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"Asian" or Muslim?
How the Media Defends a Religion by Vilifying a Race
As most of us are painfully aware, Western media is inherently Eurocentric and rarely focuses on what happens outside of Europe, United States, Canada and Australia. This is nowhere more apparent than in its coverage of terrorism, or, to put it more specifically, Islamic terrorism.
A case in point would be the horrific March 2012 slaughter of innocent Jews and Muslims by an Islamic terrorist in France. The average person who rarely spends time on the net would think the extremists were in hibernation since the July 2011 mass killings perpetrated by Breivik in Norway. In reality there has literally been thousands of Islamic terrorist attacks in between these two incidents. Just browse through WikiIslam's collection of news articles on the persecution of non-Muslims, ex-Muslims, homosexuals and women, and ask yourself, "how many of these incidents were covered in the mainstream news?" The answer is, "very few".
In early 2012, I came across an infuriatingly ignorant forum posting which attempted to downplay and defend extremism within Islam by pointing out that the "last big terrorist attack was by Anders Behring Breivik". Apparently the November 2011 attack which left 150 Nigerians dead or the December 2011 attack that left 59 Afghans dead didn't happen.
Even when it comes to Muslim violence within these areas, the media does all it can to not focus on them or to obfuscate the religious nature behind them. In the United Kingdom this has manifested itself through the media labeling of Muslims as "Asians".
A good example of this is the UK media handling of the 2001 "race riots" by "Asians" in Oldham, Bradford and Burnley. In reality, these outbreaks of violence had little to do with race. The government was warned by the head of the Commission for Racial Equality, Gurbux Singh, that more violence was to be expected from "Young Muslims who feel disenfranchised" living among the many "Muslim" hotspots in the UK.
The same thing occurred amid the news of widespread grooming of young white girls by "Asian" men. It was eventually brought to light that these "Asians" were not only targeting white girls, but also young girls from Hindu and Sikh communities. Since these "Asians" of Pakistani heritage are targeting white, Hindu, and Sikh children, and Pakistan is 96 percent Muslim, wouldn't a more accurate description be "Pakistani Muslim men"?
Another good example would be how the UK tabloids reported on the "Asians" who spat on Remembrance Day poppies and the girl who was selling them. The only "Asians" who are offended by poppies, which they see as a reference to soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc., are Muslims, but this is not mentioned in the report. So, again, the use of "Asian" to describe the perpetrators behind these crimes is inaccurate because their race was irrelevant to their motivations.
Unlike in the United States, when people in the United Kingdom refer to "Asians", they mean South Asians specifically from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. So, not only is this poor journalism, but it is demonizing an entire "race", the majority of whom are not Muslim.
The real-world effects caused by this are disturbing. Maybe it's the beard, but since the revelation of "widespread grooming by Asian men", sometimes you can visibly see young girls quicken their step or cross over to the other side when you're walking by. You can't blame them for doing this. In fact, I advise them to do this. There is absolutely nothing more important than the safety of young children. Unfortunately it's nonetheless humiliating.
Another worrying development is support from a limited number of Hindus and Sikhs for the fascist British National Party (BNP). As I have noted in the past, yes, they pale in comparison to the extremism found within mainstream Islam, a belief system which (when followed) would execute Hindus and Sikhs (i.e. idolators/pagans) if they refused to convert, but fighting hate with more hate is never the answer.
Time and time again I also read hostile comments left by whites on news stories about "Asians" attacking innocent white people, including women and the elderly. In these comments, they often attack Asians for being backward and in need of deportation. Here's a newsflash for them; where you are born and what your ethnicity is do not affect your behavior. On the other hand, what you believe in certainly does. Every community has its own issues to deal with, but there is no history of Hindu, Sikh or Christian Asian gangs in the UK systematically going around beating up white people, they are too busy being beaten up, raped or murdered by Muslim "Asians".
Update to the Original Essay
A lot has happened since I first wrote this piece. Two of them involve the BBC, so I'll begin with those developments.
Near the end of May 2012, the BBC temporarily abandoned its policy of referring to Muslim rape gangs that target non-Muslim women and children, as "Asian" rape gangs. Instead they called the rapist an "alleged Muslim". Unfortunately this development was not the result of the BBC's journalistic integrity. They were forced into the move when one of the victims of these religiously motivated sex-crimes turned out to be a teenaged Asian Sikh girl. They could hardly call it a racially motivated crime in this instance, could they?
Also in may, the BBC finally ran a story about groups representing Sikh and Hindu communities complaining about the media use of the term "Asian". As pointed out, the repeated use of the term "Asian" to describe Pakistani Muslims is playing into the hands of far-right racists such as the BNP. This gives them the ammo to scream "Look! See, we're right! All those brown people are the same. They just want to defile your innocent native British children!!!!" (as if only white kids can be "British").
In connection with the reports on the "Asians" who spat on Remembrance Day poppies and the girl who was selling them, the Bradford Telegraph and Argus has just reported that the young poppy sellers are to get minders after the abuse suffered last year. The most interesting aspect of this news story is the fact they now report that the 13-year-old white girl was only one of three teenagers selling remembrance poppies that day. Do you want to know the race/ethnicity of the other two young girls who were also abused? You've probably guessed it already... they appear to have been "Asians". Unsurprisingly this hasn't stopped thick-skulled racists from commenting on that article (e.g. "Skagbagger" and "fabricator666" referring to us as "feral Asian youth").
The Sun reported in May 2012, on the sentencing of a 9-man "Asian" pedophile sex gang. Those sentenced were eight Pakistani men and one Afghan. Can you guess which religion those nine "Asians" belong to? A clue would be the fact that one of the nine men was a Muslim preacher. The sentencing judge even stated quite clearly that the men had preyed on those young girls partly because they were from a different religion. The Sun article mentions this (as do others). But what catchy title do you think they chose to give this news story? It was titled, "77 years for Asian sex beasts...50 more on the loose". Let that sink in for a minute. A mainstream and popular tabloid referring to Asians as "beasts... on the loose" Now imagine if that title had read "Black sex beasts... on the loose", and how long it would have been before they were accused of overt racism in their reporting. Is there any wonder that racists see no problem with referring to us as "feral Asian youth"?
Finally, this is not a new development but more of an 'oversight' on my part. An interesting case dating back to 2009 in Bradford, the same place where the so-called race riots took place, when a Muslim teen stabbed a 51-year-old white non-Muslim male. The sentencing judge said it "seemed to have a racial motive." But the teen explained his motivations plain as day, "Manningham belongs to Muslims. We dont want whites. We rule Bradford. We are going to get you out." The attack was clearly racially and religiously motivated. If anything, there's a chance it was only religiously motivated (to most Muslim Asians, every white is assumed to be a Christian). I highly doubt this old man would have been attacked if he was dressed in recognizably Islamic clothing.
UK Muslims (aka. "Asians") and their Persecution of Non-Muslim Asians
This is just a small sample of what non-Muslim Asians (including atheists, Christians, Hindus and Sikhs) have to endure in the United Kingdom:
Race hate fear over attacks on Sikhs (The Telegraph)
"POLICE and community leaders say they are struggling to contain racial tensions in Derby after a young Sikh was badly hurt when ambushed by a gang of Muslims carrying hammers and crowbars.
Harjit Singh Sandhu, 22, was in hospital with a broken leg, ankle and nose and cuts to his face and head after being attacked for 20 minutes in the Normanton area on Monday.
About 50 Sikh youths went on to the streets to protest at the rising number of assaults by Muslim youths, but were dispersed by police. [...] Harninder Singh, a close friend of Mr Sandhu, said: "It was a totally unprovoked attack and the worst thing was he ran into a few Muslim shops for help and received none. When they had finished he was absolutely covered in blood. I was with him last Wednesday when Muslim lads mounted the pavement and tried to run him over."
Battered Stepney man in recovery (East London Advertiser)
"Monzur Rahman was left with a broken arm, damaged eye and lying unconscious in the street after the violent attack earlier this month.
The 39-year-old atheist claims he was brutally set upon by a pack of youths for failing to observe Ramadan. [...] He claims he was then approached by a group of around ten young men who asked him why he wasn't observing Ramadan. When he replied that he was an atheist they are believed to have chased him to nearby Walburgh Street, attacking him outside his home.
Monzur was reportedly battered until unconscious and later taken to the Royal London Hospital. His left arm was broken and metal bolts later put in."
Minister beaten after clashing with Muslims on his TV show (Mail Online)
"A [Pakistan-born] Christian minister who has had heated arguments with Muslims on his TV Gospel show has been brutally attacked by three men who ripped off his cross and warned: 'If you go back to the studio, we'll break your legs.' [...] Mr Samuel, based at Heston United Reformed Church, West London, said: 'He put his hand into my window, which was half open, and grabbed my hair and opened the door.
He started slapping my face and punching my neck. He was trying to smash my head on the steering wheel. Then he grabbed my cross and pulled it off and it fell on the floor. He was swearing. The other two men came from the car and took my laptop and Bible.' [...] He said that he, his wife Louisa, 48, and his son Naveed, 19, now fear for their safety, and police have given them panic alarms. 'I am frightened and depressed,' he said. 'My show is not confrontational.'"
Hindu girl tells of school hall hammer attack (The Telegraph)
"A TEENAGE Hindu girl who suffered a fractured skull when a gang of Muslim youths rampaged through her school with hammers and axes told of her ordeal yesterday.
Radhika Shukla, 15, was walking to the dinner hall at Derby Moor Community School when up to 10 youths burst in, smashing more than 40 windows and assaulting staff and pupils.
Radhika was chased, pushed to the floor and hit on the head with a hammer. She said: "I was crying and trying to roll up in a ball as he was hitting me. He was telling me he was going to kill me. I just closed my eyes and hoped he would stop."
She suffered a fractured skull, internal bleeding in her ear, a black eye and bruising on her back and shoulders. [...] Muslim youths had sprayed graffiti supporting Osama bin Laden on a school building, and even Muslim children from Derby Moor had joined in the attack. Two members of staff and four other pupils were injured."
Sikh man 'was beaten up by gang in street' (Leicester Mercury)
"A Sikh man told a jury he was beaten up by a group of Muslim-looking men who knocked off his turban and pulled off his necklace and religious pendant.
The 25-year-old alleged victim suffered a cut head and other injuries after being hit to the ground and struck with a weapon, possibly a spanner, it was claimed. [...] He looked out to see five or six Asian males, of Muslim appearance and dress, whom he did not know. [...] The court heard the necklace and religious pendant were later found and returned to the complainant.
Mark Achurch, prosecuting, said one of the witnesses claimed he heard members of the group shouting "Allah, Allah" during the alleged attack."
Five in court on shopkeeper murder (Daily Express)
"Five men have appeared in court accused of murdering a shopkeeper who was beaten to death during a robbery at his store.
Umare Aslam, 20, Muawaz Khalid, 20, Shoaib Khan, 18, Nabeel Shafi, 18, and Rehman Afzal, 18, are charged with the murder and robbery of Huddersfield shopkeeper Gurmail Singh.
Mr Singh, 63, died from head injuries after he was struck at least nine times with a weapon, believed to be a hammer, in the shop in the Cowcliffe area of Huddersfield on February 20."
Police protect girls forced to convert to Islam (Evening Standard)
"Extremist Muslims who force vulnerable teenage girls to convert to Islam are being targeted by police, Met chief Sir Ian Blair has revealed.
Police are working with universities to clamp down on "aggressive conversions" during which girls are beaten up and forced to abandon university courses.
The Hindu Forum of Britain claims hundreds of mostly Sikh and Hindu girls have been intimidated by Muslim men who take them out on dates before terrorising them until they convert.
Sir Ian spoke about the problem at a conference organised by the forum."
Wear headscarf or face death, woman told in Britain (IANS)
"A non-Muslim woman in Britain, who wears Western clothes, was told to wear a hijab or face death, a media report said Monday.
The non-Muslim Asian pharmacist in Whitechapel said she was told to cover up with a hijab headscarf or face boycott, the media report said.
She said that later a second man said: 'If you keep doing these things, we will kill you.'"
UK's Hindu And Sikh Organizations Also Accused Muslim Groups Of Sexually Targeting Their Communities (Amritsar)
"A day after UKs' former home secretary Jack Straw blamed some Pakistani Muslim men for targeting "vulnerable" White girls sexually, UK's Hindu and Sikh organizations also publicly accused Muslim groups of the same offence. [...] Sikhs and Hindus are annoyed that Straw had shown concern for White girls and not the Hindu and the Sikh teenage girls who have been coaxed by some Pakistani men for sex and religious conversion.
"Straw does other communities a disservice by suggesting that only white girls were targets of this predatory behaviour. We raised the issue of our girls with the previous government and the police on several occasions over the last decade. This phenomenon has been there because a minority of Islamic extremists view all 'non believers' as legitimate targets," said director NSO Inderjit Singh."
Minister to take legal action after radio show cancelled' (Herald Scotland)
"A minister is taking legal action against a radio station which allegedly cancelled his show because his defence of Christianity was offensive to Muslims. [...] The dispute arose during a show where Mr Masih and his co-presenter Asif Mall debated with prominent Muslim speaker Zakir Naik, who the pair said had patronised Christianity during a previous speaking appearance. [...] Mr Mall then accused the guest of having a "superficial knowledge" of holy texts, including the Bible and the Koran, and his comment is said to have offended followers of Islam.
Mr Masih made an on-air apology, he said, reading from a statement prepared by station manager Javed Sattar, but refused to apologise in person at Glasgow's Central Mosque because he did not feel he had anything to apologise for, and feared for his safety should he appear in person."
Muslim students preventing Hindus from using QMU's Multi-faith centre (RedHotCurry.com)
"A row has broken out at Queen Mary University, London about the use of its multi-faith centre. The National Hindu Students Forum (UK) claims that members of the Queen Mary's Islamic Society have been physically preventing students of the university's Hindu society from offering prayers at the multi-faith centre on the premises by standing 15 students at the door. The last Hindu prayer in the evenings is normally at 6pm, but the Muslim group who have a prayer session before the Hindus say that there is "no demand for the use of the multifaith centre by other faith communities" and they cannot therefore allow Hindus to use the premises even though they have a valid booking for its use.
The Islamic Society refuses to move out of the room even though we have a booking to use it for this week (13 March 2009). They did not even allow security to enter the premises and we were left standing outside the room unable to offer our prayers," explained Kajal Valani, Chair of the National Hindu Students Forum. "The men who stood barricading the door issued verbal threats to us. We are going there again this evening, and we await to see if good sense will prevail."
Minority Report: Freshers week 'seduction website' angers Sikhs (The Independent)
"Sikhs have angrily condemned a website (left) which appears to be run by young male Muslims and boasts about seducing Sikh women during freshers week at university.
The website contains pictures of at least 25 Sikh women which the site's administrators claim to have seduced alongside highly provocative remarks about the women and the Sikh religion.
Timed to coincide with the start of the university year - described in the site as a time when "[Muslim] soldiers go hunting for Sikh slappers" - the website's creators encourage friends and readers to send in pictures of Sikh women they have seduced during freshers week."
Machine-gun thug killed 'blameless' pair in a row over parking (Mail Online)
"After his car was blocked in by a van, Ayub Khan went to fetch a MAC-10 pistol capable of firing 1,000 rounds a minute.
Khan, then only 20, gunned down hotelier Amarjit Singh Tiwana and his nephew Rajinder Singh Tiwana at point-blank range.
He then turned the weapon on Amarjit's daughter Harjinder but did not fire – possibly because the gun had jammed.
Khan fled the country after the attack but was extradited from Bangladesh in 2010. [...]
Harjinder Tiwana watched in horror as the gunman aimed the gun at her, before the gang fled with hoods pulled over their faces. In February 2004 she identified Khan as the gunman. She told the court: 'I will never forget the face of the man who murdered my father.'
Mobile phone evidence revealed that after leaving the scene Khan repeatedly phoned another man, Abu Bakr Mansha Khan – who was later jailed for six years in 2006 for plotting to kill a decorated British soldier, Corporal Mark Byles."
19 year-old Pakistani Boy charged with assaulting Punjabi girl (Panthic.org)
"On Tuesday evening, hundreds of Sikh protesters rallied together and protested outside Luton Police Station after a Punjabi female teenager was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old Pakistani male on Monday night. [...]
After meeting at Guru Nanak Gurdwara Luton on Tuesday evening, the Sikh community decided to protest outside the Police station after concerns that the local Police had failed to handle the incident properly. Some members of the community stated that "The Police are scared to upset a particular radical community. Even the media is scared of them. Every time their community commits systematic sexual grooming crimes the media and Police report the convicts as 'Asians'. They are not just 'Asians' – but Pakistani radicals. When will the Police and media do justice?"
They further added, "We are do not consider Muslims as our enemies. It would go against our religion to do so. We respect all communities and religions. However, the Pakistani Muslim community needs to acknowledge and address they have a problem with their youth and that systematic grooming of young non-Muslims girls is happening throughout the UK."
See Also
- Rape - A hub page that leads to other articles related to Rape
- Racism - A hub page that leads to other articles related to Racism
External Links
- "Asian" or Muslim? Pat Condell's Video, "Tell the truth about Islam"
- Dr William Oddie: It's not Race Which is the Problem, But the Confusion of Race and Religion
- Glen Jenvey: I Urge all British Asians to Complain to the Press Complaints Commission
- Hardeep Singh from The Telegraph: It's Time to Stop Using the Word 'Asians' to Describe Muslim Groomers
- Press Complaints Commission (UK)


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Future Trends from Past Cycles: Identifying share price trends and turning points through cycle, channel and probability analysis
by Brian Millard
Publisher: Harriman House
Release Date: November 2010
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Harnessing probabilities with groundbreaking precision Future Trends from Past Cycles explains how to identify potential future trends and turning points in equity prices (short, long and medium-term) by analysing past cycles in market data. Brian Millard's renowned technical expertise and mathematical insight forms the basis of this fascinating guide, built around a blend of cycle, channel and probability analysis. With a thoroughly documented methodology, and numerous worked examples at every step of the process, this is an exceptionally lucid and insightful contribution to the literature of technical analysis. It will help the trader to harness probabilities to their advantage, and to limit their risk, with greater precision than ever before. Finding the key 10% with a trading triple lock This book teaches you how to use cycles in your trading in a way that hasn't been attempted previously. At its heart are the three disciplines of cycle, channel and probability analysis, which ensure a triple lock on probability - massively reducing the blind spots and speculative nature common to more one-dimensional technical approaches. While the general view of technical analysts is that virtually all securities can be analysed for future movement, the detailed workings and research in this book shows that this is not the case. Only a small number, around 10%, have cycles which extrapolation shows to be currently in a stable state and which therefore would appear to be predictable. Brian Millard details the mechanics of identifying this 10% - estimating the stability of trend positions, drawing probability boundaries for price positions, and deducing the core probability of any given price trend. He looks closely at the various forms of risk at play in the markets, uncovers the hidden mathematics of price movement, and shows how to simulate future movements; as well as presenting ideas on the best new ways to read cycles, evaluate mathematical trends, plot moving averages and anticipate turning points. Like the work of J. M. Hurst, Millard's forbear, Future Trends "shows what is possible when approaching the markets with a measured, logical technique based on firm mathematical and scientific logic". It is the essential final book from an acclaimed technical analyst and author.
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1. Introduction
Definition of a Trend
Definition of a Cycle
Determining Trends
2. Risk and the Markets
Sources of Risk
3. How Prices Move (I)
Coin Tossing
Rising and Falling Trends
4. How Prices Move (II)
The Normal Distribution
5. Simulating Future Movement
Monte Carlo Simulation
6. Cycles and the Market
Properties of Sine Waves
Cycles in the Stock Market
Research on Market Cycles
7. Trends and the Market
Mathematical Trends
Extrapolating a trend line
8. Properties of Moving Averages
Calculation of Moving Averages
9. Averages as Proxies for Trends
Probabilities From Centred Averages
Boundaries and Channels
10. Trend Turning Points (I)
Short-term Trends
11. Trend Turning Points (II)
Estimation of Channel Direction
12. Trend Turning Points (III)
Why Does Channel Analysis Work?
13. Cycles and Sums of Cycles
Extrapolation of Cycles
The Comparator
Failure of Extrapolations
14. Bringing it All Together
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Well, sometimes a six or seven month break is needed I suppose. I've been busy building my practice, Nightingale Acupuncture here in Portland. And I've also been terrarium maven and chicken wrangler at Pistils Nursery. It's a great combination of worlds for me and I'm loving my decision to move further North. I haven't stopped taking pictures for the Urban Field Guide or collecting pictures on the new-to-me Pinterest phenomenon. I'm constantly looking around at the intersection of nature, humanity and art. And the possibilities of medicine lurking within that tryst. Absolutely. Lately I've been in love with the blog From Moon to Moon. It has me dreaming of growing into a bohemian lifestyle now that I'm about to enter my 40s. Sure, why not? If it looks like this:
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Happy Father's Day from WFMT
WFMT honors fatherhood this weekend with opera, film music, and one artist's journey to connect with his late dad. View an online photo exhibition (below) of musical dads and their children and grandchildren, including Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler, Jean Sibelius, Sergei Prokofiev, and Richard Strauss.
Broadcast specials
Larry Johnson offers a program on fathers in operatic arias on this week's edition of Arias and Songs.
Candice Agree features music from the 1961 father-themed film A Raisin in the Sun which starred Sidney Poitier and the late Ruby Dee during the 8:00 am hour on Sunday, June 15 – Father's Day.
Sunday at 6:00 pm, WFMT presents the award-winning special Songs My Father Taught Me starring cellist Lynn Harrell. This is the story of a cello soloist's journey to know his late father, a successful opera singer. In this personal account, cellist Lynn Harrell describes and demonstrates at the cello how listening to his father's recordings made him a better player.


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Report NEP-IAS-2008-10-28This is the archive for NEP-IAS, a report on new working papers in the area of Insurance Economics. Soumitra K Mallick issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
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- Otovescu Frasie, Maria Cristina, 2008. "A Case Study about the Reputation of Insurance Companies in Craiova (Romania)," MPRA Paper 11196, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Dardanoni, V & Li Donni, P, 2008. "Testing For Asymmetric Information In Insurance Markets With Unobservable Types," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 08/26, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.
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Research Results: Creative Industries in the South
January 23, 2012ATLANTA, GA — Did you know that there are 18,790 design establishments in the South? Or that literary and publishing establishments employ more than 320,000 people in the region? Or that film and media establishments in the South generate $58 billion in revenue annually?
As these figures reveal, the creative economy is a major industry cluster in the South and has a significant economic impact on the region.
South Arts based in Atlanta has just released Creative Industries in the South, a research report which includes analysis of the region in aggregate, as well as creative industries profiles for the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
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Discussion in 'CycleChat Cafe' started by User, 23 Aug 2007.
Ring Ring - how boring is that!!??
For my Nokia 5240i I have the rather pleasant and chilled-out Breeze.mp3. Sometimes I don't answer just to listen to the sweet music.
hong kong garden by siouxie and the banshees. the intro sounds (retrospectively) like a ring tone.
Iv got yodas voice saying"mmm message from the dark side there is"for general numbers,also done in an alarm sound"Warning its the wife"for my er wife,and peter kays voice saying"Its spitting,everybody in its spitting"for my son.
One of the ones that came with my £20 the phone. I had the magnum theme tune (MP3) on my old phone. It worked well to embarrass my colleagues in my current job . Old colleagues got that it was tongue in cheek and loved/hated it at the same time.
Dare, gorillaz
One I made. It's a bit Tecno-ish and I can be absolutely sure that no-one else has it!
I got this manic childs laughter....dont know what its called, but it just brightens everyones face who hears it.
Steptoe Theme linked to the Office, else a few of the standard tones supplied with the phone.
I did have 'you are everything' (Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye) linked to SWMBO but then realised that she'd never hear it anyway. So now I just have a French Parisian Police Car Siren that tells me when to jump!
ring tone is pheonix nights that i extracted from a dvd,and peter kay "it's spitting" for a message tone.
did have ace ventura screaming "alrighty then" as message tone but it went off on a bus and to put it cleanly it made some people jump.
would change them for something more grown up but i can't be bothered.
did have fawlty towers as ring tone and played it when the manager came on the coach to welcome us to the hotel a couple of months ago(we knew him!) but it doesn't seem so funny now that the hotel has burnt down .
dragostei din tei by OZONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Being a touch sad I switch from 'Are 'Friends' Electric' and the choral opening of Inside by Stilkskin - both work very very well as ringtones and obviously they make me the coolest 40 year old dad in the school playground when picking up the kids!
At the moment I have 24, but I have thousands of the things on my harddrive so when I get bored I bluetooth one to my phone.
er...the one it came with.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Born: December 16, 1770, Bonn, Germany
Died: March 26, 1827, Vienna, Austria
Overture to Fidelio, Opus 72(c)
Few of Beethoven's compositions gave him more trouble than his only opera, Fidelio (originally titled Leonore). This tale of marital fidelity and heroic resistance to political tyranny went through three separate versions before the composer quit work on it, and even then many critics (and Beethoven himself) were not wholly satisfied. If the opera gave Beethoven trouble, then the overture gave him fits: Fidelio is doubtless the only opera in history to have four different overtures. In the Leonore Overtures, Nos. 1 to 3, Beethoven tried to foreshadow the action of the opera by using some of its themes. The problem was that the Leonore Overtures were so dramatic by themselves that they threatened to overpower what followed, particularly the opera's rather lighthearted beginning.
Convinced that he could never solve this problem, Beethoven simply gave up. For the final version of the opera (1814) he composed the Fidelio Overture, and this is the version that introduces the opera at performances today. The overture contains no thematic references to the opera that follows—it is a conventional curtain-raiser, full of thrust and noble sentiment. The introduction alternates a fanfare for full orchestra, marked Allegro, with Adagio passages. This fanfare contains the rhythmic cell—a dotted figure—that drives the overture forward and also suggests the shape of its main theme, first heard in the horns and clarinets. The brief overture ends with a blazing coda marked Presto. The dotted figure that opened the overture now drives it to a heroic close, a fitting, if unrelated, introduction to the opera's tale of heroism.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto in C major for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Opus 56 (Triple Concerto)
Beethoven wrote this unusual concerto during the spring and summer of 1804, a time of unbelievable creativity for him. In those months he revised the recently-completed I Symphony, began the Waldstein Sonata, and made sketches for the Appassionata Sonata and for his opera Leonore (later re-named Fidelio). Beethoven himself was apparently unsure how to classify his new orchestral work with three soloists. After the work was completed he referred to it as a "concertante for violin, violoncello and pianoforte with full orchestra." Today it is most often called the Triple Concerto.
Concertos for multiple instruments of course call to mind the Baroque concerto grosso, in which a small group of soloists plays in contrast to the main body of the orchestra, but the Triple Concerto is no concerto grosso. Rather, it is a concerto for piano trio and orchestra. Such a concerto posed two particular problems for Beethoven: how to give each soloist enough individual attention, and how to keep the cello from becoming buried within this complex texture. He solved these problems ingeniously: the first by having his three soloists play often just as a trio, the second by allowing the cellist the first statement of many of the themes.
a concerto like no other
The Triple Concerto contrasts sharply with the other music Beethoven was composing in these years. Whereas the Eroica, the opera and the two piano sonatas burn with a sense of urgency and dramatic fury, the Triple Concerto lacks their tension: this is expansive music, relaxed and agreeable rather than striving.
allegro. The opening movement gets off to a grand start with a full-orchestra exposition of its themes, but textures thin out considerably when the soloists enter. Beethoven often has the soloists play by themselves with only unobtrusive orchestral accompaniment, punctuated by tutti outbursts. The thematic material in this movement is genial rather than distinctive, the rhythms slightly swung rather than sharp-edged. The most impressive feature of this movement may be its span: at 17 minutes, it is one of Beethoven's longest.
largo. By contrast, the second is very brief, almost an interlude between the dynamic outer movements. Beethoven rarely used the tempo indication Largo, a marking that suggests very slow and dignified music. An orchestra of muted strings introduces the Largo, but this lyric movement belongs almost entirely to the three soloists—it is essentially chamber music. Once again, the cello leads the way, this time with a theme marked molto cantabile.
rondo alla polacca. Beethoven marks the finale Rondo alla pollaca, or a rondo in the style of a polonaise. The cello introduces the main theme and launches this jovial movement on its way. Near the end comes a surprising passage: a polonaise is in 3/4, but now Beethoven resets his principal theme in 2/4, shortening it and making it dance in new ways before going back to 3/4 for the coda and cadence.
Though completed in 1804, the Triple Concerto did not make its way decisively into the musical world, and it has remained one of Beethoven's less familiar works. Despite several private performances, this music did not receive its public premiere in Vienna until May 1808, nearly a year after it had been published. Beethoven dedicated it to his patron Prince Lobkowitz, also the dedicatee of the Eroica.
Program notes on both Beethoven works by Eric Bromberger.
Johannes Brahms
Born: May 7, 1833, Hamburg, Germany
Died: April 3, 1897, Vienna, Austria
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Opus 98
Brahms knew from the outset that his Fourth Symphony was different from the other three, and he apparently entertained fears that it might not be received as warmly. Composed in 1884 and 1885, on the heels of the extroverted Third Symphony of 1883, the Fourth was at once the composer's most passionate and his most abstract symphonic outpouring. As with the Second Symphony, he joked self-consciously about its unique quality, stating in a letter that it consisted of "a few entr'actes and polkas that I happened to have lying around."
Like the first two symphonies, the Third and Fourth also form a pair, one clear-eyed and direct, the other gray and troubled. The English critic Donald Francis Tovey called the Fourth "one of the rarest things in classical music, a symphony which ends tragically." (The torrid First had broken into triumphant C-major at the end.)
Evidence suggests that the source of the Fourth's high drama was not personal crisis but Brahms' interest during the 1880s in the Greek tragedies of Sophocles and others. Brahms' friendship with conductor Hans von Bülow beginning in 1881 was also a factor. Bülow, who had just been named director of the Meiningen Court Orchestra, offered Brahms a first-class ensemble with which the composer could "try out" the Fourth and other works.
Bülow prepared the Meiningen Orchestra's first performance of the Fourth Symphony, which Brahms conducted on October 25, 1885. The composer then took the piece on tour with the Orchestra, performing it throughout northern Germany and the Netherlands, before allowing Hans Richter to present it to the Viennese public in January 1886.
The initial response was surprisingly cool, considering the extent to which the city had lionized Brahms throughout the 1870s and early 1880s. The Fourth was declared "un-Brahmsian." (At an earlier private performance of a four-hand piano version, the biographer Max Kalbeck reportedly suggested that the fourth movement be omitted altogether.)
Brahms did not lay a finger on the work. And sure enough, by the end of the composer's life the Viennese public had gained a deeper appreciation not only for the Fourth, but for a whole career of symphonic music that it seemed to sum up. A performance of the Fourth in 1897, a month before the composer's death, indicated the depth of the shift of opinion. Here is Florence May's description of the emotional evening:
"A storm of applause broke out at the end of the first movement, not to be quieted until the composer, coming to the front of the artists' box in which he was seated, showed himself to the audience.
"An extraordinary scene followed the conclusion of the work. The applauding, shouting audience, its gaze riveted on the figure standing in the balcony, so familiar and yet in present aspect so strange, seemed unable to let him go.
"Tears ran down his cheeks as he stood there shrunken in form, with lined countenance, a strained expression, white hair hanging lank; and through the audience there was a feeling as of a stifled sob, for they knew that they were saying farewell."
Four weeks later, hordes of admirers turned out for the composer's funeral.
tragedy of the classical kind
allegro non troppo. The first movement is uniquely tragic in tone yet glowing with an inner warmth that is unprecedented in Brahms' orchestral output. "It acts its tragedy with unsurpassable variety of expression and power of climax," Tovey writes. One is tempted to wonder why tragedy should sound so beautiful. Some have also found echoes of Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata in the obsessive descending thirds. (Brahms' appreciation of late Beethoven had deepened recently as a result of hearing his works played by Bülow, who was also one of the great pianists of his day.)
andante moderato. The slow movement is a moody intermezzo, lightening the tone to take some of the first movement's weight from the listener's chest.
allegro giocoso. Likewise is the third movement, one of the composer's splashiest and most "bacchanalian" scherzos. Its finale-like fervor caused Tovey to ask, "After three movements so full of dramatic incident, what finale is possible?"
allegro energico e passionato. The finale Brahms devised for the Fourth Symphony was indeed singular, and was the chief point of controversy when the symphony was introduced. It was perhaps also the work's chief point of contact with the last Beethoven piano sonatas, and with the Renaissance and Baroque music that had recently occupied Brahms the scholar. It is a set of variations on the bass from Bach's Cantata No. 150, Nach Dir, Herr, verlanget mich (For Thee, Lord, Do I Long).
Brahms inflects the bassline with a tiny, "Romanticizing" chromatic alteration before submitting it to a set of variations that gradually reduces the "theme" to a vague, schematized scaffolding. Such a procedure calls to mind not only Baroque works such as Bach's Chaconne for solo violin but also the variation movements of late Beethoven. The Opus 111 Sonata, Beethoven's last, also ends with an ethereal set of variations whose theme is slowly reduced, bit by bit, to little more than an abstract harmonic skeleton.
In retrospect, the orchestral variations were perhaps the only way Brahms could have ended the Fourth Symphony—with a conservative twist that set musical limits by evoking Baroque harmonic ideals, yet creating closure through subtle thematic reminiscences and a reduction to harmonic essentials.
Program note by Paul Horsley.


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PlaSmart Kick Flipper
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Backyard Safari Field Binocs
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Little Tikes Giant Slide Bouncer
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Dynacraft Tonka Mighty Dump Truck
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Air Hogs 360 Hoverblade
The durable and simple design of the 360 Hoverblade is great for children! It is described as an electronic boomerang because it can move in a circular pattern using the infrared remote control. This toy can be played with indoors but we have found the real fun takes place outside. It is the toy everyone will want this summer, and, with some practice, it can be maneuvered to do tricks with the pilot of the 360 Hoverblade. You can purchase the Hoverblade 360 on Amazon.
Backyard Safari Base Camp Shelter
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GeoSafari Wearable Glasses and Wrist Band
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Crayola 3D Chalk
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Yvolution Neon Street Rollers
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It's only December 2nd so in case you wanted to make an Advent calendar this year and somehow didn't - we have a beautiful and super quick idea for you!
Every year I prepare an Advent calendar with lots of surprises for my kids. We wait for Christmas and spend plenty of time creating Christmas tree ornaments.
My kids love to receive small gifts. In the past our Christmas calendar was made of fabric - I sewn a kind of a board with lots of pockets.
This year I decided to use paper bags and create tags with numbers - one for each day. I made everything double, because I have two kids. :)
I have used several media - I love diversity. Some numbers were painted with red Acrylic Paint - Claudine Hellmuth's paints have rich colors and great texture.
Other numbers were covered with Finnabair's Soft Gloss Gel and then I sprinkled some Art Ingredients Glass Glitter (Platinum) over them.
Other numbers were covered with Finnabair's Soft Gloss Gel and then I sprinkled some Art Ingredients Glass Glitter (Platinum) over them.
I wanted to add some sparks of light to my whole project so I covered some numbers with Finnabair's Glitter from Crimson set. First, I applied Ranger Emboss It Clear Ink in a form of dabber, then I sprinkled Ranger Embossing Sticky Powder, I heated everything up and then I used Finnabair glitter.
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£54.50ppMercure Sheffield St Pauls Hotel and Spa is a chic contemporary city centre location, close to the Lyceum and Crucible theatres, as well as Hallam University. During your stay, enjoy access to the private members Spa Naturel Health club, combining fitness, hydrotherapy and spa treatments for the ultimate in wellbeing. The Spa offers a large fully equipped Technogym Health Club for. . .
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- Last Drop Village Hotel & SpaBolton, Lancashireoffers from
£59.50ppThe Last Drop Village Hotel and Spa is steeped in fascinating history, with cobbled streets, craft shops, boutique and jewellers. The hotel offers the Courtyard Restaurant and bar, The Village tea shop opens daily for afternoon tea. During your stay, enjoy access to the private members Spa Naturel Health club, combining fitness, hydrotherapy and spa treatments for the ultimate in wellbeing.. . .
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- Shrigley Hall Hotel & SpaNr. Macclesfield, Cheshireoffers from
£59.50ppOverlooking the edge of The Peak District Immerse yourself in the beauty of Shrigley Hall Hotel, Golf & Country Club. Just 15 miles south of Manchester, the 262 acres of spectacular countryside and an 18-hole championship golf course should keep you busy. If not, youre on the edge of the Peak District National Park and surrounded by world-famous gardens and. . .
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- Hallmark Hotel HullNorth Ferriby, East Yorkshireoffers from
£67.00ppA pamper day or stay at the Hallmark Hotel will provide you with the perfect antidote to discovering the word relaxed. With a Hallmark welcome, you will soon be settled in their Relaxation Suite before being whisked away to enjoy a treatment by the dedicated Therapists. Treatments are complimented by products by Comfort Zone; which specialises on the holistic. . .
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- Hallmark Hotel ManchesterWilmslow, Cheshireoffers from
£70.00ppFor Spa Breaks in or near Manchester the recently refurbished 4* Hallmark Health Club & Spa Manchester set in leafy grounds in south Manchester is the ideal place for a getaway. The Hallmark Hotel & Spa Manchester has a fantastic array of health club & spa facilities this is the perfect venue for a relaxing break . On your spa. . .
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- Hallmark Hotel Llyndir HallChester, Cheshireoffers from
£70.00ppThe Best Western Hallmark Hotel Chester Llyndir Hall proves you can have it all. The magnificent early 19th century villa, surrounded by five acres of landscaped gardens including a majestic 200-year-old beech tree lies in the undulating Welsh borders, just a spear toss from the Roman city of Chester with its fabulous zoo, shopping and nightlife. This magnificent. . .
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- Best Western Royal Clifton Hotel & SpaLiverpool Coast, Merseysideoffers from
£74.50ppThe Best Western Royal Clifton Hotel & Spa in Southport is noted for its exceptional range of facilities and excellent standards of service. Over recent years it has been thoughtfully refurbished to offer you the comfort you expect in the best location for a hotel in Southport. We have a choice of bedrooms including spacious family rooms and suites. A. . .
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- Mercure Kenwood Hall & SpaSheffield, South Yorkshireoffers from
£75.00ppThe Mercure Kenwood Hall Hotel in South Yorkshire, is a former stately home only a mile from Sheffield city centre, but still retaining the charm of 12 acres of beautiful gardens with lakeside views. The range of spacious rooms and suites cater for couples, groups, solo travellers and families, many with garden and lake views and all set in tranquil. . .
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- Dower House Hotel & Imagine SpaKnaresborough, North Yorkshireoffers from
£81.50ppWhatever the reason for your visit to the beautiful town of Knaresborough there is an offer to suit you at the Dower House Hotel & Spa. With the Dales on your doorstep, the beautiful Spa town of Harrogate, the historic city of York and the cosmopolitan city of Leeds just a stones throw away you are brilliantly placed to explore. . .
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- Owston HallDoncaster, South Yorkshireoffers from
£90.00ppOwston Halls picturesque surroundings are the perfect setting for a South Yorkshire spa break. The hotel has 62 luxurious en-suite bedrooms. All 14 bedrooms in the old hall, dating from the 17th Century, have been individually decorated, providing comfortable and relaxing rooms. All have ensuite, with Freeview TV, phone and complimentary WIFI. A further 32 bedrooms are situated on the Old. . .
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- The Parsonage Country House HotelYork, North Yorkshireoffers from
£109.00ppThe Parsonage Hotel is perfect for that special midweek or weekend spa get away. Set in six acres of beautiful formal gardens and woodland, only a short drive from the historic city of York. Built in the early 1840's the building maintains many of its original features. We also have the award winning Lascelles Restaurant, a beautiful Conservatory and elegant Lounges.. . .
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- Thornton Hall Hotel & SpaWirral, Merseysideoffers from
£119.00ppThe four star Thornton Hall Hotel & Spa is located just 20 minutes from Liverpool and Chester, nestled in the Wirral Countryside. It is also conveniently located for anyone looking for spa breaks close to Manchester, Merseyside & North Wales. With one of the finest Spas in the North West, offering an amazing array of treatments and packages to suit everyone. . .
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- The Imperial Blackpool HotelBlackpool, Lancashireoffers from
£120.00ppBlackpool has long been known as the fun & adventure capital of the UK, when you visit what better place to stay than the Imperial Hotel. Located on North Promenade, you can walk to all the popular attractions or hop on a world famous tram which stops across the road. Few hotels in the UK have a heritage as rich and. . .
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- QHotel Slaley HallHexham, Northumberlandoffers from
£258.00ppSlaley Hall is an Edwardian mansion surrounded by over 1,000 acres of gorgeous Northumberland countryside, an ideal location for a spa break away from the stresses of normal life. Enjoy a one or two night spa break at this magnificent venue and you will be sure to come away feeling re-energised and completely relaxed. Spend time relaxing in the fully. . .
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• Scientists say "Contagion" is for real. [Associated Press] • James Rocchi talks "The Ides of March" with Best Supporting Actress hopeful Evan Rachel Wood. [MSN Movies] • Nicolas Winding Refn breaks down a scene from "Drive." [Arts Beat]
9/16 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: Scientists vouch for 'Contagion,' Refn breaks down 'Drive,' Toronto takeaways
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:46 am · September 16th, 2011
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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 58 — Wrapping up the summer, fall festival preview, 'Warrior' and '50/50'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:00 am · August 26th, 2011
Welcome to Oscar Talk. In case you're new to the site and/or the podcast, Oscar Talk is a weekly kudocast, your one-stop awards chat shop between yours truly and Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood. The podcast is weekly, every Friday throughout the season, charting the ups and downs of contenders along the way. Plenty […]
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Gordon-Levitt, Rogen and Reiser on tragicomedy and '50/50'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:29 pm · August 19th, 2011
Yesterday I sang the praises of Jonathan Levine's "50/50," particularly the writing from real-life cancer survivor Will Reiser and actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen. Today, Summit has pointed us to a sit-down chat between the three regarding the film as part of Gordon-Levitt's hitRECord call for submissions of personal stories of tragedy blended with […]
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'50/50' draws laughs and tears, but Gordon-Levitt owns it
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:44 am · August 18th, 2011
It's probably a bit ridiculous that I haven't seen Jonathan Levine's "The Wackness" yet. I have the screener somewhere around here and it's just one of those films I keep forgetting to watch, despite constant encouragement to do so. Therefore, "50/50," a dramedy from writer Will Reiser based on his own experience being diagnosed with […]
'50/50' trailer
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:06 pm · May 28th, 2011
One film that could slip up on the awards season with an endearing, personal journey is "50/50," from an original screenplay by Will Reiser (it's fully his story) and directed by "The Wackness" helmer Jonathan Levine. I'm sure Joseph Gordon-Levitt will be someone to watch, but I've heard Anjelica Huston steals the show. The trailer […]
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Young stars speak out on 'The Social Network'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:51 am · January 27th, 2011
Newly minted Oscar nominee James Franco caused a bit of a ripple in the blogosphere the other day by casually slighting "The Social Network" — claiming the film fails to deal with the communication revolution that (to his mind) it's supposed to be about, and further suggesting that its approach is too "classical" (read: conservative) […]
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THE LISTS: Top 10 performances in Christopher Nolan films
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:25 am · July 13th, 2010
The word of the day Friday will most certainly be "Inception," as casually interested movie-goers and anxious fanboys alike line up to take in Christopher Nolan's latest effort. Now, I have suggested in this space that the film's ensemble is an organic one, alive and driven. And that the performances are separately less than their […]
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On the performances of 'Inception'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:48 pm · July 6th, 2010
As a number of people have pointed by asking, my review of Christopher Nolan's "Inception" doesn't offer much perspective on the performances in the film. The reason is probably a combination of a few things. For starters, I wanted to be as careful as possible to write a spoiler-free review that could be enjoyed by […]
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REVIEW: "Inception" (***1/2)
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:00 pm · July 5th, 2010
In reviewing 2008's "The Dark Knight," I wrote that director Christopher Nolan "has made a brief career of exploring characters built upon their somber, in some instances twisted pasts, however distant or immediate." The theme continues with "Inception," a film like nothing you have ever seen before that plays out like a two-hour therapy session, […]
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11/30 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:12 am · November 30th, 2009
• David Poland painstakingly seeks out assumed evidence to support his theory that "The Hurt Locker" will be this year's Best Picture victor. [Movie City News] • John Horn sits down with "Precious" screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher. [Los Angeles Times] • Dave Karger chats up Viggo Mortensen and his "Road" co-star Kodi Smit-McPhee. [Oscar Watch]
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THE LISTS: Top 10 actors under 30
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:39 am · October 6th, 2009
I wrote recently about how this year's Best Actress race seems to ushering in a striking new wave of young talent, from the elfin throwback charm of Carey Mulligan to the rawer screen presence of Gabourey Sidibe, while a range of youthful names, from the long-hyped Abbie Cornish to the out-of-nowhere Katie Jarvis, have been […]
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8/28 Web Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:13 am · August 28th, 2009
• "Avatar"-izing James Cameron's past characters. [MTV Movies Blog] • Following "The Hurt Locker," Kathryn Bigelow aiming for a similar visceral style for "Triple Frontier." [The Playlist] • Joseph Gordon-Levitt: the new Heath Ledger? [The Guardian]
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Tell us what you thought of 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:34 pm · August 10th, 2009
Okay, so I shelled out the cash last night to see "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" while I'm away in San Francisco. It's awful in many ways (most of them beginning with Joseph and ending with Gordon-Levitt, surprisingly enough). But it was also, I thought, unbelievably enjoyable. I'm on the tongue-in-cheek bandwagon, I guess. […]
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Heist/movie musical short film starring Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:43 am · August 5th, 2009
It seems the folks behind the summer romance "(500) Days of Summer" have been up to some extra-curricular activities as of late. Director Marc Webb and actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel recently put together a short film inspired by heist cinema and movie musicals that is…frankly kind of pointless. But it served as a […]
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7/17 Web Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:42 am · July 17th, 2009
• Judd Apatow's risky departure from formula with "Funny People." [Wall Street Journal] • Denise Martin talks to "(500) Days of Summer" star Joseph Gordon-Levitt. [Los Angeles Times] • PODCAST: Yours truly talks the Oscar's move to 10, the "Let the Right One In" remake and more with John Campea et al. [The Movie Blog]
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7/13 Web Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:24 am · July 13th, 2009
• Gael Garcia Bernal: activist. [Daily Telegraph] • Phil de Semlyen chats it up with Bruno. [Empire] • Michael Powell goes deep on "Golden Age" survivor Andrew Sarris. [New York Times] • Mike Jones profiles the child actors of Harry Potter, wonders if their fame can last beyond Hogwarts. [The independent]
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Caine confirmed in small role in 'Inception,' Gordon-Levitt also joins the cast
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:09 am · April 24th, 2009
I just got off the phone with Michael Caine for a piece I'll have up momentarily concerning his rather striking performance in John Crowley's "Is Anybody There?," but while I had him cornered I thought I should ask him point blank about his potentially staring in Christopher Nolan's "Inception," a rumor that's been bouncing around […]
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Stanford prison experiment From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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The Stanford prison experiment was a study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The experiment was conducted from August 14th to 20th , 1971 by a team of researchers led by Psychology professor Philip Zimbardo at Stanford University. Twenty-four students were selected out of 75 to play the prisoners and live in a mock prison in the basement of the Stanford psychology building. Roles were assigned randomly. The participants adapted to their roles well beyond what even Zimbardo himself expected, leading the "Officers" to display authoritarian measures and ultimately to subject some of the prisoners to torture. In turn, many of the prisoners developed passive attitudes and accepted physical abuse, and, at the request of the guards, readily inflicted punishment on other prisoners who attempted to stop it. The experiment even affected Zimbardo himself, who, in his capacity as "Prison Superintendent," lost sight of his role as psychologist and permitted the abuse to continue as though it were a real prison. Five of the prisoners were upset enough by the process to quit the experiment early, and the entire experiment was abruptly stopped after only six days. The experimental process and the results remain controversial. The entire experiment was filmed, with excerpts made publicly available.
The "prison" itself was in the basement of Stanford's Jordan Hall, which had been converted into a mock jail. An undergraduate research assistant was the "warden" and Zimbardo the "superintendent." Zimbardo set up a number of specific conditions on the participants which he hoped would promote disorientation, depersonalization and deindividualisation.
The researchers provided weapons—wooden batons which could not be used to punish the prisoners, meant only to establish their status—and clothing that simulated that of a prison guard—khaki shirt and pants from a local military surplus store. They were also given mirrored sunglasses to prevent eye contact.
Prisoners wore ill-fitting smocks and stocking caps, rendering them constantly uncomfortable. Guards called prisoners by their assigned numbers, sewn on their uniforms, instead of by name. A chain around their ankles reminded them of their roles as prisoners.
The researchers held an orientation session for guards the day before the experiment, during which they were told that they could not physically harm the prisoners. They'll have no privacy… We're going to take away their individuality in various ways. In general what all this leads to is a sense of powerlessness. That is, in this situation we'll have all the power and they'll have none."
The participants chosen to play the part of prisoners were arrested at their homes and charged with armed robbery.
For his mock prison set up, Zimbardo used the basement of Stanford University's Psychology building and selected 24 students to either play the role of the prison guard or the prisoner. He selected this group out of a group of 70 who all had no criminal background, psychological impairments, or medical problems. They were all signed up to participate for between a 7 to 14 day period and receive $15 per day.
The set up
The small mock prison cells were set up to hold three prisoners each. There was a small space for the prison yard, solitary confinement, and a bigger room across from the prisoners for the guards and warden. The prisoners were to stay in their cells all day and night until the end of the study. The guards worked in teams of three for eight-hour shifts. The guards did not have to stay on site after their shift.
After a relatively uneventful first day, a riot broke out on the second day. The prisoners in cell 1 blockaded their cell door with their beds and took off their stocking caps. They refused to come out or do anything the guards told them to do. The guards realized they needed more of them to handle the riot. The guards from other shifts volunteered to work extra hours and worked together to break the prisoner revolt, attacking the prisoners with fire extinguishers without supervision from the research staff. The guards realized they could handle the 9 cell mates with 9 guards, but were unsure how they were to do so by use of only 3 guards per shift. One then suggested that they use psychological tactics to control them instead. They set up a "privilege cell" in which prisoners who were not involved in the riot were treated with special rewards such as a good meal instead of their normal bland portions. The "privilege cell" inmates chose not to eat the meal in order to stay uniform with their fellow prisoners.
After only 36 hours, one prisoner began to act "crazy," Zimbardo says; "#8612 then began to act crazy, to scream, to curse, to go into a rage that seemed out of control. It took quite a while before we became convinced that he was really suffering and that we had to release him."
Guards forced the prisoners to count off repeatedly as a way to learn their prison numbers, and to reinforce the idea that this was their new identity. Guards soon used these prisoner counts as another method to harass the prisoners, using physical punishment such as protracted exercise for errors in the prisoner count. Sanitary conditions declined rapidly, made worse by the guards refusing to allow some prisoners to urinate or defecate. As punishment, the guards would not let the prisoners empty the sanitation bucket. Mattresses were a valued item in the prison, so the guards would punish prisoners by removing their mattresses, leaving them to sleep on concrete. Some prisoners were forced to go nude as a method of degradation.
On the fourth day, some prisoners were talking about trying to escape. Zimbardo and the guards attempted to move the prisoners to the more secure local police station, but officials there said they could no longer participate in Zimbardo's experiment.
Several guards became increasingly cruel as the experiment continued. Experimenters said that approximately one-third of the guards exhibited genuine sadistic tendencies. Most of the guards were upset when the experiment concluded after only 6 days.
Zimbardo argued that the prisoner participants had internalized their roles, based on the fact that some had stated that they would accept parole even with the attached condition of forfeiting all of their experiment-participation pay. Yet, when their parole applications were all denied, none of the prisoner participants quit the experiment. Zimbardo argued they had no reason for continued participation in the experiment after having lost all monetary compensation, yet they did, because they had internalized the prisoner identity, they thought themselves prisoners, hence, they stayed.
Prisoner No. 416, a newly admitted stand-by prisoner, expressed concern over the treatment of the other prisoners. The guards responded with more abuse. When he refused to eat his sausages, saying he was on a hunger strike, guards confined him to a closet without a light-bulb and called it "solitary confinement; the guards then instructed the other prisoners to repeatedly punch on the door while shouting at 416. "The guards used this incident to turn the other prisoners against No. 416, saying the only way he would be released from solitary confinement was if they gave up their blankets and slept on their bare mattresses, which all but one refused to do.
Zimbardo aborted the experiment early when Christina Maslach, a graduate student he was then dating (and later married), objected to the appalling conditions of the prison.
Even though the study was supposed to last for two weeks it had to be cut short due to the treatment of the prisoners by the guards and the excess anxiety and stress. The prison guards fell into the role of the "guard" but due to their lack of rules they took their roles to a higher level. They would abuse the prisoners by making them scrub toilets, do countless push-ups and whatever else they could think of for punishment. The students who were guards became deindividualized and lost a sense of self. Before the study was called off, five of the prisoners suffered from severe emotional trauma and had to be released early. Even Zimbardo himself became deindividualized and fell into the role of warden. He would overlook the abusive behaviors portrayed by the guards until one of his fifty colleagues, Chirstina Maslach, spoke up.
The Stanford experiment ended on August 20, 1971, only six days after it began instead of the fourteen it was supposed to have lasted. That day, Zimbardo called both the guards and inmates to a meeting and announced that the 'prison' was closing down. The experiment's result has been argued to demonstrate the impressionability and obedience of people when provided with a legitimizing ideology and social and institutional support. It is also used to illustrate cognitive dissonance theory and the power of authority.
The results of the experiment are said to support situational attribution of behavior rather than dispositional attribution. In other words, it seemed the situation caused the participants' behavior, rather than anything inherent in their individual personalities. In this way, it is compatible with the results of the also-famous Milgram experiment, in which ordinary people fulfilled orders to administer what appeared to be agonizing and dangerous electric shocks to a confederate of the experimenter.
Ethical criticisms
This study was cleared by the Ethics Code of the American Psychological Association, showing that experiments on paper can look very different than the way that they play out in reality. The experiment was criticized as being unethical and unscientific. Subsequently-adopted ethical standards of psychology would make it a breach of ethics to conduct such a study in more modern times. The study would violate the Ethics Code of the American Psychological Association, the Canadian Code of Conduct for Research Involving Humans, and the Belmont Report.
Peer-review criticisms
Because it was a field experiment, Dr. Zimbardo found it impossible to keep traditional scientific controls in place. He was unable to remain merely a neutral observer, instead influencing the direction of the experiment as its "superintendent." Conclusions and observations drawn by the experimenters were largely subjective and anecdotal, and the experiment would be difficult for other researchers to reproduce.
Some said that the study was too deterministic: reports described significant differences in the cruelty of the guards, the worst of whom came to be nicknamed John Wayne. (This guard alleges he started the escalation of events between guards and prisoners after he began to emulate a character from the Paul Newman film Cool Hand Luke. He further intensified his actions because he was nicknamed "John Wayne," even though he was trying to mimic actor Strother Martin, who had played the role of the sadistic Captain in the movie.) Most of the other guards were kinder and often did favors for prisoners.
The information pretty much ends on this note…mostly a whimper. It was an experiement, a failed experiment destined to fail. Analyse of the experiment is mostly backtracked, response to cause, not cause to response of human, perceived natural reaction. Ok…ok…if you shock a person with electricity, there are effects, the cause is the electricity…..hence my opinion the Study/Experiment is backwards. Guards and Prisoners were reversed. The analytical data is contrary to Cause and Effect, hence Effect and Cause.
If you really want to get Creepy, ruin a great song…The Beach Boys….." Wouldn't It Be Nice" by playing while reading the case study……Most if not all the above comes from Wikipedia. The study/what ever was turned into a movie, German titled……..