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Frankfort-Schuyler vs Pembroke Live High School Football In (Sat 18/11/2023)
On Saturday, November 18th the Frankfort-Schuyler and Pembroke will face off in an eagerly-awaited high school football contest that will be streamed live via Live an expert platform in streaming high school sporting events. Frankfort-Schuyler Vs Pembroke (Live) High School Football 18/11/2023 ||
Event Details
High School Football 2023
Date: Thursday, December 7, 2023
Time:In Progress
Stream:High Schooll Football Live On-Demand(Free Trial)
Football has a unique way of bringing communities together, sparking rivalries, and showcasing talent. On the evening of December 10, 2023, two prominent high schools — Frankfort-Schuyler and Pembroke — clashed on the football field, creating a memorable spectacle. In this article, we'll delve deep into the background of both teams, key players, the play-by-play analysis of the game, and its significance for both schools and their communities.
Table of Contents:
- Background: Frankfort-Schuyler High School Football Team
- Background: Pembroke High School Football Team
- The Run-up to the Game
- Match Highlights
- Key Players and Performance Analysis
- The Aftermath
- The Larger Significance
Background: Frankfort-Schuyler High School Football Team
Located in Corona, Frankfort-Schuyler High School's football team, the Sharks, have always been a force to reckon with. Under the leadership of Coach Steven Mitchell, they've consistently delivered remarkable performances, bagging several local championships over the years.
- 2022 Riverside County Championship winners
- Three-time league champions (2020, 2021, 2022)
Background: Pembroke High School Football Team
On the other side, Pembroke High School, located in Temecula, boasts the Golden Bears — a team known for its resilience, team spirit, and ability to turn games around. Coached by Aaron Price, the Bears have demonstrated skill, determination, and an ability to deliver under pressure.
- Won the State Championship in 2021
- Four-time league champions in the past five years
The Run-up to the Game
As the day of the showdown approached, both schools ramped up their training regimes. Practice sessions, strategy meetings, and team huddles were the order of the day. The anticipation was palpable, with social media buzzing and both school communities rallying behind their teams.
Match Highlights
On game day, a packed stadium awaited the teams, with cheering squads, banners, and a sea of colors. Here are the game's notable highlights:
First Quarter: Frankfort-Schuyler took an early lead with a stunning touchdown, leaving the Golden Bears scrambling to respond.
Second Quarter: Pembroke's defense stepped up, successfully halting Frankfort-Schuyler's momentum. They also managed to score a field goal, inching closer to Frankfort-Schuyler's lead.
Halftime: With Frankfort-Schuyler leading by a small margin, both teams retreated for a strategic regrouping.
Third Quarter: It was a display of stellar defense from both teams, with neither able to score.
Fourth Quarter: In a dramatic turn of events, Pembroke managed two touchdowns in rapid succession, taking the lead for the first time in the game.
Key Players and Performance Analysis
Frankfort-Schuyler's Star Player, Jackson Foster: Jackson demonstrated agility and a keen understanding of the game. However, he was often double-teamed, limiting his impact in the second half.
Pembroke's Quarterback, Lucas Garcia: Lucas's ability to read Frankfort-Schuyler's defense was pivotal. His leadership on the field, combined with his accurate throws, made him the game's standout player.
The Aftermath
The final whistle saw Pembroke emerge victorious, marking a significant win over their rivals. While the Golden Bears celebrated, Frankfort-Schuyler's Sharks displayed sportsmanship, acknowledging their opponents and vowing to come back stronger.
The Larger Significance
While it was just one game, the Frankfort-Schuyler vs. Pembroke match reflected the spirit of high school sports — passion, competition, teamwork, and growth. These events are more than just games; they're an embodiment of community spirit, showcasing the talent and determination of young athletes.
The Frankfort-Schuyler vs. Pembroke high school football game was not just a clash of teams but a celebration of community, talent, and the spirit of sportsmanship. Both teams showcased exemplary skill and determination, proving once again why high school football remains a cherished tradition in American culture.
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The "House of Glass" – that's what Bremen's parliament building is sometimes called, by virtue of its exterior. And what goes on inside the house should be transparent, too, for parliamentary work is often hard for outsiders to understand.
All state authority derives from the people. Parliament, with its elected representatives, therefore forms the core of our democracy. But, as they go about their everyday tasks, those engaged in politics should not lose sight of what concerns ordinary people. That's why it is not only the elected representatives who meet at Parliament House. This is also an open house, where citizens, too, find a forum for their issues.
The link between the population and politics must always be kept alive. So, my wish is for lively debates and an active exchange of views at Parliament House, both during and outside the parliamentary sessions.
Antje Grotheer
President of the Bremen Parliament

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Before grilling, check the size of the chicken pieces. Cut the larger pieces to smaller sizes so all pieces will cook more evenly. Flatten chicken breasts so that they are more uniform in thickness. | ||
If cooking a whole chicken, it should be butterflied for more even cooking. To butterfly, the backbone is removed, the breast bone is pressed down to flatten the chicken and skewers are used to help the bird lay flat by threading them through the breast and thigh area. For more information, see Chicken Preparation - Butterflying Chicken). |
The grilling process cooks foods over a heat source, either directly, indirectly, or a combination of both. Grilling temperatures typically reach as high as 650ºF, but any temperature above 300°F is suitable as a grilling temperature. The high heat of grilling sears the surface of chicken, creating meat with a flavorful crust. The required cooking temperature and the method of grilling (direct, indirect, or a combination) depends on the size of the chicken or the pieces. It is important to cook the chicken to its proper doneness but not to overcooked.
There are many different types of grills available today that can be used when grilling chicken. For information on the different types of grills, see Types of Grills. It is important that the grill is set up properly and reaches the appropriate temperature for the type of chicken that is being grilled to ensure that it produces in a juicy, tender finished product that is cooked to the proper doneness. For information on setting up a charcoal or gas grill, see Outdoor Grill Preparation.
A medium heat should be used when grilling chicken. Using too high of a heat will cause some parts to cook too quickly and dry out while other parts will not be done all the way through. To check the temperature of the grill, see Estimating Heat Level to see how to use the palm of your hand for testing. The thicker the chicken pieces are the farther away from the heat source they should be or the heat source should be at a lower temperature to prevent the outside of the cut from burning before the inside is properly cooked. You will also have to decide whether you will use direct or indirect heat during the grilling time. Depending on the type of chicken, you may use both. A whole chicken or a thick piece, such as a full breast, may require direct heat to seal the outside and indirect to allow the cut to cook thoroughly to the center.
Indirect Heat
Cooking with indirect heat occurs when you use an area of the grill that is not directly over the heat source. Using indirect heat slows the cooking process down, which allows the center of the cut to cook thoroughly without burning the outside. On charcoal grills, coals are pushed to one side of the grill or banked into a ring around the outer edges. On gas grills, the side of the burner, which is below the area where the food will be placed, is turned off after the grill is preheated. Using one of the indirect setups will provide an area on the grill that is a low heat source. The meat is placed over the area in which there are no coals or over the burner that is turned off on a gas grill. Indirect heat is good for cooking whole chickens or larger pieces, such as a full chicken breast.
Indirect Heat Grilling on Charcoal Grills Once the chicken is prepared and the charcoals have been heated properly (see Charcoal Grill Setup), there are several easy steps to follow in order to cook chicken with indirect heat on a charcoal grill. | |
Once the chicken is prepared and the gas grill have been heated properly (see Gas Grill Setup), there are several easy steps to follow in order to cook chicken using indirect heat on a gas grill. | |
Direct Heat
Cooking with direct heat occurs when you cook the meat directly over the heat source. The chicken is cooked quickly over medium or high heat coals or over burners set to medium or high heat on a gas grill. Direct heat is used when grilling food that cooks in 30 or less minutes, such as boneless chicken breasts and chicken pieces.
Direct Heat Grilling on Charcoal Grills | |
Direct Heat Grilling on Gas Grills | |
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Chicken Type | Grilling Method |
Grilling Time | Heat Level |
Chicken Breast 5-6 oz | Direct | 6-7 minutes each side | Medium heat to prevent drying out |
Chicken Legs | Direct | 15-22 minutes each side | Grill with chicken legs placed 5-6 inches above direct fire. Medium heat to prevent drying out. |
Chicken, Whole | Indirect | 15-20 minutes per pound | Use medium heat to prevent drying out. Keep grill covered. |
Whenever possible, it is best to leave the skin on the chicken during grilling and broiling, If you prefer skinless chicken, remove the skin before serving. Leaving the skin on will provide a juicier, more tender piece of chicken and will not increase the fat content as long as it is removed before eating. If the chicken has already had the skin removed, coat it before cooking to prevent it from drying out. The chicken can be coated with cooking oil, a liquid marinade or any type of moist marinade.
The chicken must be checked for proper doneness when using either cooking method. The best way to check doneness is to use a meat thermometer. Ground chicken and chicken breast must reach 170°F. Whole chickens and other pieces should be 180°F. If a meat thermometer is not available, a visual test can be performed by piercing the pieces with a fork. If thoroughly cooked, the juices should run clear. Doneness can also be checked by cutting into the thickest part of the chicken and making sure the meat is opaque all the way through.
For more information on chicken, see Meat - Chicken.
Grilling Tips
- To prevent dryness, leave the skin on the chicken during cooking, which helps preserves the chicken's natural moisture.
- Be sure racks are clean and coat them with vegetable oil or a nonstick vegetable oil spray to help prevent sticking.
- When grilling, aromatic woods, such as hickory, mesquite or cherry, can be added to the preheated coals to give the chicken a distinctive flavor.
- Place smaller pieces of chicken around the outer edges, further away from the main heat source, to allow them to cook slower.
- Do not use a fork to turn the chicken as it cooks. The piercing causes the juices to escape.
- To speed grilling time, partially cook the chicken in the microwave first. Microwave on high approximately 4 to 5 minutes per pound, or 3 to 4 minutes if using cut up parts. Grill the microwaved pieces of chicken immediately to finish cooking.


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RELEASE BLITZ: Hazardous Things by Beth Bolden (Excerpt & Giveaway)
Book Title: Hazardous Things (Star Shadow, #3)
Author: Beth Bolden
Publisher: Beth Bolden Books
Cover Artist: Cate Ashwood Designs
Release Date: May 29, 2020
Genre/s: MM Rock Star Romance, Friends to Lovers,
Bisexual Awakening, Forced Proximity
Heat Rating: 4 flames
Length: 80 000 words
It is NOT a standalone story. Reviewers/readers need to have read either Terrible Things or both Terrible Things and Impossible Things.
Buy Links – Available on Kindle Unlimited
Felix Humphries can't even remember the first time he crushed on Star Shadow's drummer, Max McCloud.
It's been an embarrassingly long time, but he's still never acted on his feelings. One, because Max is his older brother's best friend. Two, because Max is also his friend. Three, Max is technically his boss. And four, worst of all, Max is straight.
But when Max unexpectedly needs a caretaker for a few weeks, Felix can't leave his friend in the lurch. He's all ready to suffer through being so close but not close enough, when the unexpected happens.
Max isn't straight after all, and what Max wants is Felix—but only in his bed, not in his heart.
Hazardous Things is the third book in the Star Shadow series and should not be read as a standalone.
When Felix came back into Max's room, the nurse in tow, Max was still awake. He was staring out the window, a harmless drugged smile on his face.
"He's gonna sleep for a while," the nurse said, "at least when you get him back home."
"I'm assuming he's better off sleeping than being coherent and in pain," Felix said quietly.
"Oh yeah," the nurse said. "There's prescriptions for the pain. And it'll be significant. Make sure he takes them. If he doesn't, it's going to be real uncomfortable for both of you."
"That won't be a problem. I'm staying with him," Felix said. After all, once he committed to something, he committed to it.
"I see you're awake again," the nurse said, going over to Max's side. "How you feel about taking off?"
"Home," Max repeated firmly.
"That's right," the nurse said, and after donning a pair of gloves, began to work on getting the IV out of Max's arm.
Felix wasn't exactly squeamish—he'd better not be, anyway, considering that the nurse had already gone over Max's care instructions and he would definitely be the one changing the surgical dressing and making sure it stayed clean—but it was hard to watch when it was Max. When it was someone he cared about as much as he did Max.
Especially when Felix saw Max flinch.
"Hey," Felix said, reaching for Max's other hand and tangling those long, calloused fingers with his own. There'd been a point when he'd have cut off his other hand just to hold hands with the man in front of him, but he couldn't think about that now. Now, he needed to distract Max from the IV being removed.
"Heeeeey," Max said, and that was definitely not what Felix had expected. Was that . . .a leer?
"Hi yourself," Felix said, squeezing Max's hand.
Max raised their joined hands and brushed them against Felix's forehead. "Pretty," he said. "So pretty."
Felix ordered himself not to blush, but it was useless. He glanced up, and the nurse was looking at them. "Your brother, huh?" she asked, amusement in her voice.
He squirmed. "My brother's best friend," he finally confessed. He'd been worried that they wouldn't let him stay in the waiting room during the surgery or wouldn't let him in to see Max in recovery if he wasn't a family member, so he'd fudged the truth a little.
"Ah, that kind of brother," the nurse said, her voice knowing.
Even though Felix wanted to explain it couldn't ever be like that, because Max wouldn't ever be interested in him that way, he didn't, because it was already humiliating enough that his crush was visible from space.
When this ordeal was over, the only person on earth who didn't know was going to be Max himself—and Felix would do just about anything to keep it that way.
"I'm just about done here," she continued. "Just keep him distracted for a moment longer."
Max's hazel eyes were speckled with green in this light, unfocused and utterly focused on Felix all at the same time.
"Hey, it's gonna be alright," Felix said, his voice so much more tender than he'd intended. If he looked up, he might see quiet amusement on the nurse's face, but he didn't look, because he was finding it tough to look away from Max.
"Alright?" Max repeated, but he didn't sound certain. At least not certain enough for Felix's peace of mind. Even if this was hard—even if it felt impossible—to be there for Max over the next few weeks, he knew deep down in his bones that it was the right thing to do. Max was alone and understandably, justifiably scared—and even if there was never anything more than friendship between them, Felix wanted to be the one who reassured him.
"It's going to be more than alright," Felix promised. Promised himself that he would do whatever it took to make this vow come true.
About the Author
A lifelong Oregonian, Beth Bolden has just recently moved to North Carolina with her supportive husband and their sweet kitten, Earl Grey. Beth still believes in Keeping Portland Weird, and intends to be just as weird in Raleigh.
Beth has been writing practically since she learned the alphabet. Unfortunately, her first foray into novel writing, titled Big Bear with Sparkly Earrings, wasn't a bestseller, but hope springs eternal. She's published seventeen novels and six novellas.
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All of this research and policymaking activity seeks to develop better voting technologies, to improve election administration, and to deepen scientific research in these areas.
Since project inception, the VTP has received substantial financial support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Today, members of the VTP are active in:
- Developing better voting systems standards and testing practices
- Studying and developing novel and improved post-election auditing procedures
- Assessing and evaluating the voting experience in federal elections
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The 5m x 3m Thoresby Insulated Garden Room with Oak UPVC
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Thanks to its insulate, double-skinned design, they are ideal for all round use meaning you get maximum use from your latest investment. In addition to its double-skinned design, the roof and floor are also fully insulated, meaning all sides of your building are wrapped up from the elements. In addition, double glazed windows not only contribute to the temperate regulation inside your new space, but also offer a sound barrier to outside noise, creating a calm and relaxing environment.
Garden rooms are also proven to add value to your home. You can typically expect 1.5x the cost of the garden room to be added to your house in value, so it really does pay to have additional space! With working from home and home businesses becoming increasingly popular, a space away from the house is often on the shopping list of prospective buyers.
UPVC Doors and Windows
UPVC, a material known for its low maintenance, eliminates the need for yearly treatments, unlike its timber-framed counterparts. Available in a variety of colours, anthracite, oak, and white, allowing you to customise your dream garden room with just a simple click – no paint brushes required! In addition, security is a notable advantage of UPVC, featuring an ultra-light yet sturdy frame, robust locking mechanisms, and double-glazed glass panels that effectively deter unauthorised entry.
Energy efficiency is a crucial factor when choosing a garden room, as materials impact the warmth and window energy rating. Furthermore, UPVC framing, combined with double-glazed windows, works together to minimise external noise intrusion, making UPVC an ideal choice for creating a peaceful and productive environment.
In addition to the tranquility provided by UPVC, the multipoint locking system gives you added piece of mind by fending off unwanted visitors. In addition to this, the new window locking system allows for windows to be fixed open, so you can be confident knowing they won't be blown closed in any sudden gusts.
Fully Insulated Structure
Our Insulated Garden Rooms offer fully insulated walls, roof and floor not only to make sure your new space is comfortable during the colder months, but also to encourage it to stay cool during the warmer months.
Our Sherwood Range boasts 100mm thick walls, with EcoQuilt insulation nestled in between the timber cladding. You can also find EcoQuilt in the roof. EcoQuilt is a multi-foil insulation, manufactured in the UK which also includes a high-performance vapour control layer helping ensure your building remains free from damp and moisture. In addition to EcoQuilt, the floor is insulated with AirTec insulation which boasts a 50% reduction in heat loss by trapping air within its bubble structure.
Customisable Design
Available in multiple sizes, this garden room is versatile and customisable. Looking for more windows? Not a problem. Wanting to move the door location? We can do that. Simply add them on from our upgrades list, or give us a call and we can talk this through until you achieve your perfect design.
EPDM Roof Covering
As standard with our Sherwood Range of garden rooms, you will receive an EPDM roof covering, rather than traditional mineral felt. EPDM is an impermeable synthetic rubber which boasts a 50-year lifespan, keeping your garden room's roof dry and damp free for decades to come. It's pliable in both the heat and the cold, meaning cracks and areas of weaknesses do not form like they may do with traditional roof coverings. It's also resistant against harmful UV rays. In addition, in the chance of any small tears or holes, unlike traditional felt where the whole roof covering would need to be replaced, EPDM can be simply patch repaired, which is far more efficient and cost effective than an entire roof covering replacement.
Traditional Insulated Garden Rooms
Elevate the attractiveness of your garden with a traditionally designed Insulated Garden Room that emanates Alpine charm. Featuring timeless elements such as a peak roof and charming casement windows, its enduring aesthetic seamlessly integrates with your outdoor space.
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Prior to booking the date of your home installation with us, you will need to have a firm and level base ready for construction, or have selected the Elite Timber Base option from our upgrades list.
Sustainable Timber
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The History of Waltons
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Aside from the local links and fairytale legends, what stands the Sherwood Range apart is their improved wall thickness, providing heat retention during the colder months and encouraging coolness during the warmer seasons. Upgraded EPDM roofing as standard; EPDM is a type of synthetic rubber with full waterproof capabilities designed to last 50 years, the perfect option when investing into a new garden building.
Still have questions?
If you're still unsure, why not call our expert, friendly sales team on 0800 029 1000. Alternatively, visit our showsite based in Nottinghamshire.
Please Note: Sizes are approximate only. For specific details, please consult our sales team.
Imperial Size (ft) | 17 x 13 |
People Req'd To Build | 0 |
Anti-Rot Guarantee | 10 Years |
Cladding Style | Shiplap+ Cladding |
Roof Material | EPDM |
Floor Material | 16mm Tongue & Groove Floor |
Roof Type | Apex |
Door Style | Double Door |
Building Type | Garden Room |
Metric Size (Meters) | 5.2 x 4.0 |
Material | Wood |
Imperial | Metric | |
Width | 206.0 in | 5.23 m |
Depth | 155.98 in | 3.96 m |
Eaves Height | 89.1 in | 2.26 m |
Ridge Height | 105.6 in | 2.68 m |
Door Width | 59.52 in | 1.51 m |
Internal Width | 96.33 in | 2.45 m |
Internal Depth | 118.0 in | 3.0 m |
You can book your preferred delivery date by either:
1. By choosing it when placing your order with us.
2. Through the link provided within your order confirmation email or text message
If a delivery date is not selected, one of our friendly team will be in touch. They will help arrange a suitable delivery date that fits your schedule.
Your garden building will be delivered using either a 3.5t, 7.5t or 18t flatbed vehicle. If you believe there may be difficulties accessing your property or the delivery location, please inform us of this prior to your delivery date.
All our deliveries take place between the hours of 7 am and 7 pm and are carried out by one of our helpful drivers.
On the morning of your confirmed delivery date, we will contact you by email or text message assigning you a two-hour delivery slot. This means that there is no need to wait in all day! We aim to meet these delivery times wherever possible. However, please be aware that unforeseen circumstances can cause deliveries to take a little longer. But rest assured, we are always working hard to keep delays of this sort to a minimum.
Also, on your confirmed delivery date, we will send over a link to the Delivery Portal. Here you will be able to track the exact location of your delivery driver.
Please note that all our deliveries are kerbside only. Our drivers are not permitted to enter your property. If you live in a terraced property, please be mindful to this.
Our delivery driver will unload your new garden building piece by piece to prevent any damage. Yourself, a friend or neighbour will need to be present during the delivery process. This is to ensure that you are happy with the building and are available to sign for the item where required.
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Our entire range of Insulated Garden Rooms benefit from our 10 Year Anti-rot Guarantee. This will cover your garden building against fungal decay as long as the conditions of the guarantee have been followed.
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A flat, level base is essential for the installation of your Insulated Garden Building. We recommend the following bases; concrete, or a wooden frame.
Prior to the installation of your Insulated Garden Building be sure to check your base is level in both directions. If the base of your Insulated Garden Room is not level when it is constructed it will cause the building to twist and warp with the natural movement of the timber. Therefore, it is really important to adjust your base accordingly to achieve this before the installation process begins.
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Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Council on Foreign Relations , "CFR Backgrounders: The Chinese Communist Party," August 27, 2015
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the founding and ruling political party of modern China, boasting more than eighty-six million members. In 2012, the CCP underwent a pivotal once-in-a-decade power transition that saw its fifth generation of leaders set the future agenda for the second-largest economy in the world. While the party has maintained a political monopoly since its founding, the effects of China's rapid economic growth have triggered increasing social unrest and political destabilization that challenge the country's rise as a global power. A spate of political scandals has also exposed deep power struggles inside the infamously opaque organization.
Origins and Power Structure
Inspired by the Russian Revolution, the CCP was founded in 1921 on the principles of Marxism-Leninism following a lengthy civil war against the Kuomintang, its primary rival. Despite China's market reforms in the late 1970s, the modern Chinese state remains a purely Leninist system, like those of Cuba, North Korea, and Laos. The party's grip on power relies on three pillars: control of personnel, propaganda, and the People's Liberation Army. Around 77 percent of its members are men, and farmers make up roughly one-third of its membership.
The CCP convenes its National Party Congress (NPC) every five years to set major policies and choose the Central Committee, which comprises around 370 members including ministers, senior regulatory officials, provincial leaders, and military officers. The Central Committee acts as a sort of board of directors for the CCP, and its mandate is to select the Politburo, which has twenty-five members.
In turn, the Politburo elects through backroom negotiations the seven-person Standing Committee, which functions as the epicenter of the CCP's power and leadership. Xi Jinping, who took over from Hu Jintao in 2012, sits atop the system as general secretary; as president and head of the military, he exerts enormous influence in setting parameters for government policy. The premier, Li Keqiang, heads the State Council, China's equivalent of a cabinet. In Xi's transition to power, he has amassed more power than his predecessors; as the sole head of a number of important leading groups, his unilateral decision making has to some extent undermined his party's prior commitment to consensus-based rule.
The Eighteenth National Congress
The new makeup of the Standing Committee, whose numbers were reduced from nine to seven in 2012, was the most watched development at the eighteenth National Congress, in which China's next generation of leaders was chosen. Then vice president Xi Jinping took Hu's place, while Executive Vice Premier Li Keqiang replaced Wen Jiabao. Around 70 percent of the membership of the three most important leadership organs—the Standing Committee, State Council, and Central Military Commission—were replaced, making this leadership turnover the most significant in the past three decades.
Leadership succession is a fairly concentrated process, with positions decided by a very small number of top leaders through secretive negotiations. Some experts split the CCP's power structure into two distinct camps: the "princelings,"the children of high-level leaders, and the "tuanpai," those who, like Hu Jintao, come from humbler backgrounds and have risen to power through the Communist Youth League. Other experts see a much more complex power dynamic built from personal alliances and factional loyalties juggled among three groups: retired leaders (in particular Deng Xiaoping, who picked Hu Jintao), incumbents, and the incoming class, according to Minxin Pei, a China expert at Claremont McKenna College. CCP leaders "all have conflicting interests that sometimes overlap," says Pei. "The dynamics can be very fluid in this three-way negotiation process."
Such complex dynamics can be seen in the scandals that have rattled the transition process and Xi's anti-corruption campaign. The scope of Xi's campaign is unprecedented: since 2013, Xi's campaign has targeted a number of powerful political and military figures, including Hu's former aide, Ling Jihua, and his brothers; former Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai and his wife; Xu Caihou and Guo Boxiong former vice chairmen of China's top military body; and Zhou Yongkang, a retired Polibuto Standing Committee member and former chief of the law and politics commission of the CCP.
Bo's expulsion from the party and subsequent trial highlighted party infighting and power struggles that plagued the party's transition. The targeting of elite political factions has fueled concerns that political motivations are driving Xi's campaign. The campaign is "one part of a wider effort to destroy his enemies," writes Princeton University Professor Aaron Friedberg, but he adds that the trials are also an acknowledgement that high-level corruption can no longer be ignored.
Challenges in Governance
In recent decades, global events and internal strife have brought the CCP to the brink of collapse several times. The 1989 Tiananmen democracy riots and the collapse of the Soviet Union at the early 1990s triggered a series of existential crises for the party that forced it to reconsider its mandate. The Soviet implosion in particular pushed the CCP to undertake systematic assessments of the causes of regime collapse and institute intraparty reform in order to avoid a similar fate. It determined that an ossified party-state with a dogmatic ideology, entrenched elites, dormant party organizations, and a stagnant economy would lead to failure, according to David Shambaugh's 2008 book China's Communist Party.
Since then, the CCP has shown a technocratic capacity to adapt in response to the developmental stresses of society brought on by China's dizzying economic rise. Today's party "is all about joining the highways of globalization, which in turn translates into greater economic efficiencies, higher rates of return, and greater political security," writes Richard McGregor in his 2010 book The Party.
Still, leaders at the top of China's power structure today lack the long-term vision for the party that reformists of the 1980s such as Hu Yaobang possessed; Hu, the former party general secretary, promoted greater party transparency, and Deng's free-market reforms modernized China's economy.
"They're mostly reactive," says Pei of the Chinese government. "The CCP could survive to this point today because of people thirty years ago. Today, they worry about how to get to where they want to be."
Fears of social unrest are persistent. In the spring of 2013, a memo named Document No. 9 that was distributed within the CCP outlined seven dangers that threatened the party's control, including "Western constitutional democracy," human rights, pro-market "neoliberalism," and Western-inspired ideas of media independence and civic participation. The document pointed to internal fears about the party's vulnerability in light of China's economic slowdown and public anger about issues like corruption.
Actual governance of China can be extremely decentralized. While Politburo members retain responsibility for dictating policies and staffing ministries, they do not manage day-to-day portfolios the way a cabinet would. Chinese provinces enjoy tremendous autonomy, and subprovincial officials and leaders, appointed by the central government, have almost total control over governance. Policies can originate "haphazardly" in bureaucracies and ministries, within the committee, inside the NPC, or from think tanks and advisers, says Pei.
This lack of accountability has compounded grievances over income inequality, lack of consumer protection, land grabs, and human rights issues. Many of these have been brought to light across the country by the Internet, which has heavily eroded the CCP's control over political communication. Forced evictions have spiked over the years as debt-laden local governments raised capital by selling seized land to developers. Activists like Chen Guangcheng, a blind lawyer who exposed forced sterilizations, raised public flags around human rights violations stemming from local corruption. And after consumers expressed fury surrounding tainted milk and meat, the central government was forced to act on long-standing concerns about the safety of Chinese food products.
Domestic and Foreign Policy
Perhaps most pressing is the CCP's treatment of the massive income disparity that China's economic boom created; in mid-2012, the CCP announced a new income-distribution framework set for approval to redress the growing gap. The country's emergence as an economic superpower has heightened governance challenges as China's middle class expands. In particular, the "side effects of rapid economic growth, including the gap between rich and poor, rising prices, pollution, and the loss of traditional culture are major concerns, and there are also increasing worries about political corruption," according to the Pew Research Center.
China's recent economic growth, which has slowed since its breakneck, double-digit growth in the early 2000s, has also been a point of concern for policymakers, who have called for reforms to increase domestic consumption and curb reliance on exports for growth. An important Communist Party policy meeting in 2013, called the Third Plenum, called for a "decisive role" for markets in China's economy while retaining a strong role for the state, however a number of analysts say that in practice, economic planning has been muddled. The Chinese stock market volatility in the summer of 2015 raised questions about the party's ability to implement proper economic reforms. Despite government intervention, including stopping of stock sell-offs and devaluing its currency for the second time in a year, market turmoil persisted.
In 2014, the Chinese economy missed its 7.5 percent growth growth target by a tenth of a percent, marking its slowest pace in twenty-four years, in spite of a series of "mini-stimulus" measures implemented to prop up the economy. Beijing, facing waning growth, has vowed to meet its "new normal" target of 7 percent GDP growth in 2015.
Health care also has been a major initiative for the party as a vast aging population drives government efforts to broaden insurance coverage. Spending on health care will increase to $1 trillion annually by 2020, according to the consulting firm McKinsey & Company, from the $357 billion spent in 2011, and medical insurance now covers more than 90 percent of the population, although coverage is often limited.
The party has also moved on energy policy, releasing a white paper outlining China's initiatives for the next five years that includes developing clean energy to reduce its carbon footprint. Heavy smog in China prompted a series of reforms to improve air quality and energy use. The government announced in June 2013 reforms to restrict air pollution, including the country's first carbon market and an allocation of $275 billion over the next five years to improve air quality. It also eased prosecution of environmental crimes and increased local accountability for air quality problems. In September 2014, Beijing launched a resource tax on coal based on price rather than quantity, in an attempt to reduce carbon emissions and boost energy savings.
Meanwhile, China's burgeoning power on the global stage has sparked widespread perceptions of the country as an aggressive, expansionist power. Beijing has protested plans for U.S.-South Korean naval cooperation in the Yellow Sea and reacted vehemently to the U.S. sale of arms to Taiwan. It has staked unwavering claims on islands in the East and South China Seas—a move that pits the country against Japan and four other neighbors and has caused a diplomatic rift and stalemate in the immediate region. The bolstering of U.S. defense ties with Asia-Pacific partners—Japan, the Philippines, and Vietnam—has stoked China's maritime assertiveness. China declared an East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone in November 2013, has conducted oil and gas exploration projects , and engaged in extensive land reclamation efforts on islands in contested waters But Beijing has also courted its neighbors: China proposed a "friendship treaty" and offered $20 billion in loans to Southeast Asian states at the 2014 ASEAN summit. And leaders from China and Japan held formal talks for the first time in two years on the sidelines of the 2014 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, indicating a possible thaw in Sino-Japanese relations.
Some experts contend that while China's relative power has grown significantly with its economic rise, its foreign policy aims remain defensive in nature: destabilizing influences from abroad, avoiding territorial losses, and sustaining economic growth. Unlike before, "China is now so deeply integrated into the world economic system that its internal and regional priorities have become part of a larger quest: to define a global role that serves Chinese interests but also wins acceptance from other powers," write Andrew J. Nathan and Andrew Scobell in Foreign Affairs.
By and large, the rational objective for the new leadership in China is to move away from an antagonistic relationship with the United States, experts say. But U.S.-China relations could continue to suffer until Beijing adjusts its foreign policy and political structure more radically, starting with the normalization of its regional relationships.
Still,"Washington should resist framing its relationship with China as a competition," writes Economy in Foreign Affairs. "Treating China as a competitor or foe merely feeds Xi's anti-Western narrative, undermines those in China pushing for moderation, and does little to advance bilateral cooperation."
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Jeff Hanneman of Slayer performing at Sonisphere Festival, Knebworth in August 2010.
(Reuters) – Guitarist Jeff Hanneman of the seminal heavy metal band Slayer died of alcohol-related cirrhosis of the liver, and not as a result of a flesh-eating bacteria, the remaining members of the U.S. band said.
Hanneman, a founder of the band, which was known for its fast tempo, dark themes and pounding drums, died last week at age 49 in Southern California after suffering liver failure.
The band issued the statement on Thursday clarifying the cause of Hanneman's death following speculation that necrotizing fasciitis, a rare flesh-eating infection he believed he had contracted in 2011 through a spider bite, contributed to the "Raining Blood" guitarist's death.
"While he had his health struggles over the years, including the recent necrotizing fasciitis infection that devastated his well-being, Jeff and those close to him were not aware of the true extent of his liver condition until the last days of his life," the band said in a statement posted on its website.
The band said Hanneman was never on a list waiting for a liver transplant and his health had appeared to be improving recently as the band readied to work on a new album.
Slayer, which Hanneman founded with fellow guitarist Kerry King in the early 1980s, was known as one of the "big four" thrash metal groups of the decade, along with Anthrax, Megadeth and Metallica.
Hanneman wrote many of the best known songs, including "Angel of Death" on Slayer's landmark 1986 album "Reign of Blood."
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Chuck Palahniuk
Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk (born February 21, 1962) is an American satirical novelist and freelance journalist.
edit- I think they've always gone on. I've gotten some irate letters from oldsters saying "We did this in the 1930s. You didn't invent anything." And I'm like, "Gramps, you should have put a name on it and sold it, because that's all I did."
- On the creation of Fight Club
- Interview with Rolling Stone (2002-09-19)
- I haven't had a TV in 10 years, and I really don't miss it. 'Cause it's always so much more fun to be with people than it ever was to be with a television.
- Interview with the San Francisco Bay Guardian (2002-10-30)
- It's easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It's a lot more difficult to perform one.
- Salon.com Letters. Response by Palahniuk to Laura Miller's review. (2003-08-26)
- Why have I sold out? You think I'm supposed to grow old, beating some trite old protest drum that people don't hear anymore? Please; protest is now just a backdrop for a Diesel clothing ad in a slick fashion magazine. My goal is to create a metaphor that changes our reality by charming people into considering their world in a different way. It's time — for me, at least — to be clever and seduce people by entertaining them. I'll never be heard if I'm always ranting and griping.
- "You Ask The Questions," The Independent Review (2004-03-25)
- How sweet! You still believe in death... that's just so... quaint. Well, sorry to pop your death bubble, but there's no such thing. So make the best of things. Any real belief in death is just wishful thinking. Don't waste good drugs on killing yourself. Share them with friends and have a party. Or send them to me.
- "You Ask The Questions," The Independent Review (2004-03-25)
- The first step — especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money — the first step to controlling your world is to control your culture. To model and demonstrate the kind of world you demand to live in. To write the books. Make the music. Shoot the films. Paint the art.
- Closing remarks made on an eClass forum (Barnes & Noble University) (2004-12-05)
- I love being with people. But I need a script, a role, something that will help me overcome my fears of rejection and shame. Most religions and belief systems provide a blueprint for some sort of community. And the religion's leaders model a way of being. For example, in my book Choke, a character enacts his own death and resurrection every night – as does the narrator in Fight Club. Here's Jesus, allowing himself to look terrible in front of his peers. That's the biggest purpose of religious gathering: permission to look terrible in public.
- Quoted in Andrew Lawless, "Those burnt tongue moments - Chuck Palahniuk in interview", Three Monkeys (May 2005)
- All I do is track a profane route to something (I hope) profound. Like swimming a river of shit for a kiss.
- On what sets him apart from others in his genre.
- Online chat transcript, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2007-05-01)
- If we can forgive what's been done to us... If we can forgive what we've done to others... If we can leave our stories behind. Our being victims and villains. Only then can we maybe rescue the world.
- Haunted (2005), Chapter 21
- Going to spring break at Ft. Lauderdale, getting drunk and flashing your breasts isn't an act of personal empowerment. It's you, so fashioned and programmed by the construct of a patriarchal society that you no longer know what's best for yourself. A damsel too dumb to know she is even in distress.
- Snuff (2008)
- The things you own end up owning you. It's only after you lose everything that you're free to do anything.
- The problem with every story is you tell it after the fact. Every play-by-play description on the radio, the home runs and strikeouts, even that's delayed a few minutes. Even live television is postponed a couple seconds. Even Sound and light can only go so fast.
- Chapter 1
- The muffled thunder of dialogue comes through the walls, then a chorus of laughter. Then more thunder. Most of the laugh tracks on television were recorded in the early 1950s. These days, most of the people you hear laughing are dead.
- Chapter 3
- You turn up your music to hide the noise. Other people turn up their music to hide yours. You turn up yours again. Everyone buys a bigger stereo system. This is the arms race of sound You don't win with a lot of treble. This isn't about quality. It's about volume. This isn't about music. This is about winning. You stomp the competition with the bass line. You rattle windows. You drop the melody line, and shout the lyrics. You put in foul language and come down hard on each cussword. You dominate. This is really about power.
- Chapter 3
- These people so scared of silence. These are my neighbors. These sound-oholics. These quiet-ophobics.
- Chapter 3
- We come from a generation of people who need their TV or stereo playing all the time. These people so scared of silence. These soundaholics, these quietophobics.
- Chapter 3
- No one wants to admit we're addicted to music. That's just not possible. No one's addicted to music and television and radio. We just need more of it, more channels, a larger screen, more volume. We can't bear to be without it, but no, nobody's addicted. We could turn it off anytime we wanted. I fit a window frame into a brick wall. With a little brush, the size for fingernail polish, I glue it. The window is the size of a fingernail. The glue smells like hair spray. The smell tastes like oranges and gasoline
- Chapter 3
- No detail is too minor to note.
- Anymore, no one's mind is their own. You can't concentrate. You can't think. There's always some noise worming in. Singers shouting. Dead people laughing. Actors crying. All these little doses of emotion. Someone's always spraying the air with their mood.
- Chapter 3
- There are worse things than finding your wife and child dead. You can watch the world do it. You can watch your wife get old and bored. You can watch your kids discover everything in the world you've tried to save them from. Drugs, divorce, conformity, disease. All the nice clean books, music, television. Distraction. These people with dead children, you want to tell them, go ahead. Blame yourself. There are worse things you can do to the people you love than kill them. The regular way is just to watch the world do it. Just read the newspaper.
- Chapter 3
- Old George Orwell got it backward. Big Brother isn't watching. He's singing and dancing. He's pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother's busy holding your attention every moment you're awake. He's making sure you're always distracted. He's making sure you're fully absorbed. He's making sure your imagination withers. Until it's as useful as your appendix. He's making sure your attention is always filled. And this being fed, it's worse than being watched. With the world always filling you, no one has to worry about what's in your mind. With everyone's imagination atrophied, no one will ever be a threat to the world.
- Chapter 3
- When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love. Now people hear a commercial for sour cream potato chips and rush out to buy them, but now they call this free will. At least the Greeks were being honest.
- Chapter 3
- The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.
- Chapter 3
- In journalism school, what they want you to be is a camera. A trained, objective, detached professional. Accurate, polished, and observant. They want you to believe that the new and you are always two separate things. Killers and reporters are mutually exclusive. Whatever the story, this isn't about you.
- You don't become a journalist because you're good at keeping secrets. Being a Journalist is about telling. It's about bearing the bad news. Spreading the contagion. The biggest story in history. This could be the end of mass media. The Culling song would be a plague unique to the Information Age. Imagine a world where people shun the television, the radio, movies, the Internet, magazines, and newspapers. People have to wear earplugs the way they wear condoms and rubber gloves. In the past, nobody worried too much about sex with strangers. Or before that, bites from fleas. Or untreated drinking water. Mosquitoes. Asbestos.
- Chapter 7
- Imagine the books burning. And tapes and films and files, radios and televisions, will all go into that same bonfire. All those libraries and bookstores blazing away in the night. People will attack microwave relay stations. People with axes will chop every fiber-optic cable.
- Chapter 7
- Power corrupts. And absolute power corrupts absolutely.
So just relax, Helen Boyle told me, and just enjoy the ride.
She said, "Even absolute corruption has its perks.- Chapter 9
- Our footsteps echo against the concrete floor. The steel roof hums with rain. And she says, 'Don't you feel, somehow, buried in history?'
- Chapter 10
- These distraction-oholics. These focus-ophobics."
- Chapter 14
- Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can hurt like hell.
- Chapter 14
- Here's Big Brother, singing and dancing, force-feeding you, so your mind never goes hungry enough to think.
- Chapter 14
- Until you deal with your real personal issues, you'll never be able to control yourself.
- Chapter 14
- Down through the ceiling comes a fire siren and people screaming that we're supposed to ignore. The gunshots and tires squeeling, sounds wee have to pretend are okay. They don't mean anything. It's just television. An explosion vibrates down from the upstairs. A woman begs someone not to rape her. It's not real. It's just a movie. We're the culture that cried wolf.
- Chapter 17
- "When you think about it from a native plant perspective," Oyster says."Johnny Apple seed was a fucking biological terrorist."
- Chapter 19
- The way you can go to Paris or Beijing, Oyster says, and everywhere there's a McDonald's hamburger, this is the ecological equivalent of franchised life-forms. Every place is the same place. Kudzu. Zebra mussels. Water hyacinths. Starlings. Burger Kings. The local natives, anything unique gets squeezed out.. He says, "We're landscaping the whole world one stupid mistake at a time."
- Chapter 19
- Sure, everybody wants to play God, but for me it's a full-time job.
- Chapter 20
- According to Mona, you shouldn't kill people, because that drives you away from humanity. In order to justify killing, you have to make the victim your enemy. To justify any crime, you have to make the victim your enemy.
After long enough, everyone in the world will be your enemy. With every crime, Mona says, you're more and more alienated from the world. More and more, you imagine the whole world is against you.
- Chapter 22
- Doctor Sarah didn't start out by attacking and berating everybody who called her radio show," Mona says. "She used to have a little time slot and a little audience, and she seemed to really care about helping people."
And maybe it was after years and years of getting the same calls about unwanted pregnancies, about divorces, about family squabbles. Maybe it was because her audience grew and her show moved to prime time. Maybe it was the more money she earned. Maybe power corrupts, but she wasn't always a bitch.
- Chapter 22
- Still, he deserved to die. He called me an asshole.
- Chapter 22
- Centuries ago, sailors on long voyages used to leave a pair of pigs on every deserted island. Or they'd leave a pair of goats. Either way, on any future visit, the island would be a source of meat. These islands, they were pristine. These were home to breeds of birds with no natural predators. Breeds of birds that lived nowhere else on earth. The plants there, without enemies they evolved without thorns or poisons. Without predators and enemies, these islands, they were paradise. The sailors, the next time they visited these islands, the only things still there would be herds of goats or pigs. .... Does this remind you of anything? Maybe the ol' Adam and Eve story? .... You ever wonder when God's coming back with a lot of barbecue sauce?
- Chapter 23
- The masochist bullies the sadist into action. The most passive person is actually an aggressor. Every day, just you living means the misery and death of plants and animals- and even some people. "Slaughterhouses, factory farms, sweatshops," she says, "like it or not, that's what your money buys."
- In order to save the world, Jesus Christ suffered for about thirty-six hours on the cross. I am willing to suffer an eternity in hell for the same cause.
- Chapter 26
- Every generation wants to be the last. Every generation hates the next trend in music they can't understand. We hate to give up the reins of our culture. To find our own music playing in elevators. The ballad for our revolution, turned into background music for a television commercial. To find our generation's clothes and hair suddenly retro.
- Chapter 26
- Maybe you don't go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the things you don't do.
- Chapter 28
- History is is filled with brilliant people who wanted to fix things and just made them worse.
- Chapter 39
- I need to rebel against myself. It's the opposite of following your bliss. I need to do what I most fear.
- Chapter 39
- The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.
- The more people die, the more things stay the same.
- Imagine immortality, where even a marriage of fifty years would feel like a one-night stand. Imagine seeing trends and fashions blur past you. Imagine the world more crowded and desperate every century. Imagine changing religions, homes, diets, careers, until none of them have any real value.Imagine traveling the world until you're bored with every square inch. Imagine your emotions, your loves and hates and rivalries and victories, played out again and again until life is nothing more than a melo-dramatic soap opera. Until you regard the birth and death of other people with no more emotion than the wilted cut flowers you throw away.
- Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to feel alone in a world full of victims or enemies.
- Sticks and stones will break your bones, but now words can kill, too.This is how we must look to God. As if everything's just fine.
- This culling poem is a blessing. Why do you think it was created in the first place? It will save millions of people from the slow terrible death we're headed for from disease, from famine, drought, from solar radiation, from war, from all the places we're headed.
- "The best way to waste your life is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch.
- Either an ancient cursed Egyptian mummy has come back to life and is trying to kill the people next door, or they're watching a movie.
- If you haven't already noticed, all my books are about a lonely person looking for some way to connect with other people.
In a way, that is the opposite of the American Dream: to get so rich you can rise above the rabble, all those people on the freeway or, worse, the bus.
- The journalist researches a story. The novelist imagines it.
What's funny is, you'd be amazed at the amount of time a novelist has to spend with people in order to create this single lonely voice. This seemingly isolated world.
It's hard to call any of my novels "fiction."
- All my friends with PalmPilots and cell phones, they're always calling themselves and leaving reminders to themselves about what's about to happen. We leave Post-it notes for ourselves. We go to that shop in the mall, the one where they engrave whatever shit you want on a silver-plated box or a fountain pen, and we get a reminder for every special event that life goes by too fast for us to remember. We buy those picture frames where you record a message on a sound chip. We videotape everything! Oh, and now there's those digital cameras, so we can all email around our photos — this century's equivalent of the boring vacation slide show. We organize and reorganize. We record and archive.
- Everything is funnier in retrospect, funnier and prettier and cooler. You can laugh at anything from far enough away.
- People in France have a phrase: "Spirit of the Stairway." In French: esprit d'Escalier. It means that moment when you find the answer but it's too late. So you're at a party and someone insults you. You have to say something. So, under pressure, with everybody watching, you say something lame. But the moment you leave the party...As you start down the stairway, then - magic. You come up with the perfect thing you should've said. The perfect crippling put down. That's the Spirit of the Stairway. The trouble is, even the French don't have a phrase for the stupid things you actually do say under pressure. Those stupid, desperate things you actually think or do.
- Chapter One, Guts
- "To create a race of masters from a race of slaves, Mr. Whittier said, to teach a controlled group of how to create their own lives, Moses had to be an asshole."
- Chapter 3
- "It's not a matter of right and wrong," Mr. Whittier would say. Really, there is no wrong. Not in our minds. Our own reality. You can never set off to do the wrong thing. You can never say the wrong thing. In your own mind, you are always right. Every action you take--what you do or say or how you choose to appear--is automatically right the moment you act.
- Chapter 4
- What you have to love about drinking is, every swallow is an irrevocable decision. You charging ahead, in control of the game. It's the same with pills, sedatives and painkillers, every swallow is a first definite step down some road.
- Chapter 4, Slumming by Lady Baglady
- Stink for privacy, the new way to protect personal space. Intimidation by odor.
- Chapter 4, Slumming by Lady Baglady
- "A journalist has a right... ...and a duty, to destroy the golden calves he helps create."
- Chapter 5, Trade Secrets, A Poem About the Earl of Slander
- "You are permanent, but this life is not," Mr. Whittier would say. "You don't expect to visit an amusement park, then stay forever."
- Chapter 6
- The earth, he'd say, is just a big machine. A big processing plant. A factory. That's your big answer. The big truth. Think of a rock polisher, one of those drums, goes round and round, rolls twenty-four/seven, full of water and rocks and gravel. Grinding it all up. Round and round. Polishing those ugly rocks into gemstones. That's the earth. Why it goes round. We're the rocks. And what happens to us--the drama and pain and joy and war and sickness and victory and abuse--why, that's just the water and sand to erode us. Grind us down. To polish us up, nice and bright.
- Chapter 6
- In the big factory of perfecting human souls, the Earth was a kind of tumbler. The same as the kind people use to polish rocks. All souls come here to rub the sharp edges off each other. All of us, we're meant to be worn smooth by conflict and pain of every kind. To be polished. There was nothing bad about this. This wasn't suffering. It was erosion. It was just another, a basic, an important step in the refining process.
- Chapter 6
- "Every apostle or disciple," Mrs. Clarke says, "as much as they're running to follow their savior-they're running just as hard to escape something else."
- Chapter 8
- For the rest of history, all over the world, people will be trying to save this same dead woman. This woman who just wanted to die.
- Chapter 9, Exodus
- You can't unfuck a kid. Once you fuck a kid, you can't get that genie back in the bottle.
- Chapter 9, Exodus
- This is just what human beings do-turn objects into people, people into objects. Back and forth. Tit for tat.
- Chapter 9, Exodus
- As a fundraiser, our first idea was 'Five Bucks to Punch a Mime.'
- Chapter 10, Punch Drunk
- "Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things- they save you." p205
- Chapter 11, Ritual
- "What matters," Sister Vigilante says, "is, people need a monster they can believe in." A true horrible enemy. A demon to define themselves against. Otherwise, it's just us versus us.
- Chapter 13, Civil Twilight
- With the angel of death going door to door, people stayed together. They quit bitching and behaved.
- Chapter 13, Civil Twilight
- I lost my virginity through my ear.
- Chapter 15, Anticipation
- The whole idea of men creating perfect robot women for their own pleasure, it happens every day. The most "beautiful" women you see in public, none of them are for real. They're just men perpetuating their perverted stereotypes of women. Just the oldest story in the world. There's a penis on every page of Cosmopolitan magazine if you know where to look.
- Chapter 15, Speaking Bitterness, A Story by Comrade Snarky
- "We should forgive God..."
For making us short. Fat. Poor.
We should forgive God for our baldness. Our cystic fibrosis. Our juvenile leukemia.
We should forgive God's indifference, His leaving us behind:
Us, God's forgotten Science Fair project, left to grow mold.
God's goldfish, ignored until we're forced to eat our own shit off the bottom.
- Chapter 19, Absolution
- That's how a scary story works. It echoes some ancient fear. It recreates some forgotten terror. Something we'd like to think we're grown beyond. But it can still scare us to tears. It's something you'd hoped was healed.
- Chapter 19, Hot Potting, A story by Baroness Frostbite
- If there's a trick to doing a job you hate... Mrs. Clark says it's to find a job you hate even more.
- Chapter 20, Cassandra, Another story by Mrs. Clarke
- We love drama. We love conflict. We need a devil or we'll create one.
- Chapter 20, Cassandra, Another story by Mrs. Clarke
- "Telling a story is how we digest what happens to us," Mr Whittier says, "It's how we digest our lives. Our experiences."
- Chapter 21
- If we can forgive what's been done to us... If we can forgive what we've done to others... If we can leave our stories behind. Our being victims and villains. Only then can we maybe rescue the world.
- Chapter 21
- "I used to think the secret to a happy ending was to bring down the curtain at the exact right time. A moment after happiness, then everything's all wrong again." p76
- "The difference between how you look and how you see yourself is enough to kill most people. And maybe the reason vampires don't die is because they can never see themselves in photographs or mirrors." p144
- People fall so in love with their pain, they can't leave it behind. The same as the stories they tell. We trap ourselves.
- Some stories, Mr.Whitter would say, you tell them and you use them up. Other stories, they use you up. p288
- Some stories, you use up. Others use you up.
- The difference between how you look and how you see yourself is enough to kill most people. And maybe the reason vampires don't die is because they can never see themselves in photographs or mirrors.
- The world will always punish the few people with special talents the rest of us don't recognize as real.
- A book is as private and consensual as sex.
- Leather shoes and fried chicken and dead soldiers are only a tragedy if you waste their gift sitting in front of the television. Or stuck in traffic. Or stranded at some airport.
- That's the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell.
- Their teeth white, as if they never used teeth for anything except to smile.
- Some stories, she'd say, the more you tell them, the faster you use them up. Those kind, the drama burns off, and every version, they sound more silly and flat. The other kind of story, it uses you up. The more you tell it, the stronger it gets. Those kind of stories only remind you how stupid you were. Are. Will always be.
- I used to think the secret to a happy ending was to bring down the curtain at the exact right time. A moment after happiness, then everything's all wrong, again.
- "Until you can ignore your circumstances, and just do as you promise," he says, "you'll always be controlled by the world."
- You will always have some excuse not to live your life.
- Her dress, swimsuit-tight, leotard-tight, her pantyhose run with women pedaling bicycles going nowhere at a thousand calories an hour.
- What makes earth feel like Hell is our expectation that it should feel like Heaven.
- If you can watch much television, then being dead will be a cinch. Actually, watching television and surfing the Internet are really excellent practice for being dead.
- The first time we meet another person an insidious little voice in our head says, 'I might wear eyeglasses or be chunky around the hips or a girl, but at least I'm not Gay or Black or a Jew.' Meaning: I may be me - but at least I have the good sense not to be YOU.
- It simply makes sense that I should miss my parents more than they miss me, especially when you consider that they only loved me for thirteen years while I loved them my entire life.
- In Hell you'd be foolish to count on people displaying high standards of honesty. The same goes for earth.
- Yes, and I know that when a supersexy older girl with hips and breasts and nice hair wants to take off your glasses and to paint you a smokey eye she's merely trying to enroll you in a beauty contest she's already won. It's the kind of slummy, condescending gesture, like when rich people ask poor people where they summer. To me, this smacks of a blatant, insensitive 'let them eat cake' type of chauvinism.
- If the living are haunted by the dead. Then the dead are haunted by their own mistakes."
- I do hereby and forever abandon abandoning all hope. Honestly, I give up on giving up. I'm just not cut out to be some hopeless, disillusioned wretch with no aspirations for the rest of the eternity, sprawled catatonic in my own feces on a cold stone floor. In all probability the Human Genome Project will, someday, find that I carry some recessive gene for optimism, because despite all my best efforts I still can't scrape together even a couple of days of hopelessness. Future scientists would call it Pollyanna Syndrome, and if forced to guess, I'd say that mine has been a way-long case of history chasing rainbows.
External links
edit- Encyclopedic article on Chuck Palahniuk on Wikipedia
- Media related to Chuck Palahniuk on Wikimedia Commons
- Quotes page from ChuckPalahniuk.com
Works by Chuck Palahniuk | |
Novels | Fight Club (1996) · Survivor (1999) · Invisible Monsters (1999) · Choke (2001) · Lullaby (2002) · Diary (2003) · Haunted (2005) · Rant (2007) · Snuff (2008) · Pygmy (2009) · Tell-All (2010) · Damned (2011) · Invisible Monsters Remix (2012) · Doomed (2013) · Beautiful You (2014) · Make Something Up (2015) |
Non‑fiction | Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon (2003) · Stranger than Fiction: True Stories (2004) |
Comic books | Fight Club 2 (2015–2016) |
Film adaptations | Fight Club (1999) · Choke (2008) |


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Mindy Kaling says she loves romantic comedies, even though she wrote last year in The New Yorker that saying so "is essentially an admission of mild stupidity."
Her new Fox TV show, The Mindy Project — which she created, stars in, writes and runs as co-executive producer — is essentially a serialized romantic comedy, where each week, viewers can check in with the character to see how her life is going, Kaling says.
Except she hopes her show is "actually funny," she tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross.
Kaling plays Dr. Mindy Lahiri, a successful obstetrician/gynecologist, whose personal life is a mess and who struggles to do the right thing.
Kaling's late mother was also an obstetrician-gynecologist — and an inspiration for Dr. Lahiri's career.
Kaling says that even though their actual jobs were very different, she and her mother had similar work ethics and long hours.
"I would often be leaving work at 11 o'clock at night in [Los Angeles] and call her in Boston and she would still be awake, waiting for a baby to be delivered," Kaling says. "It's fun to be surrounded by women in all different stages of their lives — some who are married, some who are expecting babies, some with families. It seemed like a good board for a character to be bouncing off her own neurosis."
Kaling played Kelly Kapoor in The Office, for which she also wrote and produced. She says she initially thought running her own show was a chance to "correct any pet peeves" from her old job; she wanted to listen to her writers the way she wanted to be listened to as a writer on The Office.
But about five weeks into The Mindy Project, Kaling realized she had to stop asking for as much input. It was hard, she says, because her "personality is to be chatty and to talk to people and hear peoples' problems."
As an Indian-American actress playing a lead on a TV show, Kaling says, she's gotten positive early feedback but still feels the burden of people pinning "their hopes and dreams" on her. She says she just has to brush aside her worries, because Dr. Mindy Lahiri is a "real character."
"This is not someone who should be winning a teaching award or being a role model," Kaling says. "Let me, Mindy Kaling, be a role model if anything — and that's pretty arguable, too — but let the character just be a funny character."
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On being busy
"Now that I'm in Hollywood, I have many friends who run their own shows, and one of the personality traits at a party — being overwhelmed by being a show-runner on a show — is just something people adopt. ...
"And one thing my mom and dad raised me believing is that everyone is busy, so it's not really a good conversation topic to talk about how busy you are. And it's a little narcissistic, in fact, to talk about that, because everyone is stressed out no matter what job you're in. Nobody is like, 'Yeah, I'm doing really well — work is just a total snooze and so easy.'
"So when I got this job, I thought, 'I'm going to be that person who is the star of their own show and the show-runner and the head writer, et cetera, et cetera — but I'm going to always seem like it's no big deal.' And I was actually able to do that for the first six weeks. And now, I have to say, it's a little hard to pretend that I'm just like this cool-as-a-cucumber person."
On the list of 15 things that women love to wear
"I have found it to be true that men tend to not understand or like sequins very much. Men don't like the wedge shoe, I have noticed. Men don't like the statement necklace or chunky, tribal jewelry. These are all the things, by the way, that I love, so the overlap in the Venn diagram of things that men hate for women to wear, and things that I love to wear, is almost full overlap ... which is unfortunate for me.
"Like most women, I dress for other women. If I was going to dress for men, in general, I would just be wearing a fitted black T-shirt and tight jeans every day. Of course, this is my unscientific research done by working with male comedy writers for the past eight years. They just tend to really like — this specific group of guys — really simple, clean lines, things like that, but I don't. So I dress for women, I wear all of those things, because I like looking at it. It makes me feel happy and excited to wear it."
On her mother's death
"You have to struggle to try to remember the person before the [pancreatic cancer] diagnosis happened, because they really do change, as anyone would change. So for the first period of time ... the thing you remember most vividly is ... how the disease changed them. And then, now I'm beginning to remember my mom [when I was] 28, which is a real gift. But it was such a short amount of her life, that it seems unfair to her memory to let it cloud most of my memory of her."
On being an Indian-American actress on TV
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"So I get worried by doing this character that people think that I'm saying that about all those people. And I just have the weight of that on my shoulders, which is something that I do envy other performers for not having."
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