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Happy Chinese New Year! This lunar year welcomes the Year of the Rooster, which begins Saturday, January 28. Also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, the holiday is celebrated across 15 days in many countries around the world. At its core, the holiday is about home and family. Steeped in tradition, symbolism and superstition, Chinese New Year is an important time for families to reunite to honor their ancestors. Multiple generations and extended family… Read the full story
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When Geni first launched in January 2007, we had one very ambition goal: to create a family tree of the whole world! We invited users to build their family trees and invite their relatives to join them. What began as several smaller family trees naturally led to merging overlapping families, connecting these separate trees into one big tree. Now, thanks to the collaborative efforts of millions of genealogists and family historians, Geni's World Family Tree has grown to over 112 million profiles! Geni's… Read the full story
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On the morning of December 27, 2016, Star Wars icon Carrie Fisher passed away after suffering a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles just four days earlier. Image: Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons An accomplished author, screenwriter and actress, Fisher was well known for her quick wit and candor. She held memorable parts in When Harry Met Sally and Hannah and Her Sisters, but she will perhaps forever be remembered for her iconic… Read the full story
Do you remember writing letters to Santa Claus? What did you ask for? Every year, children all around the world take a moment to ask Santa for gifts for being good during the year. The Mountainair Independent, December 21, 1916 / MyHeritage SuperSearch Have you ever wondered what your ancestors may have asked for 100 years ago? Newspapers often printed children's letters to Santa. Common gift requests included dolls, firecrackers, candy, and fruits, particularly apples and… Read the full story
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Stop! This programme is getting far too silly... Attention director.... Wait for it!
I'm enjoying the new American series FlashForward so far, but the most recent episode I've seen, episode 3, **spoilers follow, highlight to read** features the FBI going over to Germany and releasing an ex-Nazi from prison.
Now this strained credulity beyond the stretchiest of stretchy-out things. What about German sovereignty? What about what Israel would have to say about it? What about internal American politics and lobbyists? What about an international stink kicked-up by the UN (and everywhere) surely? How come it takes a couple of phone calls, about five minutes and it's done?
Even given wide-spread devastation and fear, it wouldn't be a matter of 'let my Nazis go'. Extraordinary rendition when they sweep him off to Gitmo and water-board him til he squeaks maybe I could believe, but a bit of moralising from colleagues and yay, on with the plot?
Well, it was pushing it a bit, I felt.
Maybe all that'll come into play next episode. As it stands, it's a bit of jingoistic US arrogance in the plotting there.


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Vol 37, No 1 (2017): Winter 2017 - Book and Media Reviews
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Britain's Home Secretary criticizes Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen for not throwing freedom of speech overboard and rushing into dhimmitude. From The Guardian, with thanks to Sr. Soph:
The British government has accused its Danish counterparts of making "a serious mistake" in the way it handled relations with Muslim countries after the publication of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad.
The home secretary, Charles Clarke, criticised the decision by the Danish prime minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, to snub a request from 11 Muslim countries for a meeting after the cartoons were published in the Jyllands Posten newspaper in September.
Mr Clarke told a public meeting in Willesden Green – primarily held to discuss law and order issues – that Mr Rasmussen had not even responded to the request.
Admitting it was a "political point", Mr Clarke said: "I think that was a serious mistake which you could not imagine happening in other countries … certainly not in this country. It is a question of respecting others, and that means do not provoke or challenge the deeply-held views of others."
His comments appeared to contradict Downing Street's supportive line towards the Danish government.
The prime minister, Tony Blair, last month said it was important to be seen be standing alongside Denmark following worldwide protests and riots over the cartoons last month.
The foreign secretary, Jack Straw, said he had never, and nor would he, criticise the Danish government.
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what's daily life in iraq like?
I highly recommend the NYT's Q&A with its reporters in Iraq about daily "Life in Iraq" -- it's very telling and discusses a wide spectrum of problems and topics... from the realities of reconstruction, what it's like to work in the Red Zone, to comments by an Iraqi reporter about life for children, and reflections on an exchange with a group of female Iraqi architecture students -- this is life on Earth, now.
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text: Hi all, I'm trying to use my phone (MI2s, MIUI7) in OTG while charging it (Car dock application). With some Kernels (e.g. Faux123) this is said to be possible. Also with my former Galaxy S2 a mode, where this was possible, was triggered via resistors. Therefore I'm searching for some help of a kernel developer that could acticate otg+charging or tell me if tehres a resistorvalue for that mode. Or he can teach me how to search for myself, I'm not lazy additional info: I will use a custom made cable with +5V between pin 1&5 and would like to get the digital music (as input for the DAC) on pin 2&3. pin4 is used to trigger the OTG mode. Thx in advance, Toby


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PALMETTO -- The Palmetto Police Department is providing a school resource officer to Palmetto Elementary School for the 2014-15 year, free of charge, according to officials.
The announcement comes even though the Manatee County School Board has approved plans to put private, armed security officers into each district elementary school.
The officers are set to start in district elementary schools Wednesday. While the district process was unfolding, the police department was working on its own plans, Palmetto Police Chief Rick Wells said Monday.
"We had already started to have that discussion," Wells said.
The department was waiting for positions to fill out and become available while the district began to have the discussion about the security officers. Wells said he believes providing an SRO is a better option.
Wells said he had hoped his department would get a portion of the money the district allocated for a security
officer at Palmetto Elementary. But Monday, he said that didn't look like it would be the case. The department will shoulder the whole cost this year, he said.
Anna Maria Elementary will also keep a dedicated SRO provided by the Holmes Beach Police Department.
The Holmes Beach Police Department has provided the school with a dedicated officer the past 15 years free of charge. In July, Chief William Tokajer approached the Manatee County School Board and asked if it would pay about half the cost of the SRO for the 2014-15 school year.
Tokajer asked the board for $52,000 for the year. On Monday, Tokajer said the district is providing the department with about $25,000 for this year to help cover the cost.
"Everything helps," he said.
Tokajer's request in July prompted a more in-depth security discussion at the school board. Less than a week after Tokajer's request, the district announced a plan to hire a private security company to provide armed officers in each elementary school. The district proposal was approved with a split vote at a meeting Sept. 9 after a contentious board discussion over whether the $1 million per-year, three-year contract was the best expenditure of district money and whether the request for proposal process was rushed and flawed.
In Palmetto, plans were already in the works this summer to potentially provide an officer in Palmetto Elementary School, Wells said. The Palmetto Police Department provides SRO officers to Palmetto High School and Lincoln Middle School, and shares the cost of those officers with the district. For the 2014-15 year, the officer at Palmetto Elementary will be covered by the police department.
"We wanted to do this regardless," Wells said.
Officer Doug Marston has been at Palmetto Elementary since the first day of school, when the district had asked local departments to help provide security for the first few days, Wells said. Marston will continue at the school throughout the year.
With an officer now at the elementary school, Wells said the department will be able to create and continue to build relationships with the youth in Palmetto.
"Palmetto PD will be a constant figure in their lives," Wells said.
Armed security officers from Sarasota Security Patrol are set to start in district schools Wednesday, after the board approved a contract Tuesday. The contract has come under intense scrutiny, as opponents say the process was rushed, allowed little time for public comment and supported favoritism as the winning company listed the school district as a reference.
The district hired the company to provide 32 officers, including one for Palmetto Elementary School. No final decision has been made on where the final officer will be placed with Palmetto Elementary covered by the police department, school district spokesman Steve Valley said.
Proponents of the contract said security is lacking in elementary schools, the process followed all the correct protocols and providing security officers is in line with community wishes, citing a survey taken last year where respondents ranked safety and security as high priorities. The survey did not specifically ask about providing armed officers.
"Ultimately, the purpose of this plan is to increase the safety and security for our students and staff at all of our elementary school campuses and to provide an increased level of protection," Superintendent Rick Mills wrote in an op-ed Sunday in the Bradenton Herald.
Meghin Delaney, education reporter, can be reached at 941-745-7081. Follow her on Twitter @MeghinDelaney.


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It is 1910 and the bloodstained body of an unknown woman is found in the grounds of Sir Henry Chetwynd's Shropshire estate. The murder has an unexpected impact on the lives of Sir Henry, his wife and their two children, Sylvia and Sebastian – reluctant heir to the estate since the tragic death of his older brother. But the Chetwynds are not the only ones living under a shadow.
Hannah has lost her memory of the dozen years prior to a serious accident. In an attempt to unravel her past, she writes down her story as far as she can remember. Piecing together the fragments of those missing years, it seems that the ongoing murder investigation in Shropshire could hold the key.
The second half of this mystery-history-light romance made the listen worthwhile. Eccles tries to weave together several interesting narratives, but not entirely sucessfully. If you like learning a bit of history through fiction, this will interest by parts set during the Boer War. I'll download more of Eccles and hope for as good a story but better told.


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Happy Hump Day everyone! As my brother always says, today is the day you go up to a random stranger and hump their leg. Yeeaaaahhhhh, no. The work week is half over. Time to start thinking about the weekend.
So yesterday I posted that I was trying out my Flip-Furs at work. I was not happy with the result. I am one of those people how prefers a stable shoe, not a floppy shoe. So, I spent most of the day and evening thinking of how to improve my Flip-Furs to give them a stable sole. Flip-Flop soles. Just take off the plastic thong part. Yes, flip-flops aren't the greatest for your feet and body, but they will solve my problem. So, I took apart the pair I had worn yesterday and crocheted in a flip-flop sole. Soooo much better. Need to work on the uppers a little bit to get them tighter, but all in all, I think I have a much better product for my customers. Don't worry, prices will not change.
Feeling good about myself and the diet I am currently on. I have steadily lost weight and I am down 7.2 pounds after 2 weeks. Of course most of it is water weight, but I am walking at least twice a day for 45 minutes total. I might start sneaking in a lunchtime walk, too. Just enough to burn calories without making too much muscle. I know, muscle burns calories too. I will concentrate on building muscle when I start toning.
Well, that's all for now, folks.
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Balance problem with gimbal
Posted 10 February 2004 - 11:09 AM
I have what might be a silly question ( considering that I have been operating for quite a while now...) But here goes:
When I line up my rig and do the balance and droptime, something funny happens..
If everything is super duper...and I swing the rig 180' ( camera pointing in opposite direction ) 50% of the time my rig goes off level....hmmm.. I spoke with Howard at MK-V
who responded that It might just be a question of "trimming" the different components ( monitor, batteries..ect..) in relation to each other... and I have tried that, and sometimes it workes..and sometimes not..
Im ofcourse worried that something is not right with my gimbal, since paning the camera ( in my opinion) shouldn´t screw up the level.....
Any comments / experiences would be much apriciated...
All the best
Flemming Laybourn
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 11:54 AM
I had a similar problem a few weeks ago with my Master gimbal.
I found out that the alignment in the fork bearings was not correct and this caused the off-balance.
This is "easily" corrected on the Master gimbal, I don´t know what kind you have.
In my case it turned out to be the adjustible axes in the forkbearings that were not locked anymore by their little Allen bolts. So everytime I tilted or turned, they would work themself in some direction (there is always a little bit of friction, specially fully loaded) and would make more play in one way.
Try to move the gimble sideways. If this is possible (without load) you have to get rid of the play.
Then, you have to center it as well, as you can remove the play but still be off-center.
It´s a bit of trial and error procedure,but I got rid of my problem!
Rob van Gelder, Bangkok, Thailand
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 01:03 PM
yes,it probably is your gimbal.i just had that problem yesterday and marcus (baerbel) fixed it for me.it somehow has to do with the axis of your gimbal-joke
(the handle) in relation to the center-axis of your post.in the best case it has to cross that axis all the time.if it lays just a tiny bit beside it ,it won´t hit the middle of that axis when you turn the rig 180° even if it is perfectly balanced.i don´t know what rig you have so i just can talk about the baerbel.on the gimbal are a few tiny screws wich change the distance from the gimbal to the post.so if you spin the gimbal you should see the movement of the outer ring.(mine was doing a real 8 yesterday!!!)
i´m pretty sure that this might be your problem,but there are probably more operators and craftsmen out there who know more details about it than i do.
by the way: thank you baerbel for your excellent service and your shoulder to cry on every time i do something stupid to my rig!!!!!
hope i could help you
sebastian "kepps spinning" matthias
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 01:42 PM
When you say that your rig goes off level; how many inches (or cm) does the bottom of the post wander out from vertical and is it side to side or fore/aft? What drop time are you balancing with? Fast drop times will tend to hide the problem and slow drop times have the opposite effect.
Because this fault is happening only half of the time, it's more likely to be some slight play somewhere in the gimbal, rather than misalignment of the bearings. Check for any looseness.
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 02:20 PM
I had exactly the same problem. I've got a Master Sled & Gimbal and started noticing way to much play between the gimbal yolk and gimbal. If you have a Master Gimbal then speak to the tech guys at Tiffen, they'll email you a step by step guide to Re-Centering the unit. I did it and have to say it was a bugger, lot's of trial error but be patient you will get it eventually.
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 04:07 PM
I have an Mk-V rig, and have experienced the same "situations" with 2 gimbals.
Tomorrow will be "the big gimbal day", And I will probably put out a "the Gimbal...and how to spin it"- DVD when Im finished.... ( maybe with Cindy Crawford as the host..hmm)
But again thanks for taking your time to reply..!
All the Best
Flemming "yes thats my name" Laybourn
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 05:19 PM
I have an Mk-V rig, and have experienced the same "situations" with 2 gimbals.
Are both of the gimbals that you've had a problem with from the same manufacturer?
Do let us know how it goes tommorrow: im sure there are others on this forum who would think twice about purchasing that gimbal if this is to be a common problem with it.
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Posted 11 February 2004 - 05:13 AM
Bear in mind that a certain amount of wonkiness in this respect is unavoidable and normal. There's an enormous amount of length and leverage around the gimbal and even minuscule, tenths-of-a-thou errors will produce this effect. I guess it depends on how much more your particular outfit does it now than when it was new.
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Posted 11 February 2004 - 07:17 AM
Flemming isn't your gimbal basically brand new? i seem to remember you mentioning a while ago that you had just recieved it!
I have had that kind of trouble with older Efp-gimbals and is usually a case of the gimbals being worn out...earings,play etc. like some of you said.It seems a bit scary that a pretty new gimbal would have the same symptoms...
Sebastian Jewell.
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Posted 11 February 2004 - 08:28 AM
ofcourse return with my "conclusions" asap.
All the best
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Posted 11 February 2004 - 11:09 AM
u just read your report where u give this gimbal 10 over 10
please need advise here...
maybe we can ask howard about this problem if is a mk-v v2
hi have always solve my problems...and im jure that hi will give u a asnwer
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Posted 11 February 2004 - 11:18 AM
The problem is just as explained by Mattias. The center of the post/pan bearing is not lined up with the center line axes of the gimbal yoke (Tilt & Yaw).
This issue will become more pronounced with slower drop times as increased bottom weight masks the problem.
Aligning for this issue is a great concern in production. Often a system would not ship if the rig did not pass this "180 degree" pan test at a four second drop time.
It is amazing the issues that are learned over the years. In the early 80's operators were using rigs that did not dynamically balance and had no clue of these nuances that were affecting the equipment. Now think of some of your most favorite "classic" shots and doing them with a model I or II that didn't pan flat. Now that's talent.
You kids are spoiled.!.!.!
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Posted 11 February 2004 - 02:55 PM
What you have here is a classic case of bearings not sitting true inside your Gimbal.
The only way to correct this malady is to shim the bearings back into a true state of flattness.
This process is critical down to one-half thousandth of an inch.
Needless to say, this operation requires a surface plate and dial indicators and steady hands.
Been at this Gimbal game for a bunch of years now, so if you need help, drop me a line.
Brant S. Fagan, SOC
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Seeing as how I feel like shit today I decided to break with tradition and watch some modern, mainstream fillums.
Yeah I know, but I'm on some strong medication at the minute so it impairs my ability to think rationally.
So the first offering from Hollywoods organ is:-
Oblivion - (2013)
Hmm, this one is based on a "hugely popular graphic novel" (that I've never heard of) and stars Tom Cruise (bad sign right there), Morgan Freeman (hes roughing it), Olga Kurylenko and some other people, none of whom I have ever heard of.
Plot then..erm, well, first off the film lambasts us for causing a shitload of environmental damage but then says that at some point post the year 2017 we get attacked by ALEONZ!111!!11, whom we promptly beat by nuking the fuck out of our own planet, thus requiring the survivors to up sticks and move to Titan (umm, why not mars?, no seriously, it is the best prospect for human colonisation and its much bigger and closer than fucking Titan...*face/palm*).
So yadda yadda yadda, Tom Cruise does some hero shit and saves the day...if you wanna know the full plot go watch it....however, I do have the following criticisms, which are spoilers:-
#1 - Cliche-o-rama.
If you can think of a cliche, this film has it.
There's the obligatory implied sex scenes (in order to give the audience some level of titillation while at the same time making sure that it is suitable for teen aged audiences), theres an aerial chase scene in which the aircraft is flown into and chased along a canyon, escaping by flying through an impossibly narrow crack, there's a machine gun battle, there are drawn out "kung fu esque" fist fights, and at one point, Mr Cruise gets to ride a motorbike (like he does in nearly every film he is in)
#2 - "you will find this woman attractive".
Hollywood likes to tell the male audience who they should have sexual fantasies over, and in which order of preference they should play with themselves over the pieces of meat that are paraded on screen.
In this case, we are initially told to find Andrea Riseborough attractive, because for some reason she seems to spend most of the film being stereotypically British, as well as having seemingly permanently dialated pupils (a sign of female sexual arousal). She also spends a lot of time wearing just enough so that you cant see any skin, but not so much as you don't get a hint of tit from time to time (although you get full on arse when she decides to go for random swim, however thanks to the miracle of airbrushing, there's no boob or pubic region on show - sowwee boys, but this is a 12a cert film).
All of this careful teasing though goes straight out the window once Olga character makes her appearance, in which case she becomes the main lust interest of the piece but operates under the same rules, no skin, "funny" accent and oddly enough but something I'm noticing a lot in modern films, "women go barefoot during emotional scenes"...yeah, keep a look out for it, every time an emotional scene/romantic scene is played out in this movie, the women are always barefoot, but during scenes where they are supposed to be relaxing or conducting business type dialogue, they suddenly remember to wear their stiletto heels. Hollywood has a foot fetish.
#3 - Heroic bloodshed.
The films two heroes gets to die a glorious death to save the human race, but one of them manages to come back (hint: its not the black guy)...yeah I know this should really be a cliche but seriously, its a cop out ending.
So all in all, I Give Oblivion a 7 out of 10, because although its a cliche ridden piece of cheese, its still somewhat entertaining and the visual effects are quite pretty to look at. Id have given it an 8/10, but the wooden acting and cliche shit put me off.
After Earth - 2013
So, this one is based on an idea by Will Smith himself, so he did what he usually does and casts himself and his son in the two lead roles.
I'm not gonna bother going into the plot for this one because simply put, there isn't anything really worth mentioning.
Suffice to say,t his entire film is a simple "why does my daddy not love me" story which didn't need to have the sci-fi element tacked on to it (the story could easilly have been told in modern times with father and son being out on a camping trip together or something), being as that the only real major plot element hinges on "Kitai" (Smith jr) getting his daddys (Smith sr) respect by overcoming his fear and killing a bear-monster in order to save his injured dad.
An awful piece of pseudo sci-fi trash which is obviously influenced in some manner by scientology, and goes on way, way too long to be interesting in any way, shape or form.
3/10 - simply for some impressive special effects.
Enders Game - 2013
Based on the popular sci-fi/moralising series of novels by Orson Scott Card, the film stars Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley and some kids who ive never heard of.
Essentially a "Harry Potter in space" type affair, Enders game tells the story of a young outcast who manages to get ahead in life simply by being smarter than just about everyone around him, although that said, his childlike naivete doesnt allow him to see when he is being manipulated.
I quite enjoyed this film, out of the three I watched tonight, it was my favourite. Although some of the scenes in the film watch like bad passages from any number of "weird school" type books (which in essence is the archetype that Enders game falls into, hence why I said "Harry Potter in space"), and the film tones down the level of violence and aggression found in the original book somewhat, the main storyline manages to survive on to film more or less intact.
Harrison Ford makes a good performance as the ruthless and pragmatic colonel Graff, and even Asa Butterfield manages to play "Ender" Wiggins very well, alternating between his naive childlike state to his ruthless and sometimes sadistic state without making it seem false or forced.
The story itself is an interesting one, which essentially boils down to a tale of a young man striving for acceptance and eventually learning to firstly accept the consequences of his actions, and secondly to take an active role in controlling his own life and destiny, rather than simply tagging along for the ride as many of his contemporaries do.
The film also takes on the subject of bullying in a fairly positive way, commending careful consideration of options before taking matters into your own hands.
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I joined the School of Sociology and Social Policy in February 2016 as a Research Fellow on the Wellcome Trust-funded project "Translations and transformations in patienthood: cancer in the post-genomics era" project, working with the principal investigators Professor Anne Kerr (Leeds) and Professor Sarah Cunningham-Burley (University of Edinburgh) and research fellows Dr Julia Swallow, Dr Tineke Broer, and Dr Emily Ross.
Before joining SSP, I took part in various research projects. Most recently, I was based in the Centre for Bionetworking at the University of Sussex (September 2012 – October 2015), where I still am affiliated as a Research Associate. Based on my field research in South Korea, I focused on two main research themes: 1) the partnership between patient groups and other key stakeholders such as the pharmaceutical industry and medical research groups in the pursuit of biomedical embrace in stem cell science and 2) the partnership between religious groups and the stem cell industry. I was particularly interested in the role of the South Korean Catholic Church in supporting of adult stem cell research as well as the evangelical churches' involvement in endorsing stem cell therapies and products.
Before that, I was based in the ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (Cesagen) at Cardiff University, where I conducted two ERC research projects: Globalising European Bioethics Education; and the ELSI work-package for BBMRI (Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure) project.
I received my Ph.D. from the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media & Cultural Studies at Cardiff University in 2008. My PhD thesis, titled 'Gendering Discourses of Time in South Korean Self-help Books: The Normalisation of a Masculine Long Hours Work Culture, was a critique of South Korean time culture where 'happy workaholics' are normalised and celebrated and the boundaries between work/non-work become increasingly blurry.
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Barry Sweeney came face to face with the doomed jet his son spent his last moments on.
The official report into the tragedy was released on Tuesday morning and found a Russian-made missile downed the plane.
Newcastle United supporters Liam Sweeney, 28, and John Alder, 63, were flying to New Zealand to watch their beloved team and were among the 298 people who were killed when the plane came down over Ukraine.
Investigators painstakingly pieced together fragments of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and allowed relatives of those killed to see where their loved ones spent their final moments.
And now Liams's grieving dad Barry hopes coming face-to-face with the plane will bring him some comfort.
He said: "It was quite emotional - seeing the plane in real life was strange.
"There was part of the exit door that I was allowed to touch, it was very surreal. The plane is now part of my life and part of Liam's history.
"It hasn't brought about closure, it's more brought home the reality of it all and it's nice to say I've seen the plane that Liam was actually on first hand. It's another part of the jigsaw.
"I do not think we will ever get closure but it's a step in the right direction. Today will live long in the memory."
Liam's mum Lesley was unable to be in Holland, but Barry said she will feel very emotional when she sees the photos and videos.
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The long-awaited report into the disaster, in which 298 people died, could not conclusively say at which point those on board died.
It is possible some remained conscious during the 90 seconds it took for the plane to crash.
Since the report was published, Russia has appealed to the International Civil Aviation Organisation to open a new probe into last year's downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine.
The Dutch Safety Board said in its report that the Boeing 777 was destroyed on July 17, 2014, by a Buk surface-to-air missile fired from the area controlled by Russia-backed separatist rebels.
Two-thirds of the 298 people who were killed were Dutch, and the Netherlands is conducting the investigation.
The chief of the Russian aviation agency Oleg Storchevoi said that Moscow "categorically disagrees" with the results of the Dutch probe and that it has appealed to the UN's civil aviation agency to intervene.
Mr Storchevoi called the evidence presented on Tuesday "unfounded and biased".


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Will Ibrahim Hooper or Salam Al-Marayati fire off a strongly-worded letter to Adil Salahi, calling him an "Islamophobe"?
"Websites That Spread Misinformation About Islamic Teachings," by Adil Salahi for Arab News (thanks to Twostellas):
Q. I read on a website that answers queries about Islam that it is right to force non-Muslims to accept Islam, even through war. The person who answered the question says that the verse stating that "˜there is no compulsion in religion" has been abrogated by verses 8: 39 and 9: 5. Please comment.
I do not know the website you mention, nor the scholar quoted. However, the information provided is grossly mistaken. The principle of "no compulsion in religion" is an essential Islamic principle, which was carried out throughout the Prophet's lifetime and the rule of his rightly-guided successors. When Muslim armies swept through a large area of the world, they never forced anyone to embrace Islam.
They gave the people three choices: to accept Islam freely, which would mean that they join the Muslim community and become part of it; or to pay the jizyah, or tribute, to indicate that they will live in peace with the Muslims continuing to follow their own religions. If they accepted neither course then the only way left was to fight. This was the case throughout Muslim history. How else can people explain the uninterrupted existence of religious minorities everywhere in the Muslim world throughout 14 centuries of Islamic rule? Had people been forced to become Muslim, they might be secretly resentful, but within a couple of generations all resentment would have disappeared.
The principle of religious freedom is included in the following verse: "There shall be no compulsion in religion. The right way is henceforth distinct from error. He who rejects false deities and believes in God has indeed taken hold of a most firm support that never breaks. God hears all and knows all." (2: 256) This verse was revealed toward the end of the Prophet's blessed life, as it is clearly apparent from the statement that the right way, i.e. Islam, had become distinct. It could not have become so clearly distinct when it was still in the process of revelation. This surah took up to year 9 to be completed, and this verse was revealed toward the end of that period. Surah 8 was revealed in year 2, after the Battle of Badr, which provides its subject matter. How could a verse in the earlier surah abrogate a principle laid down in the later one? The verse in question reads: "Fight them until there is no more oppression, and all submission is made to God alone." (8: 39) The verse speaks against oppression, particularly religious one. It aims to stamp out such oppression by making all submission to God alone. Such submission means implementing His law, which states that there is no compulsion in religion.
So in other words, when Sharia is implemented, there is no compulsion in religion. Dhimmis are dhimmis, just as Allah wants them to be, and that's that.


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It wasn't exactly a Citizen Kane kind of moment: the last word of a dying, enigmatic man. Mr. Hoymle wasn't dying when he uttered the word hotdog in his Religious Expression class, although he may have wished he were. It was high school, it was 1971, and the moment had more of a Charlie Brown ring to it. Holyme, as he was best known at school, didn't even know what it meant – to the twins, that is. They simply took over. He didn't have a prayer.
To everyone in class, it was as if anyone but Charlie Brown could make a better kite. But that comparison was much too secular. To Mr. Hoymle, it was as if Pat and Dennis were the forbidden tree in his garden of eden, the tree that eats the kite. And, to make it worse, he had specifically asked the administration that twins not be put in his garden. His grievance amounted almost to a religious principle; twins always seem to have the same goddamn soul. And these twins –
If only he could summon cherubim of his own who could draw up their flaming swords and smite these two in two or, at least, skewer them like the hotdog. Instead he laughed as if he were telling a joke; then he cast a long, so very often repeated look at the door in a Charlie Brown kind of "Why me, Lord?"
Mr. Ed Hoymle even had a slight Charlie Brown look to him. It wasn't that he only seemed out of place and irreparably frustrated whenever he attempted to take a stand in his Religious Expression class; he had a big ruddy bald head that was at least one size too large for his stumpy body. Befitting his status as teacher, he wore big brown-rimmed, rectangular-shaped eyeglasses that concealed his white eyebrows. Salt and pepper patches of short, thin curly hair grew around the sides and back of his head. He could have been 54 years old, and, as if to prove it, some of his curly hair was beginning to grow out of his ears and nose. Otherwise, he looked quite ordinary, and no one seemed to notice. When he laughed at the jokes he told to his class, which he did now and then, he would laugh through his nose in a way that sounded like flatulence. No one seemed to notice that either.
He would nearly always be a devoted teacher, but, in November 1971, Mr. Hoymle's name appeared on the ballot for Maricopa County's Office of School Superintendent. He'd been a high school teacher for more than twenty-five years, and had lived in Phoenix just a little more than six. His opponent labeled Mr. Hoymle a carpetbagger; Mr. Hoymle countered in his New England twang that at least he "isn't a Democrate." He made all the local papers, even made mention in one of Ray Thompson's "And finally . . ." segments on Channel 12's ten o'clock evening news.
The day after the election, it was back to teaching freshman Algebra and Religious Expression for the Male Adolescent, which he understood to be only temporary, for Gerard Catholic High School. Even though Mr. Hoymle wasn't Catholic or a winner, Fr. Brunco, the principal, refused to view him negatively and, indeed, recognized the look and benefit of notoriety. Mr. Hoymle would stay several more years at Gerard until the election was far behind him and the look had waned.
During his campaign, Mr. Hoymle liked to wear his Goldwater "Go" glasses in class, never missing an opportunity to boast to his students the chance meeting he'd had with the senator back in '64. He had just moved to Phoenix from Milford, New Hampshire, when, he liked to say, "A momentous moment happened."
He is sitting in a Mexican restaurant with his wife. All of the sudden, the senator appears at his table to shake his hand and ask him for his support. Mr. Hoymle is about to bite into his dinner, but laughs instead, a surprised kind of laugh, and offers what he holds in his hand to the senator. Goldwater, Mr. Hoymle beamed proudly, grimaces in a heartfelt show of emotion for the kindness, but declines, saying, "I'm not about to start taking the food out of the hands of the American people. I'm not about to become a Democrat." He laughs again and Goldwater disappears.
Mr. Hoymle expressed a special fondness for southwestern food ever since, especially delighting in the eating of the item he offered to share with the man who should have won his election, too.
"Maybe had he accepted my take-o," Mr. Hoymle reminisced.
The class laughed and Mr. Hoymle wriggled.
"We've got to move on," he warned. "The American dream includes a take-o as much as a hotdog."
And that was Mr. Ed Hoymle's last word, his transgression.
"Yeah!" the twins snap, as though a gong has rung.
Without meaning to, certainly without trying, Mr. Hoymle's last word had conveyed a signal to his least favorite kind of student. The twins sat in opposite corners of the seating arrangement Mr. Hoymle had devised. He had supposed to mitigate the singularity of the two, planting his kite-eating tree in distinctly opposite and out-of-the-way places. Like the Moses in the "supposes his toeses are roses" song, Mr. Holyme supposéd wrong. In one electric, thunderous instant, the twins had arced like lightning across the room and for his supposed brilliance, his beaming reminiscence, shook their teacher in a proverbial kind of way, leaving him, to say the least, crucifiably forsaken.
The first twin cries out in the raised and resolute voice of fervor: "In the beginning was the word."
"And the word was good," the other twin fires back from his far away corner of the room. They are in step, a drum and a symbol in the ear of one beating back a loud tent revival.
"And the word was –" Pat bellows on cue, hands raising loftily, fingers twitching. He pauses with an abrupt, heightened edge of anticipation until at last the two brothers shout in the communion of obvious rehearsal, "HotDOG!" It lands with a thud, satisfying no one.
Bread was creeping close to becoming a dollar loaf. Gasoline was now almost 40¢ a gallon. Gerard H.S. had lost its homecoming game. Thanksgiving vacation was coming. Days were getting shorter. Jack-in-the-Box had a secret sauce. And Religious Expression was the last period of the day. Naturally, a common shrug of indifference swept the class in response first to Mr. Hoymle's American dream and then without hesitation to the twins' performance. Finally, there was something akin to revulsion. The crowd moaned. Pat and Dennis had been heard enough. Like Mr. Hoymle, the twins were recycling material from earlier in the campaign. If that is all they had by now, the crowd had collectively agreed, "Please, Mr. Hoymle, stop talking about Goldwater, stop saying take-o; most of all, stop using the word hotdog – until, at least, after the bell rings."
The hotdog bit had been virtually stolen from Firesign Theatre, a group of L.A. DJs that had put together a variety of hallucinogenic comedy shtick aired now and then late at night on KCAC AM radio – FM not having come into its own yet. Pat and Dennis might have actually stolen the hotdog bit from Firesign had they gotten it right. Their version was not exactly what played on the radio. If ever challenged on the authenticity, the twins merely responded, "So what? Our way is more religious." And it was for them: the most religious 16 words in the English language; at least, for the first couple hundred times in sixth period.
You had to say it with special emphasis on the dog part: "HotDOG!" Otherwise, it wasn't as religious. Besides, Firesign had gotten their version from the Bible and gotten it wrong. And who knew where the Bible got its version – right or wrong. So Pat and Dennis never gave a second thought to the faithlessness of their rendition. They were in Religious Expression, where even Goldwater has a voice. It was after all not the Bible or Firesign Theatre that inspired them. It was hotdog. Hotdog was for them religious even before Firesign and even, well, maybe not before the Bible. But it was religious for a very long time, a god-awful long time.
It went back to when they were kids and when their mother had decided to serve a breakfast of something other than oatmeal. It was the first full summer the family would spend in the desert. Their father was dead. The rain in Gunter, Oregon, was very wet. The youngest was sick and needed dryness. Phoenix it was. Pat and Dennis were six years old, and in addition to a dry climate their mother decided they could all do with a change in diet, not to mention that hot oatmeal on a hot stove during a hellishly hot Arizona summer gave hot new meaning and intensity for Oregon transplants. So every morning that first summer, while the day was still below 100 degrees Celsius outside, all eight kids would get up and with the instinct of clerics – certainly not lay people – step in line to the familyroom where they'd converge silently in their usual places at the table, which was, conveniently, a picnic table. They'd sit four to a bench and say grace. The lone chair at the head of the table was reserved for the mother, but she rarely sat to breakfast with them. She instead busied herself with serving up the meal. On each of their plates she deposited one refrigerated hard-boiled egg (which she had cooked the night before when it was cooler) and one refrigerated, cold, stiff, slightly rectangular and slightly perspiring hotdog.
It was this hotdog that the twins thought about whenever they thought about religion. Not the Firesign hotdog or their hotdog performance to unreceptive peers or even the Bible hotdog. They thought about this hotdog in the way naked, potbellied cherubim of hunger salivate over breaking fast. And they thought about how as kids Dennis had gotten up during the night craving hotdog. Perhaps it wasn't hotdog he was after, just an overpowering urge to wake up from an otherwise peaceful slumber so that he could go looking for something, anything, to satisfy his craving for more. Perhaps he was dreaming that he was hungry. A cannibal would have smote religion and simply rolled over in bed and consumed his twin brother. But Dennis had no desire to go back to sleep without ever getting out of bed. So he quietly rolled himself onto the floor and measured the night for its darkness and silence, heard nothing, saw nothing, and set out on his quest: those cold, rectangular hotdogs that their mother kept in the refrigerator.
Hotdog was all he could think about now. Maybe just one would do. He could suck on it like a popcicle extracting its juices and it wouldn't melt – like a miracle. When he was ready to take a bite, it wouldn't crunch noisily; it would tear softly, easily, between his teeth, and he could chew on it like a taffy to make it last a very long time before he'd have to swallow and take another bite – another miracle. Or he could down it whole, as he'd seen their little dog do, and get it over with in a hurry should he hear someone stir from his mother's bedroom and find him out. He could take it back to bed and enjoy it there, lying comfortably between the sheets with his back to his twin so as not to disturb him or be disturbed – religiously, you know.
These were his thoughts as he pulled on the latch and opened the refrigerator door. Like the glow of a Magi's treasure, the light brushed effortlessly and warmly over Dennis, who for a moment stood motionless, as if a snapshot for the miracle. He had closed his eyes until they adjusted from the dark. One would have thought he was praying, that is, giving thanks. Soon he was able to see what he was looking for, and snagged for himself the coveted hotdog. On second thought, he took two and closed the door. Darkness overwhelmed him, but it was the clap of the latch snapping back into place that worried him.
There he stood listening for sounds of detection, having already consumed one of the hotdogs and about to start the other, when his mother's bedroom, strategically located next to the kitchen, signaled that the miracles were over. A light appeared from under the door.
Dennis needed another miracle to clear his way back to his bedroom. A divine intervention to escort him would have done the trick. But all he had was uncertain stealth, foreboding dread, and a hotdog. Into a darkened livingroom he ran. His mother was already there. Like the good mother guardian angel she was, her other bedroom door opened into the hallway, and she now stood at the other end of the living room waiting for her prodigal to stumble into her clutches. Dennis crouched and rolled in excellent defensive form to what he hoped would be a sanctuary behind the sofa. Never once did the hotdog touch the floor. Soon his mother was peering down at him, not like a guiding Seraph now, but like the angel of death. And Dennis knew he could not hide. He could have used some Firesign Theatre right about then. He could have used a Bible. Dennis was on the floor on his hands and knees, looking up at doom and wishing he'd taken only one. He was wanting something to say, but unable to speak – the remaining hotdog in his mouth.
It must have been quite a religious movement, an epiphany in the very bowels of one's soul. Perhaps Pat stirred, too, and had brought Dennis a Bible – thee Bible. Perhaps they drew a crowd that night. The entire family rouses and files toward them. First, the oldest, then the baby, then all the others settle in a hush on the sofa, the chairs, and available floor space. Dennis swallows; Pat lifts his hands and eyes to the unknown. It is the beginning of indifference:
"Thou shall not get up in the middle of the night," he begins the homily, "sneakest into the kitchen all by thyself, lest you be forever one and clumsily open the refrigerator door, rustle through packages of food, and hastily retreat alone to the bedroom fully convincéd no one, especially thy light sleeper, wouldst find thee. For should thou doest such acts, Thouest Mother shallest most emphatically and easiestly catchest Thou hiding in the living room behind the couch chewing in thy little mouth a big fat, cold –"
He pauses.
The mother fixes an icy stare.
Not another word is spoken.
4 Responses to "Story 006 – And the Word Was . . ."
March 22, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Dear Preacher Pat,
I don't mean to brag, but I think I could have done it; I think I could've got past Mom. After all, I did get past her hallway door, and remember on more then one occasion I had snuck out and back in the house for my early morning big-city walks.
I could have done it; I could have made it back to bed with that second hot dog; I could have been somebody. It could have been another one of those family mysteries — you know, like who scratched the word "hell" in the bathroom door or why I always seemed to come up short on my donut sales.
But it was too much: the visions of hot dogs dancing in my head and, now, the taste in my mouth, another dog in my one hand, and the handle of that ol' '54 Frigidaire in the other; I wasn't myself; I wasn't thinking rationally. I LET GO OF THE HANDLE, allowing the door of that ol' clunker to do what it always did: clang shut like, and as loud as the jaws of bear trap — a sound which at least that time sounded more like a burglar alarm.
The jig was up!!! I panicked. The next thing I knew, with my only option surrender to the circular high-stepping stick dance, I found myself on my hands and knees; yes, hot dog still in hand, behind the sofa. Where and when you used your soul shaken homily (which was great by the way ) to deflect whatever it was that happened next.
You see the strain of the moment must have been more then I could bear. I must have blacked out, or maybe I blocked it out. I don't remember what happened next.
Did I get that other hot dog or not!!!??
January 3, 2010 at 5:04 am
Cousins Pat and Dennis,
you should take your act on the road!
Love it!
January 4, 2011 at 12:41 am
Jeez, I wish I was a King–or at least that I had witty relatives.
Annnnnnddddd . . . the thought of a cold hotdog in the middle of the night makes me gag. Why WOULD Dennis risk his immortal soul (or mother's wrath) for THAT?


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Cheaper oil increase anxiety in FTSE
London (Jan 18) Despite the fact that this event was well flagged, the oil market took another dive on news that international sanctions on Iran have been lifted. Iran is officially ready to swamp an already oversupplied oil market by an average estimate of 100000 barrels per day within a month. CFTC data as of January 12 shows that non-commercial short positions on Brent futures surged by 34% since November, approaching the record high of 80792 contracts as of end of August 2015. The selling pressure on oil remains intact across the curve. A further slide to $25 is not a delusion but with many pundits in a race to predict more dramatic declines and the fact that this oil price demise is firmly in the mainstream media, we cannot rule out a volatile short squeeze higher.
The FTSE opened Zen despite the early slide in oil prices and the sell-off in Asian equity markets. The UK miners and oil companies are again victims of sharp price moves, both positive and negative. Anglo American opened the week 2% higher yet rapidly shred gains as Fresnillo (-1.52%), Rio Tinto (-1.13%), Randgold (-0.96%) and BHP (-0.94%) occupied the front seats among losers in London.
Investors are expected to sit still before China releases its growth figures in Q4. The consensus is 6.9% on year and appears to be somewhat optimistic if we look to the aggressive shrivelling in Chinese stocks over the past six months. Of course the Chinese economy has not plummeted at a similar speed than Shanghai's stocks; nevertheless a potentially strong read could only raise the scepticism regarding the accuracy of the official data.
In the absence of major economic data due today, discussions on China, oil will certainly keep the headlines busy. The risk-off flows are expected to dominate the session.
The 6000 mark is expected to cap a potential recovery attempt. Pound depreciation against the euro and the US dollar is good but certainly not enough to drive the UK industrials into the bull market this Monday.
Surpassing the 0.75 mark, the euro-pound is considered in the mid-term bullish consolidation zone. Dovish BoE expectations and the Brexit risks appear to be supportive of the euro. From a technical perspective, the 0.7425 (major 38.2% on November-January rise) should be the base for a further recovery to 0.7875. At this level, the euro would have recovered half of losses accumulated over the past year.
Source: FXstreet