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"12 Years a Slave" Review: With Zero White Guilt, Asian, it is not as good people say!
8 comments:
- tayfan2November 12, 2013 at 3:22 PM
What a great review. You had me at "a modern audience's avatar" and "pop up book". Others apparently are just giving this movie kudos for "bravery in subject matter" but it seems to be just the latest trend of "black historical based exploitation" movies. Ironically all it does is continue to trap African-American actors in the roles, of mistress, slave, servant, and victim. Ho hum.ReplyDelete
- A Korean in AmericaNovember 12, 2013 at 3:34 PM
Personally, I would have liked they really go for it! In regard to brutality or try to have more insightful characters.ReplyDelete
Decide on a direction and really go for it.
I would rather have pure silly than half ass serious.
A gritty movie that rivaled "Roots" in my opinion is "Beloved" by Oprah Winfrey. It told one woman's slave story from a tormented mother's perspective. Unfortunately at the time the public was not ready for this mainly because their "beloved" talk show icon Oprah made a risky foray into a taboo subject. "White guilt" as a popular Hollywood theme had not taken root in 1998. Maybe she should re-release it on the big screen but her brand is fragile at present.ReplyDelete
- Brian WilderDecember 3, 2013 at 12:50 AM
I completely disagree with you inReplyDelete
how this movie was handled. It is not so much the brutality in the treatment of
the slaves but the humiliation. They were treated as property, nothing more. To
the white slaveowners, they are not human, their status way below the stations
of any whites at the time. Many used fear and intimidation to get the most out
of their slaves and if the slaves step out of the line they can be punished brutally. Yes, it is not terribly brutal, but you can't
look at these slaves and say they had an easier time then you did.
You say that that the point of the movie was to condemn slavery. Well what
other way can you show slavery in America? In fact, comparing this to what I've
learn about slavery in America, it is pretty accurate. There were slavesowners
who were kind to their slaves and there are others who were not. Some slaves
accept their way of life while others took some agency. It is impossible to
show everything in great detail without making the movie drag for the audience
and lose the main focus of the film, especially when we are supposed to follow Northup's
experience as a slave, which is just one story out of millions that are lost
Finally, to connect yourself with
a movie such as this is not to connect to Northup as a black man, but as a
human being. And the best way to do that is to put yourself into his shoes and
try to imagine how you would react to the many different situations that he
went through, nearly all of them extremely difficult that would test his
- A Korean in AmericaDecember 3, 2013 at 1:04 AM
Thanks for commenting.ReplyDelete
I see the point of your opinion. And, on the facts of slavery part, I get it.
But you are imposing your previous thoughts on to the movie rather than the movie doing the work.
It is Preaching to the choir rather than delivering a objectively great sermon.
In this case, you are the choir and I'm the casual visitor.
The movie does not actually present the story in a tight or very interesting fashion for someone outside it's historical setting which I'm not in.
P.S. Our country is a single race people and we had slavery til somewhere around 1902ish.
- Brian WilderDecember 3, 2013 at 2:26 AM
Yes, I admit, me knowing enough about slavery before watching the movie most likely colored my opinion on it. However, I could say the same thing about you on your lack of knowledge on the subject because you feel the movie is not discriptive enough on slave life in Antebellem America. That is probablly why so many people had such a strong reaction to this movie because they knew about slavery in the country but, for the majority, they were mainly told in school that slavery in America was bad and that's about it. They did not realized just how bad slavery was. For someone who live outside of the country may have a tough time to find any connection with it just as an American would have a tough time connecting with a forgien film without knowing much of that country's history or culture, as you have said.ReplyDelete
I know I sound like I'm praising this film to high heaven. I feel it works on all levels, but I think it's more important than phenomenal. We need more films like this that could potentially be much better. Reguardless, I still think it's a great film.
- A Korean in AmericaDecember 3, 2013 at 8:58 AM
I got it but I think that I film does need to stand on its own interdependent from what people bring with them. while the subject may be very interesting, the film making skills shown on screen is is not on par with the subjectReplyDelete
Brian touches on this point I am going to make - that what many people miss in their understanding of slavery and the CURRENT legacy that it left was the psychological damage. I feel whites and foreigners of all colors have difficulty in understanding aspects of the African- American experience because they cannot connect how truly devastating multiple generations of this type slave trauma is to the current issues affecting African-Americans. I am a black foreigner who is a descendant of slaves via the Caribbean and it really took this movie for me to appreciate the lasting psychological impact of slavery on current generations of African-Americans.ReplyDelete


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He looked up at her in visible confusion. "Huh?"
"I'm agreeing with what you were obviously thinking." The brunette picked up a small statute of some guy or the other. "Their relationship does not seem like that of a brother and sister." She sent him a sideways look. "You were hoping that this revelation would help make Jace behave how he used to, and yet you saw the way he still looks at her." Lois made a face as she eyed the statue, turning it upside-down. "He has a thing for his sister, and if the way she acts around him is anything for me to go by, she's definitely got a thing for him."
"But that's wrong." Alec frowned, not even trying to deny that that had been what he'd been thinking. "They're siblings."
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Lois sighed. "Sorry, it wasn't my place to say that."
"Doesn't make it less true." The Shadowhunter sighed as he leaned against the wall. "I'll admit it, I was ecstatic when I found out that she's his sister-but now I'm beginning to worry. What if he ends up like me? In love and yearning for someone who can't be his?" Alec ran his fingers through his hair. "I wouldn't wish that on Jace for the world." His blues rested on Lois. "If it ends up that way, I would've preferred it for them to not be siblings."
Lois eyed the guy before she smiled tenderly. "You're a nice guy, aren't you, Alec Lightwood?"
"Hardly," he huffed as he folded his arms over his chest.
"You are." Lois put down the statue. "And, Magnus is hot in a very eccentric way."
Alec looked up at that, face flushed. "I don't see what those two things have to do with each other."
Lois snickered at his embarrassed expression. "Of course you don't." Her lips twitched. "And the reason why you keep looking at him whenever he isn't looking at you is because you're contemplating using eyeliner too."
Alec flushed darker. "I do not look-."
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Alec suddenly frowned. "Are you and he-?"
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Alec tilted his head to the side. "Are all mundanes as odd as you are?"
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Lois merely smirked as she nodded.
Chloe still remained outside of the house, hand in Jace's, the girl feeling a tugging towards the house, an intense need to go inside, and blamed it on the fact that this was her father's house.
Jace took in a deep breath, gaze on the manor. "I suppose that this hasn't been my most manliest moment."
Her greens turned on him. "You experienced a horrifying experience in this house. It's to be expected that you'd find it hard to be here again."
He let out a dark chuckle. "I've seen worse while hunting demons."
"Nothing's worse than watching your father being murdered right in front of you." She narrowed her eyes on him as she tightened her grip on his hand while bringing her other hand to rub his arm comfortingly. She rested her head against his shoulder as her gaze returned to Wayland manor. "Just take your time, don't worry, we won't go in until you're ready."
Clark and Isabelle had the second floor, and were at this moment going through what looked like a woman's room. It had accumulated years of dust and was a definite deathtrap for anyone suffering from asthma.
"You know, you're taking this whole thing very well." Isabelle was going through the closet, through dresses. "I'd thought that Lois was an exception to the rule when it came to accepting the odd with nonchalance, but you've accepted the existence of the Shadow World and such with just as much ease as she did."
"Well, I don't know what you've heard about our lives before the Shadow World came into play, but Chloe and I were always waist-deep into some weird mystery or misadventure." Clark peered behind a body-length mirror. "It's made this a lot easier to take in and accept."
Isabelle nodded as she pulled out a dress and eyed it before putting it back in. "You'll have to tell me about these meteor freaks some time."
Clark nodded with a grin. "And you'll have to tell me about the things you've fought."
Isabelle smiled and nodded. "Sounds like a date."
"Or at least a nice war-story exchanging time." Clark was apparently the most oblivious guy in existence.
Isabelle liked a challenge though, so she didn't let it bring her down. "I bet I have more stories to exchange than you do."
He snorted. "You're on."
The female Shadowhunter smirked and let the silence return to them as they continued searching.
She'd let Jace lead her into the house, and as Chloe stepped over the threshold that feeling, that urgency, ripped through her like a hurricane and left her breathless and disoriented as she brought her hand up to her head. It took her a couple of minutes for the dizziness to leave and for her to get her first glimpse of the inside of her father's home. Like the outside, time and abandonment showed plainly on everything, but still it was gorgeous and breathtaking. Just this entryway alone outshone everything in her home in Smallville, and the girl couldn't imagine what it might've been like growing up in such an amazing place like this one, with her mother, father and Jace.
She licked her lips.
Things would've been so different if she'd grown up here, with her parents, knowing that Jace was her brother.
Suddenly something inside of her coiled, burnt and boiled, Chloe gasping as she brought her hand to her chest as she cried out.
Jace's narrowed gaze swung to her immediately. "What's wrong?"
His voice was distorted, as if it was a recording played on slow. The room shone brightly before going black and then back again, the girl finding it hard to catch her breath. She pressed her hand hard against her chest, feeling as if there was a huge lump in her throat that made it almost impossible for her to get oxygen into her body.
"I'm taking you out-."
Chloe pulled her hand from Jace's, that urgency building inside of her, driving her to stumble forwards, almost as if following an invisible thread as she grabbed the bannister of the magnificent staircase ahead of them, the blonde staring up the steps before hurrying up.
"Where are you-?" Jace called from below before the sound of his footsteps joined hers as he quickly caught up with her on the stairs.
Chloe couldn't concentrate on him or what he said, the girl lost in a haze, in a daze, following that sensation, that call. She reached the top of the long staircase, breathing heavily from having run all the way up as she looked from one side to the other, before hurrying towards the right and after turning, found yet another staircase which she hurried up. Her breaths were coming out loud by the time she made it up at the top and she didn't even have to wait, that call so strong that she immediately followed it and turned to the left.
"What is going on?" Jace wanted to know, easily keeping up with her, his seraph blade in his hand.
Chloe couldn't answer him even if she'd wanted to, the girl bypassing room and corridors before finally she collapsed onto her knees, extremely tired, in front of a specific door.
Jace's eyes widened as he stared at the door. "This is my father's room."
Chloe looked up at him in shock before she forced herself to her feet and turned the handle as she stepped inside.
Jocelyn had claimed the library saying that it had more than enough places to hide the card, but really she'd claimed it as a searching place for one reason and one reason only, and that reason was in her hands, still where she'd left it hidden inside of the cookbook.
The Book of the White, a small chapbook, like a family Bible, bound in white leather, was an ancient tome of extreme power. The title was written in gilded Latin letter while the interior was written in Greek. Jocelyn had hidden it in here so many years ago, knowing that no one would look for it in Michael's home, especially not in a book filled with recipes, and true to her hopes, it was still here, safe and sound.
She brought the book to her heart, wondering if she should leave it or take it with her. On one hand this had proven to be a good hiding place, on the other things were getting too dangerous now and it might be better with her.
The woman brought the book to her lips as she contemplated what exactly to do.
That urgency from before was maddening inside of this room.
Chloe grabbed at her chest as she looked around, confused, unable to understand what was happening to her or why it was happening. She circled slowly, taking in her father's room, wondering why that feeling had brought her to Michael's room of all places.
Jace stared around the room, a lost and sad expression on his face as he put away his seraph blade.
Chloe brought her hands to her head as a loud throbbing sound attacked her, a loud scream erupting around her.
"What is it?" Jace asked her as he came to place his hands on her shoulders, worry visible on his face.
"You can't hear that?" Chloe cried over the sound of the high-pitched screaming, hands covering her ears as the agonized sound rose higher and higher in urgency.
"Hear what?" Jace looked around them in confusion. "I don't hear anything."
Chloe closed her eyes tightly and dropped to her knees as the feelings encompassed her from every side suffocatingly.
"That's it." Jace lifted her in his arms and stormed out of the room. "We're getting out of this damned house."
The screaming grew worse with every step he took her away from the room.
"No… No…!" Chloe tried to tell him but all that came out were sobs as the sounds and feelings grew too much for her to take and the girl blacked out.
Jocelyn recognized a red book and pulled it out, a small smile touching her lips as she leaned against the bookshelf and opened it to see the pictures of Moira and her from their school days. Michael and Luke and others were in the pictures as well, as well as Valentine, and Jocelyn felt nostalgia towards that easier time. Things had been so wonderful back at the academy, and a part of her wished that everything that had happened since they'd graduated had been nothing more than a horrible nightmare.
And yet it hadn't been a nightmare, it had really happened, and Jocelyn realized that in essence she'd switched places with Moira, who'd had a loving family with her during all these years while Jocelyn was the lonely one.
Had it been her fault, though? She'd been so scared to have another child after what had happened with Jonathan, hadn't wanted to risk any of that taint being inside her and going into another child. It was that taint that had kept her from loving her own son, but now that she realized just how much Moira had been able to love her tainted child, and since Jocelyn had been able to meet the girl herself, she couldn't help but wonder darkly if maybe the fact that she was alone was her own fault. Maybe, if she'd been able to look passed what had been done to her son (who'd been a victim and even more innocent of his father's actions than her) maybe she would've made sure he was safe during the Uprising, and he'd have survived the manor's burning down. Maybe she could've gotten passed whatever Valentine had done to him, maybe she should've gotten passed it, and tried harder to love the child who hadn't been to blame for what had been done to him.
But it was too late already, her son was dead, and she had Moira's daughter to protect.
A picture of Moira and Jocelyn laughing together caught her attention and caused a lump to thicken in her throat. She flipped the page to see a picture of Moira and Luke making faces at each other on the other side, causing a little laughter to escape Jocelyn's lips.
She flipped the page and then realized that this one wasn't as thick as the previous one had been.
Turning back the page, Jocelyn frowned and reached in, pulling the pictures out, realizing with wide eyes that there'd been something shoved in between them.
The pictures fluttered to the ground as Jocelyn held the card she'd painted all those years ago.
"Dear Angel…" Jocelyn's eyes widened and her lips curled in a smile before suddenly she really looked at the card, and horror filled her. "It can't be."
The Mortal Cup was missing from the painting.
"That impossible!"
And that was when she heard Chloe's scream from above.


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Fri 13 Jul 2007
A lexicographical correction to that very tall tale of the swordfish attack of Singapore
Category : heritage
Roger Toi contends it was hardwood and not the shins of man that were the first (failed) line of defense against marauding swordfish.
05 Jul 2007 - Chua Ai Lin posted to members of the Singapore Heritage Mailing list an extract of Roger Toi's 6-page article which re-examines "the Sejarah Melayu and argues that existing translations have misinterpreted the swordfish attack story."
"The Persistent Misinterpretation of the Swordfish attack on Singapore." By Roger Tol, 2007. Indonesia and the Malay World, 35 (102): 247 - 252. [NUS Digital Library link (login required)]
"One of the many intriguing sub-plots in the traditional Malay work Sulalatus Salatin or Sejarah Melayu concerns the story of the swordfish attack on Singapore.
The article was an enjoyable read. He attempts to make sense of a nonsensical defense against the swordfish attack by a shield of shins. A lexicological investigation suggests that the original scripts instead refer to an inadequate hardwood defense which the the swordfish leapt over to fall upon the people in a deadly rain of spears.
The rest is, erm, history? The boy's suggestion of a banana-stem barricade wins the day, the king's advisors whom he listens to in this instance regard his intelligence a threat, and the boy forfeits his life. This ignominious act marks demise of Singapore. It should be a depressing story, I suppose, but Roger Toi's prose is upbeat.
The story has more problems than the shin defense, for fishermen find the accusation against the mild-tempered swordfish slanderous, with one even protested to NHB about its 'unkind' depiction during Heritage Fest ?2005. Biologists support the dissent, for swordfish in Singapore are rare and accidental, foreigners to our shallow waters and the East Coast Black Marlin of 1986 is called a "stray". All do agree that garfish are a more likely contender for accidental spearings of people at least, for we continue to hear of incidents every other decade or so. Even then, of individuals and not the masses.
Still, nothing is better than a tall tale, and nothing more dramatic than the depiction of a swordfish poised in mid-air above the sea, about to rain down upon helpless horrified natives with a flick of a tail.
Just see the drawings Ivan Chew made for the opening of the Bukit Merah Community Library in 2005 and subsequently featured in Habitatnews.
We are, in fact, going to print those out to aid our story-telling for the upcoming Heritage Fest.
If you'd rather hear than read or view the story, listen to Moses Lim tell the story in an episode of Explore Singapore!


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ILI_ILI allows user unique participation in design, giving him a freedom to combine six different elements and colours on his very own. Each element is suitable by form to every other element, which means there are XXX variations that user can combine in order to fit it into space, purpose or inspiration.
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We love our job! It gives us the opportunity to enjoy some of the very best architecture and some of the very best design that The Sea Ranch has to offer. This Sea Ranch architectural photography assignment was no exception. Sea Ranch architect David Moulton AIA and his wife and interior designer, Laura Martinez were the dynamic duo who designed and managed this project. The results are wonderful.
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This house at Sculpture Point sits just steps away from ocean bluffs and a sweeping coastline. From the living room and master bedroom one's vision is drawn through expansive windows to an ever-changing white-water view. Sea Ranch architect, David Moulton AIA was hired to polish and update the interior design of bathrooms, kitchen, fireplace and lighting, all with an eye toward reinforcing that strong continuity between interior to exterior, so its owners and guests could better appreciate the daily transformation of this stunning seaside landscape.
Several practicalities informed the design: the owners wanted to preserve existing cabinetry, slate floors and Douglas Fir open-beam ceilings, and they did not want to alter the room layouts, especially as these elements already related well to the overall setting.
In the master bath David Moulton AIA introduced a teak-plank box to wrap the bathing area. Existing ceramic tile counters, shower enclosure and tub surrounds were replaced with a series of tiles that provide texture and reflectivity, to draw in the natural landscape: Artistic Tile's Ambra Lake Blue sculptural wave-tile floats on the vanity wall; Porcelenosa's Brunei-Blanco provides a subtle shimmer of soft white texture to the shower and a sliced pebble shower floor echoes both the natural landscape and the organic materials within the space. A new WetStyle freestanding tub, with a floor-mounted filler column by Kallista, perches beautifully inside its custom teak surround. The existing vanity was wrapped in Altair Silestone and topped with Watermark lavatory faucets presiding over Duravit white porcelain sinks.
In the office bath, David Moulton AIA paneled ten-foot high shower walls with Artistic Tile's Ocean Brown Vein Cut Travertine tile.
A six foot high mirror from Restoration Hardware hangs above a vanity of Emperador Marble and a Native Trails hammered-copper vessel sink, giving this small bathroom both punch and presence.
The kitchen, which sits adjacent to the living room with its sweeping views of the ocean, was upgraded with polished Del Mare Granite countertops, new GE Appliances, and Akdo Icelandic glass tiles at the backsplash.
Around the fireplace the existing slate tiles were matched and brought full height to simplify and strengthen the overall fireplace design, and a seven-foot live-edged log of Sycamore was milled, polished and mounted on the slate to create a stunning fireplace mantle and help frame the new art niche created above. Existing track lights throughout the house were replaced by new Lightolier LED track fixtures, and Hubbardton Forge Corona pendants were customized to hang on a sloped ceiling over the kitchen bar.
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New Jersey police officer shot in his personal vehicle: Reports
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A police officer was shot and killed while sitting in his personal vehicle on Monday morning near a defunct movie theater complex in the suburban New Jersey borough of Sayreville, local media reported.
The incident took place next to the former Amboy Cinemas complex off the Garden State Parkway, about 34 miles southwest of New York City, according to NBC 4 New York and other media, which cited law enforcement sources.
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He was always one of Britain's best-loved traders, but this time Del Boy found the market was not his friend after his infamous Ford Capri failed to reach its reserve, while that symbol of opulence – a Rolls-Royce owned by Freddie Mercury – sold for £60,000 more than its estimated value.
In a classic tale of two fortunes, the former motor of the Queen lead singer was the star of the show at Coys' Autosport International show at the Birmingham NEC, but David Jason's favourite comic creation Derek Trotter – from BBC sitcom Only Fools And Horses – couldn't get a look in with his 'Pratmobile'.
Perhaps Rodney's scathing nickname for the lime green 80s 'sportscar' had an effect, with bidders failed to be swayed to part with their cash – despite the lure of the furry, animal-print interior and a pink aerial.
However, there were no such problems for Freddie, whose 1974 Silver Shadow was bought for £74,600 by a mystery Russian businessman via a phone bid – almost seven times its guide price of £11,000.
Although the car was never driven by Mercury himself, as he had no driving licence, he used it regularly via a chauffeur from 1979 right up until his death in November 1991. Since then it has occasionally been used by Mercury's managing company Goose Productions, including for the 2002 West End premiere of the Queen musical We Will Rock You, although it has only 62,000 miles on the clock.
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Chevron Issues 2006 Corporate Responsibility Report
- Better-than-targeted greenhouse gas emissions results
- Renewable energy added to corporate strategies
- 24 percent rise in community engagement investment
SAN RAMON, Calif., April 23, 2007 -- Chevron Corporation posted better-than-targeted results for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, added development of renewable energy technologies to its corporate strategies and invested more than $90 million in communities around the world, according to the company's 2006 Corporate Responsibility Report, issued today.
"Chevron continued to advance its corporate responsibility objectives and deliver strong results during 2006, while at the same time working to meet the world's growing energy needs safely, reliably and responsibly," said Dave O'Reilly, chairman and CEO of Chevron. "Through its commitment to corporate responsibility, Chevron creates social and economic value in the communities and countries where we operate."
The report provides details on the company's environmental and social performance, highlights of which include:
Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
Chevron's GHG emissions from its global operations totaled 61.9 million metric tons in 2006, nine percent below the target of 68.5 million metric tons set for the year. This was due in part to Chevron's continued progress in increasing the energy efficiency of its worldwide operations. Chevron operations are now 27 percent more energy efficient than in 1992, delivering savings in energy costs and GHG emissions.
For the third consecutive year, the Carbon Disclosure Project, representing 225 leading institutional investors, ranked Chevron as one of the top five international oil and gas companies in its Climate Leadership Index for taking "best in class" actions to address climate change.
Renewable and Alternative Energy
Chevron is a leading producer of renewable energy in the oil and gas industry and one of the largest producers of geothermal energy in the world. Investing in renewable energy technologies is a new component of Chevron's strategic plan. In 2006, the company created a biofuels business unit and invested in a biodiesel facility in Galveston, Texas. Chevron also announced several strategic research alliances with U.S. government and academic institutions to develop second-generation biofuels as part of plans to invest $2.5 billion in renewable and alternative energy and energy efficiency services between 2007 and 2009.
Community Engagement
Last year, Chevron invested a record $90.8 million in communities around the world, a 24 percent increase over 2005. Approximately 68 percent of the company's community engagement programs focused on building human and institutional capacity in ways that stimulate economic growth and help communities prosper. Programs were targeted to meet basic human needs, provide education and career training, and support local businesses.
In June 2006, Chevron launched Energy for Learning, an $18 million program to help support public school education in U.S. Gulf Coast communities affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Chevron continued to support community rebuilding efforts in Indonesia by providing training in Riau province, and the company has plans to create a polytechnic school in Aceh province. As part of a new community engagement model in Nigeria's Niger Delta, Chevron is working with eight communities, representing more than 600,000 people, to help them design and manage community development programs.
Health and Safety
Last year Chevron recorded a 25 percent decrease in the number of safety incidents that require days away from work, the fifth straight year of improvement. A new cardiovascular health program was launched for employees, and training on Chevron's global HIV/AIDs policy was released to all locations in 2006.
Human Rights
Chevron adopted a Human Rights Statement in 2006, to reaffirm the company's long-standing commitment to support human rights. A training program for employees was also launched in 2006.
Stakeholder Engagement
An integrated Environmental, Social and Health Impact Assessment (ESHIA) process was released to systematically identify, analyze and develop measures to enhance project benefits and mitigate environmental, social and health impacts of major capital projects.
The full 2006 Corporate Responsibility Report is available at www.chevron.com/cr_report/2006/.
Chevron Corporation is one of the world's leading energy companies. With approximately 56,000 employees, Chevron subsidiaries conduct business in approximately 180 countries around the world, producing and transporting crude oil and natural gas, and refining, marketing and distributing fuels and other energy products. Chevron is based in San Ramon, Calif. More information on Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.
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Take a tour through this great museum which takes you through the last days of Jesus Christ via the art and artefact displayed in it. The displays, the videos and the snaps here show relevant and very important pieces of the Church History. Not just this, the Church History Museum in Salt Lake, Utah also offers puppet shows and films for you to enjoy with your family and kids.
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Ruined gateway at entrance to Galaganatha group of temples, Aihole, Bijapur District.
Photographer: Burgess, James
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1874
Photograph of the ruined gateway at the entrance to the Galaganatha group of temples at Aihole, Bijapur District, taken by james Burgess around 1874. Aihole was one of the capitals and an important commercial centre of the early Western Chalukya, a powerful dynasty which ruled the Deccan from the 6th century. Together with the two other capitals of Badami and Pattadakal, the site has preserved many Hindu and Jain temples which belong to a period that goes from the 6th to the 12th centuries, belonging to the early and late Chalukya periods and to the Rashtrakuta era. This view shows the elaborate gateway that stands at the entrance of the Galaganatha group of temples, a series of Hindu temples from the 9th-10th centuries of the Rashtrakuta period. Its pillars are decorated with the pot and foliage motif and the lintel is sculptured with foliated makaras.


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This commercial gave me such a good laugh that I wanted to share it.
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Thanks for sharing, that was funny. Smart kid, the dolls were tempting though.ReplyDelete
The dolls are nice, but if I were in her shoes (and not a doll collector), I would have exited left as well.
Thanks for sharing Debbie, it was funny.
Except from the two spooky girls, it kind of reminded me of your doll collection: various size and style of collector and fashion dolls.
This was actually a nice collection. I wish my dolls were as nicely spaced apart as those. Only a doll lover would take your comment as a compliment, and I do. Thanks!
My comment was supposed to be a compliment right from the beginning. I am sorry if it was wrongly phrased.
I am glad that you are a doll collector and took it as a compliment
Oh, I took your comment as a compliment initially. My reply wasn't very clear and it actually didn't make much sense. So ignore me and please accept my "thank you" again!
I saw this commercial a couple of times. Any time there is spooky music and dolls, I get a little creeped out. I don't want to be walking through my basement one day and hear that music through my head. It would ruin my doll play for sure. This one reminded me of that recent movie where the nanny was hired to look after a boy doll that came alive and started doing bad things.ReplyDelete
Hi Vanessa,
My Aaron is one of three dolls that I keep in the den. The other two are small, Daddy's Long Legs dolls, an older couple sitting on a park bench. Aaron, by Philip Health is life size, 39 inches I believe. He has his own chair. Recently my daughter visited with a friend, who I had not met before and who had obviously not been here before. Her friend was spooked out by Aaron because of the movie you mentioned. They described it as a boy that came to life. I told my daughter I wanted to see it, but she didn't think that was a good idea because she knows I don't like scary movies. I guess if I did watch them, the dolls and any creepy sound might creep me out too.
Don't do it. Just go look at the movie trailer. I think that would be enough for you to see what we were talking about.Delete
I won't watch. I'm not even curious enough to want to watch the trailer. I'm good not knowing more than I already do. :-)
My mum is the same. Often she will ask if she should watch something and we'll say no, she's very good at knowing what to miss. I think it comes with experience...I have definitely taken a leaf out of her book!Delete
She's a very wise woman, your mum. Mine is definitely the same way. She will say, "I don't need that in my spirit."
I had to remove Louise, a large stuffed-body-composition-head-and-limbs doll which my husband helped me restore, from my guest room because a visitor was "afraid" of spending the night with her. Poor Louise, who is just happy to have a new lease on life after languishing in a barn where rats and mice had their wicked way with her.ReplyDelete
Oh my... I'm glad you rescued Louise, Gini! I still don't understand why innocent dolls creep people out. But I suppose that's because I'm a doll lover and anything you love will never be creepy.
That was cute! I don't think it would creep me out though. I would be so caught up in the collections to even pay attention to the twins.ReplyDelete
I would have admired the dolls and the era they represent, too, but I would have never taken my eyes off those twins at any point in time. "Girls, please stay in front of me while I look at your lovely collection and for my sake, could you please, turn off that music?"
This commercial cracks me up every time it comes on, but I don't think the dolls make it creepy. I think those two girls asking her to stay longer are creepy.
I used to have a lot of toddler sized dolls sitting around on furniture. It creeped everyone out, but I didn't care. I always said (and still say for the ones I have now) that since I take good care of the dolls, I'll be just fine. :-)
I laugh each time I view the video. I have never seen the commercial aired on TV, but that's probably because I don't watch much TV.
I don't blame you, Jaye. I wouldn't care if others found my dolls creepy either.
😃 Ok if she did stay was she going to become a doll. ??ReplyDelete
I think that's what would have happened, Ladonna. From the looks of the collection, she would have been their first black doll.
I have seen this commercial as well. It is funny, but does seem a little creepy. There are some people who have made comments about whether or not my dolls talk and come alive when I am not home. It kind of bother me "sometimes"....I guess it is based on what day it is. Lol! Dolls are toys and mine are collectible toys, so my thoughts are get over it.
Right, GG. They need to get over it. Since my doll room serves as my office, one person told me they didn't understand how I could work with all those eyes looking at me. My answer: They are not real. Their eyes cannot see.
After losing most of my dolls when I was 18, I didn't collect any for quite some time and forgot how nervous they can make adults. I keep my Blythe's in my home office, in a cupboard, and was in the kitchen making coffee when a visiting friend asked me what I kept in the new cupboard. I'm a bit absent-minded so I asked,"What new cupboard?" Then I heard a shriek. Oh, yeah, "that" new cupboard.
Once she got over her surprise, my friend did think my dolls were cute which, I guess, is why we're friends. :-)
I'm sorry you lost most of your dolls at 18, Maricha. That had to have been quite devastating.
The story about your friend's discovery of the contents of your new cupboard is funny. I'm sure it wasn't funny to your friend at the time. It is probably something that the two of you can laugh about now. It's good you have maintained your friendship.
Yes, it was devastating, more so than I realized until I started buying back dolls of the same brands I used to have. I'd really missed seeing those little faces I'd grown up with.
I think made the incident sound a bit more traumatic for my friend than it was. By the time I sat her down and gave her a bit of brandy to soothe her nerves, she was already pulling my dolls' eye-color changing strings to admire their variety and making suggestions about where I might find more supplies for my dollhouse in our town.
I think it was opening a cupboard where she thought I was storing my office supplies and, instead, facing 2 dozen dolls and their tiny dolls and furniture that startled her, not the dolls in particular.
She already knew I was collecting them and had seen some pictures of other people's Blythe's on Flickr, so she knew they were around, just not that they were all on the other side of that door. :D
Rebuilding the collection has probably been rewarding for you and lessens the devastation of the loss.
I am sure the brandy did help settle your friend. :-)
I'm pretty sure we all watched the ad in a completely different way than was intended. I just kept scanning to see what dolls were in the collection and the period being collected (like did they have a theme or specific type of doll they liked). I think I was a little desensitised to the twins because I just thought they were lifted from 'The Shining'...but I say keep eating those mandarins definitely helping the little girl make good life choices! "Drive!"ReplyDelete
There is at least one other Halos Choice commercial out on YouTube. This one with the doll theme is better, but I am being biased because of the dolls. I immediately noticed the '60's Playpal types and high-heel fashion dolls that appear from the '60s through '70s. There wasn't a particular theme in this eclectic collection. There were, however, not any black dolls. That is what I looked for first. I agree that the little girl made the right choice by leaving with her Halo because she didn't want to be their first black doll.
That video completely freaked our this black doll collecting white girl. ChristyReplyDelete
But at any point did it make you laugh, Christine?
My father in law came up to visit my husband and I. We put him in our spare guest room...aka my doll room, possibly future nursery. I had to warn him that he would be sharing his space with my 18 to 20 inch doll collection. My husband mistakenly told me the story about how his dad used to cut his sisters doll's hair off. I jokingly told my father in law that my dolls do not know the tale and he would be perfectly safe. He left early the next day before sunrise and called us from the road. Somehow I got the feeling that subconsciously my dolls must have given him flashbacks and not the good kind.ReplyDelete
Oh, Ticia, your story about your father-in-law's visit is hilarious. I guess being in the bedroom alone with the dolls was a bit much for your FIL.
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Barbara Hannigan is a woman of many talents. A sought-after coloratura soprano who's garnered rave reviews, she is also a noted conductor and has led some of the world's foremost orchestras. On Oct. 7 and 8, Hannigan will make her North American conducting debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, in a program that includes works by Haydn, Stravinsky and Ligeti, as well as a Mozart aria, which she'll also be singing.
Speaking one recent afternoon from Amsterdam, Hannigan estimates the current split between her singing and conducting, in terms of concert works, to be about 50-50. "At the moment I'm trying to just keep a kind of fluid balance between what feels good and what feel right," she says. "There are certain pieces I really want to be singing, and certain pieces I really want to be conducting."
Hannigan received her formal training at the University of Toronto, where she graduated with a master of music degree in 1998, before moving to Europe for postgraduate work.
"I ended up in several large and quite successful modern opera productions in Europe," she recalls, "and it just started to feel right for me at that time, to stay in that [creative] climate."
Based out of Holland, Hannigan has worked with such notable conductors as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Antonio Pappano, Pierre Boulez, Alan Gilbert, Simon Rattle, and Kent Nagano. In 2012, she made a much-celebrated role debut as the title character in Alban Berg's Lulu. Though she's recorded and performed works by Haydn, Handel and Mozart, Hannigan is particularly noted for the intense passion she brings to contemporary music, and has given first performances of more than 80 new pieces.
"I feel like I have a kind of obligation to sing contemporary repertoire," she explains. "I've always been passionate about it since I was a teenager and I've always been very curious and fascinated by the complexity of certain composers' repertoires, or certain composers' pieces."
She acknowledges there are "so many singers" who want to perform bel canto works. "That is their passion," she states emphatically, "and I have to sing what I'm passionate about, because the audience responds to it. When I champion a piece, I think the audience can really feel how much I love it, and that's very important, especially with the most difficult, complex repertoire — then the audience feels the emotional connection to the music, as opposed to some kind of intellectual exercise."
The multi-talented artist says making her North American conducting debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra "feels like coming home — it always feels like coming home whenever I sing with the Toronto Symphony, but this is a little more electric."
An electric quality is something Hannigan definitely brings to the stage, whether it's singing or conducting or, as she memorably demonstrated in 2011, doing both. Dressed as a kind of S&M police chief, Hannigan performed György Ligeti's "Mysteries of the Macabre," mixing what the Guardian described as "risque choreography" with singing and conducting the Avanti Chamber Orchestra at Le Châtelet in Paris.
"There's pressure in being a performer," she acknowledges. "That pressure exists all the time."
Though her performance with the TSO won't have the same kind of theatrical presentation, expect Hannigan to bring her trademark passion. Characterizing the Stravinsky and Haydn works as "very big pieces," Hannigan says any pressure onstage stems from her desire "to serve the score, to serve what the composer has written. In whatever role I play, whether I'm singing or conducting, it doesn't matter, I'm constantly trying to perform at the highest level of musicianship I possibly can."
Catch Hannigan's performances with the TSO on Oct. 7 and 8 at 8 p.m. at Roy Thomson Hall.


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Home Healthcare Franchise – Why Should I Consider Starting One?
Starting a Home Healthcare Franchise is Easier Than You Think!
Over the past few decades, franchised businesses have become a part of almost all consumers' daily lives, from house cleaning to power washing – even dog walking. So if you're currently considering getting started with a franchised business, deciding on the right one to choose can be overwhelming. Naturally, the biggest, and most immediate, question to answer is "What kind of franchise do I want to be a part of?". A home healthcare franchise has some of the best ROI for a new business.
One of the most popular and quickly growing franchise opportunities is in home care services. The number of companies in this field has quintupled over the last fifteen years, and shows no sign of slowing, even growing into international markets. The aging Baby Boomer population is finding that they need additional aid in living, but don't want to disrupt their active lives by having to leave their homes or seek ongoing hospital care. Here are some reasons why a home healthcare franchise is one of the best options for the first-time franchisee.
Low Investment and High Revenue
Forbes Magazine recently listed four different home health care franchises in their top ten 2016 "Best Franchises to Own Under $150,000". Because home care has low costs to start and maintain it tends to have a high return on investment.
As USA Today reports, several factors make investing in a home health care franchise particularly lucrative:
- Startup costs are low, only requiring office space, standard initial costs and staffing
- Home care means not having to maintain an inventory of stock and other daily operating costs common to other franchises
- Ongoing business contracts and a regular client base ensure regular revenue
- Regular training and support from the home office keeps franchisees current on maintaining a viable, competitive business
- A new franchise can be up and running within 10 weeks, limiting starting costs
- Large, exclusive territories lead to greater referrals from community members and organizations
Growing Demand for a Long-Term Business
The UN estimates that the worldwide population of people over 60 is set to triple by 2050. The youngest Baby Boomers are in their early fifties, and the older ones have already retired. Generally speaking, this is a segment of the population who are more active and affluent than the generations before them and many will need the assistance home services can bring. Many people with older parents are taking over responsibility for one or both on a daily basis while still trying to maintain their own work schedule and life. Home health care gives them the assistance that they may unavailable from family and community.
In addition, caregiving is a "future-proof" service. The internet cannot provide care, and assistance cannot be provided from oversea outsourcing. Caregivers are local, friendly and a part of the community that clients are looking for. While technological advancements always play a role in the business, excellent care can only be provided by excellent caregivers.
Home Healthcare Franchises are a Force For Good
Many Franchisees who choose this field do so because of the impact they have on their community. Assisting others is one of the most satisfying things you can do with your time and money, and providing services that make other people's lives better on a daily basis is tremendously rewarding. Helping people stay in their homes isn't just a business – it's a community service.
Currently, one in five Medicare beneficiaries who leave the hospital are readmitted within 30 days. Studies estimate that up to 76% of these readmissions may be preventable. The average cost per one of these readmissions is $7,200. Home health care is one of the most convenient and affordable ways to help reduce these statistics.
A Great Match for the Motivated Entrepreneur
While extensive home healthcare experience is not a requirement, certain personalities are suited for the challenges and opportunities a franchise experience in this field. There are three traits that are key to success:
- Independence Seeker – These tend to be business-oriented people who are attracted to senior care because of the potential for growth. They want to build a single-unit business that serves people in their local community, while also providing independence, flexibility and a quality lifestyle for their own family.
- Mission-Driven Provider – These are people who are drawn to this business because it improves the quality of life for others. In some cases they've seen the need for this business firsthand in their own family, so they know the positive impact these services can have.
- Empire Builder – These are people that want to build a substantial, multiple-unit business of up to three territories
If this describes you and what you're seeking in a franchise, then home care should definitely be at the top of your list.
Ongoing Relationships and Repeat Business
Our client relationships at Caring for People Services don't just last for one day. Clients hire us to assist with a family needs on an ongoing basis. These cases may only last a few weeks, but can go on for many years. Many owners develop personal relationships with their clients that can extend for a long time. Each client represents a recurring revenue stream and a living testament to the excellent service and support provided.
As Entrepreneur magazine states, making connections in home healthcare is critical. Local city and state government can be a great resource in this respect. Political and business leaders are aware of the current and upcoming needs of their people, and are a potential asset in starting a new home care business. It often falls into the "right" sort of local company that they want to encourage to settle in their area.
Assistance with Red Tape
While home-health franchises offer great opportunity, there are always hurdles in starting a franchise, especially one that involves employing a remote workforce, on-site assistance and American health laws. From HIPAA compliance to local labor laws to insurance issues, there are a lot of important details that can trip up a new franchisee.
Partnering with CFPS ensures that you as a business owner can be in compliance, and smooths the transition into a healthy, thriving local franchise. Taking on local labor laws, national and state insurer requirements and properly marketing your business is a daunting task. Our guidance as a trusted national franchise is a great way to lessen the load. Also, being a part of a national chain means that there is someone in your corner advocating and lobbying for your business interests at a state and national level.
Direct Home Healthcare Franchisee Support
Caring for People Services has launched several programs to assist franchisees in becoming stronger, healthier, and more profitable businesses. In these exciting initiatives, we offer valuable benefits and training to help Caring for People Services franchisees of all sizes and volume become more established and knowledgeable in the in-home healthcare field.
We believe in having "A Winning Culture". When you speak with our management team and franchisees you'll see it in the way we encourage involvement at every level. We know that when we work together we are an even stronger force in the marketplace. CFPS was one of the first companies to enter the in home care industry. We have the compassion for people who don't need an institutional setting, but still need some assistance to live at home.
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As many of you probably know there has been a resurgence of Christian themed movies being released theatrically. Heaven Is Real grossed 80 million dollars, God Is Not Dead has grossed 60 million dollars with more of course in the pipeline because of such success. I am also unsettled by our government being hijacked by republican Christians who would be happier living in a theocracy. I am interested in making a anti theist themed film. Many people on this site are probably familiar with Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche. Do you think it would be possible to make this book into a film with a narrative? I believe this text qualifies as being in the public domain so obtaining rights would not be an issue. I am also aware of some services like Kickstarter and Patreon where one can donate to many causes. Do you see this as viable in anyway? My initial idea is to not play kid gloves or hide the message in "sub text" within the narrative. I am talking about a film that says what many people know and think about the absurdity of Christianity. I was also playing with the idea of creating the christian story under the guise of a science fiction film. I am at the moment just brain storming and would just like to have some feedback. I may not be able to reply to every message so don't let that be a hindrance. Pontificate as much as you would like about the subject and I would appreciate it very much.
I would like to add that my motivation would not be to create a straw man depiction of christianity BUT I would like to concentrate on the new testament story . I think to claim one is a christian you must adhere to the apostles creed , athanasian creed or Nicene creed at a minimum. The Passion story as you well know its preposterous and that is what I would want to mock. The idea of inherent sin, atonement and redemption.
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We have many anti theist films and they can be seen on You Tube or by browsing a good documentary site. The problem is that they will never be "big" and never have the following that popular theist movies do. One reason this is so is that most Americans are theist. Atheism is growing but we are a minority, so the "big belief" films of the day will most likely be christian. The idiots that think America is a theocracy just eat this shit up! They can't wait to make more movies about a man in the sky, and how he sent his son to save us, all because he loved us that much! (Oh, look! I'm killing my son for you. See how much I care about you. Accept this now or you go to hell.) The ones that do accept it pay big bucks to watch it all again and again even if the stories make little or no sense.
Am I the only one here that sees a close tie in with science fiction?
The simple truth is that without Genesis and the creation and "fall," there is no need for the rest of it. No need whatsoever. Theists insist on belief in these myths to keep themselves in business. Films about evidence and logic are just not popular, however some movies mock christianity and get away with it.
Christians --too afraid to live, and scared shitless to die!
This would not be a documentary but a narrative film. I wouldn't expect a theatrical release. lol I agree christianit is akin to science fiction hence
Anything is possible. Question is: can it make a profit?
Bill Maher's Religulous only made something like $12 million, and more recently, The Unbelievers hasn't even been in major release. IMDB.com has no financial numbers on it, and release for download is currently in process, DVD and Blu-Ray following next month.
As to Also Sprach Zarathustra, something that esoteric might limit your audience. Something more everyday, something to the effect of showing that atheists are no different from theists in more measures than not might be both more attractive and more effective.
Make it real-world and accessible and without straw men on either side (as you note), and I think something positive could come of it.
That is a valid point on Thus Sprach being to esoteric. Perhaps going the monty python life of brain way would be best.
I think the problem with the Life of Brian approach is that it isn't real. People can take it lightly, whether they believe or not, because it is so obviously absurd. Ordinary, current-day people in real situations, on the other hand, are far harder to dismiss. Again, THIS is the direction I would go in if you want to move people and change minds: a person who is as real as anyone any believer could relate to ... who simply does not believe in any form of god. Such a person will rattle cages because people WILL identify with him, yet he will depart from their expectations when it comes to belief, or in his or her case, lack of it.
If he has more in common with them than he has in difference, his example will shake up those who believe ... BADLY ... and that I think should be at least one of our goals.
Personally I would actually like to cause uproar and "controversy" ala "Temptation of Christ". The thing is to me the christian story with Jesus is so utterly and palpably absurd that It hits me like a pile of bricks. I suspect many don't think about it much because it has been a part of our western culture for so long. I mean the christian story to me is MORE absurd than many sci fi speculations. At least many sci fi films try to extrapolate from known facts.
Read "La-Bas" by Joris-Karl Huysmans. The title loosely translates to "Down There." If I could just get it written (Bunuel did a version but couldn't get backing) I would send it to Johnny Depp, as the character of Durtal should appeal to him. My rewrite posits Durtal and DesHermies, his closest friend, as a bit more friendly than in the novel; in fact, a bromance. Durtal has made a bet with DesHermies that Satanism is alive and well in Paris and sets out to show him, but Durtal falls into the clutches of the seductive (and sacretly Satanic) Mme. Chantelouve. The novel was a roman a clef and I chose to base my story on not only those characters, but an assortment of real life people who figure prominently in the Huysmans. The story pokes fun at the RCC in particular, but also has anticlericalism, anti-occultism, and a send up of psychics. Think conscrated hosts stolen at mass by aging prostitutes, who carry them to the Satanic priest by way of a soft warm place found on any woman's body. A soft, warm, sacred place.
Are you a screen writer?
Not if you mean "professional". I had to write scripts for film school but I have never written a feature film script.
I've often wondered what it would take to make a great film of this type, maybe even a sitcom, but it's a tough sell.
Maybe a movie that focuses on some of the more rebellious anti-theist characters, such as Giordano Bruno. People want the gore of crucifixion? Bruno had a rough time too.
Perhaps a film that encompasses the lives of others like him, along the lines of what Cosmos has been doing. Cosmos celebrates the "unsung heroes of science." We need to give people some genuine role models who are worthy of worship, made a tangible difference, and who actually existed.
That is a valid point but the problem I have with that approach is the fact that even the "rebels" were christians, they just were apposed to some doctrines but nevertheless were god believers. The film Agora had that approach but I suspect Hypatia was a believer in god or gods, not the christian god but gods nonetheless. But the selling of any atheist type film of course would be hard so that is why I also proposed the idea in subtext. Sort of like those Golden Compass books. I havent actually read them but I was informed they have sub text that criticizes the church
The new Sean MacFarlane western spoof is supposed to have some moments suggesting non-belief; I have not seen it. The only consistently atheist filmmaker I can think of is Luis Bunuel, but he is too esoteric for the general public. You mention Monte Python, and of course Life of Brian is one of those irreverent films to cherish. I note that DVDs of it are rare and expensive. There was a film a few years back called Dogma, and did it have some stars on their way up, including Matt Damon. Mainly, though, American movies with atheist messages do not get made. Kubrick was so upset with the tampering of Dalton Trumbo's clear references in Spartacus to bisexuality he moved to England and made films there, writing one producer to warn against a sequel to 2001. Kubrick was a non-believer, of course. I think of him as a stoic.
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Tony McManus will be bringing his steel-stringed session to St Cuthbert's House in Seahouses on Saturday, February 28.
Born in Scotland, Tony has been recognised throughout the world as the leading guitarist in celtic music and has been described as 'the best celtic guitarist in the world'.
His first self-titled album was released in 1996. His third album, Ceol More, was released in 2002 and achieved widespread critical acclaim.
Tony's 2009 recording, The Makers Mark, won universal acclaim in the rock guitar press, where jigs and reels would have been unheard of prior to its release.
His new album, Mysterious Boundaries, takes a different path and explores the music of Bach, Couperin, Monteverdi, Satie and Granados.
His engaging personality on stage has taken him to five continents and his contribution was recently recognised with a Gold Medal, voted by the readers of Acoustic Guitar Magazine.
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Tired of all the Bad News
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Tired of all the bad news
While we can't deny the difficulites for so many people at home and overseas, it's important to take account of the positives, and to spread the Good News. I don't know who said this but; "No-one ever injured their eyesight by looking on the bright side
Monday, 8 June 2015
On this day 18 years ago I was ordained to the priesthood in St. Kevin's Church, Kilnamanagh, Dublin... #DeoGratias
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nötr: 43-channel acousmonium _ An evening of electronic music
nötr: 43-channel acousmonium _ An evening of electronic music
EMPAC, Studio 1
April 20, 2018 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
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"nötr" is an asymmetrical loudspeaker architecture to be performed in EMPAC Studio 1 on 4/20. It is comprised of an irregular mix of speakers with varying qualities, sizes and shapes, in line with the acousmonium concept in electronic music. The composition aims to be "neutral"towards the space, enabling the entire room to listen, explore and meditate in
design & composition_ Cem Çakmak
original recordings_ Cem Çakmak, Michelle Temple, Jim Shearer, Patrick
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modeling_ Görkem Özdemir
documentation_ Michelle Temple
thanks_ EMPAC, RPI HASS, Rob Hamilton