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Rhodes: Detroit schools need students to return
Posted: 3:45 PM, Jun 02, 2016
What does the future of look like for the schoolchildren of Detroit? That's a top-of-mind question right now for students, parents, educators and politicians - not just in the city, but throughout the state of Michigan.
Detroit Public Schools transition manager Judge Steven Rhodes sat down to talk about education issues during a live WXYZ.com webcast at the 2016 Mackinac Policy Conference.
As the state legislature works to come up with a mutually agreeable solution for the city's schools, Judge Rhodes made his view clear. "We need $200 million to give the new school district a reasonable chance for success."
Rhodes says Detroit schools need to attract some of the students who live in the city, but attend suburban schools. He says there are about 27,000 students who fit that category.
The transition manager also says he knows it's not just a task that involves the city's public schools, but charter schools as well.
Rhodes, who presided over the city's bankruptcy case, says, "This experience is new to me."
In his interview, he spoke about how he deals with legislators and the need to educate the whole state on the importance of improving Detroit's schools.
Watch the full interview with Judge Rhodes in the video player above.


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There is only one entrance/exit from the parking lot, and that is from U.S. 1.
There are generally plenty of spots in the front lot. There is an absolutely huge parking lot in the back of the building.
Note: there are steps in the back of the building so it is not as easily accessible as the front entrance. There are many handicap spots in the front lot and there should always be one available.
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COMING FROM THE SOUTH: Get into the left lane before going through the Nasa Blvd intersection. The entrance into the parking lot is at the north end of the lot.
Coming from the South, there is a tendency to want to turn into the Morgan and Morgan lot, because it looks like it should connect to our parking lot. It does not connect and it is quite a pain to correct this mistake.
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COMING FROM THE NORTH: Get into the right lane when you see the Gator Jeep dealership. The parking lot entrance is immediately after Enterprise Rent-a-Car. If you wait to see the building from this direction, it may be too late.
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Targeting the NF-κB pathway through pharmacological inhibition of IKK2 prevents human cytomegalovirus replication and virus-induced inflammatory response in infected endothelial cells
Patrizia Caposio, Tiziana Musso, Anna Luganini, Hiroyasu Inoue, Marisa Gariglio, Santo Landolfo, Giorgio Gribaudo
Endothelial cells are important reservoirs for human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) replication, dissemination and persistence. HCMV infection of endothelial cells has been associated with a proinflammatory response characterized by an increased expression of chemokines and adhesion molecules and modulation of angiogenesis. Many of the host proinflammatory genes augmented in HCMV-infected endothelial cells are regulated, at least in part, by the NF-κB pathway. HCMV is a potent activator of NF-κB through the IKK-IκB signaling axis. To explore whether inhibition of HCMV-induced NF-κB activation may interfere with the onset of virus-associated inflammatory response, we measured the effects of the specific IKK2 inhibitor AS602868 on the expression of a panel of proinflammatory genes in HUVEC cells infected with a clinical isolate. Treatment of infected HUVEC with AS602868 was shown to impair HCMV-induced NF-κB activity, IE gene expression, viral replication and to prevent HCMV-induced upregulation of ICAM-1, IL-8, RANTES, IP-10, I-TAC and COX-2 gene expression. Consistent with these results, HCMV-mediated upregulation of another NF-κB-dependent gene, the plasminogen inhibitor type-1, a regulatory factor of endothelial proliferation and angiogenesis, was abrogated by AS602868. These results suggest that inhibition of HCMV-induced IKK-NF-κB activation may be of interest to limit the virus-induced inflammatory response of infected endothelial cells.
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Caposio, P., Musso, T., Luganini, A., Inoue, H., Gariglio, M., Landolfo, S., & Gribaudo, G. (2007). Targeting the NF-κB pathway through pharmacological inhibition of IKK2 prevents human cytomegalovirus replication and virus-induced inflammatory response in infected endothelial cells. Antiviral Research, 73(3), 175-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.antiviral.2006.10.001
Targeting the NF-κB pathway through pharmacological inhibition of IKK2 prevents human cytomegalovirus replication and virus-induced inflammatory response in infected endothelial cells. / Caposio, Patrizia; Musso, Tiziana; Luganini, Anna et al.
In: Antiviral Research, Vol. 73, No. 3, 03.2007, p. 175-184.
Caposio, P, Musso, T, Luganini, A, Inoue, H, Gariglio, M, Landolfo, S & Gribaudo, G 2007, 'Targeting the NF-κB pathway through pharmacological inhibition of IKK2 prevents human cytomegalovirus replication and virus-induced inflammatory response in infected endothelial cells', Antiviral Research, vol. 73, no. 3, pp. 175-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.antiviral.2006.10.001
Caposio P, Musso T, Luganini A, Inoue H, Gariglio M, Landolfo S et al. Targeting the NF-κB pathway through pharmacological inhibition of IKK2 prevents human cytomegalovirus replication and virus-induced inflammatory response in infected endothelial cells. Antiviral Research. 2007 Mar;73(3):175-184. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2006.10.001
Caposio, Patrizia ; Musso, Tiziana ; Luganini, Anna et al. / Targeting the NF-κB pathway through pharmacological inhibition of IKK2 prevents human cytomegalovirus replication and virus-induced inflammatory response in infected endothelial cells. In: Antiviral Research. 2007 ; Vol. 73, No. 3. pp. 175-184.
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Kanye West Bursts Into Pepperidge Farm With Pitch For Shoe Cookie
NORWALK, CT—Arriving unannounced with a grand vision for a revolutionary collaboration, the musician and fashion designer Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, burst into Pepperidge Farm corporate offices with a pitch for a new shoe cookie, sources confirmed Thursday.
"This next-level combo of fashion and snacks combines two things everyone loves: shoes and cookies," Ye said as he pushed his way into a routine budget meeting, waving what appeared to be a hasty concept sketch of dough sprinkled with chocolate chips and molded into the shape of a high-top sneaker, a product he told startled employees would come in numerous flavors and cost $900 per pair.
"We got shortbread shoes, oatmeal raisin shoes, peanut butter shoes, snickerdoodle. I'm about innovation, and I know Pepperidge Farm isn't scared to take a bold risk and launch Yeezy Munchers, a delicious footwear brand that people can both wear and eat and that will make us billions of dollars."
At press time, a call to building security had reportedly been canceled after Ye spotted a loaf of Pepperidge Farm Jewish Rye bread and agreed to leave voluntarily.
https://www.theonion.com/kanye-west-bursts-into-pepperidge-farm-with-pitch-for-s-1849711072
Posted by Zorro | Fri Oct 28, 2022, 06:06 PM (9 replies)
Florida GOP Paid Thousands To Far-Right Charlottesville Attendee
A man who was allegedly attacked while canvassing this week appears to be an activist with a prominent history of violence and racist comments. He was also on the Florida Republican Party's payroll this summer.
The Florida Republican Party paid thousands of dollars over the summer to a far-right activist who attended the white nationalist "Unite the Right" rally in 2017 and later charged at a crowd of anti-racist demonstrators with a Confederate flag.
Christopher Monzon was paid more than $10,000 by the party between June and September, federal campaign finance records show. Neither Monzon nor the Florida GOP responded to HuffPost's request for comment about the payments.
Monzon was in the news Monday after Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) tweeted that "one of our canvassers" had been attacked in Hialeah — a conservative and predominantly Cuban-American city in Miami-Dade County — "by 4 animals who told him Republicans weren't allowed in their neighborhood." Several prominent Republicans quickly latched onto the story, including Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who tweeted, "Violence has NO PLACE in politics."
A police report confirmed an attack had taken place. However, it listed only two perpetrators, one of whom was arrested, and did not mention any potential political motivation. A Hialeah Police Department spokesperson told Local 10 News, Miami's ABC affiliate, that there was "no indication" as of Monday afternoon that the attack was politically motivated.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-gop-paid-thousands-to-far-right-charlottesville-attendee-christopher-monzon_n_6358180fe4b0e376dc1c5244
Don't know what the real story is, but it wouldn't surprise me if Mr. Monzon got mouthy with the wrong person.
Posted by Zorro | Tue Oct 25, 2022, 08:45 PM (4 replies)
Attorney who fought Florida helmet laws died in motorcycle crash while not wearing one
Ron Smith, 66, and his girlfriend, 62-year-old Brenda Jeanan Volpe, were on their way to a funeral with a group of riders from the American Legion.
In the late 1990s, when Florida bikers were still required to wear helmets, Pinellas lawyer Ron Smith was an aggressive advocate for overturning the law.
Smith was a member of ABATE — A Brotherhood Against Totalitarian Enactments and American Bikers Aimed Toward Education — which lobbied against the law for years. He represented clients who ran afoul of Florida's motorcycle requirements in court cases that some say helped overturn Florida's helmet law.
One of the cases went all the way to the 2nd District Court of Appeal, which ruled that Florida's helmet law at the time was constitutional, but that the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles had failed to properly publish a list of protective equipment as required by law.
Smith didn't like being told what to do and valued his independence, said Dave Newman, who met the attorney through an American Legion post in Old Town where they were both members.
"He thought everybody should have their own choice," Newman said.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2022/10/25/attorney-who-fought-florida-helmet-laws-died-motorcycle-crash-while-not-wearing-one/
Well, he made his choice. Karma. And so did she; she died, too.
Posted by Zorro | Tue Oct 25, 2022, 11:55 AM (59 replies)
Americans Seething with Envy of U.K. After Malignant Narcissist Opts Not to Run Again
UNITED STATES (The Borowitz Report)—Americans were seething with envy after the U.K.'s most prominent malignant narcissist decided not to run for that nation's highest office again, interviews with U.S. citizens have revealed.
From coast to coast, Americans expressed bitter jealousy of the British for having an incompetent former leader who, though maniacally self-absorbed and attention-craving, nevertheless possessed enough realism to depart the public stage after only twenty-four hours of hogging headlines.
Carol Foyler, who lives in Akron, Ohio, was openly covetous of the U.K.'s malignant narcissist.
"People in Britain are suffering right now because the government just wrecked their economy," she said. "But at least they have a malignant narcissist who knows when it's time to go away."
"When I read that the U.K's malignant narcissist decided not to run again, I got really mad," Harland Dorrinson, a resident of San Jose, California, said. "Why do they get a malignant narcissist like that?"
"People say that the only reason he decided not to run again was because he knew he was going to lose," Tracy Klugian, who lives in Milwaukee, said. "But he's not going around the country claiming he's been persecuted. He'll probably fly back to the Dominican Republic, lie on the beach, and get wasted. If you have to have a malignant narcissist, that's the kind you want."
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/americans-seething-with-envy-of-uk-after-malignant-narcissist-opts-not-to-run-again
Posted by Zorro | Mon Oct 24, 2022, 08:29 PM (0 replies)
Trump Outmaneuvers New York Lawsuit By Changing Name To Donald 2
PALM BEACH, FL—In a cunning attempt to outmaneuver the fraud lawsuit brought against him by the New York state attorney general, Donald Trump reportedly changed his name on Friday to Donald 2.
"I'm not sure who these charges are referring to, as there is no such person named Donald Trump—I'm Mr. 2," said 2, the former president, who confirmed that his driver's license as well as his passport and all official personal documents now read "Donald J. 2."
"I'm Mr. 2, that's me. I have no connection to this case. It's an entirely different guy, though I do have it on good authority that if there were a Donald Trump, he'd be totally innocent."
At press time, 2 added that perhaps the lawsuit was referring to a certain 44-year-old businessman named Donald Trump Jr.
https://www.theonion.com/trump-outmaneuvers-new-york-lawsuit-by-changing-name-to-1849659399
Posted by Zorro | Wed Oct 19, 2022, 09:01 PM (6 replies)
Trump Sends January 6th Committee a Note from His Podiatrist
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Minutes after the congressional committee investigating the January 6th insurrection voted unanimously to subpoena the former President, Donald J. Trump responded by submitting a note from his podiatrist.
The foot specialist, Dr. Harland Dorrinson, indicated in the note that Trump's chronic bone-spur issues, which had been asymptomatic in recent years, had suddenly "been acting up again."
"This afternoon, Mr. Trump began experiencing unbearable pain consistent with bone-spur inflammation," the podiatrist wrote. "For this reason, I cannot in good conscience give him permission to testify."
The podiatrist's note did not appear to discourage one committee member, Representative Liz Cheney, who volunteered to hoist Trump onto a luggage trolley and wheel him into the hearing room.
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-sends-january-6th-committee-a-note-from-his-podiatrist
Posted by Zorro | Sat Oct 15, 2022, 07:14 PM (12 replies)
Co-founder of Trump's media company details Truth Social's bitter infighting
Will Wilkerson, one of Trump Media & Technology Group's first employees, alleges the company violated securities laws and that Trump pressured executives to hand over their shares to his wife. He shared a cache of internal documents with The Post and federal investigators that he says support his claims.
Will Wilkerson, then an executive at former president Donald Trump's start-up Trump Media & Technology Group, was at a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., coffee shop with company co-founder Andy Litinsky last October when Trump called Litinsky with a question: Would he give up some of his shares to Trump's wife, Melania?
Trump Media, the owner of the fledgling social network Truth Social, had just been boosted by a huge merger agreement and a flood of investment that had made the stake worth millions of dollars. Trump had already been given 90 percent of the company's shares in exchange for the use of his name and some minor involvement, leaving everyone else to split the rest.
Litinsky tried to brush it off, telling Trump "the gift would have meant a huge tax bill he couldn't pay," Wilkerson said in an interview. "Trump didn't care. He said, 'Do whatever you need to do.' "
Five months later, Litinsky, who first met Trump in 2004 as a contestant on the TV show "The Apprentice," was abruptly removed from the company's board. Wilkerson said he believes it was payback for his refusal to turn over a small fortune to the former president's wife. Litinsky thought so, too, according to an email Wilkerson and his attorneys shared with The Washington Post and the Securities and Exchange Commission. In that email, Litinsky complained that Trump was "retaliating against me" by threatening to " 'blow up the company' if his demands are not met."
https://wapo.st/3CIUjz4
Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in Harry Potter films, dies at 72
Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, best known for his role as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film franchise, died Friday at 72, according to his agency WME.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/14/robbie-coltrane-dead-hagrid-harry-potter/


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Kennewick Councilman Defends Anti-Latino Remarks To A Divided Public
NWNews | By Anna King
Published April 6, 2016 at 1:50 AM PDT
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A young protester at Kennewick City Hall, where councilman Bob Parks defended himself at the first council meeting after his Facebook comments on Latinos of Yakima and Pasco.
"You're not funny, Bob."
That was the opinion of one man who shouted his disapproval after tepid applause for Bob Parks, Kennewick city councilman Tuesday night.
Parks had just delivered his defense of a meme he had posted to Facebook that he said was anti-illegal-immigration, not anti-Latino—and, he insisted, it was supposed to be funny.
"When I shared that meme on Facebook," Parks said to a quiet crowd after a sometimes heated public comment period, "it was shared...as a joke. And some people don't take that as the way it is."
'Friends of all colors and races'
The meme was a photo of a sheepish-looking Bernie Sanders with the text, "I went to Yakima today / Now I know why Trump wants to build a wall." Parks added the comment, "Wait until he sees pasco (sic)!" In the 2010 Census Yakima was about 40 percent Latino; Pasco, 55 percent and Kennewick, 24 percent.
People of many races denounced Parks' comments, called for him to resign, or invited him to experience Latino culture of the Tri-Cities: Poetry readings, a classroom visit or a taco run to Mexican restaurants.
Parks told the crowd, though, that he has friends of "all colors and races."
"And a lot of them have a lot of other things to do," he said. "I could have packed this place with people if I wanted to. But that's not what I wanted to do. I wanted to hear what everybody here had to say tonight."
Some white attendees told the multiracial crowd, "you people are the problem."
"I don't know any of you people," William Spencer of Yakima told the crowd. "I know these people can't be happy watching the news every night, and seeing Garcia stabbed Rodriguez and Martinez killed some Indian down on the reservation in Toppenish. It's sickening."
"I don't see anything racist with what this man did," Spencer said, "other than put something out there that actually needs to be put out there and discussed."
Parks said he was sorry for outbursts at the meeting and that they were not meant to be an outcome of his remarks.
White councils, Latino populations
"He represents all of Kennewick," said Elizabeth Hernandez after the meeting. "He needs to take into account that he cannot just be saying stuff about his community that's racist."
Both Hernandez and Parks pointed to his First Amendment right to say whatever he wants. Hernandez, though, said she expects more of someone who represents her on an elected board.
"As a leader you need to focus on social justice and inclusiveness," said Hernandez. "And he's not doing that."
A federal court case determined proportional representation was a problem in Yakima, where a Latino was never elected to city council despite a Latino population that had been growing for years. The court decided Yakima needed to elect its city council by districts and the first Latinos were elected to the council last year.
"A gentleman [tonight] talked about Yakima's gerrymandering they came up with," Parks said when he took the floor Tuesday night. "The best people should be elected. Not the best woman or the best Hispanic."
Parks said he'll serve out his term through 2017.
"You do what you folks got to do," Parks said. "I will ride off into the sunset."
Courtney Flatt of Northwest Public Radio contributed to this report.
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The War on Drugs seek the astral plane at ACL taping
Adam Granduciel of The War on Drugs at ACL Live, Monday, April 6, 2015. Courtesy KLRU-TV/Austin City Limits; photo by Scott Newton.
Somewhere in the latter half of "Eyes to the Wind," a song from the War on Drugs' 2014 breakthrough album "Lost in the Dream," everything clicked. Band leader Adam Granduciel took his standard few stagger-steps back from the microphone toward the drummer and locked his guitar groove in step with the swirling sonic haze of his five bandmates, as they soared up to another level together.
It's hard to pinpoint or define these moments, but when they happen, everybody knows it — including the audience, which responded with rapturous applause when the six-minute song reached its conclusion. "That was awesome," a voice in the crowd exclaimed behind me, and indeed it was.
Granduciel knew it too. "Finally got warmed up!" he remarked with a smile to the crowd at ACL Live as the War on Drugs taped "Austin City Limits" for the first time. He seemed aware that for most of the set, the War on Drugs had been searching for but not quite finding its center. The focus was squarely on "Lost in the Dream": The band performed nine of the album's 10 songs, some of them in chunks that followed the sequence of the record.
"Eyes to the Wind" was one of those, coming on the heels of "An Ocean in Between the Waves" and "Disappearing," a trio of tunes that anchor the midsection of "Lost in the Dream." It's a splendid album, deserving of its place atop many year-end lists, and so perhaps it made sense that the band felt most fully engaged when it was following the record's lead.
The momentum took a while to build. After opening the set with "Under the Pressure," which also opens "Lost in the Dream," the War on Drugs took its only two excursions off the record, playing "Baby Missiles" (which appeared on both the 2010 EP "Future Weather" and the 2011 LP "Slave Ambient") and "Arms Like Boulders," the first track on the band's first LP (2008's "Wagonwheel Blues"). Those tunes helped fill out the picture of how the War on Drugs got to where they are today: There's a shared aesthetic with Scottish songwriter Mike Scott's band the Waterboys, and it's no surprise that the two bands have apparently struck up a kinship in recent years.
The War on Drugs at ACL Live, Monday, April 6, 2015. Courtesy KLRU-TV/Austin City Limits; photo by Scott Newton.
The War on Drugs' sound is generally heavier and less traditional than that of Scott's crew, as Granduciel's material leans significantly on keyboard atmospherics. On some songs, band members Robbie Bennett, Anhony LaMarca and Jon Natchez all played keys, though the latter two switched to guitar and horns, respectively, for many numbers. Bassist David Hartley and drummer Charlie Hall solidly anchored the low-end, with Hartley occasionally contributing excellent harmonies, though the band's vocal identity rests squarely with Granduciel's high-pitched and very personal delivery.
As gratifying as the apex of "Eyes to the Wind" was eight songs into the set, soon enough it was gone. The feverish "Red Eyes" and the album-closing "In Reverse" kept up some of the intensity before Granduciel shifted gears with "Suffering," a slow-tempo number that served as a bring-them-down-gently finale.
Their fans weren't quite ready to let them go. The War on Drugs had played for 65 minutes, and the crowd clamored for an encore, but the lights went up after a couple of minutes. If the intent was to leave them wanting more, it worked. That said, the high points should boil down to a strong half-hour "Austin City Limits" segment when the performance airs later this year.
1. Under the Pressure
2. Baby Missiles
3. Arms Like Boulders
5. Lost in the Dream
6. An Ocean in Between the Waves
7. Disappearing
8. Eyes to the Wind
9. Red Eyes
10. In Reverse
11. Suffering
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State Rep Keith Ammon Left in the Dark about the Trial of the Teacher who Threatened Him
by Kaleb Jacob / 29 December 2021 29 December 2021
On December 17, 2021, at the 9th Circuit Court in Goffstown, a judge handed down a sentence in a case that eluded the headlines for most of the year, but it was certainly worthy of the publicity as you will find as you read on.
Daniel James Rattigan, 31, was very quietly convicted of obstruction of government administration and harassment.
There are three media outlets below that covered this story. These are short and quick to read. After you read one or more of the articles, scroll down for the rest of the story. Also, keep in mind that the worst of the threat made by Daniel Rattigan was not published.
I have seen it, and if such a threat were made to you and your family, I am confident you would find it quite unsettling to the point where you may not sleep at night.
We want to thank Kaleb Jacob for this Op-Ed. If you have an Op-Ed or LTE
Washington Examiner: Former New Hampshire teacher pleads guilty to threatening lawmaker who supported CRT ban
Newsmax: New Hampshire Teacher Pleads Guilty to Threatening Lawmaker Over Anti-CRT Bill
Epoch Times: Former Teacher Pleads Guilty to Sending Violent Threats Over Anti-CRT Law
Daniel Rattigan was formerly a teacher at Armand R. Middle School in Allenstown, NH. I am not writing about whether the legislation Rep. Keith Ammon supported was inflammatory or not because it is not relevant to the threatening post from Mr. Rattigan. Filing or supporting legislation should not put anyone's life in danger.
As stated before, the links above explain what Mr. Rattigan posted online was the G-rated version of what he posted to NH State Representative Keith Ammon's Facebook page. He used an account that could not easily be traced to his real identity.
In the end, Daniel Rattigan pleaded guilty to the charges, so this does lend final credibility to Mr. Rattigan making such threats against NH State Representative Keith Ammon and his family.
Full disclosure; Keith Ammon and I are personal friends and have been for over 10 years. Everything I am disclosing here is public information. I felt compelled to write this, with his permission, because this is a newsworthy story that the larger outlets in New Hampshire have not reported. This should make national news, especially with the nugget that the perpetrator was a school teacher.
A NH State Representative can endure a lot of scrutiny and sadly, even threats over their term. Mr. Rattigan attempted to hide his identity, and he had also been a teacher that shaped New Hampshire's future via our most precious resource – our children.
It is also important for the public to understand that Hon. Keith Ammon was never made aware of the trial.
He was never given the opportunity to give a victim impact statement.
He was not notified of the court date, so it was impossible for him to have an opportunity to face his accuser.
He spent months trying to get an update on his case with multiple agencies, which rested with the New Boston Police Dept. where it was ultimately brought to trial.
This really surprised me, as I am pretty familiar with victim impact statements from a previous career and even a case where a client owed me money where I was allowed to make one. But NH Rep. Keith Ammon was never notified of the court date and was not given that opportunity.
While I feel that this was unfair to him as the victim, I also feel that this should not have flown under the radar of the New Hampshire press and that the citizens of New Hampshire should know who is teaching their children.
The kicker here is that although Mr. Rattigan was convicted on two charges, harassment and obstructing government administration, his fines were suspended except for $620 on one charge and there was no jail time. I question why the charge was harassment when it was clearly criminal threatening. Perhaps one that was pleaded to a lesser charge.
The justice system had a chance to make an example out of such horrific behavior, but we slapped his hand and let him walk.
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"Kim Il Sung will always be with Us," or what I learned in NK (4)
This is my final post about my trip to NK; here is one, two, and three. The post title comes from a remark a local guide made to me, and that is standard KIS image in the pic.
7. The Korean People's Army is pretty much everywhere.
This is easily the most militarized state I've ever been in. Soldiers and other uniformed military are everywhere, and units of KPA were doing all sorts of even banal things, like going to the Pyongyang fun fair, together en bloc. Guards carried automatic weapons openly in public with disturbing frequency. And the KPA was pretty clearly a captive, exploited labor force. Again and again we saw KPA young men fixing roads, constructing buildings, working in the fields, felling trees, and doing all sorts of things with little connection to actual soldiering – and doing all these dirty tasks in uniform, looking very uncomfortable and overheated. Guides regularly told us about a 'heroic, glorious' KPA work brigade that built that or this, but all I could think of was how miserable those young men looked making bricks or hoeing a field in the August heat while in a uniform wholly unsuited for the job and probably getting paid zippo. This wasn't the army – it was impressed labor in a workers' state. Ironically, if there's any one thing East Asia has in abundance, it's construction companies; SK, Japan, and China love building white elephants. What a shame then to waste your 20s as semi-enslaved labor building a crappy highway for the KPA that no one will use anyway, because no one owns a car.
8. Don't Personality Cults face Time-Constraints as They Age?
Another thing I kept wondering about is how long this whole ideological structure can lurch on, when everyday takes North Koreans further and further away from the actual life and exploits of KIS. In the first post, I noted that NK felt like a neopatrimonial absolute monarchy or even theocracy – mostly focused on the persons themselves of KJI and especially KIS as a Korean-communist version of Jesus. So if NK isn't even Korea anymore, but the "Kim Il Sung state," then how long can it hang on – or to be more specific, remain ideologically coherent – without KIS around? If the whole show is built around one or two guys, and they aren't around, then isn't there a time limit to how long such an ideology can actually remain convincing to anyone? For example, we saw students using computers at a university. KIS (d. 1994) never saw any computers and provided no guidance on them. So as computers become more common in even NK, how can that be connected to a personality cult whose traits are frozen in time, i.e., KIS' lifespan, 1912-94?
This problem strikes me as inevitable for any highly personalized system. At some point everyone, even Stalin, dies; time continues to tick by; eventually new generations grow up for whom this stuff isn't even a distant memory, it's just ritual. Maybe the 'KIS state' can sorta work 18 years after his death, but what about 50 or 100 years? George Washington, a similarly lionized founder, may have been such an inspiration to early Americans that he was offered the kingship of America, but it's hard to imagine a 'George Washington state' by, say, 1850. At some point, the sheer passage of time would undercut any such personalistic regime, no?
Maybe NK is aware of this, because it looks like they're trying to replace one personality with another in the personality cult (KJU replaces KJI replaces KIS), but doesn't that violate the basic premise of a personality cult – that one awesome personage (Hitler, Stalin, Mao) instantiates everything great about a certain national community? (If you've actually studied personality cults and their longevity, please chime in here). So instead of NK being a personality cult, I guess it's now a 'family cult'? Does that even make sense? Can that work if the latest guy in the family line has almost no accomplishments at all? At least, KJI had the nukes.
As the pics in this post show, KIS is everywhere, but he's been dead now for almost 20 years. I guess that is not too far in the past yet, but inevitably it will be. Time marches on, and no matter what the regime does, eventually KIS will become a distant memory – a frozen almost mythic great leader, again like George Washington is to Americans perhaps, but not an actual present figure guiding the state. The personality cult of KJI was already a struggle and less convincing. KJI never equaled his father in terms of (real or apparent) successes, like struggling against the Japanese or founding the DPRK, and there aren't nearly as many statues and such of KJI as there are of KIS. Is KJU just up to the task? I doubt it. People are mortal and can't be institutions, no matter how powerful they are.
Similarly, the cult felt frozen because it rehearsed again and again for us the 'glory days' – KIS' guerilla war against the Japanese, the founding of the DPRK, and the Korean war. (Not surprisingly, the propaganda wildly overblows KIS' role in both the defeat of Japan and the creation of NK; there's almost no mention of the American, Chinese or Soviet role in any of this. And apparently NK won the Korean war too.) So if you're a N Korean, you really get it that KIS did some great stuff in the 40s and 50s. Ok. But what about the other 60 years since then? There's almost nothing. What did KIS do in the 60s or 70s or 80s? I would have almost no idea judging solely by the statuary, the murals, the parks and locations we visited, the talks we got, etc., because it all focused on the independence struggle and the Korean war. (KIS smiling and pointing to a dam or the metro hardly compares with defeating Japan, and sheer volume of imagery of the latter over the former makes that pretty clear.) But the further in time these glories recede, the more it becomes stale no matter how much it gets mythologized. At some point, the past is past, and nothing we saw told me that NK has a strategy for the future.
9. A Few more Notable Observations
a. Just to reinforce just much NK really is the KIS state, NK runs an alternate 'Juche Calendar' whose point of origin is the year of KIS birth. So 2012 is Juche year 101. This was all over the literature we received.
b. Forgetting where I was for a moment, I asked our guides if they had email addresses so I could send some pictures. None of them had one. When we were showed computers (see we're modern), they all ran on bootlegged copies of Windows XP, and the 'internet' was actually a NK intranet. No surprise there, but notable nonetheless.
c. Corn was planted in almost every accessible nook and cranny of the countryside. We saw it constantly – up and down in hills in crazy-quilt patterns, or in gullies and ditches next to roads at terrible angles – all of which will be pretty hard to access for harvesting. We took that to be a mark of just how food-desperate the country was.
d. Dilapidation was everywhere. We saw people starting trucks by cranking the engine with a crowbar (I don't think I've ever seen that outside of the movies). On the Soviet-era plane we flew to Mt. Paekdu, the overhead bins had no doors. If we'd hit turbulence, imagine the bags flying all over the place smashing into people's heads. Flush toilets outside of Pyongyang were a luxury. Beds were flat boards with a blanket on top. Brownouts and back-up candles were common; hot water was not. The roads were atrocious; everyone began to avoid the back of the bus.To be honest, it kept reminding me of traveling in southern Africa where nothing worked right and our drivers kept saying 'TIA.'
e. I kept wondering what SK will do with all this commie stuff when they finally take over (and I do think NK will collapse one day). The historian in me says it'd be a terrible shame to rip it all down. It's history, whether we like it or not and shouldn't get airbrushed out. The political scientist in me says the opposite: tear it all down as symbols of possibly the worst government in the history of East Asia and get on with reorientation toward democracy. Tough question.
Continued in Part 5.
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keneckert on September 10, 2012 at 3:24 pm said:
This was very fascinating reading, Robert. You've seen some things which normally aren't exposed to outsiders. Again, as another poster asked, I'm curious if these people weren't at all suspicious of you after learning that you know some Korean and have an academic background in the subject.
You're correct that it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain relevance to KIS as his memory recedes, and for KJU to heroically and epically open a new vinylyn factory / shopping mall / Pizza Hut becomes increasingly strained. One advantage the regime does have is that as the years advance there are fewer and fewer people with personal memories of KIS or his life, and so the rhetoric can be increasingly overblown and presented as axiomatic cultural capitol– just as we have the unquestioned stories about Washington that he was a devoted churchgoer who never told a lie after cutting down cherry trees.
The NK gangsterocracy has been very adept at changing its propaganda to suit topical needs. From the 50s to 80s it presented itself as communist to cadge money from China / USSR. After then it portrayed itself as a pure race needing protection from the barbarians, necessitating nuclear deterrence. My guess is that they will present KIS in increasingly religious-esque (is this a word?) garb until hopefully KJU has developed his own accomplishments. (Might the early caesar/emperors of the A.D. Roman empire have been a sort of family cult?) Though I do see encouraging signs that KJU might intend a middle way where the country can emulate some of China's/Vietnam's capitalist markets while holding on to the racial isolation strategy, making himself a more benign dictator. It's interesting that your guides knew what e-mail addresses WERE, or didn't condemn them as decadent inventions.
What does "TIA" mean?
Robert E Kelly on September 10, 2012 at 4:51 pm said:
We really should meet sometime. You consistently offer great commentary. If you ever have a conference up there and need a panelist or something, let me know. I'd love to drop by.
So you don't think opening a fast food joint is a heroic commitment to the workers and the minjeok? Get with the program. Your juche spirit is obviously flagging. Pleather factories are the future of the revolution!
I think your general analysis is spot on. I like the idea of 'axiomatic cultural capital.' Trapped as I am in the world of game theory and GDP, I never would have thought of that. That insight should probably be written up as an ideological strategy for NK until, as you say, KJU gets some accomplishments of his own, like blowing up a bridge in SK or something suitably awful and inflammatory. Ah, the insanity of the Kim family…
Maybe Lankov is right, and NK is changing. But I don't think so; I think so far this stuff is cosmetic. Certainly the iconography we saw presented no forward movement, which I found worrisome (from the perspective of the regime's survival).
TIA = This is Africa: http://asiansecurityblog.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/more-african-impressions/
Thanks for commenting once again. Always appreciated.
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CW_1 on October 17, 2012 at 10:15 am said:
Hi Robert, thank you for your insightful blog posts. There is an excellent new book on NK that seeks to address the very question you raise here, namely, the presumably finite lifespan of the charismatic authority of authoritarian political leaders, especially when they are already dead, and their principle achievements (however fictionalized) are receding into the past. The book is 'North Korea: Beyond Charismatic Authority,' by Kwon and Chung, and offers a sophisticated analysis of the North Korean 'Theatre State,' and its use of ritual and symbol to prolong Kim Il Sung's charisma beyond the material limits encountered by other personality cults.
Robert E Kelly on October 17, 2012 at 1:45 pm said:
Thanks for reading. I am glad you like the blog. I will take a look at the book. Thanks for the suggestion.
plantingpennies on December 22, 2012 at 2:37 pm said:
Still thinking about this one after having read it a couple days ago. Uniformed farm help—not soldiers. Bewildering and sad.
Robert E Kelly on December 22, 2012 at 2:41 pm said:
You keep 'liking' my stuff. Thank you. I'm flattered you find the writing so good.
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Earliest motor sports
Race tracks and racing organisations
Production- and saloon-car racing
Car-club motor sport
Long-distance rallies
Speedway and drag racing
First stand-alone motor race, 1905
The dust flies at Christchurch's Addington Raceway during New Zealand's first race meeting for motor vehicles alone, held in 1905. Thirty vehicles took part in this Great Automobile Gymkhana. Events included a driving competition and races around the trotting track, the number of laps varying according to each vehicle's horsepower. The under-6-horsepower class was won by a local GP, Dr Diamond, in a De Dion car.
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First New Zealand motor race, 1901
Auckland to Wellington reliability run, 1906
Jim Webber, 'Motor sport - Earliest motor sports', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/39903/first-stand-alone-motor-race-1905 (accessed 20 January 2020)
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Presidio Commemorates 50th Anniversary of the Presidio 27 "Mutiny" at the Stockade
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Presidio of San Francisco (September 24, 2018) – Fifty years ago this October, the Presidio Stockade at Fort Winfield Scott was the site of the Presidio 27 Mutiny, a defining moment in the growing movement against the war in Vietnam. On October 14, 1968, 27 prisoners in the stockade staged a peaceful protest, reading their list of demands against harsh conditions in the jail and singing We Shall Overcome. For this they were tried for mutiny, the most serious military offense. In the days prior, a guard had shot and killed a prisoner and a massive anti-war demonstration had come right up to the Presidio's gates, the first organized by GIs and veterans nationwide. To commemorate this pivotal time in our history, the Presidio Trust presents two public programs which illuminate the "mutiny," the context from which it grew, and its significance today. A showing of rare film clips documenting this story followed by a panel discussion October 13 and an immersive experience and re-enactment at the former stockade on October 14, invite visitors to hear first-hand accounts from the original Presidio 27 soldier activists, their defense attorneys, filmmakers, scholars and historians as they share personal stories and stimulate discussion on such relevant contemporary themes such as a divided nation, dissent, and non-violence.
History of the "Mutiny" at the Stockade
On October 14, 1968, 27 prisoners in the Presidio Stockade broke ranks during roll call formation, sat down in a circle in the grassy yard, joined arms, sang We Shall Overcome, and asked to present a list of demands to the stockade commander that addressed the treatment of fellow prisoners and the conditions inside. The 27 also called for an end to the harassment of Black prisoners and many expressed their opposition to the Vietnam War. Just days before a guard had shot and killed a prisoner and GIs had taken to the streets of San Francisco in massive demonstrations against the war that came right up to the Presidio's gates—the first anti-war marches organized by GIs and veterans in the nation. For staging this peaceful protest, amidst the heightened tensions of a country increasingly divided over the Vietnam War, the Army tried the 27 for mutiny, the most serious military offense. The actions of the 27 and their subsequent trials made headlines, shocked the Army and the nation, brought the GI movement onto the national stage, inspired the anti-war movement, catalyzed improvements in U.S. military prisons around the world, and ultimately helped to end the Vietnam War.
In 1968, as more and more soldiers began questioning the Vietnam War, going AWOL (absent without leave) and deserting the military, many flocked to San Francisco's counterculture. Those who turned themselves in or were picked up by authorities, were brought to the Presidio, the nearest Army post, and held in the Stockade. As its population swelled to nearly twice what it was designed to hold, stockade conditions became increasingly chaotic and overcrowded, a ticking time bomb. The average age of the Presidio 27 was nineteen and all were AWOL's. Most were from working-class backgrounds, some came from career military families, and only five had finished high school. Their convictions for mutiny came with sentences ranging from six months to sixteen years. Years later, and only after great personal hardship and sacrifice, including years spent in federal prison, the military overturned their convictions on appeal and reduced their sentences. In the end, the appeals judge found that rather than intending to usurp or override lawful military authority, requirements for the charge of mutiny, the Presidio 27, in reading their demands to their commanding officers, were actually invoking and imploring the very military authority they had been charged with seeking to override.
Interpretive Programs at the Presidio
As a US Army post, the Presidio has served as the backdrop for decisive moments in our nation's history – some triumphant, some tragic. Today a national park with over seven million visitors annually, the Presidio hosts free public programs and exhibitions to illuminate place-based history, both human and natural, and to use this past to explore themes that have relevance in our world today.
This fall the Presidio Trust is welcoming visitors to the park with a fresh and exciting menu of place-based walks and talks, films and performances, immersive adventures, and family fun. This includes honoring the Presidio's extensive military past with a series of events exploring some of the most distinguished as well as darkest chapters in its history, including the Presidio 27 "Mutiny" at the Stockade; the life of one of the post's most celebrated commanders, General John J. Pershing; commemorations of the Veterans Day/Armistice Day Centennial; a USO style dance; the music of Presidio Bands; and the current special exhibition in the Presidio Officers' Club, Exclusion: The Presidio's Role in World War II Japanese American Incarceration.
Public programs and exhibitions are created by Presidio Trust staff and community partners. The Presidio 27 stories are being documented in a joint oral history project with the University of California Berkeley's Oral History Center. For more information on these and other public programs presented regularly at the historic Presidio Officers' Club and around the Park, visit www.presidio.gov/events.
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Event: Presidio 27: Panel Discussion - "Mutiny" at the Stockade
Date: Saturday, October 13
Time: 7 pm to 9 pm
Place: Presidio Officers' Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco
On October 14, 1968, 50 years ago, in a country increasingly divided over the Vietnam War, 27 inmates in the Presidio Stockade staged a peaceful sit-down protest after a fellow prisoner was shot and killed by a guard. For this action, that called attention to the treatment of fellow prisoners and the conditions inside, the Presidio 27 were tried for mutiny, the most serious military offense. A panel discussion followed by audience Q&A, will dive deeper into the history of the Presidio 27 and their contemporary relevance. Presidio Trust Historian, Barbara Berglund Sokolov, will moderate a conversation with panelists David Cortright (Director of Policy Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame and author of Soldiers in Revolt: GI Resistance During the Vietnam War); Jeff Patterson (of Courage to Resist, first service member to refuse to fight in Iraq); Randy Rowland (one of the Presidio 27); Susan Schnall (Navy nurse court-martialed for her actions against the Vietnam War); and Brendan Sullivan (Army defense attorney for the Presidio 27). Presented in association with Veterans For Peace San Francisco, Chapter 69.
Link: https://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-27-panel-discussion-mutiny-at-the-stockade
Event: Presidio 27 On Site Immersion: "Mutiny" at the Stockade
Date: Sunday, October 14
Place: Fort Scott Stockade, 1213 Ralston Ave., the Presidio of San Francisco
On October 14, 1968, 27 prisoners in the Presidio Stockade staged a peaceful sit-down protest to call attention to the treatment of fellow prisoners and the conditions inside. Just days before, a guard had shot and killed a prisoner, and GIs had taken to the streets of San Francisco in massive demonstrations against the war in Vietnam. For staging this peaceful protest, the Army tried the 27 for mutiny, the most serious military offense. On the 50th anniversary of the event, immerse yourself in the experience of the Presidio 27 in the place where it happened, with the people who took part. The afternoon includes music of the day, a virtual tour, audio stories, and the opportunities to converse with the original members of the Presidio 27. Listen to the voices of participants, meet them and hear their stories, and learn about the Presidio 27's relevance today. Presented in association with Veterans for Peace San Francisco, Chapter 69.
Link: https://www.presidio.gov/events/presidio-27-on-site-mutiny-at-the-stockade
About the Presidio and the Presidio Trust
The Presidio Trust is a federal agency that manages the Presidio of San Francisco, a national park at the heart of the 82,000-acre Golden Gate National Recreation Area. In partnership with the National Park Service and the non-profit Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, the Presidio Trust brings alive the park's historic, natural, and recreational assets for the inspiration, education, health, and enjoyment of all people at no cost to taxpayers. Spanning nearly 1,500 acres in a spectacular setting at the Golden Gate, the Presidio is defined by its history, spectacular views, natural habitats, and beautiful opens spaces. It is home to 3,000 residents and 200 tenant organizations, many of which welcome and serve the public. The Presidio Trust is focused on welcoming all to the national park experience, protecting and enhancing the environment, and operating in service to the public. Learn more at www.presidio.gov.
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Universal Knowledge: The Secret of Happiness
"THE SHORTNESS OF OUR PRESENT STATE"
By Mitchell Kalpakgian | April 2005
Mitchell Kalpakgian is author of The Marvelous in Fielding's Novels (University of America Press), The Mysteries of Life in Children's Literature (Neumann Press), and the newly released An Armenian Family Reunion (Neumann Press).
In a consumerist society where happiness is equated with the acquisition of material things, in a hedonistic society where happiness is associated with the accumulation of comforts and pleasures of the flesh, in a politically correct world where happiness follows from tolerance and diversity, in a political realm where the pursuit of happiness is envisioned in terms of more individual rights and choices, in corporate America where happiness is measured in terms of wealth and profits, and in an academic environment where happiness is equated with degrees, publications, and prestige, the truth about authentic human happiness is forgotten.
Imlac, the poet and sage in Samuel Johnson's Rasselas, states, "we grow more happy as our minds take a wider range…. He explains, "I am less unhappy than the rest, because I have a mind replete with images, which I can vary and combine at pleasure…. In other words, happiness is a particular state of mind, not economic status, the satiation of pleasure, worldly honors, moral neutrality, or an island paradise. A mind that takes "a wider range… transcends the narrowness of specialization, pedantry, and small-mindedness. A mind "replete with images… incorporates knowledge from many sources: travel and experience, books and learning, encounters and conversations with people from all walks of life. Obsession with money, sports, honors, entertainment, or fashion does not expand the mind to a "wider range… or a sense of the universal, and the politically correct notion that all truth is relative contradicts the idea of an enduring, perennial wisdom. A mind that takes "a wider range… also transcends the bias of what C.S. Lewis termed "chronological snobbery… — the fashionable notion that only the latest opinions are relevant.
In Johnson's short novel, Rasselas, the prince of Abissinia, lives in Happy Valley, which appears to be a utopia. Physical comfort, pleasure, and luxury surround him: "Every desire was immediately granted. All the artificers of pleasure were called to gladden the festivity; the musicians exerted the power of harmony, and the dancers showed their activity before the princes……. Yet the prince is restless, melancholy, and bored in this narrow, confined world: "But possessing all that I can want, I find one hour exactly like another, except that the latter is still more tedious than the former…. His mind enjoys neither a wide range nor a variety of images. Unoccupied and passive, Rasselas lacks a goal and any purpose. Having nothing to look forward to in the future and needing "something to pursue,… he cries out, "give me something to desire…. A healthy state of mind, then, that increases human happiness requires an enlarged view of the whole of reality; requires variety, contrast, and change that engage the mind and provide it with a new supply of images; requires the anticipation of fulfilling some important goal. In the repetitious life in Happy Valley, Rasselas's mind is jaded with the same stale images. Confined to a valley surrounded by vast imprisoning mountains, Rasselas does not participate in the wider world. Idling in Happy Valley, the prince strives for no goal. Because nature abhors a vacuum, a mind that is not replete with images is soon filled with an uncontrollable imagination that invents daydreams: "The mind dances from scene to scene, unites pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow…. Rasselas fantasizes that perfect happiness lies somewhere beyond the mountains, that an escape from Happy Valley will lead to heroic adventures in which good always triumphs over evil.
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Goodbye, Good Men & U.S. Seminaries
Christ & Neighbor by John C. Cort
Thinking Morally
May a woman spend $10,000 on a facelift to conceal ordinary aging? May a mechanic continue working for a shop that cheats customers?
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The Outer Worlds preview and interview – 'we wanted to be a fun game'
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The co-creators of Fallout are teaming up to make a new first person role-player that aims to put the fun, and the funniness, back into the genre. Bleeding Edge hands-on and interview – Xbox's ambitious new fighter The Outer Worlds is so dripping in irony they should probably get Alanis Morissette to do the theme tune. It's a video game about the evils of capitalism by a developer that's just been bought out by one of the biggest companies on the planet. It's also a game which celebrates what can be done on a very modest budget, even though, suddenly, that's not a problem at all. And then, finally, there's the fact that it's full of comic irony, an action role-player by the original creators of Fallout that remembers that one of the main appeals of the series used to be that it was purposefully funny. Although there's no post-apocalyptic setting (thank goodness, we think we've had enough of those for now) The Outer Worlds is not ashamed of the debt it owes to Fallout. But then it's being made by two of the original creators, Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, who, unlike Bethesda, were with the franchise from the beginning and partly responsible for creating the original setting and concept. Cain was the producer on the first Fallout and co-director on the second, while Boyarsky, who we got to interview, started as an artist on the first two games before going on to become co-director of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines and senior world designer on Diablo III. So between the two of them they've been involved in some of the most acclaimed Western role-playing games of all time. The idea in The Outer Worlds is that you're on an alien world that was originally meant to be terraformed into a paradise but things went wrong and the process ended up turning the wildlife into aggressive monsters, leaving behind only the less principled corporations and a colony ship that's only there by accident – and with most of its passengers still in hibernation. As one of those that has been woken up your goal is to make a life for yourself and, if possible, find a better planet. The basic set-up seems closer to Borderlands than Fallout but the gameplay clearly has a lot in common with Bethesda's first person titles, as well as the original isometric entries. The graphics though are unlikely to be winning any awards, at E3 or elsewhere, and it's a testament to The Outer Worlds' other qualities that the low budget visuals don't get in the way at all. 'We never really had much choice!' says Boyarsky, when we ask him whether he got frustrated having to working with a relatively small budget.
'Even when we were pitching this three years ago, when we first started working on it, Private Division [2K's new indie label] were interested but we didn't have a lot of other people that were. So we had to pitch this as a smaller game. It's less risk, but it also means we get more freedom in what we do.' The hands-off demo starts with you picking up a mission in a Wild West style town, where one of the local gang/business leaders wants you to take out a rival who's making a killing selling a bacon-esque product that is actually a disgusting-looking tumour that has to be harvested from creatures called cystypigs. That's not the sort of mission you'd ever get in Fallout and while Boyarsky is reticent to comment on why Bethesda took the black comedy out of the series he does know why it was added back in for The Outer Worlds. 'That's really a result of the people who are making it', he says. 'You get a snapshot of our personalities in that game [the original Fallout] and that was when we were sitting around talking about the game we wanted to make. So my darkness and Tim's silliness, and a couple of other people's personalities, all wedged together and that's what we came up with. There was no one around telling us we couldn't do it and it's kind of the same this time as well.' The Outer Worlds – we forget what these are called but we were told they were dangerous Despite the irony provided by Obsidian's new owners the game does have a serious side to it, in that it pokes fun at corporate logic that, while exaggerated for The Outer World's sci-fi world, is not as far removed from reality as it first seems. We suggest to Boyarsky that that works because the more you poke fun at seemingly serious institutions the more absurd you realise they really are. 'That's a fantastic way to put it', he says. 'And I think one of rules, when we're talking to our writers and level designers, when they were trying to make something that would fit with the humour of the game, is that if you're going to do something that's very dark it has to have a silly, humorous edge to it and vice versa. 'Because, even beyond just making a point, if you want to do something that has an impact on the player… if you just have it so dark and miserable it's not fun to play it turns people off because it's too heavy. We knew we wanted to do this world that was kind of on the verge of collapse and it could have been very depressing if we played it straight, so we wanted to be a fun game.' 'And to me, the way I like to make points, is through humour. I feel like it's more effective, I feel like people don't think you're lecturing at them so much. And even then I'm way more about raising questions than trying to tell you what the answer is', adds Boyarsky. 'Because even with the corporate side of this game we try to make it that when you go and talk to them they have logical reasons for doing what they're doing. They think they're in the right.' ''They're not sitting there thinking, 'How are we going to make people's lives horrible?' They think they're creating this perfect society that works for the best of everybody. So I always try to approach things that way, where it feels like they're characters with believable motivations even if it's coming from an absurd situation.' The demo mission involves a quick trip into the wastelands, where the more dangerous creatures are avoided and the smaller ones dealt with for a quick bit of loot. That's almost the only action we see in the demo though as the guy playing opts to instead talk things out with the various guards he meets. Although rather than the po-faced dialogue of Fallout that involves bullying, charming, and even romancing other characters – from bluffing your way past lazy, dim-witted guards to whispering binary poetry into robots' metal ears. Even with a non-player character in tow you have a special disguise which is convincing enough that you can talk to most people and have a chance of convincing them you should be there, rather than them just shooting you on sight. That even works with the robots, which you're able to reprogram to shoot the guards, allowing you to sneak into the main office and confront the big boss. 'Charlie and Tim looked at a lot of different shooter action games to see what kind of things they wanted but our main game was always about an in-depth story with a lot of reactivity', says Boyarsky of the core mechanics. 'I'm really happy that we were able to get the disguise system in there, because I think it's a wonderful way for talking characters to be able to get through restricted areas. It's like your sneak path for a talking person, because I can talk my way past guards.' Once you reach your target you're given the option to simply shoot him, as per your contract, to take more money from him to do the opposite, or convince him that he should team up with the other gang leader and find a peaceful solution. The Outer Worlds has all the role-playing depth you'd expect of a Fallout style game but it's the ability to talk your way out of trouble that really sets it aside from the crowd. That and the fact that the dialogue is interesting, and funny, enough that you actually want to sit through it all.
The obvious parting question for Boyarsky is whether he knows what he'll work on after The Outer Worlds and whether it will take advantage of the larger budgets offered by the Microsoft acquisition. 'I think I know', he says. 'But hopefully the budget will be within reason. I don't wanna fall into that trap.' 'Obviously a bigger budget is better, but only within reason. Because I feel like some of the best ideas that me and Tim have come up with, in our careers, were forced onto us by having to have creative solutions to things like not enough time or not enough money. 'I feel like if you are not given any restrictions or things you have to overcome, I feel like people can end up spinning their wheels or trying to put too much into it. It's a great way to focus your thinking when you have to figure out, 'How are we going to do this with this amount of money and this amount of time? 'I think it just gives you a lot more freedom in a lot of ways. It doesn't give you as much freedom on the technological flashiness end, but it gives you more freedom on content.' Formats: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC Publisher: Private Division Developer: Obsidian Entertainment Release Date: 25th October 2019 The Outer Worlds – the graphics are okay, but nothing more
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Ukraine religious front is heating up
May 3, 2021 by Administrator
Improvised new religious systems regularly accompany hare-brained Western "nation building" schemes. Montenegro and Macedonia [now "northern," of course] could be cited as examples. The Ukraine is no exception. The formation, beginning in 2014, of an active Ukrainian "anti-Russia," to use Nikolay Starikov's apt expression, could not be completed without concocting its own pseudo-ecclesiastical infrastructure. We outlined that process some time ago (and here).
Essentially, in the implementation of the Ukrainian religious operation the office of the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch in Constantinople played a key role. Going back almost a century, the patriarchal office has in the theological sense been filled by Western stooges. But in the nitty-gritty political and intelligence sense, its vassalage, encompassing a close working relationship with NATO political centers and Western special services, dates back to at least the period immediately following World War II.
That cosy relationship bore ample fruit after the Ukrainian crisis was exacerbated in the aftermath of the 2014 Maidan coup. The radical reconfiguration of the Ukraine as a NATO arsenal and forward post strategically situated on Russia's border presupposed certain factors of social cohesion that could hold it together. One of those factors was the whipping up of extreme Ukrainian nationalism. It was given particular impetus by the massive and multigenerational influx of World War II Ukrainian Nazi collaborators and their descendants who had taken refuge in the US, Canada and other Western countries while waiting for their hour to strike. The other factor was the calculated intrusion of the Ecumenical Patriarch, at his curators' behest, and after receiving a hefty bakshееsh from the Poroshenko government, into the chaotic Ukrainian religious situation. While the majority of Ukrainians remain faithful to the autonomous Ukrainian Orthodox Church which is in communion with the Moscow Patriarchy, there are numerous competing splinter groups operating without canonical recognition. The brilliant hare-brained idea of Western "experts" was to consolidate these canonically irregular factions around an equally illegitimate hierarch who would then be anointed by our old friend, the self-presumed Orthodox "Eastern Pope" in Constantinople. And voilà!, now you've got your native religion to go along with the nationalist fervour and political megalomania. All the building blocks of the "new nation" are thus nicely in place.
It passed largely unnoted, but the recent rise in tensions and NATO Ukraine's bellicose behaviour on the political and military fronts was anticipated late last year by a quiet visit paid to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew by Ukrainian Prime Minister Dinis [Denis, presumably] Schmygal, on 30 November 2020. It is reported that Schmygal was accompanied by several other cabinet ministers as well as some clergy from the canonically dubious church structure known as the "Orthodox Church of Ukraine" (OKU), the very same outfit which Schmygal's host had recently decreed into existence.
According to a well-informed German source, "more details about the meeting have only recently become known. The Ukrainian Prime Minister has assured the Constantinople Hierarch that Kiev is ready to implement all measures required by the Constantinople Patriarchate to strengthen the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OKU). This includes the official support of the OKU and the guarantee of congregational transfers from the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (OUK) to the canonically disputed OKU. In January 2019, the Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew, 'recognized' the OKU, newly founded from several schismatic churches, by awarding it a tomos – which is a church charter. In the opinion of most other Orthodox churches, he has thus exceeded his competencies as 'first among equals'."
In the "opinion of most", that much is correct, but to be exact not all Orthodox churches because the Ecumenical Patriarchy has been frantically busy arm-twisting wherever possible to gain some semblance of legal recognition for its illegitimate Ukrainian progeny, much as its Western directors have been doing on behalf of their Kosovo entity. So far, the Patriarchy has scored some successes with the Greek and Alexandrian, as well as partially with the Cypriot, Orthodox Churches.
But the disclosure about these high-level talks that is of the greatest interest by far, especially in light of the border provocations which subsequently took place during the first months of this year, is the Ukrainian side's apparent commitment to their patriarchal host. It is, no less, than to accelerate by state interference the transfer of parishes from the canonically established church in the Ukraine to the canonically problematic agglomeration of schismatic factions to which Bartholomew awarded a veneer of legitimacy in 2019. It does not require much analytical sophistication to see clearly the operation of the identical political mind-set which inspired in the recent weeks the projected use of force to "solve" the Donbass and even the Crimean situations.
Indeed, completely ignored by globalist media, a deliberately instigated religious war has been raging in the Ukraine since the 2014 coup. That has, in fact, recently been reaching crescendo and in visible coordination with plans for forceful NATO-Ukrainian interventions on the military and political fronts that were simultaneously being laid.
In the poignant film that follows, the appalling situation on the ground is eloquently portrayed:
The tragic persecution of the Ukrainian faithful, forcible takeover of their parishes, the systematic despoiling of their property, and denial of their right to worship as they choose, all of which is everyday reality in the NATO colony of Ukraine – none of that triggers the slightest notice or arouses the concern of "human rights" and "rule of law" advocates. Least of all does it perturb anyone at the Office of International Religious Freedom.
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For as long as he can remember, Dartmoor has cast a powerful spell over Andrew. He was born and brought up in sight of the moors and his weekends were often spent playing among boulders and paddling in cold streams. As a youngster, Andrew was enthralled by huge sea trout leaping in the twilight, buzzards wheeling above craggy tors and the creeping closure of carnivorous plants consuming prey. It is no surprise that these uplands motivated Andrew to become a wildlife film maker.
After a lifetime spent producing BBC Natural History documentaries all over the world, the opportunity arose for Andrew to revisit the highest remaining wildwood in Britain and meet some amazing people. To stand waist deep in a frozen white wilderness, walk among drifts of native daffodils and revel in a story millions of years in the making were just some of the reasons to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Dartmoor National Park in a special book.
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Macaulay Culkin was one of the cutest kids in the world, but also he was a great actor. In this movie Richie Rich, he plays a lonely kid who has everything but all he wants is friends, and for his parents to be alive. It's a great film about searching for friends and then showing them how cool your house is and letting them ride your personal roller coaster. Rob Reiner was the director and he did a fantastic job putting fun things in the movie, like the Kidapult, the Smell Master and bags of manure. Will Richie Rich find friends? You can watch the whole movie or I tell you in this video essay too. Enjoy!
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South Carolina Medicaid Agency Warns Employees Of 'Inordinate' Covid-19 Spike
Mask mandate imposed …
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) is not the tip of the spear in the Palmetto State when it comes to responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. That would be the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC).
For those of you unhip to the disorganized, ineffective and unaccountable maze of byzantine bureaucracy in South Carolina, SCDHHS is primarily a pass-through agency for federal Medicaid dollars. It is funded to the tune of $8.04 billion in the current (fiscal year 2021-22 budget). Of that total, $1.4 billion comes from the state's general fund.
Why so much money? Because nearly one million South Carolinians are currently on Medicaid.
Anyway, late last week SCDHHS issued an "agency broadcast" to its employees warning them of a spike in Covid-19 cases and requiring them to wear masks in response.
"We are currently experiencing an inordinate number of Covid-19 cases in SCDHHS facilities," the broadcast noted. "During this time period, team members must wear a mask when in any common area in the building or when interacting in-person with others."
The broadcast also instructed "anyone who is sick, displaying symptoms consistent with those of Covid-19 or who has recently been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid-19" not to enter any SCDHHS facilities.
"This policy shall remain in effect until further notice," the broadcast added, reminding employees that "supervisors have the authority to send team members home if they are displaying symptoms with Covid-19."
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What prompted this updated policy?
Employees at the agency were scratching their heads …
"We haven't had to wear masks since May or June," one employee who received the broadcast told me, saying there "seems to be no evidence (of) … Covid running rampant at the agency."
The employee, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told me their particular SCDHHS office building had more than a hundred employees and only one person had tested positive for Covid-19 since "we stopped having to wear masks this summer."
According to the latest data from SCDHEC, the rolling seven-day average of confirmed Covid-19 cases stood at 1,042 as of December 11 – roughly unchanged from the previous six days but much higher than the post-Delta nadir of 561 recorded on November 27.
As I have previously pointed out, though, we have no idea exactly how "viral" these infections are because SCDHEC still isn't collecting cycle threshold data – which would let us know how much viral load is present in each positive test. In other words we have no way of knowing whether one day's batch of positive results is more heavily laden with Covid-19 than the other.
As of December 12, a total of 497 Covid-19 positive patients were hospitalized in the Palmetto State, according to SCDHEC data (up 14 percent from the previous week). Of those, 150 were in intensive care (up 11.1 percent from the previous week) and 77 were ventilated (up 6.9 percent from the previous week).
To put those numbers in context, a total of 2,615 Covid-19 positive patients were hospitalized on September 13 – the peak influx of the delta variant. Meanwhile, 2,290 Covid-19 positive patients were hospitalized on January 13 at the apex of the "dark winter" surge.
(Via: FITSNews)
On the fatality front, an estimated 12,454 South Carolinians have died "with" Covid-19 since the agency began tracking data last March – with another 1,951 deaths listed as probable for Covid-19. That's a total of 14,405 deaths.
While the median age of Covid-19 deaths has certainly trended lower during the delta surge, the fact remains that if you are younger and in relatively good health, in the overwhelming majority of cases this virus is not a serious threat to you.
Also, a majority of deaths "with" Covid-19 – 60.9 percent, to be precise – have involved at least one other co-morbidity, or "conditions or causes in addition to Covid-19," according to the latest data (.pdf) from SCDHEC.
Covid-19 numbers could see an uptick in the weeks to come in South Carolina as the virus's reproduction rate – or "Rt" – is on the move in the state.
"Rt describes the average number of people that one individual is expected to infect, at any given time point in an epidemic," Yale researchers who have been tracking this critical indicator explained. "When Rt is above 1, we expect cases to increase in the near future. When Rt is below one, we expect cases to decrease in the near future."
As of this writing, South Carolina's Rt currently stands at 1.09 – well below its delta peak of 1.62 on July 18-19 but markedly higher than its post-delta nadir of 0.83 in early October. As long as this number exceeds 1, look for cases to continue climbing.
Will Folks is the founding editor of the news outlet you are currently reading. Prior to founding FITSNews, he served as press secretary to the governor of South Carolina. He lives in the Midlands region of the state with his wife and seven children. And yes, he has LOTS of hats (including that New York Knights' lid from 'The Natural' pictured above).
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