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This letter serves as a final warning:
You were counseled, regarding unprofessional conduct, on the following dates:
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You engaged in unprofessional conduct by yelling at me and a colleague and by communicating your unwillingness to comply with OSHA regulations.
The Director/Manager, and I, informed you this type of unprofessional behavior will not be tolerated. Your continued unprofessional behavior and insubordination is harmful and detrimental to University and clinical operations of the Department name.
Effective immediately, you are required to govern yourself in a professional manner at all times, maintain regulatory compliance and follow instructions of your supervisor.
Through your own admission, you indicated you need to improve your professional conduct. Please be advised that if this problem is not immediately corrected or if there are any other performance problems, or, you engage in unacceptable behavior in the future, your employment will be immediately terminated.
I acknowledge by my signature below that I have been afforded the opportunity to review and sign this correspondence prior to it being placed in my personnel file.
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Congratulations are in order for dancehall queen and fitness instructor Kaffy Ameh on the birth of her second child, this time a girl!
Her hubby Joseph Ameh shared the news via Instagram and as seen below, he's ready to receive the new member into the family.
According to sources, mother and child are doing great.

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We live in a broken, muddy world, but it is beautiful & created for good. God can use it all for His glory.
18 January 2016
Evening Tea Ritual
You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
- C.S. Lewis
My evening tea ritual has become such a staple to my every day. I love how it has become something I invite others over to enjoy with me, as well. There is something I can provide easily: tea. To think that such a small gesture of warmth and welcome is so simple and enjoyable, it is no wonder why tea has always been an important part of hospitality in so many cultures.
That is part of the charm, too. A long history it has, and always given and shared with a sense of welcome to visitors. I do not allow anyone to come over without offering them tea.
Pouring a steaming cup of tea means steeping times which leads to conversation. When there is something pleasant on the horizon, the conversation falls to deeper places. Here, let me pour you some more tea. Filling an empty teacup and handing it to a companion is a delightful exchange of welcome. It is saying to the other, here, take this hot tea with some thoughts flowing through your mind, you are welcome to share. Time is paused.
Occasionally someone does not like tea that much, but I have been amazed how they end up liking it, because when made properly, the best flavours come out. Plus, it is always more fun to drink out of darling teacups or pretty mugs. It is so much fun to serve others, and see them enjoy the tea I make. When I am alone at home, I make a pot for myself, accompanied by a book, of course.
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newpylong wrote:The 518 is now owned by GATX, I suspect anything else that get's a rebuild might be the same case.
MEC407 wrote:My guess is that someone in Billerica did a cost/benefit analysis and figured out that it was cheaper to keep the class lights in place (and replace the bulbs every now and then) than to spend the money on parts and labor to remove them. Perhaps GATX disagrees.
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- Dietary energy requirement of piracanjuba fingerlings, Brycon orbignyanus, and relative utilization of dietary carbohydrate and lipid
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
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- Ten isonitrogenous casein-gelatin-based diets were formulated to contain five estimated metabolizable energy concentrations (10.92, 12.29, 13.63, 14.82 and 16.16 kJ g -1) at two carbohydrate-to-lipid ratios (CHO : L, 5.3 and 12.8, g : g) in a 5 × 2 factorial arrangement. Each diet was assigned to triplicate groups of 11 piracanjuba fingerlings (5.25 ± 0.14 g) and fed to apparent satiation twice a day for 90 days. Higher daily weight gain was obtained by fish fed the 13.63 kJ g -1 diets for both CHO : L ratios. There was a significant reduction of feed consumption when dietary energy concentration increased above 13.63 kJ g -1. Feed conversion ratio and apparent net energy retention improved as dietary energy increased. Apparent net protein retention tended to be lower in the highest and lowest dietary energy concentrations. The results suggest that dietary lipid energy was more efficiently utilized by piracanjuba fingerlings than carbohydrate energy. Body composition and hepatosomatic index (HSI) were not influenced by dietary CHO : L ratio. However, an increase in dietary energy concentration beyond 13.63 kJ g -1 resulted in a significant increment in lipid deposition, while body moisture and HSI decreased. Our findings indicate that at 300 g kg -1 dietary crude protein, a CHO : L ratio of 5.3 is recommended for piracanjuba, and the required energy is either 13.63 kJ g -1 if raised for aquaculture or 14.82 kJ g -1 if destined to stock enhancement. © 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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- Aquaculture Nutrition, v. 12, n. 3, p. 183-191, 2006.
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Deputy Sheriff George Piepkorn was stabbed to death while trying to arrest a suspect during a domestic dispute.
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Entry for 2017 National Visually Impaired Tennis Championships | News
Chris Baily and Brenda Cassell, Great Britain's first ever visually impaired tennis finalists in international competition, are among a host of defending champions set to contest the 2017 National Visually Impaired Tennis Championships, which takes place for the first time at Loughborough University Tennis Centre from Friday 6 to Sunday 8 October.
Loughborough hosts the National Championships for the first time due to the rapid increase in the number of players playing visually impaired tennis, with in excess of 55 players bidding for men's and women's singles and doubles titles in B1 to B4 sight categories, with B1 players having the greatest degree of sight loss.
For the third year in a row the National Championships will also include the National Visually Impaired Tennis Awards, which will honour players and personalities in this rapidly expanding and increasingly popular adaptation of tennis.
Many of the players competing at the National Championships this coming weekend have enjoyed success in at least one of the six Tennis Foundation Regional Visually Impaired Tennis Series tournaments held across this year.
Loughborough hosted the first of this year's Tennis Foundation regional events in February, with Cassell among the singles winners on that occasion before being one of six members of the first ever Great Britain visually impaired tennis team that contested the 1st International Blind Tennis Tournament in Spain in May.
Cassell finished runner-up in the women's B2 singles in Spain, where Baily was crowned champion in the men's B3 singles. Also selected for the Great Britain team in Spain was Nikhil Nair, who will be competing in his fourth successive National Championships. B1 singles National champion in 2015, he finished runner-up in 2016, but will hope for victory again this year when B1 men's and women's singles events will be contested separately for the first time.
Kirsty Thomson, the Tennis Foundation's Disability Tournament Director:
"The Tennis Foundation has supported an increasing number of blind and visually impaired tennis sessions across the country in the last few years and record participation numbers have resulted in us not only needing to find a new venue for this year's National Championship, but we are also able to stage separate singles events across all sight categories from B1 to B4 for men and women players.
"This is great news for the continued evolution and future of visually impaired tennis. On top of that we recently held our first junior visually impaired tennis festival in Loughborough, with 18 young players having great fun on court and learning the basics of the sport. We are now looking forward to also having a come and try session for junior players during this weekend's National Championships, with the opportunity to experience match play for those who wish to.
"It's great to have record numbers of players now enjoying the game and we look forward to being able to honour some of the people who have given so much to the sport at the third Tennis Foundation National Visually Impaired Tennis Awards."
Other players of note contesting this year's National Championships include James Currie and Rosine Pybus, both singles and doubles winners alongside Cassell at Loughborough's regional tournament in February. Currie and Pybus have gone on to multiple titles at this year's regional tournaments, as has Callum Lock. Meanwhile, Jan Reynolds and Paul Ryb have also earned singles titles this year ahead of attempting to add to the impressive collections of National titles they have earned in past years.
Visually impaired tennis is adapted from the full court version of tennis to a smaller court, marked out with lower nets and using an audible ball so players can hear it bounce. Depending on a player's degree of sight loss they may have between one and three bounces of the ball before returning it back to their opponent.
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The investors and audience were impressed with the high impact IQwind technology brings to the total cost of wind energy.
Hopkins Park, IL (PRWEB) March 25, 2010
IQwind, innovator of a variable gearbox for the wind industry known as the IQgearbox, announced today that it has been chosen as the winner of the "Doing Good and Doing Well" Cleantech Venture Seminar Viewers' Choice Award. The conference was held on February 26-27th at the IESE Business School in Barcelona.
The IESE Business School is ranked amongst the top 3 business schools in Europe and is the organizer of the "Doing Good and Doing Well" annual event, which focuses on trends in Cleantech and Venture Capital Funding.
IQwind was chosen as the most outstanding company by a panel of 15 of Europe's finest Cleantech venture capital firms as well as the audience popular vote.
"The investors and audience were impressed with the high impact IQwind technology brings to the total cost of wind energy." said Aron Kuehnemann, a member of the IESE organizing committee.
"IQwind continues to be recognized as a high potential player in the clean energy field. We are pacing toward commercialization of our uniquely positioned IQgear technology. Our first step is to retrofit existing wind turbines to improve their annual production by up to 20%" said Gideon Ziegelman, founder and CEO of IQWind Ltd. "Consequently, we plan to leverage the technology to develop our own new turbine (IQturbine) centred around the IQgear. The IQturbine will reduce initial cost and improve efficiency; thus it has the potential to be a true game changer in the wind market" added Mr. Ziegelman.


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The are really no German families on this Liechtenstein gas station where we are. The only cars around are packed with families coming back from holidays. A camper finally decides against taking us with them. Too bad.
Then a Swissman is apparently offering Dany to give us a lift to the Austrian border checkpoint. We're thankful for any ride moving us forward.
It's a short ride to the border in Bregenz.
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Comfort Vs Commitment
Contributed by Rick Boyne on Aug 12, 2013 (message contributor)
Summary: The Christian is called to choose commitment over comfort and convenience every time.
Comfort vs Commitment
August 11, 2013 Evening Service
Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK
Rick Boyne
Message Point: The Christian is called to choose commitment over comfort and convenience every time.
Focus Passage: Luke 9:57-62
Introduction: The kids and I were watching a show on the Science Channel the other day. They showed a recent invention of a power saw that has some sort of sensor hooked up to it so that it will stop if it comes in contact with flesh. They demonstrated the function by first cutting through a 2x4. Then, they took a hot dog wiener and slowly brought it in contact with the blade. To our amazement, some do-hickey was employed and stopped the saw blade instantly. We considered it a success, after all, who would actually WANT to put their finger in a table saw blade? We were totally and completely amazed when the inventor of the saw then volunteered to put HIS finger in the blade. They had slo-motion close-up cameras all in position. The man slowly and gently moved his finger toward the spinning blade. At the very first touch of the blade, the do-hickey was employed, the blade stopped instantly, and the man did not suffer even a scrape on his finger! No blood! No loss of flesh! Nothing! If Christians employ that kind of commitment to our Lord, just imagine how different our world would be!
I. The Opportunist
a. The opportunist is interested in what they can get out of the relationship.
b. The first man expected, that if Jesus were to be King, he could get in on some of the good stuff.
c. Many Christians only come to church to see what they can get. They don't even consider what they have to offer. To them, church is "about me."
d. "And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name's sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life. (Matthew 19:29 NASB)
II. The Excuse Maker
a. The excuse maker does just that. Gives every excuse in the book to not be involved, to not share the Gospel, to not give offerings, even to not attend services. Excuses instead of commitment.
b. While this man's "excuse" was legitimate, it was still an excuse. The call was urgent.
c. And however strange and odd such a phrase may sound in the ears of some, of one dead man's burying another, it was easily understood by a Jew; with whom it is common to say, החוטא חשוב כמת, "that a sinner is counted as dead, and that ungodly persons, even while they are alive", קרויין מתים, are "called dead" (John Gill)
III. The Procrastinator
a. The procrastinator has good intentions, but lets laziness or circumstances get in the way of commitment.
b. This man wanted to get things squared away at home. He wasn't wholly committed to following the Lord. He was going to have trouble choosing between Jesus and "stuff."
c. "If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. (Luke 14:26 NASB)
Invitation: Are you REALLY committed to following Jesus? Or are you in it just to get something in this life? (or out of the church) Are you ready to give up EVERYTHING for Him?
[The audio of this sermon being preached can be downloaded here http://sermon.net/rboyne/sermonid/1200077672]
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From where it flows into the Tweed at Innerleithin, a solitary road runs up alongside the Leithen Water — Abhainn Leitheinn, the grey river — and is soon enclosed in perfect round and green hills.
It twists and turns and climbs northwards through these, the Moorfoot Hills, treading a path between Whitehope Law and Windlestraw Law.
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Part of the Southern Uplands: a fine set of landscapes, but generally neglected by most outside of southern and central Scotland — overshadowed by the more extreme geology of the Highlands, or by similar hill ranges in places more accessible from Britain's other centres of population.
The road summits one valley and drops into the next.
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…in which baffled by a bog and beaten by a wall we conclude that tearooms, BnBs and buses are the way of the future.
Knarsdale to Once Brewed, 17 miles.
At Greenhead there's a hotel with a bar and catering and a private hostel too but unless you're overnighting the most relevant resource is probably the wonderful tearoom. More than just tea and buns, it does good hot meals including a soup-and-a-toastie deal that is one of the best bargains on The Way. It has decent loos and reliable free WiFi as well as tremendous homemade cakes, several of which will find their way into your rucksack if you've any eye for a cake at all. Great tearoom, great people.
At Walltown Quarry (669 660, NTG p.154) there's a large car park where the Northumberland National Park has a small shop with loos and some limited refreshments, check seasonal opening times. This is tourist country – there's another useful loo at Cawfield Quarry car park further on (about 715 665, NTG p. 156).
Accommodations are numerous in these parts including campsites the most convenient of which for Wayfarers is probably Winshields Farm at Twice Brewed, which also has a bunk house, a small shop and does breakfasts. As this was my companion's last night on The Way, we stayed in luxury at the delightful Vallum Lodge nearby, a curious-looking place but really lovely and run by some of the friendliest people in the BnB business.
The Twice Brewed Inn is unrecognisable from the minimal roadhouse of my youth and from reviews that criticise the food; it's clearly had a major leg up as my meal in June 2016 was both ambitious and delicious and the place was very popular with locals as well as visitors.
Above Lambley the path is unclear, just take a more or less diagonal route down to cross the A689, which has swung west away from the river. Don't aim for the minor road heading off to the northwest though, that's a little too far west; you should see fingerposts.
Update July 2017: the Trail Officer tells me (via Twitter) that new waymarkers on this next section are now making life easier.
After Lambley comes the fun of Hartleyburn and Blenkinsopp Commons where I've got absurdly lost on both south-north and north-south PWs. I don't know what happens here, compass gremlins, unusually vibrant leylines, I always seem to end up ploughing through trackless and enervatingly tufty swamps. As far as I can work out my problems start soon after the lovely Kellah Burn. Don't go west to Ash Cleugh (recognisable by the large Ash tree, until dieback arrives anyway), follow The Way through Greenriggs. Over their back garden wall is a ladder stile that drops you into what other than in midsummer is a small swamp like a pocket Okavango. You then squelch directly up the slope to another stile, observing the farm buildings of Highside within shouting distance to your right.
Your target is the fence line over to the far west at which there is a marker post (below). Here The Way turns ninety degrees to head virtually due north along the fence. The diagonal, corner-cutting yellow line on the NTG map is unhelpful. Get to the fence by hook or by crook and don't turn north too soon, the fence is your bestie, the sedge your nemesis.
Once found, walk up alongside the fence through a mosaic of varyingly traumatic mires, quagmires and bogmires. Do cut the corner, as shown on the NTG map, where a wall goes left then then the fence again right uphill. At the top there is a rusted loose-hanging gate to your left. Through here even in moderate visibility you should see the small and unimpressive lumps of rock called Eadleystone. Their name is helpfully obscured by the number 63 in the new NTG (p.149).
Then aim somewhat to the right of the Black Hill trig point finding a ladder stile over the wall at about 643 636. Over the wall there's a very wet ditch to the left of The Way, which renders more amusing any detour to the trig point, the only dry ground hereabouts. Bumble down through bogs to the power lines and to what the NTG claims is a 'field with two old buildings'. Damian Hall must have been cross-eyed from Spine Racing by this point because I can only see one.
This is now the annoying Gap Shields dogleg. In June 2016 the fingerpost where The Way turns right onto the track (6415 644) had fallen down, in October it had been removed, but the track is obvious. Less obvious is how far you need to walk until the turning north – quite far in fact. Here The Way bends counter intuitively northwest again down an obvious track along a line of stunted trees that are characterful but clearly struggling. They probably thought the same about us.
The NTG bizarrely advises walking along the A69 into Greenhead. This is completely unnecessary, even if you can't be bothered with following The Way around the boring golf course. Cross the A69 and ascend the wooden steps up to and through the large hedge on the far side, then turn immediately right and push through the vegetation between the hedge and the stock pens. This path is used by locals and should be visible even if overgrown, it leads directly onto a disused stretch of the old A69 running along the top of Greenhead Bank. This in turn leads you quietly and safely, if a little spookily, down to the railway bridge and then, just over it on the left, the tearoom.
From the tearoom, assuming you're not a purist and can't be bothered with the golf course, don't go up the lane that runs parallel with the railway and also ignore the footpath sign to the right of the cottages. Instead, just before that cross a sleeper bridge with blue-green railings over the river then turn left onto a new tarmac cycleway; this is a short cut to Thirlwall Castle. Navigation along the Wall is obvious; don't try a lower short cut along the Vallum to Once Brewed as we did, there's numerous fences, bogs and other obstacles.
Once Brewed has most unhelpfully been excised from the map in the new NTG (p.157), the campsite is by the B 6318. On the map draw a line more or less perpendicular to the Wall from Green Slack, on the ground take the path that leaves the Wall at 738 673. Vallum Lodge is a little further along that road on the left (north), the pub a little further still on the right (south). For those leaving The Way here after completing a Gargrave to Once Brewed two-weeker, the bus stops are just after the pub, opposite the site of a massive new youth hostel and visitor centre currently (October 2016) still under construction.
Hartleyburn Common is such hard work if you miss the path, the tussocks of sedge are mountainous, the gaps between them abyssal and lacustrine. It was a slog, further aggravated by depressing navigational incompetence. The tearoom at Greenhead though is a wonderful, restorative haven. It was encouragingly busy too, lots of oldies, lots of families, lots of foreigners asking convoluted directions far more ambitious than I could even attempt in a second language. The staff seemed patient and kind, the homemade pea and ham soup was perfect, the tea hot and refreshing.
At Walltown the meadows were a mass of orchids, a truly wonderful sight. However the Pennine Way is a nontrivial undertaking and after our sheep-enlivened night at Knarsdale we were a bit tired. Getting lost on Hartleyburn Common is dispiriting. My companion's feet were past their walk-by date. All in all, we weren't in the best shape to appreciate Hadrian's Wall. Attitudes to The Wall do seem to vary. Both Wainwright and Tony Hopkins (in the old NTG) suggest a short day to explore and enjoy it. Spine Racer Damian Hall in the new NTG however prescribes a blistering 22 mile day from Greenhead, giving the Wall short shrift indeed. I'd visited Hadrian's Wall on several holidays and so we weren't that engaged by it this time, to be honest. In fact we hobbled along it as quickly as we could manage, excited far more by the prospect of a hot bath in a luxury BnB.
Even our quickest hobbling wasn't very quick; don't underestimate how hard walking the Wall is, it's a fair distance and there's lots of steep ups and downs. For many Wayfarers, especially from overseas, it's a thrilling highlight, of course. Take it as you find it; on a nice day it's undoubtedly a world-class experience.
Vallum Lodge looks like a small suburban roadside hotel and it is in fact by a road, albeit a very quiet one. However the ambience once you enter the incongruous building, surrounded by chickens and horses, is relaxed and thoroughly rural. There was an honesty bar, WiFi, a wonderful bath with endless hot water, a comfy bed, what was not to like? 'Nothing' said my companion, getting into a warm, dry, bed of crisp white linen and obstinately refusing to leave it for the pub or anything else short of Armageddon. The breakfast was exceptionally good too with really nice touches such as homemade lemon curd. It was pushing the top end of our price bracket but as a treat for someone's last night on the Pennine Way it was well worth it.
In the footsteps of Simon Armitage, I hobbled alone to the Twice Brewed Inn to watch international football. As with Hadrian's Wall generally it seemed oppressively busy after the peace of The Way. Once I'd extracted an excellent meal from their rather ineffective food ordering system I returned to Vallum Lodge and oppressed my football-hating companion with the telly in the room (and the terrible game) instead.


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Selling pre-loved and new items NEW = New & Unused REDUCED = Big mark down on prices SALE = 50% off the listed price Postage ranges from $3.50 on and may be required when really low offers are accepted.
Great seller to deal with. Prompt delivery and replies. Item as described. Thank you ❤


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Among 43 analysts covering Splunk Inc (NASDAQ:SPLK), 34 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 9 Hold. Therefore 79% are positive. Splunk Inc had 151 analyst reports since August 24, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLK) has "Outperform" rating given on Monday, August 31 by Credit Suisse. As per Monday, August 31, the company rating was maintained by Cantor Fitzgerald. The rating was maintained by FBR Capital on Saturday, August 29 with "Buy". The stock of Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLK) has "Outperform" rating given on Friday, August 19 by Wedbush. The stock has "Hold" rating by Wedbush on Thursday, June 15. The stock of Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLK) earned "Outperform" rating by Wedbush on Friday, August 28. On Friday, February 19 the stock rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets with "Outperform". The firm has "Buy" rating by Canaccord Genuity given on Monday, August 31. The firm has "Equalweight" rating by Barclays Capital given on Friday, May 27. The company was maintained on Monday, July 24 by Stifel Nicolaus. See Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLK) latest ratings:
29/01/2018 Broker: Needham Rating: Buy New Target: $115.0 Maintain
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27/11/2017 Broker: Citigroup Rating: Hold New Target: $73.0
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17/11/2017 Broker: FBN Securities Rating: Buy New Target: $90.0 Maintain
17/11/2017 Broker: Stifel Nicolaus Rating: Hold New Target: $75.0 Maintain
iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (EWZS) formed multiple top with $17.82 target or 9.00% above today's $16.35 share price. iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (EWZS) has $83.53 million valuation. The ETF decreased 2.21% or $0.37 during the last trading session, reaching $16.35. About 30,763 shares traded. iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:EWZS) has risen 49.88% since February 9, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 33.18% the S&P500.
Investors sentiment increased to 1.41 in 2017 Q3. Its up 0.35, from 1.06 in 2017Q2. It improved, as 33 investors sold Splunk Inc. shares while 81 reduced holdings. 53 funds opened positions while 108 raised stakes. 143.10 million shares or 3.45% more from 138.32 million shares in 2017Q2 were reported. Commonwealth Bank & Trust Of Australia holds 100 shares. Salem Invest Counselors reported 6,445 shares. Proshare Advsr Ltd Liability has 0% invested in Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLK) for 4,639 shares. Loring Wolcott Coolidge Fiduciary Advsrs Limited Liability Partnership Ma invested in 7 shares or 0% of the stock. Gofen And Glossberg Lc Il has 0.06% invested in Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLK) for 26,339 shares. Pictet Asset Management Ltd invested in 0.33% or 1.74 million shares. Qs Investors Lc, New York-based fund reported 2,907 shares. Bridgewater Associates Ltd Partnership stated it has 40,963 shares or 0.02% of all its holdings. Toronto Dominion Savings Bank has invested 0% in Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLK). State Street has invested 0.02% of its portfolio in Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLK). Ahl Ptnrs Llp reported 3,418 shares. Gsa Capital Limited Liability Partnership accumulated 14,417 shares or 0.07% of the stock. Wesbanco National Bank owns 84,914 shares. Deutsche Comml Bank Ag owns 381,019 shares. Gulf Bankshares (Uk) owns 41,779 shares or 0.04% of their US portfolio.
The stock decreased 3.56% or $3.17 during the last trading session, reaching $85.94. About 2.14 million shares traded or 17.45% up from the average. Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLK) has risen 30.53% since February 9, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 13.83% the S&P500.


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We're All Out HERE. Some more than others. Not the meaning of life. Not even close. What, you were expecting the answer?
Why is yawning contagious?
It may not be one of life's deepest mysteries, but as scientific conundrums go, it has a peculiar staying power. Why is yawning contagious? Researchers recently found that yawning isn't only catching among people; it is also among chimpanzees.No one has devised a fully convincing explanation of why.
Compounding the mystery is the odd way in which the contagious power of yawning is largely unconscious. We can see someone yawn, yearn to replicate the action ourselves, and do it, all without thinking about it. Other times we're aware it is happening, though it still floats somewhere beneath the realm of reason and of purposeful actions.
So what gives? In an effort to find the answer, the Finnish government recently funded a brain scanning study. The results turned up some hard-to-interpret, possible clues. It also confirmed the obvious: yawn contagion is largely unconscious. Wherever it might affect the brain, it bypasses the known brain circuitry for consciously analyzing and mimicking other people's actions.
"And I bet you just yawned looking at that picture...heh."
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Dutch Thai experiences with buidling a happy/gay theater cafe/bar in Thailand's Patong Beach on Phuket. An adventure in which we will try to create a home a way from home, where foreigners ("farang" in Thai) and Thai alike, will feel at home and enjoy making decent fun together. The Backstage, small as it is, will organise or facilitate all kinds of entertainment, life music, lipsync shows, karaoke, cabaret, stand-up-comedy, whatever cusotmers or we come up with ;-)
Sunday, 8 August 2010
Two in One, The Backstage finally started!
Sunday the 8th, finally we started to operate our Backstage.
Right: The first customers at Backstage, Nextdoor, from left to right Rob, Hans, Jub & Gong. Hans, when in Patong Phuket, regularly game by to wittness the progres between april and now!
Am not unpleasantly surprised with the result. The atmosphere we think is good, BUT has and no doubt wil improve in time... because The Backstage is not about perfection but about creating a relaxing home for all who visit us... and as such that will take time ofcourse.
Hopefully all your comments and of all who come to visit us, wil make The Backstage grow into something more, a true Purple Meeting Point, a little gem, hiden away in a side street, where ALL feel welcome and at home.
A challenge indeed, and that challenge is just starting!
2 in 1
The Backstage now consist of a 'pocket' theater, with one of the smallest stages, comfortable couches and chairs as well as karaoke fascilities on one side.
And, what we like to call Backstages Nextdoor,
where our bar ( a former receptiondesk) is located, where one can eat, drink, play games, talk, meet, whatever one likes to do.
The place, or should I know say places, is not perfect yet... a lot of little things still need to be done... and even when all done, The Backstage, we hope, will never be finished, because we like and hope to be able to adjust to our friends & customers wishes. LOgical, we think, if you like to be there home away from home ;-)
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For the three or four of you who somehow missed seeing these adorable cat videos, here you go.
Up first, "Surprised Kitty":
Up next, "The Return of Ninja Cat":
And finally, my favorite, "French bulldog [with cat]." It's the cat that totally makes this video, IMHO.
[Thanks to my Facebook friends and Cuteoverload.com for bringing these to my attention.]
Random Observations on a Traitor
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Today's featured Still Listening song is "Lullaby" by the Dixie Chicks. A tough song to listen to, in a way, but the refrain brings peace to many parents who have experienced a loss: "How long do you wanna be loved? / Is forever enough? / Is forever enough? / 'Cause I'm never never giving you…
You'd be three today my darling Ariella. I see girls your age and I'm always stunned by how old they look. I can't imagine you that big and that hurts. I was scared that one day I wouldn't be able to imagine you growing up and that day has come. It hurts so much my baby!…
What Nobody Told Me About Grief
Nobody told me how it would feel. How it would hurt. How it would change me on a cellular level. They told me about what would happen to my body and to his. They told me my options for burial or cremation. They told me things like "At least you are young, you can try…
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This will likely be the hardest thing you'll ever do. Survive this. And eventually, maybe even thrive again. At times it will feel virtually impossible. You'll wonder how a human being can survive such pain. You'll learn you know how to defy the impossible. You did it from the moment your child's heart stopped, and yours kept…
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It was really great to preach through Ruth this past month. I come away from it with a renewed sense of God's grace, of his wondrous work of providence in the lives of ordinary people, and a greater appreciation of the thrilling work of redemption wrought by Christ Jesus. Here's a link to the sermon audio: click here. The final sermon should be up soon.
Now I'm excited about moving on to 1 John. Here's a motivating quote from John Stott's little commentary:
A fresh certainty about Christ and about eternal life, based upon the grounds which John gives, can still lead Christian people into that boldness of approach to God and of testimony to men, which is sorely needed as it is sadly missing in the church today.


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I'm looking forward to each and every gathering I have on my calendar. But worried about all that food I have to eat! During our 4 1/2 day holiday in Subic, I ate from sun up to sun down. Had dinner twice last night on NY's Eve --- first with my family, and then with Neal's relatives. I didn't want to touch anything anymore when we got to my SIL's house last night but all the senior citizens kept asking me why I wasn't eating. So off I went to the buffet table and absent-mindedly grabbed whatever I could (including the yearly highlight --- lechon!).
Today, I thought we would just stay home and try to recover from all the gatherings but NO. My Dear Dad insisted we have NY's Day lunch out. Here we go again! And after that, I have to meet up with a very close cousin who's here on vacation from Virginia and will be leaving tomorrow. What else can we do but have merienda somewhere? Geez...
Tomorrow? I'm having lunch with ex-Shangrila colleagues @ Cantinetta in Rockwell. Then I have to run off to Neal's Tita's condo in the afternoon for another gathering.
Saturday? It's my SIL's birthday so we're eating out for sure.
Sunday? My barkada is having our annual holiday get-together.
Good luck to me! I hope I can still fit into my old clothes after all this chaos!
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Tharuighagh was a lich active in the early 14th century DR.
Tharuighagh was destroyed by the famed mercenary Brandon in the hills near Saerb in Sembia some time before 1356 DR.[1][2]
- ↑ Jeff Grubb, Ed Greenwood and Karen S. Martin (1987). Forgotten Realms Campaign Set (DM's Sourcebook of the Realms). (TSR, Inc), p. 19. ISBN 0-8803-8472-7.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Julia Martin, Jeff Grubb (1993). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised), Running the Realms. (TSR, Inc), p. 32. ISBN 1-5607-6617-4.


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His family didn't find him. They wouldn't have as not one of them had visited in more than a year. It was strangers, sort of. The police officers, the deputy coroners. They knew Hutch, but didn't know really know him. No one did.
He had been dead maybe five days. The window of his bedroom was coated with a black film. The room was an assault on the senses. The younger officer, Neeley, wore a mask to keep the scent out, but it made its way in through his ears and when he tasted Hutch's death at the back of his throat he tossed up in the corner. Neeley was still dry heaving in the yard when they found the first medal.
In a trunk at the foot of the bed where the changed body of Hutch Gavin was found knotted and swollen, Officer Henson saw the Purple Heart first. He pointed it out and after the coroner's office had Hutch out of the house he and the others pulled the trunk into the living room.
The usual items, aside from the Purple Heart, but then two or three certificates and then another medal, a Bronze Star. Henson and two others continued until a shade of pale blue stopped them, froze them solid.
Henson pulled the last medal from the trunk. In the powder blue ribbon were captured bits of dust, the wing and leg of a fly. Henson stood stick straight, his chest pushed out, and wiped at the medal. Read the word over and over: Valor. He'd seen pictures of this medal, heard stories. Names came to mind. Alvin York. Audie Murphy. But never Hutch Gavin. Hutch Gavin should have been given a medal with the word Drunk written on it. Or Pothead. Not Valor.
Henson walked to the window overlooking the camp town of Sentry, an old coal camp, the houses placed along the hillside and roadside at perfect six or seven feet intervals. How many heroes lived in those houses? Not many. Drunks. Thieves. Pillheads. Most of them wouldn't work enough to strike a lick at a snake.
He shoved the medal in his pocket and went outside for some air. When a deputy coroner met him at the corner of the house he asked about the medals, said the boys had told him about it. Henson told him there were a couple. He said he'd seen them all before.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Wikiphotomicro: Day 20 - "Discovering Hutch Gavin"
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Four of my new stories on the horizon in four great journals
Distressing news first. I sent out a manuscript to some important people and realize now it was in critical need of about three more draft...
I've published for the last couple of years an online journal called The Airgonaut . I've placed a submission closed update there t...
Best Small Fictions 2017 Guest Editor Amy Hempel Series Editor Tara L. Masih Braddock Avenue Books (September, 2017) $13 (Braddock Av...


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Last week the European Court of Auditors released its Work Programme for 2016 (WP). At the same time, President Caldeira presented the document before the European Parliament CONT committee, in charge of the political control over the management of the EU budget (both on the expenditure and revenue sides). Making its audit intentions public (and available to the general audience through the website) is a well-established habit for the ECA, which contributes to a greater transparency (and thus accountability) of the Court's work.
The adoption of the work programme (WP) follows a bottom-up approach. Although the Court is a collegiate body of 28 auditors, its internal organization features five chambers (four of them deal with specific policy areas with an impact on the EU expenditure and revenue, while CEAD chamber ensures horizontal coordination). The adoption of the WP starts with the drafting and adoption, at the chambers level, of their own contribution to the annual work programme of the Court. The five members of the Court that have been elected as Deans of the chambers have arguably a greater input in this process, given that they table the first proposal in view of the chamber's draft work programme. The chambers' contributions then converge in the draft annual WP and is in turn adopted by the Court, acting as a college.
Following the principle of planning, WPs circumscribe the scope of the ECA's audit activity throughout a one-year timeframe, as stated in Article 30 (2) of the ECA's rules of procedure: "The Court shall perform its audits in accordance with the aims laid down in its work programme". Against this backdrop, the WP represent a useful source of information as to the audit activities we can expect this year of the 'guardians of the European finances'.
Additionally, the WP has an undeniable political value. In 2016, the European Union is facing extraordinary challenges such as the long-lasting economic crisis, the impact of climate change, the massive influx of migrants/refugees across the South-East external borders in 2016, and terrorism. Providing joint solutions that are sustainable and efficient requires, now more than ever, a sound management of the financial resources by both the EU and national administrations. Accordingly, the ECA's WP may also be interpreted as an institutional commitment to remain vigilant in the areas that matter the EU the most, right now.
President Caldeira highlighted this idea before the European Parliament: it is "essential for the EU to make best use of the limited means at its disposal, both legislative and budgetary. In other words, improving prioritisation and performance are now key issues for the EU, in particular as it reviews its long-term strategy and multi-annual financial framework. The Court's 2016 Work Programme reflects that reality."
Finally, here is a personal take on the most interesting priority audit tasks included in WP'2016:
- Asylum, migration & security: EU's response to the refugee crisis (I can hardly wait for the outcome); Commission tools to tackle terrorism; EU measures against human trafficking; development cooperation in Africa (focus on regional programmes).
- Economic & financial governance: the operation of the European Semester after 5 years implementation (the ECA's proactive stance towards the new instruments of economic governance put in place in the aftermath of the economic crisis is very welcome)
- Energy and climate strategy: landscape review (hopefully as inspiring as previous exercices carried out by the Court)
- Internal Market (including digital agenda): EU measures to support the mobility of workers within the EU; progress on the EU financial services Directive; limits to business in the single market; EU co-financed investments in high speed rail lines (do I see state and substate administrations tidying up their drawers?).
- Mid-term review of Europe 2020: project selection in cohesion policy; basic payment scheme in agriculture.
- Financial accountability of EU institutions: notably featuring a review of the performance of the European Court of Justice (sorry to disappoint newcomers, this will not regard Opinion 2/13 but the implementation of its own budget).
I guess it is fair to conclude that WP'2016 serves as a good teaser for external observers on the future activity of the Court of Auditors. We await its results.
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May 2, 2016 | On: India Today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship scheme 'Start Up India' meant to boost digital entrepreneurship at the grassroots level has received huge response from budding entrepreneurs.
Within a month of its launch, the startup portal has received over 200 registration. Now, to move the startup movement forward, particularly in smaller cities, the Centre is in the process of joining hands with states to set up start up hub.
PM Modi kicked off the ambitious Start Up India movement in January. Thereafter, the DIPP launched the startup web portal and mobile app to provide a single point contact for the entire startup ecosystem in April. The portal is meant to enable startups to avail tax benefits announced in the startup action plan.
The officer said that the department is engaging with state governments in building incubation capacities for young entrepreneurs. "This is the basic requirement for any startup to take off. States partnership is necessary. The department will provide full handholding. The department has written to the states on this," added Singh.
Modi government has already declared the fund for startups in the Budget and accordingly Rs 2,500 crore each year would be released over next four years to SIDBI. All the tax benefits will be extended to budding entrepreneurs after the passage of the Finance Bill.
Speaking about the web platform for startups, Himanshu Gupta, a budding entrepreneur who has come up with a web based rental solution, said that it has become very helpful for the people like him to register as a startup without making rounds of offices. "I have already started my website kirayewala.in. I have gone though the startup portal and very soon I will register with it. This is very helpful as it gives real-time verification certificate," said Gupta.
Himanshu said the PM's scheme has inspired him to quit his job and to start his own venture. He said that portal Kirayewala.in was started very recently and it is getting thousands of clicks per day. "We are working on innovate ideas to provide all kinds of rental solution. Government's scheme will be very helpful for us in availing various benefits as a startup," he added.
The startup portal provides with a realtime recognition certificate. Moreover, start-ups can also find information regarding various notifications issued by government ministries and information about incubators and funding agencies.
Also, the site features the Startup India Hub, established within Invest India, which is a single point of contact for the ecosystem enabling exchange of knowledge. This works like a hub and spoke model with governments, VCs, angel funds, incubators, mentors. It also assists start-ups through their lifecycle, on all aspects, such as providing mentorship, incubator facilities, IPR support and funding.
Government incentives include a tax holiday and 'inspector raj'-free regime for three years, capital gains tax exemption and funding of startups. To reduce the regulatory burden on startups, a self-certification scheme in respect of nine labour and environment laws has also been initiated by various government departments.


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And he's not in jail because....?
A City Council candidate who once brought a hatchet to a Planning Commission meeting got the attention of Secret Service agents because he distributed fliers advocating the assassination of President Bush.....Daniel Avila, 25, admitted Wednesday that he handed out fliers at the city's Oktoberfest celebration stating, "President George W. Bush Deserves to Be Assassinated." The handbill also called for a sex attack on the president's twin daughters.


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James W. Fowler in his book Stages of Faith (1995), describes what might be called faith development. Movement deeper into faith. I thought it might be interesting to consider his 6 faith stages as they relate persons with disabilities, their families and their supporters.
Today we will begin the discussion with an overiview of Stage 1: Intuitive-Projective faith. Some bullet points about Stage 1 faith from Fowler.
-fantasy filled, imitative phase
-most typical of children 3-7
-imaginative processes underlying fantasy are unrestrained and uninhibited by logical thought
-the stage of first self-awareness
-first awareness of death and sex and the strong taboos by which cultures and families insulate these powerful areas
-emergent strength of this stage is the birth of imagination
-transition precipitated by emergence of concrete operational thinking and a growing need to know how things are, distinguishing between what is real an what only seems to be.
In relation to persons with cognitive disabilities several of the bullet points stand out. The notions of fantasy unrestrained by logical thought, imitation, self-awareness, cultural values and distinguishing reality. Lets discuss each of these briefly.
Fantasy unrestrained by logical thought can be seen in the blurring of reality and fantasy. Individuals with severe cognitive disability will look at television programs, whatever the subject, and perceive what is viewed as reality. They haven't the framework or the capacity to make discriminations between what is real and what isn't. We will sometimes play act a story in our program for adults. Perhaps I will act as if I am taking someone's posession, or making a rude comment. Individuals in the class will at times physically prevent me from taking the object from another, or worry what will happen if my wife finds out. They verbaly state that they understand that I am just "pretending," however, their actions betray the fact that they aren't sure.
Self-awareness is observed in their requesting something they desire, asking that someone refrain from doing something to them, discussing their likes and dislikes.
Sex as a behavioral issue is often a point of discussion. Largely in respons to a desire to do what is modeled as right both through the lives of persons known to them and what is explained from the Bible. They are quick to relay Biblical perspectives on what is right for themselves or others.
The birth of imagination is critical in this phase and its absence is evidenced often in a lack of understanding of the most basic of issues.
A growing ability to perceive what is real indicates the beginning of a transition to State 2. People will speak with great excitement about something they have observed in a television program or movie, but when asked about the reality of the situation, will be called back, and say, that they understand it was just a story.
Presentation of the Christian faith to this group revolves around basic stories, examples and illustrations about how one should act and live. Fantasy is avoided as it will not be perceived as such. Even jokes are very grounded, if they are shared at all. Someone might say, "you are a monkey" and laugh although even this type of a statement might tax the ability to discriminate in order to see the humor.
For those with severe cognitive disabilities, interactions are very direct, hands on and inclusive. "I am glad you are here" with a hand shake or a hug is perhaps all that is remembered.
One man in our group has a pattern when visiting church. It might be said that this is how he expresses his "faith." Upon arriving, he comes up to me and gives me a hug. I say "I am glad you are here." He says "Donut." I respond, "Go sit down and I will bring you a donut. Do you want coffee?" He says "Coffee." Later in the midst of the Bible lesson, he will walk to the front and say "Pizza" or "Hot dog" and I will respond "Are you going to have a hot dog for lunch" the key being the repitition of the food item he has mentioned. He will repeat the name of the food until I get it right and restate it. He then goes and sits down again. When we make the hand motion regarding 3-5 for Proverbs 3:5 he will attempt the motion. For him "faith" is the participation in a ritual with a group of people who are accepting to him. Expectations on my part as a facilitator of spiritual development, are that he will feel welcomed, feel that he was listened to, and ensure that the ritual he has come to expect which he has associated with church occurs in the manner which he expects. At times he will be confronted with actual "theological" content. On several occasions while at church he will hit someone. I will separate him from the group and say to him "No hitting." Perhaps this is a proscription against a behavior which he associates with me (the Sunday School teacher) or the church, however, more likely it is a standard enforced across his life.
Interestingly, this is a behavior pattern which is generalized across all of his interactions with me. He does not engage in these behaviors with others in the church situation or other social settings. However, it is consistent with me where ever we happen to be together. So his "faith" may be more of a behavioral pattern associated with an individual. As with anyone's faith, the difficult part to determine is what he is bringing to the interaction.
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Surely, Mr. McSurely and the NAACP didn't mean to say that Senator Marc Basnight is unfit to lead the NC Senate? As many folks know, Senator Basnight only holds a high school degree. I would say he's done well for himself.
Hate to think what they think about the 45.8% of Wake County students that don't even get a high school diploma. Of course, they don't dare talk about the naked diversity emperor.
Dallas Woodhouse
March 8, 2010
Americans For Prosperity questions NAACP assertion that a college degree is needed to serve on local school boards
Did statement by NAACP Attorney represent a policy position by NAACP?
Does the NAACP think 74% of North Carolina citizens are not qualified for serving on their local school board?
Raleigh, March 8, 2010—Members of the NAACP hurled charges of racism on Friday, reported the Raleigh News & Observer, and likened the new Wake School board majority to clowns, Communists, dictators and the Mafia.
School board chairman Ron Margiotta's educational background was questioned and he was called "unfit" to keep his post.
"[Margiotta] doesn't even have a college degree," said NAACP attorney Al McSurely. "They've got clowns running this school board."
According to Jane S. Shaw, president of the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, 74 percent of adults in North Carolina do not have a college degree.
"Does this represent a policy statement from the NAACP that 74 percent of North Carolina citizens are not qualified to run and serve on their local school board?" asks Dallas Woodhouse, North Carolina State Director of Americans for Prosperity. "From the statement by NAACP Attorney Al McSurely, it appears the organization believes that no non-degree holders should offer their service to local school boards. Will the NAACP ask the General Assembly to make this the new law of the land? This would represent an enormous step backwards for millions of citizens across North Carolina of all backgrounds."
According to the News and Observer, Wake School Board Chairman Ron Margiotta, enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard after graduating from Weehawken High School in the 1950s. Afterward, he started his own business to support his family. He took some labor relations courses at St. Peter's College.
According to his official bio, a longtime businessman, Ron Margiotta retired in 2000 with 40 years of experience in business. Mr. Margiotta is the founding owner and operator of Reliable Service Company, a warehouse and installation service business. Prior to moving to Wake County, Mr. Margiotta was elected to a school board in the Northeast where he also served as board president for six years.
"Is Mr. McSurely serious?" asks Jane S. Shaw. "Most of the adults in North Carolina do not have college degrees. If they were not allowed to serve on school boards, think about all the talented people whose skills and talents could not be used by their local school systems. Think about all the business owners, parents and talented North Carolina citizens who would be kept off the ballot. I urge the NAACP to consider dropping this complaint."
"I hope the NAACP will clarify their position on whether a college degree should be required for service to local school boards. The organization should encourage more participation in the civic process, and not send the message that people who did not obtain a college degree are not worthy of consideration by the voters," said Woodhouse. "Perhaps more respect from people from different backgrounds and experiences is in order."
The 2010 US Census Bureau statistical abstract says that for 2008, roughly 19.6 percent of African Americans had earned college degrees.
"Does the NAACP really think that eight out of ten African Americans are unqualified to serve the people of this state?" said Woodhouse.
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Spoilers galore for comics and films.
I really liked Captain America: Civil War. The film's adventure and its character pushed the story forward and provided some interesting moments. However, in watching the film twice I find myself unavoidably frustrated not so much with what the film is, but what it could have been. The film is adapted from one of the most popular comic stories in history (by the same name), but it fails to replicate a lot of the elements that made the story so compelling. I am going to provide a pseudo-list below to illustrate these differences.
Commitment to the Ideals
By far my largest gripe with this film is the utter lack of commitment to their ideals by the characters. In the comic books, Steve Rogers adamantly refuses to be a part of the superhuman registration act. But in the film, he casually suggests to Tony that he's "not saying it's impossible". In the comics there's more dramatic tension because SHIELD (which is still active in the comics) knows Rogers will not surrender and almost immediately try to arrest him so that he doesn't sabotage the registration movement. Captain America should be an incorruptible symbol which people rally behind in opposition to the overstepping of government authority – not a whiny loner who just quietly sulks for a big chunk of the film.
Tony Stark also has problems with his dedication to his ideals. In the comic books, Tony Stark is not caught unaware that people are angry about superheroes. He – along with Mr. Fantastic and Hank Pym – had been planning for the day when the government would clamp down on superhero freedom and demand that they fall into line. Thus, the plan was to cooperate to the fullest extent possible to ensure that the legislation went well. Tony was absolutely committed to his goal – even going so far as to use the help of defeated villains. In the film, at the first mention of the fact that he might have been wrong about details – he abandons his entire system. And by the end of the film, it's clear that Tony doesn't really believe in the registration act and will continue to flout authority.
The Inciting Incident is Weak
In the Civil War film the Avengers are on a mission and a bomb blows up – killing people. Obviously that's a tragedy – but why is it a special tragedy? Other people have undoubtedly died from being around during other battles of the Avengers – why does this one matter so much? If anything, this tragedy is the most benign of the Avengers' careers. Scarlet Witch is not even directly responsible for the deaths of the innocents in the adjacent building. If anything – she saves lives by moving the bomb away from a crowded street.
In the comics – again there is a far better beginning. The comic shows a young group of heroes (The New Warriors) who use their crimefighting and powers on a for profit reality show. This demonstrates the far end base spectrum of what superpowered people can be. It shows people who maybe want to help, just as long as fame and fortune come with it. Then everything goes horribly wrong when eight-hundred innocent children at a school are killed because of this "superhero" teams' carelessness. In this version – the tragedy is really their fault. Therefore – the government and the public have more reason to implement their registration act. Even Captain America doesn't try to condone the actions of The New Warriors, because unlike in the film the event was really their fault.
A lot of people said that Spider-man was the best part of the Civil War film – I would agree. Still, as with other elements of the film – I was frustrated at what Spider-man could have been and not what he was. The Spider-man of the Civil War film is really a great portrayal of the young Peter struggling with his powers. But the Civil War comics was more about the adult Peter. This Peter had been working for Tony Stark for a while, was married to Mary Jane, and really had a secret identity to lose when Tony Stark asked him to comply. Which leads me to my next problem –
The Focus Is Wrong
Captain America: Civil War focuses on the wrong things. The comic arc was about every character in the Marvel universe having to make public their idenitity. They had to tell the world who they were – not just give the government the ability to order them around. In the film this is not even addressed – and Peter Parker gets to retain his secret identity even though in the comics his reveal was the greatest moment of the story. In fact, the moment when J. Jonah Jameson waches Spider-man tell the world his identity is my favorite moment in all of comics. In the film – heroes are given the opportunity to step down and not become agents of the government or be something they don't want to be, but in the comics they are not given the choice. They can't retire and they can't walk away. They can only fight or join.
Cap's Death
Most people who've been to the internet know that Captain America dies at the end of the Civil War comic. He is killed after surrendering when he realizes the public does not support his actions. I am not one of those people who think because comic characters come back to life so often, that therefore their death is meaningless. For me, the sadness of death (and even fictitious death) is in the fact that you lose time with that person or character. That would still be the case if Captain America had died in the film. He would have come back eventually, but we would have had a true loss because of the adventures we didn't get to see him on even though we know he would eventually return.
Every problem I had with this film could have been solved by doing it later. It's clear the directors of this film wanted to tell a story which rapped up the Winter Soldier – they ought to have done that instead of letting that story invade Civil War and mess up what was already a perfectly fine comic. If Marvel had waited to make this film then they could have put more characters in (instead of the limited roster of the movie), made Spider-man a more central protagonist (and explored his change of sides which was so pivotal to the original), and given more time to the set-up and aftermath of the actual registration act. The film was good, but it could have been great.


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