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Today, the Georgia State Quarter Coin remembers when the Liberty Boys planned to destroy the stamp paper on January 2, 1766.
Georgia's governor talked the representatives into not attending the northern colonies' meeting to discuss the odious Stamp Act, however that did not stop Georgians from vehemently protesting against England's plan of taxation.
From A Treatise on the Constitution of Georgia, by Walter McElreath, published in 1912:
The first principle of American liberty to be developed and insisted upon was that which denied the right of taxation without representation.
In 1718, the Virginia House of Burgesses declared that the act of parliament extending the post office system to the colonies was an usurpation of a function, which belonged only to the colonial legislature, because the levying of postal rates was a species of taxation, and when that state capitulated to the commonwealth of Cromwell in 1652, it was expressly stipulated that no taxes or customs should be laid, except by her own representatives.
From time to time, the colonial legislatures passed declaratory acts asserting the principle that there could be no taxation without representation, and the assembly of New York asserted this right, which had been foreshadowed in Magna Charta, and had been expressly recognized by the Petition of Right, by the passage of an act in 1691, "that no tax whatever should be levied on his Majesty's subjects in that province or on their estates, on any pretence whatever, but by the act and consent of the representatives of the people in the General Assembly convened."
When the news of the passage of the Stamp Act, arrived in America, the Virginia Assembly was in session, and immediately passed resolutions denying the right of parliament to tax the colonies.
On the 25th of June, 1765, the General Assembly of Massachusetts sent a circular letter to all of the colonies, asking them to send representatives to a General Congress to meet in New York on the first Tuesday in October, 1765, for the purpose of "United Resistance."
When this letter was received by the Speaker of the Commons House of Assembly of Georgia the assembly was not in session but the speaker immediately issued a call for a meeting of the members of the assembly, and sixteen of them met in Savannah on the 2nd day of September, 1765.
A reply was sent to the Massachusetts resolutions expressing their willingness "to co-operate in every measure for the support of their common rights," but, through the influence of Governor Wright, they did not send delegates to the Congress, although Georgia sent a messenger, who was to get a copy of the proceedings.
James Habersham, president of the Council of Georgia, said with reference to this tax, "the annual tax raised here for the support of our internal policy, is full as much as the inhabitants can bear, and suppose the stamps produce only one eighth of what they would in South Carolina, it would amount to as much in one year as our tax laws will raise in three; and perhaps we have not five thousand pounds in gold and silver, come into the province in five years, though the Act requires it in one. If this is really the case, as I believe it is, how must every inhabitant shudder at the thought of the Act taking place, which according to my present apprehension must inevitable ruin them."
Before the arrival of the stamps an association was formed known as the "Liberty Boys" to prevent the distribution of the papers on their arrival, and to compel the distributors to resign.
On the 5th of December the ship Speedwell, bearing the stamps, arrived in the river. The stamps were secretly transferred to Fort Halifax.
On the 2nd of January, 1766, the governor was informed that two hundred "Liberty Boys" had assembled to break open the fort and destroy the stamps.
The governor ordered out two military companies and removed the stamps to the guard house.
Towards the close of January, a body of six hundred men assembled a few miles from the town and sent word to the governor that, unless the papers were removed, they would march to Savannah and storm the governor's house and the fort and destroy them.
The governor sent the stamps to Fort George, on Cockspur Island, where they remained for a few days, when, for better security, they were returned to the man-of-war, Speedwell, on which they had been brought to the colony.
An excerpt of the letter written by Governor Wright describing the events of the Liberty Boys found in The History of Georgia by Charles Colcock Jones, published in 1883:
"On the 26th of October, the day of his Majesty's accession, I had ordered a general Muster: and in the evening, a little after night, there was a very great tumult in the streets, and some effigies burnt, and a day or two after several incendiary threatening letters were wrote on which I issued a proclamation as your Excellency will see by the enclosed newspaper.
"I also issued another proclamation against riots and tumultuous and unlawful assemblies, and from that time the spirit of faction and sedition took place and increased, and those persons who falsely call themselves the Sons of Liberty began to have private cabals and meetings, and I was informed that many had signed an Association to oppose and prevent the distribution of Stamped papers, and the act from taking effect.
"But it was impossible to come at such proof as would enable me to support any legal proceedings against them, and I found they had determined on attacking the distributor as soon as he arrived, and compelling him to resign or promise not to act, as had been done in the Northern Colonies.
"I had also been informed that they intended to seize upon and destroy the papers whenever they should come. In the mean time Sir, every argument I could suggest was used to convince them of the rashness of such attempts and the dangerous consequences that must attend them, and every method, both public and private, was pursued by me to bring them to a right way of thinking, and which I frequently thought I had effected, and am sure I should have done but for the inflammatory papers, letters, and messages continually sent to the people here from the Liberty Boys, as they call themselves, in Charlestown, South Carolina, and by whom I am very clear all our disturbances and difficulties have been occasioned.
"And thus matters rested Sir, till the 5th of December when his Majesty's ship Speedwell arrived here with the stamped papers on board. I had used every precaution necessary to prevent either papers or officer from falling into the hands of those people, which they were not ignorant of.
"And when it was known that the Speedwell was in the river with the papers, several of the principal inhabitants came to me and gave me the strongest assurances possible that there was then no intention to seize upon or destroy the papers. And they were landed without any appearance of tumult and lodged in the King's store or warehouse under the care of the Commissary.
"But notwithstanding these assurances with respect to the papers, I still found there was a design against the Officer.
"From the 5th of November everything remained pretty quiet, but I found cabals were frequently held and inflammatory letters sent from Charlestown, and on the 2nd of January, about 3 in the afternoon, I was informed that the Liberty Boys in town had assembled together to the number of about 200 and were gathering fast, and that some of them had declared they were determined to go to the Fort and break open the Store and take out the stamped papers and destroy them; on which I immediately ordered the officers to get their men together, but appearances and threats were such that in three days I had not less than 40 men on duty every night to protect the papers, or I am confident they would have been destroyed.
"On the 3rd of January Mr. Angus, the distributor for this Province, arrived, of which I had the earliest notice in consequence of measures concerted for that purpose, and immediately sent the scout boat with an officer and a party of men to protect him and suffer no body to speak to him, but conduct him safely to my house, which was done the next day at noon when he took the State oaths and oath of office, and I had the papers distributed and lodged in all the different offices relative to the shipping and opening our ports, which had been shut for some time.
"But here the people in general have agreed not to apply for any other papers till his Majesty's pleasure be known on the petitions sent from the Colonies.
"I kept the Officer in my house for a fortnight, after which he went into the Country, to avoid the resentment of the people, for awhile. No pains have been spared in the Northern Colonies to spirit up and inflame the people, and a spirit of faction and sedition was stirred up throughout the Province, and parties of armed men actually assembled themselves together and were preparing to do so in different parts, but by sending expresses with letters to many of the most prudent I had the satisfaction to find that my weight and credit was sufficient to check all commotions and disturbances in the Country at that time,
"and everything was quiet again and remained so till a few days ago when some incendiaries from Charlestown came full fraught with sedition and rebellion, and have been about the Country and inflamed the people to such a degree that they were again assembling together in all parts of the Province and, to the number of about 600, were to have come here on yesterday, all armed, and these people as I have been informed, were to have surrounded my house and endeavored to extort a promise from me that no papers should be issued till his Majesty's pleasure be known on the petitions sent home,
"and if I did not immediately comply, they were to seize upon and destroy the papers and commit many acts of violence against the persons and property of those gentlemen that have declared themselves friends of Government.
"On this last alarm I thought it advisable to remove the papers to a place of greater security, and accordingly ordered them to be carried to Fort George on Cockspur Island where they are protected by a Captain, two Subalterns, and fifty private men of the Rangers.
"But I have the satisfaction to inform your Excellency that I have, with the assistance of some well disposed Gentlemen, taken off and got a great many dispersed who were actually on their way down here, but many are still under arms and I can't yet say how the affair will end. …"
The Georgia State Quarter Coin shows with an image, circa 1939, of a tabby fort built near Savannah in the 1740s.


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Large monitor. Nice styling. Innovative touchscreen. HDMI in and out. Analog video in. USB 3.0.
No Blu-ray. No eSATA. No TV tuner.
Bottom Line
The Sony VAIO VPC-L212FX/B continues the evolution of the Sony VAIO line of all-in-one touch-screen desktops, with a great design, good performance, and good price. But a couple of missing features hold it back.
The Sony VAIO VPC-L212FX/B ($1,199.99 list, at Best Buy) is a very attractive all-in-one desktop PC with the power to create media (photos, videos, music) as well as enjoy it. It has a couple of creature comforts, like HDMI-in and an innovative multi-touch screen, but a couple of missing features, like Blu-ray and a TV tuner, keep this desktop from industry-leading greatness.
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The VPC-L212FX/B looks more like an HDTV than the last Sony VAIO all-in-one we looked at, the Sony VAIO VPC-J113FX/B ($999.98 list, 2.5 stars). The desktop is all monitor, with a slightly large bezel around the screen (more on that later). The chassis fits the current consumer electronics standards: glossy black plastic and glass, with silver accents on the system's "foot." The included wireless keyboard and mouse easily slip underneath the screen for storage. The back and sides of the system have embedded controls and ports, but are almost invisible unless you really look for them. This design strategy is both a help and a hindrance: they are certainly discreet, but they almost seem hidden when you're trying to find them in a darkened room.
The system's 24-inch 1080p HD (1,920 by 1,080 resolution) panel is multi-touch enabled, so you can navigate using your fingers. The surface has a little more friction than other touch devices (like the relatively slick screen on an iPad or iPhone), but it's easy to get used to. The bezel surrounding the screen is actually another touch-sensitive that tries to make the touch experience more than just "pressing on-screen buttons." Depending on what spot you press, you'll bring up functions like zoom in/out, back or forward, a hotkey for a favorite app, and even a control to turn the backlit Sony logo on or off. It's somewhat gimmicky, but I suppose you can learn the functions to make surfing the Web a better experience. At the very least, it means that you'll need to use the mouse and keyboard less. An icon on the lower right of the bezel brings up a cheat sheet diagram in case you forget which part of the screen zooms in.
Like other all-in-one PCs, there isn't any internal expansion room in the VPC-L212FX/B, though you can expand the included 4GB of memory up to 8GB. There are 3 USB 2.0 ports in the back, and a pair of USB 3.0 ports on the side. The USB 3.0 interface is "up to 10 times faster" than USB 2.0. Above the USB 3.0 ports is the media card reader, which only handles SD and Memory Stick models (and their variants). I'd like to see an eSATA port to also provide a faster connection when transferring data via external hard drives, since video collectors and creators tend to like big-screen PCs like this one. Other buttons on the right side of the desktop handle volume or selecting which of the three inputs display on the screen: The internal PC, HDMI in, or the analog (composite) video/audio in ports. HDMI in is great for people that want to hook up a cable DVR, PlayStation 3, or TiVo to the VPC-L212FX/B, and the analog ports will work with old-school VCRs and camcorders.
For such a compact desktop, there are a lot of options to view video, but there are a few omissions. The system lacks the Blu-ray player that should have been a natural choice for 23-inch 1080p HD panels, and this version of the VAIO L Touch lacks a TV tuner (other models from Sony have both options). Since we're griping, the bloatware situation at Sony has improved greatly compared with a few years ago, but there are still a couple of stumbles. The system comes with only 30 days of updates for the included Norton Internet Security trial software (I'd like to see 12-15 months included on all new PCs), and there's a copy of Evernote preloaded. Evernote is a free note-taking app, but to get the full functionality of the program you'll have to subscribe. The software isn't all bad: There's a VAIO Media Gallery program pre-loaded that helps you view photos, videos, and music in an easy to navigate touch interface. VAIO Media Gallery also helps you create videos and slideshows you can then share with the world. PlayStation 3 owners will get a kick out of the remote play and remote keyboard functions built into the VAIO L Touch. You can share media (photos, music, videos) between other VAIO desktops and laptops, if you set up the Vaio Media sharing utility.
The VPC-L212FX/B uses one of the new Intel Core i5-2410M processors, which includes Intel's HD Graphics 3000 integrated GPU. This means that the desktop has very good multimedia processing performance with a modicum of 3D power, all in a singe-die chip. It has multimedia performance that rivals quad-core processors from AMD, even though the Core i5-2410M is technically a dual-core processor. The VPC-L212FX/B completed our Handbrake video encoder test in 2 minutes 38 seconds, and our Photoshop CS5 test in 4:13. That's faster than the AMD Athlon II X4-powered Lenovo IdeaCentre B305 ($949 list, 3.5 stars) (which scored 3:25 on Handbrake; 8:01 on CS5) and the HP TouchSmart 310 ($1,159 direct, 4 stars) (2:56 Handbrake; 6:42 CS5). Our current Editor's Choice for midrange multimedia all in one PCs, the Asus All in One PC ET2400IGTS-B008E ($1,299 list, 4.5 stars) is a smidge faster than all these desktops (1:57 Handbrake; 3:30 CS5): its higher-powered Intel Core i5-2400S and a smidge more memory (6GB vs. 4GB) is the reason for the extra performance. Of course, none of these desktops is a great choice for playing 3D games, though the Asus ET2400 comes closest to playable scores at Crysis (33fps). If you want 3D performance in an all in one at this price point, you'll have to go for the smaller screened Apple iMac 21.5-inch (Core i3) ($1,199 list, 4 stars) (61fps Crysis). The VPCL212FX/B can run Crysis, but its 11fps score at medium settings is akin to a slow motion video of the action.
Though the Sony VAIO VPC-L212FX/B is arguably the most attractive system among the five in terms of looks, it has a few drawbacks that keep it from achieving our highest ratings: The Sony's weaker 3D performance isn't a dealbreaker by itself, but when you add the lack of Blu-ray, eSATA, and TV tuner to the mix, you lost a few points off the top. The Asus ET2400IGTS-B008E holds on to the Editors' Choice for multimedia all in one desktops by virtue of its better performance overall, and the things that the Sony lacked.
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Love and warm-fuzzy feelings are kinda one in the same in my daily vocabulary.
I love God. I love my family. I love my friends. I love tacos. I love sunshine, and I love wool socks, especially when there is a lack of sunshine.
All warm and fuzzy {feeling-induced} types of things {for me at least].
A few years ago God began showing me another side of love, and it didn't have a whole lot to do with warm or fuzzy.
It was the kind of love that is hard-fought for, the kind that says I'll persist in loving you despite your massive amounts of junk and baggage, the kind of love that means the laying down of one's life for another's benefit.
I started examining my beliefs about love and my understanding of love when I began studying 1 Corinthians 13; I didn't really feel tugged toward studying love. I thought the whole love thing was going pretty well for me, and I'm a little embarrassed to say that every time I'd read about the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians, I'd always determined love was the "easy" fruit. HA!
I actually began studying love because the woman who has mentored me during the past several years wrote a study about 1 Corinthians 13, and she was teaching a very conveniently timed class at our church that offered childcare at the same time.
I was sold on this study because who doesn't want to study warm and fuzzy love and have their littles be cared for while doing it?!
As I began reading about love in 1 Corinthians 13 and really thinking about what things like "love is patient; love is kind. It is not proud or rude" looks like in real life, in MY real life, I began to realize it had little to do with the warm-fuzzy love I like so much.
In fact, this was the kind of love that made me want to crawl beneath the covers in my bed and hide away because who can love like that ... especially when there are preschoolers and all of the 4,534 questions during the course of one day involved?
Especially when a child is spewing deep-rooted pain out of their mouths, like little daggers of fury flying in the direction of whoever's heart is in his or her warpath.
Especially when a neighbor or acquaintance accuses.
Or a loved one wounds us.
Or stranger curses us.
Especially then, when this real kind of unconditional, I-lay-down-my-will-for-the-good-of-another kind of love seems nearly impossible.
I soon learned why love is one of the Fruit of the Spirit ... because I, on my own, had a real hard time mustering up true, lay-down-my-will-to-benefit-another kind of love on any given challenging day.
But that's the kind of love I've felt like my heart is increasingly being called to ... because that's the kind of love that my God shows me.
We can't do love well unless we know love well.
In one of the disciple John's letters to fellow followers of Jesus, John said, "We love because He first loved us."
We know love because God first modeled this love to us. God's love is thankfully a transforming kind of love that allows us to then be better love bearers.
The more we soak in His love, the more we purposefully get to know His love, the more we are transformed by His love, the more His love comes out in our lives.
This kind of love isn't warm and fuzzy; it's a way of life.
1 Corinthians 13 love is a love that we can't muster up on our own. We need a constant connection to the Divine to be able to be loved and also to love in that kind of selfless way.
This kind of love is a call to abide, to remain deeply connected to the One who gives life.
As I wrestled last week with understanding this depth of love and how it comes from abiding, I began reading in John 6 for something completely unrelated, so I thought, to my study of love.
In chapter 6, after the followers witness Jesus do miracle after miracle after miracle, one of Jesus's Twelve disciples John, tells us about a hard teaching Jesus shares with the people who had called themselves disciples.
After Jesus likens calls himself the bread of life, he says, "Truly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him." (6:53-56)
I don't know about you, but thinking of that literally kind of makes me feel queasy; I can totally see why many of the people following said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?" (6:60)
Many turned their backs and no longer walked with Jesus because of this teaching, because of this call for our souls to deeply abide in His love.
Like most good analogies, this one powerfully evokes the senses and gives us concrete pictures to explain a spiritual truth: just like our physical bodies crave bread and thirst for water, our souls longs for, crave, thirsts for the goodness and true unconditional love of Jesus. Unless we eat and drink of what our bodies crave and need, they will die, just like unless our souls eat and drink of what they crave, they, too, will wither.
Jesus says the only way to love this 1 Corinthians 13 type of love is to abide, to remain in Him, the way a branch remains in a vine (John 15). In the way a branch drinks from the veins of the vine, our souls drink from the love flowing from Jesus Himself.
Soon after the crowd of followers dwindles in John 6, Jesus says to the Twelve, "Do you want to go away as well?" (6:67)
And Simon Peter, bless him, bluntly says to Jesus, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed and come to know that you are the Holy One of God." (68-69)
To whom would we go?
It's like Peter is saying -- yes, it's hard to understand, but where else would we turn? We've tasted; we've seen. We know you are good. This is hard, but this is it. There's no going back to just following the law ...
And for me, with this unconditional, God-breathed love of 1 Corinthians 13, it's the same. I've tasted and seen this sweet love. It's hard to understand; it's nearly impossible to muster even portions of it on my own ... but there's no going back to living off of the warm-fuzzies because this love is the bread of life.
This love is the love that lasts.
"Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away." 1 Corinthians 13:8


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Today I want to talk to you about a new film that's been recently banned, here in the UK, and why I don't have an issue with it being banned.
It was recently announced on Nerdly.co.uk that James Cullen Bressack's film HATE CRIME had been banned by the BBFC. Now, for those who aren't aware of it, HATE CRIME is one of Bressack's latest horror films. According to his IMDB page here he's been a busy man, directing, producing and writing plenty of films, since his first work back in 2004. And he's still exceedingly young - 23 years of age.
The film follows a bunch of Neo-Nazi thugs, as they break into a Jewish family's house, and rape, torture and murder them. The film is of the "found footage" variety, and lasts a measly 71 minutes.
The BBFC banned the film, with the full statement reading:
HATE CRIME focuses on the terrorisation, mutilation, physical and sexual abuse and murder of the members of a Jewish family by the Neo Nazi thugs who invade their home. The physical and sexual abuse and violence are accompanied by constant strong verbal racist abuse. Little context is provided for the violence beyond an on screen statement at the end of the film that the two attackers who escaped were subsequently apprehended and that the one surviving family member was released from captivity. We have considered the attempt at the end to position the film as against hate-crime, but find it so unconvincing that it only makes matters worse.Clearly, the BBFC have issues with the films amoral content. The certification was for a VOD (or Video-On-Demand) version of the film, to be viewable via TheHorrorShow.TV's site, rather than a physical release to UK cinemas or for home viewing on DVD/Blu-Ray. Bressack originally said:
The BBFC's Guidelines on violence state that: "Any depiction of sadistic or sexual violence which is likely to pose a harm risk will be subject to intervention through classification, cuts or even, as a last resort, refusal to classify. We may refuse to classify content which makes sexual or sadistic violence look appealing or acceptable [...] or invites viewer complicity in sexual violence or other harmful violent activities. We are also unlikely to classify content which is so demeaning or degrading to human dignity (for example, it consists of strong abuse, torture or death without any significant mitigating factors) that it may pose a harm risk."
It is the Board's carefully considered conclusion that the unremitting manner in which HATE CRIME focuses on physical and sexual abuse, aggravated by racist invective, means that to issue a classification to this work, even if confined to adults, would be inconsistent with the Board's Guidelines, would risk potential harm, and would be unacceptable to broad public opinion.
Of course, the Board will always seek to deal with such concerns by means of cuts or other modifications when this is a feasible option. However, under the heading of 'Refusal to classify' our Guidelines state that "As a last resort, the BBFC may refuse to classify a work, in line with the objective of preventing non-trivial harm risks to potential viewers and, through their behaviour, to society. We may do so, for example, where a central concept of the work is unacceptable, such as a sustained focus on sexual or sadistic violence. Before refusing classification we will consider whether the problems could be adequately addressed through intervention such as cuts." The Board considered whether its concerns could be dealt with through cuts. However, given that the fact that unacceptable content runs throughout the work, cuts are not a viable option in this case and the work is therefore refused a classification.
I am honoured to know that my mind is officially too twisted for the UK. So it goes… I find it unbelievable that a film that shows little to no on screen violence and no nudity was actually banned. it just shows the power of what is implied and peoples imagination; and is a testament to the fact that the same crimes that happen in the world are truly horrifying.Now, the problem I have, is that the BBFC - and this may surprise some of you - don't actually want to ban things! It does them no favours to do so. When they do, they receive a lot of criticism, not only from the film-maker themselves and/or the studio releasing their work, but also from anti-censorship campaigners.
Normally, I do become interested in something that has been banned, and have written many times about such works. It's usually a sign of something interesting and worth my time seeking out - usually via an import DVD/Blu-Ray. HATE CRIME is out in the USA, on DVD, and has been legally available there, since 15th October 2013, via Unearthed Films: a company who have released many other controversial, and/or films that would be banned within the UK, such as Nacho Cerda's AFTERMATH (1994) or the brutal and nihilistic PHILOSOPHY OF A KNIFE (2009, Andrey Iskanov).
|HATE CRIMES (Image has been edited, to conform to various
global laws, in which Swastika imagery is illegal to show!)
So why am I writing about this film? Well, first of all, I need to state that I have not seen this film. As such, what I am about to say, is liable to end-up with me being labelled a hypocrite, and a clueless idiot. But, that's fine with me. No one can ever claim to be a perfect individual, and I am certainly no angel. I say what I feel, and I write what I mean.
For James Cullen Bressack, having his film banned, wouldn't have been an issue for me. However, what has caused me problems, is that a few days AFTER the film was banned in the UK, and he said how proud he was to have been banned, (why?), he then released this piece of ultra-defensive P.R.:
I'm calling bullshit on this! He's clearly upset that his film can't now be legally viewed by UK viewers, which means he can't make money from this title. But to try and glibly claim what he does in the afore-mentioned piece of P.R., is hilarious.As a Jewish man, and a victim of anti -Semitic hate, I made a horror film that depicts the very thing that haunts my dreams. As an artist I wanted to tell a story to remind us that we live in a dangerous world; a world where racial violence is on the rise. It saddens me to learn that censorship is still alive and well. As a critic and journalist, you should at least see the film you are criticizing and do your research to learn that the filmmaker is Jewish. However I have to admit that I do appreciate the press.
So, let me get this straight: his film is banned for (presumably) being extremely violent and potentially anti-Semitic (under English Law, at least), but at the same time, the film contains nothing controversial that would warrant a ban, in his view, and - because he is Jewish himself - that that means his work is wholly defensible? Is that really how you want to go about things, Mr Bressack?
This reminds me of the very same defence that Srdjan Spasojevich tried when A SERBIAN FILM came out a few years back. As you will note in my blog post here he said that the infamous "baby-rape" sequence was a metaphor on the rape and murder of the Serbian people, by their Government. At the time, I didn't buy it, and neither did many others. Even those who quite liked the film, and stood up for its entire artistic existence. To my mind, this is exactly what Bressack has done. After the film's notoriety has gained attention, and been criticised, he is now desperately trying to do some major damage-control, and defend the indefensible: to justify why his work should be allowed to be seen by over-18's here in the UK. Claiming he is Jewish, means that automatically gives him the right to make a potentially anti-Semitic film, doesn't wash with me. Likewise, nor does it excuse the content that the BBFC have flagged-up as being unsuitable for classification.
Clearly, the film must contain some extremely contentious material, otherwise the BBFC would never have banned it, and/or the option of cuts would have been offered to the director. As that didn't happen, we can only conclude that the film must contain material that is potentially grossly inflammatory. If the BBFC can find a way to edit A SERBIAN FILM for an 18 rating, and we all know how extreme that film is in its cut and uncut versions, then HATE CRIME must presumably be far worse.
HATE CRIME has been compared to the 1977 film FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE from director Robert A. Endelson. In that film, a bunch of redneck prisoners flee from their prison, and wall themselves up in a local Black Ministers home. There, they terrorise, degrade and torture the Ministers family.
If you've not seen that film, it's certainly a movie worthy of your time. The main difference between this and HATE CRIME however, is that in FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE, the viewer is firmly put on the side of the victim, rather than the perpetrators. As such, at no time do you either sympathise with the aggressors, no matter how much venom and bile they spout about "niggers" and "coons"! Although the film was banned in the UK, back in 1983/84, and placed on the Video Nasties list, I suspect that if it were submitted today, that it would pass through uncut, with an 18 rating. Not because the film is especially violent, as it isn't, but purely for the racist language, which is extensive and potentially degrading. However, although the language is contextualised to a certain degree, it is still going to be seen as really inflammatory, and that is why I believe an 18 rating would be handed-out to it, rather than a more lenient 15 certificate.
HATE CRIME clearly doesn't side with the victims, and thus it can't use the same defence. According to some online reviews, there are scenes that feature the sexualised violence, from the eyes of the perpetrator, and you watch the scene unfold as if you were the aggressor, actively taking part in the torture. Much like a similar scene found in HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER, when Henry and Otis rape and torture a family, in the infamous "home invasion" sequence. When that film came through the BBFC's doors, James Ferman the then chief censor, had real issues with this moment, and insisted on major cuts and alterations. (Full details of these cuts and alterations can be found at this 30-minute long video link here courtesy of Gavin Salkeld, which I should warn you all, is not suitable for under-18's, and isn't work-safe either!)
Now, stylistically, it may be seen as in interesting way to get under the skin of an audience member, just as happens in HENRY, but it will also - quite often - make the scene feel even more seditionary than you intended. And then, the power and impact of the scene, suddenly doubles or triples. That is why directors have to take great care when using this stylistic technique in films.
That said, such filmic techniques are nothing new. PEEPING TOM, the classic British chiller from 1960, had its killer use a camera on a tripod with a steel blade inserted into one of the tripod's legs, as a way to have an audience see the victim's suffering, to demonstrate that murder is often not quick, clean and painless. It too, was similarly controversial, and the film's notoriety permanently ended the career of its director, Michael Powell. So, this device is neither new or novel. And the recent upsurge in the "found footage" genre of horror films, stemming from films like THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, have also rendered this once-innovative filmic device commonplace.
So, with the film now being banned here in the UK, what does this mean. Well, whilst many horror fans will now be eager to download or purchase this film, which is freely available from places like Amazon, I won't be one of them. I think the film is as crass and dumb as it appears to be! Just another excuse for a director with no talent, no creativity and no ability, to make some money by being infamous. Someone whom, once all the fanboys have stopped wetting themselves over this film's ban, will realise has produced a work with no purpose, point or relevance, other than being a grubby, repellent exploitation flick. In-and-of-itself, that's not a problem. But the problem the BBFC has, is that the justification for the extreme content, does not override the "entertainment" side of things. Namely, the film has been created to entertain first, rather than suggest or inform the audience that such on-screen-violence is contextual or has some moral fibre to it.
Ultimately, I know people will condemn me for my view - namely being a hypocrite for being okay with a film being banned, that I've not actually seen myself; and being a hypocrite for being okay with this film being banned, yet readily admitting to watching, owning and liking other, similar banned films (e.g. SNUFF 102, PHILOSOPHY OF A KNIFE, etc, etc), and that may all be true, but it's my viewpoint.
As I've got older, I've become less and less tolerant towards films that have no moral purpose whatsoever in them. I get fed-up with the horror genre as a whole being tarnished, by directors just coming-up with more and more excuses to show ever-more-extreme content, when there's no point for the violence in the first place, and no story. For every worthwhile work, that attempts to subvert the genre, there are a hundred others who just want to peddle ever-more brutal violence. I've not become desensitised to it. I'm just bored by it. There's only so many eye-gouging's, beheading's, blood-letting's, and amputations of all known bodily organs - both external and internal - I can stomach, before it all gets rather coma-inducing.
Don't get me wrong. I still like violence. I still like gore. There's nothing wrong with liking that stuff, or including it in your films, but for goodness sake, give me some kind of story, or point, if you want me to give you 60-120 minutes of my life, to viewing your work. Show me something innovative, rather than derivative. Give me a new take on a story or plot, not just a rehash of someone else's ideas. If, as a director, you think that showing excessive violence is the coolest thing possible, then clearly you are not as smart as you'd like to think you are.
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Here's a "what to watch" primer on men's Division I basketball along the Front Range
A few weeks ago, I wrote this "What to watch" regarding Division I men's basketball along on the Front Range. Editors could not find room in the print edition of The Denver Post, so thought I'd run it here.
Compared to a half-dozen years ago, men's college basketball along the Front Range appears very much on the upswing with big crowds and important victories. Here are some things to keep tabs on during 2013-2014:
At some point this winter, Colorado fans may start chanting, 'One more year! One more year!" in a plea for 6-foot-6 point guard Spencer Dinwiddie to return for his senior season.
Some wondered if Dinwiddie might look into leaving for the NBA last spring following his sophomore year. But the Los Angeles native made just 41.5 percent of his field-goal attempts for 2012-13, hitting only 33.8 percent from 3-point range.
If Dinwiddie improves his shooting and also his assists-to-turnover ratio (it was 99 assists to 73 turnovers last season), he may well join Alec Burks (2011) and Andre Roberson (2013) as NBA first-round picks this spring. Pro scouts are said to love his potential.
That would make three first-rounders in four years from Colorado. Amazing.
Colorado State's new projected starter at power forward, 6-7 J.J. Avila, grew up in McAllen, Texas, which sits in the Rio Grande Valley near the southern tip of the state.
Avila, who played two seasons at Navy, said prior to his recruiting visit to CSU last spring, he had been to the state of Colorado only once – as a fifth-grader playing for a youth baseball team at a tournament in Steamboat Springs.
From McAllen, the Rio Grande flows only 60 or so more miles before it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. After arriving in Fort Collins, Avila was surprised to learn that the Rio Grande originates in Colorado, with its headwaters in the southwestern part of the state in the San Juan Mountains region.
"I had no idea," Avila said. "I guess I was supposed to be here in Colorado."
C Josh Scott, 6-10 soph., Colorado
F Chris Udofia, 6-6 sr., Denver
F Larry Nance Jr., 6-8 jr., Wyoming
F Derrick Barden, 6-5 sr., Northern Colorado
G *Spencer Dinwiddie, 6-6 jr., Colorado
*preseason player of the year
When Colorado coach Tad Boyle began recruiting an athletic, 6-6 guard out of Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Wash., his name was Tre'Shaun Lexing. By the time the national top-100 prospect signed with the Buffs, in November 2012, he had become Tre'Shaun Fletcher, having changed his last name to honor his disabled mother.
So, with a straight face, Boyle can say he recruited "a player to be named later."
Denver Pioneers guard Jalen Love connected on 66.3 percent (57-of-86) of his field-goal attempts from inside the arc as a freshman last season. That's a shooting percentage that any big man would envy, but Love plays in the backcourt and stands 6-2.
Love, from Wichita, Kan., also is a winner. After he joined DU's starting lineup in December, the Pioneers compiled a record of 19-4. The team was 3-6 prior to the change.
Wyoming's Derek Cooke Jr., a 6-9 junior forward and a key contributor (3.1 points, 3.8 rebounds) from off the bench last season, did not play basketball in high school.
Cooke was a 6-foot-2 wide receiver on the Friendly High School football team in Washington, Md. Following graduation, he took a year off from school and hit a late growth spurt. He played a year of junior-college basketball in Kansas before joining the Cowboys.
Another Wyoming player, Minnesota native Matt Sellers, also did not play high school hoops. Sellers, a 6-10 junior, saw action in 11 games last season and scored 12 points.
All 7,160 season tickets for Colorado's 2013-14 home games were already sold out by October.
CU attendance records were shattered last season, with seven sellouts and an average attendance of 10,392 for 15 home games. The Coors Events Center has a capacity of 11,064, and new attendance marks are sure to be set this season.
Six years ago, Colorado averaged 3,324 fans per home game.
"We take a lot of pride in how it's changed here," CU junior guard Spencer Dinwiddie said.
Colorado State averaged 5,440 fans for 17 home games in 2012-13. That's a jump from less than 3,300 for 2008-09. Four conference games were listed as sellouts last winter in 8,745-seat Moby Arena. Conference games drew an average of 7,298 fans.
"People are excited about basketball and we have to continue the buzz," CSU coach Larry Eustachy said.
Not Duke. Not Kentucky. Not Louisville. Not Michigan State.
No, Denver was the only Division I team to rank among the top 15 nationally in the statistical categories of field-goal percentage (10th), assists (ninth) and steals (15th) last season. Actually, no other team ranked in the top 25 for all three categories.
With his boyish appearance, it would not come as a surprise if Colorado State's 6-2 freshman guard David Cohn is mistaken for a student trainer, particularly when the Rams play on the road.
Once he gets in uniform and goes out on the court, there will be no confusion. Cohn is from Elmhurst, Ill., and plays with that Chicago moxie. Cohn would leave the suburbs and go to the inner-city playgrounds to face some of the top teenage talent in the country. He more than held his own.
"David is not soft. He's tough," CSU coach Larry Eustachy said. "He's going to be a key to our team this year."
Northern Colorado has added players to a veteran team that could contend in the Big Sky. But the credentials of one newcomer stand out.
Dominique Lee, a 6-4 junior guard, comes from Casper (Wyo.) Community College. But he began his college career as highly regarded Utah signee from St. Mary's High in Oakland, Calif. Lee left the Utes after a coaching change.
Circle this date: Saturday, Dec. 7. That's when Kansas (ranked sixth in the preseason coaches poll) will bring the nation's top-rated player, 6-8 freshman guard Andrew Wiggins, into CU's Coors Events Center.
Wiggins, profiled in a recent cover story by Sports Illustrated, is a Canadian who played high school basketball in West Virginia. If the NBA still allowed high school players to go straight to the pros, Wiggins undoubtedly would have been the first overall pick in June.
Kansas has plenty of other talented players, including 6-8 sophomore Perry Ellis, 6-9 Memphis transfer Tarik Black and national top-10 signee Wayne Seldon Jr., a freshman guard. But all eyes will be on Wiggins. Will there be enough seats for all the NBA scouts?
CSU's Eustachy on those who believe the Rams, with five new starters, can duplicate last year's 26-9 record:
"Must be the effect of that medical marijuana."


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In an action to surge Singapore's property sales a number of Singapore property developers are reimbursing the destructive additional buyer's stamp duty (ABSD).
Being introduced by the government in late 2011, ABSD was introduced to suppress Singapore's residential property market.
This has caused many eyebrows raising particularly on the part of regulators and may have to intervene in this new tactic deployed by developers to increase property sales that was crippled by ABSD. Reimbursement of the stamp duty from developer to purchaser has been the cause of several worries over the possible distortion of property and loan values.
This most recent strategy surpass the ordinary marketing gimmicks of furniture vouchers and discounts to defray ABSD.
A property consultant who refuses to be named told Asia One: "The ABSD reimbursement is being made in this way so that it does not affect the pricing…which may upset their earlier buyers who did not get to enjoy the discount."
He verified that a full reimbursement of the steepest ABSD rate of 10 per cent to foreigners buying residential property could tantamount to a considerable discount that is not quantified in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) records.
Wide scale returns of ABSD could disrupt the government's policy to uphold transparency in the market, according to industry assessors.
Sales caveats may not reveal the actual purchase price of the property as "discounts" are given only after the buyer has completed the transaction, in contrast to discounts which are accounted for into the reported transacted price.
In reply to Business Times queries, the Ministry of National Development (MND) said: "As long as they do not distort prices, there is no need for the government to intervene against such business decisions and practices.
"We will therefore continue to monitor the market closely for now to ensure transparency."
Developers, wholly or partially, reimbursing the ABSD include Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd, Far East Organisation, Allgreen Properties and Aspial Corporation's World Class Land.
Projects involved range from high-end to mass-market developments. Cheung Kong, Hongkong Land and Keppel Land are jointly developing Marina Bay Suites in the Marina Bay area; Thomson Grand in Upper Thomson – a Cheung Kong project; an Allgreen project, Holland Residences in the Holland Road area.
Ever since the implementation of its reimbursement scheme in February, Cheung Kong has sold just about 165 units at Thomson Grand; around ten per cent of sales were to foreigners. Units retailed between US$1,250-1,450 per square foot.
Marina Bay Suites' management said: "more than 70 per cent of the units have been sold and we continue to sell our apartments through private previews and regional road shows, some of which were done in partnership with marketing agents."
Keppel Land has made appropriate clarification that it does not offer ABSD reimbursements for its solo projects.
A spokesman from Property Enterprises Development (Singapore), Cheung Kong's subsidiary said: "The reimbursement of ABSD will be payable to the purchasers upon the payment of the 20 per cent of the purchase price, the proof of the Certificate of Stamp Duty on the Agreement and the duly executed sales-and-purchase agreement."
The Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (REDAS) said: "it supports MND's decision on fair and transparent practices which will enable homebuyers to make an informed decision.
In addition to price transparency the practice of ABSD reimbursement has raised concern over the distortion of loan value.
Ku Swee Yong, CEO of International Property Advisor said: "Buyers who take loans should declare the value of such incentives to the banks when they apply for the loan by giving the bankers the Offer to Purchase and all other side letters. Otherwise the loan-to-value ratios might exceed MAS's limit."
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) corroborated that when securing home loans, consumers should reveal to the bank any rebates or discounts obtained from the seller or any other party in the transaction. The bank will subtract any discount, rebate or any other benefit offered from the purchase price previous to calculating the loan amount, according to Asia One.


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Report NEP-EEC-2010-06-18This is the archive for NEP-EEC, a report on new working papers in the area of European Economics. Giuseppe Marotta issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
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Tommy Refenes and Edmund McMillen, the creators of Super Meat Boy, recently confirmed that the game will be heading to the Mac and that additional chapters will be arriving for the XBLA version. Not only that, but the dynamic duo also mentioned that a level editor will be arriving for PC games, too.
In a very extensive interview with Pocketful of Megabytes, Refenes commented that…
So we're working on the level editor now, and once that's done a Mac version won't take that long to do. I could work on it on a weekend. It'd just take me actually sitting down and devoting some time to it.So there you go. A Mac version is coming once the level editor is done…whenever that may be. Regardless, at least fans of Super Meat Boy will have plenty of content to look forward to throughout 2011.
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There's a reason I haven't written about Prince before. It's not because I don't love him, because I do so much – perhaps to the point of musical obsession. It's because I have always had a hard time writing about music/books/people I love with a passion; trying so hard to do it the justice it deserves. Yet, this time I have to try.
What Friday night meant for me is still hard to put into words. My immediate thought was that it wasn't a concert, but a religious experience. I've loved Prince since I was 9 years old. I still clearly remember hearing Could You Be The Most Beautiful Girl In The World for the first time on the radio and completely enamored. He's had me ever since.
I was lucky enough to see him perform live for the first time in 2011 with Carlos Santana and Sheila E, but Friday, Friday was different. Don't get me wrong 2011 was life-changing, euphoric, and a funk revelation. Friday's Piano and a Microphone was emotional, spiritual, soulful, magnetic and otherworldly. For 2 hours Prince Rogers Nelson commanded the stage with just a piano and his voice. I was raptured, hanging on his every move – in awe of such raw talented genius. As a woman behind me rightfully exclaimed in awe – he's just an artist. Wow, he's just a pure artist.
I had been feeling low but Prince lifted me up – exclaiming the importance of self-preservation. His rendition of Cream was switched up as he told us to look in the mirror and sing: You're so good/Baby there ain't nobody better/So you should/Never, ever go by the letter/You're so cool/Everything you do is success/Make the rules/Then break them all 'cause you are the best. Never even being up close to him, I felt him uplifting my spirits. It was hard not to get emotional and wrapped up in the moment. Oracle arena holds 20,000 people, yet it felt so intimate.
I feel changed. I am so damn grateful to have witnessed such god-given talent and genius. I've loved Prince since I was 9 years old, but after Friday night, I fell in love even more.


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Dozens of unmarked speedboats pulled into Oman's port of Khasab, breaking the dawn silence and marking the start of a wet and treacherous work-day for Iranian smugglers on the Strait of Hormuz.
At least three times a day, the mostly teenage smugglers risk life and limb to carry banned and highly taxed commercial goods on tiny boats from the Omani enclave across the narrow waterway to Iran for sale on the black market.
"It's dangerous, but I need the work and the money is good," said an 18-year-old Iranian boat driver, who smuggles everything from flat-screen TVs and microwaves, to Indian tea and US soft drinks into Iran.
He had just completed his second trip of the day from the Iranian island of Qeshem, the main receiving port for the smuggled goods. From there, Iranian merchants distribute them to the rest of the country.
The smugglers' route crosses one of the world's most vital shipping lanes, linking the oil-rich Persian Gulf with the Arabian Sea and beyond, a path crucial to the world economy as about a fifth of global oil exports pass through it.
It is frequented by US warships and aircraft carriers, Iranian patrol boats, oil-tankers and cargo ships, all of which the smugglers must avoid.
It is also a cause of heightened tensions between Iran and the West since Tehran has threatened to block the waterway in response to increased Western sanctions over its nuclear program.
Despite the risks, the smuggling trade to Iran is thriving, delivering many of the goods prohibited by international sanctions.
"Business slowed down briefly in January when there were a lot of threats going back and forth between Iran and the US," said Zuhair Reza, a 42-year-old Iranian warehouse manager in Khasab, where illicit goods are stored. "But now, we're back to normal ... Business is great. Business is booming."
Meanwhile, the drivers, who maneuver the tiny speedboats packed to the hilt with smuggled commercial goods across the 60km stretch between Khasab and Qeshem say the rewards justify the risks that come with the job.
With each round-trip journey, the smugglers, who travel two per boat, pocket about US$30 each. However, the 40-minute dash across the waterway is rife with danger.
"Sometimes we get shot at by the Iranian patrol boats. Sometimes we get arrested," said another smuggler who lost a friend and co-worker last year when Iranian patrols opened fire on him as he approached Iran's shores.
However, the weather is their greatest foe.
"We can try to escape from the patrols or even bribe them if we get caught ... but you can't negotiate with the sea," said the Iranian, who asked to remain anonymous.
An Omani customs agent at Khasab's port said about 500 boats make the journey across the Strait daily, a practice he says is legal in the Gulf state, but illegal once the goods cross into Iranian waters.
The agent, who identified himself as Abu Dhahi, said the Omanis inspect and tax the goods before they are cleared for export.
The electronic goods, cosmetics, clothing, tobacco and soft drinks, among a wide range of other products which arrive from neighboring Dubai, United Arab Emirates, are then loaded onto the speedboats.
As he described the day-to-day operations of the smugglers, young Iranian men loaded boxes of mobile phones, perfumes and hair-removal cream onto waiting speedboats, wrapped them tightly with gray tarpaulin and secured them with rope in preparation for the bumpy ride ahead.


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There's a lot going on nowadays down by Elliott Bay, so this weekend the family and I took advantage of an unexpected sunny afternoon to check out some of the more overlooked gems to be found on the piers and walkways of the Seattle Waterfront. Follow this itinerary as a circular walk starting and ending at the Olympic Sculpture Park, or incorporate some of these cool places in your own exploration of this fascinating neighborhood.
The Olympic Sculpture Park can't really be classed as overlooked, but it does hide some secrets of its own. The Paccar Pavilion, open on weekends only in winter offers cheap parking, rotating exhibits and a fabulous café in the summer months, while the tranquil and kid-friendly Pocket Beach offers gorgeous sunset views. Volunteers run artist Mark Dion's Neukom Vivarium, so sneak in whenever it's open to view this 150-year-old living sculpture and testament to decay - a nurse log that changes with the seasons and is hosting and developing a new habitat over time. The Sculpture Park's newest addition is the monumental Echo - Jaume Plensa's 46-foot tall sculpture of the elongated head of a girl, gazing out towards the Olympics - and worth seeing if you haven't been to the park for some time.
As you leave the Sculpture Park check out the amazing views from Pier 70. The terrace at Aqua by El Gaucho made our list of Top Ten Restaurant Outside Spaces and it is still worth walking out to enjoy the view in winter. Head further along Alaskan Way and past the Victoria Clipper Terminal and the Edgewater Hotel until you reach the Bell Street Pier Rooftop Deck for phenomenal views out over downtown Seattle. This spacious deck has plenty of seating and is easily accessible via an elevator but not many people seem to know about it. It's closed when cruise ships are docked at the pier, so this is a great time of year to pay a visit.
Anyone who is interested in engineering and construction should walk past the Aquarium and visit the Elliot Bay Seawall Project. Not only is the old sea wall being replaced to minimize seismic risk, but new friendlier fish habitats - including light-penetrating walkways - are being built which will encourage young salmon to swim closer to the sea wall and away from deep water predators. The 'snowmen' - blobs of ice which have formed around the pipes which are freezing the ground water to stop it seeping into the construction area are especially intriguing. While you're here check out Ivars flagship location which took advantage of the construction work to launch its own $20 million remodel.
If you don't have kids with you make a point of going for a tasting at Copperworks Distilling which serves some of the best gins in Seattle under the viaduct at Alaskan and University.
If you don't commute into downtown from Bainbridge Island, it's unlikely that you've been up on the Marion Street Bridge which boasts its very own Top Pot location. Climb up on the bridge, which is being replaced as part of the Waterfront Project, stop for donuts and then head down to Western Avenue and turn back north.
You can approach Pike Place Market along Post Alley, between Western and First and visit the newly cleaned gum wall. Super cute Ghost Alley Espresso will help you drown your gumwall sorrows with a cup of joe.
Turn left just before Ghost Alley and you'll find restrooms and the top of the Pike Street Hill Climb. Take the stairs down and you'll be accompanied by cute cast aluminium figures holding lights - public art at its finest.
Along Western and outside the market proper, are three amazing foodie locations, worth taking in on their own or in conjunction with a visit to the Market. The Spanish Table offers an amazing selection of Spanish foodstuffs, wines and cookware while the Paris Grocery offers the same but with a French flair. Further along the street, World Spice Merchants sells an incredible array of spices, spice blends, herbs and teas for chefs and home cooks.
Continue along Western Ave until you reach Victor Steinbrueck Park for another view out over the water and then return along Elliott Ave to the Bell Street Bridge for one last look at the view before returning to your car.
If you want to miss out the Sculpture Park and instead focus your exploration closer to the downtown core, check out http://www.downtownseattle.com/downtown-parking/ to discover where the city has negotiated cheap parking for as low as $3 an hour. Now that's a waterfront secret well worth knowing about.
For more information about the regeneration of Seattle's Waterfront check out the Friends of Seattle Waterfront website or visit their showroom at 1400 Western Avenue.


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Trench collapse, worker injury get company cited by OSHA
An Ohio company has learned the hard way that failing to provide cave-in protection for its workers can result in...cave-ins, and OSHA citations.
An employee of G & G Enterprises in Morrow, Ohio suffered a back injury last January when a trench caved in during the installation of an 8-foot-deep sewer line.
Following an investigation into the incident, OSHA hit G & J with willful and serious safety violations. Proposed penalties total $49,200.
The willful violation -- which is committed with "intentional knowing or voluntary disregard for the law's requirements" -- was for failing to provide workers with cave-in protection.
Two serious violations include failing to require workers to use head protection as well as to train workers to recognize the hazards involved in excavation work.
OSHA standards mandate that all excavations 5 feet or deeper be protected against collapse. Detailed information on trenching and excavation hazards is available at www.osha.gov/SLTC/trenchingexcavation/index.html.
The company was cited by OSHA in 2011 and 2009 for violations of trench protection standards.


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The looming threat to our jobs from the ME3 airlines (Emirates, Etihad and Qatar) remains one of the MEC's primary focuses. Through illegal subsidies and trade violations, the ME3 is dumping capacity into the market at a loss and forcing for-profit airlines like Delta to pull out of markets that we have served for many years.
Today Delta no longer serves India, a country with over one billion people, or Dubai, a market where we once thrived, due to unfair competition. According to the Partnership for Fair and Open Skies each lost international route costs us 1,500 American jobs. These include the loss of wide-body jobs because the United States has yet to enforce the Open Skies agreement, signed by both Qatar and the UAE, which bans government subsides.
All pilots are encouraged to attend the "Our Future Our Fight" event at the DTW Tech Ops hangar on November 15, 3-4pm. Ed Bastain, Speakers from The Partnership for Fair and Open Skies, and lawmakers from both national and local levels will join the Delta MEC Government Affairs Committee to shed light on this issue. Attend the event, learn about the ME3, and take action on your future.
Contact email@example.com for questions about the event.