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This past summer, John Humphreys was enjoying a relaxing August bank holiday searching for artefacts with his metal detector near Burnham-on-Crouch. Walking across a field, he heard a strong signal from the detector; digging into the plough soil, he was shocked to discover ancient metalwork, which had not seen the light of day since the Late Bronze Age.
With the permission of the landowner, John recovered a range of objects from the plough soil, including several fragments of swords, numerous socketed axeheads, casting waste (left over from the manufacturing process), and sherds of pottery. The landowner immediately reported the finds to Laura McLean, Essex Finds Liaison Officer (FLO), of the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS).
The finds were from a hoard dating from the Late Bronze Age. They had been disturbed by agricultural activities, and were dispersed throughout the plough soil. Laura advised the finder and landowner on the archaeological context, and informed them that any additional metalwork that might be found in the area was likely to be part of the same hoard. The landowner then spoke to members of the local history and metal detecting group B-Roads, who regularly search his land. Several days later, B-Roads metal detectorists Bill Hill, Clint Mann, and Graham Starr could not believe their eyes: less than a stone's throw away from the material recovered by John Humphreys, more Bronze Age metalwork was discovered in the upper layers of the plough soil.
But the discoveries in this field were not yet finished. Giving the area an additional sweep with their metal detectors, the trio discovered that there was still a very strong signal. Digging down, they were excited to find the top edge of a pottery vessel. As the metal signal emanated from within and possibly below the pot, the B-Roads team stopped digging and mapped out the area of their finds, took photographs, and gathered as much information as possible about the area surrounding the finds. They then covered the exposed part of the pot and sought professional archaeological advice.
The landowner was more than happy for a small scale excavation to take place, as he was intrigued at what else might be found below the ground he had farmed for so many years. All three B-Roads detectorists, along with John Humphreys, were invited to participate in the excavation.
At 7am on the 12 October 2010, Laura and local archaeologist Kate Orr left Colchester Museum to get an early start on site. They were greeted by the landowner and finders, as well several members of the Treasure Team — including Treasure Registrar Ian Richardson and two assistant registrars Caroline Barton and Janina Parol, who had travelled to Essex from The British Museum.
Setting off across a damp field, the finders explained where the metalwork was recovered and the location of the pottery vessel. The team of metal detectorists and archaeologists set to work excavating a trench around the area of the pot, under the watchful eyes of the landowner and his mother — who could not wait to see what would be uncovered!
Eventually, the excavation reached the top level of the pottery vessel. Late Bronze Age pottery is usually poorly fired, and this pot also contained very heavy metalwork, which added an extra complication to the already extremely fragile condition. Due to the condition of the vessel, and the necessity to thoroughly document as much information as possible, it was decided to block-lift it for careful examination in the laboratory at Colchester and Ipswich Museums.
The exposed edges of the vessel were wrapped in cling film, and the block of soil immediately around the pot was excavated with additional cling film added at each stage to help secure the fragile pottery. The block was then place in a padded and secure box. As well as the pot and its soil block, the excavation recovered additional metalwork from the surrounding area.
Laura and Stefanie are continuing to work on the hoard, investigating, conserving, and analysing it to gain as much information as possible. The hoard will be catalogued with a report sent to the Essex Coroner, who can then legally declare the hoard as Treasure. Colchester and Ipswich Museums hope to acquire the objects at the end of the Treasure Process, when further conservation and interpretation can take place.
To learn more, come listen to Laura and Stefanie speak about this fascinating discovery at the Current Archaeology Live 2011 conference, 25-27 February at the British Museum.
The PAS blogs hold more information about the excavation and lab work, and will be the first place to see new information on the hoard! Visit www.finds.org.uk/blogs/essex and www.finds.org.uk/blogs/treasure or for the film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9ai44gkxAw
For the full article, see Issue 252 of Current Archaeology.
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I'd say bee is there simply to put over how much stronger naruto then became, same with the hachibi compared to the kyuubi.
I just visited Naruto forums hoping to see if any spoilers had been posted, but it's obviously too early for that. Still, I laughed out loud at some of the threads there. The people who are against the Tobi is Obito theory are already doing damage control ahead of this week's chapter; first they said that there was no way Tobi had anything to do with Obito, then they said that Tobi only had Obito's eye, and now they're saying that even if Tobi has Obito's body, it doesn't necessarily mean that he's Obito. They're trying to cover their tracks, but it's just getting silly. Soon they'll be saying that even though Tobi has Obito's memories, it isn't really him. I bet Kishi could confirm the theory, and people would still not believe it.
Anyway, since it's possible that Tobi's identity will be revealed today/tomorrow, I'm going to stick with the notion that he is Obito.
I still say that it's not Obito, but I have no theory on who it actually is so I'll pretend it's Obito and be all "I knew it" when it is Obito (since that's the most likely theory).
Originally Posted by Seref
I like that we all seem to have the same consensus here. It will make an alternate revelation (there won't be.) more shocking. I'm really excited for the chapter, even though I don't expect a full-blown reveal. At most, I think we'll see the full face as the last page leading into chapter 600.
I disagree that it is Obito under the mask and would love to see how Kishi will explain away how he is now the (formerly) masked madman named Tobi.
This Obito is Tobi business, hmph. I suppose next they expect me to believe that Haku's really a guy. Ha! I guess we're going to find out soon enough. But I wonder if they'll defeat Tobi in this fight or he escapes and lives to play a bigger role later on? I would suspect when Tobi goes down the war ends, or is at the verge of ending. Right? But as long as Tobi's not a future version of Sasuke I'm happy. Don't do it Kishimoto.
RIP anime version of Glovehead. Pokemon Adventures will save you.
Let's be honest though. No matter who Tobi really is, Kishi will have a lot of explaining to do. If Tobi is Obito, Izuna or Shisui, Kishi will have to explain how they came back to life and why they decided to turn evil. And if Tobi is Madara's/Zetsu's clone, future Sasuke or some other character, Kishi will have a hard time keeping things consistent.
Either way, Kishi is going to be very busy for the next few weeks.
One of the many who seriously doubt it's gonna be Obito. But honestly, I'll be willing to admit I could possibility be mistaken if Tobi actually does turn out to be Obito, simply because this is Kishi we're talking about here and I will still call fail if there's not an excellent explanation to go along with the reveal.
A soul that cannot be saved drifts and disappears,
In the instant it vanishes, it shines faintly,
Now, it creates a night with a full moon.
Oh boy.. How wrong... Because, he now is, in factOBITO, asked whether he is Obito? :P Damn troll.. -.-
Lol, well of course it's only gonna be told at the end, you've got to wait another week for the beginning of the explanation! :P
Oh god, the troll is even harder, we have a flashback from Kakashi and Gai, and at the end he basically asks whether Tobi is Obito or not.. WHAT THE FLUP WAS THE POINT OF BREAKING THE MASK THEN!!! :S
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Answer to all the bad things in the world: Give up on trying to make everything better. Hence, accepting it for what it is. YOLO! <- Click the link and daw.. -.-
"If I had my way in DP, Ash would've hit the league with: Pikachu, Ambipom (his to keep), Torterra (Grass/Starter), Lucario (Ace), Chingling (Cute), Bidoof (Water-type) and Heatran (Fire-type)."
Spoiler:- GenVII Starter names speculation:
The second line is meant to be sarcastic.. Though there was a random trainer with a Heatran at the Sinnoh League..
I knew it! Everybody knew it! All this buildup, wasted because everyone and their grandmother guessed it years ago!
I knew Kishimoto would've gone the obvious route.
Wow. This chapter felt short. Would've been nice to have some dialogue in those flashbacks.
Is it just me, or did Guy look stupider as a kid than Lee did? I mean, that's not much of an accomplishment, but come on...
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It is obito!!! kishi: trololololol
I loved the last page narration acting like the reveal was a big shock or surprise to anyone.
Now all we need is a bridge between the Obito we saw this chapter and his Tobi persona.
You know,
Obito seem to had similar personality has Naruto !
Both of them were underdog and Both of them was in love with their teammate who had a major crush on their rival!
I wonder how he gone to the dark side ?
Is Rin's death has anything to do with it !
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Well Tobi and Obito are officially ruined as characters. Now they're a bitter guy motivated by revenge that hasn't moved on. Obito's once noble sacrifice has been tainted and Tobi is just another revenge driven villain who used to be friends with a main character.
I really wanna know how he isn't dead. I can almost imagine why he turned evil. BUT WHY IS HE ALIVE?
Anyway, let's take a look at this now. When Obito's face was crushed the part that was crushed matches with this new Obito's face. Obviously he'd still have his right Sharingan, but where'd he get his left one? He turned evil just because he's upset (and maybe saw something in Naruto after a while that reminded him of himself?).
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Originally Posted by Seref
Originally Posted by Seref
Well sometimes the obvious suspect is the obvious choice and since many guessed it was Obito years ago looks like Kishi didn't bother to make in something else. How funny would it be if Obito is just a dead body like the Pains and being controlled by Rin? That little she devil is probably the reason he went bad XD but in all seriousness it was interesting to see how Kakashi, Obito, and Rin mirrored early Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura. Like Ver-mont and Vodor said it's like Obito is a path Naruto could have taken, because from the chapter it looks like Rin was a big part of his character, maybe not the main part, but she sure was a big part. There's still som questions that need to be answered but I'm sure they will. It sucks that Obito is corrupted. Until now I considered him the only honest Uchiha not going down a dark road, but I guess that is the fate of Uchiha's.
Yes! No future Sasuke! This made my day.
RIP anime version of Glovehead. Pokemon Adventures will save you.
Let it be known that Tobi is Obito. Just as everyone who paid attention to the hints (which were numerous and obvious) predicted. I loved the flashback to his life at the start of the chapter; it made things more dramatic, and also very sad. It sucks that Obito's life changed and he became a villain for whatever reason.
Yeah, I really liked this chapter, but it feels almost like it was a waste of a week, now we have to wait another week for the explanation. Also, they could've named it something else. I'm sure Obito's reasons were pure.
Are we going to keep referring to him as Tobi anymore, or are we just going to call him Obito from now on?
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(Easy Roasted Baby Summer Squash with Feta and Thyme was updated with better photos and step-by-step instructions, August 2014)
Preheat the oven to 400F/200C while you cut up the squash. Here's how the baby squash looked after Quinn and I had cut the bigger ones in half. (See recipe below for how to cut up larger squash.)
While the squash cooks, crumble up about 1/2 cup of Feta (or a little more if you're a big Feta fan.)
Here's how the squash looked after about 27 minutes roasting time.
Put on a serving dish, season with more salt and fresh-ground black pepper as desired, sprinkle with Feta, and enjoy!
And here's the original photo of this recipe from back in 2007, not bad at all for those days!
Easy Roasted Baby Summer Squash with Feta and Thyme
(Makes 4 servings, recipe adapted from Superspark.)
about 2 lbs. baby summer squash, preferably a mixture of yellow squash and zucchini
(use 6 medium sized ones if you don't have access to baby squash)
2 T olive oil
1 T white balsamic vinegar
(I used white balsamic to not change the squash color, but regular balsamic would also work)
1/4 C fresh thyme leaves (or use 1-2 T dried thyme
1/2 C crumbled Feta (I used my favorite Feta)
salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
Wash squash well and dry. If you have baby squash, cut lengthwise into two pieces. If you have large squash, cut lengthwise into four pieces, then cut away the seed part of each piece and cut into pieces about 3-4 inches long.
When the squash is as tender as you like it, remove squash from oven, arrange on a serving dish, season with a little more fresh-ground black pepper if desired, and sprinkle with Feta (It won't need more salt because Feta cheese is salty.) Serve hot.
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newlyweds rachel thurston and grant porter have set up house in this 520 sq. foot bungalow nestled in los angeles county nestled between sony studios and downtown culver city. rachel is a photographer who takes some seriously gorgeous photographs – lovely wedding and portraits and absolutely amazing birth images! even though it's not their dream house, the couple loves the location – they are within walking distance of some great restaurants and two movie theaters, and have a backyard, front yard and driveway – huge pluses for L.A. and all reasons to make this tiny rental home work. {thanks rachel and grant!} -amy
[We've been told that the little blue house we are renting near downtown Culver City, is one of the oldest houses in the area. At a whopping 520 sq ft, it's crammed full and still standing – but barely. Although we love the blue bungalow, it's not anywhere near our dream living situation. With our tastes leaning more in the direction of mid-century modern design and vintage/sentimental pieces – our current living situation has a slight "farmhouse" feel due to chicken wire enclosed shelves and one closet the size of a shoe box. So for now, we are a little country in the big city.]
[photo above: For our wedding we used old glass bottles as table decoration and after the fact, thought they would be a perfect addition to our yellow sun porch. We bought most of the bottles at the Rose Bowl Flea Market. I couldn't for the life of me tell you where the stand is that sold these, but if you every want to go with me I could probably use the force to get us there.]
[photo above: My favorite piece of furniture in our living room is my orange Knoll Pollock Chair. I bought it years ago at the Green Ant in Salt Lake City. I think I paid 50 bucks for it. The lamp, stool and green medicine cabinet end table were all bought while I was living in Salt Lake City at Elemente, which is an amazing vintage consignment store. I have this thing for globes and someday want to own a lot more.]
CLICK HERE for more of Rachel's home (and all the images on one page!)
[photo above: I think I got the idea to hang some wire on my walls from an old Sunset magazine. We randomly change what we hang based on mood. Since we are on a healthy food kick, some delicious eye candy adorns the wire. Some are my images and some inspiration from favorite foodie magazines. We just signed up for a CSA farming program, where we pick up a box of organic fruits and veggies every other week from a local farm. [editor's note: for more about CSAs, read Small Measures with Ashley English] I also just finished reading "Eating Animals" by Jonathan Safran Foer. It's a must read for anyone who eats food – so I guess that's everyone. The table and chairs are from Ikea.]
[photo above: Awww…the chicken wire enclosed shelves – they are growing on me more and more. The yellow Copco porcelain-enameled, cast iron pans were given to us by an uncle.]
[photo above: I store some of my old camera on their own little boxes. The upper right one is a old Nikon rangefinder that my grandpa bought in Japan in the 1950s. The middle top is a Polaroid 330 land camera with a beautiful glass lens that my sister snagged for me at a garage sale for a couple of dollars. I've found that you can shoot anything or anyone you want if you are shooting with a bellows polaroid camera. It's like a golden ticket – they are too busy checking out the gear to tell you "no". Three of the cameras I bought at a fun Antiques store in Seattle WA, Seattle's Antique Market.
[photo above: Our bed fits into the only spot it can. We decided to keep it simple and comfy with white linens, pillows and a fluffy down comforter.]
[photo above: Our bathroom isn't much to speak of – although it does boast the best light in the house (and I have been know to shoot portraits of clients in the tub, FULLY CLOTHED). Above the toilet hang vintage music sheets I bought at a store in Anchorage, AK.]
[photo above: Office table and printer cart were purchased at Elemente. I recently bought a Zody Hayworth chair and it has literally changed my life. Not only is it super comfortable but it is ergonomically and environmentally friendly.]
love it!! everything looks so cozy!
Love the display of her collection of old cameras. Is it me, or is that the longest sidewalk ever?! What a cute bungalow.
wonderful space!
I like that long walk to the house – very cute – although if I had a heavy armload of something I'm sure I would not be as thrilled ….
I LOVE old bottles…so I am loving the pictures on this post :)
Love this bright and sunny home! The chicken-wire cabinets, vintage bottle collection and blue house color – just charming :)
I love what they have done with the cameras.
oh how charming and in culver city!
Love this cottage, especially the old bottles and the white-on-white bedroom.
Thank you! Thank you! Design Sponge I love you and am honored to share our home with you. ps. it is the longest sidewalk in the world.
Happy to see the Green Ant talked about in this post. They have wonderful pieces! Cute bungalow!
LOVE Elemente in Salt lake and beautiful cozy home, Rachel! The old cameras and food photos displayed are beautiful
love everything single thing about this charming home. but most especially, that glass bottle collection. oh my!
What a darling place you two created and the best part is the pictures. You will love to see them in the next 50 years to say it was your first house!
That just looks so gorgeous and adorable. Looks like my kind of spot.
It's really nice and minimalistic!
I'm endlessly envious of the old bottle collection! I have three… sadness.
I'm in love! What a great space, all the details, colors, jars, boots…oh!
It is adorable! I love the camera boxes!
Rachel! How fabulous is your little blue house. Always fun to see someone you know and love featured on Design*Sponge. Congrats!
This little blue home is beautiful! Love the old bottle collection!
Rachel you and your home are anything but, short on character. Rachel is so talented! Thank you for the view inside "The Little blue house"
Gorgeous house! I just love it. :-D
very well done! I especially love the honeycomb cabinets! So fresh and unique!
gotta admit that glass bottle collection is making me green with envy. My collection of one seriously pales in comparison
You've made a tiny house not feel tiny at all! Love the little round midcentury stool with magazine storage!
the bottles and the cameras are my favorite! so fabulous! i love the blue house.
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Your home is absolutely wonderful. It has a je ne sais quoi that you should feel very proud of! It looks so cozy and welcoming! You just made mid-century jealous of your home I'm sure!
PS: love the old bottle collection!
Cute and quaint and impeccable decorated. Well done!
Thanks for all the bungalow love! Everyone come for a visit & we can hunt for more glass bottles. Lots of love for Design Sponge. xo.
Lovely house!!!
Very nice, what you've done in a small space. Is that a hot water heater hiding by the stove? We uncovered ours since we like it's shape and functionality. An added bonus is they are metal and magnets stick nicely(it may be code that it's covered).
That collection of bottles drives me crazy! I think I'm in love with the above space.
I love how you displayed your cameras, and the bottle collection looks fantastic! I could move right in and feel at home. I might have to get some of those wall cubes for my cameras, too.
Loved the Blue bungalow- Rachael
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cute little bungalow!
I think the shot of the bed is one of the most personal photos I've seen in a sneak peek; thanks for the unique take. I really enjoyed this one.
Thanks for the idea of using boots as a gift wrap holder. I have a pair of treasured riding boots that I outgrew (after the birth of my child my feet went from an 8.5 to 9) which I love too much to give away. Now they are out of the closet and serving a new purpose, continuing to give me pleasure… anew. Tx D*S. Daphne
What an amazing job they've done with just 500 SF! Love it all.
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By the way, guest judge Diane von Furstenburg! Whoa!
Casanova: I thought he might make top three with this look. The fabric was an interesting choice for a red carpet look. I loved the shape. I also think he made the best use of the two-sided fabrics they were given. Although, he might had scored higher if he had put the solid on the outside and the print peeking from underneath. I still like it this way though.
Uli: The judges called her dress a "happy accident" because anything this busy usually wouldn't work so well. I agree that it's hard to make this kind of business work, but Uli didn't do this accidentally. She knows how to place these things. She deserved credit for purposefully pulling this off.
Laura Kathleen: She's a big fan of DvF so she worked like crazy to impress her. She took a risk doing this jumpsuit, but it paid off with a win. Laura might not be my favorite personality, and this might now be my favorite look of the week, but I was happy to see her get a win from her idol. (Also, Laura is much friendlier when she is passionately working toward a goal).
Ivy: She tortured this fabric. Isaac actually said, "This is the worst this fabric has ever look." He's right. Her idea to capture the sun in an eco-friendly look was a nice one. It even came through because you can see the rays. but the fabric just looks aweful. Somewhere, Ven is pleating fabric while quietly weeping and rocking back and forth.
Althea: Her look was confusing. The colors didn't work. I'm not sure what she was going for. Overall, Althea hasn't been able to break out this season. She has mostly been safe. I actually think she is a stronger designer than Ivy, but I never saw that work from her during the season so I understand why the judges eliminated her. I'm still a bit sad to see her go, but I didn't expect her to make it to the end anyway.
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Funny, I have lived with this rivalry since near birth and it always struck me that we cared about LA way more than LA cared about us. It's a very Giant reaction to want LA to lose out of spite but LA could never be bothered to even notice us.
I don't think that's unique to SF. LA generally doesn't seem to take notice of any other teams with which they have a rivalry (in any sport, professional or college).
nice little town you got up there.


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In the Shadow of the Banyan is a novel, but it is closely based on your family's experience in Cambodia during the genocide perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge regime between 1975 and 1979. Why did you decide to write it as a novel rather than a memoir?
I was a small child when the Khmer Rouge took over the country. Revisiting that period of our life, I found that I couldn't trust myself completely to recall the exact details of the events and places and the chronology of our forced exodus from the city to the countryside, the journey from one place to the next during the span of those four years. I did initially try to write it as a memoir. But sorting through my own memories and what my mother was able to share with me, as well as the historical record, I kept asking myself again and again, What is the story I want to tell? What is my purpose for telling it? It isn't so much the story of the Khmer Rouge experience, of genocide, or even of loss and tragedy. What I wanted to articulate is something more universal, more indicative, I believe, of the human experience - our struggle to hang onto life, our desire to live, even in the most awful circumstances. In telling this story, it isn't my own life I wished others to take note of. I have survived, and the gift of survival, I feel, is honor enough already. My purpose is to honor the lives lost, and I wanted to do so by endeavoring to transform suffering into art.
That's not to say that a memoir doesn't demand artistry and skill. I've read many beautifully crafted literary memoirs - Angela's Ashes, Autobiography of a Face, Running in the Family, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Woman Warrior
In my case, because I was so young when the Khmer Rouge took control of Cambodia, and with hardly any surviving family records or pictures as source material, I had only my own mostly traumatic recollections and the understandably reluctant remembrances of my mother to rely on. What's more, those whom I wished to write about, whose sufferings I felt deserve to be heard and remembered above my own story, are gone. I didn't want them to be forgotten, and while, as Elie Wiesel has said, one cannot truly speak for the dead, I wished still to re-invoke the words and thoughts they'd shared with me. I felt compelled to speak of their lives, their hopes and dreams when they were still alive. And to do this well, I realized, required me not only to cull from memory and history but also to employ imagination, the art of empathy.
Speaking of art, what was your inspiration for writing?
In writing, one often speaks of voice as if it belongs exclusively to each of us as a writer, as if it emerges from a source that's all our own. More than twenty years ago, when I was a high school student, I came across Night by Elie Wiesel. I didn't know what it was, whether a memoir or a novel. I don't think it even said on the book. It was a slim volume, just over a hundred pages, and I read it in one sitting. And then again and again. It was the first piece of holocaust literature I read, even though I didn't know what the word holocaust meant at the time. It was this writing that set me on a search to find the voice for my own story at a time when I could only communicate the mundane in a language new to me. Elie Wiesel's journey through death and inhumanity so moved me that I aspired to one day write a book that would give voice to my own family's struggle for survival, for life, in the face of a different atrocity in Cambodia.
You were five years old when the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia, and your protagonist, Raami, is seven. Why did you decide to make her two years older?
In my own experience, I have the sense I began to perceive and understand much of what was happening about halfway through the Khmer Rouge regime, which was around when I turned seven, even though I wasn't sure how old I was at any given time. Still, I was aware that I was growing up, maturing. I was forced to be an adult by what I endured and witnessed. Yet, there was this part of me that wanted desperately to remain a child - to be protected, to escape from all the violence and suffering. I sought beauty wherever I could find it and I clung to it. So in choosing an age for Raami, I wanted her to have that balance between insight and innocence. In the beginning of the book she is a precocious and inquisitive child, but as the story progresses, she becomes more quiet and reflective, her curiosity turns to seeking - a search to understand.
Is Raami's experience very similar to yours? How does it differ?
Raami's experience parallels mine. There's not an ordeal she faces that I myself didn't confront in one way or another. The loss of family members, starvation, forced labor, repeated uprooting and separation, the overwhelming sense that she's basically alone but also the tenacious belief that there's a spirit watching over her - all this I experienced and felt. Raami had polio as a baby. I had polio also when I was still an infant. Raami's long name, Vattaraami, in Sanskrit, means a "small garden temple." My own name, in the vernacular language, alludes to something similar. Vaddey, or "Watdey" as you pronounce it in Khmer, sounds like the "ground of a temple." This was why my father chose the name for me.
Where Raami's experience and mine diverge is in the minor details - the size of our family, the number of towns and villages we were sent to, the names of those places, the dates of various incidents. There are countless other small variations like these. As we discussed, she's two years older, but she's also a lot wiser than I was. She certainly regards the world with greater equanimity than I probably could at the time, than most of us can even as mature adults. Even so, as a child, I always had faith in people. In spite of the atrocities around me, I never failed to find kindness, to encounter protection and tenderness when I most needed it. I had a strong intuition about people. In writing In the Shadow of the Banyan, I needed to draw on that intuitive understanding, that ability to see and perceive people's humanity in a way that enlarged my own. Raami shares my faith in people. Perhaps the big difference is that she can articulate it, and in so doing, magnifies it even more. Her intuition becomes prescience.
Are the characters in your novel based on real family members?
Yes, but my actual family - the group of the uncles, aunts, and cousins who left the city with us - was much larger. The novel is a contained universe, so each character is there for a reason. If I were to include everyone in my family, it would be a mammoth book! In some instances, I had to combine family members to create one character, or make other changes. My father was actually the youngest of five children, for example. But in the story, I made Raami's father the older brother in order to capture the solemnity of my own father, his role as the pillar of the family. Every one of us looked to my father for reassurance.
So many scenes in your novel bring to life the unspeakable horror of this era of Cambodian history. Which scenes did you find the most difficult to write?
Every page was a struggle. I labored and labored, from a single word to a sentence to a paragraph. Each ordeal that had broken my heart when I was a child broke my heart again as an adult writing it. There were moments when I spiraled downward, to a depth I didn't think I could come back from. It was a painful story to write, to relive.
You write of your father in the Author's Note, "This is a story born of my desire to give voice to his memory, and the memory of all those silenced." Did you find it difficult to capture your father's voice all these years later, or did his way of speaking come naturally to you?
I've lived with my father's voice for so long. He's always with me and I've had long countless conversations with him. The challenge was not so much reaching back in time to capture his voice but reaching across languages. Essentially, I had to make my father speak English, and I had to do it in a way that wouldn't change the way he sounded in Khmer. In our language, one rarely addresses people by their names: it's either too formal or too disrespectful to use someone's name. For example, my father would almost always call me koan - "child" - which in Khmer is extraordinarily tender and intimate, but if Raami's father were to call her "child" or "my child," it would sound rather formal and distant, archaic even. So he calls her by her name and simply "darling" or other terms of endearment that my own father used with me.
The voice has to fit the character. I remember my father as solemn but never morose. He not only merely saw beauty in the world, but he reflected upon it, often aloud to me. He was always hopeful, and rather idealistic - as my mother often points out - but because there was a touch of sadness about him, I've always thought, there was a poetic quality to his person. He spoke like a poet. While he was not a poet, he was an avid reader of poetry, especially those Khmer epics in verse like the Reamker and Mak Thoeung. He loved words, and was himself a ceaseless weaver of stories. I wanted to capture my father's essential qualities and instill them in Raami's father. In a way, having Raami's father speak English helped me to write, to progress with the story. There were moments in the writing when, remembering my father's exact words as he'd spoken them to me in our language, the tenor and tenderness of his voice, I would break down completely, and it would take many days, weeks, to come back to the writing.
Your family, like Raami's, lost everything. Were you able to salvage any personal belongings or memorabilia?
Coming out of the experience, I thought we'd lost everything. Then, in 1993 in America, on my wedding day, my mother gave me a diamond brooch that she had received from my sdechya, my grandmother on whom Grandmother Queen is based. The brooch had been a wedding gift to my mother from my grandmother. More recently, as a gift to congratulate me on In the Shadow of the Banyan, my mother gave me a pair of diamond earrings. The settings are new, she said, but the diamonds are hers from before the war.
I also have this tiny wallet-sized picture of my father from when he was young. My mother pried it apart from an ID paper after my father was taken away. She feared the ID paper would link us to him, so she threw away the paper but kept the photo. Years later in the U.S., I noticed that his name A. Sisowath was embossed on the right-hand side. It was a poignant discovery because in those early years in America it was the only tangible link I had to him - aside from my mother. No one else I knew then was aware of his existence. Looking at the picture now, I imagine unease in his pose - the asymmetrical slant of his shoulders, the questioning arch of his left brow, the tentative smile - as if he were uncomfortable with this attempt at permanency. I imagine him walking into the room, addressing the camera skeptically, and walking out again, his spirit always in constant movement, in flight.
Did you and your mother flee to a refugee camp in Thailand just as Raami and her mother did? How did you end up in the United States?
Our escape from Cambodia was even more obstructed and circuitous. At one point along an abandoned road we were recaptured by Khmer Rouge soldiers on the run from the invading Vietnamese troops. The Khmer Rouge took us from one village to the next, then into the forest, and deeper still into the jungle. We thought this was the end - here they would kill us. What I saw, what I witnessed on that journey alone is enough for another novel.
In 1981, you arrived in the United States as a refugee speaking no English, but went on to graduate as your high school class valedictorian in 1990, and suma cum laude from Cornell in 1995. How, after witnessing all of the terrible atrocities in Cambodia, were you able to not only move forward, but to thrive and succeed?
When we left Cambodia, the images that stuck with me, overwhelmed my mind, were of corpses - corpses and flies. Then, landing at the airport in California, I was struck by all the shiny glass and stainless steel, not a single fly anywhere! Everyone and everything was humming with energy. Even the luggage carousels rolled with magical vitality. I was so far from death. Right then and there, I realized that we had so much to catch up with. The world hadn't forgotten about us, but neither had it waited for us. It'd moved on, prospered. I felt so fortunate to be part of it. In Cambodia, staring at a muddy rain puddle, I could conjure up a whole underwater kingdom. Imagine what went through my mind walking into a supermarket in America! I remember the Safeway supermarket our sponsor took us to after we'd resettled in Jefferson City, Missouri. Safeway. Even the name sounded like a haven! I had such a yearning
a hunger to learn, and that hunger overtook all else. I absorbed everything this country had to offer me. Whatever ordeals we faced in America were nothing compared to those in Cambodia. We were given so much. How could I not thrive and succeed? I believed this, and still do.
You only began to learn English on arriving in the U.S. at age 11. How did you learn to write? What was it like re-invoking the story in a language entirely different from the language of that experience?
It began with reading. I was a copious reader in my own language, and I was a copious reader as soon as I learned to read in English. I'd devour anything I could get my hands on. I read things I didn't quite understand. Jane Eyre, I remember, was my first grown-up novel. I thought it was so illicit - the man keeps his wife locked up in another part of his mansion while he develops romantic feelings for his young employee, this impoverished governess. Sounds like a Cambodian love story! But it wasn't just literature I read. I'd linger over descriptions on shampoo bottles, lost in the shower, deaf to my mother's call, soothed by adjectives - foamy, invigorating, silky
I'd move on to the list of ingredients, all those scientific names had a ring and rhythm to them, almost like poetry. In chemistry class, learning to decode the letters and numbers in formulas, I came across "tetra," its familiarity heavy on my tongue. Then suddenly there was this flash in my memory. Tetracycline. I remembered that it was medicine - yellow and valuable as gold - that we'd had in our possession during our time in the countryside when medicine was almost nonexistent. Reading introduced me to an endless range of expression, from the thematic language of "family secrets" and "complicated love" articulated in a novel like Jane Eyre to small, incidental words that jogged my memory, revealing buried recollections.
Then, when it came to actually learning how to write, I basically did it on my own, at my own slow pace. Except for a summer writing camp I went on through a community arts program in Minnesota when I was in high school, and a short-story writing course I took at Cornell University, I've had no formal training in writing. But I believe there are no better teachers than great pieces of writing: classics that tackle universal and timeless questions, and contemporary writings, from many cultural and linguistic backgrounds, that not only delve into these existential queries but also enlarge my world by transplanting me to a whole new geography of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs.
I wanted to do something similar with this story. I didn't want just to translate my family's experience, a Cambodian experience, to a foreign audience; I wanted to take the readers and replant them in the fertile ground I'd sprung from, to let them take root and sprout, and to see my world as their own. I wanted them to see Cambodia before it became synonymous with genocide, before it became the "killing fields." It was once a place of exquisite beauty, and I try to show that not only by locating the readers in the loveliness of the natural world but also by immersing them in the rhythm of a people's thoughts and sentiments, in its literature and art. Only when we know what existed can we truly mourn what is lost. So, I feel, writing In the Shadow of the Banyan was not just a retelling. It was an act of creation, a long journey toward its realization.
In the Author's Note you tell the story of visiting the royal court of Cambodia in 2009. Can you describe that experience? What was it like to return after all of those years?
Even before my visit to the Royal Palace, I had visited Cambodia countless times, always in search of my father. Each time I see him in all that's lost and in all that's found. My first trip back was in 1992. I went to my family's estate in Phnom Penh. Our house was not there. Everything was gone, except, I believe, for one charred column of the bath pavilion. But even though our home was gone, I revisited other places I remembered my father and I had frequented - the promenade along the river, the lotus fountains near the Independence Monument, temples around the city
During a trip several years later, I visited the Royal Palace, just the grounds that was open to tourists, and I came across a golden statue that took my breath away. It was of a man on a horse, with a sword in his raised hand. Very gallant! I remembered that statue! For a long time I had thought it was on our estate and that it depicted my father. But it turned out the statue was of one of the kings! When I told my mother about being shocked by that encounter and the confusion in my own remembering, she had a very simple explanation: I had often accompanied my father to the Royal Palace, and the statue, with its lovely surrounding gardens, was where my father and I would escape to from the formality of a ceremony or function inside the courtly halls. There, beside the statue, he would tell me stories and tales, using the ornate setting to launch into mythical adventures. In my memory, I suppose, my father and the statue became fused - a single entity.
From 2005 to 2009, when I returned with my husband and daughter to live in Phnom Penh, a lot of things became clear in my mind. In particular, I got to witness the power of the monsoon, how in a single day the rains could flood the land; the different ways rice is grown and harvested through the seasons; the monumental struggles of the tiny creatures against the elements. I would spend hours with my little daughter watching a dung beetle fighting its way out of a cow pie! It was an epiphany. Living there - while at times difficult because of its proximity to the past - helped tremendously with the writing of In the Shadow of the Banyan .
In late 2009, just before returning to live in the States again, I was invited to have an audience with His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, to be formally reintroduced into the royal family. I didn't want to go, actually. I panicked. What would I bring as a gift for the king? One ought to bring a gift, right? But what could His Majesty possibly desire? Chocolate? I didn't think so. I called my mother, and she said that I ought to consider a gift that would honor my father's name, his spirit. So I brought three tons of rice for the poor, as a contribution to His Majesty's humanitarian effort. At the Royal Palace, facing His Majesty, I could barely speak. All I could think about was my father, the sacrifice he'd made so that a moment such as this, my taking his place, was possible. And yet, I couldn't help thinking, he couldn't have known with absolute certainty that I would survive. He'd only hoped, and I felt that hope in my throat. When I swallowed it, tears rushed to my eyes. The next year, when I had another audience with the king, I was much more prepared and composed.
As In the Shadow of the Banyan makes clear, one of the Khmer Rouge's primary strategies was splitting up families. How do you maintain your connection to your family members today - including those who only live on in your memory?
I have an uncle in Cambodia now, one of my father's two elder brothers, the middle son. I despair every time I see him. I mourn his lost self. Once when he rode in a car with us to go to lunch, he became suddenly agitated. He explained that he was not used to being in a car and was completely disoriented. He was once a lover of cars. Now, no longer a prince, he lives a humble life, has kept the name he took on when we'd relinquished our royal identity, and feels most balanced when he shuffles along the uneven streets of Phnom Penh in flip-flops or barefoot. Whenever I look into his eyes, I think there are small deaths like these, some parts of ourselves that were buried with the others. My uncle cries every time he sees me, as I do when I see him or read the letters he sends me.
When I returned to live in Cambodia with my husband and daughter, one of the first things I did was to surround our new home with flowers I remembered from my childhood home. I filled our small garden with orchid, jasmine, bird of paradise, lobster claw, and frangipani of different colors, even though, I learned, Cambodians believe it is a flower that attracts ghosts. If so, I thought, it was a fitting offering. I filled our vases each day with fresh stems of lotus. A couple of years later, we bought a piece of land in Siem Reap and built a house there, which for me was very therapeutic, a willful act to counter the destruction I had helplessly witnessed as a child.
How does your family, specifically your mother, feel about your decision to write In the Shadow of the Banyan?
My family is extremely supportive. They've watched me persevere for so long with this. They've not only seen me tormented by my recollection, by my reckoning with the past, but also by the labor of writing itself. They are very happy that this is a story I can now share with the world.
As for my mother, she's very proud. I couldn't have written this book without her blessing, and, of course, her sharing of painful memories. Some of the stories about family members she told me have made their way into the narrative. We've been through everything together. This book is hers, too.
An important theme of your novel is the power of stories. What do you hope readers will take away from your own storytelling?
I've always loved stories, the written word. Even at a very young age, I sensed their intrinsic power. Like Raami, I saw and understood the world through stories. In Cambodia, under the Khmer Rouge, when I was lost in a forest or abandoned by my work unit among the vast rice fields because I moved too slowly, I would recall the legends my father or nanny had told me or those tales I'd been able to read myself. I'd invoke them like incantations, chanting aloud descriptions and dialogues I'd memorized, to chase away my fear of being alone in the middle of nowhere, in the silence around me. Stories were magic spells, I felt, and storytelling, the ability to tell and recall something, was a kind of sorcery, a power you could use to transform and transport yourself. I still feel this way, and I think it shows in crafting In the Shadow of the Banyan as I did. But I hope the story is layered enough so that every reader finds the inspiration or message they seek.
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ReplyDeleteAhh the pantry - that is how I first met you!!!!! I loved it then and I still love it!
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Yet another weekend spent living life instead of keeping up with the blog, social media, etc. That's a wonderful thing, but I tend to feel stressed during the week trying to keep up without my weekend head start. Yeah, I know, blogger's problems.
Anyway, while Alan and I spent the weekend in Malibu where he announced the Malibu Marathon, I also spent a little time planning my training for the San Diego Holiday Half Marathon. This past week was a throwaway week, with only two runs and just seven miles (!), but I'll be back in full force this coming week. I promise I will get the full plan posted this week too, but in the meantime, here are three key workouts that I think will get me to the finish line with my post-50 PR (in spite of the shortened training period).
Lactate Threshold (Tempo) Runs
Because of my limited time for training (and, ahem, my age), I plan to complete a tempo run once every other week. I'll keep it simple, starting with a mile warm up, then aim for two to three miles at slightly under my half marathon goal pace (which is about 9:00 minutes per mile).
How it helps: Tempo runs help increase your lactate threshold. By training at a pace just under the point where you accumulate too much lactic acid, which would force you to slow down, you increase your lactate threshold, which allows you to run faster for a longer period of time.
Interval Training
This is the workout that I will alternate with the tempo runs. Frequently run on a track, or in my case a marked area of one half mile, interval training is run at a faster pace, for a shorter distance than tempo runs.
How it helps: Intervals will help to improve your VO2 Max, which is the efficiency at which your body processes oxygen. Half mile to one mile intervals are perfect for half marathon training. They should be done at 90-95% of your all-out effort. I try to get in three to four miles total (not including warm-up/cool down) of interval training.
Downhill Running
As I mentioned last week, the Holiday Half Marathon has a net elevation loss of about 714 feet, which means there will be a significant amount of running downhill during the race. While that may sound pretty nice and easy, downhill running brings it's own set of challenges that need to be addressed in training. If it is not down correctly, not only will you risk injury due to the higher impact of running downhill, you could also slow yourself down. I plan to find a gentle downhill of 4-5% (these are abundant on my regular running route), and spend some time focusing on form as I run the downhills once or twice a week.
How it helps: Proper downhill training can teach you to avoid the pitfalls of "braking," which can cause you to put more pressure on your heels and knees, plus help your muscles adapt to the needs of downhill running.
These key workouts are in addition to what is actually the most important workout, the long run (though some of the downhill training can be incorporated into the long run). I currently have about an eight mile base (though it's been a couple weeks since I've run that distance), so I'll start my increase from that point, peaking at 12 miles two weeks before the race.
Training starts this week (since I only managed a short run while we were in Malibu, details of that coming soon). I'll get the plan up soon, then follow up with training updates each week.
Now, Malibu. Since it's late and I didn't write all weekend, I'm offering pictures today, details tomorrow.
An early dinner the night before at Hugo's, where we go every year when we stay in Malibu (actually we stay in Agoura Hills, which I imagine is a lot less expensive to put us up at). While they serve meat, they have an amazing vegan menu (as well as gluten free choices), and take pride in offering eclectic and delicious options.
With a new start line, the beginning of the Malibu Half Marathon was, well, interesting. Imagine this: The announcer (Alan) had to move 3,000 runners about 1/2 mile down the road from the staging area to the start line. Details coming. Hint: It wasn't as pretty as the coastline of Malibu.
While I usually take my run early, before the start of the race, the new cluster fuck start line, and my responsibilities as Alan's transportation from the start to the finish (down a busy Pacific Coast Highway shared with 3,000 runners), stressed and distracted me. Instead, I waited until we arrived at the finish line then took off for a little four mile run. Not what I'd planned as a kick off to my Holiday Half Marathon training, but I was happy that I managed to get in a few miles instead of blowing it off.
Malibu truly has to be one of the most beautiful places to run. With blue skies, fluffy skies, crashing waves right alongside the road, it truly is running heaven.
How was your weekend? Did you race? What is the most beautiful course that you have run on (an official race or just a training run)? In addition to Malibu, my favorites are along the coast at Hanalei Bay (in Kauai), or the Paris Marathon. Of course, my daily route, on the trails of La Quinta is amazingly beautiful too.


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Dinner with the royals?
The Duke and the Duchess of Cambridge played host Thursday evening at a party at St. James's Palace.
Around 120 guests joined the couple for a black tie reception and three-course meal marking a cause close to William's heart – the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA) Appeal.
Kate was stunning in a satin and chiffon asymmetric bespoke gown by Jenny Packham.
The event hopes to aid in raising $18 million to turn the Armed Forces Memorial into a centre for remembrance of those who have died in conflict while on duty or as a result of terrorist action since the Second World War.
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Don't Poop Under the Dinner Table, and Other Rules of Etiquette
Some people seemed puzzled by my statement the other day, to the effect that a contemporary religious and secular person will probably have more in common with each other than either of them do with a pre-modern person or NASCAR fan, but it's difficult to avoid that conclusion. How many contemporary religious people would actually like to eliminate the secular realm, as the Islamists wish to do? Until a few hundred years ago, all of mankind was completely swaddled in religion. There was no "space" outside it. The very possibility of skepticism just didn't exist.
Likewise, it wasn't as if people converted from godlessness to Christianity. Rather, it was simply a change of allegiance from one god to another, usually for a better deal. No evangelist had to begin "from the ground up" and lay a basis for why God exists and religion is necessary. It was completely and totally self-evident. A book such as mine would have been even more superfluous than it is today: "Of course the universe was created. Of course life didn't arise by accident. What's your point?"
But today, for the vast majority of people, God is anything but self-evident. In my case, as I was saying yesterday, it wasn't until I tapped into the esoteric and Hermetic tradition of Christianity that it made any sense to me at all. I was then able to use that as a "bridge" to more traditional forms, and it all began to add up.
I think it was also much easier for pre-modern people to be religious because life was so short and unpleasant: "Lousy food. And such small portions!" Plus, no one understood how anything worked or why anything happened. I think of Buddha, or the early desert fathers, who withdrew from the world in order to have a direct encounter with God. As much as I admire them, what were they giving up? Life was so obviously transient and full of pain, that the Buddha must be counted as a champion of the obvious. "Life is suffering. Gee, ya think? What would you like us to do, name a religion after you?"
I was particularly struck by Taylor's discussion of the "civilizing process" that commenced in Europe in the 16th century. I touched on this in my book, on pp. 162-166, but there again, that section could easily be expanded into a whole book. (In fact, it has, for example, Norbert Elias's classic The Civilizing Process.) It turns out that you can learn a lot about people by looking at the etiquette books of the time, to see what was required to be a polished gentleman and stand out from the uncivilized rabble -- by the things that were and weren't taken for granted.
For example, when dining with others, don't blow your nose with the tablecloth. When walking with a companion down the street, it is not a "very fine habit," "when one comes across excrement... to point it out to another, and hold it up for him to smell." Do not defecate in public places, either in the middle of the street or down the hallway. Don't just walk around naked.
Neil Postman also discusses this in his excellent The Disappearance of Childhood. People "were not shamed by exposing their bodily functions to the gaze of others.... The idea of concealing sexual drives was alien to adults, and the idea of sheltering children from sexual secrets, unknown.... Indeed, it was common enough in the Middle Ages for adults to take liberties with the sexual organs of children.... In the Middle Ages there were no children because there existed no means for adults to know exclusive information..." Manners, literacy, disenchantment, individualism, boundaries, and the interior self all arise simultaneously.
In his book, Elias devotes an an entire analysis to "the rise of the fork," which symbolized a more general trend toward refinement of manners, or self-restraint, courtesy, psychological boundaries, and recognition of the other as a separate being. Prior to the 16th century, everyone just ate with their hands from a common bowl, and this persisted in the lower classes into the 19th century. In a way, the civilizing process tracks along with the development of shame, or at least putting it to an entirely new purpose. As Taylor writes, the civilizing process is a matter of learning to feel shame "in the proper places."
Thus, what may appear to be a trivial change in manners on the surface signifies a much deeper psychological change, in that people are beginning to be aware of their own psychological interior, and how they appear to others. Prior to this time, people are much more like children, with no shame whatsoever about bodily functions, about expressing emotion with no restraint, or about acting on violent or sexual impulses without reflection. Ironically, it is only with the development of the individual that intimacy can begin to develop, which you might say is the unashamed sharing of two people, interior to interior, or "psychological undressing."
It's easy to criticize the Catholic Church, but the point is, they were just reflecting the average mentality of the time. A day-to-day chronicler of papal life tells of how, at a Vatican banquet in around 1500, the Pope watched from a balcony "with loud laughter and much pleasure," as his illegitimate son "slew unarmed criminals, one by one, as they were driven into a small courtyard below" (Manchester, A World Lit Only by Fire). One could cite hundreds of similar examples. People were just fascinated with the most barbaric expressions of sadistic violence, in a way that we only express in disguise by, say, watching horror movies or NASCAR crashes.
Since there was no interior self, there was no need for privacy. The typical home of even a prosperous peasant centered around a bed made of straw pallets, "all seething with vermin. Everyone slept there, regardless of age or gender -- grandparents, parents, children, grandchildren, hens and pigs -- and if a couple chose to enjoy intimacy, the others were aware of every movement." One wonders as well if they weren't perpetually intoxicated: "Under Henry VII and Henry VIII the per capita allowance was one gallon of beer per day -- even for nuns and 18-year-old children." After all, you were taking your life into your hands if you drank water. Because of malnourishment, the average man stood 5'5" and weighed 135 pounds. Because of the toll of childbearing, "a young girl's life expectancy was twenty-four." Marriages typically lasted only six or seven years, since few people surpassed the age of 40, by which time they probably looked and felt 70 (Manchester).
Not only was skepticism unheard of, but childlike credulousness was the norm. Taylor traces the psychological "disenchantment" of the world, which made it possible to study the world objectively, and thereby give rise to science. But before the development of psychological boundaries demarcating a distinct interior and exterior, the world was teeming with psychological content projected outward. Everyone just "knew" that the air was filled with ghosts, ghouls, incubi, the spirits of unbaptized infants, water nymphs, sprites, fairies, and vampires. Many of the burial practices we maintain today were developed in order to make sure that the dead person stayed dead, and did not come back to haunt the living (Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality).
My children, this post has become rather rambling and unwieldy, without ever getting to my main point. To be continued....


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Anonymous web weapon backfires with hidden banking Trojan
Hacktivists tricked into installing malware
Posted in Security, 2nd March 2012 11:37 GMT
Anonymous supporters queuing up to participate in denial-of-service attacks are being tricked into installing ZeuS botnet clients.
Hacktivists grabbed what they thought was the Slowloris tool, which is designed to flood websites with open connections and ultimately knock them offline. However, the download included a strain of ZeuS, which promptly installed itself on their Microsoft Windows machines.
The Trojan will carry out the distributed attacks, but that's not all it does - it'll also steal users' online banking credentials, webmail logins, and cookies.
The deception began on 20 January, the same day as the FBI Megaupload raid, Symantec reports.
Malware pedlars swiped the template of an Anonymous guide to launching denial-of-service attacks from Pastebin, modified it to include a link to the nobbled build of Slowloris, and reposted the message on Pastebin to snare victims.
Anonymous is normally highly antagonistic to white-hat security firms, especially Symantec. This time however Twitter accounts maintained by the hacktivist collective were happy to endorse Symantec's warning.
Twit AnonymousIRC wrote: "Anonymous supporters tricked into installing Zeus trojan. This MUSTN'T happen. Be careful what you post and click on!" ®


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By Tracy Phillips
There was a whack job on the dance floor once again this week—and I'm not talking about Cloris Leachman. I'm talking to you, Carrie Ann Inaba.
In a sexy night of tangos and sambas, the judges said they were going to be tougher since we're approaching the half-way mark. They then went on to give some erratic, questionable scores. On this night, crowd pleasers Warren and Kym and Toni and Alec received the exact same scores as clowns Cloris and Corky.
Carrie Ann went so far as to give Cloris an "8"…but not before a vain moment where she told Cloris to get out of the way because she was blocking her camera angle. Carrie Ann then exposed her struggles with the English language when she didn't know the proper verb tense of the word shine, prompting the best insult from Bruno maybe ever: he called her "Paula." (As in, that inept judge on that OTHER monster reality show.)
Read on for more of the good, the bad, and the ugly:
Maurice and Cheryl. Dance: Samba. Score: 20
Maurice and Cheryl got their 'fros on and jammed to "That's the Way I Like It" in a catchy routine that was hard not to like. And yet the judges did, saying Maurice, while fun to watch, lacked precision and isn't progressing. I loved this dance, the song, the outfits…so boo to these low scores!
Cody and Julianne. Dance: Tango. Score: 23
The "Boy Wonder" is finding his "mojo." Even though Cody and Julianne ended up lying on top of each at the end of their tango, I'm pretty sure the judges were only talking about the dancing. They got solid comments tonight but Julianne admits in her blog, "Those judges annoy me sometimes."
Toni and Alec. Dance: Samba. Score: 22
Toni made a noticeable mistake in her routine, but she had challenging choreography and did pull off the samba rolls. I find Toni and Alec a bit perplexing; they sizzle out on the dance floor yet they ultimately leave me cold.
Cloris and Corky. Dance: Tango. Score: 22
From "Grandma from Hell" to "Grand Duchess of Lust:" Cloris cleaned up her act and gave us her best dance. So, you know, it's relative. There were still too many moments where Corky had to grab her arm and pull her because she looked a little lost in the steps. She can get that leg up high too, but that's her best trick. It seems as if the judges got so excited that she didn't disgrace the dance floor this time, they picked up the wrong paddles and gave her a 22!?
Rocco and Karina. Dance: Samba. Score: 18
The hot pink chiffon ruffles couldn't disguise Rocco's lack of musicality according to Bruno; Carrie Ann said he is still "lacking;" while, for some reason, Len gave him a light-hearted "well done." Everyone: enjoy one last pouty eye roll from Karina before she joins Maks and Edyta on the bench.
Susan and Tony. Dance: Tango. Score: 24
Susan got major kudos and high scores for burying the "timid" bit and channeling Erica Kane for a fiesty tango, but I am consistently underwhelmed by her performances. I would have given this dance Maurice and Cheryl's 20.
Brooke and Derek. Dance: Samba. Score: 26
This samba was so sexy, Bruno said he needed a smoke afterward. Len claimed it was "too erotic" and said it as if it were a bad thing. Carrie Ann thinks Brooke's blend of athleticism and grace will carry her to the finals. Duh.
Lance and Lacey. Dance: Tango. Score: 26
Lance and Lacey finally found the right balance between pleasing the temperamental judges and staying true to their funky selves with a Goth-inspired tango that gave them their highest scores yet.
Warren and Kym. Dance: Samba. Score: 22
Warren and Kym put on another enjoyable routine but were criticized for lacking content. I can't argue with this one; the moves seemed fairly easy, but the blame for the choreography goes to Kym.
Elimination prediction: It's unlikely Rocco and Karina will pull enough viewer votes to overcome the combined low scores from last week and last night. Which is a shame since they'll miss out on the fantastic four new dances being introduced next week: The hustle, jitterbug, salsa and west coast swing.


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Barnsley 0 West Ham Utd 4 (06/04/12)Moderator: Gnome Re: Barnsley v West Ham United: Match ThreadEnjoyed the game. Nolan was great. Great win. Fans did us proud
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Once again - one person (who's been given a week off). Followed by 10x as many posters moaning about the lone moaner. Oh the irony. Be nice if we could ALL just concentrate on a really positive performance for once, rather than let another match thread disintegrate into a slanging match
Re: Barnsley v West Ham United: Match ThreadOn that note... It was a fantastic, professional performance, and we were easily four goals better; I actually thought that we could end up getting another couple after the fourth went in, but it wasn't to be (although we hit the bar and had one ruled out for offside, so it's not like we didn't have the chances). I've only been able to get to a few games this season, what with being skint, studying flat-out for my PhD, and living in East Yorks, but we've won each time I've gone without seeing us concede a goal (Donny Rovers 1-0, Hull City 2-0, Barnsley 4-0). Unfortunately, I don't think I'm going to get to any more games this season, because the logarithmic increase in our goals scored suggests that we'll win the next match that I attend 8-0. Anyway, it was a great atmosphere - non-stop noise from our travelling fans- and I hope that we continue to get behind the team AND the manager until the end of the season. There still may be one or two surprises to come, methinks.
Re: Barnsley v West Ham United: Match ThreadWatched the Game on Tv and thought it was an excellent performance was also nice to to see the players smilling even when a pass went astray. thats how in control they were.
Re the last 5 game i honestly belive that reading will loose their next 2 games and we will overtake them i think being top will heap pressure on them, They will not like being chassed! COYI!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Barnsley v West Ham United: Match ThreadReally happy watching the game on t.v. A great performance by all, and so pleased to see maynard shooting on sight more. I have only seen us draw when going this season to the ground.Really wish we could find a system that can work at home as good as it does away. well done all the fans who made the trip. I thought oneil was superb in what he did yesterday, energy, tackling, passing and passion was all spot on, fair play to bez.
Re: Barnsley v West Ham United: Match ThreadReally enjoyable day out yesterday! Nolan was class and Maynard also had an important part to play in the first 3 goals! I was pleased to see Sam applaud the fans as he went under the tunnel, if we are going to get promoted we need unity. Birmingham will be tough but we can do it!
Re: Barnsley v West Ham United: Match ThreadGreat performance, every player played a part yesterday, they all put in effort.
Some really good goals as well That Maynard goal... that's the way West Ham should pass and score
Re: Barnsley v West Ham United: Match ThreadDetermination, pressing them all over the park, some real flair and some cracking goals. Anyone knocking that performance needs to seriously have a word with their self! Top stuff from the lads!
Re: Barnsley v West Ham United: Match ThreadA good professional performance that will boost our own confidence and serve as a reminder to Soton and Reading that we're not out of it yet.
Everyone put in a shift, we did all the basics right and fully deserved our win. Still, Barnsley were awful. I know there's a bit of a financial gulf between the two teams but they didn't turn up at all. No closing down, lightweight challenges, players going through the motions. Given the pressure we've been under you'd have thought they'd have taken the opportunity to have a good go at us.
Re: Barnsley v West Ham United: Match ThreadExcellent team performance and support.
I feel like I want to thank Nolan for making the captaincy mean something this season in terms of bonding and motivating the team; a top personal performance is a bit of a bonus and thank Fat Sam for building confidence and resilience in a right shower. Those two things alone are enough to make me happy with this seasons efforts. I'm confident the rest will come.
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Indeed. Barnsley's performance reminded me of some of our recent displays against the bigger Premiership sides where we were beaten before we even crossed the white line.
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Dont want to be gloating, but i did find this post-match interview with Keith Hill amusing - he's not holding back! http://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10309~2726075,00.html
Re: Barnsley v West Ham United: Match Thread"We want to be in the Championship next season, but with performances like that I can't see where the next point is coming from and that's what is really difficult for me as a manager and my pride."
****ing hell. He makes Allardyce look like a PR guru. That is a ridiculous thing to be saying at this stage of the season. Feel sorry for Barnsley fans.
Re: Barnsley v West Ham United: Match ThreadActually felt a bit sorry for Barnsley after watching the game on telly yesterday . . . Really not sure about their CB's - looked like they were operating in slo-mo. But, doesn't matter how poor they were, nice to see us do a great job
Re: Barnsley v West Ham United: Match ThreadI have to laugh at Hill, after they fouled their way through the game at our place and the **** had the temerity to say that he wouldn't resort to direct football.
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He also made Sam look like Giorgio Armani when he turned up to the press conference at the Boleyn earlier in the season looking like an extra from the set of Emmerdale...
Re: Barnsley v West Ham United: Match ThreadFair play to them, they did add to an entertaining game. I think about HT the stats showed 50% to each team. But the defended poorly. As Paddy mentioned during the game, they weren't doing their keeper any favours and lo and behold we scored.
The manager wants team to play football fair enough, but he doesn't quite have the personnel to pull it off. Did they say that their 2 forwards had only scored something like 1 between them in the last 8 or 9 games ? And they struggled a bit yesterday. Their outside right gave Linda all sorts of problems at times, maybe they should have put more pressure on our full backs because they did have a bit of pace up front. The only nit pick for me was Rob Green's kicking. What the Fkcu was he thinking when he dinked it to their bloke about 25 yards out and then had to go full length to keep out the shot ? Some of his upfield balls were shocking especially when we only had Maynard up there. When he threw it out we looked better ~ except that one time to Tonka ~ was he expecting it or was he taken by surprise ? I know it looked like he lost his footing, but it also looked as though he wasn't expecting it.
Re: Barnsley v West Ham United: Match ThreadMore long balls and we've had scored 8 or more.
Re: Barnsley v West Ham United: Match ThreadFull game on iplayer
Re: Barnsley v West Ham United: Match ThreadPossibly, no def the worst team performance by any team in the 4 leagues that ive seen yesterday from barnsley, you sure avrams not in charge there in a keith hill mask
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