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Bas Kol, Part Two
Where do we go from here? For nearly 2500 (yes, two thousand five hundred) years, the system has not changed. If anything, it's become worse!
Here is the Bas Kol Story:
The Gemara relates the following episode. There was a dispute between R' Eliezer and the chachamim, regarding taharos (what is considered spiritually pure or impure). R' Eliezer ruled that the matter under discussion was tahor, pure, while the majority opinion was that it was tamei (impure). Even though R' Eliezer brought many proofs that the halacha follows his view, nevertheless the chachamim did not accept them. He then proceeded to alter the course of nature to convince the Sages. He said 'Let this carob tree, water canal and the walls of the Beis Medrash (study hall) prove I am right.' Immediately the carob tree was uprooted one hundred amos (cubits), (some say four hundred cubits). The water began to flow backwards, and the walls of the Beis Medrash began to lean. All this did not faze the Rabbis, and they responded that one cannot prove that he is correct from supernatural phenomena. For since R' Eliezer was a tzaddik, his request would have been fulfilled even if he was wrong. Finally, R' Eliezer said 'Let the Heavens prove that I am right.' A Bas Kol (Heavenly echo) then proclaimed 'Why are you arguing with R' Eliezer? The halacha always follows his opinion.' R' Eliezer had apparently proved his case. Yet, the Chachamim stood their ground. R' Yehoshua declared 'It (the Torah) is not in Heaven (Devarim 30:12). We do not listen to a Bas Kol because at Har Sinai we received the Torah and it is written, "According to the majority the matter shall be decided." (Shemos 23:2). Therefore the Rabbis who were the majority ruled that it is tamei and the halacha follows their opinion.
The Gemara concludes that Eliyahu Hanavi told R' Nassan that when R' Yehoshua ignored the Bas Kol, Hashem laughed and said: "My children were victorious over Me." The Chinuch explains that in truth, R' Eliezer was right, as the Bas Kol had demonstrated. However, since the chachamim were in and the majority and they did not agree with R' Eliezer's reasoning, the Torah's own clause dictated their right to override the truth. Thus the truth was defeated.
When the Gemara tells this story, and when we read it, it glorifies the power of the Jewish people, specifically the Rabbis, the dictate Halacha, while at the same time saying God has no place dictating Halacha. Again - the quote of "Lo Bashamayim He" - It [the Torah] is not in heaven, is taken out of context. As I mentioned in a previous post, when read in context, this possuk means that Torah is accessible to all, not in heaven, not far away. Everyone can learn, to the best of their ability. It has nothing to do with God not being allowed to dictate Halacha! In fact, if God does not dictate Halacha, WHO DOES?!?! Didn't God WRITE the Torah? Is he not the one who said "Anochi Hashem Elokecha," as well as the rest of the 613 Mitzvos? Further, if we all say the Chachamim were Divinely inspired - how much more Divine Inspiration can one ask for than a Bas Kol booming down from Heaven declaring the halacha is like Rabbi Eliezer?!
Karl Marx, in his 1843 book, Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right, said a very famous quote, one shunned and ridiculed by many religious people of all walks: "Religion is the opium of the people," though this quote is commonly translated as: "Religion is the opiate of the masses." This has been the excuse in Orthodox Judaism for centuries now! Let the rabbis do the deciding and thinking for us and we will follow like robots. As long as the rabbis say it is correct or incorrect, we just follow instructions and take the thinking entirely out of the process. Don't believe me? Check out this link, where I got an ok translation of the Rabbi Eliezer story mentioned above:
But I don't think the original, earlier Chachamim had this in mind. I really believe that just as they changed the system established by the Nevi'im, a generation far greater their own, we also need to change the system. Orthodox Judaism, Torah Judaism, is not meant, and never was meant to be a burden. It was meant to be a moral way of life that God himself established for us at Har Sinai. And when times changed, the Torah, which is true Emes, should have been able to adapt to new times. I don't mean that the Torah itself should have changed, chas veshalom. I do mean that so much of the oral law needed, and still needs, to change!
In the 18th century, the Jews in Europe were emancipated. They were finally allowed to live and prosper in certain regions in Europe, especially Germany and France. Things were changing. But the Rabbinic leadership steadfastly refused to change anything, to allow people to live in the real world. They insisted people stay in the oppressive ghettos and live as they had always lived. Along came Moses Mendelssohn, a frum Jew from the day he was born to the day he died, and said changes were necessary. He scoffed at, and still is considered today in the Orthodox world to be the father of Reform Judaism. Frankly, I think if Mendelssohn had seen the Reform Movement, he'd have decried it as not Judaism in any way. But he planted the idea for a need for reform. The Rabbinic leadership of the time said absolutely not. Many Orthodox Jews and Rabbis today love to use him as the prime example of why there should be no changes. After all, you can see how wrong he was because he has no Jewish descendants! Of nine grandchildren, according to Aish.com, eight were baptized as Christians.
"Look!" they love to exclaim. "He was wrong and the proof is that he has no Jewish descendants!"
I say: "Look! He was right! Look what happened when the leadership rigidly and completely refused to adapt the system to new ways of life! He was right and the proof is that he has no Jewish descendants!" And at the end of the day, have we not adapted to living in the culture in which we live? We live in comfortable homes, many in expensive neighborhoods, or at least the more expensive neighborhoods in any given city (which goes back to the needing to be rich to be frum point I made in an earlier post), most have two cars, several children, go to a gym, play sports, go to movies, coffee shops, and ice cream parlors, we have restaurants, many of them, in every major Jewish community, some even rivaling traif restaurants in quality, as told to me by friends who have eaten in fancy traif restaurants. We have pizza shops, candy stores, bagel shops (ok, that's mostly Jewish anyway!:), huge kosher only supermarkets, and great schools with secular education programs that are often at the top of the best of list in many states!
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The concept work I am doing for Loch Dreagan is fun and like all groovy concept art helps flesh out the world, ideas and characters. That is nothing when compared to the flair and talent that a Jesse van Dijk can bring to such things. I love being inspired by artists of this calibre, seeing the remarkable levels of detail layered onto fascinating environments that must bring so much to the production teams working with him. Here are a few examples via his site from Destiny, Killzone 3 and his personal work:
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Having sweated our way through France, we've arrived safely in Switzerland and are having a fantastic time with my sister and her family.
We spent the first part of the holiday at their lakeside home in the village of Concise. It was a great opportunity to relax, enjoy the views of the lake and explore the village.
And everywhere we went we noticed this familiar sight.
It looks just like our recycling bin from home, but with yellow chevrons.
I think this could start a new trend...Forget Pimp my Ride...Pimp my Bin is where it's at.
Anyway, before I get distracted with thoughts of Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen and Andy Handy decorating wheelie bins all over the land, I'd better get back to the business of these blue and yellow bins.
It turns out they are to encourage people to recycle PET bottles, i.e. those that are marked with a number 1. Rumour has it, they are all over the Swiss canton of Vaud and can be found both at leisure hotspots and on the streets!
Recycling on the go...I love it!
The landscape in Vaud is pretty varied. The canton, which is the equivalent of a county, stretches from the lakes in the valleys up to the great heights of the Swiss Alps. It is the 3rd most populated canton in Switzerland and the fourth largest geographically.
Apparently the tranquil and gentle lifestyle over here has, in the past, attracted international celebrities to make their home in Vaud, including Charlie Chaplin, Ernest Hemingway, Igor Stravinski and Audrey Hepburn. These days you're more likely to see Phil Collins, David Bowie, or Michael Schumacher.
I just hope they remember to use the bins whilst on their travels.
David Bowie could sing Zeroes whilst throwing in his bottle! Admittedly, Schumacher will have to slow down to take his aim ...and if he doesn't quite hit the mark at least Phil Collins can rub it in with a cheeky performance of I Missed Again.
Back in Bury St Edmunds, it's more a case of singing Take Me Home, but not for much longer as on-street recycling bins are planned for the town centre. Hooray! It looks like there's a new trend hitting the streets!
So wherever you are on holiday, whether it's the UK or overseas, check out the local bins and see if you too can recycle on the go! You may be pleasantly surprised!
In the meantime we've headed over to the Alps, where we're spending the rest of our time at great altitude.
We really are in picturesque Chocolate Box territory.
But the question on my mind, is how easy will it be to recycle that chocolate box?
I'll ponder that one with yet another bar of Toblerone.
See you soon.
Almost Mrs Average xxx
Monday, 4 August 2008
Le Recyclage en Vacances: # 2. Hello PET
Labels: Recyclage, Recycling Bottles, Suisse, Switzerland, Vaud
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- Anonymous said...
Good to hear you've arrived safely in Switzerland, Mrs A.
I think the 'recycling on the go' bins are a wonderful idea/ I know they are trialling them in parts of the UK, but I really hope they take off and become a regular landmark across the country.
Enjoy the toblerone - the large bars do come in cardboard and foil you know ;)
- 4 August 2008 at 07:58
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It is fascinating to realize that the alphabet that we take for granted as the starting point of all script technology, in fact is the outcome of a thousands of years long process of cultural erosion, not to say utter devastation. I shall attempt to give some vivid evidence of this claim.
Driving from Damascus towards the North of Syria, the main road between Hamaa and Aleppo actually cuts right through a hill. Anywhere else this would be a moment for a paleontic break to look for squeezed dinosaurs. Not in this part of the world. This hill is a tell: a mound of remains of thousands of years of human activity. One can clearly see how this hill is made up of layers of former inhabitation. What attracts special attention, are the intermittent black layers one can discern.
From the beginning settlers gradually perfected their adaptation to the environment and so grew their wealth - until their settlement became far too powerful a magnet for the subsisting desert dwellers. Well, the black lines show when the nomads move in, as barbarians who burn down everything. That is the bad news.
The good news is that in the process they baked the clay tablet libraries, thus preserving evidence of writing civilization forever. As the dust settles the newcomers realize the opportunities of their new territory and try to reconstruct the successful civilization they just destroyed. Obviously they miss a lot of clues regarding intricate traditions and rituals.
In fact, the emerging new civilization sanitizes the previous one, while it gradually grows as insane as the one it replaced. This process repeated itself many times. As a result each black layer can be associated with a new phase in writing that becomes more and more dislodged from the intricacies of a particular culture. In the event, the alphabet, a culturally portable writing system, appears as the outcome of thousands of years of cultural devastation.
Against this background one can understand why computing, being totally alphabet-biased, is facing such enormous problems when it is required to deal with writing traditions that have remained firmly integrated in the civilization of which they are part.
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NFL not in the cards for Jefferson
Willie Jefferson's monster 2019 season, which included a career-high 12 quarterback sacks, led to a workout for the NFL's Miami Dolphins.
But the Winnipeg Blue Bomber defensive end never received a contract offer.
That ship, he acknowledges, has sailed, now that he's signed a two-year extension with the Bombers.
"NFL teams aren't looking for 30-year-old defensive ends," Jefferson said on Thursday. "I turned 29 at the end of January. I'm not getting any younger and that's pretty much what the NFL is looking for. Guys they can mold into NFL players. I'm not that guy. I'm already molded."
At 6-foot-7, 248 pounds, with the skills of a former receiver, it's hard to imagine Jefferson not being good enough to have made it south of the border.
"I put my best foot forward," he said. "I put out a good workout. If NFL teams don't want to put me on a team, that's their fault in the end."
Jefferson says neither he nor his agent received a reason why the Dolphins moved on.
Perhaps some off-field issues from his first NFL go-round still cling to him. Those, involving marijuana use, seem minor in today's climate.
Then again, the NFL isn't known for welcoming free spirits.
His failure to get another NFL shot certainly wasn't due to a lack of impressive film.
In addition to his sacks, Jefferson's ability to terrorize quarterbacks also produced an interception and 16 pass knockdowns, a CFL record for a defensive lineman.
"It's not frustrating at all," he said. "Just because I knew I'd always have somewhere to go. It was really just me wanting to go back down south and play ball at pretty much the highest level you can play… I wasn't really upset about not going down.
"I've shown I can play ball on the line, drop back and do things like that. If NFL teams want a younger guy, they can do that."
The CFL's top defensive player saved his best for the biggest game, recording three sacks and forcing two fumbles in Winnipeg's 33-12 win over Hamilton in the Grey Cup.
The Bombers improved their defensive depth on Thursday, signing free-agent import linebacker Tobi Antigha.
The 26-year-old (6-foot-2, 240 pounds) is a three-year CFL veteran, spending last season with Toronto.
In 11 games with the Argos, Antigha recorded two interceptions and 20 tackles.
In two seasons with the Riders, he made 51 tackles, seven sacks and three interceptions, returning one for a touchdown.
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The trend toward an increasingly mobile and remote work force shows no sign of stopping as employees demand flexibility in where and when they do their jobs.
Fewer than one in three employees (32%) — and even fewer Millennial employees (27%) — spent all of their working hours this year in their organization's physical office, a new survey from Staples reveals.
Think about that: Ten years ago those percentages would be inconceivable. But digital technology in the form of the internet, mobile devices, cloud computing, and more has extended the workplace to wherever an employee can connect to a network. Tools such as videoconferencing and remote collaboration, relatively novel — and inconsistent — a decade ago, now are commonplace as enterprises take advantage of more powerful networks and the cloud.
They're also responding to employee demand. That Staples survey of enterprise employees in North America shows 43% of respondents consider the flexibility to work remotely as an absolute must.
"While the office is still home base, working remotely at least occasionally has gone from a nice-to-have, to an essential part of the workplace affecting everything from talent recruitment to productivity," Staples said in announcing results of its annual workplace survey.
So where does it stop? Or does it stop? According to the Staples survey, 57% of respondents say working remotely removes distractions. If employees can be more productive working remotely, and if enterprises can save money by downsizing or even eliminating physical offices, why not go all the way?
Sure, there arguably are good reasons to preserve a main office or headquarters — talking to colleagues face to face and working side by side have their advantages, and it's good to have a space for meeting clients, business partners, and prospective employees. In most cases, however, that hardly requires an entire building or even one floor.
Smaller companies have been going virtual for a while now, often because they can't afford to buy, rent, or lease office space. But don't be surprised if, over time, more larger enterprises take the plunge. The technology is there; it's just a matter of whether it makes strategic (and financial) sense.
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skim over (something)
skim over (something)
1. Literally, to glide or skip over or across the very top of some surface or thing. The stone skimmed over the surface of the pond. The ball skimmed over the catcher's mitt, allowing the batter to get to first base.
2. To read, review, or present something quickly or superficially, typically by only reading or covering certain parts of it. I only had time to skim over your report, but I like what I've seen so far. He skimmed over the problems the project had faced, focusing instead on the progress they had made.
skim over something
1. Lit. to glide across something. The sailboat skimmed over the waves like a bird. The bird skimmed over the treetops, darting and dodging.
2. Fig. to go over or review something hastily. I just skimmed over the material and still got an A on the test! Please skim over chapter four for Thursday.
skim over
To read or consider something superficially and quickly: I skimmed over the reading assignment because I didn't have time to read it carefully.


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Here's the announcement that the art scribe tribe has been eagerly awaiting:
Thomas P. Campbell, director and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today the appointment of Cynthia Round to the newly created position of senior vice president, marketing and external relations. Ms. Round will join the museum on June 3….Reporting to her will be communications and advertising, which will remain under the direction of Elyse Topalian, vice president for communications [who supervises relations with the press, including pesky people like me].
As you may remember, Harold Holzer, the Met's veteran senior vice president for external affairs, announced last July that he would be relinquishing some of his duties (which Round will now assume). He will concentrate on the Met's government relations and public affairs, while spending more time pursuing his work as a historian and writer.
Harold's distinguished experience before coming to the Met had been in journalism, politics and public television. Cynthia (whom I've never met) comes to the Met from United Way, where she was executive vice president of brand marketing and strategy. Nothing in her United Way bio suggests any experience in journalism or cultural affairs:
She joined United Way Worldwide (formerly United Way of America) in October 2002 after more than 20 years of building and marketing corporate brands.
Ms. Round began her career in brand management at the Procter & Gamble Company, where she held a variety of marketing positions, including a two-year international assignment in Rome, Italy. Ms. Round joined Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, where she became senior partner and executive group director.
During her 15 years with O&M New York, Ms. Round helped create, build and renovate domestic and global brands in categories ranging from packaged goods and high tech to fashion and entertainment.
My hope is that she'll focus more on communicating, less on "branding." My own recent experience suggests that the Met needs to be more timely and expansive in answering serious journalistic queries.
The luster of the Met's "brand" is best burnished by highlighting its unparalleled collection and the consummate professionalism of its curatorial staff, not by dreaming up slick (sometimes foolish) branding gambits.
Our preeminent American museum's everyday excellence is its own best sales pitch.


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asked Feb 01 '18 at 21:18 by zfigz (43)
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In Live while in the arranger, you could drag a clip down/up into another track keeping its time exactly by holding a hot key.
Is there an equivalent to this using Bitwig while in the arranger?
at the moment, the only way i can do this is if i zoom in so that everything snaps into place or is you're incredibly careful using the shift key to play it where you want.
I'm not aware it's there, but - as a workaround - you could engage "Snapping to Events" in lower right corner of the Arranger window, then drag the clip while holding Ctrl/CMD - this will create a duplicate of the clip, perfectly aligned with nearby events, i.e. the source clip. Then just delete the source clip.
Hope that's helpful
answered Feb 02 '18 at 14:21 by antic604 (673)
ah, so CMD + dragging doesn't do anything. but, like many daws, alt+dragging is the default for copy/duplicate.
to resolve my issue, you were correct that i had to have either snap to grade offset or snap to events on. once i turn either one of those options on, i could then pull a clip up or down and have it snap to the same respective time.
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hey!, it is just EXCELLENT!...really...I can see all the work and soul in that....CONGRATULATIONS!
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Whew, finally finished..Cutting out the image was a pain..so much detail to cut around..But that wasnt the hardest part..the background was so much more difficult. It was super hard for me to decide how to make the colors for the background..I also had to make the rocks in the back look simular to the one shes standing on..I think I could of done better, but Im satisfied. :nya:
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This is really cool. I love your choice of image. The blood running off the blade and pooling on the rocks is great. It's kind of bizzare at the same time with the spears through her legs seeming to pin her to the rocks. The moon in the background is very dramatic and, to me, it adds to the tension of the image. Very nice work. Thank you for sharing.
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That does look great! Love the image and the background looks awesome! REAlly well done!
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Interesting style in the character design there, must have been pretty difficult to find. Great work on the wallpaper!
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saber looks really great...the background is amazing too..love the sky and the moon, awesome work! ^^
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nice wallpaper, i like the background scene with the moon there, and the clouds there, the chara looks good too.
keep it up
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This is amazing! I love the scan you used and the rocks looks great ^^
Really great job ^^ and a fav' for sure!
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fantastic! your wall is very fantastic!
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Fantastic wall and great background.
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looks proudly....awesome wall :D
kyokujitsu Mar 20, 2006
Wow, that's really simple, but still really cool. Love that scan of Sabre. I'm not quite sure if the scan fits the bg though, but overall, a great wall anyway. Thanks for sharing ^_^
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I like something detail, U made it!
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Good scan choice with great detail, blood makes a good touch + the moon works well as a bg.
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How cool~~
The moon and lights are really fantastic.
Thanks for your work.
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Sabre seems to be fast becoming a fan-favorite as I see her everywhere these days -- and probably in part to excellent wallpapers like this. Good for the folks at TYPE-MOON. Nice job all around with this one!
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In case you missed it…
Last week, the a study out of Portland State University regaled us with more proof that Portland is filling up with 20-somethings who just aren't into jobs or careers. They're mostly just into living in Portland.
Just like they say on "Portlandia," Portland is where young people go to retire. Except, this study says it's really where educated young people go to be underemployed.
And it's not just because the city is lately consider a haven of hip.
The Associated Press reports:
The Portland State researchers studied Census data from 1980 to 2010 with a focus on young people, ages 21 to 39, with a college degree. They found that the migration of those people to Portland had already begun in 1980 and was consistent throughout the 20-year span. Portland was the only major city that never saw a lull in migration, even during recessions.
So, what is it about Portland that keeps people coming? And will Portland stay cheap enough to continue being a haven for those who just aren't into making money?
The AP reports:
Portland clearly has a powerful draw for the young graduates, but the cost of living that makes it possible for them to live here may not continue forever. The rental vacancy rate has plummeted, so rent is rising, and not everyone is willing to live in a place with a weak labor market.
Visit seattlepi.com's home page for more Seattle news. Contact Amy Rolph at firstname.lastname@example.com. Find more of her stories on Twitter via @amyrolph and @bigblog or subscribe to her updates on Facebook.


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Soft Terrorism
The army describes protest movements, that is people exercising their Constitutional right of free speech, as soft terrorism.
Protestors: Soft terrorists??? (Photo by Midnightblueowl).
So if Obama, or any other president, decrees protestors are terrorists he can send them to Gitmo without trial or benefit of legal representation; he can order drone attacks against them on American soil; or he can send in the tanks to gun them down.
Chris Matthews made a comparison of Newt Gingrich to a car bomber. I'm not sure how Matthews came up with the "car bomber" metaphor, but I'm not seeing that. Fat, egotistical, adulterer, yes, sounds a lot better to me. "Car bomber", a bit extreme, even for Gingrich.
Reportedly, Obama has been referred to as much worse in private conversation.
Free Market Mythology
Petroleum sold in a "free" market??? I here that nonsense all the time. If you've been beguiled by free market ideologues, you may want to read up on OPEC and monopolies – the very essence of a rigged marketplace.
Adding to monopolistic distortions of the market, the oil industry rigidly controls supply by controlling refinery capacity. The last refinery built in the US was in 1976. Since then the oil industry has closed, rather than upgrade, several older refineries. The reason given is that to maximize profit at a refinery, it has to operate at or near 100% capacity. So to prevent under-use and oversupply, older plants were abandoned and dismantled. Thus the industry can carefully manage supply and as we all know when supply is controlled against continuously rising demand prices will rise.
A third control device is the commodity market. You may recall that gasoline is sold at auction, in much the same manner as wheat and corn, where bidders buy against future supply. When supply is carefully managed the price is bid up.
So if you feel bad because you believed petroleum products are sold in the mythical "free market", don't.. I've heard economists with masters degrees refer to the "free" market in petroleum. Obviously they have been thoroughly brainwashed beginning with Economics 101.
Your senator or congressman has no doubt uttered the same "free market" manure that oil industry execs and economists spread about the planet. And whether they believe it or not, the politicians are paid well by industry lobbyists to shovel that shit. And they do a remarkable job as propagandists for the oil industry. They earn their payoff money.
So tawdry is the money exchange between industry and dirty politicians that we can compare the activity that occurs in Follyland, DC to the crimes committed by 20th century mobsters who demanded money from businesses to "protect" them from calamity.
Today's lobbyist eagerly pays protection money to the "mobsters" in Congress and the White House and these scoundrels provide protection through legislation that industry demands. And, if you didn't already know, many of these laws are written by lawyers who work directly for the industry.
Lots of people might be able to swing a vote for Newton Leroy, He is what we used to call in college "a real hair man." That's something a lot of men always wanted to be but we could never quite manage it.
I'm not sure of the etymology of the phrase. But I do know a definition was never necessary – provided you were aware of the reputation of the guy being referred to as a real hair man. Context was all that was ever needed. And if you know anything about Newt's past, well, the phrase applies and no explanation is necessary. And, who knows, his rep could certainly swing some votes his way.
The Keystone Pipeline
Oil companies have stubbornly avoided constructing new refining capacity in order to maintain rigid control of supply and therefore price. I suspect control of supply is one reason for the Keystone pipeline in the first place. To put another refinery on line, for example, would increase the supply of gasoline – a no-no when your goal is price control through supply management.
The project does hold the promise of jobs, however, although most will be temporary and the number has been vastly overestimated, at least according to impartial studies. The figure coming from TransCanada, the Canadian company that proposed the pipeline, is 20,000 jobs; other studies estimate 10,000 jobs; the State Department figure is 7,000.
The Alaska Pipeline, an eyesore at the very least. No telling what the Keystone Pipeline will look like. (Photo by Ryan McFarland from Petersburg, AK).
Other issues prevail as well. The pipeline is slated to cross an aquifer of inestimable value. Can we trust that the pipeline will afford fool proof protection for this water supply? Can we trust that the line will be built to even minimum standards? Or will contractors take short cuts to swell profits? Will regulators and inspectors-now regulated by those they are supposed to regulate-be trusted to perform their sworn duty to ensure the safety of the project, particularly after they have been lavished with wine, women and whatever else is in the corporate bag of bribery tricks.
Will PIGS (pipeline inspection gauges) be properly utilized? Will the information the devices transmit be acted upon?
If an honest inspector reports a defect will it be corrected or will the whistleblower be fired after a backchannel phone call to a senator or representative – a practice that defuses honest inspection.
Whadda you think?
And if all of the standards are rigidly adhered to, do we really want what could easily turn into an eyesore running down the width of this magnificently beautiful landscape? Especially during the construction phase. And afterward when numerous pumping stations mar the scenery.
The better way would be to construct a new refinery.
To put a refinery on line however could increase the supply of gasoline. And you know what happens to price when supply increases. I suspect the reason for the pipeline in the first place is to avoid at all cost bringing a refinery on line so the oil industry can continue its rigid control of supply.
I predict the South will rise in unison and sing in praise of Newt. I can hear repressed preachers below the Mason-Dixon line pulpitting in full throated glory: "Any man who treats women the way Gingrich does gets my vote. He'll end abortion, he'll save marriage and he'll end all this equality claptrap. He'll end sex education; he'll fire teachers who hand out rubbers in the cafeteria; he'll stop pre-marital sex by putting kids to work in schools. Got to keep the youngins moral, ya know. Especially after they start lookin' real good. Uh. Praise the lord."
Refinery at Anacortes, WA. (Photo by Walter Siegmund (talk).
Two New Refineries Proposed. Now In The Delay Stage. Blame It On the EPA.
Two new refineries are currently on the drawing board. They promise to deliver cleaner fuel from state of the art plants with greatly reduced air and water pollution.
Arizona Clean Fuels Yuma is seeking to build a plant in Arizona and Hyperion Energy is in the permit phase of construction of a refinery in South Dakota. And, as expected, there are delays.
Too often the Environmental Protection Agency is blamed for postponing start up . Signed into law by the socialist president – at least by today's standards – Richard M. Nixon, agency regulations are faulted for delays and provide a convenient scape goat for the oil industry's stubborn refusal build needed refineries and bring more production capacity on line .
While strict regulations are in place making delays in the construction of a new plant inevitable, the EPA is only partly responsible. State permits are also required and are often more exacting than the Federal variety.
In addition to air quality standards, provisions for storm water drainage, water discharge and water quality are essential and local regulations are often stringent. Local zoning laws may also need to be revised to permit industrial construction and these revisions take time.
Moreover, issues that have nothing to due with environmental policy impact greatly on new construction. Company lawyers and executives bargain ruthlessly and endlessly with state officials over the incentive packages a state government is willing-or more often forced-to provide, mostly give backs in taxes .
Currently, the biggest factor in delays is the matter of financing. A new refinery costs billions to construct. And in today's sluggish economic environment, banks are reluctant to lend.
So, while extremists on the right continue to blame the EPA and environmental organizations for the lack of new refinery construction, the agency and green advocates are used as convenient whipping posts for executives who want to control supply, lawyers who insist on ever more state give backs and bankers who are wary about lending.
Eventually the refineries will be completed but be forewarned, if past practice holds, older refineries will come off line and be dismantled. Again, supply will be strictly controlled to support price levels in a rigged market with rising demand.
With the rise in popularity of Ron Paul in the polls, you might want to familiarize yourself with his ideology. If you haven't done so already, you can read up on the Ludwig von Mises Institute, the Austrian School of Economics and refer from time to time to Lew Rockwell's libertarian blog. These sites bring insight and perspective to the economic nonsense regurgitated by Ron Paul and his ilk.
I cannot vote for Mitt Romney because he has robbed numerous banks across the country.
Actually, the foregoing is not intended to be a factual statement. But then most of what Romney says about Obama isn't either.
On the other hand, a slight revision of the statement bears much truth. Romney was a banker who robbed people and, like so many Wall Streeters, is the modern version of a bank robber. His hedge fund bought up businesses, fired loyal workers whose seniority earned them good wages and benefits, hired cheap labor and then sold off the business for a profit. Highway robbery! That's how Romney got rich.
Religion is like a penis. It's fine to have one. And it's OK to be proud of it. But please don't take it out in public and whip it around. And please don't try to shove it down everyone's throats.
Sorry, but I don't have the name of the author of that statement.
Talk about whipping it out in public. And it ain't "that ole tyme religion." The work is entitled "Well Endowed Mercury", created between 89 BCE and 79 CE, artist unknown.
Now that it's over perhaps we can discuss Christmas in an unemotional light.
Christmas is and should be a secular holiday for those who wish to observe in that way. I would venture to say that for a very large number of Christians, the holiday is far, far from a religious celebration.
Due to some fiction called the "war on Christmas", however,many Christians seem to take offense at not being wished "Merry Christmas" in public. This war fiction of course is a blatant attempt to inject the Christian religion into the holiday season and shove it down everyone's throats. Sadly, such childish insistence may be one reason many non-Christians refuse to join the celebrating.
I myself prefer to say "enjoy the holidays", unless in church – where I have noticed for many years now that no one – no one – ever wishes "Merry Christmas" except in response to my own greeting.
Want to observe the real "war on Christmas" close and upfront? Venture out into what I call the "Christmas asteroid belt." If you've ever gone shopping on a weekend during the holidays, you get my drift. If there's anything to be grateful for during this season, it's returning home safely after a foray into the mall. Every year, it seems, a few never return.
I'm particularly fond of holiday invitations – gathering together with friends and relatives. Occasionally these visits will produce a "religious experience." Not to worry though. I am always the designated passenger.
Enjoy the holidays – everyone. There's lots more to come.


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Did Beyoncé give birth to her twins? Internet is ringing the alarm
Has she or hasn't she?
Beyoncé fever lit up the internet over the weekend amid reports that Queen Bey had given birth to her twins.
TMZ, Us Weekly and CNN were among the outlets reporting that the superstar and her husband, Jay Z, had welcomed twins, citing unnamed sources.
However, Beyoncé's social-media accounts have said nothing. And many fans in the Beyhive said they were reserving their excitement until the announcement was Instagram official.
In true Beyoncé fashion, she announced her pregnancy with a surprise Instagram post in February, dropping a picture of herself draped in a light-green veil and surrounded by flowers. Her hands cupped her very obviously pregnant belly.
In a matter of minutes, the photo had garnered millions of likes and comments.
"We would like to share our love and happiness," Beyoncé wrote in the caption. "We have been blessed two times over. We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two, and we thank you for your well wishes. - The Carters."
Beyoncé gave birth to her first child, Blue Ivy Carter, on Jan. 7, 2012, a Saturday. The world had to wait two days for the official announcement of Blue Ivy's arrival.
"We are happy to announce the arrival of our beautiful daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, born on Saturday, January 7, 2012," the couple said in a statement to People magazine the Monday after her birth. "Her birth was emotional and extremely peaceful - we are in heaven. She was delivered naturally at a healthy 7 lbs. It was the best experience of both of our lives. We are thankful to everyone for all your prayers, well wishes, love and support."
Blue Ivy's sentimental father recorded his daughter's first seconds of life - her breathing, cries and coos - resulting in her featured role on their record-setting song, which drew 1.7 million airplay impressions upon its chart entrance five years ago, according to Nielsen Music.


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March board meeting briefs
Our newest PCLI board member, Diana DeRosa, has been nominated and approved for participation in the Scripps Leadership Training program. This is an informative and inspiring weekend of education about the Society of Professional Journalists that will benefit the Press Club when she returns.
Our Media Awards contest had 340 entries this year in 53 categories. Winners will be announced at our June 4 Media Awards Dinner at the Woodbury Country Club. (We will have our 2010 Media Awards there, too, on the second Thursday in June.)
At least two board members will be attending the SPJ Regional Conference in Philadelphia on April 24-25. More than attending, they are giving a strong hand to the effort in leading workshops and helping to organize the weekend's programs.
April 16 panel: "Facebook, Twitter and why social media mattter." (Update: more than 50 people attended.)
We have two ethics programs scheduled:
Tuesday, April 28, 7 p.m., Studio A, Dempster Hall, Hofstra University
What happens to our codes of ethics and our sense of responsible behavior when there seem to be no boundaries anymore? When outside our increasingly porous walls there is a frothing gusher of — what? A lot of it is filth, and a lot of it is good clear information. Guests include legendary PR guru Gary Lewi, executive vice president of Rubenstein Associates in Manhattan. Co-sponsored by the Press Club. Refreshments will be served.
May 5th – Dominick and Meredith are similar program at Stony Brook.
May 28, 6:30 p.m. Fair Use or Infringement?
Moderator: Oswaldo Jimenez, Newsday photographer A portrait of President Barak Obama created by Los Angeles-based street artist Shepard Fairey was recently hung at the National Portrait Gallery. Fairey has admitted that the portrait of Obama is based on a photograph he downloaded from the Internet. The photo was taken in April 2006 by Manny Garcia on assignment for the Associated Press at the National Press Club in Washington. The financial success of the iconic image has raised legal questions of copyright law and definitions of "fair use." When is material from the Internet, used without permission from the rights holders, considered "fair use"? Is the use of photographs the tip of the iceberg? Is the "four-factor" balancing test (Purpose and character, Nature of the copied work, Amount and substantiality, Effect upon work's value) sufficient to determine fair use.
Thoughts for the future:
- Perhaps a program or mixer out at Atlantis Aquarium in Riverhead, or at the Suffolk Community College Culinary Institute out there.
- Other ideas discussed included:
- A gathering at Belmont Lake State Park, where we bring our own food and have a barbecue for the members.
- A gathering at Coe Hall/Planting Fields Arboretum. Perhaps this could be something to open up to families, maybe in September on a Thursday night.
- A day at the Races at Belmont Racetrack.
- It was suggested that we further reach out to students and see what kind of educational programs we could do at colleges.
We are almost finished with a brochure that combines info about SPJ and PCLI, thanks to Diana DeRosa's hard work.
There are 350 people in our Facebook group. (Update: 401 members as of April 22)
John C. O'Connell


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New York
11 May 2015
Price realised
Yves Klein (1928-1962)
signed and dated 'Yves 60' and '10 1961' (on the underside)
dry pigment in synthetic resin on natural sponge, metal stem, resin and plaster base
20 7/8 x 13 x 10 7/8 in. (53 x 33 x 27.5 cm.)
Executed in 1960-1961.
Galleria Apollinaire, Milan
Svensk Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm
Galerie Bonnier, Geneva
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 26 June 1986, lot 641
Private collection, Tokyo
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 25 June 2013, lot 7
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
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P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne, 1969, p. 94, no. SE 181 (illustrated).
Milan, Galerie Apollinaire, Yves Klein - le monochrome: il nuovo realismo del colore, November 1961, n.p. (illustrated).
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Geneva, Galerie Bonnier, Yves Klein: Le Monochrome, April 1979.
Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Yves Klein, October-November 1979, no. 7 (illustrated in color).
New York, Dominique Lévy Gallery, Audible Presence: Lucio Fontana Yves Klein Cy Twombly, September-November 2013, pp. 82-83, 158-161 (illustrated in color).
UNTITLED BLUE SPONGE SCULPTURE (SE 181) marries the humming intensity of Yves Klein's majestic International Klein Blue with the uniquely textured form of an oceanic sponge. This supremely dynamic sculpture is one of only three, extremely rare iterations of the artist's celebrated Sculptures éponges in that it is suspended from a support rendered all in blue. The majority of these sculptures in Yves Klein's astounding oeuvre appear as celestial flowers sitting atop slim metal stems, which are often attached to small rock pedestals. Here, the all-encompassing pigment unifies the sponge with a base carefully modeled into a symbiotic organic form. Isolated as it is for our contemplation, the enhanced natural wonder that is UNTITLED BLUE SPONGE SCULPTURE (SE 181) evokes the strangely eroded rocks that have been revered by Chinese and Japanese scholars for centuries. The play of light constantly transforms the appearance of this large, complex structure, inviting the viewer to meditate on Klein's realm of the immaterial. For Klein this was a place beyond Earth's confines that could be entered through an engulfing concentration of blue. "Blue has no dimensions," Klein explained, "All colors bring forth associations of concrete, material, and tangible ideas, while blue evokes all the more the sea and the sky, which are what is most abstract in tangible and visible nature" (Y. Klein, 'Speech to the Gelsenkirchen Theater Commission,' in Overcoming the Problematics of Art: The Writings of Yves Klein, New York, 2007, p. 41).
Yves Klein's pigment-soaked sponge sculptures were an essential component in the 'blue revolution' that defined the spectacular trajectory of his tragically brief career. He became sensible to their aesthetic and conceptual potential while using them as a tool to apply paint to his monochrome works. Before long, he began to incorporate them as relief elements on his IKB paintings, and in 1959 he displayed a multitude of Sculptures éponges at the Galerie Iris Clert in Paris. The exhibition, entitled Bas-Reliefs dans une forêt d'éponges, created an immersive environment populated by a bristling blue forest of sponges on stands. United by their identical blue color, the multifarious sponges, gathered en mass, created an immediate sense of individuality within universality.
Yves Klein had identified in the remains of these porous aquatic creatures a ready-made emblem of totemic significance. Their permeable structure, so readily absorbent of the sacred blue pigment, came to represent the spiritual communion he hoped would take place between his art and his viewers: "While working on my paintings in my studio I sometimes used sponges," he recalled. "Evidently, they very quickly turned blue! One day I perceived the beauty of blue in the sponges; this working tool all of a sudden became a primary medium for me. The sponge has that extraordinary capacity to absorb and become impregnated with whatever fluid, which was naturally very seductive to me. Thanks to the natural and living matter of sponges, I was able to make portraits of the 'readers' of my monochromes, which, after having seen and traveled into the blue of my paintings, returned from them completely impregnated with sensibility, just as the sponges" (Y. Klein, 'Notes on certain works exhibited at Galerie Colette Allendy', ibid., New York, 2007, pp. 22-23).
Thus the humble sea sponge became both a conduit for and a reflection of the transcendental experience afforded by Yves Klein's numinous aesthetics. He reasoned that if one were to embrace the idea of immateriality and limitless possibility proposed by his fathomless azure blue, one could not help but become sensible to the immeasurable cosmic void. This was a concept aligned with Buddhist notion of emptiness and the potentiality that lies therein. The link between UNTITLED BLUE SPONGE SCULPTURE (SE 181), Eastern philosophies, and the act of contemplation or meditation finds its roots in Klein's passion for judo. An avid student of the martial art in France, Klein studied at the prestigious Kodokan Institute in Tokyo between 1952 and 1954. When he returned to Paris, his hopes of becoming head of the Fédération Française de Judo were dashed and he turned his attentions to a career in the arts. Yet his experience of judo, and its Taoist and Zen principles, provided him with the spiritual appreciation of space and presence that would inform all aspects of his practice. "Judo has helped me to understand that pictorial space is, above all, the product of spiritual exercises" Klein wrote. "Judo is, in fact, the discovery of the human body in a spiritual space" (Yves Klein, 'On Judo,' in ibid., p. 2).
UNTITLED BLUE SPONGE SCULPTURE (SE 181) was conceived in the the post-atomic space age. Indeed, this sculpture was made in the year Yuri Gagarin became the first human to journey into space. When the newspapers printed the Russian cosmonaut's now legendary statement that Earth was blue, Klein crowed of this as confirmation of his own belief espoused as early as 1957. He gleefully wrote to his friend, the artist Arman, that the IKB impregnation of Earth had been achieved and that Gagarin had been the only visitor at his exhibition opening in space.
Scientific developments were rapidly changing the context of contemporary life and Yves Klein believed that as an artist the only way forward was to create a new realm for artistic exploration that reconnected people to the sublime rather than dwell in nihilistic emotion or existential angst. In this context, the 'savage living material' of the saturated sponge offered itself as the ideal natural symbol of mediation between the immaterial realm of the spirit and the material world of nature. Capable of holding a variety of elements—water, air, sand and grit—within itself all at the same time, the sponge when impregnated with IKB color perfectly articulated Yves Klein's notions of a base, elemental, material being imbued with a higher dimensional essence. UNTITLED BLUE SPONGE SCULPTURE (SE 181) therefore represents a new art for a new age—an art permeated with a profound sense of the pure and formless energy from which creation and manifestation arise.
In tandem with an online sale, Trespassing, we take a look at how works by pioneers such as Haring, Stik and KAWS are finding their way into the home
A new online exhibition celebrates 22 emerging and mid-career black artists from across Africa and its diaspora. Its curator talks us through five key works
Seven great mentor and mentee pairings in the story of art, from Dürer and Baldung to Man Ray and Lee Miller. Illustrated with works offered at Christie's
From a Degas that went for £180 in 1892 to a Monet that fetched £40 million in 2008 — masterpieces by some of painting's greatest innovators
We speak to the legendary photographer about working with the biggest names in sport, from Muhammad Ali to Serena Williams and Michael Jordan
Advised to paint what he loved, the young Kenny Scharf focused on the Flintstones. In 2012 he revisited the theme — adding a Warholian twist


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How to: Calibrate a Zebra printer
There may be times when it's necessary to recalibrate your Zebra printer in order to solve issues such as margin setting and offset not working, as well as improper label or image alignment. The printer needs to be calibrated for the label stock currently loaded.
NOTE: in some cases, calibration needs to be done every time new stock is loaded, even if it is the same size and type of stock.
To calibrate, find your model of Zebra printer and follow these steps:
Zebra Gx420:
- With the printer powered up, hold down the feed button
- Wait until you get the "two flash" sequence from the status light (the printer will first flash once, then twice).
- After the two-flash, release the feed button.
Zebra ZP-450, ZP-500, ZP-505:
- With the printer powered up, hold down the feed button.
- Wait until the you get the "four flash" sequence from the status light (the printer will first flash once, then twice, then three times, then four times).
- After the four-flash, release the feed button.
- Turn off the printer power using the power switch on the back of the printer.
- On the printer, hold the feed button down and turn power back on
- As soon as the feed button starts to blink red, release the feed button. The printer will cycle through several labels.
- Once it is done, press feed button one more time to get the printer out of dump.
ZM400 printer:
- Go to Devices and Printers
- Select the ZM400 icon
- Select Printing Preferences
- Select the tab Advanced Setup
- Select Calibrate
NOTE: If a 4 flash calibration does not work, or your printer does not go to four flashes, please try with a two flash calibration. Learn more.
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About The FilmIn approaching Skyfall, the 23rd James Bond adventure, the filmmakers were
very attuned to the fact that 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of James Bond on
film. They were determined that this entry in the longest-running film franchise
in history would deliver everything that has made Bond, Bond: heart-stopping
action, scene-stealing villains, beautiful Bond women, exotic locations, a
killer theme, the Aston Martin DB5… and, of course, 007 himself, played by
Daniel Craig. But a Bond film is not a collection of puzzle pieces; these
elements combine - like gin and vermouth, shaken, not stirred - to serve the
story. For Skyfall, bringing it all together is Academy Award -winner Sam
Mendes. "I knew that Sam would put everything behind it," says Craig, who marks
his third film as Bond in Skyfall. "He would put all of his knowledge of movie
making behind it, but also his knowledge and love of Fleming and Bond."
While Mendes might be best known for directing a different kind of movie, he
says that high entertainment and artistic integrity are not mutually exclusive.
"I have my own, personal relationship with Bond, which began when I was 9 or 10
years old - when Live and Let Die came out," he says. "We happen to be living in
a time when it's possible to make a big, entertaining, glamorous, escapist movie
that also says something about the world we live in. With Daniel's performances
in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, James Bond feels like a real man in a
real situation again. It reminded me of the way I felt when I watched the Sean
Connery movies."
For the producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, the anniversary
brings with it added expectations. "It's our 50th anniversary and 23rd film so
the pressure's on to make the best Bond ever. We have an extraordinary cast, an
incredibly talented creative team and an emotionally charged script," says
Broccoli adds that Mendes' relationship and history with the Bond films adds
a personal element from the very start. "With his knowledge and history, he
identifies with the audience - he knows what works and what an audience is
expecting. And, frankly, that's great to watch on set," she says.
Throughout these 50 years, it has been the Broccoli family -first Albert R.
"Cubby" Broccoli and partner Harry Saltzman, and then Cubby's children, Michael
G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli - who have been the overseers and caretakers of
the James Bond film franchise. "Michael and Barbara are extraordinary because
they work very well as a team," says Mendes. "Barbara has a remarkable skill for
making people feel like she knows their name and knows what their issues are,
and if there's ever a crisis, she's the one who will handle it. Michael brings
an enormous amount of experience and wisdom, combined with such a gentle
presence on the set - he never bullies or lectures. If you have an idea and are
wondering, 'Has Bond done this before,' ask Michael - he knows."
It was Craig - with the support of Wilson and Broccoli - who invited his
friend, Mendes, to direct the film. "When we started talking about it, I felt a
connection with someone who had exactly the same enthusiasm and respect for the
Bond films that I did," says Craig. "And, of course, I deeply respect Sam as a
director. I said to him, 'This is going to be a new experience for you - trust
me, because I made two of them and it was a very new experience for me. Nothing
can quite prepare you.'"
SKYFALL welcomes back screenwriters Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and introduces
Academy Award -winner John Logan to the Bond writing family. Logan explains, "I
felt greatly encouraged by Sam and Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson to make
the screenplay as unique as I could, using my particular strengths as a writer.
Coming from the world of theatre, for me, it has always been about character and
dialogue. When you look over the vast panoply of Bond films, things tend to
emerge, like a lightning bolt: great moments of dialogue, great moments of
character interaction - whether it's Bond and Goldfinger, Bond and Blofeld, or
Bond and Vesper Lynd. Those are the amazing scenes that just stop your heart
because they're unexpected in what's considered a genre movie."
Of course, for each individual Bond film, it is the director who guides and
shapes the picture. Mendes says he felt the freedom to put his own stamp on the
legendary franchise. "I have been given an enormous amount of freedom - and I've
never felt constrained or hidebound by the genre or the franchise," he says.
"Part of that is Daniel and Judi Dench, both of whom I already knew well.
Frankly, I'd love the two of them to be in any movie I directed. But part of it
is also the enthusiasm with which the Producers greeted new ideas about Bond and
M and the franchise as a whole."
Dench, returning for her seventh film as M, says that her relationship
off-screen with Daniel Craig has mirrored the on-screen relationship between M
and Bond that was developed in the two most recent films. "Bond and M are two
people who work well together. She's obviously very fond of him, and she's often
accused of being preferential towards him - but she can also be ruthless about
him," she says. "Daniel and I struck up a good relationship the first time we
worked together, and the relationship has developed as each script requires
something a little bit more from us. That is especially true with Skyfall."
Barbara Broccoli explains that Skyfall explores the relationship between Bond
and M - perhaps more than in any of the 22 previous films. "We wanted to really
mine the relationship between Bond and M, because it is the most significant
relationship he has in his life," says the producer. "M is the only person who
represents authority to him. You have two extraordinary actors, and we just
thought - let's go all the way. It's worked extremely well. It's a very
emotional story."
"Their relationship is based on mutual respect," says Craig. "They both know
that every time the chips are down, one of them will have to make a sacrifice -
it's difficult to have a touchy-feely relationship with someone under those
circumstances. But at the same time - and Sam was very keen on this - Bond's
always had in the back of his mind that there's a bit more. It's something he
never shows, but the connection is there - and I get a kick out of that as an
actor, to play a life you can't show."
007 faces a dangerous journey in Skyfall - one that shakes MI6 to its core as
the agency comes under attack. Mendes says that in directing action sequences,
character is as important as stunt and camera work. "If you're not engaged with
the characters, the action is meaningless, however good it is," he says. "To me,
you have to put the characters in a credible and believable situation - you have
to make it almost impossible for them to survive - and then show how they
survive. That's the challenge."
Javier Bardem plays Silva, the man who puts MI6 at risk. The actor is no
stranger to playing dark and complex characters, having won the Oscar for his
role as the unforgettable Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men. "When I read
the script, I was immediately drawn to the story and the character's
possibilities. To work with Sam Mendes and to be a part of his incredible cast
and crew, I couldn't say no to an opportunity like this," says Bardem.
Mendes says that the key to a great Bond villain is to strike a certain
balance. "The performance has to be real enough, but also have flamboyance," he
says. "The great ones - the Dr. Nos', the Rosa Klebbs', the Goldfingers' - are
ever-so-slightly theatrical and yet are all the more frightening because of it.
For Silva, Javier allowed himself to be playful and mischievous, but never lost
the danger, the mystery, the strangeness, the otherness. I think he's done
something wonderful."
Bond audiences expect that a Bond film will deliver plenty of action, and as
Wilson explains, 50 years of Bond action represents an enormous challenge for
the filmmakers: what could Bond do that he's never done before? "We have an
incredible team - including Gary Powell (Quantum of Solace, Casino Royale),
Chris Corbould (Dark Knight Rises, Inception, seventh Bond film), Alexander Witt
(X-Men First Class, Casino Royale, Bourne Identity). They get together with Sam
and formulate the most exciting and interesting sequence we can dream up while
still telling the story. And Daniel contributes a great deal to designing the
action - he's the one who really pulls it off. He does as much of it as he
possibly can - I think the reason the action works as well as it does is because
he sells it. That's our one rule - it has to feel real."
And no Bond film is complete without a Bond theme, and for the producers,
there was one singer who seemed to be a 21st century heir to the legacy laid
down over the past half-century by Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Carly Simon, Paul
McCartney, Nancy Sinatra, Madonna as well as many others. "The only person that
we wanted was Adele," says Barbara Broccoli. "She came to meet with us, she read
the script, and she took it very, very seriously. With Paul Epworth, she's
written a beautiful song that delivers on every level, and of course she has the
most extraordinary voice - she's delivered a classic Bond theme. It's a dream
come true to have Adele on board."
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Neelam Katara hails SC verdict, now calls for 'decriminalization of politics'
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New Delhi [India], Oct. 3 (ANI): Hailing the Supreme Court's order for awarding 25 years of jail-term to convicts Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal Yadav, victim Nitish Katara's mother Neelam Katara on Monday said the apex court should have increased the term by ten years instead of decreasing it, adding that there must be decriminalization of politics so that the common man does not suffer from their atrocities. Asserting that the murder was not an ordinary crime, Neelam told ANI that honour crime would get stringent punishment. "I am happy with the Supreme Court's decision, qualitatively. Honour crime will get stringent punishment, it's not ordinary crime. The court has asked to concurrently run the jail-term. It's a relief and consolation prize for them. I think the court should have increased it to ten years rather than decreasing it by five years. Here proof wasn't slippers or shoes but my son's body which was destroyed. So, if I ask for 10 more years' punishment it is not a big thing," she added. Neelam said now, this is the fight of Nitish and the youth of this country of right to choice of partner and right to choice of marriage. "I want decriminalization of politics because if criminals sit in the assemblies then the law and police administration favours them and people like us suffer," she added. Meanwhile, asserting that this was a case of misplaced sympathy for the sister, senior advocate K.T.S. Tulsi said it wasn't a crime of greed or passion or a crime which is barbaric. "In this case, to enhance the normal term without remission seemed excessive. I think the Supreme Court has done the right thing by reducing the term. If they behave then remission is actually a strategy of reforming a person," he added. "The other thing the high court had done was that various other offences were involved.that they awarded the sentence consecutively. The high court had perhaps taken a very stern view but the Supreme Court has restored the balance," he said. The apex court earlier today modified the sentences of Vikas and Vishal and reduced their jail terms to 25 years. The apex court sentenced another accused Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehelwan to 20 years in prison. An apex court division bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra passed the order after hearing a detailed argument from both sides - the prosecution as well as the defence. The top court ordered that the jail sentence would run concurrently not consecutively. The apex court had on August 17, 2015, upheld the conviction of Vikas, Vishal and Sukhdev, saying 'only criminals are crying for justice' in this country. The three convicts were serving a life-term awarded by the lower court in May 2008 for abducting and killing Katara, a business executive and the son of a railway officer, on the night of February 16-17, 2002, as they opposed the victim's relationship with Bharti, Vikas' sister and the daughter of Uttar Pradesh politician D.P. Yadav. The Delhi High Court had on April 2, 2014, upheld the verdict of the lower court in the case and described the offence as "honour killing" stemming from a "deeply-entrenched belief" in the caste system. (ANI)


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From Rory O'Connell's book 'Cook Well, Eat Well' published by Gill Books. 'This is suitable for almost any occasion where a rich, delicious cake is required', says Rory. 'The flavours are a bull's eye combination. I sometimes serve this cake with fresh raspberries, which is another flavour that works beautifully here.'
Serves 8–10
170g butter, softened, plus extra melted butter for greasing
150g caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 eggs
170g self-raising flour
50g desiccated coconut
Zest of 1 lime
2 tablespoons lime juice
Filling and icing
90g cold butter
175g icing sugar, sieved
110g cream cheese
Zest of 1 lime
1 tablespoon lime juice
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
To finish:
90g desiccated coconut
Zest of 1 lime
To serve
Softly whipped cream or
Crème fraîche
Lime wedges
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Brush 2 x 20cm cake tins with a little melted butter and line the bottom of each tin with a disc of non-stick baking paper.
2. Place the butter in a large bowl and beat until it has paled in colour. Add the caster sugar and continue to beat until light and fluffy, then add the vanilla extract. Beat in the eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition. Sieve the flour over the eggs and butter and add the coconut and the lime zest and juice. Fold the ingredients together thoroughly but do not over-beat or you might make the cake tough.
3. Divide the batter between the prepared tins and bake in the oven for 20–25 minutes, until the cakes are well risen, a rich golden colour and feel somewhat spongy to the touch.
4. Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack, still in the tins. Allow to cool for 15 minutes, then gently remove from the tins and place on the wire rack to cool completely.
5. While the cakes are cooling, scatter the coconut over a baking tray in an even layer. Place in the oven until lightly toasted and golden. This takes about 10 minutes and I usually stir the coconut once or twice to achieve an even colour. Allow to cool completely.
6. To make the icing, place the butter in a food processor and blend to a creamy consistency. Add
the remaining ingredients and blend again to achieve a smooth and spreadable icing.
7. To assemble, place one sponge on a flat plate and remove the paper disc. Spread on 2 tablespoons
of the icing and pop on the other cake, paper disc removed, smooth side down. Cover the top and sides of the cake with the remaining icing. A palette knife works well for this purpose. Dust the top and sides of the cake with the toasted coconut and sprinkle the lime zest over the top of the cake. It may look like you have too much toasted coconut, but keep pressing it gently onto the side and top of the cake and you will end up using it all.
8. I serve the cake with softly whipped cream or crème fraîche and a little plate of lime wedges on the side.
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Because I have. I've seen it at least once a day for the last three weeks. Occasionally, I have seen it twice a day. The miracle? I STILL LIKE IT. That's got to be a pretty fuckin' sound movie there to withstand a godzillion consecutive viewings like that.
You know what one trick is? Watching a movie like that over and over? You watch different parts of the screen. See how they animated the windowsill in the upper right hand corner. See how they made the wood floor look very shiny, and behold the subtle shadows of the banisters. You can get a lot of mileage out of this technique. Savor the animation. Saaaavor it.
And then you can focus on the voiceovers. Imagine the actors in front of their microphones, doing different takes. See if you can guess which ones made them laugh and they had to do them over.
Finn and I were watching Toy Story the other day, and it came to the part where Buzz finds out he's just a toy and there's that melancholy Randy Newman musical interlude where Buzz is staggering around all disillusioned. Finn wandered off and started playing with a window handle, so I paused the movie. He turned around and said, "No, let's watch it. Let the man sing."
Let the man sing.
Finn is also in love with the pit bull in the movie, the bad neighbor kid's dog. He'll pop awake in the morning, "Want to see the big white dog! Want to say hi to him!" And he'll stare at the dog lovingly and make me rewind the dog parts fifty times, and he'll say, "I want to pick him up." Then he'll note that "he's very heavy". Theoretically.
I'm still pregnant, everyone! And that means that I'm very tired and moody and I'm forced to eat ice cream sandwiches. Toy Story : Finn as ice cream sandwiches : me.
Also, I'll be frank. We're rooting for a girl. Until further notice, I'm living the dream. This is the last child we're going to have, so I'm bookmarking awesome little lady outfits on the web like a crazy person right now. We thought Finn was a girl at first last time, and we think he's the best thing since sliced bread, so it's not like we're going to be bummed out if it's Fred. Fred would get a hero's welcome. But we have booked a ticket for Oona. C'mon, little mama. Break for the double X.
We haven't told Finn yet. We're going to wait until I start to show. In the meantime, we're just talking about babies a lot. What do you think about babies? Look at this baby in this magazine. What do you think? Look at that mommy's tummy. There's a baby in there. How about this baby? What do you think? You remember Linus? and Luna? Linus is Luna's big brother. Linus is a big brother. Just sayin'.
Finn loves looking at babies. I pointed to one baby and he declared, "THAT is a CUTIE." And, naturally - like he does with everything else in this world from pit bulls to his friend Miles to giant construction cranes and houses - he wants to pick babies up. If you see Finn somewhere, and he looks at you, know that he's thinking about what it would be like to pick you up.
Our due date is festive, being Christmas Eve, but it's also sort of crappy. It makes me nervous. I'm wanting to go for a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) and I'm afraid that everyone's going to subconsciously - or consciously - hurry me into a cesarean so they can get back to their families and their stockings and eggnog. The midwife I wanted isn't accepting clients for my due date, and it looks like it's going to be the same deal with the doula I was hoping to use. No room at the inn feelings starting up!
The recovery from my cesarean with Finn was GOD. AWFUL. I don't want a repeat!
If you're a groovy Jewish VBAC-supporting certified nurse-midwife who oversees births at Group Health (which has the lowest c-section rate in the state) and you're free in late December, call me.


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The Incoming of Christmas Vacation
Christmas vacation is the much awaited coming event in my life. As these Christmas vacation is coming my hearts feels flying because of the joyful of the incoming of Christmas. Every night I pray that this coming Christmas would be the best Christmas ever. Since we celebrated the most special event in the month of December I know that all the pain doubt and problems in our life will be dissolve because Christmas is the day of giving and loving. Vacation in the incoming of Christmas is a blessing and also it is our nature to give thanks to our lord. I know that some of us especially me as a student is happy when there is Christmas. I know and hoping that all of my activities will be finish so that no problem for the incoming of Christmas vacation. Even though that I have a lot of works that I did not fulfill yet but I still did not lose hope to finish it as soon as possible so that I could enjoy my vacation well this coming Christmas and I know that some of us well enjoy greatly. This vacation I know and I feel that it is best remembrance because after the event only memories well left. I am hoping that there will be good events in this coming of vacation that no people will lead to danger because accident is always there so it is good to have prevention than to cure. May God bless this Christmas vacation.


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Jollibee Food Corporation celebrates 35 Years- Come join the Fun!
Jollibee Foods Corporation abbreviated as JFC and popularly known as Jollibee (PSE: JFC) is a Filipino multinational chain offast food restaurants headquartered in Pasig City, Philippines. It is the parent of Jollibee, the country's leading fast-food chain brand. Among its licensed brands are Chowking, Greenwich Pizza, Red Ribbon, Mang Inasal and Burger King Philippines. Since its inception, JFC expanded and to date, it has a total of 2,510 stores worldwide with a system wide retail sales totaling to 82.1 billion pesos for the fiscal year 2011.
Sometime in 1978, Caktiong and his brothers and sisters engaged the services of a management consultant, Manuel C. Lumba. Lumba shifted the business focus from ice cream to hotdogs, after his studies showed that a much larger market was waiting to be served. Lumba became Caktiong's last business and management mentor.
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Extraordinarily difficult.
Here's a musical illustration that, every time I hear it, scares me to death.
"Because the Night" was written by Bruce Springsteen & Patti Smith in 1977. Reached 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. Springsteen wrote a draft, but, after struggling for four months, stopped working on it. His producer, Jimmy Iovine, suggest giving the song to Patti Smith. Iovine took her Springsteen's recording and she finished the song. It became her biggest hit.
In 1993, "Because the Night" was covered by 10,000 Maniacs, with vocals by Natalie Merchant. It reached 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Do not watch the 10,000 Maniacs video. Just listen. It's a superb recording. She can really sing. Their version has got a lot of strength and emotion.
The single most terrifying thing about making art is that, if your screen, novel, poetry, or song writing is only at that level of achievement, you have to keep working on it. "Really good" is not enough. "A lot of emotion" is not going to get you a check. You have to blow the reader out the back of the theater. They have to pick themselves up off the floor in awe of whatever it was your work just did to them.
What 10,000 Maniacs did was very good, but it's a pale thing next to the massive passion and power Patti Smith brings — with fewer instruments. To get you where you want to be, your creative work has to be at the Patti Smith level.
This creative stuff is in no way easy.
On YouTube, the 10,000 Maniacs version has 499,000 views.
The Patti Smith recording has 9.6 million.


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Will joined KCSI in June 2002. Since joining KCSI, he has helped the customer support services division increase the level of customer support satisfaction by assuring all of the brochures, technical documents, glossies and newsletters have the latest and most accurate information.
Within the same time frame, service revenues at KCSI have grown approximately 200%.
Before joining KCSI, Will held senior management positions with several software companies, where his responsibilities included customer support, beta-testing, training and service, after having worked in numerous PC environments for over thirty years.
With qualifications ranging from political science to speech writing, he served as Executive Secretary responsible for logistics, image development and one-on-one consultant for several business entrepreneurs and political candidates, and has worked as a hardware and application teacher for over ten years since the initial days of computerized office administration. Holding degrees in Political Studies and English, certifications in both Media and Communications, diplomas in Journalism, Advanced Web Development, Graphic Design and Desktop Publishing, Will has both taught and documented numerous facets of computer usage, ranging from MSDOS 3.3 through Windows 7, and many compositional, graphical, and inventory applications.
His other passions include writing and musical composition, having contributed numerous articles and reviews of music and movies, in addition to currently serving as a local and provincial officer of the Fraternal Order of Eagles as a Past President and as Provincial Secretary.
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'Industrial policy' means in essence an activist approach by the state towards support for and development of the economy. In the UK, state activism in this area was discredited in the 1970s because extensive state financial support for the defunct UK car industry failed at huge expense. In France and elsewhere state support for industry has persisted and is seen as key to economic success.
The future of the UK economy is in a state of chronic uncertainty. Having depended for so long on the success primarily of the financial sector there is now grave doubt about where economic dynamism in the UK can spring from. There is also a growing sentiment that even were the financial sector to recover, over dependence on this one area is very dangerous. This has led to calls to 'rebalance' the economy.
Today's Financial Times carries an analysis of why technology businesses in the UK are not able to offer the necessary dynamism. One key reason given is lack of the necessary support and investment to turn promising small companies into large successful ones. The article points out that Business Secretary Peter Mandelson is now keen on developing an industrial policy for the UK.
So what should an industrial policy look like were we to go down this road? Firstly, what it should not be. Propping up failing businesses in order to save jobs is a waste of money. For that reason the government 'scrappage' scheme to enable the buying of new cars was a mistake. Were it not for the fact that the UK no longer has an indigenous car industry no doubt the government would have done what the US did through the nationalisation of General Motors in 2008. Government money should not be used to keep failing industries going.
Nor should an industrial policy be about trying to preserve UK industry in the hands of UK owners as Mandelson has argued in relation to the proposed takeover of Cadbury by Kraft. Generally speaking any foreign buyer will want to keep good businesses going. If there are loss making parts of the business they would be closed down eventually anyway. The key issue is what new businesses are emerging and growing and that is where the problems of the UK lie.
An industrial policy would first and foremost require a change in the nature of political leadership. The UK government has adopted a managerial approach to the economy for the past 13 years. This worked only because the technology and financial services bubbles kept the economy growing. Now that these bubbles have burst a different approach is required. We need a political leadership which is both entrepreneurial and strategic.
Government needs to be entrepreneurial initially by changing the nature of public debate away from risk avoidance and caution, at every level, towards one of measured risk taking. There is a growing unease in the UK that we have become stifled by regulation, both state and self regulation, in every area of life. Politicians need to give a lead away from this towards a more self-reliant and entrepreneurial approach to life in general and to the economy in particular. This should then be backed up by specific tax breaks and other incentives to encourage new business and more research and development in older businesses.
Government needs to be more strategic by taking a longer term view of the infrastructural requirements of the UK and investing more where necessary. This is a huge discussion in itself and needs to be looked at in depth. Government should also be encouraging and incentivizing those sectors of the economy which are already successful to be more successful.
I wrote recently of the NASTI approach, No Alternative STagnation is Inevitable, which dominates current thinking around the economy in this country. For this to be transformed requires a sea change in political leadership away from cautious managerialism and towards dynamic entrepreneurialism. The upcoming general election campaign offers an opportunity to argue for this radically different way forward.


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Hey guys, I hope you have had an awesome January and welcoming February with open arms, I apologise for not being able to write as much as I should as I was indeed trying to get back in tune with my work schedules and the stacking deadlines that are never ending. Well that aside, let visit one of the tallest towers in the Southern Hemisphere, well its there second tallest actually. But is is the tallest tower in Sydney without a doubt.
Standing over 309 meters high (including it spire), the Sydney tower have been known by the locals Westfield Centrepoint Tower or Centrepoint tower is indeed one of the main tourists attraction. Tourist, like me, from all over the world visits the building by well known to us as Sydney Tower Eye to immerse ourselves in the amazing panoramic view of Sydney. The totally unobstructed view from the observation deck (250m above ground) have captured hearts of many when they get the perfect view of the sun setting sight beside the well known Sydney Harbour.
Sydney tower, located strategically in the central business district was built to have a maximum capacity of 960 people (which obviously nobody cares) but bringing this 980 people up to the towers observation deck, restaurant and an event space can be quite a challenge. As you can see, the tower as ha very narrow 'neck' and supported by 56 cables to counter the strong winds in the Southern Hemisphere is home to the lift shafts. Whats special about these lifts are that they are all Double-Decked. Sydney Tower is one of the few places in the world which houses a double decked lift. Now you know how they can manage to transport almost a thousand people up and down so quickly and efficiently, 45 seconds per trip to be exact.
And if you have yet to even visit Sydney Tower, well maybe its time. It is an amazing experience being up there and getting a panoramic view of the city both day and night, it cant get any better than that. So go ahead and book you tickets early (I would strongly emphasise EARLY) at the website or address as follows,
100 Market Street
Sydney NSW 2000


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I bought this C200 Bubble Peeling Pad for £6.50 online at butter milk skincare
It was something I have been meaning to try for a while as it's a bit different to a normal face mask or scrub.
The Wish Formula uses 'AHA ingredients and natural extracts to effectively remove skin impurities, dead skin cells and sebum.'
You get one double sided pad per pack. The first side has an exfoliating layer and serum that you used for a few minutes gently massaging it in circular motions around your face. After you must rinse your face before you turn the pad over and use the softer side that disintegrates onto your skin again massaging it gently around your face for a few minutes. Lastly rinse your face again with warm water and that's it!
I had a nice glow about my skin after I had used the pad and I feel it brought out any spots that were hiding under the surface of my skin. the pad seemed to target the spots and they were almost gone overnight.
A good point about this peeling pad is it did not dry my skin out, actually quite the opposite. The pad was full of serum that really left my skin bright and glowing. My mum even said it looked great.
A down point about this product is I just don't feel it was worth £6.50, so to be honest I don't think I will be buying it again even though it was fun to use. I would however like to try some of the other products Wish Formula have on offer.
Wish Formula are a cruelty free company with NO animal testing.


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