text:
ABC Scares Up Bird Flu Movie

May sweeps will soon be upon us, and this year ABC will feature one of the ratings-grabbing month's most time-honored traditions: a ripped-from-the-headlines disaster thriller.

The network has scheduled a movie called "Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America" for Tuesday, May 9. The "meticulously researched" two-hour film will tell the story of an avian flu outbreak in the United States, the people affected by it and those trying to stop it.

Joely Richardson ("Nip/Tuck") and Stacy Keach ("Prison Break") star. The cast also includes Ann Cusack ("The Brotherhood of Poland, N.H."), Scott Cohen ("Gilmore Girls"), Justina Machado ("Six Feet Under") and David Ramsey ("All of Us").

ABC has done little thus far to promote the film, which will air against "American Idol" and the CBS combination of "NCIS" and "The Unit."

Richardson plays a doctor from the Centers for Disease Control's Epidemic Intelligence Service who's summoned to China after a new strain of avian flu is discovered. The virus has mutated into a form that can pass between humans (which the current bird flu virus receiving scads of news coverage cannot).

Among those now carrying the virus are an American businessman returning from a trip to Hong Kong, who becomes Patient Zero in an outbreak on U.S. soil. Cusack will play the man's wife. Keach plays the secretary of Health and Human Services, charged with containing the outbreak.

Ron McGee ("Atomic Twister") wrote "Fatal Contact." It was directed by Richard Pearce, a TV and feature-film veteran whose credits include ABC's "South Pacific," "A Family Thing" and episodes of "Party of Five" and "Homicide."

Copyright © 2017, Daily Press


Content-Type: application/http; msgtype=response

WARC-Type: response

text:
HIBS have confirmed Honduran midfielder Jorge Claros will remain in Edinburgh on loan for the rest of the season.

The SPL outfit have struck a deal with the Honduras international's parent club Motagua to extend his stay in Leith until May.

Claros, 27, has turned out 37 times for the Easter Road side since joining a year ago and is delighted to be staying at Hibs.

Claros told his club's official website: "I'm very happy to be staying with Hibs. I've enjoyed my time at the club and believe I've improved as a player.

"My family also feel settled here in Edinburgh and that was a very important factor for me.

"Now the loan deal has been sorted I'm looking forward to helping Hibs enjoy a strong finish to the season."

Manager Pat Fenlon has been busy this month after securing extensions to similar loan arrangements with striker Leigh Griffiths and Ryan McGivern, while also landing former Scotland cap Scott Robertson from Blackpool.

Fenlon said: "It was always our intention to keep all our loan players at the club, so the fact Jorge is staying is a real positive.

"We've managed to keep Jorge, Leigh and Ryan while also adding Scott - that's four international players, so it has been a productive transfer window."

warcinfo:
robots: classic
hostname: ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal
software: Nutch 1.6 (CC)/CC WarcExport 1.0
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2017-04
operator: CommonCrawl Admin
description: Wide crawl of the web for January 2017
publisher: CommonCrawl
format: WARC File Format 1.0
conformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf


text:
Global patent war could reach an armistice, sparing the companies billion in mutual business

Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KS:005930) ended 2011 in a virtual tie for the global lead in smartphone sales.  Apple is the maker of the iconic iPhone, pivotal in the smartphone craze, which took off in 2007 after the early efforts of the likes of Research in Motion, Ltd. (TSE:RIM) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT).  Samsung, meanwhile, has emerged as the world top phonemaker of the world's top platform -- Android.

I. Settlement Talks Announced

The pair on Tuesday agreed before Judge Lucy Koh to participate in "Alternative Dispute Resolution" (ADR) -- a series of settlement talks.  Judge Koh described:

The parties have indicated that they are willing to participate in a Magistrate Judge Settlement Conference ('MJSC'). ECF No. 873. Therefore, the parties are hereby referred to an MJSC with Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero with a 90-day deadline. As the parties have indicated in their joint statement, the chief executive officer and general counsel of Apple and the chief executive officer and general counsel of Samsung shall appear and participate at the MJSC.

While the settlement talks will take place in and primarily pertain to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California -- a San Francisco court -- a settlement deal could reach globally, ending the companies’ lawsuits against each other spanning twenty cases in ten different countries.

Samsung v. Apple
"Frenemys" Apple and Samsung have agreed to consider settling.
[Image Source: TechnoBuffalo]

Both companies have created controversy in their bids to ban each other’s best-selling products.

II. Controversial Cases

Apple's ban hopes hinge upon patents such as its prized multi-touch patent, which describes:

A touch panel having a transparent capacitive sensing medium configured to detect multiple touches or near touches that occur at the same time and at distinct locations in the plane of the touch panel and to produce distinct signals representative of the location of the touches on the plane of the touch panel for each of the multiple touches is disclosed.

The only issue is that description -- and the body itself -- covers multi-touch methods that had already been widely documented in research labs, other patents, and tech demos.  The crucial thing is that Apple's patent was on multi-touch on a capacitive display.

Apple claims it "invented" multi-touch despite decades of prior art.
[Image Source: XDA Developers]

Similar issues have been raised about Apple's "slide to unlock" patents. Apple's legal approach has been matched by Samsung, which attempted to sue Apple using many standards patents it had promised to freely license under the "fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory" (FRAND) rules.  Samsung's interpretation of non-discriminatory apparently means not discriminating against anyone except Apple.

III. Why Settle?  Try, "$8B USD in Mutual Business"

Despite both companies' controversial tactics and bitter feud, they also share a great deal of business.  As one of the world's largest smartphone chipmakers, Samsung manufactures nearly all of Apple's smartphone and tablet system-on-a-chip designs. The companies reportedly have $8B USD worth of common business a year.

Apple A5
The brains of the iPhones are still made by Samsung, now at its new Austin, Texas factory.
[Image Source: iFixIt]

Thus there's a lot of pressure for Apple and Samsung to settle from a mutual interests perspective.  Then again, Oracle Corp. (ORCL) and Google Inc. (GOOG) failed to reach a settlement in a similar talks, and their case went to trial.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung will both participate in the settlement talks.  If a settlement is not reached, a trial will begin this July.

Sources: Reuters, FOSS Patents

"You can bet that Sony built a long-term business plan about being successful in Japan and that business plan is crumbling." -- Peter Moore, 24 hours before his Microsoft resignation

Copyright 2017 DailyTech LLC. - RSS Feed | Advertise | About Us | Ethics | FAQ | Terms, Conditions & Privacy Information | Kristopher Kubicki


text:
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Photovine Teaser

Photovine looks to be gearing up for a launch! We learned of the stealthy service from Slide (owned by Google) about a month ago. In the last 24 hours they have put up a spash page that allows you to request an invite and a teaser video (below). Slide has been allowed to operate as an independent startup within Google. This has resulted in releases like Disco and Prizes that may or may not fit within Google's overall plan. They even usually release apps on iOS before Android which is certainly going against the Stream. Disco was launched on iOS and came to Android later; this may be the same for Photovine considering the video shows an iPhone. The Slide/Google model is interesting as it seemingly lets Google test ideas without having their brand on them. (Update July 14, 2011: The Photovine iOS app is now available.) (Update August 26, 2011: Slide, and Photovine, are closing.)


text:
Advice for Tibetan Students and Interviews for Mongolian Television

December 5th 2013

New Delhi, India, 5 December 2013 - His Holiness the Dalai Lama is currently staying at the TCV Student Hostel complex in Delhi and had this morning agreed to pose for group photographs with the resident students. He also took the opportunity to speak to them about the value of education.

“The first thing we decided to do in exile was to set up schools, because a lack of modern education was one of the causes of our problems. We requested Pandit Nehru and the Government of India to support our appeal to the UN. However, Nehru told me it wouldn’t help. He said that to keep the Tibet issue alive what we needed to do was educate young Tibetans. That would prevent the issue from getting lost. The Indian government took responsibility for meeting the expenses of Tibetan education. If all we wanted was access to modern education, we wouldn’t have needed to set up separate schools. But we wanted Tibetan schools.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking to resident students at the TCV Student Hostel Complex in New Delhi, India on December 5, 2013. Photo/Jeremy Russell/OHHDL
“Shri Mali, the Minister of Education, was at a banquet when Nehru asked him to take care of this. On the same day, the Government of India and Nehru announced the setting up of the CTSA.”
He explained that the standard of education here is much better than is available in Tibet itself at present. There is almost no illiteracy here in exile. He asked the students sitting at his feet not to forget their compatriots in Tibet, especially the young people. He remarked that Tibetans in Tibet have no options to express their feelings, which is one of the factors contributing to the rash of self-immolations that have been taking place.

“When I visit other countries where there are indigenous people struggling to preserve their heritage, such as Peru and New Zealand,” he said. “I find that some of them do not have any means of writing to preserve their culture. I advise them in such circumstances to at least give their children traditional names.

“In Peru, the Mayans have a very strong desire to preserve their own culture and way of life, but I told them it is a mistake for them to isolate themselves from other parts of the world. Preserve your identity, I told them, but integrate, educate your children, use knowledge and intelligence to preserver your culture.

“In Norway, on the other hand, the Sami people have learnt Norwegian. They have a modern education and are able to maintain their traditional culture within that context. They present an example that others would profitably copy.”

He told the students that the Tibetan language, and crucially its written form, were developed to translate Buddhist literature. As a result, today, it is the optimal language for discussing Buddhist thought and ideas. Tibetans have studied Buddhism rigorously for more than a thousand years and are especially equipped to teach and discuss it as a result. This is something to be proud of. It’s necessary to pursue a modern education, but it’s necessary to maintain Tibetan studies too.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking to resident students at the TCV Student Hostel Complex in New Delhi, India on December 5, 2013. Photo/Jeremy Russell/OHHDL
“Scientists are taking more interest in what Buddhism has to say, although it hasn’t always been like this. I remember attending a meeting in California and encountering a woman scientist who was initially very sceptical. She looked as if she was thinking, ‘What has this monk got to do with science?’ As the conversation unfolded and we were able to explain that Buddhists don’t believe in a creator, or in an unchanging self, her attitude softened. Later, she asked questions derived from her own field of study.

“Similarly, during the Mind & Life conference in Drepung Monastery last winter, one of the scientists, who declared he is not a Buddhist, nevertheless expressed his sense of conviction about past and future lives. Ancient Indian thought, Buddhism in particular, has a great deal of light to shed on the mind and emotions. Likewise, scientists find the key Buddhist axiom of dependent arising attractive.

“Modern science focuses on sensory consciousness rather than on mental consciousness. Its understanding of the mind and emotions is still at quite an elementary level. Contrary to opinion in some quarters, Buddhism is not about frightening people; it’s about relieving suffering.”

His Holiness criticized the way we tend to see religion as a custom to follow, rather than as something to study. He pointed out that the Buddha had encouraged his followers to test his teaching as goldsmith tests gold. Experiment, investigation and analysis are the tools to use.

He said:

“When I listen to scientist’s presentations, I find there are inconsistencies and I challenge them. The study of logic has really helped me. Likewise, the scientists who have been teaching our monks have remarked that although many of them lack any training in English or mathematics, their logical outlook has proved very significant.

“When you’re studying, recite Om ara patsa nadhi - I do that - and seek Manjushri’s support. Maintain good conduct and keep up our good Tibetan reputation for honesty and reliability.”

Uranchimeg Nansal of Mongolian National Television interviewing His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, India on December 5, 2013. Photo/Jeremy Russell/OHHDL
His Holiness was then interviewed by three different Mongolians. For Mongolian National Television, Uranchimeg Nansal asked why he had decided against giving the Gyalwa Gyatso empowerment and had given Vajrabhairava instead. He told her that Vajrabhairava has both peaceful and wrathful aspects. In the past, many masters in India and Tibet have relied on aspects of Manjushri.  He said that when he first came to Mongolia in 1979, he gave this empowerment in Gaden Monastery to many elderly monks. He gave it to support the revival of the Buddhist tradition in Mongolia. “Now, you are free and can revive your practice, I thought it appropriate to give it again.

Gused Tserenpill for Buddha World asked His Holiness about the environment and His Holiness appreciates the need to take care of the environment because this planet is our only home. He said we need to work out new strategies in the face of climate change, pointing out that when it’s cold you don’t burn the furniture. To do this requires intelligence.

His Holiness gave Munkhabayar Dashzereg for Soyol a concise explanation of the role of women in Tibetan Buddhism. He explained the situation about introducing the Bhikshuni ordination, but also pointed out that it had been decided to grant qualified nuns a degree of Geshema. He told her that has been shown scientifically that women have greater sensitivity to the pain of others and that we live at a time when the qualities of female leadership are needed more than ever.

Latest News

Avalokiteshvara Permission, Long Life Offering and Conclusion of Kalachakra Empowerment
January 15th 2017
Bodhgaya, Bihar, India, 14 January 2017 - Crowds two or three metres deep lined the road as His Holiness the Dalai Lama made the short journey from Namgyal Monastery to the Kalachakra Temple hoping to catch a glimpse of him once again this morning.

Third and Final Day of the Kalachakra Empowerment
January 13th 2017

Second Day of the Kalachakra Empowerment - Seven Empowerments in the Pattern of Childhood
January 12th 2017

First Day of the Kalachakra Empowerment - Entry into the Mandala
January 11th 2017

Preparation of Students for the Kalachakra Empowerment
January 10th 2017


text:
Pet of the Week • 04.20.12

Posted on 20 Apr 2012 at 12:32am

Litch is a 4-month-old black-and-brindle shepherd mix.  He’s a super-friendly fellow who loves everyone he meets.  Litch is very playful and great with other dogs. He would make a wonderful addition to any family with an active lifestyle.

Litch and many other dogs, puppies, cats and kittens are available for adoption from Dallas Animal Services, 1818 N. Westmoreland at I-30, just minutes west of Downtown Dallas. The shelter is open Monday-Saturday 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. and Sundays 12 noon-5 p.m. The regular adoption cost is $85 for dogs and $55 for cats, but discounts are offered for older animals and those in the shelter longer than 45 days, and to senior citizens and those who adopt two animals at the same time. All dogs are tested for heartworms, and cats have been tested for FeLV. For more information, visit, or call 214-671-0249.

This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition April 20, 2012.

Comments (powered by FaceBook)


text:
UMC Bishop Martin McLee, former St. Luke’s minister, dies

6a00e550255d3c88330191027bf5d2970c-320wiBishop Martin D. McLee, who presided over the United Methodist Church’s New York region and once lived in Dallas, died Saturday, Sept. 6. The LGBT ally was 58 years old.

According to the UMC News Service, the Brooklyn native was called to ministry while attending Dallas’ St. Luke “Community” Church. There, under the leadership of Rev. Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. he

 immediately immersed himself in the life of the church, including its many social justice ministries, Holmes recalled. Among other activities, McLee sang in the choir, volunteered with the church’s prison ministry, served in its AIDS ministry and registered voters.

Trained as a lawyer, he enrolled in SMU’s Perkins School of Theology where he received his Master’s of Divinity. He didn’t give up on social justice causes, including his outspoken stances on LGBT equality once he joined the church.

The UMC’s official policy believes being LGBT is “incompatible with Christian teaching,” forbidding clergy from performing LGBT weddings. Pastors violating the policy often go to trial.

McLee advocated against such trials. After a complaint was filed against the Rev. Thomas Ogletree, who is retired, for officiating at his gay son’s wedding, McLee called for “the cessation of church trials” related to same-sex marriage. “Church trials produce no winners … trials are not the way forward,” McLee said at the time.

The full story is here.

—  James Russell

Rev. Bill McElvaney has died

McElvaney, seated, officiated the marriage of Jack Evans, 84, and George Harris, 80 in March.

The Rev. Bill McElvaney, an ardent LGBT ally who faced scrutiny for officiating same-sex marriages despite his denomination’s disapproval, has died.

In March McElvaney, the pastor emeritus at Northaven United Methodist Church, officiated the wedding of longtime congregants Jack Evans, 84, and George Harris, 80. The very public ceremony, which was covered by this publication and others, was not held at Northaven but instead the neighboring Midway Hills Christian Church. Later that month, he was suspended from the church.

At the time of his suspension, he told the Voice that given his age, he’d rather be on the right side of history. “I owe the Methodist church a lot, but what I do not owe the Methodist Church is my soul.”

He recently announced he would no longer undergo treatment for liver cancer after four years.

Follow the blog this week for more information.

—  James Russell

Thinking 2 steps ahead

Theologians, ministers gather at Brite for ‘Beyond Apologetics’ discussion on LGBTs’ future role in religious communities, efforts

Tammye Nash  |  Senior Editor

Joretta Marshall and Stephen Sprinkle
Joretta Marshall and Stephen Sprinkle

FORT WORTH — Where do we go from here? That’s the question at the heart of a project called “Beyond Apologetics: Sexual Identity, Pastoral Theology and Pastoral Practices,” an ongoing symposium with its next installment set for Thursday, Oct. 7, at Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.

The event will feature six scholars and pastors, representing five different schools, talking about new ways of thinking about ministry with LGBT people after the battle for acceptance is over.

“Originally, this project was organized to do two things,” explained the Rev. Joretta Marshall, openly lesbian pastor of theology and pastoral care and counseling at Brite and co-director of the project.

“The first thing was to bring scholar practitioners together for conversation to try and answer the question, ‘What would we be talking about if we didn’t always have to focus on gaining acceptance of TLGB people” in churches, Marshall said.

“We want to go beyond defending TLGB people in the churches and start figuring out what those next conversations will be about. For instance, I am hopelessly involved in the United Methodist Church. It is in my blood and in my bones. But there is still a debate within the UMC over whether we [LGBT people] should be welcomed into the church. We want to get past that so that we can work on transforming the world, on bringing justice to the larger community.”

The second piece of the equation, Marshall said, was equally important: “Educational institutions should make a difference in the places where they live. We wanted to invite the community in to participate in these discussions and to let them know that Brite is a place where we talk about these things.”

For the Rev. Stephen Sprinkle, the openly gay associate professor of practical theology and director of field education and supervised ministry at Brite, the idea that a theology school in Fort Worth, Texas is host to such a discussion, is an amazing accomplishment.

“We’ve never had a gathering of LGBTQ scholars of faith in Texas before. Not like this,” said Sprinkle, one of the six speakers participating in the Oct. 7 discussion.

“This is the first meeting of its kind here, but it won’t be the last. That was the experience that we had in Oklahoma” last February when the first discussion in the project was held at Phillips Graduate Theological Seminary in Tulsa. He explained that the project was first conceived as a partnership between the two sister seminaries — Phillips and Brite — and six speakers participated in a public event held at Phillips that followed the same format to be used at Brite.

The whole idea, Sprinkle said, is to plan for the future and prepare pastors, churches and the public for the day when LGBT people are already part of the church and can truly give their own unique gifts to its efforts.

“We are thinking two steps on down the road. We’re thinking outside the box, to use the cliché. The question is, if we are not having to constantly think about creating space enough for the LGBT community to be accepted, then we can think about how to move the LGBTQ community into a richer, more whole position to contribute to the church’s work.”

The term “apologetics” refers to advocacy, Sprinkle explained. In thinking “beyond apologetics,” he continued, “what we are saying, as LGBT scholars, is that congregations and nonprofits already have everything they need in order to include LGBT people. They already have the know-how, the theology. We believe the arguments for inclusion have already been made, and made very well. The question now is, what do we do to take things to the next stage of development?”

In his part of the discussion, Sprinkle will focus on his work in documenting anti-LGBT hate crimes and in advocating for the passage of hate crimes laws that include protections for LGBT people. He used his own work and its future direction as an example of the focus of the project overall.

“We argued for years and years for a hate crimes law. We’ve got that now. But the reality is, we are still being killed. So what are we, as an LGBT community, going to do to understand who those dead are to us? How will that shape our identity?” Sprinkle said.

“We have to move beyond being just a loose association of people with a variety of concerns on a variety of issues to become a real people that remember and honor our dead. That is what a community does,” he continued.

“African-Americans can list their people who died in lynchings. Jewish folk have never forgotten the 6 million lost in the Holocaust. Japanese-Americans remember those who died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But we as an LGBT community seem to have a hard time even acknowledging that members of our community are still being killed. So what I am trying to do is to think down the road about how we can strengthen this community by remembering the thousands who were murdered because they were just like us.”

Another member of the project — although one who won’t be at the discussion next month at Brite — is Darnell Moore with Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. He is, Sprinkle said, “one of the most dynamic and most original thinkers I have ever seen.”

Moore’s focus, Sprinkle said, is finding a new way to think about coming out.

“People are often afraid to come out because it compromises them and they are vulnerable. What Darnell says is that it is time that we begin to invite people in, really invite them in, and have something to invite them in to. What would it really mean to say to the majority culture all around us, ‘Stop being tourists in our lives. We will share with you what we have, but you have to come to us.’

“Now we’re talking! Now we’re really thinking!” Sprinkle continued. “From now one, there won’t be just one National Coming Out Day a year. There won’t be one day of silence in the schools. From now on, the LGBTQ community can be seen as a powerhouse of innovation and creative thinking. We approach that already in the arts and entertainment. But we don’t seem to be secure enough or understand ourselves well enough to be confident doing that in other spheres.”

For Marshall and Sprinkle, the idea that such new ways of thinking are being birthed here in Fort Worth is reason for celebration, and for hope.

“I came here in 1994, and I was open and out [as a gay man] from the time I first showed up,” Sprinkle said. “But it has been a fight. Then when we decided to invite Joretta [to join the faculty] and she accepted, I knew we were turning a corner.

“This project represents a new era at Brite. Fort Worth is the reddest of the red in a red state. And here we are, co-hosting this powerhouse event, this first-of-a-kind academic gathering of people of faith, right under the nose of the Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary!

“It’s unbelievable in a way,” he said. “I still have to pinch myself to believe it’s real. But it is real. And it is a sign that the time is right to take these next steps.”

‘Beyond Apologetics’

The Beyond Apologetics Project will hold a public symposium Thursday, Oct. 7, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Robert Carr Chapel at Texas Christian University, 2855 S. University Drive in Fort Worth.

The event is free and open to the public.

Scholars and pastors presenting their preliminary work at the discussion will include Duane R. Bidwell of Claremont School of Theology and co-director of the project; Kathleen Greider of Claremont School of Theology; Benjamin Reynolds of Chicago Theological Seminary; Jeanne Hoeft of St. Paul School of Theology; David Mellott of Lancaster Theological Seminary and Stephen V. Sprinkle of Brite Divinity School.

Other participants in the Beyond Apologetics Project are John Blevins with Emory University; United Church of Christ minister Malcolm Himschoot; Joretta Marshall of Brite Divinity School; Darnell Moore of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Jason Hays of Brite Divinity School; Cody J. Sanders of Brite Divinity School; and Leanne Tigert of Andover Newton Theological School.

For more information e-mail or, or go online to

This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition September 17, 2010.

—  Michael Stephens

Talking about gay clergy in the UMC

This just in from Fort Worth: The Texas Wesleyan Gay Straight Alliance will be host for a presentation featuring a representative from MoSAIC â€” Methodist Students for an All-Inclusive Church â€” who will talk about giving full clergy rights to openly gay and lesbian clergy candidates, and Dr. Bruce McDonald, a religion professor at Texas Wesleyan, who opposes such action.

Organizers stress the event is NOT a debate but is simply an effort to “educate all those who attend on one of the most sensationalized dilemmas facing the UMC today.”

The event will be held at noon on Friday, April 25, on the first floor of West Library in the Orientation Room.

The university is at 1201 Wesleyan St. in Fort Worth. You can get directions at the Web site,написать текст по кругуконтекстная реклама гуглэдворд

—  admin


WARC-Truncated: length

text:
Tile Shops for sale in all locations

Browse the listings below and refine your search to help you buy Tile Shops for sale in all locations. Alternatively, set up email alerts and/or start a new search. Daltonsbusiness.com is the UK’s largest online marketplace of businesses and franchises for sale.

 I’m really happy having just sold my online business within 2 weeks of advertising on Daltons

Sarah Davies (June 2014) View More
Refine your Search
Showing 1 - 7 of 7

Prominently situated on Monkmoor Road Profitable Business Ground Floor Retail 96.5 sq m (1,039 sq ft) First Floor Retail 61.9 sq m (666 sq ft) The business has been established for over 25 years and operates six days a week, selling to the...

Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

For sale under: Tile Shops

  • Asking price
  • £60,000

INTERESTING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY - RETAILER OF GLASS MOSAIC TILES - OXFORDSHIRE BASED AND RELOCATABLE. Business established nine years. Excellent e-commerce website. Business currently ‘ticking over’ with sales of £54,193 per annum -...

For sale under: Miscellaneous businesses, Building Services, Tile Shops

  • L/H Price
  • £25,000
  • Annual T/O
  • £54,193
Manufacturer and supplier of granite

Turner Butler has been appointed to invite offers of purchase for 100% of the Issued Share Capital of a leading manufacturer and supplier of granite and marble worktops, stone floors, tiles, granite bar tops, reception desks and counter...

Location: Essex, England

For sale under: Home & garden manufacturing companies, Flooring Businesses, Tile Shops

  • Asking price
  • £1,600,000
  • Annual T/O
  • £1,900,000
Long-Established, Bathroom Showrooms.

An established business and well-known throughout the area for the quality of its extensive stock range and service. Sites prominently located in the centre of an affluent village on the South-Coast amongst a good mix of local retailers and...

Location: West Sussex, England

For sale under: Bathroom & Kitchen Retailers, DIY and Hardware Stores, Showrooms, Bathroom Retailers, Tile Shops

  • L/H Price
  • £129,950
  • Annual T/O
  • £250,000
Importer & Distributor of High Quality

Business Type: Importer & Distributor of High Quality Wall & Floor Tiles with Retail Showroom Location: Greater Manchester Financials: Turnover: c. £750k pa Adj. Net: c. £80k pa Key Features: • Highly Regarded Importer and...

Location: Greater Manchester, England

For sale under: Other Distribution companies, Wholesale / Distribution businesses, Import Export Businesses, Flooring Businesses, Tile Shops

  • L/H Price
  • Offers Invited
  • Annual T/O
  • £750,000
Plumbers merchant

North East based plumbers merchant, supplying local tradesman with an extensive range of plumbing, and heating equipment, in addition to a wide variety of bathroom products · Comprehensive design and product support service such as 3D...

For sale under: Plumbing and Heating, Tile Shops

  • L/H Price
  • Offers Invited
Tile Retailers based Edinburgh

Long established Ltd Co with superb domesti/imported product range & excellent regular retail/trade client base run single handed from extremely well fitted showroom l/up in prime city ctre position with HUGE scope to develop or ideal...

Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh City, Scotland

For sale under: Tile Shops

  • L/H Price
  • £230,000
  • Annual T/O
  • £445,717


text:
Have a Question? 888-800-8388
0 item(s) in cart
1662B White Satin
1662B White Satin with 3" Heel in the photo

1662B White Satin

On sale $65.52
Retail Price:$89.00
Your Savings:$23.48(26%)
In Stock
Part Number:1662B White Satin

Choose Options

Choose Heel Types (Classic Series):
Choose Shoe Width
* Quick release buckling (buckle & clip/hook)
* Suede Sole
* Cushioned insole for shock absorption and comfort

Reward Points

66 points will be rewarded to you when you buy this item.

Related Products

Recently Viewed Items

Browse By Category


text:
Have a Question? 888-800-8388
0 item(s) in cart
PP201 Red Leather
PP201 Red Leather with 3" Flare heel in the photo

PP201 Red Leather

On sale $86.07
Retail Price:$109.00
Your Savings:$22.93(21%)
In Stock
Part Number:PP201 Red Leather

Choose Options

Choose Heel Types (Signature Series):
Choose Shoe Width
* Quick release buckling (buckle & clip/hook)
* Professional ultra soft suede outer sole
* Ultra light and more flexibility
* Cushioned insole for shock absorption and comfort
* Minimal shank board for added support and flexibility.
5 Stars
Beautiful shoes
I started ballroom dance lessons and had an impossible time finding smooth leather soles in any local shoe stores. These shoes fit that bill. They are beautiful (Red) and comfortable (the heel is perfect) and easy to slip on and off (once you adjust your straps). I keep these shoes IN MY CAR - just in case I need them at a moments notice.
Did you find this helpful?  1 of 1 Found Helpful
Reviewed by:  from Jacksonville, FL. on 11/26/2014

Reward Points

86 points will be rewarded to you when you buy this item.

Related Products

Recently Viewed Items

Browse By Category


text:
Ashera (3.5e Deity)

From D&D Wiki

Jump to: navigation, search

Intermediate Deity
Symbol: A perfect, blue sphere
Home Plane: Telius
Alignment: Lawful neutral
Portfolio: Restriction, law, order
Clergy Alignments: Lawful good, lawful neutral, lawful evil
Domains: Law, magic, healing, knowledge
Favored Weapon: Quarterstaff

Nonsense! Holy Ashera would never harm us! She protects us at all times and guides us toward the right path.

You've got it all wrong, little meatling. Ashera is neither kind nor loving to the beings of this world. Neither is she holy nor base, angel nor devil. She is...restriction. Order. Stability. Past. Certainty. Restraint. She is Ashera.

Ashera is the primary deity of the continent of Tellius. Her essence has been twistened while she slumbers, having moved from her beliefs to the common thought that she is a holy being, who seeks to harm no one and protect all. In truth, she has chosen to sleep for a thousand years, and once they have passed, she will enact her judgement upon the world. Should the world have found peace, they will be blessed. However, should she awake to a warring world, she will destroy it, and start anew.

Ashera encourages loyalty, peace, respect and calmness. She is balance, and despises any disruption or hint of chaos, change and instability. However, as she has slept her very existence has been perverted by her followers, and most, if not all, believe Ashera to support healing and protection of the weak, among other good acts, regardless of whether they imbalance the world or not.

Clergy and Temples[edit]

Temples to Ashera is scattered about Tellius, and are very common. Almost all clergy belong to the temples of Ashera, and they devote themselves to helping others, mainly through healing. A few advanced bishops of Ashera's church are proficient with light-based magic. Her most holy place is the tower of guidance, where she is said to sleep. Even the most uneducated boor knows that the tower is a holy place, and mere mortals may not enter.

This page may resemble content endorsed, sponsored or affiliated to {{{franchise}}} franchise, and/or include content directly affiliated with and/or owned by {{{owner}}}. D&D Wiki neither claims nor implies any rights to {{{franchise}}} copyrights, trademarks or logos, nor any owned by {{{owner}}}. This site is for non profit use only. Furthermore, the following content is a derivative work that falls under, and the use of which is protected by, the Fair Use designation of US Copyright and Trademark Law. We ask you to please add the {{needsadmin}} template if there is a violation to this disclaimer within this page.

Back to Main Page3.5e HomebrewDeitiesIntermediate

Personal tools
Home of user-generated,
homebrew, pages!
admin area
Terms and Conditions for Non-Human Visitors


text:
Monday, December 17, 2007

Monday 12/17 A.M. Quickie:
Fins, Pats, NFL, Coach Rod, A-Rod, More!

Today's Names to Know: Greg Camarillo, Tom Brady, Vikings, Jags, Brett Favre, Michael Spurlock, Tony Romo, Jessica Simpson, Fred Taylor, Jamal Lewis, Matt Moore, Rich Rodriguez, Terrelle Pryor, A-Rod, Scott Boras, Brandon Roy, Ty Lawson, Wake Forest men's soccer and More!

UPDATE: One enterprising blogger has created a 64-name tournament to name Sports Blog of the Year. I am a 14-seed in the South region, going head to head with 3-seed Mister Irrelevant, a combo of the Mottram Brothers, Jamie and Chris (no slight intended, CM!). Let's pull an upset! VOTE NOW/HERE.

Dolphins win: 0-16 Oblivion averted! It took OT and it took a home game against the Ravens (who appear to have simply given up following the near-miss against New England), but who cares?

The Dolphins will not go winless for the season. This is huge enough that it eclipses the Pats' streaking to 14-0 as the biggest story of the NFL Weekend.

Greg Camarillo may do nothing else for the rest of his NFL career, but after scoring the game-winning TD, his name will live on in triumph among Dolphins fans; he will never have to buy a drink in Miami again.

Pats win: 19-0 still alive! 14-0 ties the record for best regular-season start. They can set a new record next week.

(Of course, as it has been since the beginning of the season, anything less than a Super Bowl title is a failure of all-time epic proportions.)

BUT: How many fantasy owners who rode Tom Brady to top seeds in their league playoffs found themselves bounced out on the back of Brady's unusually weak individual stats?

Playoff Watch: NFC. The four divisions are locked up by the Cowboys, Packers, Seahawks and Bucs. The Giants (9-5) and Vikings (7-6) would be the Wild Card teams if the season ended today, but it doesn't.

The Saints and Redskins (both at 7-7) stand to gain with wins and help. You can be sure they are rooting for the Bears against the Vikings tonight. Five other teams are also still mathematically in the WC race.

Playoff Watch: AFC. It's all but figured out. The Steelers and Browns are both in right now at 9-5, but it's unclear which will win the division and which will be the Wild Card. The Jags (10-4) are a near-lock for the Wild Card. The Titans (8-6) need to win AND get help.

Milestone Watch: Brett Favre set the career yards-passing record. Still shouldn't qualify him for SI Sportsman of the Year, but I'm going to let that go now.

More Milestones: Michael Spurlock became the first Bucs player ever to return a kickoff for a TD. Doesn't that seem like a strange stat in this day and age? (It's like no Mets pitcher ever throwing a no-hitter, except you'd figure that KO returns for a TD would be much, much easier to accomplish.)

Tony Romo should be embarrassed: Not for his Cowboys losing at home to the Eagles, but for allowing his girlfriend Jessica Simpson to wear a PINK No. 9 Cowboys jersey, setting back the "women-as-fans" movement about a decade or so.

(Meanwhile, Brian Westbrook taking a knee at the 1 when a TD could have been his, because it made more strategic sense to let the clock run out than to score, was the Play of the Weekend -- but the Worst Fantasy Football Play In The History of Fantasy Football.)

Chargers sizzling: San Diego clicking JUST enough to tease the majority of fans who are anti-Pats that there might be one team in the AFC that can stop New England in the playoffs...

Jaguars, NFC's Best? Wow, the Jags actually won in the cold (against a previously unbeaten-at-home playoff-quality team, no less)... If the Jaguars were in the NFC, after a breakthrough they-can-win-anywhere win like this, we would be talking about them as being the best team in the conference... It's going to be very cool to see Fred Taylor (147 yds, 1 TD) finally make his first-ever Pro Bowl this week...

More: Speaking of unlikely Pro Bowlers, how about Jamal Lewis (Sunday-high 163 yards rushing)... Oh, NOW Vince Young has his breakout game?... Earnest Graham has a good shot at Fantasy Waiver Pick-Up of the Year... Congrats to Matt Moore, the Panthers QB got the W after becoming the fourth starting QB for Carolina this season...

MNF: Bears-Vikings. How can you not be rooting for Adrian Peterson to lead the Vikings to the playoffs? With so many teams in the NFC at the Wild Card periphery, if you would like the final two weeks of the season to be insane, you are rooting for the Bears.

Michigan hires Rich Rodriguez from West Virginia: What a coup for Michigan, which had been a mockery during their coaching search.

Instead, they end up with arguably the best coach on the market -- yes, that includes Les Miles.

Now, the only pause for Michigan fans would be that Coach Rod was completely baffled by that great coaching mind, Dave Wannstedt.

Still: It gives Michigan (and the Big Ten) some much-needed sizzle. And it sets back WVU, which had become a consistent Top 10 contender.

One huge recruiting implication: Dual-threat QB Terrelle Pryor, the top player in the country, has put Michigan among his list of finalists, and I am predicting he follows Coach Rod to Ann Arbor, giving the Wolverines a player who is like the love-child of Pat White and Tim Tebow. (And Michigan has a slick freshman RB coming in next year, Sam McGuffie, who will be Coach Rod's Steve Slaton from Day 1.)

(Presumptive Michigan 2008 starting QB Ryan Mallett couldn't be a worse fit with Rod's offense -- Mallett, one of the Top 3 QB recruits a year ago, is 6-6 and plodding. Have to believe he'll go elsewhere. Hmm: Texas? Texas A&M? Houston? Another school in Texas?)

More: WVU fans are, understandably, a little ticked off. But as great as the WVU job was (and as great of a fit as Rod was there), Michigan is an even better job with legendary upside. (For older WVU fans, they can simply look at former WVU coach Bobby Bowden, who left to take over at a rising program called Florida State.) Should be intriguing to see who they hire to replace him. Rodriguez won't coach WVU in the Fiesta Bowl against Oklahoma, which is as good as giving the Sooners the game.

(The most pressing question, of course: Will Rodriguez have any hand in preparing Michigan for the Cap One Bowl against Florida? I presume the deal is that Lloyd Carr will get his swan song. As the Gators break out the spread offense and beat Carr senseless with it, I'm sure Michigan fans will happily accept defeat and simply proclaim, "That could be us next year.")

Trip in the Way-Back Machine: September 14, 2006, when Maryland was playing West Virginia and I floated the notion that Michigan's coaching short-list (should they jettison) had Rich Rodriguez at the top. This was two weeks into the blog's existence; it even earned me my first email from MGoBlog's Brian Cook. 15 months later, I would like to say "Told you so!" (Wow, go back to those September 2006 blog posts: Having no job apparently gave me all sorts of enthusiasm and stamina to write posts all day, about interesting single topics, etc. Wild.)

MLB Mitchell Report fall-out: Alex Rodriguez said on "60 Minutes" that he never used PEDs, because – frankly – he never felt the need to. Given that the Mitchell list was populate with aging, hurt or just plain mediocre players, that's not such a crazy line for A-Rod to push.

(Jose Canseco said he couldn't believe A-Rod wasn't in the Mitchell Report. Given how ahead of the parade that Canseco has been on steroids in baseball -- forget your problems with him personally or his delivery issues, but the guy has been the biggest truth-teller in the whole mess. If he would just get a personality transplant, he could have been the hero in this thing.)

He was also 6 weeks too late in expressing remorse for the way his contract opt-out happened during World Series Game 4. If he was so aghast by his agent's ploy, why didn't he say something the next day?

Speaking of Scott Boras: He isn't going to win by defending player HGH use in the media; on the other hand, if he is looking to prove to clients (and potential clients) that he's willing to say or do anything to be their agent, it was an understandable gambit. After all, he has been neutered by the A-Rod fiasco.

Meanwhile, the Orioles, who -- along with the Dodgers and the two Yankees pitchers -- took the brunt of the Mitchell Report, aren't sitting pat. They are actually questioning the report. I'm sure that will make Bud Selig none too pleased. (By the way, the O's should also answer for the coincidental, day-before timing of their Tejada trade.)

MLB Hot Stove: Are the Mets and Yankees going to get into a little bidding war over Mark Prior?

NBA Stud: Brandon Roy with the double-double and the W.

CBB Stud: Ty Lawson, who had a career-high 26 for No. 1 UNC in a win over Rutgers.

NCAA Men's Soccer: Wake Forest wins the title. And, once again, Ohio State makes it to a national championship game only to fall short. Are they the Buckeyes or the Bridesmaids?

-- D.S.

DL said...

Coach Rod leaving the Big East may be the final nail in the coffin of New Big East football. This really kills the last part of the league's football credibility. When Rutgers starts winning the BE every year (by default), they will be no more qualified than a WAC team to play for the national championship.

My suggestion? The basketball only programs split to make the east coast equivalent of the WCC. The WCC/ECC Challenge? Gonzaga-GTown every year? Sign me up.

nsrrder said...

The Westbrook play may have sunk my team...down 9 today with A Peterson going tonight versus Bernard Berrian playing for my opponent. It looks good on paper, but.....damn sure could've used those 6 points.

Steven said...

Dan - How about some love for women's volleyball at Penn St. I know you don't care for the Big Ten much, but a national championship (on a December weekend with no college football) is nothing to sneeze at!

lowlife said...

Thanks for that dig against OSU. Where did Florida end up in soccer? Oh yeah, they didn't make the playoffs. It's nice to see a team do surprisingly well when you don't expect it - OSU's basketball, soccer and football teams getting to the championship game. I don't see how we're bridesmaids when we've already won a national championship in football and I'm pretty sure we have a chance again on Jan. 7. (Although according to everyone else, we don't)

And I'm sure Florida is going to beat the crap out of Michigan. I can't wait for Michigan to give them a good game (unlike OSU did last year).

And I can't wait for people to stop talking about steroids. ESPN has already beaten the dead horse with their coverage. I just don't care anymore. And talking with others, it seems they don't care either. Let's just play some games.

jdromes said...

More importantly, how significant was the difference from regular to HDTV football?? I have yet to experience the HD revolution and wondering how much better it truly is.

Anthony said...

Nice to have a Brandon Roy plug, no matter how small. No mention of the team though? They are on a seven game winning streak, during which they beat Utah twice and Denver, without LaMarcus Aldridge

C Gally said...

Does losing to the eventual National Champs in the semis make you #3? Seems Virginia Tech is good in both football and futbol.

Chris Mottram said...

"3-seed Jamie Mottram of Mister Irrelevant."

Some douchebag named Chris also writes for that site.

And you're gonna kill the Brothers Mottram.

Randvek said...

The Blazers are looking dangerous right now, and this is without their #1 pick! Weren't they supposed to tank this year so they could get another lottery go?

Jen said...

I can't wait for Michigan to beat the Gators.


text:
THE custodian of an iconic landmark has joined the ranks of objectors opposed to plans to erect a wind farm in shadows of Roseberry Topping.

The National Trust has written to Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council to register its objections to the scheme to erect five turbines at Bank Field near to Guisborough.

The Trust is the second organisation to throw its weight behind objectors hoping to derail Banks Renewables plans after the North York Moors National Park Authority's planning committee raised a number of concerns.

The letter from the Trust raises concerns that the turbines, which would have a hub height of 80 metres and on overall blade-tip height of 132 metres, while the blades would be 52 metres long, would have a detrimental impact on the landscape.

It reads: “The proposed turbines will be within 5km of this iconic viewpoint. The distinctive hill, at 322m high, is visible for miles around and is a symbolic image of the area. It is an extremely popular destination for tourists and walkers, with the Cleveland Way running up to its summit, and offers extraordinary 360 degree views from the top.

“It has a rich cultural heritage, having been inhabited for thousands of years, and with a strong historical association with James Cook, who was raised nearby.

“The National Trust fully recognises that this application is situated within a part of the view-shed from Roseberry Topping which has already been compromised by industry and development. The views northwards encompass existing turbines, and the extensive industrial areas of Teesside.

“However, the proposed turbines will be extremely large, and at 132m to tip will be the largest within the area. As such, they will be a dominant and intrusive feature within the landscape.”

Members of the Fight in Guisborough to Halt Turbines group (Fight) are determined to persuade Redcar and Cleveland Council to reject the plan.

A spokesman said: “This shows that it is not just local people opposed to the application, it is two groups with responsibility to look after the beautiful countryside in the area.”

Phil Dyke, development director at Banks Renewables, said the company will continue to attempt to persuade people to approve the application.

He said: “In addition to generating significant amounts of renewable energy, which would make a major contribution towards the local authority’s renewables targets, the Bank Field wind farm would also bring a range of other benefits to the local area, from new jobs and commercial opportunities for local businesses through to funding for a range community and environmental improvements.

“We remain certain that this is a carefully-designed scheme that is sited in a wholly appropriate location for this sort of development, and look forward to presenting our proposals to Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council’s planning committee”


text:
Like us? Share us!

758229102 MICR Code

Icici Bank Ltd., Barbil branch, Barbil
MICR Code (used for RTGS and NEFT transactions)
IFSC Code ICIC0000640
Bank Icici Bank Ltd.
Branch Barbil
Address Main Road, Near Kirti Samrani Complex, Barbil Joda Highway, Barbil, Keonjhar, Orissa.758035
Contact Alok Pradhan06767 277620,9937036930,9937036930

NEFT Contact Number 022-33667777 & 040-33667777
NEFT FAX 022-66466000
City Barbil
District Keonjhar
State Odisha
Net Banking URL
Operating From 31/03/2008
Type of Bank Private sector Bank
Working Hours Weekdays (Mon - Fri) : 10 AM - 4 PM Weekend (Sat) : 10 AM - 1 PM
Visits 68

Map of Icici Bank Ltd., Barbil branch in Barbil

Check the Map location of Icici Bank Ltd. bank Barbil branch in Barbil, Odisha.

Top Banks in India

About MICR Codes Datapedia

MICR Code refers to an alphanumeric code which uniquely identfies a bank for electronic funds transfer such as NEFT and RTGS. It consists of 11 charatcters which identifies a bank and a branch. Click to know more.

Share about all Banks MICR Codes of Datapedia and be a part of Data revolution

Spread the love.

Share about all Banks IFSC Codes of Datapedia and be a part of Data revolution

Comment & Reviews

Comment & Reviews

Top Searched Data


text:
Front Cover
  • Thoughts Of A Sick Man 3
  • Stretch BIno
  • 680
Added: 07/28/2016 by SickWitIT89

Stretch Bino drops his third instrumental mixtape!Shout out to StarKidKev and also Wayneonabeat (From Street Empire) for the collabs!! For beat purchasing Email Stretchbino89@gmail.com

  • 82
  • 15
Rating Failed
  • Like
  • Dislike
Short URL:
Embed Wide Player:
Embed Tall Player:

IconMixtape Tracks

  • 1.Forgive Me download
  • 2.Day 1 (SB X StarKidKev) download
  • 3.Holy Ghost download
  • 4.El Chapo (SB X StarKidKev) download
  • 5.We Aint Gotta Stop download
  • 6.Black Magic download
  • 7.Where U From download
  • 8.Million Dollar Dreams download
  • 9.Po Up download
  • 10.Dreamer (SB X Wayneonabeat) download
  • 11.Bout That Action download
  • 12.Paper Planes download
  • 13.To The Top download
  • 14.SuperNatural (SB X StarKidKev) download
  • 15.Red Roses download
  • 16.A Woman's World download
  • 17.State Property download
  • 18.Up In Smoke download
  • 19.Luxury Life download
  • 20.Dirty Sins download
comments powered by Disqus
Welcome Guest,

 Hot This Week

 Latest News Stories

In 2012, B.G. got smacked with a 14-year sentence for weapons possession and witness tampering. Since then B.G.’s son T.Y. has become a rappe...
When we last checked, it wasn’t looking good for the Soulja Boy-Chris Brown boxing match. Soulja had jumped on Twitter and claimed he was tak...
Demetrius Shipp, who’s playing Tupac in the upcoming biopic All Eyez On Me, was the latest guest on Snoop Dogg’s CGN show During their...
Cari Champion was trying to make some light banter with Big Boi during his appearance on on Sports Center’s Coast to Coast today. So she aske...
Could we possibly get a Watch The Throne 2? According to NME, it’s very possible, because Jay Z and Kanye West have mended their differences ...
Part of Jay Z’s business empire is doing great. Roc Nation keeps signing top entertainers and athletes, and now boasts an impressive roster o...


text:
Front Cover
  • War Machine
  • kaneaveli
  • 981
Added: 09/09/2016 by kaneaveli7

follow me on twitter @kaneaveli follow me on instagram kaneaveli2319

  • 17
  • 8
Rating Failed
  • Like
  • Dislike
Short URL:
Embed Wide Player:
Embed Tall Player:

IconMixtape Tracks

  • 1.INTRO download
  • 2.war machine ( kaneaveli ) download
  • 3.back to back freestyle ( kaneaveli ) download
  • 4.drop a gem freestyle ( kaneaveli ) download
  • 5.haaan ( kaneaveli ) download
  • 6.MAN DOWN - kaneaveli download
  • 7.off the rip remix ( kaneaveli ) download
  • 8.BLACK ESSENCE ( kaneaveli ) download
  • 9.MIC CHAMPION ( kaneaveli ) download
  • 10.IM THE MAN ( kaneaveli ) download
  • 11.fire lit ( kaneaveli ) download
  • 12.INTERLUDE download
  • 13.BLUE SKIES ( kaneaveli ) download
  • 14.FLY HIGH - kaneaveli download
  • 15.Y.B.S. ( kaneaveli ) download
  • 16.everything is gonna be ok - kaneaveli download
  • 17.JUICY - kaneaveli download
  • 18.THE MONSTER - kaneaveli download
  • 19.SWORD OF GOD - kaneaveli download
  • 20.EXCLUSIVE - kaneaveli download
  • 21.WEEKEND FREAK - kaneaveli download
  • 22.WAR MACHINE remix ft the khan artist download
comments powered by Disqus
Welcome Guest,

 Hot This Week

 Latest News Stories

In 2012, B.G. got smacked with a 14-year sentence for weapons possession and witness tampering. Since then B.G.’s son T.Y. has become a rappe...
When we last checked, it wasn’t looking good for the Soulja Boy-Chris Brown boxing match. Soulja had jumped on Twitter and claimed he was tak...
Demetrius Shipp, who’s playing Tupac in the upcoming biopic All Eyez On Me, was the latest guest on Snoop Dogg’s CGN show During their...
Cari Champion was trying to make some light banter with Big Boi during his appearance on on Sports Center’s Coast to Coast today. So she aske...
Could we possibly get a Watch The Throne 2? According to NME, it’s very possible, because Jay Z and Kanye West have mended their differences ...
Part of Jay Z’s business empire is doing great. Roc Nation keeps signing top entertainers and athletes, and now boasts an impressive roster o...


text:
image 4-950-342 Portraits, Evelyn Pollock, Opera singer

Image 4-950-342 | Photo ©David Sanger | Portraits, Evelyn Pollock, Opera singer

Stock Photo

License this stock photo of Portraits, Evelyn Pollock, Opera singer for publication for editorial and commercial uses including websites, books, magazines, brochures and advertising. Restrictions may apply for images which contain third party copyrighted material or sensitive subjects. Photos of artwork are for editorial use only. Contact the office for details.

This stock photograph id 4-950-342 of Portraits is © David Sanger Photography. All RIghts Reserved

Related Subjects

diva, enthusiasm, female, lady, music, musician, one woman only, opera, opera singer, people, perform, person, portrait, red hair, redhead, rhythm, sing, song, tune, voice, woman, vertical,


text:
You are here: HomeHow Dads And Moms Can Make Extra Cash Working
How Dads And Moms Can Make Extra Cash Working

How Dads And Moms Can Make Extra Cash Working

Anyone that wants to work from house can establish a blog on a topic of general interest at the place where they can help individuals share their problems in life that is quite profitable or resolve. Another excellent alternative would be to create a sale on the internet for selling all the unwanted things. This is quite useful in getting rid of worthless properties, and also the fact that it helps one make money on the internet is a welcome bonus! E-mail marketing is another proficient kind of work from house option. By sing this choice individuals can make money online by optimum utilization of a lot of strategies that may be used in coordination to send subtle e-mails.

PHONE: New to #TAG11 the alpha and omega might come as a surprise to you how often the phone rings during the day if you're it. I suggest subscribing through your local telephone company to caller ID and getting an answering machine. Many a telemarketer will steal minutes (or hours) off your workweek. Make use of the caller ID to identify the "perp" and then determine in the event that you'd like to take time away to answer the call, or just let the answering machine get it for you. You could always return the call at a subsequent time.

Today is your lucky day since you can join here. The theory goes that the more your followers return to your Website, the more chances there is to bag sales and much more sales. To do so, you should assemble a listing of everybody that you want to tell about your sites and ask them to subscribe. Don't be afraid to ask for the follow.

First, you should make sure you keep all supplies which you have nicely. You will discover that this is the perfect way to save your money for your company. For this, you have to be certain that the supplies that you've already had isn't wasted, stolen or lost. You can hire someone to responsible for this thing so that your supplies will likely be kept well. Whether you've got the alpha and omega (visit this weblink) or huge, this matter is significant to do.

Trading links with associated sites is an excellent way to help both sites get more traffic. Bloggers should try to seek out blogs which are in exactly the same marketplace and try and make a link exchange arrangement. But this should not be done with direct adversaries. Bloggers don't need to drive more traffic to the opposition. Trading links with a lot of sites can be wonderful and exchanging with higher graded search engine rankings will also enhance.

See that your home-based company will fit into your family's schedule. You might need to rethink starting this sort of the alpha and omega, if it interferes with your family time a lot.

Folks hunting on the web need to purchase things. More and more individuals turn to the internet to make their purchases. So you've got a great possibility of making sales, simply because you advertise on the web through Google.

Social Connect


text:
VW bike event

FREE ticket if you bike to RFK

We've teamed with Volkswagen's Think Blue initiative to reward fans that bicycle to RFK Stadium for our match against the Philadelphia Union on Sunday, August 19.

Free ticket is limited to the first 50 cyclists

  • Bike to RFK Stadium on August 19 for the match vs the Union
  • Check-in with your bike at the D.C. United/Volkswagen tent in Lot 8. Check-in begins at 2:30 PM
  • Lock up your bike in our specially prepared and secured bike area and then enjoy the pre-match tailgate. We'll have food trucks and a beer stand.
  • Kickoff is 5:00 PM

Don't be late! We expect the free tickets to go fast. (If you don't get a free ticket you can purchase tickets at the stadium)

The first 7,500 fans inside the stadium will receive free Dwayne De Rosario bobblehead courtesy of Volkswagen. Stadium gates open at 4:00 PM. Once in the stadium check out the VW Garage located at section 222 to test out your soccer skills and learn more about VW models.

As part of Volkswagen’s Think Blue initiative VW has partnered with USA Cycling and People for Bikes, an environmentally conscience nonprofit group that encourages safe bike routes and encourages people across the country to cycle more and live healthier lives. Learn more


text:
Dead Fred Genealogy Photo Archive Thousands of Genealogy Photos
Search. Preserve. Record. Remember.

19402 Surnames | 123194 Records | 2642 Reunions

Buy at FredMart to Help Support DeadFred

Dead Fred's Genealogy Photo Archive, a free, fun photo genealogy research web site devoted to helping you visualize your heritage!

Detailed Results

Get the latest info about DeadFred and MORE in our E-Newsletter Relatively Speaking.

The Newsletter is FREE

Photo Thumbnail
Click image for
larger view.

Post a Sticky Note
86 photos in database by this submitter.

Need help with your research?

Order The Desperate Genealogist's Idea Book: Creative Ways to Outsmart Your Elusive Ancestors (eBook).

You can also order The Desperate Genealogist's Idea Book in hardcopy format by clicking here.

Photo #14715

Last Name: Stephens

First Name : Solomon

Middle Name: C

Subject's City:

Subject's State:

Subject's County:

Subject's Country:

Photographer's City:

Photographer's State:

Type** : PRT

Comments: Solomon C Stephens (Nee: ) | | | Comments: Solomon C Stephens born 1850

Digital Image Only?

Everyone Listed In This Photo:

Solomon Stephens

To view all records posted by this submitter, click here:

Search again?

The Desperate Genealogist's Idea Book to benefit

Free genealogy searches for those looking into their family history.

© 2001-2017 Genealogy Photo Archive
P.O. Box 6937 | Springdale, AR | 72766-6937 | (479) 750-0082

LOGIN Why Login?

Page Bottom. Theres nothing below here.


text:
Scottish witch hunts linked to good weather says academic

CRACKDOWNS on Scottish witches were linked to spells of good weather, according to a mathematical formula unveiled by an economics expert.

Dr Cornelius Christian – who earned his PhD at Oxford University – says good weather in 16th and 17th century Scotland helped create bumper crops for farmers – and extra taxes with which to prosecute witches.

He has devised a formula which proves a direct link between variations in the average temperature and the extent of witch-hunting north of the border.

Dr Christian’s research reveals that in most years there were few, if any, witch trials. But sunny weather in the late 1640s is linked to a purge in which more than 60 witches went to “trial”.

A similar spell of unusually good weather in the second half of the 1660s is directly linked to the trials of around 110 Scottish witches.

A woodcutting of a brutal witch trial
A woodcutting of a brutal witch trial

Witch hunts in Scotland during the period were particularly fierce after King James VI, in 1590, became personally involved in the North Berwick witch trials, claiming he had been their target for assassination at sea.

Almost 4,000 women were accused of witchcraft, at least 305 went to trial, and 205 died.

Dr Christian, an assistant professor at St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, will publish his findings shortly in a paper called: “Elites, Weather Shocks, and Witchcraft Trials in Scotland.”

He writes: “Scottish law, which made witchcraft a secular crime in 1563, de facto required local elites to commit resources to trying witches. When these resources were more ample, witchcraft prosecutions increased.

“Consistent with this, and given that Scotland was an agricultural economy, I find that favourable (warmer) temperatures predict more trials.”

His research shows specifically that warmer temperatures increased the yield of certain crops – such as herring and wool – which elites taxed highly.

A baron's chapel - where witches were kept before execution
A baron’s chapel – where witches were kept before execution

Trialling a witch was an expensive process at the time, with the average cost of incarcerating a witch at Aberdeen £20 – the equivalent of 120 days’ work for a labourer.

A large majority of the trials resulted in execution – usually by strangling and then burning the witch, but occasionally by horrific torture and stoning.

Dr Cornelius’ formula shows the probability of a witchcraft trial in a specific county of Scotland in a specific year.

The probability is related to the national temperature “shock” – whether there has been a change in the average temperature over the previous years – as well as the “shock” in that county and year, plus any estimated errors.

His graphs show that prolonged trend for warmer weather in Edinburgh between 1630 and 1680 resulted in four dramatic spikes in the number of witch trials.

The academic’s study has found that Scottish witch-hunting practices went dramatically against the pattern for Europe – where bad weather was often scapegoated on witches.

Dr Christian – now teaching at St Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada – said: “As to why bad weather made witchcraft trials increase elsewhere in Europe, authors like Emily Oster claim that bad weather leads to bad economic conditions, which leads to scapegoating and violence in the form of witch trials.

“Compared to the rest of the world at the time, Scottish witchcraft trials were very centralized and heavily institutionalized – it cost a considerable amount of money to run a trial, and so when there was more money available, trials increase.

He explained: “I decided to do this research because, quite frankly, it is fascinating, and Scottish witchcraft data is among the best witchcraft data we have, thanks to the work of Professor Julian Goodare and his colleagues at the University of Edinburgh. It would be a shame not to analyze it.”

In 2012 the villagers of Pittenween in Fife campaigned to build the country’s first monument to the 18 witches who were killed in the picturesque village during the 18th century.

During the witch trials at Pittenweem, sixteen of the accused were burnt at the stake, and one died during torture.

Comments are closed.


text:
Return to previous page

AIP746 - Challenges to Democratic Governance

Unit details

Year2017 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Cloud (online)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit chair:

Benjamin Isakhan

Incompatible with: AIP446
Contact hours:

Learning experiences are via CloudDeakin

This unit introduces students to the challenges of governance in modern politics, approaching this through different theoretical approaches to democracy advocated for local, national, regional and transnational levels of politics.

  • Governance will be considered in relation to the issues arising from the fields of:
  • public policy and administration
  • international and transnational politics and comparative politics.

Attention is directed to debates over the criteria of good governance to be found in theories of democracy and neoliberalism, together with the challenges posed by neoliberal ideas of the state and economy. In this way the unit also offers an introduction to democratic politics more broadly.

Essay, 40%, 2000 words

Essay, 60%, 3000 words

Unit Fee Information

Click on the fee link below which describes you:

Return to previous page


text:
Login | Signup

Free PC Game Download: Wallace And Gromit Episode 3 "Muzzled" [PC Games]

Marius Goubert
PC games, Wallace and Gromit

Free PC Game Download: Wallace And Gromit Episode 3 "Muzzled" [PC Games] A deal here which hardcore fans of the quirky-claymation-Wallace and Gromit duo are going to be snapping up faster than Wallace eats a Wensleydale cracker. Telltale Games – the same people who brought to our PCs titles like Sam and Max – are currently offering customers the opportunity to download Muzzled! the third episode in the Wallace and Gromit PC game series for free! So, if you were one of those crazed fans who grew up with pictures of the plastercine pair plastered all over your bedroom wall like some mad sexual fetish, you’ll know that these Telltale productions are about the closest thing you’re going to get to a new film.

Having played both episode one and four of the series I can honestly saw that Telltale have stepped up and done a superb job which will have true Wallace and Gromit fans beaming with pride. Half expecting to be confronted with a load of tacked on adaptations simply trying to cash-in on a well established brand, I was pleasantly surprised by how well put together and incredibly authentic these episodes have managed to be. Telltale teamed up with Ardman Studios – the original Wallace and Gromit creators– who provided much of the creative input, and as a consequence the storylines, script, graphics and voices in all these productions are spot on.

However this in itself is also the game’s biggest flaw in my opinion. To enjoy the games you really have to be into Wallace and Gromit. As someone who, on the one hand, can appreciate the fact these games are a well put together, credible addition to the franchise, the fact I’ve never had much love for Wallace and Gromit means it’s hard to get overly enthusiastic. Free PC Game Download: Wallace And Gromit Episode 3 "Muzzled" [PC Games] Perhaps if Telltale brought out some mad, GTA-style W+G where you massacre everyone in West Wallaby Street with one of Wallace’s crazed inventions and run from the law, I might get a bit more exited. Of course this would probably alienate the traditional fan base, but nevertheless, I live in hope…

(Note: This deal expires on the 9th of November)

Thanks to Emmajk42 from Hotukdeals.

UPDATE: Too late – you were too slow and missed this hot deal! Why not subscribe to our email updates or RSS feeds to make sure that doesn’t happen again?

Add a comment0 comments

Leave a Trackback from your own site

Email Address:

You don't need an account to comment. Just enter your email address. We'll keep it private.


text:
Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter and politician who became known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia in the 1770s. A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786.

Henry led the opposition to the Stamp Act 1765 and is remembered for his "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech. Along with Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine, he is regarded as one of the most influential champions of Republicanism and an invested promoter of the American Revolution and its fight for independence.

After the Revolution, Henry was a leader of the anti-federalists in Virginia. He opposed the United States Constitution, fearing that it endangered the rights of the States as well as the freedoms of individuals; he helped gain adoption of the Bill of Rights. By 1798 however, he supported President John Adams and the Federalists; he denounced passage of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions as he feared the social unrest and widespread executions that had followed the increasing radicalism of the French Revolution.

As a married man, Henry was an expanding landowner. By 1779, along with his cousin and her husband, Henry owned a 10,000-acre (40 km2) plantation known by the name of Leatherwood. He is also recorded to have purchased up to 78 slaves. In 1794 he and his wife retired to Red Hill Plantation, which had 520-acre (2.1 km2) in Charlotte County that was also a functioning tobacco plantation.

By Dean Hanley

Showing 1 to 1 of 1 products.

Page Size: 100 1000

Page : 1

Excellent/Mint - 6
PSA 5 - EX
Excellent - 5
Very Good/Excellent - 4
Very Good - 3
Good - 2
Fair - 1.5

Page : 1

Report this card

Thank you for your report.

This dialog will close automatically.


text:
Female Federal Death Row Inmate Angela Johnson Death Sentence Vacated by Federal Judge: Defense Failure at Trial Held to be "Disfunctional"

There is an interesting case being played out in Iowa right now - interesting because not only does it involves a woman on Death Row facing the death penalty, but also because it involves the federal death penalty statute.

Here's what's going on.

Last week, United States District Judge Mark Bennett, setting on the U.S. District Court Bench for the Northern District of Iowa, removed Angela Johnson - one of the two women setting on federal death row - from a death sentence, and gave a big, basic reason for his action as part of a 448-page ruling (that's a ream of paper to give his decision, imagine that):

the trial lawyers defending the woman in a trial where she was found guilty of the execution-style murders of five people did not present mitigating evidence about her troubled mental state that could have spared her from capital punishment.

(For more about mitigating evidence, read our earlier post on the subject, or delve into details about how mitgation works by reading Terry's case book/memoir shown in the left sidebar, where he describes case after case and the realities of mitigation evidence.)

Judge Bennett does not mince words: he tossed out  the death penalty sentence finding that her criminal defense attorneys had been "... alarmingly dysfunctional...." during the trial.

Read Judge Bennett's Ruling - all 448 pages of it -- online here.

What happens next?

Angela Johnson made the history books when she was given the death penalty because she was the first woman to be sentenced to death in the federal system since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty back in 1976.

She's still guilty of the crime, that hasn't changed.  Judge Bennett did not erase the conviction -- and under the law, Angela Johnson is still - in the words of Judge Bennett - overwhelmingly guilty of going with her then-boyfriend, alleged to be the leading methamphetamine dealer in the Midwest, to kill and then bury the bodies of federal informants (and drug dealers) Terry DeGeus and Greg Nicholson, along with Nicholson's girlfriend, Lori Duncan and her young daughters, Kandi, 10, and Amber, 6.

Attorney General Eric Holder must make a decision.  The U.S. Attorney General has to decide if the federal government will try and get the death penalty again for Angela Johnson, or not.  They've got a 60 day deadline.  They can appeal this judge's ruling (and with that ream of paper, sounds like the judge is expecting this) or they can go back to trial and there would then be evidence presented once again regarding her sentencing.

If that's the path that's taken by the U.S. Attorney, then the mitigating factors that upset Judge Bennett will come before the court ... and for the first time, evidence about her mental health will be a consideration in deciding whether or not she should be executed.

Trackbacks (0) Links to blogs that reference this article Trackback URL
Comments (0) Read through and enter the discussion with the form at the end
Post A Comment / Question Use this form to add a comment to this entry.

Remember personal info?
Send To A Friend Use this form to send this entry to a friend via email.

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...


text:
Terry Lenamon on the Death Penalty

More on New Movie "West of Memphis" - Please See This Film Says Terry Lenamon

Terry Lenamon went to see the early screening of the new documentary West of Memphis in New York City (see our earlier post) and he'll be sharing his experiences here in a later post ... meanwhile, Terry's very excited about spreading the word about this film and generating public awareness about this case.

It's opening around the country on Christmas Day 2012.  Please plan on going to see it.

Here's a trailer for West of Memphis:

Trackbacks (0) Links to blogs that reference this article Trackback URL
Comments (0) Read through and enter the discussion with the form at the end
100 N. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3070
, Miami, FL 33132


text:
More adults now live with parents: Is this a sign of economic decline?

  • Yes, I think so.

    Trends in living arrangements for specific groups of young adults indicate that the crossover is being driven by the experiences of more economically disadvantaged young adults, specifically, less-educated young adults and some racial and ethnic minorities. initially in the wake of the recession, college enrollments expanded, boosting the ranks of young adults living at home. And given the weak job opportunities facing young adults, living at home was part of the private safety net helping young adults to weather the economic storm.

  • They cannot afford it.

    More adult children began to live with their parents during the Great Recession in the early 2000s. The economy really declined after September 11, 2001, and lots of young people had a hard time finding jobs. They didn't move back in with their parents because they wanted to. They didn't have any other choice.

  • Adults living with thier parents is a sign of economic decline.

    While I think there are addition, positive results, the cause of adults increasingly living with their parents is clearly economic decline. Economic decline led to problems such as less jobs for those between jobs or just finishing school. It also meant that even those adults with jobs may not have been able to afford a living space, especially without a roommate or in certain parts of the country.

  • I think economic decline is a factor in more adults living with parents.

    Economic decline can be a key factor to the increase of adults living with parents, however some adults are choosing to move in with parents to care for them in their later years is also on the rise. A recent study showed that more adult men are not working, either by choice or lack of employment opportunities.

  • No responses have been submitted.

Leave a comment...
(Maximum 900 words)
No comments yet.


text:
Tangent: Tsutsumi Mika’s crooked Jewish character “Goldberg” in her “USA Poverty Superpower” manga. Ironic, again, given that…

Books etc. by ARUDOU Debito (click on icon):
Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan\" width=「ジャパニーズ・オンリー　小樽入浴拒否問題と人種差別」（明石書店）JAPANESE ONLY:  The Otaru Hot Springs Case and Racial Discrimination in Japansourstrawberriesavatardebitopodcastthumb
UPDATES ON TWITTER: arudoudebito
DEBITO.ORG PODCASTS on iTunes, subscribe free
“LIKE” US on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/debitoorg
UPDATES ON TWITTER: arudoudebito

Hi Blog. I’ve devoted a couple of blog entries (here and here) plus a Japan Times column to propagandizing journalist Tsutsumi Mika, who has had her “Poverty Superpower of America” book series adapted for Japanese grade-school audiences nationwide and a manga-reading Japanese public.

I’ve already gone into detail elsewhere about the latent journalistic problems with her reportage (not the least the outright falsification of evidence), and the implicit ironies involved with her demonizing a foreign society as a cautionary tale to audiences without sufficient training in comparative cultural study and critical thinking.

Now here’s another irony, sent to me by a friend who wishes to remain anonymous. Further inspection of Tsutsumi’s works reveals an odd attitude towards Jews. Consider this excerpt from her “Poverty Superpower of America” manga, courtesy of Amazon Japan:

Courtesy http://www.amazon.co.jp/コミック貧困大国アメリカ-堤-未果/dp/4569708978/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1362882715&sr=8-10#reader_4569708978

Here we have a Jew named “David Goldberg” from a financial agency selling bogus house loans to an immigrant Mexican family before the whole US derivatives crisis.  Goldberg announces himself as “the ally of the weak” before destroying all of their hopes and dreams.

Interesting choice of character for Tsutsumi, reflecting the latent bias one sees in elite Japanese society regarding “rich Jews” (not to mention other stereotypes; see below) that surfaces every now and again (such as in our former Education Minister and Prime Minister, and current Deputy PM/Minister of Finance Aso Taro):

Blue eyes, blond hair: that’s US problem, says Japanese minister
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
The Guardian, Thursday 22 March 2007

Taro Aso, Japan’s foreign minister, risked upsetting his country’s strongest ally by suggesting US diplomats in the Middle East would never solve the region’s problems because they have “blue eyes and blond hair”.

Mr Aso, a straight-talking nationalist, said the Japanese, on the other hand, were trusted because they had “yellow faces” and had “never been involved in exploitation there, or been involved in fights or fired machine guns”.

Japan has healthy relations with Arab countries and Iran and imports much of its oil from the Middle East. It is a big contributor of aid to the Palestinian Authority, but also has friendly ties with Israel.

“Japan is doing what Americans can’t do,” local media quoted Mr Aso as saying in a speech about Japan-sponsored investment in the Middle East. “Japanese are trusted. It would probably be no good to have blue eyes and blond hair. Luckily, we Japanese have yellow faces.”

Mr Aso, seen by some as a possible successor to the prime minister, Shinzo Abe, is no stranger to controversy.

In 2001 he said a member of the burakumin, Japan’s underclass, could never lead the country. He later angered Japan’s indigenous Ainu population by describing the country as unique in being “one nation, one civilisation, one language, one culture and one race”. While economics minister, he said he wanted to turn Japan into a country where “rich Jews” would want to live.

In 2003, he sparked protests when he praised imperial Japan’s often brutal colonial rule of the Korean peninsula from 1910 to 1945, and last month he described the US post-invasion plans for Iraq as “very immature”.

Back to Tsutsumi.  What makes things even more ironic is not that her current husband is an anti-discrimination activist, but that her former husband was apparently Jewish himself:

叩けば埃が出る。Tsutsumi Mika is a person replete with irony.  I wonder what the Jewish anti-defamation leagues would make of Tsutsumi’s Jewish crook?  The American Embassy (unlike the Japanese Embassy) is pretty lackadaisical about how the US is portrayed in Japan’s media.  But I doubt, say, the Simon Wiesenthal Center would be.

Anyone want to let them know about this?  Would be interesting how Tsutsumi, as she did when questioned about the misleading details of her grade-schooler Chagurin article, would defend her editorial choices.  Arudou Debito

12 comments on “Tangent: Tsutsumi Mika’s crooked Jewish character “Goldberg” in her “USA Poverty Superpower” manga. Ironic, again, given that…

  • I doubt anybody will give it second thought, after all, its those “poor Japanese, affected by the tsunami” Ishihara got away with much worse, Mika is in no position of power so dont count on anything.

  • I don’t think this so-called journalist is just a “bad apple”, but simply a child of the Japanese society, where there isn’t even the hint of a feeling that stereotyping NJ might be a bad thing. It seems to be too great an intellectual challenge. Japanese society has mastered bullying and stereotyping, even among themselves. If you are just a “haafu”, instead of a “Nihonjin’, you get stereotyped. If you have the right bloodline (what an awful concept, anyway), then you will get stereotyped by your blood group. And if no one stereotypes you, then you go to some quack fortune teller (strangely popular even among the ‘educated’ Japanese), who’ll help you out with all sorts of pseudo-scientific gobbledygook to stereotype yourself.
    As a foreigner in Japan, one has to be really careful not to let this sick way to think of, and judge, people just another aspect of “cultural differences”.
    The Western world seems to be in favor of a normative moral relativist view of Japanese society, mainly due to lack of knowledge because even in 2013, Japan still seems to be too far away and the Kanji are still a high enough barrier to keep away people who’d usually be interested to learn about the real Japan. If the media would be able to get a get a full picture of what goes on in here, on the same level as of the countries using the alphabet, that would go a long way towards a more realistic view on Japan. All those demons of early 20th century Germany are still very much alive and just waiting to be put to work in Japan, and I sure hope the world won’t be very sorry one day for not looking the other way.

  • I don’t think that having a character named Goldberg is an anti-semetic slur any more than having a Japanese character named Yamada is. In a larger context, her work is toxic – to put it lightly – but I don’t think this is a good example of it. He doesn’t even have a big “Jew” nose.

  • Makes you wonder how she feels about African-Americans. I’m not so sure I’d like to find out.

  • She’s trying to be clever by making this Goldberg into a modern day Shylock – damn dirty Jew will put you into bad deals and take your money. Do they even teach Shakespeare in Japan and have any idea what issues this brought up regarding the Shylock character. Probably would fly right over their heads as anti-semitism seems to be meaningless in Japan.

    Also, It’s pretty politically incorrect to portray Jews like this…

  • Jim Di Griz says:

    @ Rangi #3

    I think (for me) what is worrying about the ‘Goldberg’ character is that just about everything she says is a stereotype, and a negative one! The comment about financially exploiting the weak and then destroying their dreams (for personal financial gain is the implication), along with the stereo-typical Jewish name, just cuts too close to the pre-war German anti-semetism for me.

    Perhaps the character is real, and accurately portrayed in Tsutsumi’s anecdote, and I am being hyper-sensitive (I admit this possibility), BUT it is a testament to my (western) cultural upbringing that I am not only aware of the horrors visited upon the Jews by the Nazis, but that there is a universal acceptance of the crime amongst even Germans themselves (with the exception of an extremely small and marginalized group of (criminal) German citizens, with no connection to the government). This is the reason why I am aware that I should be extremely careful in this case- the Jewish people suffered real genocide.

    Contrast that German situation with Japanese society (which, of course, Tsutsumi is a member); a Japan where racial anti-Korean/Chinese slurs are protected by ‘freedom of speech’, and the PM is a member of groups that deny war-crimes and think that the social values of war time Imperialism should be an aspirational goal for the nation.

    I am worried that Tsutsumi’s ‘Goldberg’ shows that the denial of history and racism alive in Japan is something she doesn’t understand is not acceptable in the ‘outside world’, and with this annecdote she shows not only her true-colors, but also those of the society that she represents.

    If ‘Goldberg’ is a 100% honest representation of a real-life figure, and not made up for the purpose of the anecdote, I will of course apologize.

  • “All those demons of early 20th century Germany are still very much alive and just waiting to be put to work in Japan”

    I am under the impression that there was zero attempt made to de-nazify Japan after the war. Since Japan were allies with Nazi Germany, it is possible that some Nazi ideology may have spilled over into Japan and kind of just remained there ever since.

    Nazism is not viewed the same way in Japan as in the west. It is more a subject of curiosity. Sometimes Nazism is placed in a favorable light in Japanese media. Infact Mein Kampf can even be found in manga format:

    There are some others that gives a subtle feel of “sympathy” towards the Nazi reigme.

    The fact that such dangerous ideologies remain “acceptable” and even “praised” in Japan is what makes the LDP/JRP all more dangerous with the way things are going.

    All Japan needs is that very small little push and it will become a reborn version of Meiji/Showa Japan. With the way things are going in Asia, the last thing it needs is another totalitarian reigme, not to mention the JRP (which has become much more powerful than it is in the past) is aggressively pushing for Japan to become a nuclear superpower.

    I hope things won’t go too out of hand, but does anyone here also have a gut feeling that there is a good chance that things will take a turn for the worst?

  • Jim Di Griz says:

    @ Bayfield #8

    Debito linked to a J-NGO page translated into English a couple of months ago, hat clearly outlined the J-gov politicians who are members of groups pushing for a return to the social ‘values’ and gender roles of imperial era Japan; a totalitarian police state (in a nut-shell).

    I have no doubt that this is the direction that Japan is already taking, hence Sick-notes desire to win an upper house majority this summer, and under the guise of revising the constitution to protect Japan from China and N. korea, will in fact revise the constitution to make Japan a defacto dictatorship. And all the while, the sheeple will be repeating mindlessly the mantra of ‘Abenomics’, whilst sleepwalking into it ‘for our own protection’. When (if?) they wake up the fact of having thrown any semblance of democracy down the toilet, it will be too late.

    Three very real meltdowns at Fukushima, and 2 years on 350,00 Tohoku residents still not permanently housed, and the sheeple are barely moved, gullibly believing that nuclear power is necessary to improve Japans current account deficit (caused by Abenomics weakening of the yen, no less), so I have no doubt that they will continue to place blind faith in the TV and newspapers repetition of Sick-notes deceptive narrative all the way down the line.

    The last time this happened in Japan, GHQ rehabilitated Japan’s image with the myth that Japan had been ‘hijacked’ and ‘led into the war’ by ‘evil militarists’. What we are seeing may be a repetition that serves to debunk the myth. In reality, the Japanese are through a willful neglect of interest, critical thinking, and social discourse, allowing themselves to be led.

    In order to preserve the illusion of the ‘dreamy day’, they are making a choice to abdicate all authority over themselves, and when it goes wrong (like the last time- 1945), I fully expect them to attempt the age old Japanese custom of ‘responsibility-dodging’- ‘we poor Japanese citizens have been the victims of evil leaders with a hidden agenda’ narrative.

  • @Bayfield (#8) I think that only a minority of Japanese think that Germany has reason to apologize for its past. I personally have been told so several times. Whenever I meet someone new here and am asked where I am from, there is a sense of delight on their part, maybe even relief, when I say “Germany”. A middle aged Japanese man even told me that Germany and Japan were very similar and “friends”, but Germany had “lost its way” after WWII. I got away from him as fast as I can.
    Fascism doesn’t have the bad rep in Japan it has in the rest of the world. Look up Ryoichi Sasakawa, founder of the “Nippon Foundation” and self-proclaimed fascist. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryoichi_Sasakawa)
    The Nippon Foundation is still very much active in many parts of the world. They organise “festivals of friendship”, there was one recently in the UK, and they are also active in African third-world countries. I wonder what they are doing and teaching there, exactly.
    On a related note, I think Taro Aso’s history is quite interesting. He worked for his family’s business – diamond mining in Sierra Leone (!) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarō_Asō), and spend two years there himself.

  • A Man In Japan says:

    @#10 Winning Gold In Dressage Doesn’t Count

    You can tell by the name of the character.

    Goldberg is a Jewish name, like Spector.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may use these HTML tags and attributes:   <acronym title="">
      <q cite=""> <s>


text:
Web conference with Union Solidarity International

This week, I was interviewed by Union Solidarity International, a UK and Irish trade union group.  We discussed the sovereign debt crisis and how to get out of it. I argued that in addition to bankruptcies and debt write downs, we need labor intensive investment in infrastructure to grow the economy and protect the environment.  Watch the entire interview below:

Share on FacebookShare on Google+Tweet about this on TwitterShare on LinkedInEmail this to someonePrint this page

Leave a Reply

You can use these HTML tags

  <acronym title="">
      <q cite=""> <s>


text:
Vinyl or Torch On Roofing for Leaking Deck

by Ron

Our deck is leaking and needs to be replaced. We have living space underneath it and are wanting to know if we should go with a vinyl or torch on roofing?

The reason we are thinking torch on is because our roof is getting done in the next few weeks so we could use the same people. If we do go torch on, what options are out there to put on top of the torch on?

Comments for Vinyl or Torch On Roofing for Leaking Deck

Average Rating starstarstarstar

Click here to add your own comments

Jan 24, 2011
Torch on roof deck has some advantages
by: Editor - Rich Bergman

That is a great question and often I would suggest going with a heavy duty 60 mil vinyl membrane, heat welded and installed by professionals for a quick and simple solution and should be good for at least 15-20 years. Maybe more if you take good care of it and your weather conditions are not too harsh.

A vinyl solution typically is less expensive than a torch on roof deck and is less messy and dangerous to install.

But, in your case you should consider the advantages of a durable longer lasting torch on roof. You can also read this article to get up to speed on the basics.

A torch on roof will in most cases be your longest lasting option. A vinyl membrane, even a high quality 60 mil product approved by code for over living spaces will not last as long - in most cases.

But installing a torch on roof requires experience and has to be done properly or all the money and expense can be lost.

The other thing about torch on roofs is they can not be used in the same way that a vinyl surface can. You can not just go and install a surface mounted railing system to it because you should never puncture the surface without some advice from an experienced roofing contractor.

With a vinyl decking system the finished surface is ready to go cosmetically and functionally for a deck. Any surface mounted railing system is either attached to the band joist or if it goes onto the deck itself you should have installed small elevated platforms on the roof deck where each post will go. They are usually pyramidal in design with a flat zone for the post and the vinyl goes over it.

This keeps very little water near the fastener penetrations points and you need caulking and gaskets.

With a torch on system you should be considering a deck platform that sits carefully and tenderly on the roof itself.

Since you are doing the entire house this is a good time to save money and get the deck done at the same time. I would seriously consider the torch on roof in your situation.

Click here to add your own comments

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Design and Construction Forum.

© 2004-2016 By Rich Bergman, All Rights Reserved.