text: Analysis News Lifestyle What the collapse of Malta's 'Azure Window' can teach us about social ills The western cult of immortality has caused a gross sentimentalisation of naturally occurring events Published 2 years ago on March 9, 2017 By Adam 1,118 Views Share Tweet A seemingly non-controversial story from Malta offers an important glimpse into a psychological phenomenon that has gripped much of post-modern western culture. The idea that humans ought to strive for impossible immortality and even worse, act as the gatekeepers of immortality for the natural environment which surrounds us, has long been a source of unneeded worry among many. For many years, the Azure Window of Gozo was one of Malta's most famed tourist destinations. A rock formation which framed a small cave over the see was as popular to swim through as it was to climb. Due to recent storms, the Azure Window has collapsed into the sea. Everything eventually reaches a natural end. Humans and animals age and die. Species die out, cliffs erode, rock formations collapse. The creations of man also decay and die. Buildings like their natural counterparts crumble, paintings fade, photos lose colour, records lose their grooves and cars break down beyond repair. There is nothing that mankind can do to change this. Decline, decay and collapse is an inevitable part of the life cycle of any structure or organism. The best that humans can do is to respect their natural environment and respect the lives of those around them. Many have lost this balance. People take pills, endure operations and lead unnatural lifestyles in attempts to grasp the untenable nettle of immortality. Complex laws are passed regulating humanity's interaction with the natural environment. Yet a simple exercise in restraint and respect would do far more to ease the unnatural corrosion of structures like the Azure Window than bloated bureaucracy. As it is, the Maltese authorities say that the collapse of the Azure Window was unavoidable. It was simply the result of a storm combined with the long process of natural erosion. This is how people ought to think of their lives. They ought to live well, but not obsessively. They ought to consume less and plant more. They ought to look a bit more and touch a bit less. They ought to conserve without ego and allow for decay without morose sentimentality. Restraint does more to preserve the best elements of the world than does hysteria, compulsion, spontaneity or extreme action. Everything eventually dies. If people enjoyed things more before they did rather than shorten life's happiness by fretting over the inevitable, people would attain a far higher measure of psychological health….but it's bad for business. The preservation industry is big money. From useless pills, to needless surgeries, to environmental protection agencies, the cost of trying to play God offers great dividends to individuals with vested interests. Things are out of balance, but so long as the books are balanced, nothing will change. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! 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Published 18 hours ago on November 20, 2018 By The Duran Authored by Allum Bokhari via Breitbart: We're used to Russian dissidents, Chinese dissidents, Iranian dissidents, and Saudi Arabian dissidents. But those who rightly believe the west is superior to authoritarian regimes must now contend with a troubling trend — the rise of the western dissident. Chief among them is Julian Assange, who for a half-decade has been forced to live in the tiny Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has claimed political asylum since 2011. Assange claimed that he would be extradited to the U.S. to face charges over his work at WikiLeaks if he left the embassy, and was routinely mocked as paranoid for doing so. This week, we learned that Assange was right and his critics were wrong. Thanks to a clerical error by the U.S. attorney's office in Alexandria, Virginia, reporters were able to confirm the existence of sealed criminal charges against the WikiLeaks founder. Because the charges are sealed and the evidence is unknown, it's impossible to say if the case has merit. But it likely relates to WikiLeaks' release of unredacted diplomatic cables in 2011, which forced the U.S. to relocate several of its foreign sources. Some allegations are more serious. While he was alive, neoconservative Senator John McCain maintained that leaks provided to WikiLeaks by Chelsea Manning, which included the diplomatic cables, caused U.S sources to be murdered. Those who see Assange as a villain will end the story here. What is typically left out is that WikiLeaks originally released the diplomatic cables in piecemeal form, with names redacted to prevent loss of life and minimize harm. It was only after a Guardian journalist's error led to the full unredacted cables leaking to third parties on the web that WikiLeaks published them as well — and not before Assange attempted to warn the office of Hillary Clinton, then U.S. Secretary of State. In other words, WikiLeaks behaved precisely as any responsible publisher handling sensitive material should, redacting information that could cause harm. The redactions only stopped when they became pointless. Assange is unlikely to have won more than a dozen journalism awards if he were completely reckless in his publications. The Pentagon later admitted under oath that they could not find any instances of individuals being killed as a result of being named in Manning's leaks to WikiLeaks, contradicting Sen. McCain's allegations. At worst, Assange and WikiLeaks can be accused of negligence, not deliberate recklessness, in the way it handled sensitive material. But as Breitbart Tech reporter Lucas Nolan points out, a far stronger case can be made against Hillary Clinton for the way she handled State Department emails — yet we see no criminal charges against her. It's hard to escape the conclusion that the only reason Assange is being targeted is that he tangled with the highest levels of the western establishment. In that, he is far from alone. In the late 2000s to early 2010s, western governments targeted all manner of individuals associated with Assange and the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, including Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald's partner David Miranda, and The Guardian newspaper. This was the early growth period of the internet, when the web had become a truly popular medium but had yet to be censored by pliant social media corporations. It was a time of profound unease at the power of the internet to undermine authority, both through the dissemination of information as in the case of WikiLeaks and Snowden, and in the new mobilization of political forces, as in the case of Occupy Wall Street and the SOPA/PIPA protests. Heavy-handed crackdowns against individuals and groups that were seen, rightly or wrongly, as symbols of the web's early anarchic tendencies, like Kim Dotcom, Aaron Swartz, Anonymous, and LulzSec, were not uncommon. These days, however, a new class of western dissident has emerged — the populist dissident. Populist Dissidents Who would have thought that the highest court in Europe, home of the enlightenment, would uphold a case in which a woman was prosecuted for blasphemy against Islam? Who would have thought that Britain, the birthplace of liberalism and the free press, would ban an independent journalist from its shores for satirizing the same religion? Who would have thought that Germany, whose living memory of the totalitarian Stasi is just three decades old, would put its largest opposition party under surveillance? Just a few years ago, all three would sound far-fetched. But cases like these have become common as elites in virtually every western country mount a panicked attempt to contain the rise of populism (the goal, in the words of a Google executive, is to render it a "hiccup"in history's march towards progress). Look at the case of Tommy Robinson, the British critic of Islam who was dragged through Britain's courts on fuzzy contempt-of-court charges. Sentenced to an astonishing thirteen-month imprisonment, Robinson was eventually freed after a successful appeal and now awaits a final trial before Britain's Attorney General. Shaky charges that have been successfully appealed were exploited to persecute a British citizen who was inconvenient to the establishment. And there's still a further trial to come. Then again, Britain is a country that routinely bans foreign politicians and media figures from the country for being too right-wing. Michael Savage, Geert Wilders, Lauren Southern, Pamela Geller, and Robert Spencer all enjoy this dubious distinction. Theresa May, who was responsible for internal affairs and immigration when Spencer and Geller were banned, is now the Prime Minister. But it's not just Britain. Not only has Trump's White House, supposedly an ally of populists, failed to publicly intervene on behalf of the American citizens banned from the U.K. for expressing populist viewpoints, but it hasn't even investigated allegations that far-left Antifa activists were able to stop conservative Rebel Media personality Jack Buckbyfrom entering the country by spreading false criminal allegations. Julian Assange, a left-libertarian may share little ideological ground with right-wing critics of Islam. But they all share at least one thing: persecution by western states coupled with anti-establishment political speech or activities. They are also targets of the security establishment — Assange because of leaks that have exposed their secrets, and the populists because they refuse to censor themselves to avoid angering Muslims. (The UK justified its attempted ban of Geert Wilders by arguing that his presence in the country could lead to "inter-faith violence.") We also see attacks on free speech, with governments and politicians across the west pressuring Silicon Valley to suppress its critics. An unaccountable, unelected elite can sweep away a person's livelihood in minutes, and cut their political message off from millions of American citizens. As I wrote in my column two weeks ago, the overarching trend is the gradual destruction or delegitimization of every tool, digital or otherwise, that non-elites use to express their preferences. Does that sound like a free society, or a controlled one? You don't have to agree with any of the individuals or groups listed above to see that surveilling political parties, blocking journalists from entering countries, jailing critics of religion, upholding blasphemy laws and censoring the net is the behavior of authoritarian nations, not liberal democracies. Yet this is the disturbing pattern we now see in the west. Worse, foreign authoritarian regimes now provide safe harbor for western dissidents, in the same way that the west does for foreign dissidents. Edward Snowden, accused of violating the U.S. Espionage Act of 1917 for blowing the whistle on the NSA's mass surveillance of Americans, has for years resided safely in Russia, a country that persecutes and even kills its own journalists. Before that, he sought refuge in Hong Kong, a "Special Administrative Region" of the People's Republic of China, an even more terrifyingly totalitarian state. Will there now be a quid pro quo, with Russia and other authoritarian regimes protecting our dissidents while the west protects theirs? Or will western countries remain true to their liberal traditions, and stop its alarming attempts to surveil, suppress, and persecute a growing number of its own citizens? On present trends, a dark and dystopian future seems to loom on the horizon. Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter, Gab.ai and add him on Facebook. Email tips and suggestions to [email protected]. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest Zuckerberg's "War Face" Has Driven Key Executives Away, Stoked Tension With Sandberg About a dozen senior or highly visible executives disclosed their resignations or left Facebook in 2018. Published 18 hours ago on November 20, 2018 By Tyler Durden Via Zerohedge… Earlier this year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gathered around 50 of his key executives and told them that the company was at war – more specifically, under siege from lawmakers, investors and angry users over the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal and Russian influence on the platform. Zuckerberg, according to the Wall Street Journal, told his top lieutenants during that June meeting that while executives can move more slowly and methodically on key decisions during "peacetime," he would be acting more decisively going forward, said people familiar with the remarks. The result? Tension which has boiled over to the point where several key executives have left the country – as well as friction between Zuckerberg and longtime COO, Sheryl Sandberg. The 34-year-old CEO believes Facebook didn't move quickly enough at key moments this year and increasingly is pressing senior executives to "make progress faster" on resolving problems such as slowing user growth and securing the platform, said people familiar with the matter. Mr. Zuckerberg also at times has expressed frustration at how the company managed the waves of criticism it faced this year. On Friday, that tension was on display when, during a question-and-answer session with employees at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., he blasted a fresh round of critical news coverage as "bullshit," according to the people familiar with the remarks. –WSJ One Facebook employee at the Friday session asked if the company could mitigate leaks by publishing internal reports on how frequently offenders are found and fired. While Zuckerberg said that Facebook does fire leakers, the root cause is "bad morale" thanks to negative press coverage. And while the WSJ notes Zuckerberg has taken on ambitious annual goals, such as learning Mandarin and reading 25 books, this year his biggest challenge is fixing Facebook through his tougher management style, according to a person familiar with his thinking (so says the WSJ). Perhaps the Facebook CEO hired a drill sergeant to coach him on bringing out his inner-Alpha? According to the Journal, Zuckerberg and Sandberg have had confrontations over his new management style, after she had long been afforded considerable autonomy over the company's teams which handle communications and policy. This spring, Mr. Zuckerberg told Ms. Sandberg, 49, that he blamed her and her teams for the public fallout over Cambridge Analytica, the research firm that inappropriately accessed private data on Facebook users and used it for political research, according to people familiar with the exchange. Ms. Sandberg later confided in friends that the exchange rattled her, and she wondered if she should be worried about her job. Mr. Zuckerberg also has told Ms. Sandberg she should have been more aggressive in allocating resources to review troublesome content on the site, said one person familiar with the matter, a problem that the company still struggles to fix. –WSJ Meanwhile, Zuckerberg seems to be pleased of late with internal improvements, telling reporters last week that Sandberg is a "very important partner to me, and continues to be, and will continue to be." Privately, Zuckerberg has told executives that some of the fallout from the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal was just "hysteria," to which Facebook simply didn't mount an effective response. Clash of the tech titans Zuckerberg famously has butted heads with the co-founders of photo-sharing app Instagram, over his desire to share user location data on the main Facebook platform in order to help better target ads. The now-resigned Instagram founders strongly opposed the idea, and abruptly left the company in September. The founders of WhatsApp similarly bailed on Facebook after disagreements over how to best extract revenue from the messaging service, according to people familiar with the matter. And most recently, was the departure of Oculus VR co-founder Brendan Iribe, who was forced out by Zuckerberg in part due to a disagreement over the future of the virtual-reality handset, the people said. The decision to leave was reportedly "mutual." All told, about a dozen senior or highly visible executives disclosed their resignations or left Facebook in 2018. In May, Facebook announced a major reshuffling of top product executives in a way that helped free up Mr. Zuckerberg to oversee a broader portfolio within the company. This turmoil at the top of Facebook has made it difficult for the company to execute on some product decisions and shore up employee morale, which has been sinking over the last year along with the stock price, which has fallen 36% since its peak. Many employees are frustrated by the bad press and constant reorganizations, including of the security team, which can disrupt their work, according to current and former employees. –WSJ Doing whatever it takes Facebook has come under fire recently – most notably after a New York Times report that the company used GOP operatives to smear the company's detractors and promote negative news about competitors Google and Apple. When the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal broke – the resultant rebukes from Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google executives sent Zuckerberg ballistic. The Facebook CEO "later ordered his management team to use only Android phones —arguing that the operating system had far more users than Apple's," according to the Times. Facebook then went on the offensive against the fellow tech giants. On the advice of Joel Kaplan – a well-connected Republican friend, Bush administration official, and former Harvard classmate of Sandberg, Facebook began to go after Google and Apple. Mr. Kaplan prevailed on Ms. Sandberg to promote Kevin Martin, a former Federal Communications Commission chairman and fellow Bush administration veteran, to lead the company's American lobbying efforts. Facebook also expanded its work with Definers. On a conservative news site called the NTK Network, dozens of articles blasted Google and Apple for unsavory business practices. One story called Mr. Cook hypocritical for chiding Facebook over privacy, noting that Apple also collects reams of data from users. Another played down the impact of the Russians' use of Facebook. The rash of news coverage was no accident: NTK is an affiliate of Definers, sharing offices and staff with the public relations firm in Arlington, Va. Many NTK Network stories are written by staff members at Definers or America Rising, the company's political opposition-research arm, to attack their clients' enemies. –NYT Facebook has responded, initially saying they didn't put out "fake news" against their competitors, and they had no idea what their marketing department was doing. On Friday, however, Sandberg said she took full responsibility for the actions of the communications team. Facebook has tried to move forward following its various scandals; spearheading efforts to reign in data harvesting, and looking for someone to oversee its corporate, external and legal affairs. Hopefully whoever is ultimately in charge of oversight won't be scared away by Zuckerberg's war face. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest The "Resistance" Struggles To Justify Support For Trump's Prosecution Of Assange When you find yourself supporting conflicting principles, it's a sure sign that you were never guided by principle to begin with. Published 18 hours ago on November 20, 2018 By The Duran Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via Medium.com: Ever since suspicions were confirmed that the Trump administration is indeed working to prosecute and imprison WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing authentic documents, the so-called "Resistance" has been struggling to explain exactly why it is so enthusiastically supportive of that agenda. And when I say struggling, I am being very, very generous. When news broke that a court document copy-paste error had inadvertently exposed the fact that the Trump administration is pursuing an agenda which experts of diverse political persuasions agree would have devastating effects on the freedom of the press, #Resistance pundit and DC think tank operative Neera Tanden responded by tweeting, "Never mess with karma". As of this writing if you do a Twitter search for the words "Assange" and "karma" together, you will come up with countless Democratic Party loyalists using that concept to justify their support for a Trump administration assault on the press that is infinitely more dangerous than the president being mean to Jim Acosta. The trouble with that of course is that "karma", as far as observable reality is concerned, is not an actual thing. It's a Hindu religious concept that is supported by no more factual evidence than the Roman Catholic claim that a priest literally turns bread and wine into the body and blood of a Nazarene carpenter who died thousands of years ago. A Democratic pundit using the concept of "karma" to justify enthusiastic support for Trump's fascistic attack on press freedoms is exactly the same as a Republican pundit using "God wills it" to justify the existence of poverty, and it is just as intellectually honest. But it's also the best argument these people have got. Never mess with karma https://t.co/VNx61fjBjV — Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) November 16, 2018 I mean, think about it. There's really no other way you can justify supporting a Trump administration agenda — an administration you claim to oppose — in a prosecution with legal implications that are severely detrimental to the free press, which you claim to support. The only way to justify it is with some vague, abstract notion that Assange is just "getting what he deserves" since the 2016 WikiLeaks publications of Democratic Party likely contributed to Trump's electoral victory over Hillary Clinton, and the only way to reify that vague, abstract notion is with an appeal to some imaginary metaphysical principle, i.e. karma. But, again, that is not a thing. There is no invisible eight-armed deity floating around behind the scenes arbitrating and distributing the consequences of WikiLeaks drops, and there is no rational argument that the Trump administration prosecuting Assange is desirable because Assange "deserves" it. The fact of the matter is that these people are supporting Trump's fascism in the most toxic ways possible, they are utterly incapable of defending that support with any intellectual honesty, and the self-proclaimed "Resistance" would be more aptly named "the Assistance". Journalist Glenn Greenwald described this phenomenon as follows: But the grand irony is that many Democrats will side with the Trump DOJ over the Obama DOJ. Their emotional, personal contempt for Assange – due to their belief that he helped defeat Hillary Clinton: the gravest crime – easily outweighs any concerns about the threats posed to press freedoms by the Trump administration's attempts to criminalize the publication of documents. This reflects the broader irony of the Trump era for Democrats. While they claim out of one side of their mouth to find the Trump administration's authoritarianism and press freedom attacks so repellent, they use the other side of their mouth to parrot the authoritarian mentality of Jeff Sessions and Mike Pompeo that anyone who published documents harmful to Hillary or which have been deemed "classified" by the U.S. Government ought to go to prison. …It is this utterly craven and authoritarian mentality that is about to put Democrats of all sorts in bed with the most extremist and dangerous of the Trump faction as they unite to create precedents under which the publication of information — long held sacrosanct by anyone caring about press freedoms — can now be legally punished. And indeed this is exactly what has been happening. Check out the joyous celebrations in online comments sections from when the news broke that the Trump administration has brought sealed charges upon Assange (here, here, or here for example) for a taste of where the "blue wave" zeitgeist is at right now. Their hatred for Assange has overpowered not only their hatred for Trump, but the most important ways in which they are meant to be resisting him. This is a response from a "Resistance" account to my tweet criticizing the #Resistance for supporting Trump's persecution of Assange. No attempt is made to justify that support, just yay Trump, womp womp. This is happening all over Twitter. https://t.co/eB6WszcT3S — Caitlin Johnstone ⏳ (@caitoz) November 18, 2018 When you find yourself supporting conflicting principles, it's a sure sign that you were never guided by principle to begin with. And this is really the lesson we can take from all this. The noxious strain of American liberalism which promotes Russia conspiracy theories, supports the prosecution of government transparency advocates, and only attacks Trump as an idea rather than actually resisting his actual policies was never about any principle of any kind. There were preexisting agendas against Russia, alternative media, WikiLeaks, and government transparency long before Trump took office, and all of those agendas have been systematically advanced by the powerful using the "us vs them" herd mentality of the McResistance. These people aren't supporting the prosecution of a leak publisher because of their ideological values, they are supporting it because that's what powerful manipulators want them to do. Trump's despicable prosecution of Assange, and corporate liberalism's full-throated support for it, has fully discredited all of mainstream US politics on both sides of the aisle. Nobody in that hot mess stands for anything. 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Tuesday, 23 August 2011
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It's a shame that the script couldn't be rendered more elegantly.
Devanagari script is an abugida: consonant letters are read with an accompanying vowel, so स is sa. Other vowels are represented by diacritics: सी sī, से se सु su, etc. To indicate that the consonant letter should not be read with an accompanying vowel, a diacritic called virama is used: स् is s.
And usually when two or more consonants are clustered, they are combined using halved forms of the letters called conjucts. So स् s plus प pa is combined as स्प spa.
Two words on this shirt use virama when they could have used conjuncts. These words
न् यायालयों
स् प् लेंदार
could have been written more elegantly as
Whatever software they used to render the script displayed it… not wrong, but it could have been better.
The text is भारत के रॉयल न्यायालयों की स्प्लेंडर महाराजा bhārat ke răyal nyāyālayoṃ kī spleṃḍar mahārājā, which is Hindi for "splendour maharaja of the royal courts of India". In my inexpert opinion, it might have been better with mahārājā at the front like it is in English.
8 comments :
- R Devraj said...
It's worse than you think.. nyayalaya describes the kind of court that dispenses justice, not a royal court
- 26 August 2011 at 09:45
- Glen Gordon said...
Visually speaking, Arabic calligraphy puts any Devanagari calligraphy I've seen to shame. Sanskrit seems to have put all its energies into being pleasing to the ear instead.
- 27 August 2011 at 10:17
- Gwen said...
Nyayalay is incorrect usage (and even stranger when paired with the English words royal and splendor), and the lack of conjuct consonants is nonstandard, but the Hindi syntax (having maharaja at the end) works perfectly well. You see it in poetic speech all the time, and in English as well. You could translate it as "the splendor of the royal courts of India: the Maharaja." Although in English we tend to use punctuation and definite articles to make it clear.
- 3 September 2011 at 09:35
- goofy said...
Thanks Gwen.
- 8 September 2011 at 13:40
- CIngram said...
Not knowing Hindi, I read it as Sanskrit, but was stumped by the weird-looking स्प्लेंडर until I saw the translation. Is it a commonly used loanword in Hindi? I find it rather... splendid.
- 14 September 2011 at 04:28
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- Sandeep Prasanna said...
The horrible show "Outsourced" also apparently used the same font in their first show. During the opening credits in the pilot episode, they had random Hindi words in the background (pyaar, etc.), but all of the vowels were misplaced w.r.t. the consonants. They also used the same weird stop-matra instead of conjoining consonants. It was really, really embarrassing for them. Luckily they fixed it for the second episode onwards. Didn't save the show, though.
- 24 September 2011 at 14:10
There is no translation for royal and splendor. Hindi for royal is राजकीय and वैभव for splendor. So, the statement should be
भारत के राजकीय न्यायालयों की वैभव :महाराजा
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By now everyone has heard the saga of Jay Harris. The former Michigan State wide receiver commit out of Pennsylvania has parted ways with the Spartans to pursue his rap career. There are varying accounts of exactly what happened; Harris claimed it was a mutual decision, and MSU sources are indicating they dropped him like... well, like a Michigan State wide receiver would drop something. But with all the drama of how this went down, one thing got lost in the shuffle: the music.
[Caution: lyrics are very much NSFW]
Harris put together a this epic music video, so it's only fitting that we analyze said video to try to unlock the genius within.
We open on the most hardcore of all yard equipment storage structures, the shed. This particular shed is especially thug, because it is tagged. On the inside. So whoever was inside the shed would know whose shed it was. A lone young man sits, and while we presume him to be our protagonist, but he has not yet told us his name.
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He seems to have lost focus, though in fairness it seems to be through little fault of his own.
Mr. Bull has surrounded himself with a group of likeminded compatriots, but one (who may or may not be pre-weight loss Jonah Hill) has been ostracized from the group. He is made to stand behind a gate. This seems unfair, but perhaps there is a good reason. Only time will tell.
"I'm Datbull fo life. I take yo wife. Take his b*tch and his b*tch..."
Our scene shifts to the pavilion at a local park. Pavilions, of course, are among the thuggest of the open-air structures. What, were you gonna say that pagodas are harder? You think a weak-ass gazebo could survive in the rap game? Hell no. But I hope they reserved that pavilion, because if that Boy Scout Troop shows up, they'll kick you out again. They plan ahead.
"She dancin' [in close proximity to my genitals] like she practicing that ballet"
That's... sir, that's not a nice thing to say about his wife.
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We return to the safety of the shed, and we are led to notice the amount of seating available. How many gatherings are you hosting in this shed?
[I have no idea what he's saying]
This is a tactical error by the director. This large pile of money is barely noticeable. That should be fanned out and/or made to rain. This is standard protocol.
[Something about being Van Gogh if Van Gogh smoked weed]
Another embarrassing mistake with the vehicle shot. We clearly see our cameraman's hand on the 'oh shit' handle.
Dude, you just got your own words wrong. We need to get out of this car. Go back to the shed. Or the the street. Things were going pretty well in the street.
"I'm like Jordan to the game but you can call me DB..."
Thank God, we're back on the street. And it appears that Datbull has carried on the recent tradition of Michigan State wide receiver commits, in that he (a) enjoys basketball, and (b) won't end up playing wide receiver at Michigan State.
They've finally let Jonah Hill out from behind the gate, which DAMNIT JONAH GET YOUR HAND OFF OF YOUR JUNK. We're filming a goddamn music video here. I mean...you know what? No. Get back behind your gate.
"...you can call me Datbull. Fo life. Fo fo life. Fo life. You know. You know."
The lyrics conclude. But there is still a full 1:18 left in the video. I'm not sure how we're gonna fill that time, but whatever. Once you've made your point, there's really no point in continuing. And I think we're all pretty clear about the message. Datbull. Fo Life.
Drugs are bad, mmmkay?
The group gathers once more under the pavilion. Jonah has been forced to stand to the side. This is for everyone's safety (see: 2:02).
We fade to black. There are still 57 seconds left in the video. It's clear now how we are going to fill the remaining time: by not.
And now we're completely dark. Do... do we leave now? I mean, there's still some sound, but it's like they forgot we were still here. Oh well, let's wait to see if there are some special features at the end, like Datbull and his friends eating shawarma.
Not looking promising.
Nope. Just a bold and unconventional artistic choice by the artist, as if to say, 'I don't need graphics or lyrics or sounds of any kind. I'm Datbull. Fo life. You know? You know."


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TPI Presents at the Sixth Annual OneMedForum on January 8-9, 2013 at San Francisco
Jan 02, 2013, 02:23 ET
CHENGDU, China, Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. (NYSEAmex: TPI), a pharmaceutical company that specializes in patented biopharmaceutical medicine, modernized traditional Chinese medicine, branded generics and other pharmaceuticals, has been invited to present at the 6th Annual OneMedForum San Francisco 2012 on January 9, 2012, at Sir Francis Drake Hotel at 450 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. Chief Financial Officer of the Company, Dr. James J. Tong is also invited to the 3rd China Forum panel discussion during the conference.
About OneMedForum
The OneMedForum San Francisco conference, launched in 2008, runs concurrently with J.P. Morgan conference that provides an efficient access to the companies that shape the future of the rapidly changing healthcare landscape with company presentations, panels and workshops for strategic insights and practical benefits.
OneMed China Forum, focusing on the healthcare market in China, is designed to help senior executives shape strategy to approach what is one of the most lucrative and perilous markets in the world. The program will consist of panel sessions that will address critical issues to understanding how Healthcare and life science companies can succeed in China.
Attendees will include institutional investors, senior healthcare executives and life science executives looking for investment opportunities, market insights, licensing opportunities, acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic partnerships.
Additional information can be found via: www.onemedplace.com/forum
About TPI
Headquartered at Chengdu, China, TPI is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the development, manufacturing, marketing and sales of patented biopharmaceutical, mTCM, branded generics and API. TPI currently manufactures a comprehensive portfolio of 58 products, 24 of which are listed in the highly selective national medicine reimbursement list, 7 are included in the essential drug list of China. For more information about TPI, please visit: http://www.tianyinpharma.com.
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No. 2, Block 3, South Renmin Road
Chengdu, 610041
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Vicky Mountain came by to talk about an upcoming show with Maryann Sullivan in which the two take on the songs of Anita O'Day and Blossom Dearie. Also talked with Katherine Bergman of Zeitgeist's New Music Cabaret Series. Got in songs by Reggie Quinerly, Wes Montgomery, and the Atlantis Quartet, among others. This weeks 45rpm song was Smooth Sailing, by Arnett Cobb, from 1959.
Heather Barringer of the New Music Ensemble Zeitgeist came by to talk about their Cabaret Series, which features jazz, world, and other contemporary music. Also heard classic tracks from Dizzy Gillespie, and Wes Montgomery, as well as newer tunes from Malachi Thompson and Steve Yeager, and new releases from Russ Nolan and The Wave Mechanics Union. the 45 of the week was Soul Bird, by Cal Tjader.
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2014 Ford Focus: New Car Review
We've always said it's not that Americans don't like hatchbacks, it's that they don't like cheap, slow and ugly hatchbacks. For the 2014 Ford Focus, we feel a sense of vindication, because Americans have taken to this small car in droves. Endowed with European styling, the Focus looks as sleek and modern as a high-end touring sedan. Strong scores in fuel economy, safety and handling should help win over skeptical consumers, as will the impressive interior appointments.
What's New for 2014?
The new SE Sport Package adds sport cloth seats, a leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob and an available rear spoiler to the popular SE model.
What We Like
Great styling; great handling; great features; great mileage
What We Don't
Automatic transmission should be smoother
How Much?
Fuel Economy
The standard Focus engine is a 2.0-liter gasoline 4-cylinder with direct-injection technology. It makes 160 horsepower and 146 lb-ft of torque. A 5-speed manual transmission is standard, while a 6-speed dual-clutch automated manual transmission is available. The latter operates just like a regular automatic, and it includes a manual mode on the high-end Titanium trim. Fuel economy is 27 miles per gallon city/37 mpg hwy with the automated manual and 26 mpg city/36 mpg hwy with the stick shift.
The Focus ST gains a 252-hp 2.0-liter turbocharged engine and comes only with a slick 6-speed manual. Fuel economy is impressive at 23 mpg city/32 mpg hwy despite all that power.
The Focus Electric switches to an electric motor that makes 143 hp and 181 lb-ft. Recharging time is claimed to be 3.6 hours on a 240-volt current. Estimated driving range is 76 miles, and the top speed is a healthy 84 miles per hour.
Standard Features & Options
The Focus is offered in S, SE, Titanium, ST and Electric trim levels as either a sedan or a 4-door hatchback.
The sedan-only Focus S ($17,105) comes with basic features such as 15-inch steel wheels, cloth upholstery, power accessories, air conditioning and a 4-speaker CD audio system with an auxiliary audio jack.
The SE ($19,310) adds 16-in aluminum wheels, automatic headlights, a 6-speaker audio system, cruise control and Sync voice-command functionality with Bluetooth. The hatchback version of the SE boasts a rear spoiler.
The Titanium ($24,310) throws in 17-in aluminum wheels (optional), keyless entry/ignition, rear parking sensors, dual-zone automatic climate control, leather upholstery, heated front seats, a power driver seat, the MyFord Touch infotainment system with a touchscreen and a configurable gauge cluster, leather upholstery, dual-zone automatic climate control, a rearview camera and a 12-speaker Sony audio system.
The hatchback-only ST ($24,910) treats you to a high-performance turbocharged engine, a uniquely racy exterior, a performance-tuned suspension, 10-speaker Sony audio and various sporty styling cues.
The hatchback-only Focus Electric ($35,995) features a battery-powered electric motor, smartphone interactivity with vehicle functions, a 9-speaker version of the Sony audio system and eco-friendly cloth upholstery with heated manual front seats.
The Focus comes standard with anti-lock brakes, electronic traction and stability control and six airbags -- front, front side-impact and front and rear side curtain.
In government crash-testing, the Focus scored a perfect five out of five stars, including four stars for frontal impacts and five stars for side impacts.
Behind the Wheel
In addition to being fuel efficient, the base 2.0-liter engine in the Focus is quite eager, delivering smooth, satisfying acceleration. The automated manual transmission, however, gets confused at times, hunting for the right gear and pausing for too long before downshifting. We much prefer the 5-speed manual transmission, which we think adds a sporting feel to the Focus that's in line with the car's European roots.
As for the turbocharged ST, it's a hoot. The rush of acceleration is addictive, and the exclusive 6-speed shifter is a willing partner. Although the ST is undeniably the most athletic Focus, even the entry-level model provides sophisticated driving dynamics that remind us of more expensive sport-luxury cars. The Focus is never less than a pleasure to drive.
Other Cars to Consider
Honda Civic -- The Civic has a well-earned reputation for quality and strong resale value, though the latest generation lacks the Focus's fun-to-drive character, and doesn't offer as many high-tech features.
Volkswagen Jetta -- The Jetta is less sporty than the Focus, but it has a bigger inside and offers a powerful, fuel-efficient diesel option.
Mazda3 -- The redesigned Mazda's handling is a match for the Ford's, and its sense of style is compelling, as well.
AutoTrader's Advice
The best bang for the buck comes from the Focus SE. For about $19,000 to start, this model gives you everything you need, plus enough electronic toys to make long road trips fly by.


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Wayne County Area Agency on Aging welcomes people to join with other caregivers at the monthly meetings of the CaregiverÆs Support Group.
The April, 2013 meeting will be Wednesday, April 10 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Earl J. Simons Senior Center.
The group meeting is informal but informational. The counselors are experienced and understanding. By sharing experiences, ideas, situations, solutions and frustrations people can help others who attend. The meetings are also an opportunity for individuals to help their emotional and physical well-being.
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For more information or if people need someone to "sit" with a loved one while they attend the meeting, call Laurie at (570) 253-4262, immediately so they have enough time to make arrangements.


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Whether you are homeowner, an established landscaper, or just starting out in the landscaping business, your ultimate goal is the same. A thick, lush, weed-free lawn that looks professionally maintained AND doesn't cost a fortune.
When I first started my landscaping business, I made a lot of mistakes, wasted money, and lost sleep over how to handle certain customers' properties. Now, my customers' homes are the envy of the neighborhood.
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The Nucleolar Organiser Regions (NOR) contain clusters of genes which code for the three largest structural rRNA molecules (5.8S, 18S and 28S).
These rRNA genes are critically important for the viability of the cell and represent around 0.5% of the human diploid genome. They are found in the short arm of the acrocentric chromosomes and are the region around which the nucleoli develop at the end of mitosis1.
A NOR can translocate to a terminal region of another chromosome. In rare instances this can be pathogenic, particularly when the translocation has led to a deletion at the tip of the recipient chromosome2. It has been suggested that the restructuring of the rRNA genes is the most common chromosomal alteration in adult solid tumours3.
In routine cytogenetic analysis, NOR can be used to delineate marker chromosomes through a process of silver staining the NOR (known as AgNOR staining4). However, the technique relies on translation of protein and if this is not present, conventional silver staining will not stain the NOR. Cytocell's FISH probe has been developed to overcome this problem so that presence of the acrocentric chromosomes in the marker can be detected.
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Oulu Business School at the University of Oulu is an international research and educational institute for economic sciences. Oulu, a modern growth centre, creates an inspiring and stimulating environment for business studies, work and leisure.
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Oulu Business School is one of the ten faculties within the University of Oulu, the second largest multidisciplinary university in Finland. With 1450 students and 100 faculty and staff members, Oulu Business School (OBS) is solely responsible for the University level Business Education in the whole of Northern Finland (the provinces of Oulu and Lapland; an area covering half of Finland).


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The East Texas Chapter of Texas Master Naturalist will begin its 2014 Training Class on Saturday, February 22, 2014. The East Texas Chapter serves a ten county area –Smith, Cherokee, Rusk, Gregg, Upshur, Wood, Rains, Van Zandt, Henderson, and Anderson counties. Texas Master Naturalist classes provide in-depth training in wildlife and natural resource management taught by recognized experts in the field and customized to focus on the native ecosystems of our East Texas area. Participants will also have the opportunity for advanced training in special subjects that interest them. Master Naturalists provide the community with volunteer service in the form of educational activities, projects, or demonstrations. The possibilities are endless, limited only by one's imagination! Texas Master Naturalist, engage in helping people appreciate their natural environment while enhancing their own knowledge and skills. And, perhaps most satisfying of all, Texas Master Naturalists have a chance to build friendships and working relationships with others who share their love of the natural Texas.
The curriculum for the 2014 Training Classes will cover a range of topics including What is a Naturalist?, Poisonous Plants, Ecological Concepts, Weather, Geology, Forest Ecology & Tree Identification, Entomology (Insects), Archeology, Wetlands Ecology and Management, Mammals, and Birds. Classes will be held for seven weeks on Saturdays beginning February 22 through April 12 (excluding March 15). Classes will be conducted from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Nature Center located at 11941 FM 848, Tyler, Texas. Lunches will be provided. The fee for the training classes is $125.00. The deadline for application is February 1, 2014. For more information and to obtain an application form contact Brenda McWilliams at 903-533-9335 or email@example.com. Also, information is located on the East Texas Chapter Texas Master Naturalist webpage at www.txmn.org/etwd
The Texas Master Naturalist program is sponsored by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas AgriLife Extension Service. The East Texas Chapter monthly meetings are held the fourth Thursday of each month at 6:45 p.m. at the Nature Center, 11941 FM 848, Tyler, TX. The public is invited to attend all meetings.


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Historical weather events.
This site attempts to collect together in one place the most notable events in our 'weather history' across the British Isles. It has been built up in a rather 'ad-hoc' fashion, initially just for the latter third of the 20th century, then worked backwards as and when I stumbled across data etc., and of course kept up to date as far as possible. I am aware that these data are heavily biased towards 'UK' events: I would like to add more for Ireland, so if you spot any significant missing events, please advise me.
I have tried to capture the "notable events", but I am always open to suggestions! Inevitably, there is some element of subjectivity over what constitutes a 'significant' event. Also, the further back in time we go, the scrappier the information & the greater the probability of missing something.
|Use this link if you want to put climatological events into historical context.
|Use this link if you want to go straight to a particular span of years.
I freely acknowledge that I have done very little original research (except on more recent events) - relying on various published works to supply the answers, and these are acknowledged in the majority of cases. There is no commercial aim to this site, so I hope that it will not be seen as deliberate plagiarism. If you want to challenge me on this, or if you see something wrong, let me know. I have where possible given references to a short bibliography.
(DATE OF FINAL UPDATE / AMENDMENT / CORRECTION ETC: 14th December, 2014)
[ NB: The Julian calendar was changed in favour of the
Gregorian calendar (in Great Britain & Ireland) after the 2nd September,
1752. That means that the 2nd September was the 2nd, but the next day
magically became the 14th, and thus 11 days were 'lost' overnight! Dates around
& before this change (for the British Isles) are always suspect, as some
later authors did not always make it clear to which calendar they were
referring. For earlier years, then Lamb (Ref. 23) gives the following guidance:
Between '29th February' 1400 & 28th February 1500, add 9 days to the recorded ('Old Style') date.
Between '29th February 1500' & 28th February 1700, add 10 days to the recorded ('Old Style') date.
Between '29th February 1700' & 28th February 1800, add 11 days to the recorded ('Old Style') date.
Between '29th February 1800' & 28th February 1900, add 12 days to the recorded ('Old Style') date.
Between '29th February 1900' & today, add 13 days to the recorded ('Old Style') date.
[The latter adjustments are not applicable for our purposes of course, but are listed here for the sake of completeness.]
Where possible I shall use the following notation - but note that it won't be complete for many years across the whole database:-
OS=Old Style; OSP=Old Style, presumed; NS=New Style; NSP=New Style, presumed; (?)=date uncertain for whatever reason; (C?)=calendar uncertain:]
( I am in the process of slowly
working back-and-forth through the records to try and annotate dates to give
more guidance on this matter. )]
[ NB: notes relating to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, from an article in the BAA Journal, October 2005: "The chronicles are inconsistent as to when a year starts. Years do not only start on January 1 or December 25. Some entries during the 11th century seem to be based on a year starting on March 25, the date of the Annunciation. Several 9th century entries are based on a year starting on September 1, using a system derived from the Roman Indiction, a cycle of tax assessment made on September 1 every 15th year. To make matters worse, there are mistakes in the chronicles themselves. The Worcester manuscript, for example, missed the year 1044. This makes the entries for 1045 to 1052 in error by one year and this is only corrected when 1052 is entered twice. This type of mistake was repeated elsewhere in the chronicles, sometimes with years being missed and sometimes with years being duplicated. It was also easy for copiers to misread the strokes used on Roman numerals. The two strokes for a 'v' could easily be misread as 'ii'."]
[ NB: notes relating to when the 'year' starts: Care needs to be taken with dates earlier than the mid-18th century. It was quite common to adopt the practice of starting the 'New Year' (for record purposes) on Lady Day (25th March). This means that an event occurring on 12th February 1701 as it appears to us, might be recorded as having occurred on the 12th February 1700 (i.e. in the year that started on the 25th March, 1700). This is known, by historians, as 'Old Style' (OS) dating, but this terminology is also used for the 'Julian' calendar dating - see above.]
[ NB: the following from article in 'Weather', July 2008/P. Jones ... " River Thames freeze-overs (and sometimes frost fairs) only occurred 23 times between 1408 and 1814 (Lamb) when the old London Bridge constricted flow through its multiple piers and restricted the tide with a weir. Not all the 23 events had strong enough ice for frost fairs. After the Bridge was replaced in the 1830s, the tide came further upstream and freezes no longer occurred, despite a number of exceptionally cold winters. Freeze-overs before 1408 are less well reported given the sparser evidence that far back in time, but there are some records of dates and duration available (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Thames_frost_fairs)."


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Most of the region consists of the Piney Woods ecoregion, and East Texas can sometimes be reduced to include only the Piney Woods. Houston has distanced itself from East Texas over the past fifty years; however Houston has been considered part of East Texas for most of the city's history. At the fringes, towards central Texas, the forests expand outward sparser trees and eventually into open plains.
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