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Alison Saul
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There's a reason why Spain has been the number one tourist destination with UK holidaymakers for decades – it has everything you need for a great trip. The climate is great, the food is wonderful, there's plenty of culture to soak up and an easy-going way of life that's attracted plenty of expats too.
Despite being tourist-friendly, holidaymakers in Spain can experience accidents and illnesses that turn their trip upside-down. Here are some of the most common types of accident and illness in Spain:
Food poisoning, salmonella, travel bugs
Hotel buffets, undercooked food and contamination of food products can all cause food poisoning in Spain, and there are a range of other illnesses that can keep holidaymakers confined to their hotel rooms for large chunks of their holiday.
Swimming pools are also a hive of harmful bacteria, especially if they're not regularly cleaned. We've helped many holidaymakers pursue claims against hotel chains and resorts after they contracted illnesses from unclean swimming pools.
Slips and trips
A slip or a trip can be harmless, with the only injury sustained to the victim's ego. Unfortunately, some trips can be much more serious, causing fractures, bone breakages and more severe muscle injuries that can take many months to heal. If you've slipped or tripped in your hotel, in a local restaurant or another venue while staying in Spain, we could help you claim compensation.
Excursions and coach trips
Many tourists visiting Spain like to go on excursions to marvel at some of the country's other attractions. Unfortunately, some of these trips can be run by travel operators with no regard for health and safety regulations. If you experience an accident or fall ill while on one of these coach trips or excursions, you could pursue a claim.
Here's how Your Legal Friend can help you:
Talk to us today
For an informal, confidential chat with one of our expert personal injury solicitors about making a claim, call us now on 0808 278 7431 (call free from landlines and mobiles). Or just complete the 'Start a new claim' option on the right and we'll call you straight back.
Alison Saul, Director of Personal Injury leads our Personal Injury and Road Accident teams. A fully qualified solicitor with over 15 years of experience and expertise, Alison is dedicated to achieving the highest levels of compensation for her clients as well as ensuring high quality client care.
Alison is assisted by her team managers, Philip Waters Lee Quinn, Jenna Hargreaves, and Kathryn Langton. Philip, Lee, and Jenna lead legal teams focussing on Road Traffic Accident cases while Kathyrn leads our Personal Injury team. Together they have a wealth of experience in personal injury compensation.
There are many people injured in accidents each year through no fault of their own and the circumstances will be difference in each instance. Our team has extensive experience of successfully managing a wide range of personal injury claims, so we can help you secure the maximim compensation you deserve.
Philip, a qualified solicitor, has over 18 years' experience in personal injury compensation. Having previously worked for a large insurance company, he has extensive insights in how to engage effectively with insurers to achieve the level of compensation our clients deserve. Philip deals with cases of high value, complex cases, and recently secured £1.6 million in compensation for one of his clients who suffered catastrophic injuries in a road accident.
Lee has over 15 years' specialist experience in Personal Injury claims and also manages a wide variety of high value, complex cases. Lee has extensive experience of working with insurance companies, acting for both claimants and defendants, and so understands how to secure the highest levels of compensation for the victims of road traffic accidents.
Jenna is a qualified solicitor and has studied to become a barrister. Jenna leads the internal reviews of our case management processes to ensure excellent, efficient case handling and high levels of client satisfaction.
Kathryn, also a qualiied solicitor, specialises in accidents at work, public liability and accidents abroad. Kathryn deals with a wide variety of cases, often including accidents that involve serious, complex injuries.
For an informal, confidential chat with one of our expert personal injury solicitors about making a claim, call us now on 0808 149 4227 (call free from landlines and mobiles). Or just complete the 'Start a new claim' option on the right and we'll call you straight back.
For most people, a compensation claim isn't an everyday occurrence so we thought it would be helpful to explain how we manage your claim and the steps that we both need to go through.
We need to understand as much as possible about your accident or illness – exactly how it happened or what caused you to be ill and why, the injuries you suffered, what happened immediately afterwards and how your life has been affected as a result.
We will ask your GP and hospital for your full medical records so that we can establish the extent of your injuries or illness, the treatment you received, and how long it will take you to recover. If your treatment was carried out abroad, we can obtain and, if need be, translate those records.
Once we have decided who is responsible for your accident or illness, we will inform them that you intend to claim compensation and send them the details you have provided. We will let you know their response and, if they dispute the case, we will ask you to provide your comments on their response.
We will arrange for an independent clinician to evaluate the extent of your illness or injuries and whether they will affect your ability to work in the short or long term. In holiday illness claims, it may sometimes be possible to obtain a "desktop" report that can be done based on your witness statement and any medical records so that you don't have to go for a medical examination.
In addition to compensation for your injuries or illness, you can claim for another other expenses you have incurred as a result, including lost earnings, expenses travelling to medical appointments, and the cost of care and help with everyday tasks.
Once we have received all your medical reports, we can provide a valuation for your illness, injuries and associated losses. We will send this to you along with your medical report. You then need to complete and sign the medical slip and schedule of losses and return them to us.
Once we have received your signed medical slip and schedule of losses, we send these to the defendant's insurer and ask for their best offer to settle the case. Often the insurance company takes 4 – 6 weeks to get back to us.
We work hard to achieve the maximum possible settlement for your case, which can take some time to negotiate. So we text and email you to keep you up to date with our progress.
If the defendant's insurer refuses to make a realistic offer, then we issue Court proceedings for a hearing. It is very unlikely that you need to attend this hearing, so there's no need to worry about it.
Once we receive your compensation payment from the defendant's insurer, we let you know. Most important of all, we send you your compensation payment straight away!
Because the circumstances surrounding every claim and their effects are different, it's very difficult to give a definitive answer on how long it takes to settle a claim. Often it depends on how quickly our clients provide us with essential information, how quickly we can get medical records and assessments, and whether the insurance companies are willing to provide realistic offers to settle the claims.
Whilst we aim to settle your claim as quickly as possible, we also want to ensure we secure the maximum compensation for you. This often means we have to do some hard negotiation with the defendants – which takes extra time. Our aim is to balance progressing the claim as fast as possible with getting you the maximum settlement.
We realise that you'll be keen to know about the progress of your claim so we will send you regular emails and texts to keep you up to date, and also to remind you if there is any information we're waiting for from you.
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By Bishop Gerald Kicanas
One in a series
DAY NINE: Jan. 13, 2010
JERUSALEM — Two experiences highlighted our gatherings today. The first was an opportunity to spend some time with the Maronite archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land, Archbishop Paul N. Sayah. Our conversations covered a wide range of important issues.
One of the valuable and creative initiatives he has taken was a program entitled "Encounter" which he organized with a team of associates that included a rabbi, an Anglican priest and a group of lay people. They invited Jewish, Christian, and Muslim young people to come together both here and in England to dialogue with one another in order to break down stereotypes and come to know one another as people.
Archbishop Sayah cited a study done by the University of Haifa which looked at attitudes of Israeli young people toward Palestinians. The results were striking, although not unexpected. The young people saw Palestinians as threatening and unlikeable. Were one to ask the same questions of Palestinian young people, the answers would probably be quite similar.
These stereotypes only further divide these two peoples and make it so difficult to reconcile. Programs like Encounter can make a world of difference. Some of the young people's comments after their extensive dialogues and opportunities to participate in conflict management experiences proved that attitudes can change by engagement.
Archbishop Sayah has much wisdom to share about the experiences in the countries where he serves. I learned much. And he treated us to a fabulous Lebanese meal that made us wonder whether we would ever eat again.
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The afternoon was spent in Hebron. This proved to be the most difficult experience of the trip. I remember visiting Hebron many years ago. My recollection was that of a bustling city. I remember the crowds of people around the tombs of the patriarchs which is so central to this town. The city pulsated with life. Stores flourished with business.
Now the central areas of Hebron are like a ghost town. The shops are all closed and shuttered, the streets abandoned. On the walls of the stores are written in Hebrew harsh words toward Arabs. Soldiers with automatic rifles and local Israeli police are everywhere in the section titled H2, where around 35,000 Palestinians live amid four small settlements within Hebron and one on the outskirts. There is one army solder for each settler, about 750 in the town.
The only vehicles we saw in the center of town were military vehicles often accompanying a settler's car.
While we were walking through this abandoned section, an officer told us we could not be here because we were more than 10 people. We were 11. Our guide asked, "Why?" We were told that is the law. Our guide, who knew the law, questioned the officer further. "It is not against the law, we can be here. We are just walking." An argument in Hebrew ensued but in the end, without any reason, we were told to move on. It is frustrating when an authority can make up a law to suit their needs.
The history of Hebron includes tragedies wrought upon the Jews by Arabs and vice versa. Many have suffered on both sides and now a strong military presence separates the two peoples. In some areas of the H2 sector Palestinians are not able to drive but only walk. On other streets they are able to do neither even though they may live along the street.
We visited a Palestinian family that experienced stone throwing as well as an individual settler firing his gun at them. The settlement from which they came is located just above the Palestinian family's home. This conflict situation was videotaped by a Palestinian. The tape made clear what had happened and who was at fault. Had there been no video of the conflict, the Palestinians could have been blamed.
Such videos of incidences of human rights violations are being taken by a number of trained Palestinians in order to make clear what has taken place and who is at fault. This protects Palestinians who can be blamed for instigating the situation. This video program developed by a Jewish human rights group might help others to learn about the difficult and frightening situation faced by Palestinians, at times, in Hebron.
Clearly there are no winners in this situation. Jews have suffered. Palestinians have suffered. Jews feel threatened. Palestinians feel threatened. Jews strike out at Palestinians and Palestinians strike out at Israelis. But all the force in the world will not lead to peace and reconciliation.
For many years Hebron was a model community where Jews and Arabs lived alongside of one another, shared their community together and benefited by one another's presence. Many Jews fled after the first massacre by Arabs many years ago. The settlers want to recover their lost lands. More recently a number of Arabs were massacred by a Jew. Since then harsh measures have been put in place against Palestinians because the Israelis feared that there would be revenge by the Arabs.
Now the city of Hebron is like a ghost town, a town under siege. The tragedy of the situation torments you. There must be another way for human beings, people of faith as Jews and Muslims can live together.
When we were in the tomb of the patriarchs we saw a number of Jews in prayer while at the same time we could hear the imam announcing the call to prayer. These peoples are peoples of faith. That faith can lead them to reconciliation. That needs to be our prayer. That certainly is our hope.
Bishop Kicanas, of Tucson, Ariz., vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, visited Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories to attend an international meeting of bishops in support of the church in the Holy Land. He was a guest blogger for us during the trip.

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However, people who rely solely on walking or other aerobic type activities for improved physical function and enhanced personal appearance are likely to be disappointed. As good as walking is for the cardiovascular system, it offers little in the way of muscular conditioning. Walking does not replace the muscle tissue we lose at the rate of ½ to 1 pound per year during our midlife years, nor does it prepare us for more strength dependent activities such as spading, hoeing, raking, hedge-trimming, sawing, and working around the yard and garden.
To increase muscle size and strength, it is necessary to do some form of resistance exercise. Resistance exercise can be performed at home with elastic bands, dumbbells and barbells, or at a fitness facility using specifically designed weightstack machines.
Unlike endurance exercise that is characterized by low-intensity activity and long duration, resistance training involves high-intensity activity for a short duration. That is, the resistance should be heavy enough to fatigue the muscles within 8 to 12 controlled repetitions of the exercise. This requires just 50 to 70 seconds of muscle effort, and each resistance exercise is performed only once. To condition all of the major muscle groups you should do 8 to 15 resistance exercises, which requires about 15 to 30 minutes per training session.
If the primary purpose of your exercise program is to lose weight, you should also include resistance exercise. While it is true that resistance training is the best means for building muscle and bone, it is also the best exercise for reducing body fat. Compare the number of calories used on a weekly basis from three 30-minute walks and three 30-minute resistance training sessions.
Walking For 30 Minutes/Day, 3 Days/Week
Resistance Training For 30 Minutes/Day, 3 Days/Week
As you can see, resistance training burns about the same number of calories as walking over a 30-minute exercise session. However, due to the anaerobic nature of resistance training, it generates greater calorie utilization during the recovery period following the exercise session. The biggest benefit of resistance training, however, is the addition of new muscle that requires more energy all day long. A pound of new muscle uses 30 to 50 calories a day for tissue maintenance, and that really adds up over a week's time.
Our research studies show that adults and seniors add about one pound of muscle every four weeks during the first few months of resistance training. This additional muscle tissue increases resting metabolism by about 100 calories per day or over 700 calories per week after three months of regular strength exercise. This metabolic increase is undoubtedly a major factor in the fat loss experienced by the research program participants.
So, resistance exercise is actually more effective than aerobic activity for reducing fat and improving body composition. Nonetheless, I strongly advise a combination of regular resistance exercise (two or three days per week) and aerobic activity such as walking, cycling or swimming (four to six days per week). In fact, this is essentially the physical conditioning program performed by our research class members.
If you would like more information on resistance training or our research programs please plan to attend my spring fitness slide presentation on Monday, March 30th, 6:00 p.m. at the South Shore YMCA. There is no charge for the presentation, but please call Susan Ramsden at (617) 479-8500, x132 to help us make seating arrangements.
Wayne L. Westcott, Ph.D., is fitness research director at the South Shore YMCA in Quincy, MA. He is editorial advisor for many publications, including Shape Magazine, Prevention Magazine, Club Industry Magazine, and Men's Health Magazine, and author of several fitness books including the new releases, Building Strength and Stamina and Strength Training Past 50.


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The Board of Directors of the Parapsychological Association is currently considering meeting sites for the PA's 2015 annual convention, and inviting proposals from PA members in Northern Europe - particularly the United Kingdom or Ireland - who would be interested in hosting.
If you have attended PA conventions in the past, then you know just how much we appreciate the efforts of those who make our meetings possible. Local hosts, arrangements coordinators, program coordinators and student volunteers support this long tradition by helping our convention attendees feel at home wherever we convene around the world.
If you live in or around the United Kingdom or Ireland, and would like to have the 2015 PA convention come to your city, please email our Executive Director, Annalisa Ventola, at email@example.com for proposal guidelines. The deadline for proposals is April 14, 2014.
We look forward to hearing from you, and in the meantime we encourage you to submit papers for this year's convention in Concord, California.
Register with the Parapsychological Association website to participate in the discussion, or sign in if you already have an account.
The Parapsychological Association is an international professional organization of scientists and scholars engaged in the study of psi (or 'psychic') experiences, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, psychic healing, and precognition. The primary objective of the PA is to achieve a scientific understanding of these experiences.
First established in 1957, the PA has been an affiliated organization of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1969. The PA is a non-profit, non-adjudicating organization that endorses no ideologies or beliefs other than the value of rigorous scientific and scholarly inquiry.


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Learning Index >> Ceramic Decoration: a selective guide to pots in the collection of the Crafts Study Centre
No 9: Dish, 1961 (P84.7)
Not normally associated with slip-trailed wares, Katharine Playdell-Bouverie made this sizeable dish in 1961 at Kilmington Manor, her second pottery site. It was thrown on the wheel in a coarse, red stoneware clay and extravagantly brushed with slips in two colours: dark brown and light brown, then rhythmically embellished with an arching trail of cream slip. Finally, the entire upper surface was combed in one direction, producing an effect which, despite its roots in traditional British ceramics, is mannered in appearance. On the reverse are incised wavy lines.


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Abercia And Other Former Officials Convicted
HOUSTON – Former long-time Harris County Precinct One Constable Jack Abercia has been convicted on 11 counts of exceeding authorized computer access, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen L. Morris. Also entering guilty pleas today were Weldon Kenneth Wiener, his former chief lieutenant, and Michael Butler, his former office chief. Weiner and Butler were convicted on one count of conspiracy.
The three Houston residents were charged in an indictment returned Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012.
Today, Abercia admitted as part of his plea that he unlawfully accessed the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database on multiple occasions for private financial gain at the time he served as Harris County Precinct One Constable. NCIC is restricted to genuine law enforcement purposes. Users must undergo training and screening, have passwords that are monitored and are instructed that the database is not to be used for non-law enforcement reasons nor beyond in the performance of their official duties. Abercia was convicted of 11 specific acts of unauthorized access or access in excess of official authority in November 2011, but court documents allege the practice had been occurring in the office for a longer period of time.
The investigation revealed Abercia performed background checks for various contractors in return for money. Weiner and Butler admitted they conspired to perform those background checks. On one occasion, Abercia was approached and offered $3000 for having computer searches conducted on four prospective employees. Weiner was also at that meeting. After receiving the money, Abercia said, "God willing, this money will go towards my elevator." The factual basis in support of the plea indicated he had been considering having an elevator installed in his residence for health reasons, but never did so.
Abercia offered to arrange for more searches but stated that Weiner must be paid as well.
In total, Abercia received $9000, while Weiner was paid $1000 for his part in having the NCIC searches conducted.
Butler admitted as part of his plea that he was informed of an improper search and had a duty to report, but failed to do so.
U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison, who accepted the guilty pleas, has set sentencing for Nov. 26, 2013. At that time, Abercia faces up to five years in federal prison for each count of exceeding authorized computer access. For their conspiracy convictions, Weiner and Butler also face up to five years imprisonment. All counts also include a possible fine of $250,000.
They were permitted to remain on bond pending their sentencing hearing.
This case was investigated by the FBI Houston Law Enforcement/Border Corruption Task Force with special assistance from the Houston Police Department - Internal Affairs Division and the Texas Rangers and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Wynne.


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Date: May 21, 2012
Press Release Number: 73-2012
Adding new customer care agents, curtailing taxi hustling, providing more power poles and cleaner restrooms are key initiatives in overall plan to help travelers at JFK, LGA and EWR
Traveling at the Port Authority's three busiest airports will be an easier and more pleasant experience under a wide-ranging customer-service improvement plan announced today by Port Authority Executive Director Pat Foye and Deputy Executive Director Bill Baroni.
Mr. Foye and Mr. Baroni made the announcements during visits to LaGuardia and Newark Liberty International Airport today. They emphasized the agency's commitment to the more than 106 million passengers who annually use the agency's three major airports, which in addition to LaGuardia and Newark includes John F. Kennedy International Airport.
The enhancements will provide immediate results just as air travel starts to increase during the summer tourism season. The initiatives are a direct result of a customer survey conducted by the Port Authority of more than 10,000 air passengers who evaluated their experience.
Improvements will include the addition of new customer care agents, expanded efforts to curtail taxi hustling, the installation of more power poles for electronic devices, and cleaner restroom facilities.
"The Port Authority's three major airports—JFK, Newark Liberty and LaGuardia—are gateways to the world, serving over a hundred million fliers annually," said Port Authority Chairman David Samson. "Ensuring the satisfaction of these customers is a foremost priority, and these initiatives move us closer to achieving that objective."
"Our airports are the entry points to New York City, one of the world's most important financial and cultural centers, and it is imperative that we provide travelers with a safe and pleasant airport experience,'' said Vice Chairman Scott Rechler. "These efforts are excellent steps toward our goal of customer service excellence at JFK, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty."
"I know that travelers want more amenities at New York and New Jersey's gateway airports and the Port Authority will do its part to meet our customers' expectations," said Executive Director Foye. "These improvements are the start of efforts in the near- and long-term to place JFK, Newark Liberty and LaGuardia back at the vanguard of aviation travel that they enjoyed at the start of the jet age."
"Whether they are our neighbors here in the region or they are visiting from another part of the world, the 106 million people who use our airports annually deserve a world-class travel experience," said Deputy Executive Director Bill Baroni. "These improvements we are making in the next 90 days are only a glimpse of what is to come as we work to realize that vision."
The agency's customer care program has been in place for more than 20 years, but starting today, the Port Authority will begin increasing the number of red-jacketed Customer Care Representatives by 20 percent during peak hours with 70 new agents. Currently, 350 customer care agents provide valuable information to help customer navigate the airport and public transportation options. They staff the airport's welcome centers and other high-volume terminal areas like checkpoint entry and exit areas, and are easily identifiable by their red jackets. Additionally, new customer care representatives are now assisting travelers using AirTrain JFK on station platforms, including those at Federal Circle and Lefferts Boulevard.
Given the huge volumes of international travelers at JFK and Newark Liberty, the Customer Service Representatives speak a total of 27 different languages, with English and Spanish most prevalent.
To expand on the program, the Port Authority created an innovative pilot plan that will feature virtual customer care representatives. This is the first time this technology will be used at an airport in North America, and the computerized, hologram-like avatars will provide automated, basic information to travelers in LaGuardia's Central Terminal Building, Newark Liberty's Terminal B and JFK's Terminal 5 when they are installed in early July.
The Port Authority's longstanding efforts to crack down on illegal taxi hustlers now will include efforts by customer care representatives to warn travelers about these unlicensed individuals. In addition, a new expanded marketing campaign will include more than 125 anti-hustling signs on baggage belts throughout the terminals.
Travelers also will find more than 100 additional power poles to supply their electronic devices throughout the terminals at all three airports, along with cleaner restrooms, and additional food court seating. At Newark Liberty, for example, more than 100 chairs and more than 50 tables will be added to food courts in Terminals A and B to address shortages, while full-time restroom attendants have been hired at Terminal A, where facilities have not yet been modernized to meet increased demands. There also will be new digital "Next Bus" arrival time signs at Newark Liberty and more quality control visits to airport stores to ensure customers are treated fairly.
Another customer enhancement initiative being launched at Newark, JFK, and LaGuardia is a new smart phone app—a free FlySmart mobile application for the three major airports and Stewart International Airport that puts valuable real-time flight notifications onto iPhone, Android and Blackberry smart phones. The app will include listings for ground transportation and concessions, as well as maps of the terminals.
Additionally, the agency is kicking off a pilot "We Listen" campaign at LaGuardia to provide travelers with a forum to meet with management at each airport on a periodic basis to allow questions, interaction and a path to future improvements.
While these initiatives will help improve the travel experience in the near term, Port Authority officials also are focused on longer-term efforts to improve infrastructure at all three airports to meet the growing numbers of fliers expected in the coming decades.
At LaGuardia, the agency is pursuing a public-private partnership for a $3.6 billion project to replace the nearly half-century-old Central Terminal Building with a state-of-the-art 21st century terminal, with related infrastructure improvements to handle bigger planes and more travelers. The current CTB was designed to accommodate only 8 million passengers annually when it opened in 1964. Last year, the terminal handled 11.5 million passengers, a figure expected to grow to 17.5 million travelers by 2030.
At Newark Liberty, the agency is finishing a $348 million modernization of Terminal B. Plans also are in the works to issue a Request for Information to aviation industry firms by year's end for a public-private initiative to replace outmoded Terminal A, which dates to the early 1970s.
At JFK, Delta Air Lines and the Port Authority are partnering on a $1.2 billion expansion of Terminal 4 that will take the outmoded Terminal 3 – which opened in 1960 and fares most poorly on the agency's customer surveys – out of service. The Terminal 4 expansion project is expected to be completed in May 2013. JetBlue Airways, another of our major aviation partners at JFK, opened that hub's most recent state-of-the-art facility in 2008, with its highly acclaimed Terminal 5.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Ron Marsico, 212-435-7777
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which does not receive tax dollars from either state, operates many of the busiest and most important transportation links in the region. This includes John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia, Stewart International and Teterboro airports; AirTrain JFK and AirTrain Newark; the George Washington Bridge and Bus Station; the Lincoln and Holland tunnels; the


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|"Are you a wizard or not?"
The title of this article is conjectural. Although it is based on canonical information, the actual name is a conjecture and may be supplanted at any time by additional information released from canonical sources. If this occurs, please move this page to the appropriate title.
Mr McGregor was a Muggle farmer who resided in Caithness, Scotland, and was the father of Dougal McGregor.[1]
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Dayton Plans February 6th State of State Address
ST. PAUL (AP) - Gov. Mark Dayton is planning to deliver his State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature on Feb. 6.
Dayton requested the date from legislative leaders on Wednesday. The Democratic governor plans a 7 p.m. speech, the second straight year he has done an evening speech rather than the more common practice in recent years of a daytime address.
Dayton is joined by Democratic majorities in both chambers to give the party full control of state government for the first time in a generation.
The governor is due to present a proposed budget Jan. 22, which will serve as a starting point for legislators to solve the major issue of the session, an estimated $1.1 billion deficit.
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SacHawk2.0 wrote:I've been clamoring for Desmond Bryant since the season ended. This dude is big, fast, strong, long and smart. He went to Harvard on an academic scholarship and has been busting his butt on a team that perpetually sucks. Being able to stay motivated while playing for the Raiders speaks volumes to me about his character and work ethic.
On the football field he gets decent production sack wise but he also gets a ton more pressures and does a good job collapsing the pocket, forcing opposing quarterbacks out of their rhythm. He's young and hungry, and hopefully he wants to leave that craphole in Oakland and come to a serious contender.
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text: Japan Joins Trans Pacific Trade Talks March 15, 2013 05:04 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By News Release Email Source: U.S. Dairy Export Council The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) welcomed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's March 15 official declaration of interest for Japan to join ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks. "The addition of Japan, the No. 3 economy in the world and a major dairy importer, would dramatically increase the commercial significance of the talks," says Tom Suber, USDEC president. "Along with Canada's recent announcement that it will join the talks, Japan's involvement will add additional potential for greater U.S. dairy exports, which will supplement the opportunities in existing TPP participants' markets such as Vietnam and Malaysia." At the same time, Japan's enrollment brings with it certain challenges. Japan's entry at this stage of the talks has sparked concern that it could slow the pace of negotiations with the potential to delay or derail the ambitious outcome that the current members are seeking. "As is the case with Canada, Japan is a large and profitable market that could provide immediate and measurable benefits for U.S. dairy producers and processors, but only if negotiators achieve real, tangible market access," says Jaime Castaneda, senior vice president for strategic initiatives and trade policy, NMPF and USDEC. "Japan would not only need to loosen its restrictive market access scheme, but also liberalize its complex quota system and address non-tariff trade concerns, such as how its food additive approval system currently operates." From the beginning, the TPP talks have been about more than just lowering tariffs. USDEC, NMPF and other U.S. agricultural groups have viewed the TPP as an opportunity to defend the right to use common food names in the face of the European Union's aggressive efforts to confiscate those names through its restrictive geographical indication system. USDEC and NMPF have also led a broad coalition calling for effective disciplines on the application of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures in TPP negotiations—disciplines that place greater reliance on science-based regulations and are fully enforceable, while also going beyond the World Trade Organization's SPS Agreement on these and related issues. "The U.S. dairy industry sees real value in the TPP negotiations if we are able to open new markets, like Japan and Canada, use the TPP process to strengthen global trading rules and secure meaningful competition policy changes in New Zealand's dairy sector," says Suber. Current U.S. dairy trade with Japan speaks volumes about that nation's potential if barriers are removed. U.S. dairy shipments rose 13 percent to $284 million in 2012, keeping Japan the fifth-largest U.S. market despite prohibitive tariffs and non-tariff barriers in many of the largest dairy categories. The 16th round of TPP talks just concluded in Singapore; the 17th round is set to take place in May in Lima, Peru. Japan will not likely join the talks until late August. The entry of Japan will expand the TPP group to 12 countries, including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam. Thailand has also expressed interest in joining. Back to news


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This issue of the Bulletin is one in which we forgo a theme in order to present a wider variety of articles than is possible when the majority of our space is devoted to a single topic. In addition to two feature articles, we have two panel/conference reports and two personal accounts by members (who recently received major recognition from the Society) of their professional experiences generally and the effect of ASIS&T on their careers. Finally, ASIS&T President Sam Hastings brings us up-to-date on the plans for the 2004 Annual Meeting in Providence, RI, and we conclude with a double helping of "What's New?" which we were unable to include in our last issue.
In our lead feature article, Lee Strickland continues his examination of information and security issues in a timely review of the problems besetting the intelligence community. Our second feature could be thought to represent a third conference report since it is based on the author's presentation at the IA Summit in Austin in February. Howard Williams discusses the future of online news as a genre, including what is known about news readers and how new technology might better address their habits and requirements while conveying more information than our present formats. In a loosely related piece, the first of two meeting reviews in this issue looks at another session on the news. Here, Bob Garber reports on a panel sponsored by the Atlantic Monthly on the future of science journalism, which, by contrast, seems to have focused almost entirely on its content and mission and not on any technological impact.
The second meeting review is a look at the DASER (Digital Archives for Science and Engineering Resources) Summit. Held at MIT last November, this meeting was sponsored by the New England Chapter of ASIS&T (NEASIS&T), SIG/STI (Science and Technology Information), the ASIS&T Student Chapter at Simmons College and other organizations. Another DASER Summit has been scheduled for next spring in College Park, Maryland, so stay tuned. Michael Leach of the Harvard University Libraries and Beatrice Pulliam (then a student in the Simmons GSLIS) report.
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Ivory Coast or Liberia, West Africa (Wee)
Mask, 19th - 20th century
Wood, brass, beads, braided human hair, traces of paint
11 1/2 x 10 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. (29.2 x 26.4 x 13.9 cm)
R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund, 1955
This female bush-spirit mask incorporates many empowering materials that both illustrate and support its supernatural force. While it is stylistically similar to those produced by the Dan, Bassa, and Mano of eastern Liberia and the western Ivory Coast,1 the convex eyes, curved cheek marks, and bold carving decisively link the work to the Wee.
The rice-farming Wee2 use many masks to embody forest spirits, which they believe contact human beings through dreams. In these dreams the spirits demand to be physically manifested as masks, choosing either male or female forms. The Oberlin mask represents a female spirit.3 Her humanlike features, housed within an oval face, include kaolin-covered slit eyes, a narrow forehead, and a full mouth. Traces of blue paint are visible on the lower lips and chin. Brass tacks ornament the ridged forehead, while the neck is covered with European blue glass beads, braided human hair, eighteen brass bells, and numerous crotals. A small piece of cloth hides the metal hook on the forehead, while the hair and bells cover similar hooks along the mask's lower edge. A conical, cloth-covered headdress would have been originally attached to the piece through the holes drilled around its perimeter. The full costume would have included a raffia (or palm fiber) skirt covering the dancer's upper legs.
The Alfred Muller Collection of St. Gratien, France, includes a similar female mask.4 While it lacks the Oberlin mask's narrow forehead, its intact reddish sacrificial material (probably camwood and chewed kola nuts), and heavy belled collar are comparable. The female spirit mask in the Disney-Tishman Collection shares the plaited hair, bells, and brass studs of the Oberlin mask, but lacks its delicacy and serenity,5 while the female mask in the Max and Berthe Kofler-Erni Collection, Basel, has far more exaggerated features.6 The latter, however, bears the same traces of blue paint, forehead tacks, and iron hooks. Contemporary Wee masks are often painted with enamel colors.7
Wee female spirit masks are considered beautiful, and are compared to young women who have just completed their initiations at women's excision camps.8 Kaolin-decorated eyes are a consistent feature of initiation painting, and were formerly part of a daily cosmetic routine. The inset pointed metal teeth (also found on many Dan works) refer to the now-abandoned beautification practice of chipping incisors. The vertical forehead mark is a common scarification pattern for both Wee men and women, but the curved cheek mark is exclusively female.9 The imported blue glass beads embedded at the neck add status and femininity to the mask. While hair at the jaw and chin would normally be considered a beard, this hair (which is quite long) is plaited, emphasizing the female association. The attachment of human hair is relatively rare in African art.10
After the annual rice harvest, Wee masqueraders from many towns gather for festivals meant to secure future prosperity. Wealthy families also hire masqueraders to dance at burials or funerals.11 Female mask wearers primarily function as singing entertainers,12 or, formerly, as performers during boys' seclusion in circumcision camps.13 Wee masks have a strict hierarchy; female masks generally have less status than their male counterparts, although all masks have the ability to detect and deflect sorcery.14 However, mask types have no fixed functions. They can undergo "promotions" or functional shifts during their lifetime, moving from entertainment to judicial or other roles.15
George Schwab, a missionary and anthropologist, spent eight months in eastern Liberia in 1928. His description of Gio (or Dan) women calls to mind not only the sight but also the sounds of neighboring Wee female spirit masquerades: "The Gio are aglitter from head to foot. Theirs seems to be an exuberant spirit, bursting forth in tinkling bells and clanging brass. With neck, arms, legs, fingers, toes, so loaded with massive brass and iron ornaments that [she] can hardly walk with the weight of them, a grand head woman in Gio presents a dazzling spectacle."16
Dating of the Oberlin mask is uncertain. The patina evident on lips, forehead, and nose ridge indicates considerable use, and suggests that the mask was probably made in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.
K. Curnow
Collection Camille Bondy, southern France
With J. J. Klejman, New York, from whom purchased in 1955
Philadelphia, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1956. African Tribal Sculpture. Spring - Fall. Cat. no. 8B.
The Toledo Museum of Art, 1959. The African Image. 1 - 22 February. Cat. no. 33.
New Orleans, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, 1961. Masks and Masquerades. 5 February - 2 April. Cat. no. 164.
Washington, D.C., Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1981-82. Life...After Life: African Funerary Sculpture. 15 November - March 1. No cat.
Plass, Margaret. African Tribal Sculpture. Exh. cat., University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, 1956, pp. 20, 88.
Fagg, William. "Notes on Some African Sculptures." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 14, no. 3 (Spring 1957), pp. 100-101.
Hamilton, Chloe. "Catalogue of R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund Acquisitions." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 16, no. 2 (Winter 1959), cat. no. 169; no. 3 (Spring 1960), ill. p. 265.
The African Image. Exh. cat., The Toledo Museum of Art, 1959, p. 33.
Masks and Masquerades. Exh. cat., Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, 1961, p. 164.
Robbins, Warren. African Art in American Collections. New York, 1966, pl. 63.
Technical Data
Artists primarily use the adze to carve masks, although chisels and knives may be used in the finishing stages. The final surface is achieved by rubbing the work with coarse leaves, then staining it with a particular plant's sap.The mask is in excellent condition with minor problems. Its earrings are missing, as are three of the forehead tacks; several of the latter show corrosion at the edge. At the back, two sections of the mask's rim have chipped off. Flaking of the kaolin in the eye area has occurred, and most of the reddish material applied to the cheeks (probably a mixture of camwood and chewed kola nut) has disappeared. Only traces of blue paint appear on the lower lip and chin. Some bells have lost their clappers, but others were made to be clapperless. The small piece of handwoven fabric which remains on the top of the head is discolored, its edges twisted and knotted.Through handling, a natural patina has developed on the lips, forehead, and nose ridge.
1. William C. Siegmann with Cynthia E. Schmidt, Rock of the Ancestors(Suakoko, Liberia, 1977), passim.
2. Also called Wè, Kran, Ngere, Gere, and Gueré.
3. The better known male spirit masks tend to be highly abstract and geometric; their components--tusks, teeth, horns, and bullet cartridges--symbolize and reinforce aggression and protection.
4. 27 cm; reproduced in Elsy Leuzinger, The Art of Black Africa (New York, 1976), p. 105, fig. F 15.
5. Wood, metal, cloth, hair, The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection, inv. 1984.AF.051.031.
6. 26 cm; reproduced in Elsy Leuzinger, The Art of Black Africa (New York, 1976), p. 105, fig. F 15.
7. See the field photo of a Wee female spirit dancer in full costume published in Monni Adams, "Women and Masks among the Western Wè of Ivory Coast," African Arts 19, no. 2 (1986), p. 49, fig. 8.
8. Young women are isolated from their families and communities in a female equivalent to circumcision camps, also common in the African subregion. They are excised, an operation which socially marks their transition from girl to woman, then begin traditional education in household management, medicine, and ritual matters. After completing these studies, the women return to the community with intricately painted faces, and are displayed to admirers. See Monni Adams, "Women's Art as Gender Strategy among the Wè of Canton Boo," African Arts 26, no. 4 (1993), pp. 32-43.
9. See Eberhard Fischer and Hans Himmelheber, The Arts of the Dan in West Africa (exh. cat. Museum Rietberg, Zurich, 1984), p. 184.
10. Because of common beliefs that hair can be used by sorcerers, even barbers are careful about its disposal.
11. Monni Adams, "Women and Masks among the Western Wè of Ivory Coast," African Arts 19, no. 2 (1986), p. 47.
12. Hans Himmelheber, "Die Masken der Gueré im Rahmen der Kunst des oberen Cavally-Gebietes," Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 88, no. 2 (1963), p. 227.
13. The Oberlin mask was not used by the Poro society, as has formerly been stated (Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 16, no. 2 [1959], p. 105). The Poro male initiation society is found among many peoples in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, and Ivory Coast, but not among the Wee, Dan, or Mano. See Eberhard Fischer and Hans Himmelheber, The Arts of the Dan in West Africa (exh. cat., Museum Rietberg, Zurich, 1984), p. 103. check
14. Monni Adams, "Women and Masks among the Western Wè of Ivory Coast," African Arts 19, no. 2 (1986), p. 50.
15. Hans Himmelheber, "Die Masken der Gueré im Rahmen der Kunst des oberen Cavally-Gebietes," Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 88, no. 2 (1963), p. 227.
16. See George Schwab, Tribes of the Liberian Hinterland, in Peabody Museum Papers, vol. 31 (Cambridge, Mass., 1947), p. 112.


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After years of waiting, finally we're seeing Guts and Casca reach Elfhelm. The place looks incredibly idyllic, and it seems like a perfect safe haven... which means we'll definitely see the place crash and burn soon.
And lastly, we have Casca. It's about time she gets her sanity back, but as the Skull Knight has implied, she may not see eye-to-eye with Guts. Now, what she'll actually do and remember is anyone's guess. Will she remember all those years with the mentality of a child? Will she know about her kid, and its relation to Griffith? How will she react to all of that, if she does remember? Be it as it may, the story has being pointing towards she and Guts not ending this arc on happy terms with each other.
So, my speculation on how these things will connect is as follows. Casca will be healed, probably with a bit of struggle to get there, but she'll not just gladly rejoin Guts's party. She'll be livid with rage, much like Guts at his darkest hour, the memories of the Eclipse still as fresh on her mind as if they had just happened. This, and the realisation of her powerlessness will make her activate the Beherit and start the Apostle-making ritual. Now, I see two possibilities here. She'll either try to pull a Ganishka and become an Apostle to fight against the God Hand, putting her in direct opposition with Guts, or we may actually see the Apostle-to-be refusing the call for once. Either way, it won't matter, for the activation of the Beherit will open a path for the God Hand to invade the island, bypassing any magical barriers that might have existed there, and another huge battle will ensue. This might be an event as traumatic as the original Eclipse and the fake Eclipse after that, with a few of the characters of Guts's new group dying in the process, and the island being destroyed. But I also think it might have some positive outcomes. Maybe one of the God Hand will even perish fighting the Flowerstorm King, giving the heroes a bit of hope by proving that they can be defeated after all, and setting things up for the endgame.
She'll either try to pull a Ganishka and become an Apostle to fight against the God Hand, putting her in direct opposition with Guts, or we may actually see the Apostle-to-be refusing the call for once.
Maybe one of the God Hand will even perish fighting the Flowerstorm King, giving the heroes a bit of hope by proving that they can be defeated after all, and setting things up for the endgame.
Either way, no. I highly doubt Casca will activate the beherit and become an apostle.
Or try to sacrifice some one else?
That hasn't be specifically addressed. Twice Slan has mused over Guts becoming an apostle, even though he is branded. If it were impossible I don't know that she would keep bringing it up. Though the second time she mentions it (in the Qliphoth), it seems she is merely trying to provoke an emotional response out of Guts instead of actually seriously suggesting it.
Hasn't it been touched on a sacrifice can't be sacrificed twice? Or try to sacrifice some one else?
Casca takes the deal. There'd be no saving her from that. Whether he can bring himself to kill her or not, Guts would be demoralized, and his consistent savior to relinquish the Beast's hold on him would be gone.
The Beherit that Guts is carrying is basically a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekhov%27s_gun
What's the most important lesson from the Eclipse? That sometimes people can't go back to how they used to be.
1. Nobody asked Casca if she wants to be cured. That's probably the most important thing about all this. Guts, Farnese, and Schierke may think that they are helping Casca, but does Casca see it that way?
Are they really qualified to fix Casca's mind? I'm not so sure. I believe that only Guts can truly help Casca, but the problem is that Casca now hates and fears him.
3. What exactly is being hinted at in Episode 202 when Guts asks Flora to teach him how to use the Beherit and we see Casca suddenly run into the room. Why is she there?
4. Casca isn't 100% mentally disabled.
What happens if Casca really didn't want her mind to be "fixed"? Will she get angry? Will she become irrational and hostile to the party?
I understand why many fans might not like such a tragic outcome. But even if most fans don't like it, that doesn't make it illogical.
The Skull Knight did warn Guts that Casca may not want what he wants. Miura has never mislead the audience before. He basically told us back then that there won't be any happy ending for Guts & Casca.
Casca does have something that her new friends can't help her with, her child.
I believe that Guts is far more qualified to help heal Casca's mind than some kid who barely knows her or some friendly noblewoman who knows almost nothing about what Casca has been through. So it looks very strange that the Elf Queen (who supposedly knows everything) already refused to use the power of love to cure Casca in this magical therapy session. It almost looks like the therapy session is already set up to fail badly, not because the Elf Queen has any malicious intentions but because it has to fail to advance the story.
And I don't buy the explanation that the all-powerful Elf Queen (who knows everything) somehow can't use her magic to calm Casca down so that Guts can participate in the therapy.
Of course we know that the Godhand are evil bastards who couldn't care less about actually helping Casca but does Casca understand this? What she knows is that the Godhand took Griffith's broken, incapacitated body and gave him a new life.
Casca does remember how the apostles raped her but this is unfortunately yet another reason why she might accept the Godhand's offer now. Casca might feel that she must become stronger at any cost so that nobody can hurt her again. She isn't stupid.
Hell, Serpico and Isidro have magical weapons but they didn't kill a single apostle during the battle in the Spirit Tree Forest
What is Casca's dream now?
And yes I definitely understand why many fans don't like this idea at all. They want Golden Age Casca back.
They want Guts and Casca to become lovers again. They want Guts and Casca to work together to defeat Griffith and then settle down and live happily ever after. But this is Berserk that we are talking about.
Chekov's Gun is a good point, but I don't see why it must be used by any member of Guts party : perhaps Guts just carry it for someone else, could even be someone we haven't even met yet. Maybe the beherit won't be used at all the way we've seen so far, but as a mean to reach a better understanding of the God Hands and their potential weaknesses. I agree it must have a purpose, but at this point we can't know for sure what it'll be used for. 1. Skullknight himself hinted that, indeed, she might not want to be "cured" as it would mean remembering the Eclipse. We can't really say what will happen, but in my opinion it's really unlikely Casca will use the Beherit to become an apostle, first and foremost because she has nothing to sacrifice, she already lost it all.
2.The way I understand it, the cluelessness of Farnese and Schierke is precisely their strenght to perform the ritual : they don't know about the eclipse, so they don't have any hatred or any other strong, negative feeling that could lead to a failure... And they are witches, their understanding of the astral world can't hurt in the Corridor of Dreams.
4. All these times her life was at stake, I don't think she will try to react violently while being "cured".
Except it's not consistant with what we've seen so far, Beherit's users are taken to the God Hands, not the other way around. We don't know how it works in Fantasia, but it's pretty unlikely anyway.
What would be illogical is for Miura to string out Casca's tragic demise for more than 20 years, with Guts suffering all along the way, only to cash out at the end with another bucket o tragedy. Instead of what it seems like is happening: A journey of restoration, after which Guts may finally have the ally he needs who can rescue him from his own torments.
The awful truth I think you are barking up the wrong tree on this. I don't know where to start. You keep mentioning guts did a lot of bad things to casca but he has done a lot of good things for her as well. Do you think none of that will have any bearing on casca? My hope is that casca will be able to objectively evaluate the things that occurred to her after she gets her mind back. And Farnese is not a bitch, she won't call casca an ungrateful bitch regardless on whether or not she has feelings for guts and idolises him. Farnese has supported casca this whole time why would that stop?
I know this isn't a popular opinion but Casca was always a bitch. She was always subconsciously hostile to Guts since the day Guts joined the Band Of The Hawk.
The biggest problem is that nobody ever told Casca to shut the hell up and know her place. Guts, Griffith, Pippin, and Judo were much better warriors than Casca. We saw it during the battles with the Chuder army, during Griffith's rescue mission, and again during the Eclipse.
What really made me hate her was her behavior in Volume 9 when she attacked Guts at the waterfall (and this was after Guts once again saved her life a few hours earlier). Comrades aren't supposed to treat each other that way.
She hasn't been a relevant or useful member of Guts' party since 1996. Miura has introduced other female characters who are much more likeable than Casca ever was. Erika, Jill, Luca, Flora, (nice) Farnese, Schierke, Farnese's mother, Isma, and Isma's mother.Even if Casca changes her personality 180 degrees after her therapy is over, what is the point of keeping her around now? I really do not like this idea that Guts still needs Casca to somehow help him battle his inner demons. I understand that Miura didn't plan that far ahead when he wrote the Eclipse and its aftermath but the fact is that Guts now has new female friends who treat him much better than Casca ever did. Isn't it time for Guts to move on?
You dismiss why Farnese should partake in the ceremony to restore Casca's mind because she doesn't know her (and even go so far as to say that Farnese won't even try to understand Casca's point of view), but then turn around and say that she's Casca's best friend and the one to qualify as a sacrifice. Either they have a deep emotional bond or they don't. You can't have it both ways.
Those who are tied to Casca are the ones most qualified to help her. That's why Schierke and Farnese were sent in, and complete strangers like the witches of Elfhelm were not.
Danan outright says that Guts can't delve into Casca's dreams because her fear of him would disturb the ritual.
No, she wasn't. They didn't get along at first, and they butted heads a lot,
but they did bond during their time, and she did a lot of nice things to him too. Are you forgetting how happy Casca was to see Guts was alive amidst the piles of dead mercs after the hundred-man battle? How Casca healed Guts' wounds with elven powder and they shared their "Bonfire of Dreams" conversation. How she really didn't want Guts to leave the Falcons?
How she comforted him when he had his emotional breakdown during their love scene? And you ignore everything that happened afterwards. How through simple understanding, Casca helped Guts overcome the trauma of being raped and killing his father, which had been haunting him for years, and which cut him far deeper than the little stab wound Casca inflicted on him (and regretted immediately).
she's just a stone's throw away from coming back in full force.
Lovely to see how interchangeable you think female characters are too, and don't care one ounce about Casca's history with Guts, Griffith, and the child.
Farnese qualifies as a sacrifice because Casca sees her as her best friend. And nobody can deny that Farnese is beginning to lose her patience with Casca. That scene was written for a reason.
It's true that Casca hates and fears Guts however what the Elf Queen didn't seem to consider is that Farnese and Schierke are not exactly an unbiased 3rd party. Yes, they are tied to Casca but they also have strong feelings for Guts. And this could cause a serious problem during the ritual. Farnese and Schierke do not and will not see Guts as a monster the way Casca does. They know almost nothing about Casca's past. So although they are tied to Casca they may not be the most qualified people to cure her.
This happened right before the Battle for Doldrey... and then Guts left the Band Of The Hawk.
Yes, Casca began to change for the better... a few days before the Eclipse. I'm not denying that she began to change but it was too little too late.
But we are not getting Golden Age Casca back. When Casca is cured she may get a completely different personality and nothing so far implies that she will forgive Guts or want to be with him ever again.
I'm aware of that fan-theory but I don't buy it because:
2. The Idea Of Evil controls and manipulates causality, it planned everything exactly the way it was supposed to be. The IOE planned for Griffith to be incarnated in the body of Casca's child. Is the IOE so incompetent that it unintentionally gave Griffith a fatal flaw that will lead to his defeat? That makes no sense. The IOE is a god. It does not make stupid mistakes.Does the IOE want Griffith to be defeated someday? That doesn't make much sense either but I guess it's a little more debatable.
"The world is as moonlight reflected on the water's surface. The moon's light will not be extinguished. So long as the moon exists in the sky, moonlight will remain on the water...and this is a thing which already was.
"Though minute singular details certainly can occur at the time junction point that even they can't predict, I will in turn gamble everything on that point. And even if it imitates the Eclipse, it doesn't mean it will be exactly the same. The scope too has natural limits in the material domain. Furthermore, that Brand carved into you, it may be an unanticipated aid. As I told you before, due to the Brand, you now live in the 'Interstice.' That is, the borderline between the physical and astral worlds. It's merely a half-step, but you are outside the reason of the world. Maybe you aren't a shadow on the water, but instead a fish that breaches the water's surface."
Farnese is only Casca's best friend in as much as her currently simple mind can allow. That may not (and most definitely will not) be the case once she recovers and gains more mental and emotional complexity. Because even in her current state, Casca doesn't know Farnese either. Not enough to make a worthy sacrifice. And that's assuming Casca can even recall the events that happened while she was mad, which will make it even less the case.
You're also assuming that even if Guts' prior treatment of Casca does come into play during the ritual, that Schierke and Farnese are just going to turn their heads the other way and ignore it. They're not stupid, and Farnese in particular knows from experience how horrific sexual assault can be. AND she would finally have her answer as to why Casca is so hostile to Guts. It is possible that they won't keep him held up on a pedestal if they do find out too, you know.
And the fact of the matter is that in that short time, their previous petty arguments no longer mattered. Guts and Casca were able to move past that and get along. Why can't you? And if you want to blame anyone for having things be cut short, then blame Guts. He's the one who left after all, even when Casca begged him not to go. Which, by the way, was a very hurtful thing of him to do to her, hence why she had such a strong emotional reaction once he came back one year later.
I can see there's no point in trying to change your mind since Casca's irredeemable to you. A few mean words to Guts are enough to place her over the edge
That wasn't my point. My point was is that she's going to become lucid soon. She's going to be able to start thinking for herself again, taking care of herself, talk, fight, find meaning in her life, and bathe without splashing water everywhere again. To continue writing her off as irrelevant (which she never was in the first place) when her recovery is happening right now is stupid as hell.
What fan theory? I didn't put any theory in here whatsoever. I merely pointed out that Casca has a very unique and important connection with three extremely vital characters in the series. A connection that no one else in the series has, a connection that can't just be replaced by any female character as you seem to think, and a connection that would imply she has just as much importance as Guts, Griffith and the child.
No, that's not what I said. Farnese and Schierke were warned by the Elf Queen that what they see in Casca's dreams may not be 100% true or accurate. I'm not saying that they will "look the other way and ignore it". I'm saying that Farnese and Schierke might not understand or believe what Casca is trying to tell them because they don't know what really happened. They have no reason to believe that Guts did anything bad to Casca. All they know is that Guts risked his life over and over to protect Casca.
Well at this point in the story she basically is irrelevant.
The Idea Of Evil planned it this way. Griffith (using the body of Casca's child as a vessel/hostage) has something very important that he can use against Guts even if all his other powers and abilities are severely weakened or disabled. It's not a fatal weakness. It's his trump card. The IOE is not stupid, it knows what it is doing. Even if the IOE is disabled and sealed away, even if causality is disrupted, Guts will have to confront Casca (and kill her) before he can kill Griffith. Casca will never agree to do anything that might harm her child. Even if she now hates Griffith for what he did to her and to the old BOTH, you can never underestimate a mother's love for her child. This is why I believe that Casca will use that Beherit and will become an apostle. Casca will not allow Guts and his allies to injure or kill her child. In the end she has no choice. She can't stop Guts and his party just by using her normal human fighting skills.
I would argue she pretty much IS and has been the story for many volumes. The entire party was formed by guts exclusively so he could protect Casca- she is one of the few fires still burning inside guts. The story thus far has pointed out on multiple occasions that her light outshines Guts desire for revenge and is basically the only thing keeping the beast in check.
Secondly, Femto's incarnation in the body of Casca/Guts child has already proven to be a double edged sword. The encounter on the hill of swords shows that Griffith retained some sort of instinct to protect Casca after the incarnation. There is a lot of speculation that could be made around that event in particular- and if your theory comes to pass and Guts is forced into attacking Casca what happens then? Does Griffith once again protect her? Kinda seems like it goes both ways doesn't it?
Don't forget that Guts and his party literally saved the lives of all the noblemen in Vritannis, defeated most of the Kushan enchanted beasts, and ended up saving Zodd's life. Zodd and his goons would have been annihilated by Ganishka if Guts and Schierke weren't there. Even when Guts defeated the Sea God he unintentionally helped Griffith. Now there is one less enemy in the way if Griffith decides to invade Elfhelm. And we can't just ignore the fact that the Elfhelm mages were very worried when they saw Guts' Beherit.
This is why I believe that Guts has unfortunately become Griffith's / IOE's "useful idiot". He sincerely believes that he is protecting and helping the woman he loves... but in reality he is only helping his hated enemy. It's actually really sad and tragic.
Let's say that Griffith (and the child) die first. At that point Casca has no reason to continue living and if she's now an apostle Guts still has to kill her.


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For example, I saw a patient with a craniofacial tumor. At least, that's what I figured out it was. She didn't come riht out and tell me that she had been previously diagnosed with a malignancy; her chief complaint was that she had been having double vision for "months" and that now she had totally lost the vision in her right eye. It was obvious on first glance that there was something wrong with the orbit as the right eye was massively anteriorly and laterally displaced. She looked as disfigured as some renditions of Quasimodo's face -- truly horrible. Her pupil was nonreactive on that side and she had just about no light perception. I was kind of mystified, and more perplexed at how long she had let it go before getting it checked out. Here's her CT:
You can imagine the tension.pressure on the optic nerve! Here's an annotated version for the non-radiologists:
You don't see the other eyeball because the head is rotated a bit.
It didn't make sense, and I noted that she had decent insurance. I looked her up in the hospital computer, and found that she in fact had a lot of records in the oncology database -- including missed appointments for surgery and radiation oncology procedures and a final sad note that she had been "lost to follow-up." She never got her tissue biopsy, and just stopped showing up after that, refused phone calls and ignored letters. Wild. She had, of course, failed to mention this to me in her medical history. Sheesh.
I think it was a case of denial, severe depression/apathy, combined with social isolation that made this possible. There wasn't much for me to do in the ER -- the eyeball was clearly a lost cause, and she was admitted with a slew of consults. Sad case. I never found out what it was that she had, which is also a pity. I would have been interested.


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The NSA Has No Solution For The Real 'Snowden Problem' And It's Only Going To Get Worse
from the it's-called-reaping-what-you've-sewed,-mofos dept
The NSA still has no idea what Snowden took or what leak is going to be revealed next. It also seemingly has no contingency plan for the sort of situation any forward-thinking intelligence agency should realize is a distinct possibility.
It has made some moves, all mostly involving the closing of system barn doors, including end-to-end audits and the constantly hovering threat to eliminate 90% of its sysadmin staff. But no matter what methods and safeguards it implements, it's not going to eliminate the problem. As much as the revelations to date are only the "tip of the iceberg," Snowden himself is only the leading edge of a generational shift in thinking -- one that doesn't bode well for government entities that value their secrecy.
Charlie Stross provides some background on a generational shift in attitude towards loyalty and the long-held "company man" ideal, one that was fostered by previous generations and their "one job for life" outlook.
Generation X's parents expected a job for life, but with few exceptions Gen Xers never had that — they're used to nomadic employment, hire-and-fire, right-to-work laws, the whole nine yards of organized-labour deracination. Gen Y's parents are Gen X. Gen Y has never thought of jobs as permanent things. Gen Y will stare at you blankly if you talk about loyalty to their employer; the old feudal arrangement ("we'll give you a job for life and look after you as long as you look out for the Organization") is something their grandparents maybe ranted about, but it's about as real as the divine right of kings. Employers are alien hive-mind colony intelligences who will fuck you over for the bottom line on the quarterly balance sheet. They'll give you a laptop and tell you to hot-desk or work at home so that they can save money on office floorspace and furniture. They'll dangle the offer of a permanent job over your head but keep you on a zero-hours contract for as long as is convenient. This is the world they grew up in: this is the world that defines their expectations.Snowden was never an NSA "employee" in the any true sense of the word. He was a contractor and yet the keys to the system were handed over to someone essentially on the outside. Snowden, unlike actual government employees, had no guarantees. He said he was making good money, but it wasn't permanent. When the renewal date rolled around, he may have been left with nothing but a job reference. The government buys loyalty with pension plans and decent health care, but being "set for life" is no longer the reality, not even in an arena recognized for its lifelong employment of underachievers and middle managers.
What happens if you're still trying to sell loyalty in a buyer's market? Bruce Schneier follows up on Stross' post.
Sure, it is possible to build a career in the classified world of government contracting, but there are no guarantees. Younger people grew up knowing this: there are no employment guarantees anywhere. They see it in their friends. They see it all around them.This generation will more readily identify with the "crowd," despite its inherent lack of truly personal relationships. People have actively "stuck it to The Man" for years, but now it's the default, rather than limited to a small group of gutsy outliers.
Many will also believe in openness, especially the hacker types the NSA needs to recruit. They believe that information wants to be free, and that security comes from public knowledge and debate. Yes, there are important reasons why some intelligence secrets need to be secret, and the NSA culture reinforces secrecy daily. But this is a crowd that is used to radical openness. They have been writing about themselves on the internet for years. They have said very personal things on Twitter; they have had embarrassing photographs of themselves posted on Facebook. They have been dumped by a lover in public. They have overshared in the most compromising ways -- and they have got through it. It is a tougher sell convincing this crowd that government secrecy trumps the public's right to know.
The people who live very public lives as adjuncts of The Internet aren't easily swayed by boardroom talk or mandates delivered from corner offices. They're not nearly as naive as some pundits, especially those beholden to institutions of the past, have tried to portray them. They cling to a moral code, but it's a code nearly unrecognizable to anyone who entered the job market 40 years ago. This Time poll result, as pointed out by Peter Ludlow at the New York Times, shows the gap between not only this generation and generations past, but the difference between so-called "new media" and the aging journalistic institutions.
In broad terms, commentators in the mainstream and corporate media have tended to assume that all of these actors needed to be brought to justice, while independent players on the Internet and elsewhere have been much more supportive. Tellingly, a recent Time magazine cover story has pointed out a marked generational difference in how people view these matters: 70 percent of those age 18 to 34 sampled in a poll said they believed that Snowden "did a good thing" in leaking the news of the National Security Agency's surveillance program.This generation will be much less susceptible to the "banality of evil" that asks for nearly-blind loyalty. There are no more "company men" -- the kind that later justify malfeasance by explaining they were "just following instructions." (Ludlow excusably Godwinises his own post, quoting Hannah Arendt's "Eichmann in Jerusalem," in which the phrase "banality of evil" was conceived to explain how the right working atmosphere can result in horrific transgressions -- all compartmentalized by ordinary people performing their roles as cogs in the machinery.)
The ideal "company man" followed the "fundamental rules of corporate life," according to Robert Jackall's book, "Moral Mazes."
(1) You never go around your boss. (2) You tell your boss what he wants to hear, even when your boss claims that he wants dissenting views. (3) If your boss wants something dropped, you drop it. (4) You are sensitive to your boss's wishes so that you anticipate what he wants; you don't force him, in other words, to act as a boss. (5) Your job is not to report something that your boss does not want reported, but rather to cover it up. You do your job and you keep your mouth shut.Those who break out of these confines are punished for their independent actions. Whistleblowing has always been received badly, both by the entity being exposed, and by others who still adhere to the above rules. This is also why the supposed "proper steps" whistleblowers are supposed to follow are completely useless. Systemic problems are rarely solvable by insiders, especially those higher up who have "bought in." Going outside is the only realistic choice.
The former United States ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, argued that Snowden "thinks he's smarter and has a higher morality than the rest of us … that he can see clearer than other 299, 999, 999 of us, and therefore he can do what he wants. I say that is the worst form of treason."Schneier says whistleblowing is the "civil disobedience of the information age." Stross is even more blunt, calling whistleblowing the natural progression of a new generation whose future has been sabotaged by generations who lived in an era when getting hired meant having a job for life and whose loyalty, right or wrong, was rewarded with pension plans and a functioning Social Security system. But those niceties have vanished and those stuck with the broken system and the bill of goods aren't happy.
For the leaker and whistleblower the answer to Bolton is that there can be no expectation that the system will act morally of its own accord. Systems are optimized for their own survival and preventing the system from doing evil may well require breaking with organizational niceties, protocols or laws. It requires stepping outside of one's assigned organizational role. The chief executive is not in a better position to recognize systemic evil than is a middle level manager or, for that matter, an IT contractor. Recognizing systemic evil does not require rank or intelligence, just honesty of vision.
[S]lighted or bruised employees who lack instinctive loyalty because the culture they come from has spent generations systematically destroying social hierarchies and undermining their sense of belonging are much more likely to start thinking the unthinkable.So, who are these agencies going to turn to when hiring in order to prevent dozens of future Snowdens? Hiring from the human race is already problematic, given the inherent propensity of the average person to abuse granted power. The future certainly isn't promising. If nothing else, the agencies should embrace transparency simply because they realistically no longer have an option. The long run of opacity is over and no one's buying the justifications for secrecy, abuse and overreach, least of all those in search of a job.
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Merchants Fail to Capitalize on Purchase-Related Data
Site and shopper data is very valuable to merchants, so why are many not taking advantage of it?
A recent Bronto Software and RSR Research report reveals that even though there's plenty of consumer intent data produced during each stage of the buying process that could help retailers drive more sales, many fail to take advantage of these opportunities due to poor data collection processes and a lack of integration between marketing and e-commerce platforms.
The report, "Harnessing the Power: How Retailers Collect and Use Purchase-Related Data," surveyed 85 retailers with online shopping carts in February 2013, and revealed that there is data and email disconnect across retailer segments. The survey took a look at retailer data collection and email practices during the pre-purchase, in-purchase and post-purchase stages. During the pre-purchase stage, most consumers conduct research before making a purchase by first visiting retailer, manufacturer and product review sites to compare products and prices. That said, 47 percent of retailers surveyed said they do not collect product-level site browsing data that can be associated with a specific email subscriber.
Moreover, in-purchase activities move shopping behavior from browsing to the transaction, which gives retailers opportunities to upsell, cross-sell and build repeat business. However, the survey found that 22 percent of retailers are not currently exchanging data between their email service provider and e-commerce platform, which limits their ability to drive more revenue with in-purchase and post-purchase email campaigns.
The report also examined retailer email opt-in, abandoned cart and transactional practices during the in-purchase stage, and found missed opportunities for retailers to more effectively grow subscriber lists and improve email targeting.
In fact, once the purchase is completed, retailers have the opportunity to persuade consumers to take an action, such as making their next purchase or writing a review. The survey, however, found some retailers are still failing to take advantage of this opportunity, with only 24 percent claiming to customize campaigns for active purchasers beyond typical transactional communications of order and/or shipping confirmations.
"Retailers have a lot to gain from consumer purchase data, but the RSR survey shows many still struggle to make data actionable and they're missing out on revenue opportunities," said Jim Davidson, Bronto's manager of marketing research, who worked with RSR on the report. "Those retailers who close the gap by integrating marketing and e-commerce platforms are reaping the rewards through stronger customer loyalty and a greater share of revenue."


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Morning MarketBeat: Black Friday No Picnic for Retail Stocks
Pre-Market Brief:
MARKET SNAP: At 5:56 a.m. ET, S&P 500 futures up 0.2%. Treasurys yields lower. Nymex crude down 30 cents at $87.08; gold 0.1% higher at $1,731.85. In Europe, FTSE 100 up 0.1%, DAX flat and CAC 40 down 0.1%. In Asia, Nikkei 225 closed and Hang Seng up 0.8%.
Overnight action: S&P keeps France's AA-plus rating; EU leaders in budget brawl; Cyprus poised for bailout.
Watch for: Nothing major regarding earnings or economic data is on the calendar. The stock market closes at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Bonds close at 2:00.
For more MarketBeat and other streaming markets coverage from The Wall Street Journal, point your mobile browser to wsj.com/marketspulse.
The Breakfast Briefing
Black Friday, a big boon for retailers' bottom lines, historically has done little to buoy their stock prices through year-end.
Retail stocks typically outperform the broad market ahead of the holiday season. This year has been no different. Retailers in the S&P 500 have watched their shares rise about 25% in 2012, outpacing the 11% gain for the S&P 500.
But the cheery times may not last, and short sellers are poised to benefit if weakness in retail stocks were to ensue.
In typical "buy the rumor, sell the news" mantra, retail stocks, on average, underperform the rest of the market once the big shopping season gets underway. Since 2000, S&P 500 retail stocks have averaged a 0.8% gain from Thanksgiving through Christmas, while the S&P 500 has risen 1.4%, on average, according to Bespoke Investment Group.
Retail stocks have outpaced the overall market only one-third of the time throughout this time frame.
This year, several retailers invaded Thanksgiving by offering their much-hyped discounts earlier than usual. As retailers regale their Black Friday specials and deck their stores with the latest toys and electronics, the holiday hype leads to raised expectations – and higher stock prices – in November.
Come December and January, the Christmas spirit wanes, says Paul Hickey, co-founder at Bespoke.
"Retailers are notorious for setting the bar too high, investors hear good numbers and get excited and stocks get bid up in anticipation," Hickey says. "The expectations never seem to materialize."
That's partly why short sellers are poised to benefit if retail stocks start lagging the broad market.
While short interest in S&P 500 retail stocks — which represents the number of shares that have been sold short — has fallen from its highs of the year in July, retailers are still "popular shorts," says Simon Colvin, an analyst at market-data firm Markit.
Short interest in the retail sector far outpaces the average individual S&P 500 stock, he adds. And in particular, short interest over the past month has surged in individual names such as Saks Inc. and J.C. Penney Co.
While these retail trends bear watching through the rest of the year, traders suggest against reading too much into what transpires in today's action.
Financial markets are open for only half a day following the holiday. Trading volume, which has been light all week, is expected to be thinner than usual amid half-empty trading desks.
Still, the S&P 500 is riding a four-day winning streak as the market enters an historically favorable time period. As we noted earlier this week, the S&P 500 has risen in the period spanning the day before Thanksgiving through Dec. 3 in 17 of the last 20 years.
While the seasonal tide is in the market's favor, retail stocks may not be such big beneficiaries.
Morning MarketBeat Daily Factoid: On this day in 1954, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 382.74, surpassing its previous peak of 381.17 which happened on September 3, 1929. That means it took the market 25 years to reclaim levels witnessed prior to the crash and Great Depression.
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Shares of Target and Wal-Mart Stores are among those that could be active as investors assess the status of Black Friday sales.
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