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|Shinran's statue
I was completely taken aback by that reply. Momentarily stunned. But I knew the words of Shinran (or whatever my imagination of his reply) was with much wisdom and meaning. That was just Friday morning. Is that a Pure Land koan? Strange. But the point is, try think about what it means to find "Amitabha" or what it means by "going to Amitabha Pure Land". Many of us say we want to go there. Or, during our prayers, we say so, BUT, are we serious about that aspiration? Even if it is genuine, what do we do with that aspiration? Are we just hoping for someone out there to "rescue" us? Are we just waiting for some "GOD" or "GOD-like" entity to give us "salvation" ala Christianity and other monotheistic religions? Even Jodo Shinshu with its "ultra-faith" in Amitabha is not like those religions. Some Buddhists may think that it is, but I have since learned that it is not. If it is merely going to some Buddha realm, perhaps we can merely rely. But the true "salvation" of Amitabha is really more than that. How much more? I leave you with these thoughts. Good day. May Amitabha's Light shine on all of us - all sentient beings! Go find your Amitabha!
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Accelerated Learning Opportunities
The Accelerated Learning Opportunities (ALO) Program offers rigorous math, science and humanities high school courses that allow students to exhibit superior abilities. Courses offer exciting and challenging opportunities Hartsville High School students would not ordinarily have.
Future Courses
ALO GSSM courses at Hartsville High School for 2017-18:
- AP Calculus AB (1 credit)
- Applications of Geometry - Honors (0.5 credit)
- Game Theory - Honors (0.5 credit)
- Introduction to Aviation - Honors (0.5 credit)
- Mandarin Chinese I, II, and III (1 credit)
- Neurobiology - Honors (1 credit)
- Nuclear Science - Honors (0.5 credit)
- Organ Systems - Honors (0.5 credit)
- Pre-Engineering - Honors (0.5 credit)
- Robotics Engineering - Honors (0.5 credit)
- Technology and Society - Honors (1 credit)
- Veterinary Anatomy and Husbandry - Honors (0.5 credit)
"We are exposing students to new opportunities, changing their thinking patterns and inspiring them to reach their full potential. In doing so, we are improving the learning environment in ways that impact the entire high school."
— Dr. Jerome Reyes
Meet the ALO Coordinators
Dr. Jerome Reyes, PULSE coordinator for the SCGSSM
Dr. Reyes joined the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics as the PULSE coordinator in 2011. In this role, he works with Hartsville High School students in the accelerated learning opportunities program (ALO).
Dr. Reyes received his first bachelor's degree in mathematics from Morehouse College and his second in industrial engineering from Georgia Tech. He graduated from Georgia Tech with a master's degree and Ph.D. in operations research. Dr. Reyes is the former associate professor of Mathematics at Norfolk State University, where he taught courses from freshman-level algebra to senior-level Design of Experiments.
"We took some of the brightest students at Hartsville High School, and catapulted them beyond their academic comfort zones. Few things have been as rewarding in my teaching career."
— Dr. Reyes
Contact Dr. Reyes at the Governor's School, 843.858.2399.
Justin Dunham, Darlington County School District PULSE Facilitator
Dunham joined the PULSE initiative in September 2014. He coordinates the Jumpstart, Children First program at the Darlington County Head Start Butler site and the Comer School Development Program at four Hartsville elementary schools: Southside Early Childhood Center, Thornwell School for the Arts, Washington Street and West Hartsville.
Dunham earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of South Carolina. He began his career in education through the national non-profit organization, Teach for America. He started his career working for the DCSD, teaching Earth Science, Physical Science and Astronomy at Darlington Middle School.
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2016-2017 academic year
The Accelerated Learning Opportunities (ALO) program is successful, in part, due to the caliber of instructors from Coker College and the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics.
- Hongwei Ma, HHS ALO Mandarin Chinese instructor
- Dr. Ye Li, GSSM ALO Mandarin instructor
- Venesa Reyes, ALO Pre-Engineering & Robotics Engineering instructor
- Dr. Kathryn de Ridder-Vignone, ALO Technology & Society instructor
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Oh how the once rabid xenophobes of Connecticut fall...
First, Greater Danbury's infamous anti-immigrant activist (and local hate-group leader Elise Marciano's former right hand man) John McGowan was arrested AND convicted for first degree sexual assault. Now an infamous New Haven anti-immigrant crusader from the not-so-distant past was recently placed in handcuffs for an alleged stabbing incident.
New Haven Independent:
Dustin Gold, the suburban Northford activist who led the vociferous protests against New Haven's introduction of an immigrant-friendly i.d. card, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a man in the stomach.
The incident occurred down in Georgia, where authorities said Gold—now a 31-year-old reality TV producer—got into a violent argument with the producer of a TV commercial. (Read more about the "rising nativist star"'s trajectory here, courtesy of the Southern Poverty Law Center.)
When Gold was active in New Haven a few years ago, officials feared the tactics of his Community Watchdog Project would lead to violence. No violence ever materialized, though the campaign led to an outpouring of sometimes violent mail (including death threats) sent to city officials.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
I don't want any namby-pamby excuses or complaints about lack of time: Everyone has the same 24 hours to use or abuse. And every writer needs to revise and redraft if they want to refine.
So how do wanna-be writers, who work in the real world, find time to complete these tasks?
It's easy—as murder.
All you need to do is decide whether or not it's important enough (that you love writing so much) you'd actually be willing to kill an old friend:
Or in other words, your T.V.
And here's how to do it (at least every now-and-then): That one program in the middle of the week that you never miss: miss it.
That one cooking class you watch every Saturday:
skip it.
That evening news you can't neglect: nix it.
You can find a summary on the internet or during a quick conversation at the water-cooler at work and that extra hour or two you've just wiggled into your schedule will come in handy when you sit down to finish your latest project.
There's just no way around it: the truth is, writing takes time and the best way to make time is to be organized so here are a few ways to get started and some tips to keep you on top of that mountain of paperwork threatening to create an avalanche all over your desk.
1) Keep it Simple;
2) Make a Date, plan some time to write – then do it;
3) Back Everything Up;
4) And last, but not least, kill your T.V.
One of the most important things is to schedule time for the love of your life (writing). Simply make a date with your computer because every relationship needs work. Think of writing as a new-found relationship and you'll manage to make time for your love. Pencil a small fragment of time into your computer calendar then stick to it. Even if it's only 15 minutes a day, two times a week, it will be more than you're committing to your writing career right now. And, at least this way, you'll be spending a small chunk of time developing your talent.
After all this time and energy you've invested, remember, your work is only as safe as you keep it. So back everything up; it can be an inexpensive thumb drive (also known as a flash drive), CDs, or even floppy disks, but make sure you label your accessories – or otherwise you'll get caught in that same unorganized boat you were in before.
So next time you're thinking you don't have the time to sit down and write, remember all you have to do is commit murder: "KILL your T.V."
7 comments:
- adrienne said...
Great advice. I try to stick to watching TV only when I'm too tired to do anything else...
And I finally got around to backing up files yesterday - I need to train myself to do that more often.
- June 29, 2009 at 7:02 AM
- Green Girl in Wisconsin said...
Fantastic advice. I should kill my children next (kidding!).
- June 29, 2009 at 7:16 AM
- Kim Kasch said...
GG: Kids DO take a lot of time - but you MIGHT miss 'em at least more than your TV ;-)
- June 29, 2009 at 7:21 AM
- MG Higgins said...
This summer I find myself reading more and watching TV less--an excellent tradeoff. I hope I can keep up this pattern when new fall programs arrive.
- June 29, 2009 at 7:55 AM
- Amy Tate said...
Great post. I needed this reminder.
- June 29, 2009 at 9:36 AM
- Kelly said...
Hee! You should be an inspirational speaker.
I need you to come to Illinois and get my butt back into writing gear! I've hardly written all summer! It's been one heckuva busy summer!
- June 29, 2009 at 7:19 PM
- Philip Graves said...
I couldn't agree more.
For me the desire to write was sufficiently strong that I found myself watching less and less TV.
Even though I've been writing less recently whilst I'm hunting for a publisher the allure of TV hasn't returned. I realise it sounds slightly (or very) pretentious, but creating is so much more rewarding than watching.
- July 20, 2009 at 3:12 AM


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Catherine HULL and Oliver Uriah GATES are my third great grandparents.
1850 Census includes Oliver Uriah GATES, his wife Catherine HULL and five of their seven children.
SCHEDULE 1 - Free Inhabitants of Lawrenceburg Township in the County of Dearborn State of Indiana enumerated by me, on the 16th day of July 1850 (name illegible).
Top of page - Lines 1 to 7.
GATES Oliver age 48 farmer Place of Birth Connecticut
GATES Catherine age 50 Place of Birth Connecticut
GATES Edmund age 18 Place of Birth Ohio
GATES Nancy age 20 Place of Birth New York
GATES Lucy age 17 Place of Birth Ohio
GATES James age 11 Place of Birth Ohio
GATES Levi age 10 Place of Birth Ohio
SOURCE: Ancestry.com 2010.
Their first born child, Samuel, born November 11, 1826, apparently went missing.
Their second child, Mary Electa, born December 27, 1827, New York, would have been age 23 at the time of this 1850 Census. However, she married Thomas HADDOCK April 3rd,1845 and would appear in a different Census.
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|(I think it's ironic that the flash from my camera left a reflection on the sink!)
It's unlike any other "organizing" book I've read, in that it doesn't tell you the best method(s) for organizing a closet or drawer, and it doesn't talk about organizational gadgets, and it doesn't expect you to get organized in a week or even a month. Instead, it teaches that doing a little a day, whether it's done perfectly or not, will go a long way in getting you to your goal. It also talks about the importance of loving and taking care of yourself, something that many of us aren't too good at. So whether you're living a life of CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome), or whether you're just looking for a little advice in getting your house or your life together, I recommend picking up a copy of this book.
(And one more thing, this last week I've been thinking about doing a "Friday Favorites" post on tassles sometime in the near future because I'm in love with them! I'm even considering doing a tutorial on making tassles. Ironically, this week, Susan from Between Naps on the Porch did a post featuring some adorable tassles and is hosting a drawing for a $30.00 gift certificate for The Tassle House! Stop by both places to enjoy some super cute tassles. And be looking for a tassle post from me sometime in the future!)


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Rachel Gisewhite uses philosophical methodologies to study youth phenomenological experiences with and activism for the natural world. She is most passionate about the world's oceans and how students interact with their local aquatic environments to stimulate intellectual engagement for a deeper understanding of science content as well as the power of their decisions and actions to promote an active citizenry. She most recently was a chemistry and environmental science high school teacher in Memphis, TN but has since relocated to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi.
Recent publications:
Reis, G., Mueller, M., Gisewhite, R.A., Siveres, L., & Oliveira, R. (anticipated 2017). Sociocultural perspectives on youth ethical consumerism: An introduction. In G. Reis, M. Mueller, R.A. Gisewhite, L. Siveres, & R. Oliveira (Eds.), Sociocultural Perspectives on Youth Ethical Consumerism. New York: Springer.
Luther, R.A. (2015). Synesthesia and the Phenomenological Experience—Implications for Ecological Mindfulness and Beginning Scholars in Science Education. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 10: 215-227. (0.508 impact factor)
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Gisewhite, R.A. Phenomenology in Science Education: Developing Eroticism and Promoting Conservation of the Ocean-Other. (Editing)
Gisewhite, R.A., A whale of a time: Engaging in a war of values for youth activism in science education. (Writing paper)
Gisewhite, R.A., Britton, S., & Haverkos, K. Implications of ecojustice philosophy for the 21st century: Mindfulness as an alternative pathway to understanding. (Writing Paper)
Gisewhite, R.A., Jeanfreau, M. M., & Powell, R. An Interdisciplinary Model for Teacher-Parent Communication. (Writing Paper)
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The Magical Stuff that Makes Blue Cheese Blue
9 comments:
- d. moll, l.ac. said...
Yummmmm!!!! I went to the WAPF last year. Wish I'd spent more time scarfing samples. Some good info, only went for one day. Lucky you to go for more. Have a great time :~)
- November 11, 2009 at 12:27 PM
- chaiselongue said...
Oh, that's really exciting! The original Roquefort is made near here and I love it. Good luck!
- November 11, 2009 at 4:56 PM
- The Bunns said...
Now listen .. we need/would like your studied opinion in maybe a later blog post.
Is this "sustainable, whole earth, go green, eat local, eat your yard, organic, permaculture, etc." food producing business really going to work? Is it close to a cxritical mass? Can it create incentive for more people to do/use/care about it? Are today's farmers on board? I mean like Michigan farmers where many are family from several generations ...
- November 11, 2009 at 9:48 PM
- Kateri said...
Let me know when it the Roquefort is ready. I'll coming over to visit! =)I'm glad your are back in the blogging world. I've been enjoying reading about cheese making adventures. I did some of that when I lived on my parents farm. I wasn't anywhere near as scientific as your are, though and mostly winged it. I did make some pretty tasty hard cheeses, though. I know it's a lot of work, but very rewarding.
- November 11, 2009 at 10:16 PM
- Paula said...
The Baroness de Penicillium Roqueforti. She gives cheese the blues. The Roquefort blues.
- November 12, 2009 at 12:09 AM
- ilex said...
Bunns, I think/wonder about this all the time (that is, when I'm not thinking about cheese).
The crux of it is, we'll have to. We're running out of cheap, easy-to-come-by oil, and it's the lifeblood of our modern global food system. It won't be easy to relearn the old ways, but we got by without petroleum for millennia and still created some pretty impressive civilizations with local foods and local economies. We'll figure it out.
A surprising number of Michigan farmers are on-board. And the small centennial family farms have been leading the way back to sustainable practices.
I can write ad-infinitum on this topic-- but I have to pack for Chicago.
- November 12, 2009 at 8:42 AM
Bunns - I was at a meeting of farmers and environmentalists a couple years back and it's ironic. The small, hereditary farmholders in Michigan would often like to farm without chemicals, because they're so expensive and trash the waterways. But they think they have nothing at all in common with environmentalists - in fact, they feel attacked by them. So asking them if they want to contribute to sustainable, diverse, local farming practices often gets you a stony eye and a cold shoulder. Even though these folks want nothing so much as to be able to continue farming, sell their products for a living wage, and maintain good soil and water quality.
The folks who *talk* about local/sustainable in those terms are usually new farmers, and there's precious little cooperation and knowledge transfer among the groups. One organic farmer I know tells a story of his neighbor farmer (Nth generation on that land) who wanted to have a man-to-man talk about the "problem" occurring on the organic farm: women, in overalls, in plain sight from the country road. Shameful!
- November 12, 2009 at 9:15 AM
- Rabbits' Guy said...
Well, to keep this thread going a bit more ...
yes, Emily, I have seen that here too. I live in the Skagit Valley in NW Washington - some of the richest farm land in all the world. Small - 80,000 acres. Most of the farmers are multi-generational - many from the original settlers in late 1800's. Lot's of specialty crops and seed production. We (citizens, farmers, local politicians, kids) all want "Eat Local", for example. Makes so much sense on one hand. But these farmers grow hundreds of acres of berries or potatoes or peas. They have to sell their product all over the world - there aren't enough mouths in all of Washington State to eat their stuff. So I see them so conflicted. We should "Eat local" but the people "over there", who they must sell to, shouldn't. And the "Eat Local" slogan - so powerful - applies to "us" but not to "them" and thus becomes sort of a joke or a mantra for a passionate few or a plea from a pandering politician or a survival need from 1/2 acre carrot farmer. Crimmeny - I want my morning banana. We don't grow them.
There is no question that here, if we are not succesful, the wonderful great Skagit flatlands of fertile soil, edged by Puget Sound and the majestic Cascade Mountains, will be developed into great walled retirement centers just like the old well-irrigated citrus groves and cotton fields around Phoenix have become. The pressure of money is just too great. The battle of "Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland" is being fought day by day, hour by hour here. It needs now solutions.
IMHO the solution is to find, encourage and use every possible way for a farmer to be financially successful as a business person, short of mass subsidy. Give the person with 1/2 acre or the one with 500 acres lots of opportunity, incentive, and "Real" purpose, not partially true programs.
- November 14, 2009 at 1:13 AM
- The Bunns said...
RG - goodness - calm down.
Somebody help that man ....
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"He's become a more and more relaxed interview (as we found on his Lust, Caution LWD), the highlight so far being his discussion of The Ice Storm, which he says he should have called 'The Fuck You Movie,' as the choice to do it was a direct response to having made 'nice, heartwarming' films. He said, 'A lady would come up to me and say, "I just loved Sense & Sensibility," and I'd just want to punch her in the face.'"
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….And the Church's judgment on the subject in question is that:
(a) to hold that the earth is not the fixed centre of the universe, but orbits the sun, is contrary to a Divinely revealed truth and therefore definitively heretical;
(b) to hold that the earth rotates on its axis is also false and, while not definitely heretical (some authorities think that it is, while others dispute this), certainly a crime against ecclesiastical faith and thus mortally sinful….
..to the reader who is prepared nevertheless to read on, I promise a nice surprise and give some firm assurances. No specialized knowledge is required for an understanding of these three chapters; at the risk of occasionally irritating some readers who are familiar with the subjects under discussion…
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Don't miss out on the Reno Bike Project's event this Saturday, the 18th @ Record St. Cafe. Plenty of fun, events, people, and bike education. And if you didn't see the front cover of the Reno Gazette Journal yesterday check this shit out. And I highly recommend that we all write the author (firstname.lastname@example.com) of the article a letter about how the article was handled. In my opinion the article brought in Dan Brown's argument totally out of context and instead of celebrating creating more alternative ways of transportation it demonized it by calling it a trend. 'It' being fixed gear bicycles, which is not what the article or the co-op is even about.
I also went to the online version of the article and read the comments block. Although everyone seemed to be commending the efforts of the bike co-op, the major and collective concern was that of safety. Ironically enought no one seems to be concerned with the long term effects that automobiles and our construction of cities have on our health. If people really are concerned that a bike co-op will lead to more bicycle related injuries and even death I think the major concern is not bicycles but car culture. How can we build a safe bicycle city? What is it about the seemingly dangerous wet cities of Portland and Amsterdam that lead to such a vibract, healthy, and safe city for bicyclists? How can we create bike lanes and what streets should be prioritized for bike lanes?
Although I understand and emphatize with people's concern for safe cycling I think that by creating a presence of bicyclist we will slowly introduce new urban etiquette to drivers, bicyclist, and pedestrians.
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The following stats are based on information about Social Media usage in the United States.
1. Almost 1/2 Of Twitter Users Are DemocratsTwittercrats find this #Debatable? This is compared to approximately 30% of the U.S. of the population being Democrats overall.
2. By Far, Facebook Still The Most AddictingStalking has never been more fun! 23% of Facebook's users check their account at least five times every single day.
3. More than 1/2 Are Getting SocialStill awkward in public? Sure, but our fingers can clickety-clack away with "Don Draper" esque poise and sophistication. Americans (12 and up) could push 75% Social Media usage within the next 5 years.
4. Nearly 3/4 Aren't "Checking In"Most Americans still think they need Gym shorts for Foursquare. In fact, while only 3% have claimed to checked in this year, it is even down from the year before. The concept of "checking-in" will probably soon be replaced by "Opting-in" to share location data.
5. Only over 1/4 Are Following Brands on FacebookAfter all the work Businesses and Brands put into reaching the Facebook audience, there is still a lot of work to be done to reach out and incentivize and audience to like and participate with Facebook pages.
6. Nearly 1/4 Are using Social Media Several times a dayThere aren't many things people do every day, but Facebook and Twitter make the list for many.
7. Almost 1/2 Say Facebook has an impact on what they buyAs compared to last year, Facebook's influence on purchasing has doubled. For Twitter, on the other hand, buying influence ranks somewhere between 1-5%.
8. 3/4 of Twitter are posting their own TweetsFollowers, Groupies and Disciples have turned into active participators up from only 50% updating their statuses in 2010.
9. Over 1/2 of people have used Facebook on a Mobile deviceWhile over 50% of users have used their Mobile devices to access Facebook, over 1/4 use them regularly to see their feed, post, share and like.
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One of the most annyoing things in Fedora Core 5 is that there is no default update system that informas you of available updates.
Sure, the nightly yum update can be chosen as well as the smart package manager, but a build-in default with a nice graphic applet would be much nicer.
The project to create such an applet is called yumapplet, the project homepage is here. As far as I know there are already some codelines written and we can expect a working applet in Fedora Core 6.
At the moment the more non-technical discussions are around the GUI, or better said, around how the applet will look like in the task bar: this page shows how much effort the people in these days put into the graphics to get a smooth and nice looking system.
However, one thing that I really miss in yum is a possibility to continue working even when all mirrors of a given repository are failing. For example, the ifolder people do a great job with providing their software in a yum repository for Fedora Core 5, but this directory is sometimes missing and therefore yum cannot work due to a failure reading in all repository information.
Since the XML metadata package format is now also used by the openSuse build server and more and more other projects the chance that there is one single repository that will fail during the start of yum grows and yum become more and more fragile. I filled a bug report to address this issue, please leave comments there if you agree or disagree with this point of view.


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I'm big on transformations, they'e truly one of the best parts of my job! A happy client makes for a thrilled designer. This little cottage was beautifully updated. I would have opted for a charcoal paint color over the brown but it's still adorable!
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There is a term that "the ball is round" so do not rule out a team that featured above may be violated by the bottom team in the underdog.
There are so many wonders that created by football, the supporters and even the audience was shocked, surprised, amazed at such events.
I do not know how many people rejoiced and wept with emotion as football but at the same time people should be disappointed, sad, and even shed tears after merepon results of football matches.
Here's Miracle happens in football.
1. The 1954 World Cup Final, Bern Switzerland.
This match is the greatest inspiration for German football. This Final dubbed 'Miracle of Berne'. Germany had to face Hungary which is the strongest football nations at that time. Hungarian legend strengthened by Feren Puscas, Sandor Kocsis, Nandor Hiderguti and has a record of 30 games unbeaten before the final, including slaughtering Germany 8-3 in the preliminary round.
The game has been running 8 minutes Hungary already 2-0, and seemed to easily grab Julis Rimet trophy. But the victory did not last long. Only ten minutes later the score was a draw, and six minutes from time to silence the Hungarian and German world by creating the winning goal through Helmuth Rahn at once seize World Cup for the first time.
Departing from this moment, the German national team later dubbed Staying Power, Diesel Engine slow heat. But do not ever underestimate Germany. Germany is a specialist tournament until now.
2. Finals 1974 World Cup, Munich Germany.
Remembered as the world cup final match of the greatest in history. Back involving Germany, and also shows the winning mentality back Germany. This time though as the host, Germany must challenge the Netherlands, a country that many of their neighbors in jagokan to win this tournament. Dutch presence in the final after a tough bulldoze countries such as Brazil, Argentina with the game Tottal Voettbal led the living legend, Johan Cruffj.
The match lasted one minute and yet there is a German player who touches the ball, but the Dutch are already ahead thanks to a penalty goal. Netherlands may forget that Germany is a country that never gave up, they were finally defeated thanks to 2 goals Paul Breitner also through the white point and the winning goal by Gerd Muller. Germany then champion world cup for the second time under the German captain and legend, the emperor Franz Beckenbeuer.
3. Quarter Final World Cup 1986, Azteca Mexico.
I subjectively assess terdahsyat this miracle ever happened on the football field. The match between Argentina against England is the hottest game and can not be forgotten. Moreover, the game is linked to political issues between the two countries are at odds seize the Falklands Islands.
Value miracle it was two goals that Maradona still discussed to this day. The first goal using his hands and then gave himself the nickname Hand of God goal and the second goal by FIFA regarded as the best goal in the history. Maradona did slalom from midfield and passed five English players and goalkeeper Peter Shilton.
Needless to say this party. Irrefutable 'the Boncel' makes miracle that might not happen again.
4. The Champions League Final 1999 Barcelona Spain.
Final brings Manchester United and Bayern Munich at the Nou Camp Stadium and led by the best in the history of the referee , Pierluigi Collina .
MU came to Catalunya with high confidence after the previous week won the domestic double winners in the competition . They want to complete the Champion Trophy . Coach Alex Ferguson ( after this party is called Sir Alex ) was also curious because they have not been able to conquer the prestigious European competition .
When the entire Bayern supporters were ready to celebrate the victory having been 1-0 up until the 90th minute , the miracle came silence . Manchester United get a corner kick two minutes 91 and 93 are executed David Beckham and successfully converted a goal by Teddy and Ole Gunnar Seringham Solkjaer .
Manchester United won Trebble Winner, 1999 was the best year MU . In Press Confrence , coach Ferguson inspiring : " every human being has a spirit and that spirit can get us out of any trouble , as long as we are willing to acknowledge and obey the spirit of power . "
5. Semifinals of Euro 2000, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dutch challenged Italy to fight one final tickets . Dutch to host advanced to the finals with four victories won convincingly . While Italy to the semifinals thanks to the action that is actually normal . Italy is not at all in unggulkan and predicted would lift a suitcase tomorrow morning .
20 minutes , Italy had had to play 10 against the Netherlands supported the 50,000 supporters who mengorangekan Amsterdam Arena . 90 minutes of normal time Dutch attacking all-out latch Italy commanded by Paolo Maldini . I was also surprised that none of the ball into the net deign Italy escorted Francesco Toldo , even had a penalty .
I guess enough extra time completing Italian resistance . And it turns out wrong , though continue to surround and back get a penalty , Italy remains torn nets , as there is little angel guarding .
And finally this is the punishment for the Netherlands . They are painful defeat on penalties that are highly anticipated by the Azzurri camp . From 4 executioner Dutch only one wicket penetrating , even kicks Japp Stam soar to exit the stadium , the Dutch people commented the ball up to Rotterdam , where the final. While Totti penalty kick chips into inspiration .
6. Wonders of South Korea 2002 World Cup
Together with Japan, South Korea is host World Cup 2002. South Korea during their World Cup games did not even win. But look at their actions as host. Meneer Hiddink coached South Korea became a phenomenon WC 2002. They appear as a semi-finalist with a strong beat four European countries: Poland, Portugal, Italy, and Spain.
Despite the many accusations of cheating as the host, South Korea's display of attacking football that mengibur. The players also never gave up and made public soccer world wonder how the physical strength of the South Korean players seemed to exceed the limits of human physical abilities.
Portugal made home early, Italy busy blaming referee Byron Moreno as a pretext defeat, and Spain also made helpless sometimes disgraced South Korean beat them easily.
Suddenly all citizens carousel united and proud as a Korean citizen. When will Indonesia be like South Korea.
7. Champions League Final 2005, Istanbul Turkey.
AC Milan had a 3-0 lead in the first half and had celebrated the victory in the locker room as if they forget that there are still 45 minutes they had to play.
Liverpool camp heard the celebration and determined if they should lose tonight should be honored, they realized it took a miracle to pursue a three-goal deficit in the final class party LC against a team as good as AC Milan experienced.
God provided a miracle for those who keep trying. Led by Stevie G, within 15 minutes of the second half meyamakan Liverpool have managed to score a goal thanks to Gerrard, Smicer, and Penalty Baros. Liverpool won 3-2 on penalties. One of the most dramatic finals in the history of the LC.
8.Keajaiban Turkey to Euro 2008 Semi Finals
Turkey v / s Republic
Turkey ultimately advanced to the next round after the ' get rid of ' Republic dramatically with a 3-2 victory . Why the dramatic ? ? for up to 75 minutes sebenarnnya Republic already 2-0 up , but 75 minutes into Turkey managed to reduce the lag and even regret again for supporting the Czechs were two goals from Nihat Kahveci Om in minutes 87 and 89, which destroys their dreams to advance to the quarter finals !
Turkey v / s Croasia
Indeed, since the beginning I did not expect much from this match . Their status as a dark horse is very different when compared to the next match . And in fact all the 2 x 45 minutes of normal time they are boring game , but this game can be quite dramastis .
I say dramastis not because the game ended with a penalty shoot-out , but rather that the process of goal in the 2nd half of extra time . Croatia scored in the 120th minute with a header using a blunder keeper Turkey Klasnic is too far left goalpost . Croatia already feel will win because only 1 minute add time . But it is precisely in the final seconds that Turkey can be an equalizer and the match must end with a penalty kick shootout . And then the result of the penalty so it was really touching as when Turkey beat the Czech in the preliminary round which makes them qualify . Croatia was eliminated by a score of 1-3 because of two kick players off the mark and the fourth kicker can be blocked by Rustu . Turkey only issued 3 execution only, and it all makes .
Krosia would cry , when victory is in sight . Remember minute they scored 120 , eventually lost by a penalty kick shootout . Turkey will face Germany in the semi-finals .
9. Manchester City victory over Queen Park Ranger makes lifting Tropy city Preimere champions England 2011-2012 season.
English football matches are always thrilling . In the English Premiere League , victory and defeat a team is often determined at the last minute . Peak , conquering Manchester City Queens Park Rangers 3-2 in the last match of the season at the Etihad on Sunday ( 13/5 ) .
City triumph specified goal by Sergio Aguero in injury time which leaves one more minute . Goal is to change the score to 3-2 immediately greeted by the Citizens . Fans cheer for victory is immediately brought City champions for the first time since 1968 .
Imagine 44 years they have to wait to lift the trophy . City is only a shadow of city rivals Manchester United who already broke the record for the Premier League championship trophy .
City had been almost given up . Pablo Zabaleta excel first pass . However , QPR were able to reverse the situation through Djibril Cisse brace and Mackie . Score 2-1 to QPR survive until the last minute . The referee then gave an additional five minutes .
And , five minutes that could change the history of City . Preceded by a header from Edin Dzeko equalized to 2-2 . Lastly, kicking Aguero brought City won 3-2 .
10. Wonders Chelsea in the 2012 Champions League Final match.
The Blues Chelsea finally managed to fulfill his ambition to win a trophy the first 2012 European Champions League after beating hosts Bayern Munich on penalties with the score 5-4 . Chelsea's victory at the Allianz Arena , Munich headquarters , it becomes sweet gift for goalkeeper Petr Cech is currently repeating the same 30th year . On the day of his birthday , the Czech Republic 's goalkeeper performed brilliantly saved several times from the Chelsea goal conceded .
Since the kick - off at the Allianz Arena , Munich hosts had put pressure on various fronts. Through the motor attacks striker Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery and Thomas Muller , Munich several times threaten the Chelsea goal .
Chelsea have Cech lucky . Goalkeeper laden experience was able to stem the barrage Munich players . Until the first half ended , escorting tough Cech of Chelsea goalkeeper conceded . Tenure 0-0 .
In the second half , did not reduce the Munich attack . Attempts to conquer Cech Muenchen succeeded after several goal chances they always defeated goalkeeper who is always wearing the protective headgear .
Thomas Mueller was finally able to find the net Cech in the 83rd minute . Mueller who was in the penalty box welcomes feedback from the left with a header that reflected first down . Cech was able to ward off late for the ball rolled into the net.
Mueller 's goal seemed to sting London forces . Diarsiteki team interim coach Roberto Di Matteo was behind the attack. In the 89th minute , the Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba managed to kick the ball hard headed Juan Mata's corner to level the score to 1-1 . 1-1 score lasted until round two ends , and followed by an additional round .
In extra time , Chelsea's Cech back into the savior of defeat . When it Muenchen awarded a penalty after Ivica Olic dropping Didier Drogba in the penalty box .
Taken penalty from referee Dutch midfielder Arjen Robben . The Chelsea fans had become strained . The tension that just ended with thunderous joy because of the goalkeeper , Cech , Robben able to kick dismissed . Chelsea goal was saved , and keep open the opportunity to win a trophy .
Cech scintillating action was apparently made quite frustrating Munich player . Until the extra period expires , the position remained 1-1 , so the game should end with penalties.
Munich player frustration over Cech apparently brought toughness to the shootout . The players looked tense when Munich will take the kick from the spot .
Munich is only able to break through the Chelsea goal Phillip Lahm , Mario Gomez , and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer . Again Cech memunyai big role in this round of penalty kicks . He was able to ward off a penalty kick Ivica Olic . Bastian Schweinsteiger failed kick being widened .
In contrast , of the five Chelsea penalty taker , only Juan Mata who failed to perform their duties properly . David Luiz , Frank Lampard , Ashley Cole and Didier Drogba successfully carry out their respective duties . Drogba 's goal was a decisive victory over the Blues FC Hollywood . Cech and his colleagues also bring the Champions League trophy to Stamford Bridge .
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Monday, November 27, 2006
King James and the witches
What a surprise!
It is one of those books you know about - one referred to as having some sort of connection to Macbeth - and a possible minor source for a few bits and pieces of information - and a good excuse for Shakey to brown-tongue to his new boss.
What you don't grasp until you read it (and until recently how accessible was it? Long live the Internet and all who search it) is how close a foundation the work gives to the witches scenes - and to some fundamental elements in the character of Macbeth himself.
The first thing I noticed was in the preface – Mr Scot, the Englishman (!), who denied witches existed.
So: There was serious doubt in England – serious enough for it to be printed and for the king of Scotland to 'name and shame' his future subject.
A few years later, Shakespeare, loyal English subject and chief 'poet on the payroll' churns out, possibly for a visit of the new King's father in law (I did read that somewhere didn't I?) a script with more than nodding acquaintance to the published views of his patron: "Look daddy-in-law, ain't my boss learned and 'ingine' (ingenious?)!"
Then, in Chapter 1 of the first book, a couple of phrases leapt out.
'… as first wilfully deceiues them-selves, by running vnto him . . .'
'And as to the diuelles fortelling of things to come, it is true that he knowes not all thinges future, but yet that he knowes parte, the Tragicall event of this historie declares it, . . .'
A suspicion crept on to me at this point – Macbeth could be described as wilfully deceiving himself – and he certainly runs to the devil later in the play.
And did the fortune telling idea - partly true fortune telling at that – give Shakey the idea for the 'tragicall historie'?
So far this is only tweaks and nudges.
Then, in Chap. 2, there is the mention of two branches of sinning against 'the holie Ghost'.
One, 'falling backe', the second falling back knowingly.
I suspect this is a key to Macbeth's fall: It starts unknowingly, but quickly develops a self-knowledge that takes it beyond excusable sin.
Next comes an exploration of Magic and Necromancy. Like most people, I suspect, I hadn't taken a lot of notice of this second word – just assumed it to be a synonym.
Not a bit of it.
As our most knowledgeable King lets us know – 'Necromancie' is compounded of the Greek roots meaning 'prophecy by the dead'.
And shortly after he adds, '…the Witches ar servantes onelie, and slaues to the Devil; but the Necromanciers are his maisters and commanders.'
If we look over Macbeth's relationship with the witches, it starts with him getting information from them – but later in the play he commands – and commands them to produce dead spirits to tell the future. Macbeth has gone deeper into sin than the witches themselves by this action.
Later in the same chapter there is the 'slippery slope' (or primrose path?) theory – you start by wanting legitimate knowledge and then get trapped to wanting to know things you shouldn't be asking about – all for 'blindlie glorie of themselves'.
And they become, '… in verie deede, bond-slaues to their mortall enemie: and their knowledge . . . is nothing increased, except in knowing evill, . . .'
And a final very telling point – ' … as Adams was by the eating of the forbidden tree.'
So, Macbeth is Adam! Wham, bam, thank you mam! Lady M. is Eve – and a whole 'mythic' significance comes clearly into focus.
Macbeth is all mankind – that is why we watch with horror his fall: It is our fall.
But what is the fruit? Knowledge. Macbeth knows too much. Ignorance truly is bliss – heavenly bliss; knowledge is the work of the Devil.
And take no comfort all you misogynists – Lady Macbeth is no more responsible than Eve in the Jacobean World Picture (He for God, she for God in him.)
In chapter 4 we get a lovely, 'dafte wiues' (daft wives – oh, Lordy!), which is surely a nod in the direction of what most of the audience think of witches – and partly accounts for the humour (although I would still put most of that as due to theatrical tradition) that comes through – but we shouldn't forget – King James has made the distinction between ignorant and knowledgeable sin – Macbeth is well beyond the daft wife stage.
Chapter 4 also has reference to battles and winning – what do the witches say in the first scene?
Chapter 5 gives us a repeat, '…to make himselfe so to be trusted in these little thinges, that he may haue the better commoditie thereafter, to deceiue then in the end with a tricke once for all; I meane the euerlasting perdition of their soul & body.'
And Chapter 6 gives us the witches familiars – 'a dog, a Catte, an Ape', and repeats the 'dead bodie' and '…to giue such answers, of the euent of battels, of maters concerning the estate of commonwelths, and such like other great questions . . .'
There is now no doubt in my mind that Shakespeare read this text, before writing Macbeth. There just seem to be too many connections for it to be accidental.
I am sure much of what is written by the King is common place knowledge – but the combination of ideas and expression seem to me to reverberate in the text we have of Macbeth.
And I also suspect the play went down really well with the man who had written Daemonologie.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Enter the King
(Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 2)
What would Shakespeare's audience have experienced at the very start of this scene?
Firstly, there would have been music - the entrance of a King is marked by trumpets.
These trumpets, though, are more battle alarms than ceremonial entrance music. The Elizabethan audience would know the difference.
And instead of the usual stately King's entrance (see Olivier's Film, Henry V) we have a rushed entrance – but, it is still ordered, it is still according to rank and the costumes make fairly clear who is more important, who less; who is noble, who a servant: Who on active service, who civilian civil servant.
If this were the start of the play, it would be confusing – to make sense of it, you need to know what is causing the rush.
But it isn't the start of the play - it follows the first, witches scene - which sets up an anticipation in the audience.
The witches dress 'out of rank', they indicate an evil force at work in this state, they show the battle and mention, - Macbeth.
The sound effects in their scene is 'thunder and lightening' – rumbles and crashes – the trumpet music, in comparison, is much more ordered.
Much of the second scene only makes sense (and unity) in the light of the first scene.
When the 'sergeant' enters - what does he look like? How does he 'fit in' to the rushed, but essential order and harmony of the court? - He doesn't. He is a bloody man - a phrase often laughed at as weak, but at the time of writing, pregnant with meaning.
Modern televised war, pictures edited to reduce exposure to too much horror (for political and taste considerations) doesn't begin to represent the reality of hacking away at human beings with sharp edged weapons. Try slitting a man's throat and not getting blood on your shoes.
Bullets kill much more cleanly than swords.
I remember the Peter O'Toole Macbeth - derided because it attempted to bring back the blood - but truer to the original in this respect than any other modern production (including film).
The blood screams out - the State is in danger - we can't tell what this man is - he is a soldier of some sort, an officer? Rank has become confused. To the Elizabethan mind, few things were more dangerous than rank confusion (sorry, couldn't resist the pun).
'What,' thinks your average 'Lizy apprentice, 'were those words of the witches? Fair is foul, etc.' - what is rotten in this State? What is upside down?'
'And what of Macbeth - "they" mentioned him?'
Without the first scene, the subtext is missing - and a considerable amount of the depth of meaning we get out of these scenes comes not from the words, but from the "production" – especially costume.
Shakespeare's words are only part of the work he did - he acted, and directed as well.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Witches and fine weather
The opening of Macbeth is a classic case of, "Will we ever be able to understand what Shakespeare originally intended?"
Quite frankly, the answer is no – but we can take a trip along the path in the right direction.
Let's think about one of the aspects of 'witches'.
Most people follow the argument that Shakespeare's audience would have believed in witches and therefore the opening of the play meant something much deeper to them than it does to us.
Their reaction would have been an instinctive, emotional one - as well as intellectual. They would take it much more seriously than we do.
The first thing we need to get our heads around is the nature of Evil – as personified by the witches.
Germaine Greer, in her 'SHAKESPEARE: A Very Short Introduction' makes a couple of interesting points about evil when she is discussing Iago:
'The point about evil is that it is absurd, unmotivated, inconsistent,' (pg. 53/54)
'Iago's behaviour cannot be explained in terms of personality, but rather in terms of force,' (pg. 56).
(Before anyone goes for my throat, she does make the point that Iago is a much more complicated manifestation of Evil than the witches in Macbeth)
And Greer ties Iago to the earlier stage representation of Vice.
Several issues rise in my mind at this point – but maybe the most important is how is the Globe's audience expecting evil to be portrayed physically on the stage?
Are they actually linking into the tradition of a comedic evil – absurd to the spectator, easily seen through? The Vice and Devils of the mystery plays? Characters played by the comedians!
In which case, our 'wasn't funny in those days' isn't strictly accurate.
And who actually acted the witches? Was it boys? What are we to make of the beards? So men! If it was the comedy actors - ? Not funny? Remember, Shakespeare has a set of around 16 male actors to use – if the witches are not played by the comedians, who is? We have the Porter – but that's a short scene only. Some seriously under used personnel in this production.
And what about costume?
The Elizabethan 'dress code' was fairly strict – rules about who could wear what, uniforms (nicer word, livery, used at the time) for everyone and no problem interpreting them. What is traditional 'witch wear'? (Not the black pointy hat for certain – incidentally has anyone ever seen a production with witches dressed in black pointy hats?).
Women's clothes – yes (mentioned in the text).
What social class? – Real witches could come as easily from the middle classes as from the poor (Pendle witch trials a little later in the century).
I suspect (or rather speculate) Macbeth's witches are actually going to dress 'outside the regulations': Which would speak volumes to his audience – these are a force for disruption, a force against stability, for chaos.
Which brings me back to Germaine Greer's point – Evil is a force.
Modern Western Society lives indoors. Natural forces are diluted in our day to day existence – wind, rain, sun and snow barely affect us. The occasional disaster might break through, but it is just that, a disaster, a special occasion – and it takes only days to get back to the electricity, the shelter and the Internet.
In several of Shakespeare's plays nature is present as unchallengable power – Titania's speech in Act 2 of A Midsummer Nights Dream being one notable example sometimes cut in modern productions as unintelligible.
In this opening scene, natural forces are summoned into the audience's imagination – thunder, lightening and rain: Crop destruction, hunger, starvation, ruin to an Elizabethan.
The performance most likely had sound effects – rolling cannon balls for the thunder – possibly battleground noises and trumpets. War and weather – what bigger forces are there – and what have these witches got to do with it? Are they in control?
If we put all of this together we get a very complicated set of meanings.
The witches are not reducible to a single meaning.
Yes, they are "Evil" – but they are also stage representations of evil linking into a tradition – funny, absurd and disruptive. All the World's a Stage – and a play is what you are watching.
These are not witches, these are actors pretending to be witches: But the world is only an illusion – so what is the truth?Macbeth is a play about the struggle for Macbeth's soul.
According to Greer, we have to meet the witches, his tempters, before we meet him – and we have to know what they are, what their nature is – she says they have the power of fallen angels – but the fallen angels as presented in popular mediaeval drama, the imps of Satan. ( Pg. 68/69)
Friday, November 17, 2006
Reflections after a Lost Crown
No pain (for first time in a visit to the dentist) but there is now a gap in the front of my mouth and I make the oddest noises when I try to speak. The "th" sound is distinctly silly, and 's' and 'r' (which was always a problem) are way out of line.
My smile is that of a punch-drunk boxer.
The cost is not small either - a quarter of my official monthly wage!
Enough to drive a man to drink - except it feels strange going down - a warm 'bloody' senstation in the gap as the alcohol passes over the raw flesh.
Eating is odd too - bringing the teeth together results in cutting the swollen gum.
Sans eyes, Sans teeth, Sans everything.
Saturday, November 04, 2006
You Are What You Wear
Old man says, "You are what you wear" - wear well.
Certainly, in Shakespeare's England, you were what you wore: And Shakespeare makes use of this (overtly and covertly) in his plays.
In the modern Western World, we have lost 'the meaning' clothes had attached to them in Elizabethan and Stuart England. There is a superficial understanding in some contexts - we can recognise the Queen of England on state occasions for example - she will wear one of her crowns - preferably with a big diamond in it - and a set of gowns somewhat out of date - made of materials distinctly politically incorrect (like dead animal).
But is there any difference between what a Prince wears or a Premiership footballer (soccer) visiting the sick in hospital? In the UK, both are exceptionally wealthy men, both will be wearing custom-made, designer suits.
Take a photograph of the Queen of England on any but a state occasion, remove the head (whoops, bit of republican sympathy there) and tell me what identifies her as Queen.
We can determine, to a certain degree, wealth by clothing - although with some fashion trends that is difficult. The people in Shakespeare's audience could recognise rank, and status, as well as wealth. Occupation was also much easier to 'see'.
This isn't simply blue-collar/white-collar social class, it is much deeper.
Let's look at a couple of examples of how Shakespeare overtly uses his audience's ability to distinguish and interpret role and give meaning through clothing.
The opening scene of Julius Caesar provides a prime example.
In Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, the crowd that comes onto the stage would have been wearing Elizabethan 'Sunday Best' - perhaps with a band of material over that to indicate they were Romans.
What would the audience have instantly seen? - Ordinary working men dressed out of work-clothes and therefore celebrating either a Religious day, or a special occasion. By their behaviour we can assume they would not have been dressed in Puritan Black, nor in wealthy materials like silks - which were reserved for a better rank of people. What the audience wouldn't see would be the occupations of the men - which on a working day would have been apparent - nor the relative ranks - who was a master craftsman, who a journeyman, who still an apprentice?
This gives a sense of disorder and Saturnalia from the instant the men are sighted. It also helps explain what happens when to two 'magistrates' come on - they see the disorder and react against it. Under their token Toga, the Elizabethan would have seen a very different rank of person. Richer materials would be worn, possibly some indication of office - a mayoral chain for example - gentleman certainly, possibly knights. The way the workmen respond, taking this in mind, indicates a very dangerous state of affairs - and the Elizabethan would have seen it as a danger to the status quo - foreshadowing the civil strife to come.
If a modern production chooses to dress these characters in 'Roman' costume, we loose all sense of this distinction and danger - we cannot interpret Roman costume in the same way. If we dress 'modern' we still have to find some way of packing into the clothes meanings we don't normally identify.
Another opening, with a similar 'packing-in' of meaning, is that to Romeo and Juliet.
After the Prologue, two servants enter. How does Shakespeare show they are servants? - They wear livery.
The very concept of livery is strange to us - but was essential to Shakespeare. On the entry of the new King, James, to London, Mr William Shakespeare and some of his fellow actors were issued with a quantity of red-dyed, woollen cloth - to make the livery of the King of England. Shakespeare marched in procession, carrying the awning over the head of the King, as he entered under specially constructed arches.
The new livery was a step up for Shakespeare and his fellow actors - they had become 'The King's Men'! They had worn livery before - it protected them when they moved about the country - it marked them as the servants of 'The Admiral' and then 'The Chancellor' - each liveery different - each not just saying, I am a servant, but my Lord is so and so, my Lord is 'this important', my Lord is the King of England - so leave me alone.
I do not know how often Shakespeare wore his livery - I suspect quite a lot - especially at court - but many lowlier servants wore theirs all the time, and may higher officials also.
When the Capulet and the Montague servants appear on stage - all this meaning is carried with their clothing - and when the fight starts, in rush more people dressed out of livery - working people, ordinary people, then in comes the 'Princes' livery - and woe betide anyone ignoring that.
I have to say at this point how good the Baz Lurhmann version is in this respect - we do get the sense of difference (through design) between the fighting parties - and the police uniforms work well to identify, 'The State'. Contrast this with the 'traditional, Renaissance set, Zefferellie version - and you see how so much is lost in the 'authentic' costuming - we do not understand the connotations of livery instinctively (and that is part of the point - intellectually I can add it, but I don't feel it at first sight).
A final point here might be to contrast the two 'designs' of Friar Lawrence – Milo O'Shea as the traditional brown robed priest vs. Peter Prothero's tattooed bruiser! I know which I think is closer to the spirit of an increasingly Protestant England with growing suspicions of Catholic infiltration and invasion.
The History plays are perhaps the most difficult for us to come to contemporary terms with – but some thought given to the workings of the costumes and the props on Shakespeare's stage does help.
Henry IV, part 2 contains the remarkable scene of young Hal 'trying on' the crown – to us, "So what?"
But the crown is much more than an indication of political Kingship – it is a divine symbol – to rightfully assume the crown is to be elected of God. It would 'shock' the audience – as it shocks Hal's father. We can never understand the meaning, or get the same impact from the simple action of taking the crown.
When he does acquire the crown and become Henry V, he changes role, becoming no longer a Prince, but KING – which is also very difficult for modern audiences to understand. Hal never had any moral authority, Henry V does.
Just as an actor changes character with costume changes (something Bottom and his colleagues didn't understand) so too, the man changes with the costume. Shakespeare and his actor friends went from being the servants of a nobleman to being the 'National Theatre', and the red cloth showed that – embodied the status.
In what is most likely Shakespeare's first History play, Henry VI, Part 2, we have the character of Gloucester, Uncle to the Young King and Lord Protector of England. He is known as Lord Protector by the black staff he carries – it is the symbol of his office – he makes his entrance, with the King in the first scene carrying it. When he loses the office, the staff goes too – he is denuded, becoming a naked, vulnerable human being again: Prospero breaks his staff and his power goes at the end of the Tempest and the same thing happens – denudation and change.
Shakespeare must have given up his livery when he left the Kings men to return to Stratford-upon-Avon, his wife and children.
The fact that so much meaning has been lost to us, leaves great empty spaces in the text – and, more importantly, in the performance of a Shakespeare work.
To attempt to recreate the original 'performances' is a non-starter – we do not view the world the way they did then – we cannot understand their performances.
The empty spaces have to be filled though – and that is why Shakespeare, when performed well, is so contemporary – it has to be filled with design and direction which fits today's worlds.


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- Rabbits are domesticated - that means they cannot survive if abandoned in the wild.
- Everything in the big bad world is a predator to the domestic rabbit - even a cat.
- Rabbits are totally defenseless against cars, dogs, wildlife and guns.
- The diet of a domestic rabbit is radically different than that of its cousin, the wild rabbit. The domestic rabbit would not know the right things to eat!
- The stress of being released into a large field would easily frighten the rabbit to death. You don't ever want to hear a rabbit scream.
- The weather in the wild is not friendly to your pet rabbit.
- They have little to no wild instincts. They would not know where to go and hide.
- If the rabbit injured itself, it would be instant prey to a predator. Where would the rabbit get help?
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Desteni I Process Live Hangout Movie review: Transcendence.
The hangout can be found here.
(The discussion's technical quality makes it quite challenging to walk, however the discussion is really on the topic!)
And some perspective about Transcendence by Bernard Poolman
So, the movie called Transcendence: About reviews, critics - I've read a lot - just for curiosity - many seemed more like hypo-critics - read lot's of dislikes about the movie, many missed more action, which somehow requires for being counted as a 'blockbuster' - and even some reasoned with 'lack of explosions' - just because the director, Wally Pfister was the cinematographer for many M. Bay action movies, they straight expected similarity, from which this one then felt like failed to satisfy. Well, pity for them, I've really enjoyed it, watched twice, I could even imagine it to be a TV series, just to be able to slow down and open up many related points to explain, but this did not happen, it's alright.
This movie reminded me to the old ones, wherein there was no need for 6 packs of physical action in every dozen minutes with desensitized, beautifully composed ultra high definition of violence combined with virtuo-mega-explosion-porn - which this movie deliberaltely lacks to deliver.
It got reviews of being emotionless, numb, a bit sadness-tainted glassy feel throughout the whole movie, but for me somehow clicked immediately, having the scenario, putting myself into the shoes of Caster having all his possibilities and in a split second it's going away - sure there is this stereotype for aggressive killing machine tantrums for extra-tearless-fast-paced-slowmo punishment protagonists when facing certain end, but come on, the word Transcendence already suggests to step beyond our own immature depiction of entertainment and our reflection for what and who we are and where are we going...
In relation to how Dr Caster behaved in the movie with the pattern I had for instance finding out I had cancer - REALITY - it's like unbelievable, far fetched, it's not really feels real first, just like the horror and massive abuse is being shown on TV - so crisp, crystal-clear depiction, it's like a dream, streamed in 24 frames per second inducing a vivid dream state yet we refuse to realize that this is fucking real, many thousands of people just like us are being killed each day for greed, vengeance and hatred - this point of how physical reality, earth is really being is not yet comprehended, not even considered to actually see what it is how and who we exist as and what must be done to open up in order to really transcend our blindness, just to allow reality to be acknowledged, embraced how and what it is in fact who we accepted to became.
Sure movies has characters as humans do but somehow this whole impression in the movie was really what took me, but probably because I could relate with it, writing codes since childhood, learned some Artificial Intelligence at university and this is being combined with my investigation of what is really going on in existence from different angles - and all leads to one single point whether we acknowledge it or not.
I mean when you face the utter inevitability of certain death - you might consider to see yourself, the world in a different way.
For me it was similar with Caster - not that drastic, but I mean, for me 'cancer' is something what one considers in terms of 'life' - even mine was not 'serious', was handled alright, now it's gone, but still, well, from now on every minute is equally important, so I just have to remind myself to do my best, really best and thus no doubt can fit into me, I can nurture a constant self-direction.
And for that the word transcendence can assist and support to see what actually CAN and should be transcended and then comes the HOW.
I mean to acknowledge how we, as humanity as a whole currently are, the direction, the mean, the image and likeness of it, the character - it is not a nice picture, if one does not prepare to face all the abuse on earth can get crazy from it's immensity - because it is so uncool, only the really whole, stable and self-realized ones can remain really themselves in this deep hell without being influenced/lost/given up or even becoming mad yet act for all life and not lost in reactions...
It is so easy to turn our back to reality when all these sufferings influence us, we can feel sad, hopeless, lost - what experience then we identify that "what I feel is who I am, I do not feel good when I do feel bad, even if it is because how reality is, I just want to feel good anyway" - and then booooom, we look around to find something to feel good about - we are so brainwashed from our fear and tendency to dismiss, disregard reality - we re-define, twist and deceive ourselves by creating false ideas of freedom, equality: just to look at how equality now is considered to be associated with gay marriage and women's right to work or the right for to pray our own self-defined god while - and how freedom is defined as the freedom for secrecy, to buy and own things, weapons even if it means other's enslavement as freedom to exploit, abuse by the law etc...
Everything is deception in the value-system of this world somehow and to even consider to transcend is something what's definition and starting point also should be investigated within self-honesty.
I was walking in 'spiritual shoes' for quite some years and I've recognized a tendency to be distanced/desensitized from the actual sufferings of beings on earth and the inevitability of our death - in order to really let go the ego, the mind-tentacles, one indeed should let go the constant worry and false-compassion of feeling sorry for all the pain being caused in existence to be able to stand up as responsible, but it does not mean to become disregarding, to have excuses/justifications why one stops there or never even starts ACTING to accumulate what would be BEST FOR ALL.
But spiritual 'schools' already figured out a loophole from self-honest common sense point with actually make themselves believe that one first must reach enlightenment with non-attachment and meditation/attainment first and then will be able to help others, while all they do is imitating their own lack of non-attachment (btw, on meditation and non-attachment-related self-support to transcend, Sunette shared a great support once and I've made a video transcription for it, it's here) meanwhile the world system is really making earth to become a hellhole by destroying it's ability for healthy living and more and more are endlessly being abused with the totalitarian corporate enslavement to our own self-religion to energy, money, emotions/fears, hopes and neglect.
It's easy to just say 'suffering is not real', 'ego is not real', 'even our physical is not real', but how one could be more delusional than this?
Everything here in this physical is real - you will not find more real in existence than the physical here. It's not bad, it's our relationship with the physical within consciousness systems is what must be realized/understood/'transcended'. Starting with stopping the perception of separation but I walk this step by step from my point of view. First I've met this word in meditation.
So within spiritual agendas TRANSCENDENCE is a tricky one, because it should even start with the self-purification of the word itself.
Transcendence is a great word, in the system from various ways it's such a great word for providing a pricy product for the craving mind-slaves - it is a bit more direct, less ambiguous word than the word spirituality, which is like something what is not required into any sentence, like a filling, if we take out this word from a sentence, it still remains the same:
'I am walking on a spiritual path' - 'I am walking on a path'.
'I felt the spiritual connection when we kissed in the sunset' - 'I felt the connection when we kissed in the sunset'
'Let's go into Gandhi Spiritual Center' - 'Let's go into Gandhi Center'
See - it's like an energy package what seems to be different and at the same time the same for each human - yet it is like a 'filling', in fact just hiding other layers from self without realizing what it really means.
But for me transcendence seemed more like an action word, it points, moves, animates, let's see what the dictionary says about :
To transcend:
going beyond the limits of ordinary experience, comes from the Latin prefix trans-, meaning "beyond," and the word scandare, meaning "to climb." When you achieve transcendence, you have gone beyond ordinary limitations.To ask what limitations we mean - it might also be 'personal' - for instance for me walk through self-limitation from inner beingness with want, will, discipline, diligence, honesty from deception, delusion, aimlessness, suppression, depression, dishonesty.
It suggests towards physical manifestation of being able to do better, more which comes from the inner realization of what I do not accept it anymore.
To clarify what can real transcendence start with we must be able to let go the delusions first to see what is reality here and working with facts makes us possible to really change - otherwise we approach reality with the split-misaligned perception and nothing is what it seems, nothing moves as we want, nothing will happen we desire for.
Thus I see priority by common sense to stop self-delusion first - and the Transcendence movie is specific within that because the 'protagonist' so to speak faces the fact that in physical he is lost, will decay, die but did not give up, he just explored what can be extended and expanded and in terms of inner space, inner awareness, an other platform to exist within and as: computer systems.
Many claim consciousness is life, the origin and destination, the alpha and omega of our existence while not realizing and dare to really investigate, explore, cross-reference and actually try to find the limits of consciousness.
What is consciousness and what is the physical?
What is then life? Is it determined by the organic material, the actual cells, the DNA, the information, the energy?
Obviously within this blog post there might be no answer, but more question, the ever-relevant question we are on is the one of: WHO AM I?
Especially when finding oneself within a system, which is already created, manifested, closed, very much automatized, limited, in fact programmed and as much accumulation and constant, consistent action was made to be formed like it is today - the same constant, consistent accumulation is required to see/realize/understand and then actually change it as ourselves as equal as one.
Many even say why change - ourselves, the world - it is PERFECT as it is, nothing to do, nothing to transcend except our strive and occupation for friction - and THEN we can be free of fear, the ego and thus be able to always move in harmony with everything - yet those who claim it do not really act so - do not really can actually DO anything particular - only demon-stating their choice with self-acceptance within self-limitation and not to question their freedom is like believing what is shown in movies/news that it is exactly the reality because believing what THEY experience without experiencing it is like a religion, not fact.
This self-development and the fascination with EXPERIENCE itself is also a good one to explore - what is experience? Many can say for having experience one does not require body, just a mind, a consciousness to move within and explore through - while in fact just being separated from the human physical body within perception and experience.
So then transcending the human life form, to see what is the most prominent, important point we have as issue, it is obvious if we start to explore this point from ourselves, what we, 'me' need first of all, always, constantly and see where to and whom to it is not given, provided but neglected, locked out from based on ridiculous conditions: no physical support, love, equality is existing, the patterns we imagine, desire, plan and manifest our life from are tainted with self-interest, self-delusion, self-suppression and self-defeat.
Food, water, health care, shelter, education is five most fundamental element of any human yet we are unable to provide that unconditionally and all we have is blame and excuse.
To really transcend who we really are today we must learn how to unlearn what we already have became.
Returning back to the movie once more with the 'reasoning' happened for why current human beingness is more and better by saying to exist within contradiction/friction while loving someone and hating at the same time, to have emotions, feelings while not seeing what really it is:
-Human emotion...It can contain illogical conflict.Can love someone......and yet hate the things that they've done. Machine can't reconcile that.If we really look at it, what actually tells about us how we accept ourselves to exist and with what starting point while not realizing the manifested consequences we create in our reality: Human Consciousness is an energy-friction relationship-network conglomerate, a system, what always exists in polarities, with our thoughts/feelings/emotions hardwired into this system we are being influenced, directed, lived through these relationships separate from our physical beingness, separated from physical earth, separated from our inner self, each other, etc yet we do not recognize that we went too far and in fact are unable to stop this at any time we want, because we became it, became dependent on it, we are separated from each other, from what is here, from who we are through and as this mind consciousness system which always creates/requires energy, dependent on the substance and tries to imitate life.
- Can you?
- Yes.
Just as in the movie: Will Caster's(cool name) uploaded consciousness requires more processing power, more hardware, more energy from physical reality in order to exist, to expand, to influence, to conquer and while we are being mesmerized with this conflict in the movie among fear of change from the 'terrorists and government' and the Caster's predictable change towards technical solutions, virtualisation, connection, evolution etc, we miss the point of the word containing it's definition: con sciousness
Latin conscius: sharing knowledge, from com- with + scīre to know, as in the movie was referred to :
-"Can you prove that you are self-aware?"And to actually see what is this self, and to be aware is also an interesting word:
-"Do you?"
aware: having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perceptionSo as we explore how this system is already pre-defined, pre-programmed, pre-ordained with words, relationships, systems and how we, individuals actually react and operate within action while what exact inner reactions, thoughts, feelings, emotions are emerging we realize that most of our existence is already created as it is and we can say that it is ourselves who decided and created ourselves to be who we are today, but then the point of self-limitation comes into the picture that what are our limits, and what are the reasons to accept those limits?
[Old English gewær; related to Old Saxon, Old High German giwar Latin verērī to be fearful; see beware, wary]
What limits can be transcended, 'go beyond'? How our limits have been created/accepted/being maintained? What are perceptional and physical limits?
Is there any fear what stops us? Is there any desire what distracts us? Why is that?
That is why I refer to the painting what is at the top of this blog posts:
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
Without knowing, understanding, seeing/realizing these points - we are not aware, we are not transcending, just evolving the same as who we were before.
Without figuring out a way from this inequality, this closed consequence-reflection system within our own mind and shared physical reality we remain the same. And to say who and how we are is human nature is like accepting our limitation without even be aware what exactly are our limitations and why they exist and how has been created. Nothing mystical or secret exists within this or hidden magic/sacred wisdom - everything is always here - in front of our eyes, as who we are, as what we do - if we do not see this - we do not know ourselves, we do not know what is here, we do not know anything!
But to walk through the mind, the relationships, the reactions, the personalities, the words - we can learn our creation and be responsible.
The definition of god is what we define it to be - if we accept it as a higher power, it is like accepting ourselves to be a slave, trying to pretend being irresponsible yet claiming free will - it is contradiction, con-tra-dic-tion - controlled-tradition, conned trained addiction, contained dicktation...
These are the points today I reflect from this movie, Transcendence and how to assist and support ourselves from practical, measurable, simple common sense way out from our lack of understanding, from our accepted self-limitation with the Desteni message, tools, study material and group of people.
Self-forgiveness is a self-reflection, a self-direction, self-expression to explore what we have allowed and accepted to became and to realize what must be stopped and changed, really, not only in the mind, but in and as physical reality.
Word by word we re-discover our already manifested creation in the mind and in reality and taking responsibility for what we have accepted and allowed and by being aware the facts, the specific details, we give ourselves a clean vision, a new chance, and forgive ourselves for 'falling' and commit to really change, transcend.
We can talk about happiness, love, freedom of individuals, groups and humanity as a whole but the equation is pretty simple:
Give as you would like to receive.
Love thy neighbor as thyself.
What I would like to have as a human being for living, what I already have, what we tend to be taken granted while if I look at the human system many lack of and they actually suffer and die yet we seclude ourselves into the idea of lack of transcendence with reason, with clarity within friction with confusion until we all get old, sick and die while pretending to love some. It's just weird.
Everybody dies. What is the reason to live? The future, the children to come, the destiny of mankind?
Isn't that love to consider what we leave behind when we die? What to love in this? What IS love then? Is there love? Isn't our love is conditional, pre-defined, limited?
What would mean unconditional love and what it is the price we give away for our adherence to deny our ability, responsibility to transcend our limitations?
To accept people die in hunger, to not having access for water - it is our lack of transcendence - within the delusion of religion of "self-interest", while even the word shows - "self: in the rest" - I am in the rest as well, as equal, as one.
Thus real transcendence in this current scenario we are existing within is not the body to let go, not the nanotechnology to become, not to upload into computer consciousness to be faster, omnipresent, more smart but to understand that we are what we accept and allow as it is consent, it is responsibility, it is self.
Seeing human our-selves to be mesmerized, controlled, divide, separated with energy, fear, money, value systems it is inequality, it is separation from others, in fact self.
We must equalize the money point, the unequal distribution of power on earth in order to transcend our own limitation for be able to live unconditional practical love.
To equalize the money point, to manifest human right REALLY for all from birth unconditionally, equally - to have enough for living by default is already entailing much of the doable, measurable, obvious transcendence which is not in the meditation, spiritual consciousness traveling we can find, but within the simple, basic needs of a human being to give as would like to receive: food, shelter, water, health care, education.
That is my points to give into the word of Transcendence - and pronounce again - I've walked many paths within spiritual/psychedelic/shamanic/tantric 'ways' to dissolve into non-duality and try to overcome my limitations and acceptances and allowances but it is clear that Self-honesty is the eye of the needle to find out what is real transcendence - and to recognize what must be done in terms of stopping participating within consciousness systems, the mind, thoughts, feelings, emotions of polarities to let go and really change, completely, consistently within full understanding of self and consequence.
Thus for transcending one does not require anything but self to be really able to acknowledge/explore/stop and change which for Self-forgiveness is the most practical way to accumulate practical awareness of why and how to actually do that, step by step, one breath at a time.
Because with Self-forgiveness one takes responsibility as a creator/created/creation and becomes aware of self-acceptance and when facing what is being forgiven it comes 'here' - and self starts to see the details, the reasons, the starting points - which is required to self learn to directly change.
I could write much-much more about the movie, the symbolism, the characters, the ideas, the depiction of the movie, but for now this is enough, check out the hangout about it wherein with Mike and Joana (check out their video channel as well with the link in their names) we discuss similar points, 'Taking Transcendence to the next level, with destonian perspective'.
For embracing the word Transcendence I've found the most profound, supporting and surprisingly new perspective within learning about creation, existence, the mind, self-support, business, sex, animals, death and many-many more at http://eqafe.com, which I listen regularly, almost every day, because as I see it is a very strong pillar for the future of education.
Also to start practically work on self-limitations and expanding practical awareness, I suggest Desteni I Process online courses, the starter is the DIP LITE, no money is required, yet a seasoned buddy is supporting the one who starts to explore oneself within regular writing and self-investigation, self-change.
What I will continue with is Self-forgiveness and Self-correction, Self-commitment about the word Transcendence.


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Tom Cruise Will Pay More Than $10 Million In Child Support — New Report
Plus, the report claims that Tom didn't give Katie a lump sum of money during the divorce settlement. Read on for more details!
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have settled their divorce, and even though details remain confidential — a new report claims Suri Cruise is the only one to benefit financially from the split.
TMZ reports that Tom didn't give a "lump sum" during the settlement and that reports claiming Katie received $50 million are "ridiculous."
But the report says that Tom, 50, will pay "over $10 million" in child support. Katie, 33, reportedly has sole custody of their six-year-old daughter.
What do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Are you shocked to hear that Katie didn't receive a lump sum? Weigh in below.
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I made these three Cork iPad Cases over the weekend. Cork is durable and easy to keep clean, just wipe with a damp cloth.
Number one has Treasure Box in Charcoal by Amy Butler. This is upholstery fabric so it is heavier weight.
Number two is the plain Jane. It has navy blue inside. My husband asked for one just like this for his new iPad 3.
Number 3 is my favorite iPad Case! It is made with Passion Vine in Forest, another Amy Butler print.
It looks great with the natural look of the cork. These cases were made for a second or third generation iPad.
Hopefully they will all find good homes.


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7 U.S. Code § 1731 - Commodity determinations
Alcoholic beverages shall not be made available for disposition under this chapter.
Tobacco or the products thereof shall not be made available under section 1727b of this title or subchapter III of this chapter.
Subsection (a)(1) shall not be construed to prohibit representatives of the United States wine, beer, distilled spirits, or other alcoholic beverage industry from participating in agricultural market development activities carried out by the Secretary with foreign currencies made available under subchapter II of this chapter.
2008—Pub. L. 110–246 redesignated subsecs. (b) and (c) as (a) and (b), respectively, in subsec. (b), substituted "(a)(1)" for "(b)(1)", and struck out former subsec. (a). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "No agricultural commodity shall be available for disposition under this chapter if the Secretary determines that the disposition would reduce the domestic supply of the commodity below the supply needed to meet domestic requirements and provide adequate carryover (as determined by the Secretary), unless the Secretary determines that some part of the supply should be used to carry out urgent humanitarian purposes under this chapter."
1996—Pub. L. 104–127 added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which authorized Secretary, after consultation with other affected Federal agencies, to determine agricultural commodities and quantities thereof available for disposition, redesignated subsec. (e) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which provided for modification of determination by Secretary, redesignated subsec. (f) as (c) and substituted "(b)(1)" for "(e)(1)", struck out former subsec. (c) which provided for nonavailability of commodities if domestic supply of such commodities was adversely affected, and struck out subsec. (d) which outlined policies for distribution of commodities to developing countries.
1990—Pub. L. 101–624 amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions authorizing Secretary to determine types and quantities of commodities available for distribution, limiting distribution where domestic supply is threatened, and requiring available storage facilities in recipient country prior to making commodities available to such country as well as finding that distribution will not result in interference with production or marketing in that country.
1979—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 96–53 substituted "to or interference with domestic production or marketing in" for "to domestic production in".
1977—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–113 inserted provisions under which commodities may be made available for disposition if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that some part of the supply of commodities should be used to carry out urgent humanitarian purposes, even though such disposition would reduce the domestic supply of those commodities below that needed to meet domestic requirements, provide adequate carryover, and allow for anticipated exports.
Pub. L. 95–88 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–88 added subsec. (b).
1966—Pub. L. 89–808 substituted provisions relating to determination and criteria for such determination by the Secretary of Agriculture of agricultural commodities available for disposition for former statement of purpose of provisions relating to long-term supply contracts, now covered by subchapter II of this chapter.
1962—Pub. L. 87–703 included in the statement of purpose the stimulation and increase of sales of surplus agricultural commodities for dollars through long-term supply contracts and through the extension of credit for the purchase of such commodities, by agreements with friendly nations or with private trade.
Amendment by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, see section 4(b) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title.
Amendment by Pub. L. 101–624 effective Jan. 1, 1991, see section 1513 of Pub. L. 101–624, set out as a note under section 1691 of this title.
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–53 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 512(a) of Pub. L. 96–53, set out as a note under section 2151 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–113 effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 1901 of Pub. L. 95–113, set out as a note under section 1307 of this title.
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–88 effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 215 of Pub. L. 95–88, set out as a note under section 1702 of this title.
Amendment by Pub. L. 89–808 effective Jan. 1, 1967, see section 5 of Pub. L. 89–808, set out as a note under section 1691 of this title.
Pub. L. 99–198, title XI, § 1163, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1499, as amended by Pub. L. 100–435, title I, § 107, Sept. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 1651; Pub. L. 101–624, title I, § 111, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3380; Pub. L. 103–465, title IV, § 411(c), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4963, provided that:
[Amendment of section 1163 of Pub. L. 99–198, set out above, by Pub. L. 103–465 effective on the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement with respect to the United States (Jan. 1, 1995), except as otherwise provided, see section 451 of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3601 of Title 19, Customs Duties.]
[Amendment of section 1163 of Pub. L. 99–198, set out above, by Pub. L. 100–435 effective and implemented on Oct. 1, 1988, see section 701 of Pub. L. 100–435, set out as a note under section 2012 of this title.]
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