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Selective Affinities: David Duke and Glenn Greenwald
To David Duke, Glenn Greenwald is a great source of wisdom. He cites him, he quotes him, he basks in the reflected prominence of this apparent soulmate. Offhand there would seem to be a problem for someone like Duke, the very Duke who is unashamedly a hater of Jews and is often considered "extreme right." Yet here Duke is drawn to Greenwald, yes the Greenwald who is openly gay, Jewish, and conventionally considered "extreme left." No, as we shall see, there is no anomaly here. "Left" or "right," we are dealing here with figures on the lunatic fringe where the logic of ordinary life plays little role. Among a slew of other affinities, Greenwald and Duke both see the American government as wholly evil, and not coincidentally, both see Israel as the great scourge of our time.
(Here is a list of articles on Duke's website in which Greenwald is admiringly used as an authority.)
The surface differences between Duke and Greenwald are as obvious as they are misleading. Where Duke freely intones against "Jews" and "Zionists," Greenwald speaks only of "Israel," "Israel's" alleged war crimes, and so forth (all while praising Hamas and its "resistance"). Neither are good at standard English prose, but Greenwald's infelicities are minor compared to Duke's. But these differences only obscure the similarity in the underlying manichean philosophy, a philosophy in which the West and all its institutions are presented as personifications of the Devil.
So here is our cast of characters, David Duke and Glenn Greenwald.
First of all, David Duke, or, as he would have it, "Dr. David Duke, Ph.D." Yes indeed, Duke has a Kandidat Nauk degree from a private Ukrainian institution (which, according to a US State Department assessment, is "one of the most persistent anti-Semitic institutions in Eastern Europe"). Duke, but nobody else, interprets this degree as a Ph.D. The title of his, well, "dissertation," was Zionism as a Form of Ethnic Supremacism.
What else is known about Duke ? Quite a bit, actually. Wikipedia summarizes as follows:
David Ernest Duke (born July 1, 1950) is an American white nationalist, conspiracy theorist, far-right politician, former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and a political writer. A former one-term Republican Louisiana State Representative, he was a candidate in the Democratic presidential primaries in 1988 and the Republican presidential primaries in 1992. Duke unsuccessfully ran for the Louisiana State Senate, United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, and Governor of Louisiana. Duke is a felon, pleading guilty to defrauding supporters … Duke describes himself as a "racial realist", asserting that "all people have a basic human right to preserve their own heritage."An advocate of antisemitic conspiracy theories, Duke speaks against what he considers to be Jewish control of the Federal Reserve, the federal government and the media. Duke supports the preservation of what he labels Western culture and traditionalist Christian "family values", Constitutionalism, abolition of the Internal Revenue Service, voluntary racial segregation, anti-Communism and white separatism. He opposes what he considers to be "promotion of homosexuality" by Jews. [You say that his friend Glenn Greenwald has a husband ? No matter]
The Southern Poverty Law Center describes Duke as "the most recognizable figure on the American radical right" and "a neo-Nazi". His views are characterized by conspiracy theories, racism, antisemitism, and Holocaust denial.
As we shall see, Duke currently maintains an extensive website, from which I quote a few characteristic items:
Boehner out Zios Obama by inviting Netanyahu to lecture Congress
ISIS threatens to behead two Japanese hours after Netanyahu predicts Japan will experience terror
Israel attacks Syria in support of ISIS
CNN fires Jim Clancy after 34 years over tweeting row with Jewish activists. Welcome to Press Freedom in Zio-America!
Are You an "Anti-Semite"? If You Dare Quote the Jewish Elite Themselves — You Are!
More Zio-Treason Against America! Spymaster Admits Israeli President Lied to US over Pollard
Jewish Supremacist "Refugee" Hypocrisy: Yes in America, No in Israel
Zio-Control of US Government: Blatant Jewish Supremacist Appointed Head of DHS Task Force on "Foreign Fighters"
Chutzpah: $3.1 Billion US "Aid" to Israel as it "Buys" $2.75 billion Worth of F35 Jets
Zio-Racists Welcome Obama Immigration 'Amnesty'—but Support Immigrant Expulsion from Israel
But enough about Duke; on to Mr. Greenwald. Since I have already devoted a number of previous postings to Greenwald's writings and his website Intercept, a brief summary here must suffice. Financed by the enigmatic multi-billionaire Pierre Omidyar, Greenwald's Intercept has certain bed-rock principles: 1) The US, and especially its President, are war criminals and are by far the greatest danger to the world at this time; 2) Israel, as an appendage of US imperialism, is a "murderous state;" Hamas is not at all a terror organization but rather a laudable resistance movement 3) terror actions by hapless Moslems, for instance the recent shootings in Ottawa, are but natural consequences of the West's relentless aggression against Islam. In its first year of operation, I counted seventeen "anti-Israel" postings on Intercept that I would consider anti-Semitic in intent.
Most recently Duke and Greenwald have taken similar positions, and Duke has cited Greenwald, concerning the arrest of the French anti-Semite "Dieudonne" in the aftermath of the Paris terror killings. (See Greenwald here, and Duke here.) As far as I can make it out, their somewhat torturous reasoning seems to be as follows: 1) the Charlie Hebdo materials constitute an attack on Muslims; 2) the Western media laud such attacks; ergo 3), we must all applaud all incitement of hatred against Jews. Neither Greenwald nor Duke seem to see a difference between blasphemy (as in Charlie Hebdo) and the incitement to hatred against actual living people. Greenwald took the opportunity to publish a particularly ugly series of anti-Semitic cartoons in the Stürmer style: big ugly "Jewish noses," and all the rest. The article on Duke' site on the subject reads Dieudonne arrested as French Zio-puppet kill free speech for good.
Strange minds like those of Duke and Greenwald have always been with us. Only rarely do they constitute real threats, as they obviously did, in retrospect, in the Germany of the 1920's. But what worries me now about the Duke-Greenwald duo is the enormous wealth that sustains Greenwald. Not only does the Omidyar organization supply Greenwald with apparently unlimited finances, but it has also used these resources to largely silence effective criticism. Intercept and its parent First Look Media have hired high-priced help, all of whom seem to be in full support of the manichean line, at least in public. As if to mock critics, Omidyar has spoken of his crew as "fiercely independent," which means, in Omidyar-talk, fiercely obedient to the Greenwald take on the world. If the seriously strange ideas of Greenwald cannot be expected to enforce total loyalty in the Omidyar organization, the serious Omidyar dollars may do the trick. And that will work out as a diminution of the free market of ideas in America.
Read my previous posting on Dieudonne, the French anti-Semite now promoted by Duke and Greenwald
Addendum — May 4, 2015
Mr. Glenn Greenwald, the Ayatollah, and Mr. David Duke all Celebrate the anti-Semitic Cartoonist Carlos Latuff
On January 9 of this year, Mr. Greenwald introduced the anti-Semitic cartoons of his friend, the Arab-Brazilian Carlos Latuff. He presents this propaganda as "some not-remotely-blasphemous-or-bigoted yet very pointed and relevant cartoons by the brilliantly provocative Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff."
In 2006, Mr. Latuff had won second prize for Holocaust Denial at the Teheran International Holocaust Cartoon Competition. Whatever victims there may have been in any so-called Holocaust, they were, by Mr. Latuff's lights, Palestinians, not Jews.
Not to be outdone by either Mr. Greenwald or the Supreme Leader, Mr. David Duke (who defines anti-Semitism as "stating basic facts about the subversive, criminal nature of organized Jewry and the Jewish state of Israel") is as proud as Greenwald to publish an anti-Semitic cartoon by Latuff, on April 16, 2015.
Addendum – July 21, 2015
Among the ostensibly Jewish writers who attack Israel, none is more hysterically anti-Semitic than Max Blumenthal. As he is described in an excellent article by David Mikics, nothing less than the physical annihilation of most of Israel's Jews will please Mr. B. For this, Blumenthal has received the enthusiastic endorsement of both Greenwald and Duke. If anyone had doubts about Greenwald's maniacal hatreds, this posting of his, endorsing Blumenthal, will dispel them.


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Howling Dogma is pleased to announce the release of Ladybug Breath, a collection of 14 new songs from Otis Peach. Started in the fall of 2001, this disc was finally completed in August 2003. It contains songs by Lewis Lowrey, Bryan Toney, and Steve Chase. Otis played the instruments and sang all the parts himself without any bathroom breaks as the events of September 11 and their aftermath blared out of the TV in the next room. Sometimes, there was a faint odor of cat urine in the booth and maybe Otis would have a beer and complain about his day job. There was a guy living in a van in the front yard of the studio out there in Foscoe, North Carolina, and he usually had a campfire. Otis planned to retire on the proceeds from this recording, and he is standing by his mailbox waiting for royalty checks to arrive even though it is well after 2 a.m. If you buy yourself a copy and maybe one for a friend Otis will be able to eat supper for a change. Not that he is that desperate, but he needs a little encouragement and some good mashed potatoes now and then. Otis Peach met secretly In August 2003 with Allen Lowrey, of the internationally renowned Lambchop and the ferociously rocking Trauma Team, to lay down some drums, and so he did. Brian Talbot and Robb Earls of Sound Vortex helped make this possible. Otis was crushed to find that Barbara Mandrell's underwear drawer was no longer on display on Music Row, but he decided to go ahead with the project anyway. Otis told me it was a big fat lie that most of the guitar and some bass and keyboards were done by Bryan Toney, and he sang on about half the songs. It is also viciously alleged that Lewis Lowrey sang and played bass, guitar, and harmonica. Otis also got fighting mad at the suggestion that this was a trio of guys who played in a band in high school and got together 25 years later on a whim. Talk of members of Biscuithead, Propeller12, The Hardendorff Flyers, The Cherry Blossoms, Sarah Evans, The Land, and other long gone bands being involved, some Lambchop connection, all this is just what Otis hates to hear. Just like Jethro Tull, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Pink Floyd, he's just one man out to make his mark. Otis might be in Louisville, or Nashville, or out in Boone, North Carolina, or he might be out your way if you ask him nice and wave a little money under his nose. Bosco Stravinsky.

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Hi Ladies! My dear friend Courtney, from Women Living Well is here today sharing what many of us are wondering: "What are our men desiring from us for Valentine's Day?"
Courtney writes:
This Friday is Valentine's Day. In a lot of marriages, this day comes and goes without a whole lot of acknowledgement. We women see it on the calendar – we know it's there, we've helped our children write out all their little Valentine's Day cards…and we cross our fingers that our husband NOTICES it is Valentine's Day.
But rather than waiting around for something that might not happen – how about we use this day to show our husbands appreciation for the blessing that they are in our lives. This day gives us a reason to shower our husbands with some extra Tender Loving Care!!!
Philippians 2:3,4 says "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others."
Let me make a suggestion as to what a majority of men want even if they aren't willing to say it:
Which of the three does your husband need from you right now?
Thank you so much for your insight, Courtney! I love all of these ideas. I took your "all red meal" idea and ran with it….here we go!
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Courtney Joseph is a graduate of the Moody Bible Institute with a degree in Evangelism and Discipleship. Courtney is the founder of Women Living Well Ministries and is the author of the book "Women Living Well". She can be found writing about a woman's walk with God, marriage, parenting, and homemaking at WomenLivingWell.org.


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Steve Clarke insists Nicolas Anelka will have to fight for place in West Brom side
West Bromwich Albion coach Steve Clarke insists that Nicolas Anelka is not guaranteed a starting spot.
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Anelka joined Albion in the summer, but after one game for the club he was granted compassionate leave after the death of his agent.
He returned to the fold at the start of September and has started every match he has been available for, although he is yet to score.
And, despite his impressive CV, which includes the likes of Real Madrid, Juventus and Paris St Germain, he will have to battle for his place in the side.
"It's a squad game and players have to be ready when selected. I have to pick the best 11 I can. When you're a star, and Nicolas is, he will grab the headlines," said Clarke.
"But football's a team game. It's everybody's job to create and score goals, not just Nic's.
"His form, by and large, has been good. He has brought a different dimension to the team.
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May 29, 2014
A Refined Technique On Sampling Bat Population Sizes Developed
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online
For years, researchers have been using acoustic monitoring technology to assess the bat population in specific areas. Researchers conducting a new study around Form Drum in upstate New York have now developed a refined method on this non-invasive sampling technique.Published in the Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment, the new study concluded that transect sampling — installing a row of detectors for a week, then moving them — gathered data on a larger area with greater disparity of habitat than stations set up for the entire season. However, transect sampling requires more time and effort.
The team noted that their work was partially motivated by the Army's need to determine Fort Drum's impact on the local bat population. Many bat populations in the area have been decimated by white-nose syndrome, a deadly fungal infection known for the white growths it causes on the nose of infected bats.
"The Department of Defense is compelled to follow the Endangered Species Act," said W. Mark Ford, the leader of the Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at Virginia Tech. "Hence they are required to monitor the endangered Indiana bat to assess how military training, range sustainment, and other environmental stewardship efforts, such as forestry and ecological restoration, impact the species."
"The challenge is that, as a result of white-nose syndrome, you cannot monitor bats by catching them because there are too few," Ford added. "But they are still there, and the act still applies. So we use acoustics to say 'present here, go slow; absent here, go ahead.'"
The study researcher noted that the big brown bat, which is only modestly impacted by white-nose syndrome, and bat varieties not affected by the fungal infection were easy to find despite the sampling method used to find them. The endangered Indiana bat and little brown bat needed both long-term sampling and transect sampling over a wide area in order to ascertain that they were even present, even though scientists knew their preferred roosting and foraging areas. Not knowing these areas made detection even more difficult for species like the tri-colored and northern long-eared bats.
"For species like the northern long-eared bat or tri-colored bat for which Fort Drum managers do not have as much historic maternity colony data, we have to 'think like a bat' and try to monitor in areas of suitable habitat or expected use on what we know about the species' natural history," said Laci S. Coleman, who conducted the research as part of her graduate degree in fisheries and wildlife sciences from Virginia Tech.
The researchers concluded that transect sampling "in areas of known previous use, expected use, or suitable habitat is likely more effective than deploying detectors for long periods or at permanent stations."
"Transect sampling is a time-consuming commodity that busy natural resource managers tasked with maintaining military installations have in very short supply, considering today's management demands," Ford said.
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Xian Horn shares her advocacy work as a biracial woman with Cerebral palsy. Her positivity and flexible thinking focuses uplift teens to celebrate their differences, "Disability was easy, insecurity was a challenge." Horn discusses her work at: the Standing Tall school for non-verbal students, NYU's program for women with disabilities, and Change Blazers an organization whose mission is to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Then in the Barb Asks segment, UCONN's Chris Wenz talks about literacy education and the benefits of #neurodiversity.
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Elizabethtown College has added a new minor in film studies. The interdisciplinary minor will include courses from many academic departments, primarily English, communications and philosophy.
Students who declare this minor will be required to take an introductory course and a capstone course, but the bulk of the 20 credits necessary to earn the minor are electives. Film studies minors will choose three of many possible electives, including preexisting courses such as Psyche and Film and new course offerings.
The interdisciplinary nature of the film studies minor will allow students to analyze and appreciate films in a multidimensional manner. In addition, because the film studies minor is interdisciplinary, it complements many different majors. "As our film studies minor will cover many genres of film and time periods in film history, this new minor is a fantastic opportunity for students of any discipline," Visiting Assistant Professor of English Jesse Waters said, who will offer a course on 70s cinema. Students minoring in film studies will interpret and analyze films from various genres, cultures and time periods through the perspective of multiple academic disciplines.
For example, students enrolled in Associate Professor of Theatre Dr. Michael Swanson's World Cinema, World War II to the 21st Century course will examine films as products of their culture. Students in Waters' course, A Little Warped: Hollywood Genre-Bending Films of the 70s, might interpret the same films as products of their time.
The goal of the minor is not only to teach students about film techniques and critical analysis, but also to use films to introduce and exemplify intellectual ideas. Films can evocatively present insights about philosophy, ethics, religion, culture and other concepts that are more abstract or removed when studied in other mediums. "It might be argued that you can learn more about the plight of the Kurdish people in Iraq by watching a film such as 'Turtles Can Fly' than you could by researching and writing a 20-page term paper," Ralph W. Schlosser Professor of English and Department Chair Dr. David Downing said.
The minor's creation was a result of a proposal presented by Dr. Michael Silberstein, professor of philosophy and now director and advisor of the film studies minor, though there has been consistent interest in creating the minor for several years. "This minor started out as a feasibility study in my business writing class a few semesters ago. So, you could say it was student initiative— 'reel world learning'— that led to the creation of this minor," Downing said. The minor is a collaborative effort from its foundations, adding to its interdisciplinary nature.
"Film studies is a burgeoning area of academics, which many colleges are now starting to realize is both exciting and viable," Waters said. Though exciting, the courses included in the minor will approach cinema as an art form in a critical way. "Students will not be earning credits if they can prove they watched 'Sharknado,'" Downing said.


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Lucy Gale saved countless lives when she arrived at the scene of a car crash.
Now the brave Pontefract resident has been recognised for her courage through the YEP-backed Yorkshire Women of Achievement Awards.
After the car smash at a level crossing in 2011, Lucy managed to drag the injured driver out of the car.
With a train fast approaching, Lucy then drove the car off the tracks moments before the train sped past.
Lucy, from Kirk Smeaton, was nominated for the award in the 'courage' category by best friend Joanne Moore, who described her as "an incredibly humble person".
Joanne said: "She could have died but she thought only of the other people involved."
Speaking about her award nomination, Lucy said: "I feel honoured and very surprised to have been nominated for this award as it's here in my home town."
She added: "I'm Yorkshire through and through and don't believe there is a better place in the UK to live.
"I won the Pride of Britain award as a panel of celebrity judges deemed my story to be worthy, I have no idea who nominated me but am proud to be one of the select few to have won such an accolade".
The Women of Achievement Awards will be held at the Royal Armouries in Leeds on Friday, May 9.
The glittering event, which is now in its 28th year, helps raise thousands of pounds for the Leeds-based Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice.
There are five award categories – Yorkshire Woman of Achievement in Business, Education, Sport, Young Achiever of the Year and the Jane Tomlinson Award for Courage.
One of the five winners will be named the Overall Yorkshire Woman of Achievement 2014. Last year's overall winner was Dr Kate Granger, who is living with terminal cancer but continues to work and speak publicly about her illness.
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KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — For years, Ted Ligety has so owned giant slalom racing on the World Cup circuit that he had ended the argument about whether he was one of the best of all-time. Now, after a performance here in which no other racer could hope to touch him, he has Olympic gold to top it off.
Ligety took a huge lead in his first run Wednesday and did enough in his second run to hang on to win the giant slalom, rounding out his resume in the discipline — with more turns and technical elements than downhill but more speed than slalom. His combined time was 2 minutes, 45:29 seconds, .48 seconds better than France's Steve Missillier. Alexis Pinturault, also of France, won bronze. Ligety is the first American male with two Alpine Olympic golds.
"It was a huge relief," Ligety said. "I've been wanting to win this medal for my whole life."
Ligety, a 29-year-old from Park City, Utah, held an advantage of 0.93 of a second after the morning first run – which doesn't sound like much, until you consider that span of time covered the third through 17th finishers. It put him in perfect position for the afternoon, when he could ski hard but not at risk of making a significant error.
Ligety's first gold medal came in surprising fashion when he won a combined (downhill and slalom) at the 2006 Turin Games. He then went on to establish himself as the best giant slalom racer in the world, winning last year's World Championship in the discipline as well as four season-long titles on the World Cup circuit.
The only thing that remained: an Olympic medal. Ligety finished a disappointing ninth in giant slalom in Vancouver, so there was pressure to perform here.
"I knew I was a favorite coming into today," he said. "Having struggles in Vancouver, having a little bit of a lackluster so far for me up until today, I knew there was a lot of pressure on today, and I really wanted to perform and ski the way I can ski. To be able to perform and do what I wanted to do on the skis and have it equal a gold medal is truly awesome."
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David Wise wins ski halfpipe gold
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OUR columnist brings the golf season to a thought-provoking close with his annual Huggy awards
EVEN IN this season of goodwill to all men, there needs to be balance. So, amid all the schmaltzy sentimental claptrap, some realism, pettiness and cynicism never goes amiss, albeit set alongside heartfelt tribute. Hence the Huggys. Sometimes ill informed, often harsh and, occasionally, genuine – but still sport's most prestigious and sought-after annual awards – they traditionally bring the golf season to a thought-provoking close. The envelopes please…
It's Rory McIlroy. At the age of 23, the Ulsterman won a major championship by eight clear shots. He played the best golf in that silly Fed-Ex Cup thingy. And he's dating a lovely blonde tennis player. End of discussion.
As ever, this category was the most hotly contested of all, 2012 having produced a truly exceptional array of candidates, especially off the course. Some of the stuff pulled by a series of bumbling administrators provoked much head shaking and indignation inside the Huggy committee room. Verily, 'twas a year of almost non-stop incompetence.
First we had the ever-unreliable dowagers of the Ladies Golf Union announcing that the best amateur player in the British Isles, Charley Hull, was ineligible for the eight-strong Curtis Cup squad that would take on the Americans at Nairn. Hull's "crime" was accepting an invitation to play at the Kraft Nabisco Championship in Palm Springs – a major no less – rather than attend a wind-swept and chilly team get together in the Highlands, one held months before the matches would actually take place. To be fair, sanity did eventually prevail, Hull did play and – wouldn't you know? – the GB&I squad swept to a famous victory.
Next up was the Scottish Golf Union, whose selection committee came up with the notion that our nation's "Player of the Year" for 2012, Jack McDonald, was somehow not good enough for the three-man side that would eventually finish a shameful 44th – behind the likes of Slovenia, Poland and Slovakia – in the World Amateur Team Championship. McDonald, strangely, wasn't even first reserve. The world still awaits a plausible explanation.
Still, despite all of the above, there could only ever be one winner. Or, two actually. When the combined wit and wisdom of the St Andrews Links Trust and the R&A decided, in their finite wisdom, to mess around with nine holes on the Old Course at St Andrews, they all but retired this much-valued Huggy. Come to think of it, they also deserve a supplementary award for "most arrogant action". Classic plonkers – all of them.
To the surprise of no-one, the ever-despicable Steve Williams was a strong contender, courtesy of the self-proclaimed "world's best caddie" all-but disappearing as his man, Adam Scott, imploded over the closing four holes of the Open Championship at Royal Lytham. Another bag-carrier, one Jennifer Oakley, came into the frame by famously losing her way during the Senior British Open at Turnberry – she walked down the 10th hole when her group was on the 13th – and cost her husband Pete a two-shot penalty for "delay of play".
And let's not forget Jose Manuel Lara's faithful companion at the BMW International, the guy who discovered he had one too many clubs in the bag then all-too-obviously tried to hide the extra one in a thick bush just off the 18th tee. Classic stuff.
Call it a three-way tie.
"There isn't a low point in being a professional golfer. I mean, let's be realistic."
Padraig Harrington
There he was, the major-less Colin Montgomerie, bouncing through the streets of Aberdeen – the home city of Great Britain's most recent major champion – carrying the Olympic torch. As Huggy consultant and Scotland on Sunday chief sports writer Tom English tweeted: "Paul Lawrie should have run alongside carrying the Claret Jug." Indeed. That would have been a point worth making. But, to the apparently oblivious Monty, goes the Huggy. Not his first of course and, one suspects, not his last.
The world of golf has no idea who Craig Carton is. Which is fair enough, because Craig Carton has no idea about golf. But that didn't stop the WFAN (New York) radio host from subjecting swing coach Hank Haney to 35-minutes or so of ill-informed and almost non-stop abuse.
Carton, clearly a sensitive wee soul, was apparently mortally offended by the book, The Big Miss, a volume chronicling the five years Haney spent coaching Tiger Woods. But all he really did was expose his own shortcomings as both a broadcaster and an interviewer. Any opportunity for sensible discussion about the matter at hand was lost amidst a tiresome tirade designed solely to promote the interviewer's self-aggrandising agenda.
Thankfully, the moronic Carton has since descended back into golfing anonymity. Good riddance.
"Watching Phil Mickelson play golf is like watching a drunk chasing a balloon near the edge of a cliff."
David Feherty on Lefty's typically high-risk strategy
Yes, he was fortunate to find a spot in the trees from where he could make a full and unfettered swing. And yes, the lie wasn't too bad either. But what a shot it was by Bubba Watson on the first hole of the sudden death play-off that would decide the destination of the most famous garment in golf.
Hooked round the overhanging branches with nothing more than a wedge, Watson's stunning approach spun to a halt no more then ten feet from the cup. Two putts from there won the Masters and, now, a Huggy.
When Jun Lee, a 71-year old former Korean law enforcement officer, was arrested for attempting to smuggle 40,000 erectile dysfunction pills worth $700,000 in his golf bag, his ascension into the Huggy Hall of Fame was all but assured.
In all, Lee's bag contained 29,827 counterfeit Viagra tablets, 8,993 dodgy Cialis pills and 793 Levitra products. When asked if they were all for his personal use, the already doomed arrestee admitted that taking them all would kill him because of his heart condition. No kidding. Let's hope his well-earned Huggy finds a suitable spot in his prison cell. By the (barred) window perhaps.
"I've heard the winner of the Masters hosts the dinner. If I ever won it, there would be no suits, no ties and McDonald's."
John Daly
With so many deserving candidates, this was – for a while at least – not the easiest decision for the hard-working Huggy committee.
There was Paul Lawrie's imperious march to a second Qatar Masters victory, one that surely convinced the former Open champion that a Ryder Cup spot was possible. There was Ernie Els storming to victory over the treacherous back nine at Lytham. And almost any of Rory McIlroy's four tours of Kiawah Island en route to his second major championship win would qualify.
But, in the end, the choice was both straightforward and obvious. When Ian Poulter, pictured below, transformed the Ryder Cup matches with those five closing birdies on Saturday evening at Medinah, he simultaneously earned a Huggy. It was something to see, unforgettable really. As was the Englishman's animated reaction to every putt. Is there anything in golf better than match play?
Sorry Adam, four bogeys to finish – to lose by a shot – would have won a Huggy in almost any year. And 2012 is no exception.
Yet again, the Huggy committee found it impossible to separate two very different candidates in this heart-warming category.
First up is Kyle Stanley. Needing only a double-bogey seven on the 72nd hole to clinch the Farmers Insurance Open, the 25-year old American took six shots to get down from less than 100 yards and lost by one. One week later, however, he came from six strokes back with 18 holes to play and won the Waste Management Open (memo to Huggy committee: next year we need an award for worst tournament title). Quite a comeback.
Then there is Keegan Bradley, the man who twitched, wiggled and stared his way through the final round of what used to be called the LA Open at Riviera. That was bad – and slow – enough but what really repulsed all Huggy voters was his incessant spitting. In a case of not-so great expectorations, the now former USPGA champion left what appeared to be gallons of spittle and phlegm strewn across the famous course, provoking widespread condemnation on both sides of the Atlantic.
Bradley listened though. After watching himself in action, he resolved never to spit again on any course. And he has not, a feat that earns him a well-deserved Huggy.
"That's a great shot with that swing."
Feherty again, as former Open champion Ben Curtis teed off
When PGA Tour player Matt Every sat down for a chat with Golf Channel reporter Kelly Tilghman at the Sony Open in Hawaii, things got interesting in a hurry. After a few typically banal opening gambits, Tilghman (uncharacteristically) got stuck in with the following:
"Describe your state of mind two years ago when you were arrested on drug [possession of marijuana, to be precise] charges and suspended from the PGA Tour. Take us back and tell us what that was like."
To which Every, after a momentary hesitation, responded with: "I don't think it's that big a deal. There's a lot worse stuff that goes on out here."
At that, presumably with a terribly PC producer screaming in her ear, Tilghman shut things down. Would have been nice to hear just what Every was referring to though.
"We have revised the [team] qualification [criteria] for next time. It's nine [automatic] spots, two [captain's] picks and 'Poults.' The 'Poults' clause."
Lee Westwood pays tribute to Ryder Cup team-mate Ian Poulter
To the green-jacketed members of Augusta National, a long-overdue Huggy for their far-sighted and revolutionary move into the 20th century. (Yes, the 20th). Women members! Who'd have thunk it?


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Looking for reasons to be thankful this holiday season?
Here's one: Our community isn't Washington.
As in Washington, Ga., not Washington, D.C.
Now, I don't know if you've visited the nearby town of Washington, or just bypassed it while en route, perhaps, to Athens. But it's a beautiful town.
One recent visitor wasn't there for the antiques or the tour of homes, though. He was a reporter for The Washington Post. They hit upon an intriguing idea: Do a story about a miniature version of the national political divide by focusing on a town called Washington, in which a black leader was running against a white challenger.
The story is revealing, in part, because of the lens through which the outsiders view the election, narrowing it down to black vs. white, us vs. them, poor vs. rich – even using actual railroad tracks to represent a "wrong-side-of-the-tracks" divide.
But it's also revealing for what it says about the state of racial politics, and politics in general.
Admittedly, I am not without bias. If you hadn't noticed, I'm white. I don't have much choice. So feel free to take my comments with whatever grain of salt you deem necessary.
My very general impression always has been that, over time, we have seen the development of two distinct societies: Society as a whole, and the self-identified black community. It's indisputable that the origin of that divide was imposed by the white community when the black community didn't have much say in the matter. But since the enforced divisions were eliminated, it is the black community that maintains them.
That's why there is no such thing (at least not in the acceptable mainstream) as a Miss White America, or a National Association for the Advancement of White People, or a parent organization for historically white colleges. The opposites of those, and many more, not only exist, but generally are not considered "racist" – though the very notion of expressly "white" versions of anything would, immediately, be rejected as racist.
Those concepts are crystal-clear in The Post's coverage of the Nov. 8 Washington mayoral race, pitting black incumbent Willie Burns against white newcomer Ames Barnett.
Running for re-election in a majority black town, Burns said outright that he had no interest in pursuing white votes. The story follows him as he campaigns in a housing project, offering his view that he'd just be wasting his time to knock on white doors. The reporter accepts it with a shrug.
Yet just imagine the outcry if Ames had said he wouldn't bother to ask for black voters' support.
Instead, the challenger collected and spent tons of money mass communicating with all of Washington. The result: Ames won, narrowly. Considering the city has a lopsided black majority, that's pretty significant.
The exceptionally disappointing part is that rather than accept Ames' victory and issue one of those calls for "unity" we always seem to be hearing about, Burns' immediate response was to protest the results.
In that sense, Washington, Ga., does indeed seem to be a microcosm of our nation's political climate. We don't have winners and losers anymore, because losers never accept defeat and work with the winners. They simply keep beating on the winner, hoping to prevent him or her from accomplishing anything and thereby allowing their opponent to succeed.
On second thought, we might as well be in Washington, Ga. It's no worse than anywhere else.
(Barry L. Paschal is publisher of The Columbia County News-Times. Email barry.paschal@newstimes online.com, or call 706-863-6165, extension 106. Follow at twitter.com/


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Besides the heat, humidity and constant feeling of suffocation, summertime is probably the best time of the year, and in this Henry Moshizi shoot, there's no denying it. Model Iza Olak brings a whimsical feeling to this shot and embraces femininity in a very fragile yet beautiful way.
The Henry Moshizi shoot will have you pining for the outdoors and your favorite maxi dress. Adding to the shoot with small details are stylist Maiken Winther and hairstylist and makeup artist Lasse Pedersen. Be sure to check out the gallery for more whimsical summertime photography from the Henry Moshizi shoot.
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The C++ standard does not mandate any reference-counting or string-sharing behaviour for std::string. As far as I can tell the version shipped with VS.NET 2003 does not do it.
One of the problems with refcounted strings is making them threadsafe. This normally leads to a lot of overhead for the more common case of a string that's never accessed concurrently from different threads.


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Hummus is not just good with chips, but great for the skin too!
Some of us are cursed with those speckled brown spots on our hands and face due to ageing or from too much UVA exposure causing hyper-pigmentation. There are lots of amazing products out there on our shelves to help diminish the appearance of age spots. But due to the wonderful flavour of Hummus, its creamy consistency and wonderful lightening properties that it has on the skin – I would like to share with you two recipes where Hummus can help brighten up your skin and won't give you a double chin! It certainly won't break the bank either!
1. Squish approximately 20 Garbanzo beans (preferably from a can) with 1 tbsp of water.
2. Mix to a nice paste
3. Apply onto cleansed skin
4. Leave it to dry (you can do laundry, or do the dishes while it processes, just don't forget you have it on, if you have to rush out the door!)
5. Remove with warm water and apply moisturizer then sun block
6. Do this at least 3 times a week to see results.
Lemon can also be added to this recipe, due to its medicinal properties and also due to its lightening agent.
Don't forget this mask can be applied to the hands too and not just the face. Apply, put your feet up, read a book and wait for it to dry! Easy!
If your hyper-pigmentation and skin discoloration is due to acne prone skin the recipe below will help speed up the healing/lightening process and help with any bacteria that may be present.
1 cup of hummus (1/2 can of garbanzo beans, mixed with water)
1 tsp of crushed garlic
2 tbsp of flour, wheat germ or oatmeal ( I prefer oatmeal)
Mix it all together to form a paste. If you find it is too thick, add bit more water.
Leave onto a clean face for 20 minutes
Remove with warm water and apply moisturizer then sun block for sensitive skin
Do this at least twice a week to see results
By adding garlic to this wonderful age-spot facial mask which is prone to acne or acne scarring, the garlic due to its natural anti-biotic benefits will aid in reducing inflammation and speed up the healing process of the skin, whilst the hummus lightens the hyper-pigmentation. Enjoy my lovelies!!


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This program will crown a true Top (Box), Mod (No Box) and Junior Dragster World Champion. There are two ways to gain entry into the Summit SuperSeries World Championship race. You can qualify for the Summit SuperSeries World Championship by either winning the Summit Super Series track championship at your participating IHRA member track OR by winning the Summit Team Finals main event in your division.
1) WIN THE SUMMIT SUPERSERIES AT YOUR PARTICIPATING IHRA TRACK. Each track will crown a Summit SuperSeries track champion who will then move on to race at the IHRA Summit World Finals for the Summit SuperSeries World Championship presented by AMSOIL. The Summit SuperSeries World Championship will take place October 20-22, 2017 at Memphis International Raceway.
How it works…
Summit SuperSeries Step #1
* Join the IHRA Summit SuperSeries for Top and Mod and Juniors which includes IHRA membership benefits, Summit SuperSeries license, then request a special registration number (commonly called the X Number). The second digit of the number will be the letter X. On Junior Dragsters it is the last digit. This competition membership will allow you to participate in the Summit SuperSeries at your home track.
* If you are running a car in Top (Box) and another car in Mod (No Box), you must register and get X numbers for both vehicles. The same car may not be registered for Summit SuperSeries points in multiple classes. A competitor may only compete with one X number per class at any given facility.
Summit SuperSeries Step #2
* Sign up for the track points at your participating IHRA Summit SuperSeries track.
Summit SuperSeries Step #3
* Race at your local IHRA track while running your Summit SuperSeries X number. Your Summit SuperSeries eligibility does not begin until you register with IHRA and run the X number as your car number at your home track. Your X number must show up on your home track points page all year long. Failure to run the X number on your car or failure of your number appearing on your home tracks point page will make you ineligible for the Summit SuperSeries even if you have a registered X number on file with IHRA. Failure to maintain a current membership all season will result in a deduction in points for the events your membership was expired.
Summit SuperSeries Step #4
* Become the Summit SuperSeries Champion as determined by your track (see your home track for details on the method they use to determine the championship as each track may be different). You will then be eligible to participate at the Summit SuperSeries World Championships during the Summit World Finals at Memphis International Raceway.
2) WIN THE SUMMIT TEAM FINALS MAIN EVENT CHAMPIONSHIP. Each region will host a Summit Team Finals event for every IHRA division. Any Summit SuperSeries competitor that has an IHRA membership and "X" number registered and valid according to IHRA records from at least May 1, 2017 through your division's 2017 Summit Team Finals event and can win the 2017 Summit Team Finals main event championship in their division will become eligible for the Summit SuperSeries World Championship race.
To be considered eligible after winning the Summit Team Finals main event, a competitor will be verified by IHRA as having met Step #1 through Step #3 above, no different than the Summit SuperSeries track champion had to have met in order to be eligible. A 14 day renewal grace period will be granted for X number registrations that expire between May 1st and your Summit Team Finals event. If your registration is not renewed within a 14 day period from the expiration date you will not be eligible for the Summit Super Series World Championship should you win the Summit Team Finals.
Participant Guidelines
1) Summit SuperSeries points will not begin until you are registered with BOTH IHRA and your local track and running your X number on your vehicle with it appearing on your home tracks points page.
2) Racers in Top, Mod, Street, Bike and Junior Dragster are eligible (based on participating track's discretion).
3) A racer may compete for the Summit SuperSeries track championship at more than one track. Should one racer win the SSS championship at two different tracks, they will have to declare the track they will represent prior to the Summit Team Finals. Once the track has been selected, the remaining tracks will be able to submit their next highest eligible SSS competitor as their representative. A racer may only have one entry and represent only one track with regard to the SSS championship run-off.
4) There will be no double entry for a competitor that may win the SSS track championship and his Summit Team Finals event.
5) There are no substitutions for a Summit SuperSeries track champion or for a Summit Team Finals champion if that competitor chooses not to attend the Summit World Finals. The only way a track could replace their Summit SuperSeries track champion is based on the criteria of Participant Guideline #3 (above)
6) The race for the World Championship will be run on an 1/8 mile format. Crosstalk will be used and will always be active in Top. The use of trans brakes, two steps and automated shifters in the Mod category is permitted. The use of Delay boxes is prohibited in Mod. Throttle stops are not permitted in either class. The use of nitrous is permitted in both the Top and Mod classes. If a bike or sled wins they will run against cars.
7) The competitors will be run on a random pull card system until a ladder is generated at 16 cars. If there is a bye run it will go to the best reaction time from qualifying (if for 1st round) or from the previous elimination round during eliminations. Lane choice will be determined from the lane you choose or if there are only one lane of cars left by an IHRA official card pull.
8) IHRA Motorsports employees, team members, staff and IHRA track owners/operators/ managers are not eligible.
9) 2016 IHRA TOC World Champions and NHRA World Champions are not eligible.
10) "Gifted Rounds" are not permitted. Racers receiving 'dives' or 'gifted' rounds as determined solely by IHRA will be disqualified. To take advantage of the Summit SuperSeries program, please see the track manager of your local IHRA track for complete registration details.
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Popular music player Banshee has bumped itself up to version1.7.3 today, rolling out with it a fantastic new in-app Amazon MP3 store, Miro podcast directory integration "allowing users to discover, stream, and subscribe to podcasts in a way never before possible in Banshee" and a new tool for fixing ill formatted, incorrect, or just plain illogical, meta tag data.
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The latest version of Banshee can be procured at the official site (as source) or installed via the Banshee Daily Builds PPA.
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:banshee-team/banshee-daily
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REBarCamp Toronto is one of my most anticipated Real Estate Events of the year.
For the past two years I have spoken at REBarCamp and other events. Nothing compares to the format and the open forum discussions that happen at REbarCamp. As a presenter, my role isn't one of a lecturer but a facilitator. Presenters are encourage to inspire and collaborate thereby achieving the sessions goals.
This year the event is on Monday, April 28, 2014 starting at 8:30 am and ending at 5 pm.
Once again it will located at The Evergreen Brickworks, located at 550 Bayview Avenue which is just south of St. Clair Road.
In 2012 I spoke about how IDX is going to change the Real Estate Industry.
In 2013 I spoke about how focusing on a Niche was the way for the single agent to beat the big boys in Real Estate.
This year, my focus is on Videos. With videos you can increase your exposure. Each video is a clone of yourself helping you Lead Generate, Lead Conversion & Staying in Contact with Clients.
So how does REBarCamp Toronto work?
When you arrive, park your car. Parking was sponsored last year, so it maybe sponsored again this year.
After you sign in, you are greeted to a generous continental breakfast provided by BELONG CATERING.
Remember to bookmark http://rebcto.barcoderealty.com/schedule.php for your schedule which updates through-out the day as sessions are added on the fly.
I'm excited to announce that some special guests are coming to town. Patrick Healey, Krisstina Wise, Gary Wise, Joe Schutt, Darlene Sodano & Suzanne Roy are going to facilitate some great sessions.
The following sessions are ones I won't want to miss:
Leadership in Real Estate: Melanie Piche will host Krisstina Wise, Shirley Porter, Suzanne Roy, Diane Usher:
Should you build a team? Lead or manage brokerage? Get politically involved with the associations? Join us for an open conversation about the leadership challenges and opportunities in real estate.
Danny Wood: How digital advertising is chasing you… and how agents can use this for lead generation!
It's a digital age and marketing is getting more technical. Those who understand the puzzle are leading the way to cheaper leads, better branding and with a local focus! Dan Wood will be showing us how to target consumers online and answer questions on the spot. Not just for internet geeks. This is for agents doing farming, referrals, seminars, FSBO and all pillars of business.
Krisstina Wise Tells All: Krisstina Wise Presentation
Here is quick breakdown of the day's schedule.
Morning sessions start at 9:30 am.
Session 1 – 9:30 am – 10:15 am
Session 2 – 10:30 am – 11:15 am
Session 3 – 11:30 am – 12:15 am
Lunch starts at 12:15 and a delicious box lunch is provided.
Afternoon sessions start at 1:30 pm
Session 4 – 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
Session 5 – 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
Session 6 – 3:30 pm – 4:15 pm
Finale – Raffle draw and the beer is at 4:15
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For 82 years, PIERCE CORPORATION has brought major advances in irrigation convenience and economy to growers worldwide. Since R.H. Pierce founded the company in 1932, PIERCE CORPORATION has continued to build a rich history of commitment to innovation and technology. During that time, PIERCE CORPORATION pioneered and advanced Center Pivot, Linear, Micro Pivot and Control Technology. Pierce's reputation is based on manufacturing well engineered systems that allow todays Ag Producers to increase yields while conserving the earth's resources. PIERCE CORPORATION'S long history is a tribute to its way of doing business as well as to each and every grower choosing PIERCE Irrigation Systems.
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Pierce Corporation - a name long associated with quality, delivery and world-class service that is now taking you into the 22nd century.
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Structure design in the irrigation industry has been virtually stagnant for 25 years. In fact, the primary design changes have been simply to reduce weight and slash costs. It is Pierce Corporation's conviction that the best machines were actually made in the mid to late 80's.
This in fact is planned obsolescence. Pierce Corporation's approach is vastly different due to our agricultural roots and commitment to the industry in that we wanted a machine that would last for generations.
After rigorous testing of our CP600 design, Pierce Corporation increased the wall thickness of our pipe, improved the span coupler to give considerably increased flexibility and vastly improve the strength and longevity of our structures. The tower legs have a multi-bolt fastening system to improved the strength and our pipe tabs have a load distribution design unique to the industry.
It is our commitment to see our center pivots lasting 30+ years as opposed to selling a new machine every decade.
The Pierce P93 Center Pivot was a well known, quality machine that had sold thousands of units worldwide and is running quite well today. However, demand for efficiency, structural strength, and ease of setup encouraged Pierce to evolve the P93 to it's current, most advanced flagship; The Pierce CP-600.
Pierce Corporation structurally designed the CP-600 to correct for weaknesses found on many machines of today. In doing so, Pierce's latest design of the CP-600 is considered the most structurally sound machine in the industry.


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The McLaren duo moved atop the world championship standings by dominating a tyre lottery from rivals Red Bull on Sunday, the day after
England's World Cup opener went all wrong in a dull 1-1 draw with the United States.
"Shame Lewis Hamilton did not take to football," said the Daily Mail on Monday.
The Daily Telegraph said: "Perhaps (England manager) Fabio Capello should send for McLaren9s so-called dream team. They appear to
have mastered the art of scoring maximum points." McLaren won an eventful race on the Montreal street circuit as their tyre gamble
proved the winning Formula.
There were some raised eyebrows on Saturday when Hamilton raced to pole and Button to fourth on the grid with soft tyres. But Sunday
showed that the hard tyres used at first by Red Bull drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel (and others) started graining earlier as
expected as their expected advantage was none at all.
"Clearly it was the right way to go. It was a choice for us to use the softer tyre and we felt comfortable with the fact that we
might have to stop within the first 10 laps. We knew it might even be lap five," said Hamilton.
"We knew that we would be fast again once we got on the prime (hard). We didn9t know how long the prime would last but fortunately
for us, whilst we did the prime runs, others like the Red Bulls had to do an option stop at some stage." Hamilton, Button and others
pitted with less than eight laps done and again well before the halfway mark. Webber had a longer second stint but that was to no avail as
he finished no better than fifth, behind the McLarens, Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso and Vettel.
As a result, the second straight one-two has shifted the championship in McLaren's favour, with Hamilton now on top with 109 points ahead
of the holder Button (106), Webber (103), Alonso (94) and Vettel (90).
Hamilton said the championship was far from over but that McLaren were doing better than Red Bull when it mattered, even though the Red
Bulls didn't collide as two weeks ago in Turkey.
"Maybe they will still be a little bit ahead but we are continuously improving ... I have no doubts that we can close that gap and
again pull ahead. But clearly on the race weekends we are doing a better job, both of us and the team," said Hamilton.
McLaren boss said Martin Whitmarsh said: "We have the two best drivers in the world right now ... "The team got it right and
the drivers did a fantastic job." While Alonso continues to be a threat, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner expressed damage control
when he spoke of "valuable points" won in a difficult race.
They must regroup quickly for the next race on June 27, the European GP in Valencia, Spain.
By then the Soccer World Cup will have reached the knockout stages and Hamilton and Button are upbeat that England will still be in the
"I think it's early stages of the World Cup, so I don't think there will be any disappointment ... Of course they are optimistic for
the next games," said Hamilton.
Button said: "It's only the start, I'm sure. We're all backing the boys and hopefully the next couple of games are good also. "
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Lemme begin with ..Oh Torchwood! What an experience it has been for me! Five episodes on five days..back to back. It has been such a roller-coaster ride mixed with extreme emotions and juxtaposed with intensely gripping drama and also posing some absolutely disturbing themes. Torchwood's latest series – Children of Earth could not have been better. But yes, for all the people who keep expecting for yet some more [ people like me], there is so much more left to be craving for. Coming back to Torchwood, what made me glued to the screen was the intense human emotions associated with a horrible horrible situation. God forbid, if we *ARE* faced with such a situation, I really wonder how the current global leaders would handle it. It is a huge comment on the global political scenario and also most importantly, how the US feels left out and suffers from an inferiority complex when an Alien invasion scenario occurs in central London, rather than NY or San Fransisco.
Series synopsis:
Day 1: Lets have a quick rewind of what happened previously [15 months sabbatical to be precise ]. Death of 2 regular characters in the finale. The Torchwood team this series remains limited to Ianto, Gwen and Capt.Jack .
Flashback to 1965 Scotland – A close encounter with Aliens and 12 children walking towards an enormous beam of light. Flash forward to present-day where all children momentarily freeze, simultaneously. …
The next level – Children scream out at an extremely screeching pitch, followed by repeating the words -"We Are Coming". The Torchwood takes notice of the phenomenon whereas the UK Govt. headed by the PM -Mr.Green and Home Office civil servant- John Frobisher, aware of the event as a work of "The 456" as an alient contact with which they dealt in 1965, wants to cover up their historic events. We also meet Clement MacDonald, the old-man with the psychic sense of smell, who is actually one of the 12 children who escaped the 1965 encounter with the 456.
Series of questions were raised after the first episode. Questions like – What happened in 1965 Alien abduction and what do the aliens want now, 44 years later? What happened to the Kids of 1965? And why are the kids used as a vessel for broadcasting the message – We Are Coming?
Day2: The government decodes the message from 456 to build a poisonous chamber. The government in their attempt to cover up the events of 1965, have destroyed Torchwood hub, and is on a rampage killing spree of all the Torchwood members. Ianto and Gwen have survived and are on the run, whereas Capt.Jack is dead (again). Pregnant Gwen is with her boyfriend Rhys, and they try to get back on their feet to create another Torchwood office so that they can deal with the 456 threat that they have discovered. Capt.Jack is back from the dead, and now being contained in concrete. Gwen and Ianto manage to free him with the help of Rhys, and Torchwood team is back in business. While all this was happening, the children reassure – We Are Coming Tomorrow.
Day 3: Stealing credit cards, new laptops, a new jacket for Capt.Jack and bam! we are back to Hub2 of Torchwood. Rhys is cooking some yum yum nom nom! The children of the earth now show some more features, pointing towards the centre of London. The 456 now descend and have no issues from being referred to as the 456. Poor Mr.Frobisher was forced to be the spokesperson for the planet's government and trying to negotiate the secrecy of the 1965 events. And with the help of brand Torchwood contact lenses – which also can broadcast video [ a Sci Fi gizmo successor of the Mission Impossible glasses ], all the events inside the MI5 negotiation room were being recorded by Torchwood. And Gwen,Rhys, Ianto and Clement are enjoying this from the comfort of their secret warehouse. But when Jack appears, Clement recognises him as the man who handed over the kids to the aliens in 1965.
Day 4: Now this is huge. This will be remembered as the episode where Ianto died. Also coping with extremely tough decision making, the global political leaders have to come up with a solution to meet with the unacceptable demand for 10% of the world's children. The fate of the children is also revealed when a cameraman is allowed inside the gas-chamber, revealing a child being hooked up to the alien as some kind of an energy source. You think that was disturbing? The UK Govt. is still hunting down Torchwood, but Torchwood has the events recorded and is using it as an evidence ready to be made public. Torchwood wins, and Capt.Jack and Ianto take control in the negotiation room, where they scream out jingoistically , that they will not be handing over the children and will fight back. The 456 is upset, and it releases a virus, killing a lot of people in the MI5 building, including Ianto :((
Day 5: After the previous night's events, all I had in mind was, will the Govt. or Torchwood be able to come up with a solution, and what would that be ? Rumors were floating all around of the possibility of the Doctor to beam up and saving the day. But it did not happen. And what happened made me extremely sad. The series was just monstrously creepy on many levels. The 456 revealed that it did not need the children to survive, but just as a snorting drug – "Children are GOOD" [Michael Jackson anyone]. The PM orders Frobisher to make a public broadcast of his own children being innocuated and then taken away in the bus. Unable to cope up with it, Frobisher shoots his own family before commiting suicide. On the other hand, Gwen, as a last tribute to Ianto, has a mission of saving Ianto's nephews and neices and their neighbourhood. Yes, the world was saved; by Captain Jack, assisted by the creepy ol Professor, but at a huge cost of Capt.Jack's grandson. And no, the Doctor did not appear.
To Sum It Up:
Russel T Davies has given us such a deeply moving series of Torchwood which has made me cry, two nights in a row. To begin with, I must say that the entire portrayal of how the politicians would tend to handle such a situation is creepy and extremely shaking. One of the most uncomfortable scenes in this series is not the poisonous gas chamber. Rather, it is the boardroom where all the politicians have gathered to discuss how to meet with the demand of giving away the 10% of worls's children. The boardroom buzzes with methods and techniques, and how everyone is after saving their own skin even under such circumstances. The discriminating criteria of choosing the unwanted 10% of the society and protecting the future prospective work-force on grounds of their schooling background was very disturbing. The thought of being compelled to give up children in itself is horrifying, and even when Capt.Jack has to make the choice of giving away his grandson , does it justify to give away one child to save billions? Was that Capt.Jack's atonement for handing over the kids in 1965? It kinda reminds me of the Jap-movie "Battle Royale" [a movie which can be termed- awesome awesome awesome].
The picturisation of hundreds of children freezing on the streets to either utter something in unison or just plain screaming is creepy. What would happen if children on Monday were to imitate this whole season. For sure, this would make a helluva creepy YouTube video, much like the Grand Central freezin or the Trafalgar Square freezing YouTube videos. Also, the concept of the 456 to use the children just a drug to get high is first-hand monstrosity. But yes, the entire series did remind me how weak Torchwood is , as a Special agency trying to fight paranormal activities. It was quite easy for them to set up a Hub when destroyed by just stealing some credit cards, and yet, they are always handicapped by the claws of the Govt. Torchwood needed to take things more in control and the entire point of the Govt. trying to cover up its history was almost unnecessary. I mean, how can you trust the 456 in the first place as far as implementing protocols is concerned. They took 12 children in 1965, and here they are, back again to snort some more , 10% to be precise.
And I had a dream. A dream that in the final episode, when Gwen kept on mentioning about the Doctor, the Tardis would beam out. The Doctor stepping out of his Tardis, would grab the 456 by his balls, and bitch-slap him and send him to be sucked into a really dark black hole never to come back. All this, while he resurrects Ianto, somehow [puhleeeeeez..]. But no, nothing happened. No one else to save the day, just Capt. Jack and his proficiency in broadcasting frequencies [ which reminded me- Wasn't it SKYNET as well, which was attempted to be brought down by some killing negative frequency, man Sound Engineering is futuristic].
All in all, Torchwood – Children of Earth provided us much anticipated thrills and Sci-Fi situational drama. In some cases, it delivered more awesomeness than the Sci-Fi shit that Hollywood has been churning out lately. RTD confirms that there will be a Season 4. Now thatCapt.Jack has gone to some other galaxy, I guess, we have to wait a long time to hear from him anytime soon.
For now, Enjoy the Screenshots below; Do Shout out your thoughts in the comments section below. And enjoy the DVD!
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The California Spangled is a breed of domestic cat that was bred to resemble spotted wild cats, like the ocelot and leopard. They were originally bred in the 1980s and were only ever a rare breed, and usually expensive, priced between US$800 and $2,500. The popularity of two other spotted cats breeds, the Ocicat and the Bengal, overshadowed their development.
California Spangled cats are a crossbreed of many strains, including the Abyssinian, American Shorthair and British Shorthair. Despite their wild appearance, they are completely domestic.
Breed Description
Sculpted, of medium length and width. Rounded skull. Slightly domed forehead. Slight nose break. Prominent cheekbones. Full, well-developed muzzle of medium length. Strong chin. Powerfully developed jaws.
Almond-shaped, well-open, set at a slight slant and well apart. Color: Gold to brown, appropriate to coat color; blue in Snow Leopards.
Medium in length, cylindrical, muscular.
Muscular and moderately long. Solid thighs. Strong bone structure. Well-developed musculature.
Long and strong. Hind legs form nearly a 90-degree angle, giving the appearance that the cat is sitting back on its legs and lowering the body close to the ground. Feet of medium size.
Moderately long, with thickness at the base equal to that at the tip. Tail has dark rings and a dark tip on the ground color. Well clad.
Coat: Short, except on the belly and tail where it is longer. Pattern: Spotted tabby. Spots covering the back and sides of the body are round, square, or triangular in shape and must be well-defined and separate. Stripes on the head, throat, legs, and tail. Colors - Eight classic varieties: Black, brown, blue, bronze, charcoal, red, gold, and silver. The Snow Leopard has a white coat with black markings and blue eyes.
Excessively massive body. Insufficient boning or musculature. Overly round or narrow head. Pointed ears. Green eyes. White spots on the toes. Overlong coat. Absence of tabby markings, coat pattern, or contrast. Light tail tip.
Upon his return from Tanzania, Paul Casey, a Hollywood scriptwriter, was inspired to create a small "house-leopard", a cat that resembled the wild, spotted African Cats, similar to leopards in appearance, but gentle . . . as a lamb. In order to reach this goal, a long breeding and selection program started in the 1970s, crossing several breeds, including: Siamese, British Shorthairs, American Shorthairs, Manx, Abyssinians, and a line of Egyptian and Asian street cats. It took eleven generations before type was fixed. The breed was formally introduced in 1986. The California Spangled is so named because it was born in California, and its coat resembles the round, dark markings of certain birds. The most recent T.I.C.A. standard was published in 1993. The California Spangled is rare in Europe.
The California Spangled is a lively, energetic, extremely active cat, though certainly not aggressive. Though wild in appearance, the California Spangled is social, affectionate, and gentle. Weekly brushing is sufficient.
The California Spangled Cat is generally healthy.