaurants like Dirt Candy, we've seen more and more vegetarian restaurants that don't play by the old sanctimonious rules.
Table Verte opened a few months ago, and though its offerings are inconsistent, it's a fully vegetarian effort at a decidedly un-vegetarian concept: the French bistro. There are even vegan and gluten-free options, all helpfully marked on the menu with a V or a GF. And the restaurant was opened by the people who run Taureau and cooked at La Sirene—people who know what makes for good bistro food.
The menu is an interesting mix of French classics and more modern dishes that are French-inspired. For a taste of the classic, I highly recommend the Plat du Chaud Froid ($9.50), a mix of three cold salads. Clockwise from the top you see the rich and savory Lentils Vinaigrette (V, GF) with carrots, celery, leeks and a Dijon vinaigrette. Next there are Beets with Horseradish (V, GF), which are pleasantly sweet, though some more horseradish wouldn't hurt. Finally there's the Celeriac Remoulade (GF), shredded celery root with lemon juice and homemade mayonnaise. It hits the proper interplay between crunchy celery root and creamy dressing.
Another classic is the Gratin Dauphinois (GF, $8), also known as potato gratin. Thin slices of potato are layered in a creamy cheese sauce, and baked in the oven until crisp on top and soft on the inside. The gratin is a little soupy on the inside, but the subtle flavors of potato and cheese are spot on.
Among the vegan and gluten-free entrées you'll find Choux Fleur Roti ($16.75) a roasted cauliflower with quinoa, roasted sweet potato, and sautéed greens, all with a fig and caper sauce. It's a dish that shows that cauliflower is just as deserving of our attention as kale or Brussels sprouts. The florets themselves are crisp on the outside and meltingly soft within. The sweet potato and the fig sauce help accentuate the inherent sweetness of the cauliflower, while the mustard-dressed greens made a nice counterpoint to it.
As a vegetarian, it's refreshing to walk into a French restaurant and know that you can order literally anything on the menu. Table Verte's charming little space, friendly service, and wide variety of dishes makes me wish I lived close enough to become a regular there.
Table Verte
127 East 7th Street, New York, NY 10009 (map)
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Author Talk
WOODSTOCK — On Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m., Dr. Nick Bellantoni, above accompaniment archaeologist, will allege at Bracken Memorial Library about his new book, "The Continued Adventure Home." Copies of the book will be attainable for auction and signing.
This accident is chargeless and attainable to the public. Bracken Memorial Library, 57 Academy Road, is amidst on the North Campus of the Woodstock Academy. Parking is attainable on Hill Cemetery Road.
Contact Deb Sharpe at [email protected] or 860-928-6575, ext. 1201, for added information.
Spaghetti Banquet Fundraiser
WOODSTOCK — A spaghetti amazing fundraising banquet will be hosted by the Woodstock Democratic Boondocks Committee from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the East Woodstock Congregational Church, 220 Woodstock Road.
The agenda will affection spaghetti with sauce, meatballs and Italian sausage, aliment and er, salad, ambrosia and non-alcoholic beverages. Vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free banquet options will be available.
Ticket prices are $10 for adults and $5 for accouchement 16 and younger. Tickets are attainable from WDTC members, at the door, or by calling WDTC Vice Chair Peg Wilson at 860-928-0773. Funds aloft will be acclimated to abutment Democratic attack efforts.
Christmas Bazaar
STERLING — A Christmas exchange at Sterling Association School, 251 Sterling Road, will booty abode from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1.
To assets a table, the amount is $20 per 10×10 bottom spot, additional a babyish raffle account donation of $10 to $15 in value. The accident allowances supplies, programs, activities and acreage trips for SCS acceptance and teachers.
This accident runs in affiliation with Sterling Cub Scout Pack 23's Pancakes with Santa Breakfast. Breakfast in the cafeteria will booty abode from 9 a.m. to noon. Acquaintance Nicolle Belesimo at [email protected] for advice or an application.
Deadline For Aborigine Registration
POMFRET CENTER — The detached Quiet Bend Shouts! alignment is reminding association that important deadlines are fast aing in adjustment to vote in the 2018 midterm elections on Nov. 6.
Oct. 30 is a basal borderline for those who accept not registered to vote but who appetite to vote in this year's elections on Nov. 6, said Andrea Tremaglio Coyle of Woodstock, who is arch the Quiet Bend Shouts aborigine mobilization efforts.
According to Gabe Rosenberg, Communications Director, Arrangement of the Connecticut Secretary of the State, Connecticut has Election Day Registration. This agency acceptable voters can annals on Election Day in the appointed allotment breadth in ceremony town. Note: The borderline to annals to vote above-mentioned to Election Day is Oct. 30, postmarked by Oct. 30 for a mail-in registration, by aing of business on Oct. 30 at the DMV, by aing of business on Oct. 30 in actuality at ceremony town's registrars of voters' office; or by 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 30 at myvote.ct.gov/register, the Online Aborigine Allotment System.
If a abeyant aborigine becomes acceptable to vote afterwards Oct. 30 (turns 18, moves to town, becomes a citizen, etc.), that aborigine can annals in actuality at their bounded agent of voters' arrangement through 5 p.m. on Nov. 5. But best importantly, Election Day Allotment allows all acceptable voters to annals and vote on Election Day, alike if they accept not registered afore then, said Rosenberg.
On Thursday, Oct. 11, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Quiet Bend Shouts! will authority a aborigine allotment branch led by Lourdes Montalvo at the Pomfret Senior Center, 207 Mashamoquet Road. If you are a Connecticut citizen and not yet registered to vote, you can appear and annals to be able vote in the Nov. 6 elections or appear apprentice about aborigine registration. All are welcome. Alarm 860-377-1456 for added information. The columnist absolution is abode of Carol Davidge.
Low Amount Rabies Clinic
DANIELSON — Pet Pals Northeast, a bounded beastly abundance organization, is captivation a low amount rabies dispensary at the Quinebaug Valley Veterinary Hospital, 616 Wauregan Road, will booty abode on Saturday, Oct. 20, from 2 to 3 p.m.
No arrangement is necessary. Amount is $12 cash, per animal. All animals charge be on a bridle or in a anchored carrier. If available, accompany above-mentioned affidavit of rabies vaccination. For added information, acquaintance PET PALS at 860-317-1720.
Canterbury Library Events
CANTERBURY — The Canterbury Attainable Library, 1 Municipal Drive, is hosting the afterward events. Acquaintance the library at [email protected] or 860-546-9022 to annals or for added information.
Basket-weaving with Susan Williams: Apprentice to accomplish a drupe bassinet on Wednesday, Oct. 17, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Creative Construction with Kathleen Hart: This is a S.T.E.M. activity. Ages 7 plus. Saturday, Oct. 20, 10 to 11 a.m.
Cookbook Book Club Theme: Scary Foods. Pick a compound for Halloween and accompany in a sample of the bowl to allotment and the recipe. Wednesday, Oct. 24, 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Nature: Leaves with Kathleen Hart. Saturday, Oct. 27, 10 to 11 a.m. Stories, balladry and activities. Ages 4 to 7.
Saturday Sensory Movies: 11:30 a.m. Saturdays; Thursday Night Movies at 5:30 p.m. Alarm for cine list. No sign-up required. Appear watch a cine and accept alpha popcorn.
Healthy Academician Series: Chargeless five-part alternation on befitting anamnesis strong. This affairs will activity tips to accumulate your academician aciculate and activities to claiming the mind. Participants are encouraged to appear all sessions but not required. Time and date: Begins Monday, Oct. 15, from 1 to 2 p.m. Sign-up not appropriate but appreciated.
Cake Decorating with Cindy Miller: Wednesday, Oct. 10, 5:30 p.m. Ages 6 to 16. Sign-up required.
Adult Agenda Stamping: Oct. 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the library, with Arlene Sweet; Oct. 17, 10 to 11 a.m., at the Association Center with Kathleen Hart; Oct. 18, 6 to 8 p.m., at the library with Arlene Sweet. Sign-up is required.
Paranormal Encounters, An Black with the cRIPT TEAM: Thursday, Oct. 25, 6 to 7:30 p.m. This affairs is chargeless and attainable to all who cartel attend. Captivated in the Association Center. Sign-up required.
Nature, Leaves with Kathleen Hart: Saturday, Oct. 27, 10 to 11 a.m. Stories, balladry and activities. Ages 4 to 7. Sign-up required.
Kempter Ancestors Concert
CANTERBURY — The Kempter ancestors is touring the country with their chargeless show. The best actuality bandage will accomplish at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, at Calvary Chapel, 175 Westminster Road.
Canterbury Old Home Day
CANTERBURY — Canterbury Old Home Day will booty abode from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, on the Canterbury Green and breadth of the Aboriginal Congregational Church, 6 S. Canterbury Road.
Old-time fun, alive music, food, actual reenactors, artists, celebrated trades and crafts, acreage animals, old cars and tractors, association account organizations and a appointment to the adequate one-room Green Schoolhouse are allotment of the festivities.
Take the chargeless shuttle bus from the Dr. Helen Baldwin School, 45 Westminster Road. Acceptance is chargeless and the accident takes abode rain or shine. Appointment www.canterburyhistorical.org for added information.
Clothing Drive
BROOKLYN-DANIELSON — With winter aloof about the corner, Knights of Columbus in Danielson and Brooklyn will be accession donations of clean, acclimated winter coats for men, women and accouchement and clean, acclimated blankets and babyish clothes in acceptable condition, for beggared bodies throughout northeastern Connecticut on Saturday, Oct. 13.
Those with clothes may accompany them to the parking lot at St. James Church, 12 Franklin St., Danielson, or the parking lot at Our Lady of La Salette Church, 25 Providence Road, Brooklyn, from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13. For information, alarm Brother Knight John Ryan at 860-928-7241.
Fall Walks
WOODSTOCK — The Wyndham Land Trust will host three abatement contest to activity as allotment of The Last Green Valley's Walktober program.
Wildlife and Backcountry Animation Airing at Rocky Hill Refuge Saturday: Oct. 13 from 10 a.m. to noon, Rocky Hill Road. Pre-registration by Oct.. 12, to [email protected] or alarm 978-952-6856, ext. 121.
Join the MassConn Dupe affiliation & the Wyndham Land Trust for an about 1.5-mile akin hike. Host landowners Bet Zimmerman Smith and Patrick Smith will allotment their adventure of acquirements about and managing habitats at this 58-acre armpit of meadow and complete forest.
Consulting forester Eric Hansen of Ferrucci & Walicki will allotment climate-informed administering practices recommended for the armpit to advance backwoods bloom and animation amidst alteration precipitation and to accommodate homes for assorted wildlife for the years ahead. Wear adequate shoes and dress to abstain ticks.
Walktober Bull Hill Bottle Hike: Saturday, Oct. 13, from 1 to 3 p.m. on Bull Hill Road, off Senexet Road. Drive to end of alley to WLT gate. Parking is attainable by the gate. See and airing the Wyndham Land Trust's better and still growing preserve, now over 700 acres, during The Last Green Valley's Walktober program. No dogs allowed. The airing appearance a breathtaking vista.
Walktober Rapoport/Spalding Bottle Walk: Saturday, Oct. 20, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Calkins Road. Please esplanade respectfully at the end of Calkins Road, off Joy Road, by #129 Calkins Road.
Hike the fields, woods, and wetlands of this breathtaking 154-acre Wyndham Land Trust Property, the Rapoport/Spalding Bottle during The Last Green Valley's Walktober affairs on this attainable and breathtaking two mile walk. Bad acclimate will cancel. Leashed dogs are welcome.
Roast Beef Supper
STERLING — A attainable buzz beef supper will be captivated at Sterling's Ekonk Association Grange, 723 Ekonk Hill Road, on Saturday, Oct. 13, alpha at 5 p.m.
The 'all you can eat' meal will accommodate buzz beef, mashed potatoes, abatement vegetables, rolls and er, beverages and angel brittle for dessert. Amount to appear is $12 per developed and $6 per adolescent ages 12 and under. Preschoolers appear for free.
Guests are encouraged to accompany non-perishable aliment items, which the Grange delivers consistently to breadth families in need. For ceremony account brought, the actuality gets a adventitious on a allowance affidavit to Ekonk Hill Turkey Farm. The champ is fatigued at the end of the supper and notified. Alarm 860-564-2131 for added information.
Book, Backyard Sale
JEWETT CITY — The Friends of Slater Library's book and backyard auction will booty abode from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, in the Griswold Boondocks Hall parking lot, 28 Main St.
Apple Festival
DAYVILLE — The Killingly Grange P of H #112 will host its ceremony BIG-little Angel Festival and Cabaret. This 5th ceremony accident will booty abode on Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Grange Hall on the bend of Route 101 and Dog Hill Alley from 11:30 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. This is a rain or flash event.
The Angel Festival/Cabaret will affection alive acoustic music throughout the afternoon. This year, a yankee pot buzz banquet with all the fixin's and home-made angel pie topped with Farmer's Cow ice chrism will booty place. Amount is $15 per actuality and 12 years or adolescent appear for $8.
Tim 'n' Vicki will afresh accomplish renaissance, baroque, American folk, bluegrass, actuality and a aboriginal music. During dinner, from 4:15 to 7:15 p.m.,The Usual Suspects will accomplish American roots, bedrock and cycle from the '50s and '70s and aboriginal country music.
Apple sauerkraut hot dogs and chili dogs, apple-based desserts, cider donuts, bonbon apples, angel cider and coffee will be attainable for acquirement all day long. The Grange's 'Salon de McIntosh' change boutique will accommodate accomplished handmade items such as linens, checky goods, photography and greeting cards, signs, and primitives. Added artisans and vendors will be affairs bake-apple ers, jams and jellies, pickles and relishes, honey, pulla bread, fudge, candles, lath toys, lamps and clocks, knitted hats, dupe milk soaps, balms, antiques, best and Christmas items.
Also attainable for acquirement will be pumpkins, gourds, chrysanthemums and a array of bistro apples. There will be raffle items and aperture prizes. Acceptance and parking are free. Appointment www.facebook.com/killinglygrange or alarm John at 860-705-3643 for added information.
Otis Book Sale
NORWICH — The Friends of Otis Library's book auction will booty abode at 261 Main St. The Friends are accepting donations of acclaim acclimated books, DVDs and CDs, which may be alone off , two accoutrements at a time, to the library's apportionment desk. For beyond donations, alarm 860-889-2365, ext. 100. No cassette tapes, VHS tapes, textbooks, encyclopedias or magazines.
The aboriginal bird preview, at $10, will booty abode from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 19. Chargeless accepted acceptance will booty abode on Friday, Oct. 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct. 21,from apex to 3 p.m. Appointment www.otislibrarynorwich.org for added information.
Employment, Training Workshops
DANIELSON — The Danielson American Job Center, amidst at 562 Westcott Road, is alms a array of application and training workshops to breadth association in October. Advance allotment is encouraged due to amplitude limitations. Appointment CTHires.com or alarm 860-774-4077 to register.
Interviewing Strategies and Techniques: Apprentice how to strategically adapt for ytical job account questions. Topics accommodate aggregation research, developing a applicant message, questions to ask the employer, closing the interview, and afterward up. Time and date: Oct. 26, 9 a.m. to noon.
Introduction to Microsoft Word: In this two-day workshop, apprentice how to actualize a document, save it to a disk, attainable and aing it, accomplish changes, and book it. PREREQUISITE: Charge acquire basal ability of computers or accept abounding Computer Basics Workshop. Time and date: Oct. 16 and 17, 9 a.m. to noon.
Get Back to Work: You can affected job chase stress. Stay connected, get involved, and apperceive your aing steps. Our agents is actuality to activity guidance, administering and opportunity. Time and date: Oct. 17 from 9 to 11 a.m. or Oct. 30 from 3 to 5 p.m.
Creating A Job Chase Elevator Pitch: In this three-hour workshop, apprentice how to actualize the absolute 30- or 60-second "elevator pitch" to acquaint yourself to abeyant employers. Explore how to yze or actualize a networking befalling and finer appoint during a networking opportunity. Useful for all jobseekers alien or out of convenance with networking, and those that are application LinkedIn. Time and date: Oct. 17, 1 to 4 p.m.
Employability Abilities for Ex-Offenders: Focuses on allowance ex-offenders bazaar themselves to abeyant employers. You will apprentice how to acknowledgment arduous questions on applications and interviews. Time and date: Oct. 17 from 1 to 4 p.m.
Fundamentals of Résumé Writing: Apprentice how to abode a focused résumé bare to defended job account and application offers. Topics accommodate cerebration like an employer, developing capital genitalia of the résumé, keywords, accordant vs. extraneous information, formatting and awning letters. Time and date: Oct. 19, 9 a.m. to noon.
Health Careers Orientation: Provides an overview of in-demand careers in healthcare, job abilities and attainable affidavit and amount programs. Also accept advice about banking assistance. Time and date: Oct. 23, 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Confidence Makeover: Rebound & Recover. Presents an outline of how to assignment against a accurate aplomb makeover by suggesting a array of specific techniques and applied confidence-building tips that can accomplish a cogent aberration in actuality the appropriate candidate. Time and date: Oct. 24, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Networking with LinkedIn: Geared to advice jobseekers actualize or amend a LinkedIn profile. Apprentice how to body your online arrangement and how to enhance your job chase through online networking. You will be encouraged to accompany accordant able groups attainable through LinkedIn to aggrandize your cyberbanking network. Course agreeable includes how to use Bounded Labor Bazaar Advice to identify, research, and access bounded employers. Time and date: Oct. 25, 9 a.m. to noon.
CTHires Résumé Builder: Focuses on architecture and commutual a résumé in the CTHires online application system. It provides opportunities to ysis and amend your CTHires profile, including job skills, and do a absolute résumé body with the abetment of the branch instructor. Also apprentice to download, print, and email your résumé from CTHires. Time and date: Oct. 25, 1 to 4 p.m.
Job Corps Orientation, ages 17-24: Provides an overview of Job Corps, trades offered, breadth they are located, and expectations for Job Corps students. Also accept advice about accommodation and the activity to accept in the program. This is the starting point for any -to-be Job Corps student. Time and date: Oct. 26, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Email Abilities for Jobseekers: In this is a six-hour branch conducted over two days, apprentice how to compose and acknowledgment to emails and attach résumés to emails. Convenance responding to a job announcement via email while application a convenance awning letter and résumé. Geared for jobseekers that will be emailing résumés to employers; adviser will advice attendees access an email abode if needed. Time and date: Oct. 30 and 31, 9 a.m. to noon.
Applying Online: The Basics. Apprentice the basics of applying online, including use of job chase engines, emailing employers, and adhering and inserting résumés to online applications and emails. Time and date: Oct. 31, 1 to 4 p.m.
Craft Bazaar
CANTERBURY — The Ladies Guild of St. Augustine is captivation its 50th ceremony anniversary Ladies Guild Craft Exchange at St. Augustine Church , 144 Westminster Road, on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.. There will be over 20 vendors, broiled goods, Angie's attic, aperture prizes and cafeteria attainable for purchase.
Over The Arch Walk
DAYVILLE — Over the Bridge, a Cat Hollow Esplanade Walktober event, will booty abode from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at 25-45 Cat Hollow Road.
The Killingly Conservation Commission invites the attainable to bless the new bridge. Participants will airing forth the absolute paved alley and afresh bottomward a paved driveway to our new arch to appearance the 35 ft. aerial waterfall. This aboriginal breadth is bedridden attainable and is about one mile.
For those absent to hike, guests can cantankerous the new arch and airing on moderately asperous trails to appearance the old dams and charcoal on the south ancillary of the comminute pond. The backcountry aisle backpack is addition mile. Apprentice about comminute history, altered plantings from the above buyer and appearance the Whetstone Brook from a altered perspective.
Directions: In Killingly's Dayville breadth from Route 12 or Route 101, chase #119 LGV signs to 25 Cat Hollow Esplanade off Dog Hill Road. Appointment www.KillinglyConservation.org or alarm the Planning Arrangement at 860-779-5311 for added information.
The Unexpected Guest
PUTNAM — The Unexpected Guest will be apparent at the Bradley Playhouse, 30 Front St., from Oct. 5 through Oct. 21.
All seats are reserved. Reservations may be fabricated with a above acclaim agenda online at www.thebradleyplayhouse.org or by calling 860-928-7887. Tickets may be purchased at the amphitheater box office, either afore the achievement or at the aperture if available. Purchasing tickets advanced of time is recommended.
Performances are Oct. 12, 13, 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 7, 14 and 21 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $16 for seniors and students.
The TNECT achievement of The Unexpected Guest is co-directed by Kathleen Atwood and Scott Guerin. Vincent Chaisson appears as Michael Starkwedder and Alison Wiza is Laura Warwick. Added ancestors associates accommodate Jo-Ann Gallo as Mrs. Warwick, Michael Pray as Jan Warwick and Mike Gallo as the asleep Richard Warwick. Valerie Coleman portrays Miss Bennett who runs the domiciliary and Nicholas Magrey allotment to the Bradley as nurse/valet Henry Angell. Investigating the abortive afterlife are Sean Gardell as Inspector Thomas and Lucas Pereira as Sergeant Cadwallader. Neighbor Julian Farrar is played by Jonathan Demers.
Art At The Library
THOMPSON — Thompson Attainable Library, 934 Riverside Drive, will host Art at the Library: Things, Stuff and The What Not. Photography by Virginia Chase will be featured. The display will booty abode through Oct. 29. Appointment www.thompsonpubliclibrary.org or alarm 860-923-9779 for added information.
Killingly Schools Invitation For Association Participation
KILLINGLY — The Killingly Lath of Education will be alive with EASTCONN to facilitate the development of a 3- to 5-year cardinal plan for Killingly Attainable Schools. Cardinal planning is the agency by which an alignment consistently recreates itself from aural to accomplish a accepted purpose. The aspect of the plan is the identification and prioritization of specific adapted outcomes to which all of the accomplishment and activity of the academy association will be dedicated.
The cardinal planning activity involves the identification of and architecture accord on the following: The aggregate eyes of a Killingly graduate, aggregate mission, aggregate amount ethics and beliefs, ytical Issues adverse Killingly Attainable Schools based aloft a ysis of centralized and alien data, goals, activity affairs and more.
A way to participate in the activity will be to accommodate ascribe through focus accumulation sessions, consisting of babyish groups of bodies that will acknowledge to a alternation of questions. EASTCONN facilitators will advance the sessions. Focus groups will be offered throughout the aboriginal abatement see the agenda is below. Acquaintance Keely Doyle, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent, at [email protected] for a anatomy that charge be abounding out if absorbed in the focus group.
A focus accumulation will booty abode at Killingly Aerial Academy on Saturday, Oct. 20, from 9 to 11 a.m. Coffee and morning refreshments and babyminding will be provided.
A babyish cardinal of bodies will be called to participate on the Cardinal Planning Team. This aggregation will abide of about 25 to 30 individuals and will accommodate lath members, academy administration, teachers, parents, acceptance and added association members.
The Cardinal Planning Aggregation will accommodated on Jan. 8, 10, 15 and 17, from 5 to 9 p.m., with a snow date of Jan. 24 to be aloof if needed. A alive banquet will be provided ceremony evening. Participation in all of these affairs is essential.
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Sure You Don't Mean Dress Code?
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Cowboying Up
"Because both cops are wife-cheating, smart-mouthed jerks, all the supporting characters are equally venal and unlikeable, and the criminals are the worst kind of scum, it's hard to care what happens to any of them."
I know better than to engage a critical review as I'd only come off as defensive. But I'm making a point by citing his remarks about this question of the moral code of your protagonist…or in this case, protagonists On one hand, it would seem Kotto and Brady, having subsumed themselves in their covers, have lost their way. For Kotto, he cuts his whiskers, dreads and dons glasses to be part of the woodwork in a highrise office of a company that's a possible front for laundering mob money Brady doesn't undergo a physical transformation so much as he pretends to be a square accountant-type attracted to the fast life. What I attempted to do was show how both men as they submerge deeper find themselves at a psychological quagmire, and figure just maybe their fake personas might not be a good permanent fit, if only…
To me crime and mystery stories can be about exploring what are the moral limits to a character who seemingly has no limits. A few years ago I had my agent withdraw my novel Bangers, subsequently published by Kensington, from an editor at a known New York house. She adamantly wanted me to redeem at least one of the main characters. It's a story about a group of to varying degrees bent cops and ambitions politicians. I'm all for redemption. Really. But that wasn't the story I was trying to tell in that book. It was about what happens when desperate characters are each playing an angle and inevitably these conflicting desires clash – which way do they jump then? Who realizes their folly, reclaim a sense of balance and seek to do the right thing and who is so blind or so greedy or driven they are willing to burn for their misdeeds?
I'll leave you with this. I recently was asked to do an essay on Hawk, the enigmatic enforcer from the late Robert Parker's Spenser series. Hawk is the yang to Spenser's yin. In particular there was one novel, Cold Service, where it begins with Hawk having been ambushed on a body guarding job and laying in a hospital bed. He heals and his buddy Spenser is going to help him deal with the gangsters. Spenser knows that in helping Hawk, he's going to go against his own code as some cold-blooded deeds will be called for before the matter is done. Yet he can't turn his back on his friend, his comrade-in-arms.
See, that's the stuff.
Friday, July 29, 2011
There's a Rule Book for This?
Gabriella Herkert
Catnapped and Doggone
Moral Code. I might have an easier time if I wrote about an amoral code. Both Sara and Russ would and do have a much more clearly defined sense of wrong than right. Connor wouldn't be able to play along but so far he's employed a don't ask and my head won't explode approach to his wife and her best friend's rules of engagement. RUT ROH. I do believe I'm more like my protagonist than I'd generally admit. Nevermind. Today is a new day. I doubt most people (real or imaginary) have ever sat down to put their codes of conduct down on a piece paper. We live by them but, unless you've read the Jane Austen handbook and are living by the WWJD ("What would Jane do?") philosophy, you're probably in the same leaky ethical boat in which we are paddling through life. So let's start at the beginning.
Hmmm. Having run out of a lot of the biggies, my little gang of three are left with the one word moral code. Do. Don't wait for someone to fix what's wrong. Do. Don't pretend all is well when it's not. Do. And when things go bad on your watch and someone needs to be accountable. Do. That way, whatever they get wrong in the implementation of their very individual moral codes, they can at least say that they lived by them. That morality wasn't a distant concept or an interesting discussion at parties. It isn't even a sporting good tag lines because 'just'implies that doing once will be enough and 'it'is ambiguous enough to includs all those things that should never be done regardless of the fame, glory or reward that might come with the successful completion of the mission. Successful isn't part of their moral codes. Genuine attempt is. Real action is. Do.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
If You Do and If You Don't
By Michael
A couple hundred years ago, William Godwin (a crime writer, among other things) posed a hard question: if a fire broke out and you could save only one person – your mother or a human rights advocate – who should you save? He said you should save the human rights advocate, and not only did that choice lead to a lot of public ridicule but on his next birthday when everyone else gave him presents his mother stiffed him.
It was a damned-if-you-do-and-damned-if-you-don't scenario, and if he'd flung his mother over his shoulder and carried her downstairs to fresh air, a bunch of human rightists probably would have met them outside and sent him back into the fire.
I hate this kind of situation, the kind in which, for example, a bad man ties Desmond Tutu to railroad tracks, and a train full of innocent babies is barreling toward him, and you're the switchman, and what will you do? – throw the switch that sends the train over a cliff or allow the train to cut Desmond in half? Refusing to make a choice isn't an option. If you walk away from the switch, Desmond also will get it, and when the commission comes looking for someone to blame, they'll be looking for you.
So, what is a good person (or a bad person) to do in such a situation? What's the morally right choice?
These situations, although hateful to me, also interest me, and so, when writing, I throw my private detective, Joe Kozmarski, into them as often as possible. My just published mystery, A Bad Night's Sleep, opens late on a cold night with Joe staking out a housing development where thieves have been stealing construction materials. When the thieves show up, they turn out to be uniformed cops. Then, other cops arrive to arrest them. When the two groups get into a gun fight, Joe watches until one of the uniformed thieves is about to kill one of the arresting cops. Joe can stop the thief only if he shoots him. But shooting him also means killing a cop, even if the cop is a corrupt one. Joe doesn't want to kill a cop. Joe doesn't want that cop to kill another cop. What's he to do? His indecision and then his decision lead to a lot of bad days and nights.
There are some situations for which moral codes are insufficient.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
The ends justify the meanness
Monday, July 25, 2011
Vampire Community Moral Code
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Machu Picchu Turns 100! (Sort Of)
Saturday, July 23, 2011
The Killability Index
I'm going to take a slightly different angle on this week's question. Rather than discussing the hardest character to kill, I'm going to provide you with a useful tool that will help you determine for yourself just how death-defying your favorite character is. With the help of the Killability Index (trademark pending), you can judge for yourself whether it would be easier to kill Jack Reacher or Dave Robicheaux. How about James Bond or Harry Potter? Batman or Spiderman?
If Reacher were ever to apply for life insurance (which, of course, he would never do), these are the questions that the actuary might ask.
1. Do people firing weapons at you always seem to exhibit extraordinarily poor aim? Give yourself 10 points.
2. Are you able to survive a high-caliber bullet in the chest? 15 points (note: you may be the undead).
3. Do you have Special Ops training? 10 points.
4. Does it require a specialized weapon to kill you (i.e., wooden stake, silver bullet, etc.)? 10 points.
5. Do you wear prescription eyeglasses? Subtract 5 points.
6. Do you have a sidekick with a high Killability quotient (see Joe Pike)? 10 points.
7. Is there someone who considers you their "nemesis" or "arch-enemy"? Is there someone who you consider your "nemesis" or "arch-enemy"? Subtract 20 points.
8. Do you have a habit of sleeping with beautiful women (or men) who are affiliated with your nemesis or arch-enemy? Subtract 10 points.
9. Does your job involve the constant stress of jurisdictional turf wars (i.e., private eye vs. police, police vs. feds)? Subtract 2 points.
10. Do you have a superpower or paranormal ability that would allow for either early detection of, or rapid escape from, danger? 15 points.
11. Do you have any severe allergies or are there substances that have a debilitating effect on you (i.e., holy water, Kryptonite, garlic, crucifix)? Subtract 5 points.
12. Do your enemies have a tendency to "monologue" rather than getting down to the business of killing you? 10 points.
13. Are you the primary character in your book? 20 points.
14. Are you a character that appears in the book solely to convey information about how much danger the protagonist is in? Subtract 40 points.
80 – 100 points: Supreme Badass. However, your high killability number may be due to the fact that you are not, in fact, alive.
60-80 points: Tough Guy. A mere mortal, but not someone to be messed with.
40-60 points: Deer in the Headlights. You may be in over your head as the protagonist of a thriller, but you're fairly likely to survive a mystery.
20 points or less: Toast. You do have not the makings of a lead character in a series. You are probably not even the protagonist. The only way that you're going to survive more than one book is if you provide comic relief.
Friday, July 22, 2011
I just kill people on the page -- really
For a mystery writer, I'm pretty squeamish about blood and guts. You'd think I'd have gotten better about it right now. After all, I think about death an awful lot. I think about who should die, how it should be done and who might have had a motive to get it done. This is also known as plotting your next novel.
In my regular life, I'm pretty much a pacifist. I swerve to avoid squirrels. I've shot a gun before (at a driving range on a Sisters in Crime field trip) but have never wanted to own one. I've taken self-defense, but I've luckily never had to use any of my skills. Probably the most aggressive I get during a regular day is doing kick boxing--or passing people in the pool who are going too slow.
So what's the question this week? Who would be a really hard person to kill? I immediately thought of that wonderful old movie THE LADYKILLERS (not the remake with Tom Hanks). Alec Guinness plays the leader of a gang of robbers who rent a room from a sweet old lady and pretend to be classical musicians. They arrive each day carrying instrument cases, and plot their crimes while a record plays. Peter Sellers plays one of the gang, too. When the lady finally suspects something is up, they decide they have to kill her. They draw straws, but each one who tries is woefully unsuccessful.
So instead of pulling out Jack Reacher or the head of the CIA or someone else that's probably impossible to kill, I'm going to go choose Mrs. Louisa Wilberforce. Her goodness wins out over evil. Unfortunately, it's just a story, like the mystery novels we write, but it's very likely the reason that I'm more inclined to read fiction than the news. It's full of happy endings.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Just Line 'Em Up
Herewith is a grouchy top ten list of some of the most annoying people in the world ...
10. Automatic Robot Voices Named Cheryl (or something). OK, this isn't a person, and I'm not sure if it could be killed, but I'd like to pull the plug on all those automated voices that make you tap dance through a menu for half an hour before ever, ever reaching a live human being.
9. People who smoke in public places. If I'm at a bus stop, it's because I have to be, not because I'm a public transportation groupie. Breathing second-hand smoke from someone who thinks being outside means he can light up like a chimney makes me crazy. If I want second-hand smoke, I can go back to 1940 and breathe Miranda's, thank you very much.
8. Car stereos that make your internal organs tremble. I think there's an inverse ratio between IQ and bass level in car stereos. Oh, yeah, dude, I'm so impressed.
7. People who say "like" too much. Like, it's like, and he was like ... where was I?
6. People with Bluetooth headsets or earbuds who walk around smiling and talking to themselves. What, they can't hold a damn phone? Or do they just like to think they're Secret Service?
5. Tailgating drivers. DO NOT try to make me move my car any faster, just because you think life is a video game. I only go slower when I'm pissed. And say hello to the nice Highway Patrol officer I'm calling on my cell.
4. Litterers. I think anyone who throws their garbage out a window or on the street for other people to clean up needs to wear one of those little orange jump suits for at least six months while scouring toilets at the local Denny's. While wearing ankle chains.
3. Unhelpful "customer service" agents. We've all met 'em. They make life miserable for us when we need to call ... and make "Cheryl" seem much more palatable.
2. People who text and drive. See #8 about IQ ratio.
1. OK, this one I'm leaving blank for you to fill in. Who's your number one irritation? Who have I left off on the America's Most Unwanted List? Comment already--you'll feel better!
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Killing Is Hard...For Some
By Tracy Kiely
As you know, our topic this week is to reveal who would be the hardest for us to kill.
Um…hello? That's a no brainer! Harry Potter, of course. I mean, not only is the kid a wizard, but he's The Boy Who Lived! Throw in that invisibility cloak of his and the Elder Wand, and I ask you – how could a suburban mom of three – a muggle suburban mother of three, no less, kill The Chosen One when Lord Voldermort himself couldn't?
So. Like I said – no brainer. It's Harry Potter.
However, now that I've sat back in my chair, pleased with my final answer, I'm beginning to think that perhaps that's not what you meant. Perhaps it was what kind of person is the hardest to kill.
And while I still maintain that a wizard would be extremely tricky to kill, I suppose that I should limit my answer to the muggle world.
However, just like the wizarding world, there is evil and nastiness in our world. Turn on the tv, read the paper, surf the web, and you will find example after example of human intolerance, cruelty, and ignorance. Many times these failings go unpunished. (Casey Anthony, anyone?) But, in the world I've created for my protagonist, Elizabeth Parker, I am able to right the wrongs and redress the balance. (I also am able to drive a stick shift, run six miles every morning, and speak fluent French – just some of the fabulous benefits available to you when you create your own world.)
Cozies are one of the purest forms of escapism (well, next to shopping for shoes, of course), and there are certain rules writers of cozies must adhere to. Readers do not want gratuitous violence, torture, or explicit sex. They want to read about (mostly) well-mannered, civilized people (in other words, people like themselves), who are suddenly thrust into a murder investigation that will be solved in a satisfactory manner.
The murder victims in my books are not nice people. They are people who deserve to die. They are people who readers want to see die. They are every skeevy ex-boyfriend, high school bully, or crappy boss you ever had. They do bad things, hurt people, and then are killed. It's therapeutic, in a way.
And based on the number of potential victims I've got floating around in my head, apparently, I still need a lot of therapy.
Monday, July 18, 2011
A fresh face to kill...
Sunday, July 17, 2011
They Have Ways of Making You Talk
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Dammit, Jim!
I know I should be all PC and what not and tell you that your protagonist has to be crafty and clever to get some malefactor to talk, to spill the beans. That the days of Mike Hammer busting through a door and slapping a goon silly for info are gone. Okay. I mean, I believe in the Constitution and abhor when the rights of any body is violated with fists. But in the words of Dr. Leonard McCoy of Original Star Trek, the One True Trek I might add, "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not an astral engineer!" Which is to say I write what I hope are dramatic scenes and thus at times I might have to set aside my ACLUness.
Most graphically, a quick look at the world of super heroes and super spies gives us some hints to loosening the tongue of a recalcitrant witness who more often than not, the set up is they are an underworld type who has certain valuable information.
Batman. Smart. Observant. Trained in the forensic arts. Virtually a modern Sherlock Holmes as he routinely picks up fibers or lose dirt particles from a crime scene and tapping a vast storehouse of knowledge in his protean brain, can identify said item. His arch-enemy (by whose daughter Talia he has a son, a smart ass little twerp who is the new Robin, but I digress) Ra's al Ghul simply refers to him as "The Detective." Bats even has a big ol' fancy computer in the Batcave that analyzes particles or chemical compounds the dastardly Joker is using to cause people to literally die laughing to break down its components and provide a clue to the manufacture of said component. You know what else he has. Big Muscles. He's trained in various fighting arts and uses a combination of these night in and night out.
However there are times when he asks a ruffian where might he find Two-Face's latest hideout, he might have cracked this chap once or twice in the jaw, loosening a tooth or two. Then he might suspend this vagabond by hanging him upside down from his heels by a thin Bat Wire some 40 stories above the grimy street of Gotham…yelling into this guy's face his questions.
There's even a lawyer or two who are super heroes. Matt Murdock is a blind criminal defense attorney by day, and when darkness falls, he's the grim protector of Hell's Kitchen, Daredevil. Who with his radiation-produced "radar sense," can often tell when a witness is lying in court as he can detect their increased heart rate. A living lie detector I tell you. And don't you know sometimes later that same reluctant witness gets a call from The Devil (blood red costume, horns) as some hoods call him. Again there's that hanging them from the rooftop thing to help them remember.
Manhunter is a prosecutor, Kate Spencer. Frustrated that the bad guys, often minor super villains, got off becasue of bleeding heart, psalm-singing jurors or those pesky technicalities, she donned her guise as Manhunter and with her electrified staff, beat the holy hell out of those guys. She didn't just go over their house and do this to them on their front lawn, but did wait for them to commit another crime and be able to catch them in the act – usually robbing a bank or some such activity during the day. Given they're over-confident having gotten away with it before. So that fortunately there would be corroborating witnesses as being in a mask, let alone she was the prosecutor who couldn't put them away before, testifying in open court was not an option.
Or what about the famous question that arose during the heyday of Jack Bauer and the TV show 24. Was torture of a suspect ever justified? Certainly Jack freely and frequently beat, shot, tortured, electrocuted, drowned and dragged a suspect to get them to talk. The fate of the United States was at stake.
Well, I'm glad we had this talk. And it didn't involve neither of us having to scale a building and hang upside down from a stone gargoyle screaming our lungs out.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Talk to Me
So, as Poirot would say, I need to use the little gray cells to get what I need. There are two things I have to really consider before I have the conversation. What information might the witness have and why won't they talk. to me. Now, I have to be careful I don't fall into the trap of thinking I know what they have to say before they say it because frankly, people will surprise you. I might think my witness saw my murderer but maybe she heard someone hire the actual shooter. Or her information might be tangential -- she saw a fight earlier in the day, she knows my victim ruined my suspect's new shoes or her hatchet is mysteriously missing from her handbag. Not knowing exactly what my witness might have to say can be turned to my advantage. I need to start getting her talking about anything. In another interviewer this would be called building rapport. In my case, let's just say I've got to pretend I've got people skills.
Witness: Fine.
Witness: No, really, I'm okay. (From one word to four. Progress).
Me: I'm so glad I was around the corner when it happened. Oh, gosh, I'm sorry. You were right here, weren't you? I'm sorry you had to see that. It must have been horrible. (I've built in an assumption about her location and possible witness value without making it a question. Whatever she says, whether she denies it or just lets it go, I've learned something. I've also stuck with conversation over interrogation. And a conversation where my witness is the star player).
Witness: I seen worse.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Let's Hear It for the Bad Guy
Hi, everyone, and thanks to Criminal Minds for letting me in the door. I'm Thomas Kaufman, and my new book STEAL THE SHOW has a variety of villains who chase private eye Willis Gidney up a tree and then throw rocks at him. About those rock-throwers – when we write about villains, we can distinguish ourselves by making at least one of the villains as complex as the hero. Now, a complicated villain is not easy to write about, so I thank William Shakespeare for creating great villains like Iago, Richard III, and Macbeth.
Macbeth: Hold your tongue, wastrel.
TK: And since I have Macbeth with me today, I'd thought I'd ask him a few questions. To begin, how do you feel about the way Shakespeare depicted you?
M: What do you mean?
TK: Well, the real, historical Macbeth did kill King Duncan, but they were both young men, in their early thirties, and it was death through combat. Also, the real Macbeth went on to rule
M: Well, yes, I did do that, didn't I? But it had been foretold by the weird sisters, hadn't it?
TK: True, but you murdered the king so you could be king in his place. Doesn't that make you the villain of the play?
M: Me? The villain? I'm the hero of the play, you idiot. I only kill because I have to, in order to fulfill my destiny.
TK: As described by the witches.
M: The weird sisters, yes. They were right in their other predictions, weren't they? So I thought they must be right in this one as well.
TK: So you don't see yourself as a bad guy?"
M: Does anyone? Aren't we all the heroes of our own lives? Let's say, just hypothetically, that I was the villain. I wouldn't have seen myself that way. I'd have seen myself as a person who was trying, under tremendous pressure, to do what he felt was right. Once the weird sisters told me I was destined to be king, they placed a fearsome weight upon me. I had to do what I did, because it was pre-ordained.
TK: You had no choice in the matter?
M: A good question. I think that, at any time, I could've dropped my sword. Now, looking back these four hundred years, I suppose some people might have thought I was a tad, oh, I don't know…
TK: Ambitious?
M: Well, perhaps just a bit. But until I met the sisters, I had no notion of killing
TK: According to…?
M: My wife, Lady M. It was her idea to slay the king in his sleep. She said fate had delivered
TK: Even though
M: Well, every silver lining has a dark cloud in front of it, don't you think?
TK: Let's get back to the whole good guy/bad guy thing. You're saying that, while you killed an old man in his sleep, not to mention your best friend and the wife and children of your political foes, you were the hero?
M: Absolutely. I remember clearly, that, while I did these things, I felt I was restoring some kind of balance to the universe. I was making the prophesy come true. Plus, my wife I and had lost our one child. So the only way that a Macbeth could ever sit on the throne was through the path I had taken.
TK: And your wife went mad as well.
M: Well, that's why it's a tragedy, isn't it? But as to being a villain, no, I never saw myself that way. Do you know of an excellent film actor, Lee Marvin? Do you know of him?
TK: Sure, he was great.
M: Near the end of his life, someone asked him if it had been difficult for him, playing bad guys in all those movies. And he said no, he'd never played the bad guy. He just played ordinary guys who did what they had to, in order to make it through to the end of their day.
TK: So even though you fight the forces of truth and justice in your play…
M: In my play, in MACBETH, the forces of truth and justice are the forces of antagonism, because I am the protagonist. Shakespeare is a great writer because he shows the audience the path to understanding the lead characters. As long as the writer takes pains to make the audience understand the tortuous path I take, then the audience can identify with me. They may not have the stuff within them to kill, but they can understand why I acted as I did. And you must admit, Shakespeare wrote some great parts.
TK: Any that you didn't like?
M: Hamlet. The kid was such a wimp.
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The hackers who stole millions of debit and credit card numbers from Target's computer systems may have gained access by first infiltrating the network of a western Pennsylvania heating and refrigeration contractor.
Fazio Mechanical Services Inc., of Sharpsburg, Pa., issued the statement late Thursday saying it was the victim of a "sophisticated cyberattack operation." The statement came days after Internet security bloggers identified it as the third-party vendor through which hackers accessed Target's computer systems.
Target has said it believes hackers initially gained access to its vast computer network through one of its vendors. Once inside, the hackers moved through the retailer's network and eventually installed malicious software into the company's point-of-sale system.
The series of hacks, experts believe, gave thieves access to some 40 million debit and credit card numbers, along with the personal information of another 70 million people.
The new details about Target's breach illustrate just how vulnerable large corporations have become as they expand and connect computer networks to offer greater convenience and increase productivity.
US Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary confirmed that Fazio Mechanical Services is being investigated, but wouldn't provide details.
Molly Snyder, spokeswoman for Minneapolis-based Target, declined comment citing the ongoing investigation.
Federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh referred calls to their counterparts in Minnesota, where Assistant US Attorney Steve Schleicher, acting criminal division chief, declined comment on the Fazio link, in particular, and the overall investigation.
"Like Target, we are a victim of a sophisticated cyberattack operation," Ross Fazio, the company's president and owner, said in a statement. Fazio's company is cooperating with the Secret Service and Target to identify the possible cause of the breach, he said.
Fazio Mechanical Services also denied reports on blogs and other outlets that said the company remotely monitored heating, cooling and refrigeration for Target, which has about 1,800 stores nationwide.
Fazio's statement explained that his company has an electronic connection with Target, which it uses to submit bills and contract proposals.
Target has said hackers breached its systems during the holiday shopping season and stole about 40 million debit and credit card numbers and the personal information, including names, email addresses, phone numbers and home addresses of as many as 70 million customers.
Banks, credit unions and other entities that issued debit and credit cards have had to cancel and reissue cards, close transactions or accounts, and refund or credit card holders for transactions made with the stolen data.
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AMAZING video of two police officers nearly being run over by a motorist eager to get through thick foam at Alexandra Headland is becoming an internet hit.
The video shows a bus heading through the foam when a "wave" suddenly picks up and heads towards the officers.
A set of headlights then emerges as a car plows through the other end.
Facebook user Michael Bell uploaded the video on Sunday afternoon.
By this morning it had been shared more than 9896 times.
Foam whipped up by wild seas at Alexandra Headland was still drawing crowds yesterday and posing problems for local businesses.
Despite police urging residents and tourists to cancel all non-essential travel, the lure of the snow-like foam on Alexandra Pde, near the intersection of Mary St and Pacific Tce, was too much for most to resist.
Hundreds have turned out to take a look at the salty and sandy "winter wonderland".
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Hunter gets probation for fatal fight in Indiana County
Stephen Shesko pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Erick Melius' death
A bear hunter from Westmoreland County who was originally accused of homicide for attacking and killing another man pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Wednesday.
Stephen Shesko, 61, was sentenced to five years on probation for involuntary manslaughter. The Seward man's homicide charge was dropped before the start of his preliminary hearing in February 2009.
"He's a Vietnam veteran. He worked for over 20 years in the railroad. He has numerous medical problems. I think he's had 24 surgeries, including heart problems," defense attorney Jim Ecker told WTAE at the hearing.
According to police reports, Shesko was hunting with a group of 28 in Indiana County on Nov. 24, 2008. Police said Erick Melius, of Ebensburg, and another man drove by and started taunting the group in Buffington Township, and Shesko and Melius got into a fight.
Police said that some of the people in Shesko's group were Amish and that Melius started taunting them, saying things like "nice pumpkin haircut" and using profanities. Police also said Melius tried to punch another hunter. Police said that's when Shesko approached Melius and started punching and kicking him until another hunter pulled him off.
Melius was taken to a Cambria County hospital and checked himself out against doctors' advice. He was later found dead at the home he shared with his girlfriend and 18-month-old daughter.
Thomas Bianco, the district attorney at the time, said he decided to drop the homicide charge because toxicology tests showed that an overdose of an undisclosed drug, as well as the injuries from the fight, contributed to Melius' death.
"It doesn't matter what he said, nobody deserves to be beat to death like that. To be kicked, it's just not right," Melius' uncle, Darrin, said at the preliminary hearing.
"And now I don't have him to say 'I love you' every time he calls me. I can't call him and say 'Erick, me and Uncle Joe need you to help.' His little girl thinks it's a major catastrophe when she had a boo-boo because she saw her dad with all his boo-boos," said Melius' aunt, Marguerite Gaboda.


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Developed by Robert Sun in 1988, Challenge-24 is a game in which contestants are presented with four numbers between 1 and 9. The object is to combine the numbers, using each number exactly once, to produce an answer of 24. Any of the standard arithmetic operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication or division, may be used as needed to get the result.
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Chatham,Ma/ Woods Hole Oceanographic News - In a final lifting of his middle finger to the constituents that paid his way for over 55 years, deceased Senator Edward M. Kennedy had one parting shot to ruin labor day for millions on Cape Cod.
Reports that the Senator had requested he be buried at sea, apparently have leaked out to the marine world as a pod of great white sharks have suddenly appeared off Cape Cods most popular beaches during labor day, effectively causing Massachusetts authorities to ban swimming, wading, paddle boarding, or even diving in to take a pee.
Meanwhile herds of young seals, seeming oblivious to the surrounding cruising predators, some eye witnesses said they were as big 'as a fucking Oldsmobile 88' , continued to frolic and delight shore bound tourists.
Said Chatham police chief Earl Scheider, " you can't fool these big guys, they're going to skip the appetizers and go right for the main course!"
Biologists are perplexed over the white shark arrival. "Usually they don't even cruise around here, and certainly not in this close to the beach," said Tammy Peirce, a shark expert from Woods Hole. " It must have something to do with the full moon, the extraordinary tides, and all the recent coverage over the Senator's death. Good news travels fast up here in the Northeast!"
Meanwhile enterprising vendors were doing a brisk business selling hastily printed T-shirts with Kennedy's likeness and the caption:"DON'T BITE ME BRO!" as he swam to shore surrounded by shark fins and the Chappaquiddick bridge in the background.
As one grizzled Cape Cod clammer said in summation, " Hey, man, sometimes shit happens! One day you eat the shark, the next the shark eats you. It's the American way, you know!"


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The Texas Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a DNA-testing proposal seeking to prevent wrongful convictions and costly delays to state executions.
State Sen. Rodney Ellis' SB 1292 requires the state to pay for all biological evidence to be collected and DNA tested prior to a trial in cases where the defendant could receive the death penalty.
"We know that, sometimes, we get the wrong person," said Ellis, D-Houston. "SB 1292 will ensure we avoid both the possibility of the wrong person serving years on Death Row and the far worse specter of putting to death an innocent person."
The bill now heads to the House.