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United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana
July 14, 2015
PATSY S. BOYD, ET ALv.BOEING CO., ET AL., SECTION:
JAY C. ZAINEY, District Judge.
Before the Court is a Motion to Remand, or, Alternatively, To Sever and Remand the State-Law Based Claims Against the Other Defendants (Rec. Doc. 17) filed by plaintiffs Patsy S. Boyd, Wayne P. Boyd, Wheldon J. Boyd, and Elizabeth Legasse, as the heirs of Wheldon J. Boyd, Sr. ("Boyd"). Defendants The Boeing Company ("Boeing") and United Technologies Corporation ("UTC") have each filed an opposition to the motion. The motion, set for hearing on March 11, 2015, is before the Court on the briefs without oral argument.
The instant case was originally filed by Plaintiffs in the 25th Judicial District Court for the Parish of Plaquemines, Louisiana. Plaintiffs allege that the decedent contracted malignant mesothelioma as a direct and proximate result of having inhaled, ingested, or otherwise been exposed to asbestos. Decedent was diagnosed with mesothelioma on December 3, 2013 and died on March 30, 2014. According to Plaintiffs, decedent's asbestos exposure occurred during his time as a civilian flight mechanic at the "Belle Chasse Air Force Base" ( i.e., Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans) from "the early 1950s through []1979." During this time, decedent worked on F-100 and F-102 jets assembled by a company now incorporated into Boeing with engines developed by a division of UTC. Plaintiffs allege that the engine and other component parts of the plane contained asbestos, in addition to parts of the hangars in which the planes were stored. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants knew or should have known of the dangers presented by asbestos, but failed to warn decedent about such dangers and even actively concealed the dangers. Defendant Boeing was served with Plaintiffs' Petition on December 8, 2014, and filed its Notice of Removal (Rec. Doc. 1) with this Court on January 7, 2015.
In the Petition, Plaintiffs allege that the "products mined, manufactured, sold, distributed, supplied, and/or used by these defendants were defective" due to: 1) the mining, manufacture, sale, supply, distribution and use of products that are unreasonably dangerous, or unreasonably dangerous per se; 2) the mining, manufacture, sale, supply, distribution and use of products that possess inherent and known properties that make them unreasonably dangerous by presenting high potential for causing serious injury, such as respiratory disease, cancer, and other health problems to the [decedent] who would be foreseeably exposed to them []as a result of their intended use; 3) lack of warning or of sufficient warning of the hazards these products would present in the course of their normal foreseeable use or intended use; 4) lack of safety instructions or of sufficient safety instructions for eliminating or reducing the health risks associated with the intended use of these products; 5) failure of [D]efendants to inspect these products to assure sufficiency and adequacy of warnings and safety cautions; 6) failure to test or adequately test these products for defects or hazards they could present to the intended or foreseeable users; 7) failure to truthfully report or adequately report the results of product testing and medical studies associated with foreseeable hazards of these products by intended or foreseeable users; 8) failure to properly design these products when the nature of the product did not require use of asbestos mineral or where alternate, equally suitable substances were readily available; 9) defects in the composition and construction of these products; 10) failure to recall these products mined, manufactured, sold, distributed and/or supplied; 11) failure to properly package these products so that they could be safely transported, handled, stored or disposed of; 12) overwarranting the safety of these products that were manufactured, sold, supplied and/or used by Defendants; and 13) liability to Petitioner in strict liability for things in their garde, possession, custody or control, pursuant to article 2317 of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure that have caused harm to Petitioner.
Plaintiffs conclude that these defects and Defendants' negligence were the proximate causes of decedent's injuries.
Via the instant motion, Plaintiffs move to remand this case to state court. Plaintiffs urge that the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over this case because Defendants cannot meet the requirements for removal set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1). In the alternative, Plaintiffs seek to have their state law claims against the other defendants severed and remanded.
Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. Howery v. Allstate Insurance Co., 243 F.3d 912, 916 (5th Cir. 2001) (citing Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America, 511 U.S. 375, 114 S.Ct. 1673, 128 L.Ed.2d 391 (1994)). The Court must assume that a suit lies outside this limited jurisdiction until jurisdiction is established. Id. When a case is removed from state court, the removing party bears the burden of showing that federal jurisdiction exists and that removal was proper. Manguno v. Prudential Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 276 F.3d 720, 723 (5th Cir. 2002) (citing DeAguilar v. Boeing Co., 47 F.3d 1404 (5th Cir. 1994); Jernigan v. Ashland Oil Inc., 989 F.2d 812 (5th Cir. 1993) (per curiam); Willy v. Coastal Corp., 855 F.2d 1160 (5th Cir. 1988)).
Given that Boeing removed the suit to this court, [1] it bears the burden of establishing a basis for federal subject matter jurisdiction. Any doubt regarding whether removal jurisdiction is proper should be resolved against federal jurisdiction and in favor of remand. Acuna v. Brown & Root, Inc., 200 F.3d 335, 339 (5th Cir. 2000)(citing Willy, 855 F.2d at 1164). Defendant has invoked jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1), asserting that at the time of the alleged failure to warn, Boeing was acting under the direction and control of the United States Government.
28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1), the federal officer removal statute, provides that removal is permitted in any case in which the defendant is the United States "or any agency thereof or any officer (or any person acting under that officer) of the United States or of any agency thereof, sued in an official or individual capacity for any act under color of such office or on account of any right, title or authority claimed under any Act of Congress for the apprehension or punishment of criminals or the collection of the revenue." 28 U.S.C. §1442(a)(1). The statute is designed to protect officers of the federal government, who when acting pursuant to authority granted them under federal law, run afoul of the laws of a state. Winters v. Diamond Shamrock Chem. Co., 149 F.3d 387, 397 (5th Cir.1998) (quoting Willingham v. Morgan, 395 U.S. 402 (1969)). One of the most important functions of this right of removal is to allow a federal court to determine the validity of an asserted official immunity defense. Id. The Supreme Court has held that this right is "not to be frustrated by a grudgingly narrow interpretation of the removal statute"; its broad construction and the unique purpose of the statute require that it be "liberally construed." Willingham, 395 U.S. at 407; State of La. v. Sparks, 978 F.2d 226, 232 (5th Cir.1992) (noting Supreme Court requirement of liberal interpretation for over two decades); Watson v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc. 551 U.S. 142 (2007) (quoting Colorado v. Symes, 286 U.S. 510 (1932)).
Federal officer removal is appropriate where 1) the defendant is a "person" within the meaning of the statute; 2) the defendant acted pursuant to a federal officer's directions when committing the acts that allegedly give rise to the injury at issue; and 3) the defendant can assert a colorable defense. Winters, 149 F.3d at 397 (quoting Willingham, 395 U.S. 402).
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My mom and I celebrated Mother's Day by going to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. This is one of the many, many reasons she's an amazing mom. She knit a scarf about two years ago and knit on a machine some when I was very small (small enough that I don't remember her ever knitting), but so far as I know that is the extent of her fiber fondness. Nonetheless, she happily accompanied to the festival today and even bought me a funnel cake while we were there.
The funnel cake was pretty fabulous, but that's not what you're here to read about, is it?
I didn't go into the fest with any detailed plans on what I wanted to buy. I knew that I couldn't spend a lot and I knew that I wanted to get some non-wool fibers. Here's what I walked away with:
My first purchase was this gorgeous blue-green roving. It's hand dyed Blue-Faced Leicester from Bullen's Wullens. Out of the three vendors I purchased from, Pat Bullen was the only one without a website. Complete contact info for the three vendors can be found at the bottom of this post. I'm pretty sure that Pat was the woman I spent most of my time interacting with at this booth. I had the conundrum of being sure I wanted to buy roving from her, but not being able to decide which color I wanted. She gave me just the right amount of attention as I stood there staring and stroking the wool. I wish that she did have a website because I would definitely buy from her again.
Next up were two small purchases, silk caps and an ounce of bamboo top. These were both from Shadeyside Fibers. A man was working at this booth and he patiently explained the difference between silk caps and silk hankies to me. Honestly, I'm still not too sure what the difference is other than the shape, but he was very friendly and patient with me.
Finally, I bought this amazing superwash merino from Fiber Optic Yarns. I'm so in love with this colorway, called "Polkadots and Moonbeams", that I'm understanding other people's fear of spinning pretty roving. It's so pretty just as it is...what if I mess it up when I spin it?
Everyone I interacted with was very friendly and helpful. My favorite was the woman who raises corgi and was wearing a shirt with a picture of sheep driving a convertible with a corgi in the backseat and "Corgis are back sheep drivers" across the top.
We checked out the animals and the working sheep dog show too.
The entire festival was wonderful. If you're in the DC metro area, I would definitely suggest it. If you're interested, here's the contact info for the three vendors that I purchased from. All of them were helpful and come with my recommendation.
Bullen's Wullens
Pat Bullen
Shadeyside Fibers LLC
109 Brown Road
Oxford, NY 13830
Fiber Optic Yarns
Kimber Baldwin Designs
PO Box 42782
Cincinnati, OH 45242-0782


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That's how I'm feeling about this quilt.
This is not unusual for me. I love the feeling of starting a new quilt. About halfway through the process, I start getting very bored doing what seems like the same thing over and over again. In this case, making the hexagons. But once that is a finished, I will have to construct about 400 flowers out of them.
I'm going to have to set this quilt away for a while and pull out another UFO.
Before I can set it aside, I had to sew some of the hexagons together. A sneak a peek of what it would look like once I have it done.
Now, what to decide to work on next?
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Possible downtime this weekend for OpenStreetMap (OSM). Seems to affect only the editor, but it may effect the tile display as well. OSM is the default basemap in the TITAN Viewer.
"Expect server downtime during that period. The current API will go into Read Only mode at 10:00am BST (9:00 UTC) Friday 17th April. You might need to upgrade your editor to use the new API after the work is complete. There may also be some hiccups in the following days."
We will keep the API up and running in read-only mode for most of the weekend, and the website displaying maps, however we will need at least a short period of total downtime.


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We have a new question from Anonymous:
We know from Romans and Galatians that believers,by the blood of Jesus,are already righteous (justified) in front of God,in this current life,before they step into eternity.
But how can we explain verses seemingly implying that righteousness is yet a hope to be obtained not a possessed reality ?
Galatians 5:5 "But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope".
Romans 6:16 "Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?"
The Bible clearly teaches that our only hope for righteousness is in Christ alone. We have nothing in us that deserves from God a declaration of righteousness. As we have seen in the very important article How to be justified before God?, a man is said to be justified in the sight of God when in the Judgment of God he is regarded as righteous, and is accepted on account of his righteousness. In other terms, you are justified before God when, after examining you, God can say that you are righteous, totally without sin and totally good. It is not enough to be without sin and that you don't ever commit any sin in your life, but you also must always and without interruption do all the good works that God commands you to do and that you are able to do, or else you are not justified, as not doing all the good that you can do is a sin.
Now, obviously no one of us can live such a perfect life in which he never sins and he always and without interruption does all the good that he can do. Therefore we all stand before God as sinners and not as righteous people. As fallen sinners, we all are separated from the Glory of God:
"for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23)
And we have seen in the above mentioned article which is about justification that the only way to have the hope of God's Glory, i.e. to be justified before Him, is by the blood of Jesus Christ. This is indeed the only way to be justified before God and to be accepted by Him, as God hates sin and His wrath is on all sinners. He cannot accept an imperfect righteousness. Only the perfect Righteousness of Christ is accepted by Him. And we have this Righteousness by faith, i.e. by putting our confidence on what Jesus did on the cross and on nothing in ourselves, and by putting ourselves under His authority as our personal Lord and Savior. And now a man will be justified by Grace when, excluded from the righteousness of works, he comes to God by Jesus Christ and, unworthy, lays hold of the Righteousness of Christ and, clothed in it, appears in the sight of God not as a sinner, but as righteous! Thus, God, without contradicting His Justice and Righteousness, declares as righteous those who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior! For in Jesus Christ the debt of our sins is paid and the Grace of God is given to us! God who knows the hearts already knows who has really received Jesus Christ in his life by faith, and so He accepts such a repentant sinner as righteous before Him, as this sinner comes to Him clothed with the Righteousness of Jesus Christ.
It is in this way that we already are in Christ and we already have His Righteousness. God looks to us as if we were Jesus Christ, i.e. totally righteous, although we are not righteous in ourselves, just as He looked to Jesus on the cross as being a sinner, although He was never a sinner by Himself. This is the principle of Substitution in the Bible:
"Him who knew not sin he has made sin for us, that we might become God's righteousness in him." (2 Corinthians 5:21)
Justification is the Righteousness of Christ FOR us. It is that side of righteousness that is counted or reckoned for us, although we don't really have it by ourselves: "but to him who does not work, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness." (Romans 4:5)
And thus we are already justified before God by faith in Christ, and we have peace with God after we were in war against Him because of our sins:
"Therefore having been justified on the principle of faith, we have peace towards God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 5:1)
The tense of "having been justified" shows that it is an already accomplished fact. We are already justified before God by faith and we already have peace with Him through our Lord Jesus Christ. We already are clothed with the Righteousness of Christ before God. It is in this way that many people are already called "righteous" in this life, as they have God's Righteousness by faith: Joseph the husband of the virgin Mary (cf. Matthew 1:19), Abel (cf. Matthew 23:35), John the Baptist (cf. Mark 6:20), Zacharias and Elizabeth (cf. Luke 1:6), Simeon (cf. Luke 2:25), and many others like the ones mentioned in Matthew 5:45, Matthew 10:41, Matthew 13:17, Matthew 23:29, Matthew 25:37, Psalm 33:1, etc… All these are called righteous by faith, and not for any merit in themselves.
Now, this faith by which these people are called righteous is not a dead faith. It is not a head-belief or a head-knowledge that doesn't produce the fruit of life and practical righteousness. It is not a past decision that doesn't change anything in the life of the sinner. Paul makes this point clear when he describes the righteous man with the following quote from the Old Testament Book:
"For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."" (Romans 1:17)
This is a righteousness that is revealed from faith TO FAITH. The whole life of the one who is already justified by faith is a life of faith and obedience to the Lordship of Christ. As the verse says, the righteous man shall live by faith and not die by faith. This faith produces a real life of sanctification and obedience to God. This faith does not accept of Christ only a part that supposedly makes the sinner accepted by God and yet produces a resulting life of disobedience and unrighteousness. This faith receives the WHOLE Christ, i.e. it submits to the authority of Christ over our lives! As we have seen in the article How to be justified before God?, the only true kind of faith is the one that puts the sinner under the authority of the Redeemer Jesus Christ. Thus a whole life of righteousness results from this righteousness that we already have by faith:
"having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God." (Philippians 1:11)
If we didn't already have the Righteousness of Christ, we would not have this resulting fruit of righteousness. Just as you can't have apples without an apple tree, in the same way you can't have the fruit of righteousness without righteousness.
Therefore Paul makes it clear that Justification is not all what there is in Salvation. God's purpose in Salvation was not only to make a list of those who "made a decision" for Christ, as many false teachers say today. The purpose of Salvation is to produce lives of righteousness and obedience to God. The ultimate purpose of our Salvation is that we become like Jesus!
"Because whom he has foreknown, he has also predestinated [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be [the] firstborn among many brethren." (Romans 8:29)
Those who are truly righteous before God are predestined to be conformed to the image of God's Son! They are predestined to that! There is no way of escape. And who wants a way of escape from righteousness after tasting how Good is the Lord?! We really want to be conformed to the image of Jesus Christ. We already have been satisfied of the Righteousness of Christ (justified to the full!) in a way that we will never hunger or thirst again for Righteousness and life eternal (cf. John 6:35). But we were not satisfied in a way that would make us detest this Righteousness and thus throw it away and live a life of unrighteousness! We will hunger and thirst for righteousness, and God will always make us satisfied of Christ's Righteousness (this means sanctification in the case of those who have been justified by faith): "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied." (Matthew 5:6) No satisfaction is promised for those who still love sin although they profess faith in Christ!
And as the righteous man is predestined to be conformed to the image of the Son, i.e. he is predestined to that Glory of God from which he was previously separated because of his sin as we have seen in Romans 3:23, so he has a sure hope of that Glory. Immediately after saying in Romans 5:1 that we are already justified before God and have peace with Him, Paul adds:
"by whom [i.e. by Christ] we have also access by faith into this favour in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God." (Romans 5:2)
This is a sure hope, as we are predestined by God to that Glory, i.e. to be conformed to the image of Christ. "This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil" (Hebrews 6:19) This hope is like an anchor for a ship! It is the safety of the ship! It's not a shallow wish to be safe. It's the certitude of having what we hope for. As we know for sure that in Christ we are predestined to be like Him, then this hope is a sure hope. We already have Christ, so we already have this hope of Glory: "Christ in you, the hope of glory." (Colossians 1:27)
So by faith the sinner is not saved from the judgment and wrath of God to be free to sin freely! The sinner is saved from sin to obedience and righteousness and Christlikeness.
It is with this subject that the topic of Romans 6 begins. This is the passage from which Anonymous quoted Romans 6:16, so let's see what is the context:
"What then shall we say? Should we continue in sin that grace may abound? Far be the thought. We who have died to sin, how shall we still live in it?" (Romans 6:1-2)
So, as you can see, the topic of Romans 6 is the question whether we are now free to sin or free from sin to serve God. Paul clearly says that even the thought of continuing in sin is unacceptable now that we are in Christ. And in his arguments he reaches the verse 16 quoted by Anonymous, where he says:
"Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves bondmen for obedience, ye are bondmen to him whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?" (Romans 6:16)
Paul makes it clear that the faith by which a sinner is truly righteous before God is the obedient faith. If you didn't really put yourself under the authority of Christ to obey Him as Lord, you can't have the hope of righteousness (including conformity to Christ, and not only justification), and you will be just deceiving yourself. The true faith by which we are righteous before God is the faith that obeys and produces the fruit of righteousness. By faith the righteous man lives and does not die, as we have seen above. In other words, Paul talks in Romans 6 about the whole Righteousness of Christ which is not only justification. It's not only the Righteousness of Christ FOR us (i.e. Justification); it's also the Righteousness of Christ IN us (i.e. Sanctification) as we become conformed to the image of the Son, as we have seen above. We have all of this Righteousness only by obedient faith, and not by a dead faith. A dead faith will only produce sin unto death.
So this is not a future righteousness as you said, Anonymous. It's a righteousness that we already have, the Righteousness of Christ, but by a living faith and not a dead faith. Practically this means that we already have the Righteousness of Christ FOR us (i.e. we already are justified), and we are surely having the Righteousness of Christ IN us (i.e. we are being practically sanctified day after day in Christ), and we wait for the sure hope of glorification (i.e. to be conformed to the image of the Son). It is only by the Spirit, on the principle of faith, that we wait for this sure hope of righteousness which includes all what I described above (Justification before the Throne of God, sanctification by the Spirit, and Glorification).
Thus we reach the context of Galatians 5:5 where it is said that it is on the principle of faith that we wait for this sure hope of righteousness.
The context of Galatians 5 (from which Anonymous quoted Galatians 5:5) is similar to Romans 6 that we studied above. Let's read the first verse in that chapter:
"Christ has set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held again in a yoke of bondage." (Galatians 5:1)
So the context of Galatians 5 is about remaining or persevering in the freedom that we have in Christ. In other terms, just as he did in Romans 6, Paul is telling the Galatians that a faith that doesn't produce the fruits of freedom from sin is not a genuine faith. Jesus didn't save us to sin, but from sin to serve the living God (cf. 1 Thessalonians 1:9 and Hebrews 9:14). The Galatians were in danger of receiving a false "gospel" (cf. Galatians 1:6-9) that says that they could be conformed to the image of Christ (i.e. be sanctified or made perfect) by the works of the Law, i.e. by the flesh (cf. Galatians 3:3). So Paul explains to them that they can't be perfected by the flesh after they had begun by the Spirit:
"Are ye so senseless? having begun in Spirit, are ye going to be made perfect in flesh?" (Galatians 3:3)
So the Galatians had a very wrong understanding of what Sanctification or conformity to Christ's image means and how they should reach that goal, as they had a very wrong understanding of Justification. A clear understanding of Justification by Grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone is very essential for a true understanding of Sanctification, as Justification contains in it the whole of the principle of Sanctification. As we have seen above, if we are not justified before God by faith and thus have peace with Him, we can't have the sure hope of God's Glory and the predestination to be conformed to the image of the Son. This is why Paul tells them in the context of Galatians 5 that they have a wrong understanding of Justification:
"Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ as separated [from him], as many as are justified by law; ye have fallen from grace." (Galatians 5:4)
And then he explains how this wrong understanding of Justification disagrees with the true understanding of Righteousness which is not a mere justification in order to escape God's wrath through faith and then to fall again under the slavery of sin, but also a daily conformity to the image of the Son by a living faith that produces the fruit of righteousness and reaches the final result which is to be declared blameless and acceptable before the Throne of God as righteous in Christ:
"For we, by [the] Spirit, on the principle of faith, await the hope of righteousness." (Galatians 5:5)
It is on the principle of faith that the already righteous man lives! He has the sure hope that when he will stand before the judgment-seat of God, he will surely be declared righteous, as he already has that Righteousness of Christ as we have seen above.
Those who already are righteous in Christ are predestined to be conformed to the image of Christ. They know for sure that they will see God according to the following verse:
"holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord" (Hebrews 12:14)
No one can be holy by himself in order to be able to see God. It is only by having the Righteousness of Christ by faith that we can have the sure hope of being found righteous before God and thus be able to see Him, as only the pure in heart shall see God: "Blessed the pure in heart, for they shall see God." (Matthew 5:8) Once again, this is not a future event as you said, Anonymous, but it is something that we already have (i.e. we are already saints in Christ) and that we are having each day (i.e. we are being sanctified practically each day and we are being conformed to the image of the Son).
So the verses that you quoted practically mean: We have the sure hope of being declared righteous before the judgment-seat of God, as we already are righteous before God, having been clothed by the Righteousness of Christ which produces in us the fruit of righteousness. We live by faith which is the assurance in the hope of things not seen but promised by God:
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." (Hebrews 11:1)
It is a living faith that has the sure hope of being declared righteous before the judgment-seat of God, and not a past shallow "decision for Christ" that cannot hope for any righteousness when the sinner stands before that judgment-seat.
Grace be with you!
Disciple of Jesus Christ


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URL: http://stallman.org/archives/2011-mar-jun.html#27_June_2011_(Blogger_Jailed)
A blogger in Taiwan was jailed for criticizing the food she ate in a restaurant.
It is very hard to speak with the precision that this court punished her for failing to use. I try to do so, but I don't always succeed. However, even if she carelessly stretched her statement, that does not justify imprisonment.
It appears that online reviews create psychological pressure to exaggerate.
If we would like to discourage exaggeration, harsh punishments against a few of those who succumb to this pressure will not do the job (in addition to being unjust). Changing the structure of the system might perhaps work.


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Tim Hudson answered a lot of questions in his Giants debut: would his surgically repaired ankle hold up? Would he still pitch effectively at an advanced age? And would he break the streak of disappointing free agent starting pitchers signed by the Giants?
The answers: yes. Yes. And it sure looks like he will.
Hudson was dominant in his Giants debut, shutting out the Diamondbacks for 7.2 innings while scattering three hits and striking out seven. He mixed his pitches with ease, throwing everything in his repertoire for strikes and keeping Arizona's hitters off-balance all night. It was vintage Hudson, bringing back memories of his days across the Bay in Oakland.
The Giants have to feel good about what they saw from Hudson, especially after watching less-than-stellar season debuts from Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner. Hudson was able to save an already overworked bullpen for a night, and more importantly showed the Giants that he's all the way back from the gruesome ankle injury he suffered late last season.
It's easy to forgive Giants fans who were skeptical of Hudson, considering the Giants' history of signing free agent starters. From Barry Zito, to Matt Morris, to Mark Portugal, the word "underwhelming" comes to mind when talking about their careers in San Francisco. Hudson looks poised to break that trend. He might not be the front line starter he was in his prime, but he's more than capable of providing solid innings for a team that will desperately need them.
Yes, it was only one game. But it was important for Hudson to perform last night, given that he was one of a number of question marks hanging over the Giants' rotation. With Hudson showing that he's still capable of being a dominant pitcher, it's one less thing for the team to worry about. The Giants can only hope that Tim Lincecum and Ryan Vogelsong are able to answer the questions about them like Hudson was able to do.
The Giants need their rotation to perform at an elite level in order to get back to the playoffs. Tim Hudson looked like he's ready to meet the challenge.
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Prayer is the key to heaven but faith unlocks the door
Words are so easily spoken
Prayer without faith is like a boat without an oar
So have faith when you speak to the Master
That's all He asks you for
Prayer is the key to heaven but faith unlocks the door
The band played this beautiful song last night for church. I so enjoyed singing it. It seemed to dovetail with the morning service which was truly a message from the Lord through Bro. Bernard accompanied by a downpouring of the Spirit. The Spirit of the Lord was SO present in both our services yesterday. It's as if the Lord is just drawing me nearer to Him, making Himself more real and special to me. Much like a suitor seeks to win a lady's heart so the Lord seeks my heart, all our hearts, to be joined with Him, forever! He has proposed to a people who will let nothing come between them and Him, their Head, their Lover, their Bridegroom. Natural love and marriage is surely a mystery concerning Christ and His church. Surely God has given us a picture that we can understand of His infinite love for us.
Bro. Bernard gave an anointed message about getting rid of our evil heart of unbelief. When we pray for people we must have faith that God will do what is right in that person's situation. He told of when my aunt was dying of cancer and God told him to go circle the hospital and pray for her, which he did for about half the night. God spoke to him while praying during the night for her and told her that she didn't belong to any of us but that she belonged to Him. What a glorious knowledge to know that you belong to the Lord. Bro. Bernard went on to say that all that mattered at the end was that we belong to the Lord. We must believe and pray but no matter what, we must BELONG to HIM. He told of another time when the Lord had spoken to someone to walk around the building where someone was at the point of death and pray for them and He would heal them. He did it and the person was healed that day. Obedience seems to be another important key. Pray, have faith, obey what the Lord tells you to do, make sure you belong to God, and trust Him for the answer He knows is best.
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ContentsIntroduction Grothendieck categories Torsion in Grothendieck categories Localization in Grothendieck categories Gabriel filters Localization in module categories Compatibility Stability Reflecting torsion The relative Artin-Rees condition Relative fully bounded rings Classical localization Structure sheaves Functorial behaviour Bibliography Index
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This is the second part in my series on worship. Not sure how far this will go, there may be one more edition, we'll just have to see. I know I wrote about my feelings about worship being disingenuous at times, but I've been thinking and reflecting on things more and after meeting with Cliff earlier this week (to those who don't know, he's the new worship leader for the young adults ministry I'm involved in), and want to expand my thoughts on types of worship.
So it seems to me that there are two main sorts of worship music. There's the reflective, introspective, cry out to God flavor and there is the Hallelujah, praise the lord, display of praise flavor.
They seem very different and they are, but I think they are two important, necessary facets of worshiping God. One says "God, you are great" and the other says, "God, I need you." I don't think one is better than the other, I think they're both good.
God is most certainly worthy of all of our praise, scripture says that if we don't praise Him, that rocks will cry out instead. Everything about God is good and praising Him in this way is great for reminding us of just how awesome and wonderful He is, how much greater and better He is than we are and ever could be. It humbles us and reminds us of who God is.
Not only is God worthy of our praise, however, He is worthy of our dependence. He is the God who loves us and wants to provide for us. I've been reading in Isaiah and one of the things that God was so upset at His people for was the fact that instead of turning to Him, they turned to other nations and to idols. God desires our dependence. Singing songs about needing Him, about desiring Him, crying out, these things are a demonstration of our need, a reminder to ourselves of our dependence on God, that He is the only one who can do these things.
One of the coolest things about worship, in my mind anyway, is the fact that God responds to it and to us in it. He doesn't have to, but He does. He comes down and blesses us with His presence, with His comfort. He meets us where we are. I was discussing with Cliff tonight about how some songs don't seem very "worshipful" that they embody this second kind of need/dependence based worship and how in spite of that, the Holy Spirit moves and does stuff in the midst of it. That's all I need to see in order to validate it.
I love that God allows us multiple facets to come to Him and worship Him with. That He doesn't want us to merely have a simple, 2-dimensional experience of worship in song but that He gives us variety, texture, and nuance. Just as in many other areas, I think He does this so we can't just boil it down to a formula, so that we have to depend on Him and walk in faith, allowing Him to guide us on the path to where HE wants to lead us. Praise God for being such a faithful, loving shepard.


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By Elaine Unterhalter, Professor of Education and International Development at the Institute of Education, University College London, and Joan Dejaeghere Associate Professor, Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development, Interdisciplinary Center for Global Change, University of Minnesota.
As we look to the post-2015 agenda, discussions are turning to how we can expand our thinking around girls' and women's education from just gender parity (comparing numbers of girls to boys in the classroom) to gender equality. The focus on parity since the EFA goals were set in 2000 is widely acknowledged to have left serious obstacles to girls' and women's educational opportunities, including gender insensitive curricula and learning materials, classroom practices that undermine gender equality, and school management ignoring or minimizing incidents of school related gender based violence (SRGBV).
It is important to move the discussion on from parity to equality. Hiding behind what may seem like parity, for example, may be vast differences in the quality of education girls and boys receive.
How can we measure gender equality?
There are two main challenges associated with measuring gender equality in education. The first is the imprecision associated with the current measurement system. Critics note that current metrics provide limited perspectives for policy discussion. The data routinely collected through administration channels or household surveys does not lend itself to explore more complex processes of inequality. The challenge of finding a way to define and measure SRGBV, which is one of the entrenched forms of gender inequality in education, is an important example.
Clarifying what gender equality or inequality in education is, so that it can be measured and resulting gaps exposed, entails understanding how gender intersects with other forms of social division (disability, class, race etc.) in different socio-cultural and historical contexts. It requires considering issues of social justice and wellbeing.
Questions arise about whether we can measure gender equality in terms of what certain groups do or do not possess, or can gain through education—for example, access to schooling, adequate resources (teachers, textbooks) or qualifications. But measuring who has what leads to the concern that gender equality would again be viewed in a parity perspective. Gender equality in education has a far broader meaning than this.
Stated differently, can we measure both distributional changes in education such as equal number of male and female teachers or gender representation in textbooks etc. and also capture the subjective concerns associated with gender? Some international assessments, such as PISA, measure aspects of students' autonomy and civic mindedness, while the recent OECD study of gender and education looks at aptitude, behaviour and confidence. However, the questions being used do not capture gender-specific social norms, for example, which would provide far greater information about gender equality. In addition, such studies do not make clear why particular aspects, and not others, have been singled out to encapsulate gender equality in education.
Why should we measure gender equality?
The second main challenge around measuring gender equality is that there has been a failure to clarify why it is something worth measuring. Is it, for example, because we want education systems to be more efficient or is it due to concern for social justice and human rights? It is one step, after all, for critics of gender parity (and the simple measure of distribution) to say that it is not an adequate measure of gender equality in education. It is an altogether more difficult proposition to say what measuring gender equality in education should entail and how it should be accomplished.
Gender equality has a broad meaning
Given the history of women's exclusion, subordination and injustice, noted in every country in the world, it is important that the voices and perspectives of women are considered in how gender equality in education is measured and for what purposes. The metric for gender equality must include the right of women to articulate, review and critically comment on justifications for social arrangements. The metric must also consider the political economy and socio-cultural norms and practices that maintain injustices towards certain groups and exacerbate gender inequalities. Measures must additionally evaluate processes for real change towards greater gender equality and social justice. And lastly, because of the significance of bodily and emotional vulnerability in many meanings of gender, measuring or evaluating gender equality in education must aim to promote progress towards reducing all forms of gender-based violence and ensuring women are empowered to exercise their rights to reproductive health and autonomy.
Towards a common definition of gender equality in education
A useful way to move beyond this impasse is to use list-based approaches to defining what gender equality in education is, while subjecting this process to rigorous scrutiny and debate. This approach has been successfully used by the UNDP and OECD to develop gender equality measures, although, as of yet, their measures in relation to education still only focus on gender parity and only at the national level. Thus a further challenge is to ensure relevant measures are developed at other levels—for example, the community, school, teacher and individual student levels–in order to assess and change discriminatory gender attitudes and behaviour.
We urgently need an informed political and technical discussion on how to develop a normative approach to defining gender equality in education. And on the basis of this discussion we will be able to work on developing improved and policy-relevant measures. Without this discussion, and consensus on the definition, whatever measurement we develop will attract the criticism that we have only reworked gender parity using imperfect proxies. It is important we get the parameters right early on in the post-2015 era. If we do not, we will find we have not reached the vision we are aiming for by 2030.


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In chapter 5 Jesus focused on the healing of one man; in fact, he sought him out in the temple after he healed him. Then He dealt with the unbelief of the religious leaders. In chapter 6 a crowd seeks Jesus out and we see Him withdrawing from the crowd, even as He has compassion on them.
Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick. Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. The Jewish Passover Feast was near.
When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?" He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. (John 6:1-6)
As the crowds began to press around Jesus, he needed a retreat, so He took His disciples up on a mountainside to get some rest. Rest was important to Jesus, and He modeled here the need to take it - even when there is so much to do. In fact, precisely because there IS so much that demands our time and attention, Jesus continues to offer us rest.
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. (Matt 11:28)
Be still and know that I am God... (Psalm 46:10)
When Jesus saw the crowds had followed Him, instead of seeing them as a burden, He saw them as sheep without a shepherd, and even though they were seeking Him for His miracles and provision, rather than for Himself, He still met their needs! But He was first going to test the disciples. He asked Philip where they should go to buy bread, and Philip saw only the problem, and figured the only solution would be money!
Philip answered him, "Eight months' wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!" (vs. 7)
Andrew did a little better. At least he saw a possibility:
Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up, "Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?" (vs.8-9)
However, notice the "but" in the middle of his sentence! "Here's something, BUT..." Jon Courson writes, "How easily the word 'but' creeps into our thinking. We are aware of the provision, but we start raising objections when we look at the situation practically." (Jon Courson's Application Commentary: New Testament, P. 482)
Throughout the Bible God uses something "little" to do something huge! In fact, He chose the Israelites, precisely BECAUSE they were a little nation. David was the runt of the litter in his family, but he was chosen by God to become king. With only five smooth stones in his hand (and only using ONE of those), David slew Goliath. Gideon used a teeny army to rout a large enemy. And Jesus used just five SMALL loaves and two SMALL fish to feed over 5,000 people!
When we are looking for a miracle, let's not OVERLOOK the small! What has God given you to work that miracle you are seeking. Is your faith SMALL? Ask Him to enlarge it by HIS power. We have been asking for some mighty miracles for Baby Royce this week. Let's bring our small faith to our Mighty God, and watch Him work!
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Week 6
Day 3
39.12 minutes (this is a bit of an estimate: I did not wield my stopwatch well this morning.)
Average pace 6.74 min/km
It was a horrible, horrible run this morning. As if that wasn't obvious from my pace.
I just didn't want to go. Every step, I had to fight with myself to not stop and start walking. It started to rain on me on the last leg of the large block I ran. And I cramped up in the last 500m. There's something about that route, maybe the steeper hills, that causes me to cramp up at the very end. Painfully.
I finished strong though. Mostly. Lured my cat out from under my neighbour's porch with treats and got out of the rain far later than I would have liked. Late for work this morning, not that there is any.
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Dear Mat John,
Oh man, I love this country
I called it the land of political absurdity
Full of ludicrousness amid stupidity
First in the pipeline is Mr. Badawi
The country's 5th Perdana Menteri
Hailed from notable ulema's family
In that spirit he created a new Islam Hadhari
The so-called modern Islam resembling Turkey
Some touted it as Islam Ada Hari
When the original Islam turned awry
He loves to travel in style like big celebrity
Making grand entrance in any opportunity
So he insisted a private jet paid by Treasury
He got it despite hullabaloo by bloggers community
He said the government didn't purchase it out rightly
The government is leasing it from SPM, a GLC
For him, this is a good strategy
By doing that he thinks he can save money
Oh yeah, he thinks people believe his story
Perth seems to be his favorite city
Last December he opened Nasi Kandar Puteri
And then went on sailing trip with Todt of Ferrari
Back home worst flood hit Johor Kota Tinggi
17 died and 90000 evacuated in that tragedy
But yet, the jet setting PM was outside the country
He might use remote control key
Badawi has son-in-law by the name of Khairi
He married Badawi's daughter Nori
Recently both blessed with the baby
That has longest name in the country
I can only remember the last name, Khairi
This young chap is Pemuda Umno deputy
Claimed to have "protection" from Mr. Badawi
Has a big wish to be PM by age of forty
So he is gathering support from Putera and Puteri
At the same time accumulated wealth aggressively
Through ECM Libra and some crony
Media was at his helm through NST
Now he has potent tools – money, media and machinery
And his father in law alias Perdana Menteri
Meanwhile Hisham is putting up a new strategy
His kris wielding attracts flak of Malay supremacy
It backfires especially to Chinese community
His reasoning draws conclusion that he is puny
Najib is not convince Hisham to be his deputy
Najib may consider a big mouth Nazri
Provided that Rosmah is okay to work with Nazri
You know why lah, Najib takut bini
We don't have to elaborate the story
You have to come here to enjoy the absurdity
We have quite a few funny ministers and MP
Such as hilarious Work Minister Mr.Samy
Before Hindraf he represents Indian community
The longest serving minister that heads MIC
In press conference he got agitated quite easily
When Umno conference was held on Deepavali
He said no "open house" as sign of hostility
He twisted the decision maybe after talking to Indrani
This MIC leaders share similar trait and personality
The latest one was Cameron Highland MP Mr. Devamani
He has broken ranks with fellow BN MP
When he accused government not doing enough for Indian community
After meeting with BN Whip, he regretted and say sorry
to be continued….
Keris Silau
4 December 2007
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
LovingAs I work from home today and enjoy the lovely fall weather from my patio with laptop in my lap (duh) and daughter in her pak n' play next to me, I have to tell you what I'm loving right now.
1. The way she points WAY up into the air every time she hears an airplane. Then she looks at me so I can say "airplane! flying in the sky!" and then she makes a flying sound "shrooom".
2. The way she just was sitting there and put her head down - how cute, I thought, she's tired - only to find out she was biting her big toe.
3. The way she answers Cambridge and Neville's meows with her own MEOOOWWWW. (I laughed hysterically when Huz told me he went to the coffee shop with her yesterday and she saw a tiny dog inside and immediately said MEOW to it. The owner laughed and agreed that his cat was bigger than that particular dog, so no wonder she mistook it for a cat.)
4. The way she shakes her head side to side - she doesn't know what it means, but it's funny to watch.
5. The way she just stood up in the pak n' play, pushing her face up against the netting in the process so her face got all smooshed (like when you put a nylon stocking on your face and look crazy). hahahaha.
6. The way every thing is still so new and exciting to her and how she points at every thing. I love that tiny little index finger and thumb sticking out.
7. The way she says mama or mie-mie when she cries.
8. Her huge toothy smile. It just melts me.
9. The way she waves all the time. We think she knows it's for hi and bye, but she also does it when she wants me to pick her up or feed her. She opens and closes her hand towards herself, so she looks like she's saying hi to herself each time. So cute!
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Regardless of who wins the elections in November one thing is for sure, health care in America will never be the same. And this is a good thing.
Even if the White House welcomes new residents or the balance in power tips in favor of the Republican Party, health care will never go back to where it was 2 years ago. Never. Thankfully, never.
This is not a discourse on who should be elected in November. It's not a debate on other political issues such as the fight against terrorism, the war in Afghanistan, gay marriage, unemployment, job creation, Benghazi, abortion or Big Labor and the NLRB. While health care reform is intertwined with many of these issues, health care reform stands primarily in its own political silo. My thoughts recorded here speak to one issue—health care in America has changed.
Health Care in America has Changed
For decades there has been talk—simply talk—of needed changes in our American health care. Finally, change has come. Finally, someone had the fortitude to put something on the table. I may have my gripes with some political positions of President Obama, but one thing cannot be denied—he put health care on the table and has forced our nation's leaders to wrestle with it. Finally, someone has spoken with authority for the millions without adequate access to reasonable health care.
Without any doubt, the changes are not perfect. I doubt there is anyone, on either side of the aisle, who would voice 100% agreement with all that comes with health care reform. Even as health care reform was voted into law, proponents were not satisfied with it. Yet, Continue reading


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Software Virtualization
August 27, 2006
Don't you hate it when you just want to try something out, you install it, hate it, end up uninstalling and then suffer from registry rot because it doesn't clean itself up?
Much like virtual server this package lets you install software virtually. For example. I hate quicktime and all the crap that comes with it. So I installed it with SVS, and then deactivate it until I need it and it's like I never installed it. When I need it, I activate it's layer and it's like it was always there. Brilliant.
Here's the secret link to the free version that doesn't expire. http://svsdownloads.com/
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- RadioShack (RSH) was falling 10% to $1.52 Thursday following a report that talks with lenders is delaying planned store closings announced in March.
According to The Wall Street Journal, RadioShack is still in negotiations with its lenders regarding plans to close up to 1,100 stores across the U.S. The retailer's credit agreements only allow it to close 200 stores without approval of its lenders.
RadioShack is reportedly still planning on closing stores, and it now looking to close just 200 locations. Some landlords have reportedly agreed to lower rents to keep some stores open.
Some lenders may want RadioShack to close as many as 2,000 stores, or almost half of its 4,300 total locations.
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Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:
- The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Specialty Retail industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 202.4% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from -$63.30 million to -$191.40 million.
- The debt-to-equity ratio is very high at 2.98 and currently higher than the industry average, implying increased risk associated with the management of debt levels within the company. Along with the unfavorable debt-to-equity ratio, RSH maintains a poor quick ratio of 0.78, which illustrates the inability to avoid short-term cash problems.
- Return on equity has greatly decreased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of major weakness within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Specialty Retail industry and the overall market, RADIOSHACK CORP's return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
- The gross profit margin for RADIOSHACK CORP is currently lower than what is desirable, coming in at 29.88%. It has decreased from the same quarter the previous year. Along with this, the net profit margin of -20.46% is significantly below that of the industry average.
- Net operating cash flow has significantly decreased to -$139.80 million or 85.41% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing to the industry average, the firm's growth rate is much lower.
- You can view the full analysis from the report here: RSH Ratings Report
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Dr. Frankenstein, I presume?
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Artificial life' comes step closer: "Researchers at Rockefeller University in the US have made the first tentative steps towards creating a form of artificial life.
Their creations, small synthetic vesicles that can process (express) genes, resemble a crude kind of biological cell.
The parts for their 'vesicle bioreactors', as they call them, all come from diverse realms of life."


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'Gaalipata' fame Bhavana Rao has not seen a release for a while. Now three of her films is all set to release in a matter of just two weeks.
On October 20th Sharan starrer 'Satya Harischandra' and 'Dayavittu Gamanisi' will be releasing together. Bhavana Rao has acted in both the films. She is seen as one of the heroines in 'Satya Harischandra'. In 'Dayavittu Gamanisi', out of the four stories, Bhavana will be seen prominently in one of the stories. On October 27th Ravi Srivatsa's 'Tiger Galli' will be released and Bhavana is one of the heroines in the film.
Bhavana has not seen a release in the last two years. Now suddenly three of her films will be released in two weeks gap. After the releases Bhavana is looking forward to sign new films.
Satya Harischandra which brings director Dayal Padmanabhan and actor Sharan together for the first time together is an action comedy film that is full of entertainment. The film also stars Sanchita Padukone, Bhavana, Chikkanna, Sadhu Kokila and others. So you can imagine the comedy quotient it brings to the table. The film is about Satya Harischandra, who is named such because his father wants him to be a very honest person. But after seeing his father die due to a wrong reason, he decides to lie always. When he grows up he becomes a headache to the entire village because of his lies. The village headman (played by Sharat Lohitashva) decides to throw him out of the village. But he is given a last chance and if there is a new complaint against him within 30 days he will be thrown out.
Can Satya Harischandra survive without telling a lie for one full month? It is not possible. But he comes up with various ideas to stop the village headman from taking action against him. But this time the lies he tells comes to haunt him. He has to to impossible things to survive one lie. The one lie he tells become a hundred lies and all of them come to haunt him. How Sharan's character manages to overcome all these difficulties and rises to the occassion forms the rest of the story.
In the village the main characters are Sharan, Seeta, Sharat Lohitashva and Chikkanna. He is forced to go to Germany where the main characters are Sanchita, Bhavana Rao and Sadhu Kokila. When he returns to India, there is a twist. Trouble comes with him. There are dozens of twists and turns in the film. The comedy film also has action and adventure. There are killers on the loose. There is scheming relatives and unknown friends. It is a puzzle that Sharan has to solve to survive and help his friends and family.
There is good music by Arjun Janya. He gives some melodious music. The old song Kuladalli Melyavudo has been remixed and it is a big hit in the film. The other songs are soothing. There is also very good camera work which is impressive. The climax shooting on a hill fort is awesome. The locations in Germany is also beautifully captured. Though much of the film takes place in the Virupakshi village, other places like Melukote and other countryside locations are also shown.
There is very good acting by Sharan who carries the film on his shoulders. Sanchita as the girl under attack and Bhavana as the girl who is cheated are perfect in their roles. Chikkanna is impressive as ever. His timing is perfect and each of his dialogues brings laughter. Though Sadhu Kokila is missing for most of the second half, his character leaves a good mark on the film.
Overall Satya Harischandra is an entertainer for the entire family that spreads laughter. It is the perfect film for Deepavali and a present you should give to your family.
Chitraloka Rating - 3.5/5
Sathish Neenasam's entry to action films makes a roaring sound. Tiger Galli is an action adventure which races with entertainment from the first to the last scene. Action, drama, adventure, suspense, story of corruption, police action, judicial activism and public uproar are all part of this film. It is rare to see a film packaged with so much energy and enthusiasm.
The film starts with a strange incident of a woman who attacks people at the chief minister's office killing on of his sons. She is taken to the police station where she is uncontrollable. Then begins the real story in flashback. The story is about the woman's son. She and the son are milk vendors who fall on the wrong side of rowdy elements. Some big shot rowdy wants to recruit the son into his gang but is unsuccessful.
In the meantime the son falls in love with a girl who begins to make him dance to his tunes. On the other side the big rowdy is used by a the chief minister and his son for their own misdeeds. Neenasam Sathish who plays Vishnu is caught between the rowdy and the politicians. The police are also watching him. Does he manage to stay clean is answered in the fim. It is not an easy task.
There are loads of action in the film. Sathish has manged to give his best for the role. He is very convincing in this action image. Other actors have also pumped up the film. Shivamani gives a good performance as the kingpin of the corruption in the state. Another director Giriraj plays his father and chief minister. One more director Aiyappa Sharma plays the rowdy don. The three directors form the trio of villains in the film and give the film a menacing boost. Among the other actors, Bhavana and Roshani Prakash make a good impression.
Tiger Galli takes a unknown story of a small time rowdy and turns it into an amazing tale of Bengaluru's underworld. Ravi Srivatsa has done a terrific job as a director. He makes the film convincing even though there is lot of blood shed and the film has been given an A certificate because of it. The dialogues are punchy and hard hitting. With a good story and fast narrative, Tiger Galli is one good action fare.
Chitraloka Rating - 3.5/5
ಭಾವನಾ ರಾವ್..ಗಾಳಿಪಟದ ಪಾವನಿಯಾಗಿ ತೆರೆಗೆ ಬಂದ ಭಾವನಾ ಅವರ ಹೊಸ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ತೆರೆಗೆ ಬಂದು ತುಂಬಾ ದಿನಗಳಾಗಿತ್ತು. ತಡೆದು ಬಂದ ಮಳೆ ಜಡಿದು ಬಂತು ಅನ್ನೋ ಹಾಗೆ, ಒಂದೇ ದಿನ ಅವರ ಎರಡು ಚಿತ್ರಗಳು ತೆರೆಗೆ ಅಪ್ಪಳಿಸಿವೆ.
ಸತ್ಯ ಹರಿಶ್ಚಂದ್ರ ಹಾಗೂ ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು ಗಮನಿಸಿ. ಎರಡೂ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾವನಾ ಅವರದ್ದು ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಪಾತ್ರ. ಸತ್ಯ ಹರಿಶ್ಚಂದ್ರ ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾಯಕನ ಸುಳ್ಳುಗಳನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ನಂಬಿ, ಅವನನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕಿಕೊಂಡು ಅಲೆಯುವ ಹುಡುಗಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದರೆ, ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು ಗಮನಿಸಿ ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಸದಾ ನೋವಿನಲ್ಲೇ ನರಳುವ ಗೃಹಿಣಿಯಾಗಿ ನಟಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ದೀಪಾವಳಿ ಪಟಾಕಿ ಜೋರಾಗಿ ಸಿಡಿದು ಸುರುಸುರು ಬತ್ತಿಯಂತೆ ಬೆಳಗಲಿ.
ಸತ್ಯ ಹರಿಶ್ಚಂದ್ರ. ಶರಣ್ ಅಭಿನಯದ ಈ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ದೀಪಾವಳಿಗೆ ನಗೆ ಪಟಾಕಿ ಹಚ್ಚೋಕೆ ಬರ್ತಾ ಇದೆ. ಶರಣ್ ಚಿತ್ರ ಎಂದ ಮೇಲೆ ಕಾಮಿಡಿ ಇರಲಬೇಕು. ಈ ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಶರಣ್ ಪಾತ್ರದ ಹೆಸರು ಸತ್ಯ ಹರಿಶ್ಚಂದ್ರ. ಆದರೆ, ಹೇಳೋದೆಲ್ಲ ಸುಳ್ಳು. ಶರಣ್ಗೆ ಈ ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಬ್ಬರು ನಾಯಕಿಯರು. ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬ್ಬರು ಭಾವನಾ ರಾವ್.
ಚಿತ್ರದ ಶೂಟಿಂಗ್ ಅನುಭವ ಹೇಳಿಕೊಂಡಿರೋ ಭಾವನಾ ರಾವ್, ಶರಣ್ ಕಾಮಿಡಿ ಟೈಮಿಂಗ್ ಅದ್ಭುತ ಎಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಶರಣ್ ಅವರ ಟೈಮಿಂಗ್ಗೆ ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ ನಾವು ರಿಯಾಕ್ಷನ್ ಕೊಡಬೇಕು. ಅದು ಬಹಳ ಕಷ್ಟವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಶೂಟಿಂಗ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಅದನ್ನು ಕಲಿತುಕೊಂಡೆ ಎಂದು ಅನುಭವ ಹಂಚಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಭಾವನಾ ರಾವ್.
ಅಳಿಸೋದು ಸುಲಭ..ನಗಿಸೋದು ಕಷ್ಟ ಅನ್ನೋದು ಭಾವನಾ ರಾವ್ ಅನುಭವದ ಮಾತು. ಆ ಕಷ್ಟವನ್ನು ದಯಾಳ್ ಪದ್ಮನಾಭನ್ ತಾಳ್ಮೆಯಿಂದ ಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟು ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿಸಿದರು ಎಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಭಾವನಾ ರಾವ್.


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I think maybe my post yesterday came across as a little more negative than I intended it to...I wasn't trying to be a total negative Nancy.
In an odd sense of timing, I spent a little bit of time with So Midwestern yesterday discussing, via email, the relationship between my two longest-time friends (BFFb and BFFg) and me. And this sort of fits into that narrative. Despite being so very close, we are actually quite different, and have always approached things, good and bad, very different.
BFFg is just incredibly sweet. 100% positive and nice and friendly and caring and everyone who ever meets her for five minutes loves her, because chances are that she loves them as well. She is always, always one to see the positive in people and events and to think about everything else she could do to help. A huge percentage of the people that we went to high school with would describe her as a friend.
BFFb is and has always been the emotional one, as if everything that happens to him is the result of and in relation to something for which he has been incredibly passionate. He is a fiercely loyal and defensive friend (I think I have covered that:-)) and always willing to commit himself 100% to anything, and anyone, that he things is worthwhile.
I guess I have always been the contrarian. When everyone around me is wallowing in misery and pity, I tend to be the voice of the positive. When everyone else overwhelmed with a sense of joy or accomplishment, I am most likely making note of the things we should be concerned about. If BFFb is kerosene to any emotional fire, then I am the wet towel...positive when things are bad and negative when they are good.
So, in times like this, when we seem to be temporarily overtaken by an irrationally positive hope (well, everyone except for equity investors, it seems), I tend to be the one throwing cold water on everyone. I can't help it...it's in my nature. I don't think it takes a psychiatrist to figure out some reasons why, but I tend to skip over emotions and head straight to the facts.
With that in mind, I am going to make one more note about the election and then I am gonna shut up about it for a while. This has to do with the growing number of voices who are reading this election as a definitive statement by the voters, and a clear indication that we are not buying what the GOP is selling, and that the party has to move to the center or die. They cite Republican stances on immigration and abortion most often, but also on taxes and spending and regulation.
I'm sure, given everything I just told you, that you will not be shocked to hear that I disagree with that. And frankly, you don't have to go back too far in history to figure out why.
First of all, I am not talking about Todd Akin. Any party that intends to nominate more people like him is going to lose an awful lot of elections.
I am talking about Republicans who simply hold beliefs that you and I and/or MSNBC may disagree with, but that are not unreasonable or irrational beliefs. In a Democratic society, those people aren't supposed to simply shut up and admit defeat because they lost a Presidential race by 2% of the vote and 7 or 8 seats in Congress. That isn't how this is supposed to work...those people are supposed to re-examine the case they made, and if they still believe in it, to re-present the case again in future elections.
To tell you what I mean, let's jump into the way back machine and talk about same sex marriage...
Until two days ago, no group of voters in America had ever voted to legalize gay marriage. A bunch of courts ruled that it was legal, or should be legal, and some voters elected not to challenge that...but never had a group of voters been presented with the question "Do you think we should begin allowing same sex couples to get married?" and answered "Yes". As a ballot measure, gay marriage had zero wins and a couple of dozen losses...including some resounding losses in very liberal states.
So, after a whole bunch of losses, were the proponents of gay marriage supposed to close up shop, admit defeat and move on? No, of course not...they made new arguments and better arguments and kept delivering their message of civil rights and equality, and now have reached the point where there are a lot of states (with plenty of "values" voters) that will listen and give them a yes vote. THAT is how Democracy works...it is a moving target, and an evolving debate. When you lose a vote, you don't necessarily quit, you think about what you need to do to win that vote.
Another example: in 2010, Democrats took a whipping in the mid-term elections that was much more one-sided than this one. They lost like 50 seats and the House majority, and lost 7 or 8 Senate seats and some Governorships. The major reason? Their incredibly expensive, brutally flawed and very unpopular Health Care plan. By Rachel Maddow's logic, that should have been a message to Democrats that they were wrong and should change course immediately (please don't be mad at me, Ray-Ray...I still love you:-) And it's cool that I call you Ray-Ray, right?)).
And no, I am not going to sit here and try to defend everything the Republican party stands for because, frankly, the current state of the party was the primary reason that I voted to re-elect a President that I don't think is a very good President. They are absolutely too beholden to the crazies within their own camp and need to reign them in or get rid of them.
But there are a lot of reasonable Republicans who hold very reasonably beliefs: that our budget problems are important, and that the problem is that we spend too much, not because we take in too little; and that we need to more effectively seal our borders for economic and security purposes; and that the rights of an unborn baby to live are more important than the rights of it's mother to end her pregnancy; and that the Earth is indeed warming, but the extent of that warming caused by driving SUV's is entirely unknowable; and that the Federal Government has no business being an investor in banking, automotive manufacturing and energy...well, you aren't supposed to just drop those beliefs. You are supposed to come back next time with better arguments and make a better case that people will listen to.
And this goes for the left, as well. Barack Obama retained almost all of the support that he had in 2008, a resounding approval of his time on the job. Does that mean that all of the people who support same-sex marriage, and support the closure of Guantanamo Bay, and support higher wealth taxes, and who support universal health care, and oppose Executive powers of surveillance and assassination, and reject the idea that there is "clean" coal, and oppose fracking...that all of those people should shut up and admit defeat? Of course not. They should keep making their arguments until either this President and Congress or the next one listens to them.
Losers in a Democracy are not supposed to shut up and take it. They are supposed to recognize the reasons for their loss, live with the consequences, and try again to explain to their fellow voters why they made the wrong choice.
Soapbox officially close for 2012.
Friday, November 09, 2012
My last election rant, I promise
I think maybe my post yesterday came across as a little more negative than I intended it to...I wasn't trying to be a total negative Nancy.
4 comments:
I love your political posts!
I agree, I love your political posts. I do not always agree with you but I appreciate the fact that you do not make either sides of the aisle out to be evil people. I full heartedly believe that the majority of people really want a better America, we just disagree with how to get there and what exactly the definition of what a better America is!
- Nilsa @ SoMi Speaks said...
So, I blogged about a similar sentiment yesterday, just from a more emotional standpoint (go figure). ha.
This morning, I heard an interview on NPR that very much supported your stance. The strategist (not sure of his name) said this loss does not mean the Republican party needs to reconsider its values, rather they need to repackage their message.
Also interesting and politically related, so I'm going to include it in this comment ... a friend of mine is from Germany and she is baffled by the social differences between the parties. She said ALL German political parties are socially MORE liberal than our Democratic party, so none of these "human" issues (gay marriage, immigration, etc.) is even on the table over there.
- Accidentally Me said...
Nilsa - That is probably true...save for the raging levels of racism! Compared to most of Europe, we are one constant, race-blind chorus of Koombaya...