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RAW's newest showcase of the best emerging artists across Australia is on this Friday at The Melbourne Pavilion! Splendour is set to boast the best up-and-comers across music, fashion, hair, makeup, art and photography. So, if you're planning to get ahead of the crowd this year don't miss this spectacular event.
We've waited ever-so patiently for one of Australia's biggest events of the year to return. Finally, Dark MOFO is back in Tasmania from the 12th of June until the 22nd. Bringing the world's best emerging talent together in one massively loud, tremendously cold occasion, some of MOFO's most in-demand tickets have already sold out. You better get booking here.
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Quality wine-enthusiasts, this is the game for you. This Saturday at the St Kilda Town Hall you'll have the opportunity to access Australia and New Zealand's best classic wine varieties, inspired by the Rhone Valley in France. Taste and choose your favourite style and region to vote for the best wine of the season at this Game of Rhones. There can only be one winner at this exclusive event.
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Dear Adoring Fans,
I can't believe it is already September and I haven't posted my race report from my marathon back in June (aside: every time I type the word "marathon" my fingers automatically add a terminal 'g', so it says "marathong." What's that about?)
Where was I?
Oh, yes. The marathon. I ran it!
The marathon coincided with a meeting I had for work, also in San Diego, so it worked out perfectly. I drove out with my co-workers, participated in the meeting, had a day to do some sightseeing, and then met up with my team the following day. My meeting was at the San Diego Zoo, and we got this amazing behind-the-scenes tour of the bird exhibits, which was kind of realizing a lifelong dream of mine (no joke, when I was in elementary and middle school I spent hours and hours paging through a coffee table book about the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park. My dad got me a computer program that took you on a virtual tour of the zoo and I'd sit there entranced in front of the computer, reading about all of the animals.)
On the day between my meeting and meeting up with the rest of my team Christopher and I went on a nice hike at Torrey Pines State Park, visited the Birch Aquarium, and spent a little bit of time just enjoying the shoreline scenery and seeing the San Diego sights. He had to fly back to Tucson before my race, unfortunately, but we made the most of our time before he had to leave.
On to the race. Although this was my sixth marathon, I hadn't run one since 2008, so in many ways I was feeling like it was my first one. I felt confident in my training, and was very hopeful that I'd be able to meet my goal of running the race in under 4 hours 15 minutes. That said, I was still nervous. The race expo was enormous and kind of overwhelming, and I was glad to be there a day early to avoid at least a bit of the crowd. I got my race bib, timing chip, and goody bag, along with a few other things at the expo, but mostly it was just so crowded all I wanted to do was leave.
One thing that was special about the race was that some of my family was able to be there. My uncle and his wife and one of my cousins, who live in the Bay Area, and my mum, who came down from Portland, OR, were all there, which was really nice. My mum came to the Inspiration Dinner the evening before the race. Her father is one of the people I run in memory of, as well as her brother, so it was meaningful to have her there with me.
Race day dawned bright and early. I met up with my teammates down in the hotel lobby. My training partner, Scott, was unfortunately injured and decided to just run the half, so I decided to try to run the race with a pace group. I really wanted to break the 4:15 barrier, and the closest pace group they had was aiming fro 4:10, so that is where I decided to run.
The shuttle dropped us off at least a half a mile downhill from the start, so the day began with an uphill walk in the dark. The start area was crowded, but my team found a spot to gather and wait for the sun to come up. The lines for the port-o-potties were long, so I began the standard drill–get in line, use the port-o-pot, get in line again.
The race started in Balboa Park, where we'd spent the previous day sightseeing, so everything felt at least a little bit familiar. The start was a little hectic–the lines for the bathrooms were so incredibly slow that the race started while I was still in line. I was in the 15th or 16th start wave, so I had a little bit of time once the initial gun went off, but I still ended up jogging to the start, and getting there just after my wave left. As a result, I also forgot to start my Garmin for the first mile or so. Alas.
I spent the first couple of miles just trying to gather my wit about me. The stressful start was not ideal, and I found myself running a bit fast. I didn't want to burn out early, but I also wanted to find the 4:10 pace group, so I tried to run just slightly faster than my goal pace, hoping to catch up with them. Right around mile 4 I saw a man carrying a "4:10" sign on a stick, and a group of runners surrounding him who had "4:10" bibs on their back, just like me. Phew. I settled in for the long haul.
I'd never run with a pace group before, so I wasn't sure what to expect. I don't know if my experience in San Diego was typical, but the guy leading us was fabulous. For starters, he ran the entire marathon holding a 4′ dowel rod with a sign on top of it. He didn't just run the pace that we needed, but also coached us all along, got the crowd to cheer for us, and just generally made the whole experience fun. He'd check the time, tell us how we were doing in terms of the goal, tell us to shake out our arms now and then, remind us take it easy on the uphill, and every so often he'd holler at the spectators and ask how 4:10 looked, which always resulted in lots of inspiring cheering. It was fantastic.
And I felt great. I was running strong, averaging about 9:30/mile.
Running through the park down towards the city was nice because it was the same route that I'd walked and driven over the past few days, so I knew what to expect. One of the biggest highlight from the first half of the race was running through Qualcomm Stadium. We could look down onto the field, and they had a special "congratulations" screen for us as we ran by. There was also someone playing the big organ next to the Japanese Gardens, which was a neat treat. The day was overcast and cool; there was some concern that it would be sunny and hot, but the weather was really pretty perfect for a long run.
Much of the first half of the race happens on the highways (they close 'em down for the race). The challenging thing about this is that the camber that makes water run off of the highways to improve the situation for cars in wet weather provides a challenging surface for runners. I'd heard from folks who had done the race in the back about major knee issues resulting from this, and had been warned to try to stay down by the shoulder, where it was flattest. Our pace group leader was great and made sure to remind us of this, and to keep the group down in this area. There were some hills during the first half, but nothing too major, and certainly nothing as steep as the hills in the Nike Women's Marathon. I was still feeling really good.
5k time: 28:27
10k time: 56:46
Half marathon time: 2:03:59
We were right on schedule for a 4:10 race, with a nice cushion for those last miles, when things were bound to get rough.
From the downtown areas we headed north, towards Mission Bay. I was starting to get tired, and my calves felt a bit sore after the highway running, but I was still feeling pretty strong and proud of myself for hanging with the 4:10 group. I saw teammate Matt along the way, as well as our amazing TNT staff person Louanne cheering participants on, and that gave me a nice lift as the mileage went up.
As we got to Mission Bay, the running path started to narrow. We were running on a path that went around the bay, things started to bottleneck, and my pace group began to spread out just a little bit. That little bit kept extending and extending, and after speeding up several times and trying to weave around people in front of me in an effort to keep up, I found that I was tiring myself out. In spite of my best efforts, by mile 19 I had gotten separated from the group, who I could see in the distance, moving farther away. It was very disheartening.
Miles 20-22 were rough. I hadn't walked at all up to this point, except briefly through water stops, but I walked an awful lot of mile 20. This was the point where I was asking myself, "Jennie, why do you keep doing this to yourself? The only reason you are here is because of YOU. Why, Jennie? WHY?" I forced myself to eat even though I was feeling queasy, drank more water, and by mile 22 was starting to feel better and started running again.
The course took us out and around Fiesta Island for miles 23-25. I had heard from my teammates that this was a desolate, awful part of the race–no one to cheer you on, nothing interesting to look at, etc., so I had kind of psyched myself out before it even began. The reality, for me, turned out to be that this was one of the most beautiful spots of the race–beautiful habitat, birds calling and flying everywhere, and just peaceful quiet surrounding everything. The runners were really spaced out, after the bottleneck of miles 18-21, and I felt like I could breath. I felt 100 times better at mile 24 than I did at mile 19.
As I finished the island loop, I could look ahead and see the finish line. Unfortunately it was still 2 miles away! Those were two awfully long miles, but I definitely had caught at least a little bit of a second wind. I knew I was really close to my 4:15 goal time, although due to my Garmin mishap at the start of the race, I wasn't sure. At that point I just sort of put my head down and went for it.
The last 1/4-1/2 mile was lined with cheering fans, and that really helped me keep moving forward. I heard the announcer call my name, and then, suddenly, it was over. I had finished my 6th marathon.
Official time: 4 hours, 16 minutes, 8 seconds.
I hadn't quite made my goal time, but it was still a personal record, so I was very happy about that, especially given how lousy I felt for miles 20-22.
I made my way through the chute, got a banana and some water, checked in at the TNT tent, and met up with my family. My uncle Rick had run half of the half marathon relay (Go Rick!), so we compared finishers medals and experiences. I hadn't seen Rick, his wife, or my cousin Kate before the race (or in a number of years, for that matter), so it was especially neat to see them, and my mum, there at the finish line.
Physically I felt pretty okay. I was a little bit shaky on my feet, and my calves were definitely more sore than I'd expected them to be, but I was able to walk the long distance between the gear check and the TNT tent without too much of an issue.
After visiting with my family for a bit, we made plans to meet up in a few hours and I took the shuttle back to the hotel. On the shuttle I sat next to a woman who had been there to cheer on her daughter; we talked a bit, and it turned out she was a multiple myeloma survivor, and her name was Jan, just like my honored teammate Jan. It was a kind of strange coincidence, and it got me thinking about Jan, my Uncle Kenny, my friend Susan, and all of the many others whose names are on my race jersey. I may have been questioning my sanity around mile 21, but thinking about what all of my honorees have had to go through, well, suffice it to say that there are more marathons, century rides, and triathlons with TNT in my future.
Back at the hotel I took an ice bath and then a shower, and gently stretched and put my legs up a bit. My family came and picked me up and we all went to my other cousin's house for dinner. I was really, really happy to find that my cousin's wife had a foam roller, so I did a little bit of foam rolling, especially on my calves, which were beginning to feel more and more sore, and that really made a difference. My achilles tendons were feeling things the most, which I think was the unfortunate result of the cambered highway, but the rest of me was feeling reasonably good, with the exception of the usual blisters on my feet. I have come to accept the fact that as long as I am a distance runner, my second toenails will constantly be in a state of coming off or growing in (sorry for that visual, but it's the truth).
The next day my teammates and I flew back to Tucson, another successful TNT event under our belts. So what's next for me? I probably won't be doing another TNT event in 2012, but stay tuned for 2013. This December I'll be running the Ole Man River Half Marathon in New Orleans with my cousin, Chris, and am looking forward to that. Possible TNT events include the Arizona Distance Classic half marathon, here in Tucson in March, and the inaugural Nike Women's Half Marathon in Washington, D.C. in April. Watch this space!
There are a bunch of folks I'd like to especially thank, including Teresa and Rick, my amazing coaches; Louanne, our staff person and the heart and soul of Team Tucson; Matt S., who came out to San Diego on his own dime just to cheer his teammates on, even though he didn't run this race; my Uncle Rick, who gamely laced up his running shoes and did a solid 8 miles without really training for it–he definitely deserved that finishers medal; my cousin Kate, my mom, and Sunnie, for making the trek down to cheer us on (and to Sunnie for taking most of these pictures!); and my training partner, Scott–although we were not able to run the race together, I wouldn't have gotten to the start line without you!
Finally, I want to thank all of you who made donations to my fundraising for this event, or who sent encouraging messages.
Together we raised a fantastic $2410 to help find a cure for blood cancers. I have been fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society fairly continuously since 2005, and many of you have supported me through every event. A simple "thank you" seems very inadequate, but I still say it. Thank you for your continued generosity, for your encouragement, and for your inspiration. Together we have raised about $20,000 since 2005 to help find a cure for blood cancers and make the lives of patients and their families better. Running a marathon is cool and all, but THAT is the truly impressive thing. I think it was Betty Reese who said, "If you think you're too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito." That's the truth. From a $5 donation to a $500 donation, every single dollar counts and together we are really making a difference. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you.
Go Team!

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text: lewelma 16,945 Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 ETA: changed the title for clarity This is an X-post, and many of you have already read it. But given the other thread might be deleted or titled in an unsearchable manner, I've decided to pull my post out so that it might help someone one day..... X-post I will stick my head out and differentiate between unschoolers and Notschoolers. I was an unschooler for my first 3 years of homeschooling, and ran the unschoolers group here in town for 4 years. I have met and been good friends with many unschoolers. I have read every unschooling book I could get my hands on and done quite a bit of personal thinking and reflection. This is my take: I personally believe that all kids have a right to an education, and I am willing to define it. I think it is unfair to children to say that it is undefinable, and that anything counts. Horrible parents lose their kids to social services; we as a society have found a way to draw a line in the sand. And I believe that we need to do the same thing with education. NZ has a very good system for evaluating home educators, until 5 years ago (when National came in), all home educators were evaluated in person on a rotating basis, so about every 5 years. The law is fair; it requires that homeschool students are educated "as regularly and as well as public school." Clearly this must be interpreted, and here in NZ it has been interpreted as educating for at least 40 weeks a year (not a problem for unschoolers as they educated year round), and that all multiple learning areas are included in the education environment. This society has decided that all children are entitled to an education; and a democratically elected government has defined it with these 7 learning areas: Language (Maori or English) Numeracy Social studies (understanding people and society) Science (understanding the natural world) Arts (chosen from: music, dance, theatre, art ) PE Technology (understanding *how* society runs. This is NOT a computer class (although it could be); kids study the things like how a grocery store works: growers, distributors, store management, etc; or how gasoline gets to your car; or how mail gets to your house; etc So when evaluating if you are providing an education, the evaluator is looking for evidence in all these areas. I have gone through a review while I was an unschooler, so I know that *how* you achieve the above does not matter. I also know that if you fail a review, you are given 6 months to improve your game with the help of the ministry before your children are returned to school. I'm going to give 4 examples based on unschoolers I know. 2 city dwellers and 2 rural dwellers. One is a pass and one is a fail in each category. 3 of the 4 have had reviews (the 4th one I am just guessing at). I'm talking about 9 - 12 year olds here. Rural dweller #1 This family works a farm. The kids help with the animals and the farm maintenance and their small farm market. They cook, sew, draw. The kids are surrounded by books in the home and read when they are ready, which has been up to 10 years old. The parents read and discuss the newspaper over breakfast. This is a pass: Language - they do learn to read (writing is weak but is often associated with drawing) Numeracy - through cooking and sewing and the farm market (never getting to algebra, but learn elementary maths) Social studies - newspaper reading Science - farm work Arts - drawing PE - farm work Technology - how a farm works rural dwellers #2. This family lives rurally with a big yard, but does not actually run a farm. The dad works and the mom is very busy with her babies/toddlers and generally running the home. She does not include her older kids in home management, but rather kicks them outside to play every day for all day. They carve, build forts, play in the river, play imaginary games, etc. This is a fail Literacy - none, older kids do not read and are not being taught to read Numeracy - none, not even in cooking etc. Social studies - none science - biology from being outside Technology - none PE - playing outside Arts - carving perhaps? These children are not being educated. City dweller #1 A good friend of mine unschoolers her children in the city. They have a print rich home, the kids learn to read when they are ready. They do a lot of activities in the city: swimming, dance, drama, karate, art museums, etc. The mom reads a lot to her kids - whatever kind of books they want. She talks to them all the time as she does errands, talks about how things work in general. They cook, sew, play with some pretty cool computer programs (video, architectural, games, etc) This is a pass Literacy - print rich home and her children love writing stories Numeracy - through maths, sewing, architectural persuits social studies - read alouds science - read alouds technology - computers and errand discussions art - drama, dance, museums pe - swimming, karate, outdoor fun city dweller #2 This child typically plays video games all day long. He does go to swimming lessons and drama class. This child could read, but did not ever do it. Mom was too busy setting up her new business to do any read alouds. This is a good friend of mine, and she failed her review. She was given 6 months to change her game, did so, and passed the subsequent review. Literacy - none. not ongoing math - none social studies - none science - none technology - computers art - drama PE - swimming once a week, but nothing else My point is that you CAN define education. It does not need to look like what I had as a child or what I provide now. It does not need to set the kids up to do/be anything they want in life. It does not need to cover specific topics or be completed to someone else's timetable. It does not need to be provided in a certain way or create specific outcomes. But it must be an education. Children deserve no less. Ruth in NZ Link to post Share on other sites


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Name: Brady Rawlings
Club: North Melbourne
Position: Defender
Bye Rounds: 3 & 21
2010 Average: 92.5
2010 Games Played: 22
Predicted Average: 96
Why should I pick him? I can't believe I am writing this, but the numbers don't lie. Brady Rawlings must be considered for DT this year for a couple of reason. Firstly he is named a backman, and anybody back there capable of averaging 100 is golden, last year over the last six weeks he averaged 105. Secondly, although he is a no thrills type player, his durability more than makes up for it. In the last five years Brady has missed only two games, increasing his value dramatically. Last year, particularly in the second half of the year, Rawlings was given freedom as a creative player, something he hasn't been used to, as traditionally he has been recognised as one of the games best stoppers. This role change has had a huge positive influence of his DT output and respect from the footy community. Actually it also tells me he has been a wasted talent at the club for 10 years, but that's another matter.
Why shouldn't I pick him? It's Brady Rawlings lady (assuming we still have 1 female fan) and gentlemen. You know, that tagger from North Melbourne who before last year had a personal best DT average of 78. Traditionally the good DT players have a breakout year in their third year, but Brady has mixed it up with an 11th year breakout. Surely this has risk written all over it, a one off fluke at best. He is not available to select in the teams that follow the "over 30 rule" as he turns 30 this year. A huge concern is that he was freed up to find the ball in the place of the injured Liam Anthony. When they played together at the start of the year, a handful of Brad'ys scores were 85, 83, 71 and 65. Not awful, but concerning for a player that will come at a price of a 93 average.
Deck of DT Rating. KING – I never thought Brady would be labeled a King, but if you select him, it is to keep him, and with high scoring expectations. If the end of last year showed an indication of things to come, he could actually have his best average 12 years into his career. This would be considered a very risky selection, especially considering he could return to his tagging role at any time. I do however love the thought of pissing off all my mates by winning the head to head match up due to a Sunday afternoon 100 point performance by Brady Rawlings. The reactions would be priceless.
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I actually tracked this bloke last year, & he tends to get 30pts+ in the first qtr, (frequently,) then fades out.
Can't really see his ave. improving, possibly even slip a little.
Barring the early injury in a game, he could be the one that gets subbed out- WHO KNOWS?
I did have him in my side, but took him out for the above reason. He could be a decent upgrade option near finals time.


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EditorsNote: 2nd graf change 10-point to 11-point deficit, change to a pair of 13-point leads; 3rd graf, change 9:33 to 9:02
James Harden single-handedly outscored the visiting Phoenix Suns 17-10 over a key stretch of the fourth quarter Saturday night, sending the Houston Rockets to their 12th straight win over their Western Conference rival, 115-109.
Harden lost his personal duel with Devin Booker, one that featured a technical foul on each, 35-34, but came through down the stretch for the Rockets, who rallied from an early 11-point deficit and later blew a pair of 13-point leads before outlasting the guests.
Seeking to complete a winning trip after winning two of their first three, the Suns used a 15-2 run bridging the third and fourth quarters to erase a 13-point deficit and pull into an 85-all tie on a dunk by Kelly Oubre Jr. with 9:02 remaining in the game.
That's when Harden, just 5-for-20 from the field and 1-for-11 on threes to that point, took charge.
He had two 3-pointers and nine free throws during a stretch in which he did all of the Houston scoring, taking the hosts from the tie to a 102-95 lead with 3:59 to go.
The Rockets held on from there, with Russell Westbrook capping a triple-double performance with three hoops, two of which he turned into three-point plays.
Harden finished 8-for-27 from the field, 3-for-17 on 3-pointers and 15-for-18 at the line for his fourth consecutive game with 30 or more points against the Suns.
Meanwhile, Westbrook contributed 24 points, a game-high 14 rebounds and 11 assists to the win, while Clint Capela added 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Ben McLemore complemented his fellow guards with 27 points off the bench for the Rockets, who won for the fourth time in their last five games.
Booker was more efficient than Harden in his offensive game, shooting 11-for-19 overall, 2-for-4 on 3-pointers and 11-for-16 at the line for his game-high point total.
Ricky Rubio (10 points, game-high 13 assists) and Dario Saric (13 points, 12 rebounds) registered double-doubles for the Suns, while Oubre finished with 19 points and Mikal Bridges 14.
Saric bombed in three 3-pointers, helping the Suns, beaten for the seventh straight time in Houston, keep pace with the Rockets from beyond the arc, with each team making 11.
The Rockets outshot the Suns overall 45.1 percent to 41.7 and outscored them 22-18 at the line.
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newsweek.com – After a spate of legal action, social media confusion and general debauchery, the celebrated Testicle Festival just outside Clinton, Montana, will no longer be asking patrons to "have a ball."
The rowdy festival's closure after 35 years in action was first reported by theMissoulian on Monday. According to the newspaper, a drop in attendance and several high profile incidents led to the decision.
Matt Powers, who owns the Rock Creek Lodge where the festival takes place, told the paper that increasing social media use was an issue for some longtime patrons who wanted to "disconnect" and not have to see their actions publicized in social media posts.
The festival is also facing a lawsuit after two people were killed when a patron grabbed the steering wheel of a shuttle back to town at last year's event, flipping the vehicle.
Along with drink-driving related incidents, the festival has also been the scene of a number of stabbings.
Speaking to local station KTMF, Powers said that he planned to go into the medical marijuana business, saying he thought it would be "safer."
On his Facebook page, Powers said that "[T]he staff, the patrons, the event will be missed. Anyone that knows me, knows the reasons are many. There wouldn't be one reason to shut down the Fest. Apologies to all."
What a fuckin headline…and how rowdy are people getting at the "testicle festival" that people are dying and shit?!
Also it's wild that there's a whole festival dedicated to bull's balls..for 35 years.


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"The US wants us to protect their interests as a proxy, but Pakistan will protect its own interests," said the Honorable Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Khawaja M. Asif, while briefing the press in Islamabad. Since taking office, his brave words have shaken the power corridors in the US and India. He is on a mission to restore Pakistan's self-esteem in the global arena and make international powers recognize (and acknowledge) Pakistan's sacrifices for world peace. However, a few hours later, addressing his own party's convention, an act of lamentable embarrassment for the whole nation was witnessed in Sialkot when the same defender of Pakistan's pride was attacked with black ink. Ironically, that black ink can now be seen painfully staining Pakistan's pride.
Unfortunately, the past few days have seen more than one such incident. The Honorable Minister for Interior Affairs and three times elected Prime Minister have also been made victims of horrendous acts – both were thrown a shoe at. Perpetrators have so far hidden behind religious motivation. But there are some fundamental unanswered questions since the motivation at work here is stale. After all, only the Government cannot be blamed for the change in the Khatam-e-Nabooat Bill which included all political parties including PPP, PTI, JI, and JUI. The succession of these attacks begs to question the existence of an organized plan behind the curtains. Is it one last attempt at reviving religious fundamentalism in the last few months to make a blow at the popular vote bank? More importantly, have we seen the last of such attacks?
Furthermore, new precedents for political critique were set by opposition parties during the last five years. The use of abusive language and personal attacks so far have made insolent responses from the public commons, as social media connects more and more people. Opposition leaders have crossed all lows of mannerism. They have taught the public to pay no heed to morality and social etiquettes. All in all, such acts rarely achieve the real agenda, but their repercussions corrupt the social fabric. The critical question here is whether the opposition has made peace with this truth? Maybe after several such attempts at the PTI leadership, they have gone back to the drawing board to make the assessment.
It is about time, as a society, we ask ourselves whether we should be accepting of the rising intolerance and radicalization. To answer this question, we have to think retrospectively. Turning back a hundred years in history, in the backdrop of Khilafat Movement and the Montage-Chelmsford reforms, political leaders of the sub-continent, under the leadership of Gandhi, started a non-cooperation movement in February 1920 in high hopes of achieving "Swaraj" (Self Rule) by ousting the British rulers. It was a radical step and required the masses to "cease all relations of loyalties" with the British in all spheres of life. The movement played at the zenith of ideological clashes, one that in a façade of national unity would cause rifts in the building blocks of a society. Gandhi asked Muhammad Ali Jinnah for support.
The founder of our nation, Quaid-e-Azam, however, refused to support such extremist ideologies classifying them as politically unwise weapons that would not destroy the British but would instead appeal only to the illiterate and the inexperienced youth of the country and have dire consequences. Quaid-e-Azam believed that (ethical?) radicalization was an affliction that could not be contained in one sphere of life and would spread in the human mind; hence he chose to fight Imperialism constitutionally. Gandhi eventually, after hundreds killed and thousands arrested, had to call the failed movement to a halt saying, "Swaraj stinks in my nostrils". Reading the history pages today one can imagine that Quaid-e-Azam's help remained insufficient in achieving Swaraj in 1920, but he remained principled on the stance, standing in his time, to lead his people honorably, hence endorsing dignity.
Today we face this ill with poor comprehension of the impending disasters resulting from the current course of substandard political integrity. Political ideologies are based on principles; one can have a difference of opinion on a particular stand, but this difference of opinion should have moral and ethical boundaries of operation. While these acts of pusillanimity were condemned in public a sense of opulent benevolence was missing. It felt as if the grin of satisfaction was concealed for the camera; hence social media painted a different picture. At this point, Maoist Self-Criticism - discarding selfish tendencies and aligning oneself with ideological goals - is needed in our society.
Needless to say that politicians alone cannot be held liable for such horrid shepherding, some shame falls on the media and media personnel for their role also. Opinions should be heard and respected, but opinion makers have important responsibilities. With tens of thousands of followers, media personnel and opinion makers have the ability to create strong influences in the minds of the people. Sadly, some of our opinion makers are infelicitous with their words. When prime time talk shows do little more than aggravate feelings of antagonism, resentment, and frustration, the masses will react in an uncontrolled manner. Jesus was once teaching at a temple when a woman, caught in the act of adultery, was brought to him. He was asked if the woman should be stoned as required by the Law of Moses. However, for the crowd, if he told them to set the woman free, they could claim he did not hold to the Law of Moses, but if he told them to stone her, they could claim he was not the Savior. To this Jesus replied that she should be stoned but only, "Let the one who is without sin cast the first stone."
The author is a student of Politics and works with the Government on Research and Policy.


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We love Thanksgiving. Why? For starters, we love gathering together with all our friends and family to celebrate all the good things we have in life. On top of that, it's a holiday that's all about flavors. Here are some of our favorite flavors paired together:
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For the star of the show: Traditional Turkey & Bonfire Brown. We would also recommend throwing some mashed potatoes into the mix here, on your plate, not in your beer. The intricate malt profile of Bonfire Brown will bring out all rich flavors of your turkey. Bonus if you top it all off with a bowl of Beer Gravy.
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How does one write about one of the most intimate friends of God, of whom God said "Not so with My servant Moses ... I speak with him face to face, even plainly, and not in dark sayings ..." (Num. 12:7, 8)? How does one write about the only one that the Bible says God buried (Deut. 34:6), and at the end of his life God would say, "but since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face (34:10). Clearly the Lord, the covenant-keeping God, loved Moses and "spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend" (33:11). What a privilege to study Moses, Zipporah, and her father Jethro. Here's a story replete with the message presented in 1888.
Moses was a man preserved from birth by God and called to His service. He was a man full of compassion and truly touched by the oppression of his fellow Israelites. A man likely not slow to anger, which resulted in a need to flee to Midian where during 40 years he became "Moses the man of God," friend of God with a burning desire to see the covenant promises of God fulfilled (see Psalm 90). While there he married Zipporah (a believer in the true God), daughter of Jethro whom the Bible implies worshipped other gods. God heard the groanings of his people Israel and "remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob ... and looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them" (Ex. 2:24, 25).
Moses was keeping the flock one day and had a divine appointment with the Angel of the Lord, Yahweh, who appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. The bush not being consumed by the fire was of interest to Moses, and he turned aside to see this spectacle. God noticed and called to him from the bush and asked him to remove his shoes because he was standing on holy ground! What a call! God said to him, "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob" (3:6). The God of the covenant was calling Moses to action. God relates His plans for His people and immediately we see why Moses became such an intimate friend of God, a man of whom God would say, "since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face." Moses says to God, OK, after I tell your people all the things You told me "and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they say to me, 'What is His name?' What shall I say to them?" (vs. 13).
Amazing! God gives him the answer and Moses says, "But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, 'The Lord has not appeared to you'" (4:1). The chapter proceeds with God giving Moses tangible evidences of His power, and then Moses says, "Send someone else" (vs. 13)! But God knew the heart of Moses and saw there a man of faith who He would speak to "face to face, as a man speaks to a friend." The life of Moses will be marked by these tremendous conversations with God. What 1888 concepts can we see in the life of Moses and his relatives? Here are just a few.
1. The Cross of Christ is not merely provisional but effective for the whole world. Moses married Zipporah a Midianite, likely an Ethiopian. Ellen G. White tells us she was a worshipper of the true God (Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 383). Numbers12:1 says, "Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman." Mrs. White says that jealousy sparked the dispute (ibid., p. 384). Galatians 3:8 says, "And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the nations by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, 'In you all the nations shall be blessed.'" Paul goes on to describe the curse of God and concludes, "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree'), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus" (vss.13, 14). "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free ..." (vs. 28).
2. The Everlasting Covenant. Three incidents are significant. First, Moses' sons had not been circumcised, and after God called Moses He "sought to kill him" (Ex. 4:24). Zipporah, recognizing the reason immediately, got a sharp stone "and cut off the foreskin of her son." Second, Numbers10:29-32 relates a story of Moses inviting Hobab, Jethro's son, to go with them to the promised land, thus inviting him, a Gentile, to share in the promised blessing to Israel. The third incident brings the first two together and occurs in Exodus 6:2-8 where God repeats the everlasting covenant to Moses and asks him to tell it to the Israelites. We notice first of all that the covenant always from the beginning was God's one-sided promise to accomplish all for His people. So in Genesis 17, circumcision became the sign of the covenant, a cutting away of dependence on the flesh and living by the word of God only. Zipporah understood that Moses' mission would depend not on his might or power, but only on God's faithfulness and His Spirit, so she courageously performed the rite of circumcision. We also see a promise of four things in the covenant in Exodus 6 as in all other covenants—sanctification, reconciliation, evangelism (a heart to spread the gospel to others), and justification (compare with Jer. 31:31-34 and Heb, 8:10-12). When we appreciate the great and precious promises of God and the good news of the gospel we cannot keep silent. We will tell our friends, family, neighbors, and the world as Moses told Hobab. "Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to the Lord, to serve Him, and to love the name of the Lord ... even them I will bring to My holy mountain ... their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on My altar; for My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations" (Isa. 56:6, 7; see also Rom. 11:11-19).
3. The Faith of Jesus. After God delivered Israel from Egyptian bondage, Jethro brought Moses' family to be reunited with him in the wilderness. "Moses told his father-in-law all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardship that had come upon them on the way, and how the Lord had delivered them" (Ex. 18:8). Jethro rejoiced at the news and said, "Blessed be the Lord ... now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods ..." (18:9-11). The record says that Jethro "took a burnt offering and sacrifices to God." Following the sacrifice Jethro gave Moses divinely inspired advice. This episode has much to say about the message for the last days.
In 1888 a message was given to this church that was to bring God's people into unity:
"The Lord in His great mercy sent a most precious message to His people through Elder's Waggoner and Jones. This message was to bring more prominently before the world the uplifted Saviour ... It presented justification through faith in the Surety: it invited the people to receive the righteousness of Christ ..." (Testimonies to Ministers, pp. 91, 92).
"The time of test is just upon us, for the loud cry of the third angel has already begun in the revelation of the righteousness of Christ, the sin-pardoning Redeemer. This is the beginning of the light of the angel whose glory shall fill the whole earth" (Selected Messages, book 1, p. 363). "Several have written to me, inquiring if the message of justification by faith is the third angel's message, and I have answered, 'It is the third angel's message in verity'" (Review and Herald, April 1,1890).
"Justification from the faith," "the righteousness of Christ, the sin-pardoning Redeemer." We are justified by the faith of Jesus. This fact is born out in much of Paul's writings. The proclamation of the gospel message of the faith of Jesus, the sin-pardoning Redeemer, calls forth from us an answering faith. The faith of Jesus looked not on the present reality (while we were sinners, ungodly, enemies, etc.), but saw in wretched mankind what might become by redeeming love, a pearl of great price, and He emptied Himself for us. Faith sees the things that are, not as though they were but as they might become. When we receive justification by the faith of Jesus we extend this same faith to others. Moses treated his father-in-law with the "as though" principle (Rom. 4:17) and his father-in-law responded and sacrificed to the creator God. The gospel of justification from the faith lived out in the life of the believer will lighten this earth with the glory of the third angel. Moses summarizes the truth of the gospel brought to light and life in 1888 that tells us that God is agape. He has been in pursuit of mankind since creation, has extended the everlasting covenant to us, and has justified mankind from the faith of Jesus that enabled Him to step down and take upon Himself a nature that was not His by native right, become the sin-pardoning Redeemer, join Himself to humanity, and die the death of the cross. He asks us to respond with a faith that extends that same attitude to others.
Moses never lost sight of the God he came to know intimately. A God he could talk to face to face, a God he reminded on more than one occasion that the Egyptians and the nations were still out there and that killing His people was not a good idea. He reminded God that He was a God abounding in "hesed"—the covenant term par excellence. Hesed is steadfast covenant love, best said in the hymn, "O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go"! That's God's hesed. "But since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face." Praise God!
—Lyndi Schwartz
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Today BabyN turns four months old, and I decided it was an appropriate time for several milestones. First, he has been officially moved out of the bassinette in his playard. He weighed fifteen pounds according to our scale yesterday, so I knew the inevitable had come. I'm too chicken to push the weight limits of that bassinette. For now he's sleeping in the bottom of the playard. I hate the solution, but it's better than moving a crib that doesn't fit through our doors into our room or making us all go without enough sleep by moving him into the room with PJ.
The other big change we're working on is getting him moved to a decent schedule so that he can share a room with his brother. It wouldn't be a big deal to put them both down in the same room at the same time, which could happen now since they tend to keep the same bedtime. But PJ would definitely wake up at 2:00 or 4:00 or whenever BabyN woke up for his middle-of-the-night feeding. Then he'd probably wake up for good when BabyN woke up for his first early morning feeding. That little sleep would make for a cranky toddler, which would make for a cranky mommy.
So I'm trying several different things to ease BabyN into a more normal schedule. Last night I woke him up before we went to bed to feed him one more time. I loathe waking up a sleeping baby, but it's time for desperate measures. He let me sleep until almost 5:00, so that's at least an improvement. If I can get him to sleep until 7:00 or later after that before-bed feeding, then I'll feel comfortable moving him into the other room. I think I can put BabyN to bed at the same time as PJ and then sneak in and steal him for that last feeding without disturbing PJ.
I've also considered letting BabyN cry a lot longer before getting up to feed him, to make sure that he really does need to eat and won't just drift off again on his own. Last night, he was starving by the time I fed him at 5:00, crying up until he was actually eating (normally he stops as soon as I pick him up), so this may not work. M agrees that it's still worth a try, though, so we're both willing to accept less sleep this weekend to try the theory. (We won't try during the week; he doesn't need to be losing that much sleep when he has to work the next day.)
So here's hoping that by five months, BabyN will be sleeping in his own bed and all the way through the night. Here's hoping that sometime in the next month I can finally get a full night's sleep without interruption.
Oh, and if any of you have faced similar issues and have solutions to try, please share.


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When I was questioning and coming to terms with my sexuality, I started seeking out every queer female character I could find in mainstream media. It was challenging to find shows that I felt accurately represented me and the way I felt, especially because I was Questioning and no one ever really talks about or shows people in the process of questioning their sexuality. I eventually found bits and pieces of media that I connected with though and ate up any representation I came across.
Recently I was compiling a list for a questioning friend of my favorite tv shows, movies, and books that have good queer female-identifying characters, and I thought I'd share it. Please keep in mind that these are limited examples of what I have found, and they certainly do not represent the entirety of queer female representation in mainstream media.
Battle of the Sexes (2017)
I went into this movie knowing it had good actors (Emma Stone and Steve Carell) and that it looked potentially interesting considering the feminist subject-matter. I wasn't sure about the whole tennis subject-matter because I honestly don't know much or care much about tennis, but I thought I'd give it a chance. The whole premise of the movie, based on real events, is that World number one tennis player Billie Jean King (Stone) is going to compete against ex-champ Bobby Riggs (Carell) to show that women tennis players are just as good as male tennis players, if not better, and deserve equal pay in prize money. Because I didn't know much about the movie or the real-life events, I didn't know that Billie Jean King is gay. It was a pleasant surprise, then, when the story followed King's personal life leading up to the big match. I don't want to say too much in fear of giving anything away, so I'll just say don't let the tennis subject-matter turn you off from this movie. There's way more to it than you think, and it's so powerful, heartwarming, and invigorating.
Freeheld (2015)
Ellen Page got to be gay in this movie! Remember when she came out in 2014 in this video? She plays a young-ish woman in this movie who falls for Julianne Moore's older character, Laurel Hester, a police lieutenant. But when Laurel gets diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, the story becomes about their fight for equal rights in their "domestic partnership." It's a very emotional, moving film, again based on real events. I highly recommend it if you love Ellen Page as much as I do. Julianne Moore is also great, and Steve Carell also happens to be in this one.
Rough Night (2017)
This movie is a lot more fun and carefree. It's hard to summarize in an eloquent manner, but I'll say that 1. It's got Kate McKinnon. Need I say more? And 2. There are a couple of main characters who are gay/bi and it's really nice seeing them treated like normal human beings who have their ups and downs in relationships. The whole friend group in this movie is great. I am a bit sad that Kate McKinnon isn't the queer character in this one, but at least she's in it and at least there are two other queer characters. If you're looking to laugh and find representation in a typical girls-night-out comedy, Rough Night might be for you.
TV Shows
The Bold Type (2017)
This feminist, diverse, empowering show challenged all the negative stereotypes of women bosses and female friendship. It made me hopeful that one day I will work somewhere as empowering at Scarlet, the fictional global women's magazine in the show, supposedly based off of Cosmopolitan. The Bold Type follows three young women who work for Scarlet and tackles all sorts of important topics including finding identity, managing friendships, questioning sexuality, and developing and maintaining relationships. Aisha Dee's portrayal of Kat Edison is down-to-earth and honest, and you are bound to be hooked in the first episode when she meets Adena. This was by far my favorite tv show of the year, and I will continue to recommend it to everyone I know.
Supergirl (2015 – present)
I started watching this series because a friend told me there was a cute gay relationship in it — I was that desperate to find representation. But I'm so glad I started it! It takes a little while to get to the queer stuff, but once it's there—oh my goodness is it adorable! And the show does a really good job in portraying a character questioning her sexuality in a real, relatable way. It was the first time I felt truly recognized, that I could say, Yes! That is exactly how I was feeling and what I was thinking. It was so validating and gratifying. The show in general is pretty fun and has some good characters in it. It is very superhero-y, which took me a little while to adjust to since I don't usually watch those shows, but it's worth it once you start watching it to keep going.
Black Mirror (2011 – present)
If you're not feeling ready to commit to watching an entire show to see some queer representation, then Black Mirror might be perfect for you. I have only watched one episode of it, and I don't currently plan on watching any others. Season 3, Episode 4, "San Junipero" is the episode to watch. It is a standalone episode, and feels like an entire movie filled with gayness. IMDb's synopsis of the episode is probably all that I should give away: "In a seaside town in 1987, a shy young woman and an outgoing party girl strike up a powerful bond that seems to defy the laws of space and time." If that isn't enough to entice you, please just trust my glowing recommendation.
Easy (2016 – present)
Another single-episode-suggestion: Season 1, Episode 2 of Easy. The series follows different characters in each episode, all from intertwined friend groups in Chicago. Every episode is a new story and point of view on love and relationships. This one, "Vegan Cinderella" is a cute realistic portrayal of two women who meet at a concert and start a relationship, and it follows their ups and downs, compromises, realizations, and all the other things that come with being in a relationship. It's a refreshing portrayal of a gay couple as real human beings, living their normal lives.
Here is simply a list of some of the books with gay female-identifying characters I have read, in order from favorite to least favorite (but still good).
You Know Me Well, by David Levithan and Nina LaCour
Everything Leads to You, by Nina LaCour
We Are Okay, by Nina LaCour (can you tell I love Nina LaCour?)
Ask the Passengers, by A.S. King
It's Not Like It's a Secret, by Misa Sugiura
Our Own Private Universe, by Robin Talley
The Price of Salt, by Patricia Highsmith (this got turned into the movie Carol, with Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, which I have yet to see)
One amazing book that's not YA Fiction is Hannah Hart's Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded. Hannah Hart is a popular YouTuber, and this is her memoir. It is incredibly well written and details her unique life growing up with a schizophrenic mother and Jehovah's Witness father.
There you have it! A basic list of some of my favorite movies, tv shows, and books with queer female characters represented positively. There are more pieces of media out there with good queer characters, and I will continue to search for and curate a better list of solid representation. I don't think I'll ever stop looking. But this list is a pretty good start for any teenage girl who's looking to connect with fictional characters like herself. Enjoy!


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Thailand's National Telecom Regulator Scraps Special Tracking Sim Card for Tourists
BANGKOK – Thailand's National Telecom Regulator the (NBTC) has scrapped it's plan for special SIM cards for tourists that would allow authorities to track their locations and call history.
The special tourist SIM card plan also drew heavy criticism at the first public hearing from participants who said it could lead to a potential threat to travellers' privacy.
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) rejected earlier approved requirement for the foreign visitors to use traceable SIM cards, since it was criticized by both the government and the public, the Bangkok Post reported on Wednesday.
The (NBTC) initially approved in principle a requirement that foreign visitors to Thailand use special SIM cards in their phones that could be tracked by the authorities in the interest of national security.
The NBTC planned to force all mobile phone operators to embed location-based service software into their SIM cards to enable them to track the call history of the user in the event he or she became a criminal suspect.
Operators would be required to sell the special SIM cards to foreign travellers wanting to use local mobile services. The regulator had expected to roll out the special SIM cards in early 2017.
NBTC Secretary-General Takorn Tantasith said the government, especially the Tourism and Sports Ministry, was concerned that introducing the tourist SIM would cause severe damage to the local tourism industry.
Saying that NBTC had stopped all related processes (including public hearings) for the tourist SIM card plan.
An executive at a major mobile company who asked not to be named said the termination of the tourist SIM plan was for the good of the country. Saying it might make foreign travellers unhappy or uncomfortable with the way local authorities handle personal information.
The Tourism and Sports Ministry reported that 19.06 million foreign tourists visited Thailand in the first half of 2016, an increase of 12 per cent year-on-year.


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PREJUDICE: 12 men with a variety of experiences; often with prejudiced or bigoted attitudes that interfere with their legal judgements and a fair discussion;
Prejudice clouds their response to the evidence; they quickly jump to conclusions based on their prior prejudices
Many assumptions are made by the eyewitnesses and the those who believe the boy is guilty are more likely to accept the assumptions…
Defence of the system: Because of the discussion and the focus on reasonable doubt, they do overcome their prejudice – they do set aside their bigoted views.
Many of the jurors lack the legal competence to carefully examine the evidence. Some are flippant and casual; many play tic tac toe. Many do not fulfil their legal duties.
The jurors are prejudiced towards the boy and Rose shows that their bigoted attitudes threaten to derail (disturb/stop) the legal process.
Socio-economic factors and social stereotyping:
- Many of the jury members discriminate against the boy because of his poor family background. They arrive at hasty conclusions and are quick to believe unreliable evidence.
- They believe that he is automatically capable of murder because he lives on the "wrong side of the tracks". He lacks supervision from his father who is an alcoholic, a gambler and an ex-prisoner. For this reason, they fail to question or investigate the evidence thoroughly.
- Many believe that the young boy looks and acts like a "dangerous killer" because the "slums are a breeding ground for criminals"
- The 6th states that he is obviously guilty "from the word go". Because of his poor background, "can't believe a word they say… .they're born liars" 8/13).
Generational problems:
- The 3rd juror resents the young boy because he reminds him of his own son.
- The 3rd and the 4th jurors believe that the young kids are a "potential menace to society" and that they should be "slapped" around
- The 3rd juror believes that "we would be better off if we "took these tough kids and slapped 'em down before they make trouble. Save us a lot of time and money." (3/7)
- The 10th J. criticizes the children who "run wild up there" .
Racist mindset: racial profiling
- The 10th juror states that the boy is "violent! .. that's the way they are, by nature"
- The 7th juror is antagonistic towards the 11th juror. He states that he wants to "knock (his) goddam middle European head off"
- HOW: locked and unlocked room – symbol of a mind that is restricted (locked) because of bigoted views. "Not guilty" guard "unlocks the door"
How: depersonalises the jury members. (to show that the personal opinions and backgrounds detrimentally intervene)
The EYE-WITNESSES
- Also, the personalities of those who present the evidence play a large role. The eye-witnesses have their personal reasons why they manipulate/distort (change) the facts to suit their own agendas. For example, the old man wants to be recognised and lives a lonely life. It becomes clear that he could not have quickly hurried to the door to see the young boy disappearing from his flat.
- While he may have heard the boy say "I'm gonna kill you", it was impossible for him to see the boy leave the apartment.
He "drags one leg when he walks" and had a stroke last year so he cannot possibly get from the bed to the front door in 15 seconds. This proves that he simply "assumed it was the boy" (36)..
Likewise, the woman wants to appear presentable in the jury stand, and so removes her glasses. It also becomes evident that she could not have put on eyeglasses in time to see the boy. (She could not have seen the boy up to 60 feet away.)
- Jurors: this shows that they are being selective with the type of "facts" they choose to believe
They are also hastily (quickly) forming conclusions based on assumptions (beliefs).
- Also the defence lawyer does not do a decent job and the prosecution team is well spoken (articulate). The jurors are more likely to believe the prosecution team.
Personal experience, background of jury members
- The personal experiences of many of the jury members influence their attitude to the boy and to the trial. For example, the 3rd juror has an estranged relationship with his son and he has not seen him for 2 years (p. 12)… he is very angry and disturbed that his son left home in very difficult circumstances. It is not surprising that his tough approach to law and order stems from his own problematic relationship with his son.
- The 3rd juror is very aggressive and harsh and seeks to threaten the other jurors.
- Ironically, Rose depersonalises the jury members (with numbers) to reinforce the fact that their personal interests should not intervene.
Setting/ room
Rose also suggests that the room and personal interests of the jury members make it difficult for them to sit for a long period of time. It is the "hottest day on record", some of them are sick; most of them are uncomfortable in the room which lacks a decent fan. They want a quick verdict. In addition, Juror No. 7 has tickets to watch the baseball match and is anxious for a conclusion.
Group dynamics (stage directions)
The title, "12 angry men", reflects Rose's concern that the clashing personalities of the 12 jurors, in a group setting, have a strong influence on the judicial process. Indeed, group dynamics, with a range of volatile and sensitive personalities do have an impact on the discussion. The 3rd juror is the most aggressive and confrontational, but as he reveals, he is also personally offended by his son's rejection. In the stage directions, Rose states that when he reveals his personal problems he "breaks off. He has said more than he intended" and is "embarrassed" and certainly his shame affects his views and possibly causes his intimidatory stance. Contrastingly, the 8th juror is more patient, and is able to withstand scorn. He can be provocative to reinforce the flaws in the evidence. However, he earns respect through his considerate and sensitive outlook, but also through his dramatic and colourful personality when he re-enacts some of the evidence so that others can literally visualise it. (the old man's testimonies – the steps, the knife)
(How: takes place in "real-time' to focus the audience's attention on the interaction/ title)
- How: rain/ football coach/foreman – reverses predictable outcome – weather and external factors can break the impasse and impact upon group dynamics. (reflects …. The catalyst of change… )
Assumptions: The prosecution team is articulate and as a result the jurors automatically place their faith and trust in what seems to be "logical" and sound evidence. As for the prosecutor, he "hammered home his points". As the X juror states, "it takes a good brain to do that. I was very impressed." As the 8th juror proves, they are more interested in the manner in which he conducts the case, rather than the facts.
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