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Premier League Cliches: Second Season Syndrome—Is It Real?December 20, 2012
To analyse the concept of "Second Season Syndrome". And attempt to the answer the question, "Is it just a sporting cliché or if it is—in fact—"a thing"?".
"Second Season Syndrome"
Null Hypothesis: A team, who after defying expectations and punching well above their weight in their first season in a new division, suffers from an anti-climactic second season, enduring a severe collapse in form, slumping down the table and possibly ending in relegation.
Variable Hypothesis: "Second Season Syndrome" can also affect the form of an individual player, who after an exceptional start for a new club, performs significantly worse in his second season.
Alternative Hypothesis: When "Second Season Syndrome" has the opposite effect on a team or player, leading to them or him performing far above the level they produced in their first season, thereby massively exceeding expectations.
The "False Dawn" Hypothesis: When a player performs as badly in his second and third seasons for a new club as he did in his first. Every occasional goal he scores leads to the suggestion of a "new dawn", which then leads inevitably to the climax of a "false dawn". Probably caused by a loss of pace, confidence and the burden of a £50 million price tag, it is also known as "The Fernando Torres Variable" In fact, it only applies to Fernando Torres.
I'm sure everyone would agree that football and science pretty much go hand in hand—honest, they do. I'm also sure that there is nothing footballers and scientists like better than a good cliché or two.
One of the great clichés that floats around modern day football is the concept of "Second Season Syndrome". The best example of "Second Season Syndrome" that I can think of, in the modern era, is that of Ipswich Town. They finished an impressive fifth in 2000-01, their first season back in top flight (to put it into context they finished five points above Chelsea, and Manchester City got relegated), but then went on to finish 18th the next season, thereby getting relegated.
I will test every one of my hypotheses individually using carefully selected examples in a controlled environment. (Anything I can think of, whilst sitting on my computer).
- Microsoft Word
- My brain
- A cup of Coffee
- The Internet
- A Bunsen Burner
Null Hypothesis
For Ipswich to go from finishing fifth one season to 18th the next is an extraordinary occurrence in modern day football. In the old days (a generally referred to period any season before the inception of the Premier League), a team could win the league one season then get relegated the next, quite easily. I have no evidence to back this up other than my dad claiming Man City won the League then got relegated the next every season for about 30 odd years or so (clearly impossible and certainly not true). But I'm sure, it must have happened a lot.
There was a mitigating factor in Ipswich's slump in form though, this being the UEFA Cup. Ipswich's incredible first season back in the top flight led to them unexpectedly qualifying for the UEFA Cup, a competition they were not prepared to compete, despite a solid run to the third round in which they were thwarted by Inter Milan, and their squad struggle to deal with the extra games.
But, as this is a very technical and accurate scientific experiment, we need some data.
Ipswich's squad was stretched by these extra European ties, but then it was only six extra games, all played before the turn of the year. In fact in 2000-01, when they finished fifth, they also went on a League Cup run to the Semi final, an extra six games, whereas in 2001-02, they only played two League Cup games (in the FA Cup they made it to the fourth round both times).
So therefore in 2001-02 when they finished 13 places lower in the league than the season before, they played just two extra games overall. So were the travails of the UEFA Cup really behind Ipswich's slump in form in their second season? Or were they struck down by the cursed "Second Season Syndrome"?
Ipswich's European exploits in 2001-02 had a part to play in their disappointing start to the domestic season (see Newcastle this season and Birmingham last season). But, they were out of Europe by December 6, having accumulated just eight league points to the 25 they had at the same stage the previous season.
Surely though a team that were good enough to finish fifth the season before, had enough time to recover their form in the second half of the season, and if not rediscover the lofty heights of the previous season, at least avoid relegation? But they were unable to do so, and were relegated and have not since returned to the top flight.
"Second Season Syndrome" strikes.
Variable Hypothesis
The theory behind "Second Season Syndrome" suggests that not only can it affect a team in their second season; it can also affect an individual.
Using the Ipswich Town example again, one of the reasons behind their stuttering second league campaign was that their star striker (and I use the word star here extremely loosely) Marcus Stewart managed an impressive 19 league goals in their first season in the league, compared to just six in his second. Ipswich Town's goal scored statistic fell from 57 in 2000-01 to just 41 in 2001-02. This is one of many examples of a player having an incredible impact on a division in their first season and then struggle greatly in their second, of which there are many currently floating around the Premier League.
Grant Holt, a similar case to Marcus Stewart, performed extremely well in his first season in the Premier League. He managed an impressive 15 goals in 36 league games for Norwich (even more impressive considering he started just 21 of those games). But his form has fallen away this season, with just four in 17 (starting 15 of those). It is not just the goals with Grant Holt, last season his overall play was far better and his link up and hold up play was excellent. This season he has looked far less sharp overall.
Then there is Papiss Cisse. Cisse only signed for Newcastle in January, and missed the first couple of weeks for his new club because of the African Cup of Nations. When he returned, he had quite a staggering impact on the Premier League, not only in his goal rate (13 in his first 14), but also in the immense quality of the goals that he scored. This season he has managed just two in 15 in the league, one a relatively bog standard poacher's effort; the other went in off his back as he tried to get out of the way.
Quite the world of difference (to use a scientific term) from some of his efforts from last season.
It is more difficult to coin this as a classic case of "Second Season Syndrome" as he has not yet had a full season of Premier League action, but the drop off in form over the summer is incredibly poignant. There are other factors in Cisse's decline (for more information read "The Gerrard-Lampard Paradigm"'), but purely on the statistics of goals scored, and the threat that he offers when one watches him play, Cisse is massively struggling for form this season.
Finally, there is Gylfi Sigurdsson. After kick-starting his career with an excellent season in the Championship with Reading, he secured a move to Bundesliga side Hoffenheim. There he had a solid first season scoring nine in 29 from midfield.
But after a disappointing start to 2011-12 he was loaned to Swansea, where he teamed up again with Brendan Rodgers whom he had worked with at Reading. His level of play for Swansea at the back end of last season was exceptional; in 18 appearances he managed seven goals and five assists, and he became one of the most popular players of the 2011-12 season with both Swansea fans and neutral Premier League fans alike.
This season, however, has been a different story. He turned down a permanent deal with Swansea, then made a move to Liverpool, where Brendan Rodgers had taken over, in order to accept an offer from Spurs. At Swansea he seemed to thrive off being the centre of play. However, the competition for space on the pitch and a place on the team at the Spurs has led to a loss in form, as the Spurs have struggled to find him his best position.
This is a difficult case to judge as it is a player who has moved clubs over the summer. Maybe it is just that he needs an adjustment period? But then again, he managed to adjust to life in the Premier League immediately after his move to Swansea, and with greatest respect to Spurs they don't quite yet possess the same big club pressure as Manchester United, Chelsea and now Manchester City do.
Grant Holt—"Second Season Syndrome" strikes. His goal rate is down and he does not look as sharp as he did last season. Perhaps he has been affected by the disappointment of being completely overlooked for England for the Euros, despite being the second highest English goal scorer in the Premier League last season.
Papiss Cisse—"Second Season Syndrome" strikes. Perhaps he will come alive in the second half of the season again, but his performances between this season and last season have been stark in contrast.
Gylfi Sigurdsson—"Second Season Syndrome" doesn't strike. Sigurdsson does not look the player he was last season, but I think it would be harsh to put that down to "Second Season Syndrome" just yet as he has moved clubs in the summer and it often takes a period for players to gel and find their best position at a new side. Some players often struggle with the step up (see everyone who has moved to Liverpool in the last two years, bar Luis Suarez).
Alternative Hypothesis
We are now heading into real theoretical territory. When approaching something scientifically you have to look at both sides of the argument, and if "Second Season Syndrome" can be construed negatively, perhaps it can also be construed positively.
Is it possible that if a player has an average or disappointing first season for a new club, that they can use that experience in order to have a much improved second season? Examples of these are rare in modern football, where there exists a short term mentality in which players and managers alike aren't really given a chance to improve on a disappointing start in the same way that they were in the (somewhat fabled) old days of football.
In Charlie Austin's first full season with Burnley, he managed a very respectable 16 goals in 41 games. This is a good return by any striker, especially considering he had to play second fiddle to Jay Rodriguez for much of the campaign, who managed to 15 in 37 in the league and 21 in 42 in all competitions.
This season, however, with Jay Rodriguez's move to Southampton, Charlie Austin has flourished, managing 19 in 21 in the league, and 22 in 24 in all competitions. He recently made headlines for being one of only three strikers in Europe to have scored 20 goals in all competitions so far this season alongside the lesser known names of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Austin managed an excellent goal return last season considering he wasn't Burnley's main man, but "Second Season Syndrome" has struck for him this season. He has taken the Championship by storm and is now being linked with a move to several Premier League clubs in January.
Then there is the second highest goal scorer in the Championship, a player who is important to me for all the wrong reasons; Glenn Murray. Murray led the line for Brighton in their excellent League One title winning campaign of 2010-11. He was known as the League One Dimitar Berbatov for his languid style of play and his classy finishing. He then decided to up sticks in the summer and move to Brighton's bitter rivals Crystal Palace on a free transfer.
Last season he had a relatively dismal first campaign, though he managed a goal against former club Brighton at their new home, sealing a 3-1 win (the b*****d) and a winner in the League Cup against Manchester United at Old Trafford (the b*****d). In the league though, he managed just six in 38. This season though, he has been fantastic, linking up fantastically with Crystal Palace starlet Wilfried Zaha. Murray has managed 20 in 18 in the league so far (he put two past Brighton a couple of weeks ago, making me feel physically sick).
Both Glenn Murray and Charlie Austin are examples of how "Second Season Syndrome" can be construed to have a positive effect on a player who uses the experience of their first season for a new club at a new level to adjust, then excels in their second season. But perhaps then, it shouldn't be called a "syndrome", as syndrome is a word with negative connotations.
Perhaps it should be referred to in these cases as "Second Season Synergy" (admittedly I'm unsure what "synergy" actually means, but my dictionary is all the way downstairs and not on my equipment list so I can't use it. But it sounds positive and sort of similar to "syndrome", so I'm going to use it anyway, and football is well known for making up words ((such as the Iain Dowie classic 'bouncebackability')).
Charlie Austin and Glenn Murray—"Second Season Synergy" strikes. Both players used their first seasons of Championship football for their new sides to adjust and bed in, and are now excelling in their second seasons.
The False Dawn Hypothesis
Fernando Torres. Fernando Torres is rubbish. Just watch him play for Chelsea. In the Club World Cup final he was absolutely shocking. He has unfortunately scored a few lately, which has inevitably led to another "false dawn" fiasco. Hopefully it won't last too long.
Fernando Torres is rubbish.
See above.
I feel as though I have rationally explained and provided evidence to suggest that every single one of my hypotheses do in fact prove that "Second Season Syndrome" really is "a thing".
Teams can suffer from it, in cases such as Ipswich Town, and so can players, with examples such as Marcus Stewart and Grant Holt having clear dips in form in their respective second Premier League seasons. It will be interesting to see in the future whether players such as Swansea's Michu, the joint top scorer in the league this season, will struggle next season like Cisse or Holt have this season, or maybe he'll move to a bigger club and find it difficult to adapt like Gylfi Sigurdsson.
I am also using this experiment to prove the existence of my new concept "Second Season Synergy", which can now exist alongside the better known "Second Season Syndrome". There is proof players can use an average or difficult first season as experience in order to flourish in their second, and in the cases of Charlie Austin and Glenn Murray, it is something that is prevalent in every level of football, not just the Premier League.
Scientifically speaking, and I'm speaking scientifically here, the evidence I have provided speaks for itself. "Second Season Syndrome" and now "Second Season Synergy", as well, despite being somewhat of a cliché, are most certainly "a thing".


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Nine Cores of Blockchain Round-Table Hosted by Japan Financial Services Agency
The discussion on innovation in the financial area is put on agenda in G20 summit this year, so as the organizer of G20 this year, Japan held BCRT (Blockchain Round-Table) to discuss the blockchain and cryptocurrency affairs., recently.
JFSA (Japan Financial Services Agency)believed that decentralization technology plays an active role in a well-deployed environment, it organizes BCRT as part of multilateral joint research projects annually since 2017.
In order to effectively promote innovation in the financial sector, the meeting was closed and only experts from regulatory authorities, related industry and academy were invited to attend. In order to ensure that experts can speak freely, this meeting takes the form of a closed forum. After the meeting, the JFSA selected the contents approved by all participants to share.
The round- table lasted two days. The first day focuses on the main topics of the G20 Summit, as well as "Multi-stakeholder Governance of Blockchain-based Financial Ecosystem", "Privacy and Traceability of Blockchain-based Financial Transactions", "Recent Development of the Token Economy" and "Blockchain Jurisdiction Initiative".The topics on the second day included: "regulatory environment and current efforts", "technological development", "potential applications of financial services based on blockchain", "multi-stakeholder simulation-freedom or control?"
Here are nine cores of Blockchain Round-Table:
1.How to cooperate effectively so that all stakeholders (including regulators, engineering and technology circles, enterprises, users, investors and academic cycle) can enjoy the benefits, and at the same time effectively reduce the risks brought by the decentralized financial system of blockchain.
2.How can regulators response quickly to the emerging technology? It was clearly pointed out that regulators might be in a potential dilemma between the procrastination principle and the technical liability principle .
3.In order to fully exploit the potential of the blockchain and solve the related risks, all stakeholders in the ecosystem need to fully share or provide the social benefits and values. Only in this way can all parties deepen mutual understanding and promote cooperation.
4.Participants also discussed the privacy and traceability of financial transactions on the public chain in view of the risks that block chains may bring to decentralized financial systems. In conclusion, the Blockchain Engineering and Technology Community is triying to develop anonymity technology, and government departments may need have insight into the impact of Blockchain technology on financial activities.
5.Participants pointed out in that privacy enhancement technologies may make people vulnerable to financial crimes such as money laundering, but the technology can enhance alternative and scalability.
6.Engineers and technicians can also provide technical solutions to regulators. In this process, both engineers and regulators should conduct appropriate bilateral monitoring and observation.
7.Financial institutions can only use auditable blockchain supervised by finance regulators.
8.The engineers and technicians shared the latest technological developments and related progress, such as the latest technological developments related to the scalability, security, confidentiality and substitution of public chains (such as Bitcoin).
9.The latest developments and challenges of block chain ecosystems, such as Token economy, trade finance, central bank digital currency (CBDC) and encrypted asset trading markets. were under discussion.

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Emma Davies returns to the blog today with a new contemporary title, full of heart, changes, and hope in
The House at Hope Corner
It took me about eight chapters before my brain kicked in and informed me that the reason I was loving the book to that point was the author has penned one of my favorite series. (Insert *headdesk* moment here!) And, they are surprisingly similar in feel: with huge changes coming to everyone. But, this book was uniquely lovely as we follow the story of Flora and Ned, her soon-to-be in laws Hannah and Fraser, and just how she's going to fit into this remote, yet wholly gorgeous dairy farm and little community. Flora is a bit of an eccentric – her flower shop has been struggling for the past few years, and she'd finally decided to sell up and start something new, possibly with her artwork and printmaking when a man walked through the door. Utterly stunned, Ned and Flora found a connection between them, one that can't be ignored, and soon he's asked her to marry him and come to Hope Corner and start their life together.
A gorgeous series of fields now hosting a rather chill wind only seems to match the 'reserve' shown Flora by Ned's parents, along with a long list of "how things are done" and the obvious fact that while she and Ned care for one another, they also don't know much about each other. We all know that you never really 'know' a person until you are always together, and their whirlwind romance, while none really doubt their feelings are authentic, has shaken the foundations a bit. Then you add in Flora's bright clothing, her artistic bent, and her ability to drift off with the faeries when her imagination is let loose in the wild and things are tough. Add in the neighbor Caroline who isn't quite the "friendly person" she is making out to be, and the savior of all Flora's insecure moments in Grace, and she's finding a way to exist, even though she has a secret.
But, it's apparent that Ned has secrets too, and that the farm isn't pushing forward but more tottering along: money is tight, Hannah is allergic to change, and Flora is just trying to fit in. Yet it is a horrible thing when change is forced upon you, as Fraser's heart attack and bypass do, and we see Flora doing all she can to keep things moving forward while Ned works all hours and Hannah is motoring through on autopilot. The uncovering of items hidden in a rarely-used room, the unmasking of Caroline as a selfish and self-serving person, and Flora's determination and unique ideas to 'save' them from themselves brings the story around to new starts and hope for all, with plenty of heart, understanding, friendship and smiles to go round. Again, Davies has created a story that drags you into the setting, with characters you want to befriend, descriptions that create imagery, and, best of all, the uncovering of hope and happy times to come.
Title: The House at Hope Corner
Author: Emma Davies
Genre: British, Contemporary Woman's Fiction, Friendship, Humor elements, Romantic Elements, Second Chance, Setting: Britain, Small Town
Published by: Bookouture
Published on: 10 May, 2019
Source: Publisher via NetGalley
Pages: 250
Get Your Copy: Amazon ♦ Barnes&Noble ♦ iTunes ♦ Kobo ♦ Google
The view across the valley takes her breath away; everywhere she looks tiny patches of colour – ochre, chestnut, lime and purple. The farmhouse behind her glows pink in the morning sun. It's like stepping into a postcard, except that this magical place is real. It's her new home.
With her beloved shop in danger of shutting down, meeting Ned, a gorgeous farmer with an irresistible twinkle in his eye, couldn't have come at a better moment for free-spirited florist, Flora Dunbar. But no one is more surprised than her when their whirlwind romance leads to the offer of a new life on Ned's farm.
Arriving at Hope Corner, Flora sets about becoming the perfect farmer's wife, but her creative, alternative thinking falls flat in a household built on tradition and strict routine. Even Ned is becoming more distant by the day…
Pulling up her signature striped socks and throwing herself into her chores, little by little Flora learns to love the order and patterns of life on the land. But the more she learns about her new home, the more she suspects it's under threat, and worse, that Ned is hiding a heartbreaking secret from her.
But this time, Flora's not going to run from her problems. Do Ned and his family trust her enough to let her stay and fight for love and the first house she's ever truly called home? Does she trust herself?
An absolutely gorgeous and utterly uplifting romance to sweep you off your feet! Perfect reading for fans of Jenny Colgan, Lucy Diamond and Debbie Johnson.
A copy of this title was provided via Publisher via NetGalley for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.


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|My metallic green stripes for the
Saint Patrick's Day Race. (Kind of felt like
a geek when I asked someone to take
a picture of my stripes.)
I recently read an article about burning out at the end of a race and that was something I didn't want to do. I knew I could do the 3.2 miles as that's something I do on my training runs (sometimes more) however I wanted to sprint across the finish line not barely finish the race with exhaustion.
- Run the race with a burst of energy through the finish line.
- Feel great after the run not just because of the accomplishment of finishing the race but feel great physically (no injuries).
- Run an 11 minute mile (as there was going to be lots of hills).
- Run a steady pace by starting out slow in the beginning and picking up the pace a little bit at the end.
- Sticking to and being consistent in running 5 minutes, walking 1 minute.
|Before The Race
A great group of ladies: Anita, Chrissy, April, Erin B,
Gwen, Kristine, Me, Jana, Sue and Erin
|It was a small crowd of runners. There were 13? registered runners.
|April and I at the beginning of the course.
Slow and steady was my game plan.
Even though she could have left me in the
dust she vowed to run this with me.
Thank You!
|A sprint to the finish line!
(The last 12lbs I need to lose can be found
in this picture. Spandex and Lycra hides
|Post race photo of Erin, Kristine and myself.
We were the first time racers in the group.


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Posted: Mar 1, 2016 4:03 PM EST | Updated: Mar 1, 2016 4:09 PM EST
(ABC NEWS/WRTV) -- Indiana State Police, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police and the Secret Service raided multiple vehicle-based businesses Tuesday morning.
One of the locations was Sperro LLC, on Bluff Road.
Police were seen checking out VIN numbers of some of the vehicles and carrying out boxes of equipment from the business office.
When asked the purpose of the raid, authorities wouldn't comment.


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The Dangers of Long Term Ibuprofen use for Arthritis Pain Management
About 54.4 million adults in the U.S. have been clinically diagnosed as having arthritis, which is the inflammation of the musculoskeletal, specifically the joints. Many patients that have arthritis are treated with ibuprofen, a non-steroidal drug that reduces inflammation and is commonly used to alleviate arthritis pain. If used correctly and sparingly, medicines that contain ibuprofen can be helpful and do not carry a high risk. However, if used over a long period and at high dosages, these drugs have dangerous side effects and can be very dangerous.
Side effects of excessive and chronic ibuprofen use include:
- Intentional problems such as constipation, diarrhea, ulcers, and bleeding of the stomach or intestines
- Increase the risk of cardiovascular disease by as much as one third
- Increase of life-threatening blood clots
- Damage to kidneys resulting in a heart attack or stroke, heart failure, and heart disease
- Studies have shown that chronic use of ibuprofen can lead to a 51% increase in the rate of kidney cancer
Ibuprofen and Pain Medicine Alternatives
Many patients say their prescribed doses of ibuprofen for arthritis pain management barely make a noticeable difference, and they take them because it is part of their routine. In this case, it may be beneficial to avoid the risk of taking such drugs and use alternative methods of arthritis pain relief, such as electrotherapy, meditation, or topical treatments. Physical and occupational therapies can significantly reduce pain and increase the function of joints if taught how to avoid strain properly.
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HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- A triggerman was still at large Tuesday night, and the reason he shot a Food Lion security guard in the neck Monday night may just have been the moment's impulse, according to police sources.
It's something that triggers bad memories for another man who works in the same Mechanicsville Turnpike shopping center.
"He always told me to have a blessed day," said barber Robert Randolph, who considers the guard Michael Johnson a friend. "We hope he gets better. He made me feel secure, and made me feel welcomed."
Through a Facebook post Tuesday, Johnson told friends he was now recovering at home, giving details about where the bullet hit him. He said God blessed him to live another day.
Randolph understands very well what happened to Johnson. In 2004 on Fourth Avenue in Highland Park, Randolph was hit in a drive-by shooting. The person who shot him was never caught.
"I didn't get all my faculties back until 2008," said Randolph. "What he's going through will be rough. It took me four years to almost rehabilitate myself."
Police sources tell CBS 6, they believe Johnson was just a random target. And they're still looking for whoever was responsible. Until they find him or them, Randolph wants his buddy Mike to heal on the outside and inside.
"I'm a man of God," said Randolph. "I have forgiven the guys who shot me. I prayed for God to forgive them."
He hopes Johnson will do the same, asking his friend to stay strong and get well soon. He hopes to see him walking the beat and keeping grocery shoppers safe in the near future.
"It's always the innocent ones getting hurt, man. Always the ones who work hard and try to do the right thing," Randolph said.
Randolph says much like Johnson, the bullet that hit him entered and exited quickly, which is the reason he's alive today.


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isn't there an antidote
for life's unfair illnesses
fatigue and blinding migraines
an antidote
for back breaking stresses
future eating cancers
for life's poisons
seeping from horse traders' silver plated throats
for toxins
polluting ocean and farmland
or those you find
in the heads of deserting friends
isn't there an antidote
for nature's ruin
buried in melting arctic ice
pristine in every way but one
unprotected from penetrating sun
is there an antidote for broken hearts
when loss pierces the organ deeply
or a cure for losing hope
when the wind stops on the porch
dead still, with the worst of news
in a well worn cloak
where is the antidote
when ships leave safe harbors
for sands of blind violence
delivering ignorance and mandates
where is the antidote for severed limbs
mass shootings, ramped up hate
where is the antidote for war with unsung hymns
or for a life long on living the nowhere blues
in skinny alleys and walk up flats
is there an antidote for the hunger
in a baby's tiny belly
for fear in a prejudice man's thunder
for glazed eyes escaping numbly
there has to be an antidote for
unopened dreams
precious beneath the household dust
poetry coursing through electricians
behind responsibility, unseen
beaten by over-time resignation
surely there is an antidote
for accidental formulas of annihilation
exponential killing to keep the peace
an antidote for fear mongering, political deceit
that creeps into your vulnerable soul
suicidal nights loom longer and twist to bleak
is it my apology, my forgiveness, my permission
my knowing, my effort, god forbid -- my prison
my love, even deliberate, never seems enough
until we hear our own heart, can we mend the break. heal the world
she cries out to us in her ever quiet way
no message sounds until we say, i'm listening
"sit down with me. Replenish, renew
you are everything to me. i love you
have a cup of tea, wait in stillness, breathe
within you lies the antidote! i can tell you the formula..."
how many times will we interrupt -- too simplistic, we wail
how many times will we implore, it is hard to allow your love...
Until the Soul felt its worth
You play me like a guitar
In the lap of a nude
Born of picasso's syncopated zeal
Split and mixed
Serious laughing eyes
We used to
Make breakfast, make love
Make heaven rain words
For hours on sunday morn
You would drench me in aphrodisiac ideas
Then a nap came on like a drug
Under slanted sun, dreams touching sophia
I'm glad we do not
Repeat the past
I play you like the guitar in the lap
Of a bearded gent
On a country picnic
Monet monet
Making love to the resplendent day
Of violet
We used to stroll the path
Painting with conversation
Silver mist befalling dancing ladies on far hills
Sipping lattes, cool pampass grass undulating
Infatuated by nature's geometry
Consumed by jasmine courting silence
You sing love
And only sing it
I want every breath to be
Wet with juice from the mother womb
New life swaddled in ordinary moment
I want love fresh in discovery
Like the baby's eyes
Quivering with the engine of mystery
From a rising tide through my thighs
Effortless sluice of energy
Into your arms
Now the song is a dance
The pattern is remembrance
I'm clumsy with grace
Yet she dresses me
Leads me to the dance floor
A rumble under ground with each step
In this late hour, I stumble
Mischievous eyes meet mine
Yield secrets
Keep secret
Momentum of Miro desire
Michelangelo chisel of fire
Sears the tip of our tongues
In our hip pockets:
bouquets, pies and full body orgasm
Who are you tonight
What would you have me do
i feel solicitous
Novel in confidence
Magellan to the soup of you
No reverse
In a cascading universe
Play me like your guitar
In the lap of
Mona lisa's
The Net
trapeze act
swing, dangle, laugh, reach
and be dropped
we miss the moment for holding
the hands outstretched
convolute our calculations
the fall has a certain sensation
name it what you choose
freedom or terror
caught, looking up
from the safety net
a state of Love not designed for rest
from my ivy covered hiding place
i watch birds scrabble out of the nest
the whirl and mystery of flight
even in unsteadiness
must surpass all known delight
food and home
no one teaches the baby birds to fly
nor any artist
construct the guru from the inner junkyard
the heart, master architect
knows priceless salvage from discard
the ladder is always to the side
leading back to the platform
a magnet with rungs
ever within reach
for the hope in our lungs
its ladderness infinite
we suspect it a magic beanstalk
a dime, a fortune
for another try and another daring
leap into velocity and moving arms
higher and higher above the
net of love
no longer visible to eyes
our indentation, omnipresent relation
thrives in awareness
being held firm after the bounce
a drip of bliss on our lips
a powerful engine, a black hole
re-called by our soul
one day, one thousandth beginning
the absent limits of sky in aura bold
reveal intricacy
a woven web above
a sheath of embrace
in all space
fear has no fall left in it
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I was at work when I figured it out. My PC was running slow late in the afternoon, and I was scrolling through Facebook mindlessly on my phone. A friend shared a Bustle article 9 Signs You Have A Toxic Parent.
"Oh, this oughta be good," I thought, laughing to myself a little bit. Reading the article, I hit 9 out of 9 checkboxes, and I immediately felt unmoored.
For all the times we said, "Punk rock saved my life." Or, "I never thought I'd live to see eighteen."
For all the times we were humiliated, neglected, groped, manipulated, threatened, struck, or raped.
For all the times we planned our escapes, ran out the door, lived on the streets, squatted in abandoned buildings, or hopped trains.
For all the times we coped by withdrawing, drinking, getting high, or harming ourselves.
Not once is the harm that abusers inflict on us okay. We don't have to accept that it is, and we don't have to accept that it has to continue. Our life experience can be shocking to others, but they are real, they are valid, and they are ours. We deserve the right to speak up and talk about it.
Domestic abuse is a tie that binds too many of us in punk. It underpins our friendships. We might find ourselves bonding on porches and balconies, sharing stories of abuse and how we put up resistance, talking until 6 AM when the sun is coming up.
We create art and write songs to cope. Just this past July, Piper Maru released an EP Most of My Friends Died in Space. The last track "Control" describes emotional, verbal and physical abuse.
"invalidated feelings/ i can't show my pain/ keep calling me stupid/ i can't think again/ my feelings of anger and hurt aren't valid/ my emotions don't mean shit/ but i should just shut the fuck up/ i'm lucky i'm not getting hit"
My favorite Maximum Rock'n'roll columnist George Tabb frequently wrote about his abusive father. Having someone like George Tabb write about their abuse was crucially important for me growing up as a teenager in the early 2000s. Before I found his column, I don't remember anyone talking about their abusive relationships. I found someone I could identify with, and it was inspiring and empowering to know others were out there like me.
And now I want to do the same. I'm speaking up. Not all of our experiences are the same or as severe, but that doesn't make them any less valid.
To this day, I am still subject to verbal and emotional abuse by my father.
When I was younger, I was frequently told, "I have never hit you." This was a form of gaslighting, to make me believe his constant put downs and manipulation were somehow okay. Violence was always looming under the surface anyway: the seething rage over minor offenses, the empty threats of violence toward others, the presence of guns and rifles in the house.
I'm not sure how much my friends knew, but they knew enough not to visit me at home. They were terrified of my dad. Honestly, I was scared too, but I normalized it.
It's frightening to talk about. It makes me shake to write it down and give form to my fears. My dad could find this article and use it against me. For narcissists like him, fear is a currency to control. Fear buys silence and compliance. Speaking out or disagreeing is not tolerated, and doing so risks more yelling and abuse.
But I can no longer stay silent. I'm sharing my story because I hope that maybe I can reach someone in an abusive relationship right now and show them a better way. Maybe I can make someone else feel validated that they're not alone in their pain. Maybe I can spark a conversation about domestic abuse in our global community. Maybe I just need someone to listen.
In the moment I finished reading the article about toxic parents, I was still sitting in my cubicle, reeling. A wave of memories and red flags crashed over me, and in an instant, I felt both unsettled and vindicated. Now I knew the way I was treated was abusive, and I can say for sure that I wasn't just overreacting, as I was made to believe.
I had to read more. I alternated between my work when my PC was running smoothly, and switched to reading about abuse when it wasn't. That day was the first time I saw the phrase "toxic narcissism."
While toxic narcissism itself doesn't seem to be a widely accepted medical term, it helped me understand myself and my abuser in a way I didn't before.
Narcissists often (but not always) have inflated egos, lack empathy, feed off admiration, and never accept blame for their faults. They put others down to compensate for lacking self esteem. In short, imagine Donald Trump.
Grappling with this new information became a new source of stress. Flashes of anger hit me in quiet moments: driving to work, doing dishes, going to sleep. Memories came into focus in a new light, like, "Oh, so that's why I briefly developed a stutter in high school and sometimes felt uncomfortable around older men." I began to second guess all of my life choices: Did I make those decisions on my own, or was I bullied and manipulated into them?
Between bouts of anger and the persistent feeling that my agency was stolen from me, I realized I needed help. Not only did I need it, but my wife and daughter needed me to get it as well.
My daughter wasn't even two. She couldn't tell me I needed help. She shouldn't have to. Even if I can recognize abusive behaviors in others, that doesn't mean I won't repeat the cycle.
So I started counseling last year. Before I jump into that, I'm going to point out that access to mental health care services is privilege here in America, and it shouldn't have to be that way. I'm lucky to have health insurance, but even with my current plan, I'm paying $50 per visit once a month. If I didn't have health insurance, it would be $75 a visit. I know a lot of us don't have the means to seek professional counseling, and that fucking sucks. But if you think you can afford it, just go. You're worth it, and you deserve good health and a path to happiness.
Some months passed before I built up the courage to go, and I'm so glad I did.
(After a few visits, I discovered my counselor was into the '90s Gainesville punk rock scene. Having lived there myself for a stretch during the 2000s, we bonded over being fans of Radon and Spoke, and she rattled off a bunch other Gainesville bands I didn't know. Later, I ran into her at a Descendents show. Super cool!)
What surprised me about counseling was that the experience wasn't just about talking—which was cathartic to do—but also learning new skills.
During our chats, my counselor identified other ways my abuser acted without me listing them all myself. I was struck by my counselor pointing out that I was never allowed to argue back, because narcissists can't handle being challenged. As a survival mechanism, I quickly learned that surviving meant shutting up and never speaking up for myself.
Over the next several visits, we set up a game plan for me to learn new skill sets. Starting simple, I practiced saying at least one positive thing a day. I learned how practicing breathing can help me remain calm during conflicts and through stress. I learned how to communicate ideas without being a jerk about it. I learned that working to understand my painful memories would help me resolve my heartache better than burying those memories.
Most importantly, I learned about setting boundaries and sticking to them. We get to choose whom we want in our lives. For some of us, having no contact with our abusers is the boundary that we need to set, and that's fine, because it's what we need to do to survive. We have the right to make that choice.
I'm choosing to continue having a relationship with my abuser. He's my dad. Just because he raised me doesn't give him special privilege to be part of my life now. I've laid down one rule with him: don't verbally abuse me. The last time he broke that rule, we didn't talk for three months. If he wants to be part of my life, he can. He just needs to respect that boundary.
You can get help a few different ways in the United States. The National Domestic Abuse Hotline exists to support people in abusive relationships, and they can be reached at 1−800−799−7233, at 1−800−787−3224 or at https://www.thehotline.org. You can also try VictimConnect by phone at 1-800-4-VICTIM or through online chat at https://victimconnect.org. They're a 501(c)3, and they'll help you understand your rights and refer you to resources where you can get help.
If you're looking for a social media community where you can just chat and unload, I recently discovered that Reddit has a slew of support groups. The first one I stumbled upon was http://www.reddit.com/r/raisedbynarcissists, which has top notch moderators who are aggressive about weeding out trolls and unsupportive comments, and their sidebar is absolutely loaded with helpful resources.
I also recently signed up for a catchall subreddit http://www.reddit.com/r/survivorsofabuse. It's a smaller community, but members always seem to be helpful and encouraging.
Regardless of how you choose to get help, or if you decide not to get help at all, I want you to know that you're not alone in your pain. I know it's hard to talk about, but you deserve to be treated well, and talking about abuse is a great way to start healing.
Will Kenneth loves to attend The Fest every year. He lives in Jacksonville, FL. ALL > Descendents. (Facebook | w o l f m a n w i l l [@] g m a i l)


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A Spiritual Healer is a conduit for the healing energies. It is a rare form of Mediumship for the healer must be free from strong ego, the desire for self promotion and have reach a degree of self mastery.
The strongest healers are those individuals who refrain from adding unnecessary movements, passes and complicated theories to their healing work. They cooperate with and allow their gift to be guided by Spirit. Therefore, there must be strong and willing bonds forged between the Healer and their Guides and co-workers in Spirit.
Very often this is understood only within the deeper levels of the healer's consciousness. They are content to simply lay their hands on another, in a sincere effort to bring relief from pain and suffering.
A detailed explanation of the mechanics of healing is not required by them for they know, through experience, of its ultimate source.
A Spiritual Healer must have an awareness of the responsibility involved in being a healer, and not allow their personal desire to supersede those of the Spirit Helpers. Promises to 'cure' do not fall within the Spiritual Laws governing this work. No one, regardless of their Spiritual Gifts, may interfere with the Soul growth and progression of another, instead the Gift of Healing may be used to help and strengthen another's 'will' to recover.
The personal energy of the healer is not used by Spirit, neither is it drawn from the earth or other living things. The Healing Power comes from God and is directed through the earthly healer, by Spirit operators who adjust the energy flow and its frequency to the needs of each person seeking healing.


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A scandal rocking the British Isles is slopping onto American shores.
In its zeal to scoop the news, a British paper within Rupert Murdoch's global media empire engaged in illegal and immoral activities. Specifically, the News of the World (the News) bribed police officers for confidential information and hacked into private phone messages. The well-founded accusations are currently confined to the UK but American journalists and lawmakers are avidly pursuing the possibility of Murdochian wrongdoing on U.S. soil.
On both sides of the Atlantic, the reasons are largely political. In America, Murdoch is the driving force behind FOX News and other conservative media outlets that many liberals detest. The latest issue of Newsmax magazine features a cover article entitled "Obama hates FOX News" and recent White House email revelations reveal how the Obama administration tried to blackball FOX News, shutting it out of important news stories.
No wonder West Virginia Senator and prominent Democrat Jay Rockefeller publicly called for an official investigation into whether another one of Murdoch's UK papers, The Sun, had targeted the families of 9/11 victims. His call for investigation was based on a report by The Mirror — a harsh rival of The Sun — which cited unnamed sources who claim an unnamed police officer had allegedly rejected The Sun's requests for information. The Mirror's report was sufficiently documented, however, for Rockefeller to publicly claim that, if phone hacking of 9/11 victims or any Americans had occurred, then "the consequences will be severe."
Without defending the man or the reprehensible actions of the News, it is important to realize that much more than Murdoch's money or reputation are at stake. Freedom of the press is poised to take a fall as well.
Consider events in the UK. On July 8, perhaps in order to distance himself from the scandal, Prime Minister David Cameron announced an official governmental inquiry into "the culture, the practices, and the ethics of the press" because the press could no longer be trusted to regulate itself.
American free-speech advocate Wendy Kaminer responded, "I cringe….The press is supposed to investigate the government." Kaminer shared "the widespread desire to see Rupert Murdoch and his minions held accountable for any crimes they have allegedly committed" but cautioned that:
[C]oncerns about the chilling effect of the press inquiry Cameron proposes are … easily dismissed as mere caterwauling about censorship from civil libertarians….This perspective is not entirely unfamiliar or unwelcome in America; it reigns on many of our college and university campuses that severely restrict student speech. So while an American politician might hesitate to issue a forthright call for an inquiry into press ethics and culture, significant segments of the American public might favour one…. If the News of the World phone-hacking scandal is a morality play about renegade journalists, the official response to it is a cautionary tale about subtler forms of press censorship.
The longer the UK pursues its prosecution of the News, the more it appears to be political opportunism and an attempt to control the press rather than a quest for justice. As the Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal recently observed,
At least three British investigations into phone-hacking and payments to police and others by the now-shuttered News of the World tabloid [established in 1834] are underway, with 10 arrests so far. News Corp. and its executives have apologized profusely and are cooperating with authorities.
Nevertheless, British authorities are stepping up their efforts, including what looked like a show trial of Murdoch and his top executive Rebekah Brooks. During it all, of course, the authorities complain about a "press gone wild," a press in need of regulation.
What actually happened in Britain
The bare bones are as follows. In 2003, Andy Coulson became the general editor of the News which, until its recent demise, was the widest selling English language newspaper in the world. Coulson replaced Rebekah Brooks, who moved to edit the popular daily tabloid The Sun — a sister publication of the News. Rumors soon emerged that the News was bending journalistic ethics into the criminal realm. In 2006, a section editor was arrested and later imprisoned for hacking into the phone messages of the Royal family. Coulson disclaimed all knowledge but resigned in 2007. A few months later, he became director of communications for the Conservative Party under David Cameron, now PM of Britain.
In 2009, it emerged that News reporters illegally accessed a wide range of phone messages from 2003 to 2007 with the knowledge of senior staff. Coulson disavowed all knowledge. When a coalition government swept into power in 2010, Coulson assumed leadership of media operations. Soon thereafter, there was a fresh investigation into his possible participation in the News' illegal activities. No charges were brought. The now-PM Cameron defended Coulson against continuing suspicions.
Then the police reported new evidence of extensive hacking, including prominent politicians (e.g. former Prime Minister Gordon Brown), a police commander and major celebrities; private lawsuits are filed against the News; more editors and journalists are arrested, the News sets up a compensation fund for "justifiable claims." Hundreds of emails purportedly show that Coulson had authorized illegal payments to police officers; Coulson resigned.
Then two revelations whipped public opinion into a frenzy. First: in September 2002, the remains of a kidnapped 13-year-old girl were found. The murder occurred during Brooks' editorship of the News, which she used to launch a vigorous campaign to "name and shame" accused pedophiles. The murdered girl's family phone had been hacked. Second: the family phones of soldiers killed in Afghanistan were hacked as well.
On July 17, Brooks — now CEO of Murdoch's News International — was arrested for corruption and suspicion of phone hacking. The next day, the Metropolitan Assistant Commissioner resigned rather than face suspension for his connections with the News. Shortly thereafter, a key whistle blower is found dead of apparent suicide; nevertheless, the police are investigating it as a "suspicious death."
In short, the UK scandal has all the elements of high melodrama and low politics: murdered children, aggrieved celebrities, a violation of the Royal family, a former P.M. accusing a current one of shielding a criminal, suicide, the wronged families of dead soldiers, the fall of mighty, corrupt police commanders…. No wonder Cameron is trying to redeem his reputation by shifting blame on a wholesale basis onto an unregulated press.
Will the scandal ignite in America?
No similar furor exists in the United States, although the suggestion that journalists working for Murdoch hacked the phones of American 9/11 victims and their families has the potential of stirring one up. If the 9/11 connection is not proven, however, authorities may have to proceed on the basis of comparatively trivial offenses. For example, it appears as though the News hacked into actor Jude Law's phone while Law was in New York's JFK airport; if so, then, the hacking took place on American soil and under American jurisdiction.
The main impetus for an American prosecution, however, seems to be a wellspring of animosity toward conservative mogul Murdoch. Australian-born Murdoch became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1985, and moved his anchor corporation, News Corp., to America. Through his massive media holdings, Murdoch exerts considerable influence over American politics and culture. It is an influence that many wish to diminish or destroy.
Thus, the FBI is investigating whether News Corp. attempted to hack the phones of 9/11 survivors and families even though no complaints have been received. As Paul Browne, spokesman for the New York Police Department, stated, "Right now we don't have a basis" to open an investigation because "no one has come forward to us with any information." Thus, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department is investigating News Corp.
What are the implications for freedom of the press? There are several.
First, even if News Corp. has committed no crime on American soil, Murdoch may well be prosecuted under a 1977 law, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits American companies from bribing officials overseas. The Wall Street Journal observed,
The political mob has been quick to call for a criminal probe into whether News Corp. executives violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act with payments to British security or government officials in return for information used in news stories. Attorney General Eric Holder quickly obliged last week, without so much as a fare-thee-well to the First Amendment.
The intent and historical use of the foreign-bribery law has been to prevent companies from wrongfully procuring business from foreign governments. The Wall Street Journal commented further, "But U.S. officials have been attempting to extend their enforcement [of the Act]…. Applying this standard to British tabloids could turn payments made as part of traditional news-gathering into criminal acts."
Second, whether or not it has committed a crime in the United States, News Corp. may have to explain to the Federal Communications Commission how its unethical behavior in the UK does not violate the FCC rule requiring those who license TV stations to be of solid moral character. This could be a back door to silencing conservative FOX News.
Third, as in the UK, the American public and the mainstream media seem to be adopting a disdain for the "press culture" expressed by the News and other tabloids. In America, unlike the UK, it is largely the left-leaning media that is calling for a "media prosecutor." This call is, at the least, naive. British journalist Mick Hume commented on the naivety of suggesting "you can 'clean up' and regulate the tabloid press while miraculously leaving 'good journalism' untouched. In reality, the more influence that ministers, judges, policemen, commissions and crusaders are able to exercise over the media, the less freedom of expression there is going to be for all. Freedom of the press, like any freedom, is not divisible. You cannot have more controls on the 'bad' and let the 'good' (whatever that might be) run free…."
The Wall Street Journal offered an example of the indivisibility of press freedom, "The last time the liberal press demanded a media prosecutor, it was to probe the late conservative columnist Robert Novak in pursuit of White House aide Scooter Libby. But the effort soon engulfed a reporter for the New York Times, which had led the posse to hang Novak and his sources. Do our media brethren really want to invite Congress and prosecutors to regulate how journalists gather the news?"
Hacking into private phone messages is not an act of journalism; it is the commission of a crime. In forging a faux link between freedom of the press and crime, authorities have provided themselves with a public justification for cobbling the press. In the UK, authorities in general are annoyed by tabloids that leak political scandals, especially sexual ones. In America, the liberal elite are irate over the right-wing coverage and commentary that has become so popular. Public outrage over the contemptible behavior of the News and a seething rage toward Murdoch are giving authorities on both sides of the Atlantic permission to stifle a free press. Or what is left of one.
Personally, I intend to hold my nose as I stand up on both feet to defend freedom of the press.


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Our family has never been one for formal portraits.
Growing up, my dad was an avid recorder of moments with both still and moving pictures, so we just didn't do the whole "go down to the portrait studio" thing.
I did have a couple made of my first two children when the local department stores used to run specials.
There's only one of Dominic taken just before Julian was born.
But adding a fourth child to our busy household put an end to that.
I've got piles of snapshots, video and online photos, but not many fancy, well-lit, well composed formal portraits of any of us.
Of course, there are no new images of Dominic since 2014-he's frozen in time-and that hurts my heart.
Barreling on to the fourth anniversary of his leaving, I decided to do something about that. I needed a new way of seeing him-a way that both honored who he is and also honored the sorrow I carry because he is no longer here with me.
So a beautiful and talented bereaved mom friend, Brenda Ehly, Artistic Remedies By Brenda , created this likeness of Dominic.
I love it.
And I love her for making it. She captured more than a replica of his face, she captured his smile, his warmth, his energy.
Today is his birthday.
He would have been 28.
Like I said last year: I will never get used to waking to a sunrise that is supposed to mark another year of fellowship and enjoyment of my third child but instead is a reminder that the life that was Dominic is no more on this earth.
But this year I have a new and very special picture to hang in his honor.
It helps my heart.
Lots of bereaved parents refer to their child as "forever ___". I've never felt comfortable with that.
I don't know if it's because I can't imagine Dominic's growth stifled and stilled or if it's because I defiantly insist on counting the years even though he is now outside time with Jesus.
So here I am.
Another birthday without him. Another May 28th when he SHOULD be here but he's not. Another holiday weekend that used to include so much more than a cookout.
No quibbling over dessert because birthday boy got to choose.
The past eight months have been a whirlwind for lots of reasons. It started with my mama's fall, her hospitalization and recovery in August through November, slid into the holidays and fast-forwarded to spring. It included two bereaved parents events as well as two other ten day trips away from home.
I'm tired.
And when I'm tired I'm much more vulnerable to being overwhelmed by grief.
So I sit here, rain falling, tears falling and just wishing Dominic wasn't dead.
On good days I can look past my missing and grab hold of the beauty of his life.
But not today.


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Sintel open movie released!Sep-30-2010 1 Comment
Blender Foundation's latest "open movie" Sintel (project Durian) was released a moment ago. You can download it free-of-charge from Sintel web site or watch it on video streaming service YouTube.com.
This 12-minute short is the third movie from Blender Foundation. It is done using Blender 3D creation suite and other open source applications. One of the main goals of Open Movie projects is to improve Blender as 3D-creation tool. Therefore one can think Sintel as a tech demo of Blender's capabilities.
Finnish Sintel fans who are waiting for subtitles: You can use ones I translated: sintel_finnish.srt.
Here's the YouTube release:
Sintel and Iron Sky trailers releasedMay-14-2010 0 Comments
Blender Foundation released a new trailer of it's upcoming short Sintel. It's made using Blender and other open source software.
Sintel runtime is about 12 minutes and it will be free to download when it's released. Previous short movies by Blender Foundation are Elephants Dream (2006) and Big Buck Bunny (2008).
You can download the trailer in 1080p resolution at Blender site.
Also the Finnish company behind Star Wreck movie series: Energia Productions, have released a trailer from their upcoming full length movie Iron Sky.
Avatar just passed TitanicJan-26-2010 0 Comments
James Cameron's new movie Avatar passed today Titanic in world-wide cross statistics. Titanic held it's previous record of $1,843 million for 13 years.
Cameron has now directed two world's top selling movies. There is plenty of marginal to third place movie The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King having total gross of $1,119 million.
Avatar's record will keep rising as it has only been in theaters for six weeks. It's only matter of time when it will pass the $ 2 billion mark.


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Richard Macphail, Mike Rutherford, Anthony Phillips, in the pre-Genesis band Anon. The song "Pennsylvania Flickhouse" is now available for download.
Buy now:
'Pennsylvania Flickhouse', written by Anthony Phillips, is the only recording and the only original song the band ever made.
"After the tragic and untimely death of Rivers Job in 1979, the passing of Mike Colman now leaves only four of the six full Anon members alive. He was undoubtedly the most prodigiously gifted of us all - a music scholar, highly adept at both piano and violin, he just sort of took up the guitar and played it without any seeming effort!
Thankfully at this stage known as Mick (hence avoiding any confusion with Mike Rutherford, the man he briefly replaced!), Hand fitted in very quickly and contributed some wonderful touches to the group - in particular his magnificent tremolo-wielding solo on the outro of the sadly-lost Brian Roberts recording of '' Pennsylvania Flickhouse '' (immeasurably better than the weak, feeble, anodyne version recorded at a 'proper' studio sometime later).
We became good friends, both sitting at the back in the 'jokers' class of chemistry & maths (inveterately useless at both) with maverick characters such as the legendary Philip Darwall Smith who was brazen and bold enough to go up to the b.odourly -challenged master, Mr X, spray him with Right Guard and get away with it! "
Anthony Phillips, from anthonyphillips.co.uk
The bands:
- Rivers Jobe - bass guitar (May 1965 - July 1966; died 1979)
- Richard Macphail - lead vocals (May 1965 - Spring 1966, Spring 1966 - July 1966)
- Anthony Phillips - lead guitar (May 1965 - December 1966)
- Rob Tyrrell - drums (May 1965 - December 1966)
- Mike Rutherford - rhythm guitar (May 1965 - Spring 1966, Spring 1966 - December 1966), lead vocals (Spring 1966, July 1966 - December 1966)
- Mike Colman - rhythm guitar (Spring 1966; published 2010)
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SC/67B/EM/01 Rev1
Issues Cunen, Walloe and Hjort should consider in relation to their analyses of Antarctic minke whale body condition
McKinlay, J. P., de la Mare, W. K., Welsh, A. H.
International Whaling Commission
In recent years, data arising from the JARPA Special Permit program have been analysed to assess possible changes in minke whale body
condition. Most recently, in 2017 at SC67A two separate analysis teams examined the question of declining condition using different
methods, with each team reaching appreciably different conclusions. Cunen, Walloe and Hjort (hereafter CWH) developed linear mixed
models of blubber thickness, fat weight and half-girth measurements, and found significant declines in these primary measurements over the
period of JARPA.


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Rhizome was one of the first platforms to take net art seriously. Starting as an email newsletter in 1996 by artist Mark Tribe, the non-profit organisation's mission statement is to support "contemporary art that creates richer and more critical digital cultures".
For 20 years now, the online art platform has established itself as a leading space for content merging art and technology, while also providing critical engagement with the online infrastructures that allow it to exist. It has also initiated a number of groundbreaking projects, including Seven on Seven, where artists are paired with technologists to create a brand-new project of their own, and ArtBase, a rolling public archive preserving more than 2,000 digital artworks, one of the biggest databases of its kind on the net.
At the moment, Rhizome has nine major artworks from its archives on show at the Whitechapel Gallery's Electronic Superhighway, "a major exhibition bringing together more than 100 works to show the impact of computer and internet technologies on artists from the mid-1960s to the present day". Catch them before the exhibition ends on May 15th.
Below, Rhizome's executive director Zachary Kaplan picks out ten net artists that we should look out for this year.


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I just now ran across this post by Gravy (Mark Roberts) in the JREF forum. He says about me, "I asked her twice if she could name a single significant claim that the truth movement gets right. Like every other truther I've asked, she couldn't or wouldn't."
What actually happened was that I refused to get into a debate with him via email and told him that if he wanted to get into an online debate with me, he was welcome to do so in comments here on my blog.
Obviously, this blog contains plenty of examples of claims that I think the 9/11 Truth movement gets right, although it also contains plenty of examples of claims which I think many people in the 9/11 Truth movement get wrong, or at least overstate, or which I think need further analysis or research.
Mark responded in an email, on Sunday, February 3: "Diane, this is simple: can you name one significant claim that the 9/11 truth movement gets right? I don't want to debate it here. I just want to see what you think."
I responded by pointing to a few specific posts on my blog.
Mark then sent me an email on Tuesday, February 5, in which he broke his word about not wanting to debate with me via email. He launched into quite a diatribe. Well, maybe he technically didn't break his word, because he didn't actually debate my specific points themselves. I guess it depends on how you interpret the "it" in "I don't want to debate it here," which is about as ambiguous as the "it" in Silverstein's "pull it" remark. (I'm not inclined to use the latter as evidence, by the way.)
Anyhow, I responded very briefly and told Mark, again, that I did not want to debate with him via email, and that, if he wanted to continue our discussion, he was welcome to post a comment on my blog.
This morning I got an email from him saying, "Thanks for your non-reply, which demonstrates typical truther confidence in the power of your evidence."
I replied, "No, it demonstrates a dislike of debates via email. I wouldn't get into an email debate with a flat-earther, either."
This episode, by the way, provides a good example of one of the reasons why I don't like to get into debates via email, especially with die-hard opponents such as Mark Roberts. Statements made in private can easily be taken out of context or otherwise misreprsented afterwards, either deliberately or inadvertantly, perhaps through sheer carelessness or just one's own personal bias as to what is or is not "significant." And any subsequent dispute about the contents of a private discussion can easily become a "he said, she said," almost impossible for anyone else to reach sound conclusions as to what really happened.
Once again: Anyone who wants to debate with me is welcome to post comments on my blog. Just keep in mind my comment policy, please.
Perhaps Mark doesn't want to post comments on my blog because he doesn't like my comment policy, for whatever reason?
My comment policy does allow for a very wide range of discussion, though some things are forbidden. Many official-story defenders have posted comments here, and I would be surprised if any of them were to complain that they had been unconscionably censored.
I'll also mention that I am, albeit only to a limited extent, willing to discuss via email some of the kinds of things that are forbidden by my comment policy. So, if there's something you[re absolutely dying to tell me that's forbidden by my comment policy, you may post a comment containing a request that I email you. If you post a comment here, I am automatically given the email address that you used to register with WordPress. However, if a topic is perfectly suitable to be discussed here on my blog, then I prefer to discuss it on my blog rather than via email, unless you can give me some very good reason why you don't want to discuss it publicly.
P.S.: I just now read this JREF forum post by Swing Dangler. Apparently, Mark doesn't believe in always answering questions on demand, either.
P.S., 2/9/2008: I just now caught Mark Roberts misrpresenting me again — although, this time, fortunately, he has misrepresented public statements of mine, so others can double-check it. In this post in the JREF forum, he lists me as one of a bunch of people "who have agreed to be on Hardfire, then backed out." I never actually agreed to be on Hardfire. I voiced only a tentative interest, in my post Reply to debate invitation from Ron/pomeroo on JREF. Furthermore, as explained in subsequent posts on my blog, I still do have a tentative interest in being on the show, just not in the immediate future.
P.S., 2/12/2008: For the latest developments in this saga, please see the thread Mark Roberts – some documentation of recent interaction in the Truth Action forum.
(Note: If you're a "debunker," thus not allowed to post in the Truth Action forum, you may post civilly-worded thoughts about that Truth Action thread here on this page of my blog, in accordance with my comment policy. If you ask me to, I'll call attention to your comments in a post in the relevant Truth Action thread.)
Further P.S., 2/12/2008: In the JREF forum, Mark Roberts (a.k.a. Gravy) wrote:
In various email exchanges in the past 10 days I've asked truthers this question nine times: "Can you tell me one significant claim that the truth movement gets demonstrably correct?"
Not a single person had an answer. People have been touting Diane (last name?) as the most articulate truther they've come across. I asked that question of her three times. She had no answer, and became upset and accused me of "pestering" and "pressuring" tactics. It seems to me to be a simple question that any member of a "truth" movement should be able to answer immediately.
To any "debunkers" who may be reading this:
Imagine the shoe on the other foot. Suppose you're a "debunker" with a blog, to which you've devoted a lot of effort.
Suppose you then get an email from some truther saying, "Please tell me one good reason why you believe the official story." Assuming that you have a life and that you've budgeted only a finite amount of time for answering email, you would probably refer that person to your blog, correct? You might also add that, if the person has further questions, you would prefer that they be posted on your blog, rather than debating with you via email.
Now suppose that the truther then writes back to you saying, "I don't want to get into a debate with you. I just want to know how you think. Could you please just answer one simple question?" Again, assuming you have a life, you would probably respond (if at all) by referring the person to a few relevant posts on your blog.
Suppose, then, that the truther responds with an email diatribe. Suppose, further, that the truther then posts in the Loose Change forum about how you were unable to answer his or her question.
Wouldn't you be at least a trifle annoyed at this point? Perhaps even annoyed enough to write a blog post about this annoying pest?
Suppose then that the truther emails you yet a fourth time, trying yet again to pressure you into spending your precious time explaining your views to him or her via email.
You then either ignore the person or respond by explaining why you are annoyed. The truther then posts yet again about how you were "unable" to answer his or her question.
Reverse the roles of the truther and the "debunker" in the scenario above, and replace the Loose Change forum with the JREF forum, and you have how Mark Roberts has been behaving toward me recently.
P.S., 3/17/2008: This post has been noticed here on Justin A. Martell's blog. Justin, thanks for recommending my blog. However, I should mention that the post above is old news. The episode described above is, as far as I am aware. old news. Mark Roberts has not been bothering me recently.


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Series: Blood Type
Published by Loveswept on 06/26/2018
Genres: Paranormal
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As the provocative, sensual Blood Type series continues, the rare bond between Reyna and Beckham is threatened by betrayal, greed, and twisted secrets.
A desperate human. A powerful vampire. A world divided.
Reyna Carpenter was promised paradise. She was delivered into hell.
Giving up her body for money was supposed to be the hardest part of becoming a blood escort. She never expected to lose her heart to her dark, enigmatic boss, Beckham Anderson. After being taken by a depraved captor who plans to rule the world, Reyna will do anything to return to Beckham.
She just has to find the will to survive this game.
From the pawn, rises a queen.
Note: Reyna and Beckham's story begins in Blood Type and continues in Blood Cure.
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We pick off right where we left off and take off running! We get some answers and many more questions. There is danger and enemies at every turn. Reyna is in danger and Beckham is trying to do everything to get her back. This time around we get to see Reyna grow at the horrors she faces. While Beckham is determined, strong and still as protective and possessive as ever! And that ending. Seriously cannot wait to get my hands on the next book! How will it all end?
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"Please." She wasn't above begging. "I've waited so long."
"I won't bite you," he said, his face sliding down between her legs. A fang nipped at the sensitive artery in her inner thigh. "But I bloody well want to."
Did she even care if he bit her? It would be a relief after what she'd endured. A relief to feel that connection so acutely. But she wouldn't press him this time. She remembered how they'd gotten carried away. He'd taken too much, drank too deeply, and she could have died. They needed to take it slow.
The blood. Not the sex. She needed that right now.
His finger slicked through her wetness and began to massage her clit. She vibrated from the sensation. She didn't know if she'd be able to hold out before he was inside of her.
Then his eyes found hers again. His boxers disappeared and then his cock was in his hand. He massaged the length of himself as he watched her walk on a tightrope. Any second she was going to fall off and into oblivion. Nothing and no one had ever made her feel so good. No. No one had ever made her feel.
"So . . . close," she ground out.
One powerful thrust seated him to the hilt within her. She cried out as he stretched her to the max. No warning or preamble just his cock inside of her, filling her to completion.
Her walls clenched around him. She was so close, but instinctively, she knew he wasn't going to let her release without him.
Then he started moving. A slow pull out and a quick drive inward. Once, twice, three times.
"Not yet," he said, his eyes commanding.
She tried to hold back. She could wait. Oh God, she could wait.
Then he started up the rhythm again. Setting his own course, owning and claiming her body. Reclaiming everything that he'd lost in that one moment of stupidity on her part. In his one moment of weakness.
She could see in his eyes the weight that loss had cost him. The toll it had taken on him for giving into his urges, for finally relinquishing his hold on himself. His eyes said he'd never do it again. His eyes were a promise.
"Becks, come with me," she cried, clutching the sheets.
He grasped her hips and owned her body where he refused to own her blood. Taking everything she would give him, but not everything he wanted. Not everything she wanted.
She was so close. She looked in his eyes and knew they would finish together.
Reyna woke up screaming.
She jolted upright in her overly plush king-sized bed with its too many pillows and too much softness. Her hair was plastered to her face. Sweat coated her body, soaking through the thin white shirt she'd worn to bed.
Her eyes adjusted to the dim lighting and she looked around the small room. Everything was in place. Nothing had changed. Not a damn thing.
Beckham wasn't here.
It had been a dream. A sick dream. A desperate horrible dream.
Her hand moved to her cotton panties and found the slicked wetness still there. The ache still building in her lower half from lack of release. The aftereffects of the dream. It had felt so real. So very real.
She had felt him moving inside of her. She had seen the love in his eyes. She had known his remorse.
But none of that was real.
That was her imagination at work. Conjuring his face just to torture herself with his absence. Remembering the feel of his body and the love in his eyes, only to know that he hadn't found her. Aching for one more view of him.
It had been fifty-five days since she'd last seen his face.
Reyna made a mark in the notebook next to the bed.
A startling new vision of paranormal romance: When a human ventures into the world of vampires—a decadent milieu of blood-bonds and betrayal—she discovers that not all is what it seems.
For Reyna Carpenter, giving up her body isn't a choice. It's survival.
In a civilization laid waste by poverty and desperation, Reyna accepts a high-paying position with the wealthy and hungry vampire elite. Her new job is as the live-in blood escort for the intimidating, demanding, and devilishly handsome Beckham Anderson. He's everything she expected from a vampire, except for one thing—he won't feed off her.
Reyna soon discovers that behind Beckham's brooding, wicked façade lies a unique and complex man. And that, in a dark and divided world, she is more valuable than she ever would have believed.
For with each passing night, Reyna can't shake the sensation that it's Beckham who's afraid of her.
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The stunning conclusion to the Blood Type series finds the world in chaos and turmoil with one final battle left to determine who will survive—humans or vampires.
She had the world on her shoulders. Now she has nothing.
Reyna Carpenter was twenty-one when she became a live-in blood escort for the ruthless and darkly handsome vampire Beckham Anderson. She thought this was just a small price to pay for feeding her brothers back home.
But nothing went as planned. Not even her tumultuous relationship with Beckham. And now she wonders if anything will ever be the same again.
As she finds herself in the midst of a losing rebellion, she and her trusted friends must flee from a city conquered by the vampire elite. With their plans blown to pieces and everything they knew and loved gone, their future hangs in the balance.
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I still gotta say, this is, still NOT directed toward anyone who can R-E-A-D, as for those of you who'd, stumbled onto this site of mine, and can't READ, well, you got NO business being here, so, get the HELL out!!!
What AM I??? A @#$%ING (maxed out!) R-E-T-A-R-D???
And, why on God's "green earth" (oh wait, god does NOT have sole-proprietorship over ANY of us, here on E-A-R-T-H!) would I do something so stupid like that, huh? Besides, you were the ones who couldn't keep your god damn, @#$%ING (maxed out!) DICKS in check, so, what RIGHT have you, to tell me that I'm not keeping my you-know-where intact?
The primary reason W-H-Y a lot of women are currently STUCK in this, predicament (you can call it that if you want to!) is because they are, too dumb, and too, BLONDE (the dumb-blonde BIMBOS???), to unable to see, how staying STUCK, should be, their, last resort, and they still, don't get themselves out, why is that, is absolutely, beyond ME!
Staying true, to, a WHORING M-A-N, that may be our, only option, IF we live in the, 18th, 19th, 20th centuries, but we are, in the 21st CENTURY here (hello, hello, hello, is this thing~~the P.A, even on???), because we are, without a viable skill, to make a living on our own, therefore, in the olden days, we relied on our losers has-beens, to keep us, and seeing how they are all, the bread winners of the house, they can, WHORE around all the want to but that's, back then, and this, is N-O-W!
Staying true, to, a WHORING M-A-N, is something I will NEVER do, in fact, like all you losers out there that EXTRA "appendage" "down there", I too, prefer, VIRGIN males too, okay, and yes, I will have my two "virgin males" NEUTERED, and I am going to get the two of them both, HOUSEBROKEN, and, they will be, "camping" their butts, on my bed, next to me, giving that they don't crawl onto my pillow, to find that soft spot (like Murphy'd done???)…and we'll all get along, just fine, and dandy here…


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On Friday, Cisco CEO John Chambers met with financial analysts to outline the company's ambitions to become the world's leading IT player by expanding its services and software offerings. Today, Cisco takes that Wall Street message global in a new repositioning campaign, themed "Tomorrow starts here," from Goodby, Silverstein & Partners.
Even as Cisco signals a corporate makeover, the pitch brings the company back to its roots after recent confusing attempts to make itself more of a consumer brand in spots featuring Juno actress Ellen Page. Gone now is "The human network," Cisco's tagline of the past six years and reference to its position as the largest manufacturer of computer networking equipment. The new campaign takes a larger view of Internet possibilities made real by all those routers and switches.
Financial observers liken Cisco's current shift to IBM's transformation from a mainframe manufacturer to a provider of software, services and hardware, and this spot has the aesthetic feel and tone of Big Blue's "Smarter Planet" commercials from Ogilvy. Cisco's research indicates that 37 billion new things will be connected to the Internet in the next eight years, and 2.5 billion people will log on for the first time. Goodby's TV commercial underscores that connectivity. The young narrator predicts that in the future, "Trees will talk to networks that will talk to scientists about climate change. Cars will talk to road sensors that will talk to stoplights about traffic efficiency." The print work features outtakes from the spot, and in an inspired detail for business-to-business advertising, an augmented reality app allows smartphone users to learn more specifics about the Internet connections behind the images.
Cisco CMO Blair Christie says the strategy speaks not only to the changes under way at Cisco but to a larger evolution. "We're seeing one of the biggest market transitions in our business," she says. "We're calling it 'The Internet of everything.' It's the intelligent connection of people, process, data and things to the Internet."
Client: Cisco Systems
Spot "Tomorrow Starts Here"
Agency: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco
Partner: Rich Silverstein
Executive Creative Directors: Rick Condos and Hunter Hindman
Art Director: Tyler Magnusson
Copywriter: Matt Rivitz
Executive Producer: Hilary Coate
Production Company: Directors Bureau
Director: Mike Mills
Director of Photography: Jakob Ihre
Executive Producer: Lisa Margulis
Chief Marketing Officer: Blair Christie
Vice President, Global Marketing and Branding: Michele Bogdan
Senior Director of Global Advertising, Media and Sponsorships: Julia Mee
Senior Managers, Global Advertising: Chris Nordstrom, Kathleen Watson


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SPUI at Market Street Bridge
If you think it's tough to build an interchange, try doing it twice! That's what High Steel had to as we fabricated and erected the steel and for Pennsylvania's first SPUI— Single Point Urban Interchange—at the Market Street Bridge in Williamsport, PA. A relatively new variant of the diamond interchange, the SPUI design provides a compact layout that requires less right-of-way acquisition and the ability for traffic to make concurrent left turns.
The new Market Street Bridge features one of only about 60 SPUI's in the United States. The project is tied into the revitalization of downtown Williamsport, and features a direct connection to Interstate 180.
Before the SPUI could be built at the Route 15 and Route 180 junction at the Susquehanna River, it was erected at the High Steel's yard in Williamsport to make sure everything fit together exactly as it should. This was a challenging project in that there were 88 plate girders— some straight, some curved, some full penetration fracture critical— that ranged from 18 feet to 143 feet, from 1.75 tons to 27 tons, from girders with zero curvature to girders with 8 feet of curvature, and from girders with one stiffener to girders with 48 stiffeners. There were also 116 diaphragms, 63 full depth plate diaphragms with strap plates and 412 knockdown angle cross frames.
The west side of the SPUI was shipped in the summer of 2005, while the east side had a November 2006 delivery date. Once on the jobsite, the steel was erected by High Steel's Field Operations group.
Each day, the Market Street Bridge in Williamsport carries more than 27,000 vehicles.
Project Specs
Bridge Type: SPUI - Plate Girders
Steel Tonnage: 1500 Tons
Steel Type: Grade 50
Coating: Painted - 3 coats
Project Team
Project Owner: PennDOT
Contractor: Trumbull Corporation
Designer: Michael Baker Jr., Inc.
Detailer: Upstate Detailing
Steel Fabricator: High Steel Structures Inc.
Steel Erector: High Steel Structures Inc.


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