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Dalit woman denied to worship in the temple, stripped half naked, and beaten brutally
Posted by: NDMJ-Bihar
Date of incident: 14-06-2013
Create date: 27-11-2013
State:: Bihar
District:: SARAN
Police station:: Abtar Nagar
Chargesheet:: not filed
Summary:: The incident happened in Maa Ambika Bhawani Temple, which is situated in Abhi Village, Digwara PS, and Saran District. This is very old and famous temple. It is run by a trust. Now there is no dalit member in the trust. The temple is running by Panda. Hindu conducts their wedding ceremony in the village and as a custom, after getting married boy and girls have their Chouthary worship in the temple. In this area people follow this custom sincerely. The incident happened with Dalit women Shilpi Devi (21) w/o Raj Kumar Majhi(22) and a resident of Jowa village,during her Chouthary worship. Shilpi Devi, a newly wedded bride, along with her husband and mother-in-law Srimati Raj Kumari Devi, w/o of Harendra Majhi and other neighbor women had gone to Ambika Bhabani Temple to conduct Chothary Puja. All the women entered the temple to worship. They asked the priest to open the door of the temple to have a darshan of Maa Ambika's statue and offer Prasad. Then the priest Nilu Tiwari S/o Narayan Tiwari asked for money to open the door. Shilpi Devi's Mother in law Rajkumari Devi was giving Rs.100 note but he did not take money from her and asked her caste. She informed her caste as Dushadh(Dalit). After knowing her caste the Panda (priest) Tiwari asked for Rs.1000/- to open the door. Raj Kumari Devi and her family told that they cannot afford that amount. Then the priest did not open the door. So Sreemati Rajkumari Devi asked her daughter in law to worship outside, then Shilpi and other women started to worship outside. The Priest got angry for worshiping but not giving money and he started abusing them by using all bad slangs and thrown out the Puja Thali. Shilpi Devi's worshiping ingredient fell down here and there. When heard the noise priest Manoranjan Tiwari and Kumud Ranjan Tiwari, s/o-Narayan Tiwari, Akhil Tiwari s/o Nilu Tiwari with others came to the spot. Every one of them started hitting Shilpi Devi and other women using the name of caste. When Shilpi' s Mother in law, Raj Kumari Devi and her husband Raj Kumar Majhi went to protect them, pandas beaten them too. Shilpi got beaten more, two panda together tied shilpi's neck both side with her saree in the intention to kill her. Her clothe was totally worn out and she was made half naked. If Shilpi's husband and her neighbor women would not have saved in between then Shilpi would have made fully naked. The priests had beaten so much to Shilpi that she lost her sense and fell down on the floor. The priest also took out her jewelry (approximately 24gm gold) Victim Shipi Devi was taken to the Primary Health Center by her relatives. Regarding this FIR was lodged on 14.06.2013 in Digwara PS No. 96/13, u/s 341,323,379,504/34 IPC &3(1) (x), SC/ST (PoA) Act. And a counter case was filed by the accused on 17.06.13, No 100/13, U/S 341,323,504,379/34 against 1. Harendra Majhi 2.Sanjay Majhi 3.Raj Kumar Majhi 4. Shilpi Devi 5. Raj Kumari Devi 6. Pankaj Kumar and Ganesh Kumar Village Jhowa, is situated in PS-Abtar Nagar, District- Saran, 21 Km from District head quarter Chapra, 65 Km from state capital Patna, 6 km from Ambi Temple and 9 km from Digwara PS. People from different caste reside in the village and mostly from poor background. The total no of different household are somewhat like this, 10 families of Dusadh, 15 families of Chamar, 1 families Dhobi, 3 families dom100 families Nonia, 20 families Kanu, 100 families Teli, 10 families Kumbhar, 10 families Hajam, 10 families Brahmin, 50 Families Rajput10 families Yadav , 15 families Muslim, 8 families Malhari, 7 families Lohar, 5 families Kayasya and 25 families Koiri. The economic condition of Dalit in the village is very poor, most of them are landless, and some migrate out for occupation. Most of the dalit work as laborer in the field of others. The victim's economic condition is very poor. They live in a house made by Indira Awas Yojona. Only two members are literate in the victim's family.
Dalit Bonded Labour Bolad Kalan
Posted by: Dalit Dasta Virodhi Andolan
State:: Punjab
District:: PATIALA
Police station:: Patiala
Chargesheet:: No F.I.R
Summary::
Sukhdev Singh S/o Pal Ram, Village- Bolad Kalan, tehsil and District- Patiala belongs to Majhabi Sikh caste which has been declared as a Scheduled Caste by the State government of Punjab. In year 2010 he was employed by one Jai Bhagwan S/o Munshi Ram, Caste- Rajput, who is resident of village- Bolad Kalan, tehsil and District- Patiala. He was working as a "Siri" and was also working to care the cattle of the employer. The employer gave him Rs. 45000/- as an advance which he spend on his household expenses. In the end of first year the employer imposed an amount debt of Rs. 20,000/- on him. To repay the bonded debt of the employer Sukhdev Singh was helpless to work again for the employer. Again Sukhdev Singh work for one year and again in the end of third year the employer imposed a debt of Rs. 40,000/- and again Sukhdev Singh work for the employer and in the third year the employer again do not pay his earn wages. The employer was not allowing him any weekly rest or over time. Whenever, he could not attend the work due to some urgent work or due to sickness the employer charged him a fine of Rs.300/- per day and adds this amount in the advance amount and charged an interest on the whole amount according to his own wish.
On 6-7-013 his brother' wife was ill and she was admitted to Rajindera Hospital Patiala and no one was in the house so Sukhdev Singh decided to stay in his house that night but in the same night the brother of the employer named Babli came to the house of Sukhdev Singh and abuse him on caste basis and bring him to the house of the employer Jai Singh. When he reached in the house of the employer the brother's son of the employer named Sanji beaten him mercilessly and injured him and locked him in a room so he could not go to his house in the night. On second day the door was opened and he was ordered to work. When the employer was here Sukhdev Singh ran away from the work place. On 9-6-013 the employer and his brother Babli came to the house of Sukhdev Singh and started beating him and bring him to their farm house and locked them in a room. On the next day Sukhdev Singh ran away from the work and approached to VSJ and the complaint was sent to the District Magistrate, Patiala. No action has been taken against the employer the victim is physically free from bondage but no release certificate has been issued to the victim up till now.
Begging from the dalit
District:: MANSA
Police station:: Mansa City
Ms. Banarasi, Age-45, who belongs to village- Bakshiwala, tehsil- Budhlada, District- Mansa.
She belongs to boria sikh (Scheduled caste). She was married to Darshan Singh S/o Balvir Singh who is from Bakshi wala. Her husband Darshan Singh was a bonded labourer (Siri). Darshan Singh had been working as a bonded labourer from the age of 11 years. In staring, he worked as cattle tender for seven years and from the age of 18 years he worked as a "Siri". He worked with four different employers. In 1994 he started to work on daily basis and he went to Mansa city to search the work and he got work at Shiv Shakti Rice Mill in Mansa City. The owner of this mill Bittu was promised them that he will pay him according to minimum wages.
Darshan Singh was also took care the 11 cattle of the owner. The owner suggested Darshan Singh to bring his wife to the work. So both the wife and husband started work at the rice mill. They always went to the work along with his 8 years old son named Malkit Singh. Then the employer said them that can stay at the work place.
Since Banarasi and his husband was in the scarcity of the residential land, as her husband have five other brothers. They accepted the proposal of the employer and started staying at the work place. Their children were also born at the rice mill. Now whole family members were engaged in the work of the employer. The employer never gave them any information regarding their wages. Whenever they demand their wages from the employer he gave them only Rs.1000/- for their food and makes excuse that he will gave them their whole earned money after some time. In the family there were (1) Banarasi (2) Darshan Singh (husband of Banarasi) (3) Malkit Singh(Son) (4) Sukhvir Kaur (Daughter) (5) Shinder Kaur (Daughter)(6) Neelam Kaur (Daughter in law) (7) Kala Singh (son) (8) Pooja (Granddaughter) and (9) Deepak (Grandson). Banarasi's children and her granddaughter and grandson were also born at the rice mill. When Banarasi desired to educate them then the employer do not allow her children and grand children to go to school. Both of her daughters Shinder Kaur and Sukhvir Kaur were also got married at the rice mill.
When her daughter's marriage was held (one year back) the employer arrange the tea and food about 100 persons and after the marriage he informed the family that he will obtain the money of the marriage from them. In this way whenever the family demand their wages the employer beaten them and threaten them that he will not pay them any money because he had already spent money on the marriage of their girls. Now ,the whole family members were in bondage from the last 19 years. They were not allowed to go to their native village. Banarasi came into the contact of our field animator Mr.Jagsir Singh and narrate her whole incident and story to him and Mr. Jagsir Singh assured her that he will definitely help them for their release.
On 22nd June 2013, Mr. Jagsir Singh managed to bring Banarasi out of the rice mill. Then Mr. Jagsir Singh has contacted to Mr. Jai Singh (Project Director) and explained the whole matter. As Mr. Jai Singh was in a meeting at New Delhi he suggested appearing before District Magistrate Mansa along with Banarasi. From the head office of VSJ Ms. Saroj Rani (Project Coordinator) talk to Banarasi on phone and get all the details and shared all the details with Mr. Jai Singh on phone and make a complaint to the District Magistrate on behalf Banarasi and send it to Mr. Jagsir Singh through email. Mr. Jagsir Singh took the complaint and appears before the district Magistrate, Mansa along with Banarasi and her daughter in law. The District Magistrate, Mansa issued orders to the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Mansa to rescue the family members of the Banarasi. Mr. Rakesh Kumar, the SDM, Mansa went to the rice mill along with Mr. Harpal Singh, SHO, Police Station- City Mansa. Our animator Mr. Jagsir Singh was also with them. They went to the rice mill and rescued the family from the clutches of the employer. As the family has not any residential place they have took asylum at the Transit Rehabilitation Centre of VSJ. After their release our Field Animator Mr. Jagsir Singh and Mr. Vijaypaul from Rajpura went to the office of SDM, Mansa to get the release certificate for the released persons. After a discussion the SDM agreed to give release certificate only for three persons of the family. Their names are Malkit Singh, Darshan Singh and Kala Singh. Now the family is in the Transit Rehabilitation Centre of VSJ.
Case of human trafficking and gang rape
District:: TARN TARAN
Police station:: Patti
Sunita Kaur w/o Baldev Singh Village- Buh Tehsil- Patti District- Tarn Taran. She belonges to Majhabi Sikh" caste which is declared a scheduled caste by the Government of Punjab.
Sunita Kaur, aged about 25 years, was born in Chattisgarh. Her father Shri Sita Ram was a Patwari and her mother Smt. Ram Bhatti was a teacher. Her parents' home where she was born is located in village Singhanpur of Chhattisgarh State and is presently in the possession of Sunita's aunt and uncle. It is Sunita's claim that her parents were murdered by her aunt and uncle by lacing their food with poison. Sunita was around 1 or 2 years old at the time of her parents' demise. The reason for the murder, as narrated by her other relatives, was to take over the property of her parents. Smt Sunita Kaur states that her aunt and uncle ill treated her throughout her life. Despite both her parents being educated, her aunt and uncle never sent to school so that she may never stand on her own feet and remain submissive to them. At the tender age she says that she was thrown into the fire and her private parts were burnt by her aunt and uncle. She was left physically challenged and mentally traumatized at a young age. At the age of 6 years one doctor from the nearby village named as Sukhna brought her to his village. In his house Sunita started work as domestic worker, she worked here for ten years. Then her Uncle and Aunti brought her again to her house. When she was about 16 years old, she was 'sold' by her aunt and uncle to one person named Prem for 50,000 rupees. Prem brought her from Chhattisgarh to Punjab, first to Moga, where she was kept in an unknown location for 8 days where she was never given any food or clothing. First day she was raped by three persons and she became unconscious. Then after 8 days Prem Singh called his brother's wife named Vidiya and she took her to her brother Pappu's house at Makhu to work as domestic worker and managed to earn some money by doing some daily wage job and returned to Chattisgarh. But she was then forced to return to Punjab as her aunt and uncle turned her out. Then she come back to Makhu in Punjab and here she met with an her known lady and she bring her to village- Harike and in this village she started to work as domestic worker for the employer who was known as Dhillon Singh. Dhillon Singh's friend was in village- Buh where Baldev Singh was working as bonded labourer.
Dhillon Singh asked Sunita that there is a person who is the "Siri" (bonded labourer) of his friend and if she agree then they can manage the marriage arrangements of their marriage. Then Sunita got married with Baldev Singh and she also started work with the same employer where her husband was working. She came to the office of VSJ with her husband as they were facing problems in the brick kiln and were assaulted by their employer.
A case of bonded labour has been sent to the District Magistrate, Tarn Taran.
Sunita says she wants justice for all the violence and abuse that she has been suffered through out her life.. Also explained that she is the legal heir to her parents' home in Chhattisgarh which is presently in the possession of her aunt and uncle who have illegally possessed her property. She wants her property restored to her. Sunita Kaur is apparently physically challenged although the exact nature of her handicap needs to be determined though a medical examination. Her speech is slurred and memory faint. Currently Sunita and her husband are working in a school to clean the school and to prepare tea for the teachers. They are living in a school along with their two children. VSJ has sent the complaint to District Magistrate, Tarn Taran for the release and rehabilitation of Sunita and her family members which is still pending.
MOLESTATION AND BEATEN TO DALITWOMEN
Posted by: NDMJ-UP
State:: Uttar Pradesh
District:: BIJNOR
Police station:: HALDAUR
Chargesheet:: ---
ON THE DATE OF 27TH MAY 2013, VICTIM AASHA DEVI W/O RAM SINGH , VILLAGE- KHEDKI, TAPPA, PS- HALDAUR, DISTRICT- BIJNAUR WAS WENT TO NATURAL WORK ON 6 PM. ACCUSED GHANSHYAM S/O NATHU SINGH CATCHED HER WRIST AND STATRTING MOLESTATION WITH VICTIM. VICTIM OPPOSED. AFTER THIS INCIDENT VICTIM SAID TO COMPLAINT TO SP. AFTER THIS ACCUSED BEATEN TO VICTIM AND THREATENED TO LIFE.


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"Super Troopers 2" written by Gregory Mann
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(Release Info London schedule; June 15th, 2018, Empire Cinemas)
"Super Troopers 2"
Everyone's favorite law enforcement team is back by popular demand with the long anticipated follow up to the cult comedy classic 'Super Troopers'. When an international border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, 'The Super Troopers' Mac (Steve Lemme), Thorny (Jay Chandrasekhar), Foster (Paul Soter), Rabbit (Erik Stolhanske) and Farva (Kevin Heffernan), are called in to set up a new 'Highway Patrol Station' in the disputed area. Unconventional police work follows, and the result is "Super Troopers 2".
Fired for their previous shenanigans, disgraced 'Vermont Highway Patrol' officers Thorny, Farva, Rabbit, Foster and Mac re-unite when Captain O'Hagan (Brian Cox) and Governor Jessman (Lynda Carter) give the cops a shot at redemption. Their assignment, take over law enforcement in a 'French-Canadian' town transitioning to U.S. sovereignty due to a recently discovered screw-up in border markings. The Quebec town's ex-hockey player mayor, Guy Le Franc (Rob Lowe), tries to charm 'The Yankee Interlopers' at his hockey-themed brothel, while local 'Canadian Mounties' (Will Sasso, Tyler Labine, and Hayes MacArthur as themselves) prank the Americans with a little help from a 1,300-pound bear. As they try to overcome their inability to understand the metric system, 'The Super Troopers' eventually uncover a smuggling ring, take revenge on the Mounties and wreak havoc on the good citizens of Canada.
Expanding the fact-based premise to absurd extremes, 'The Broken Lizard' team collectively wrote 37 drafts of "Super Troopers 2", taking pains to cram the script with jokes and sight gags. Foster gets the best and the worst in this movie. He gets the love scenes, and he also got chained to a giant industrial saw. While each 'Broken Lizard' suffers for his art in "Super Troopers 2", Farva has a particularly rough time of it. He was the biggest jackass in the first movie. Now for this one, it's even more; he ends up in a porta-potty that flips over and blue goop pours all over him. Rabbit falls victim to a shaving-cream locker-room scene. 'The Mounties' tell the Americans about a hazing ritual that involves the rookie of the bunch getting handcuffed to a bench and forcibly shaved. 'The Captain' is a sweet, rather sad character because he's lumbered with these five idiots. The audience should have immense sympathy for this character but instead they just laugh their heads off. Also returning from the first "Super Troopers 2" are Lynda Carter, iconic star of the 1970s "Wonder Woman" series, and Marisa Coughlan, who reprise their roles as Governor Jessman and Officer Ursula, respectively. The bear is a real diva. In "Super Troopers 2", the pivotal man-versus-bear scene centers on Farva as he tries to distract the hungry animal ransacking police headquarters in search of food. This bear comes in, did his stuff, got out, he's fantastic. The bear is a good actor.
For comedy fans who appreciate goofball antics in the tradition of "Animal House" and "Caddyshack", the anarchy-packed "Super Troopers 2" serves up a fresh helping of 'Broken Lizard's' trademark 'R-rated' wackiness. While "Super Troopers" has become a cult comedy classic, this one stands on it's own but has some definite throwbacks to the original. The film don't really have to discover the characters, just paints them a little weirder. Whether it catches on in the same way as the first one, who the hell knows? Hopefully, if there's a "Super Troopers 3" Captain O'Hagan will be able to exact his revenge. Between 'The Mounties' bare-naked debacle, the bordello showdown and the shaving sequence, "Super Troopers 2" shows plenty of skin. There's more nudity, both female and male, than we've ever had in any of the other movies. The film wants to give something back to the ladies. Raunchy and outrageous, "Super Troopers 2" continues in the grand tradition of 'The Broken Lizard Comedy Group', serving up 'R-rated' slapstick along with plenty of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.
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"Come To Daddy" written by Gregory Mann
(Release Info London schedule; February 17th, 2020, Prince Charles Cinema, 7 Leicester Pl, London WC2H 7BY, United Kingdom, 9:00pm) https://princecharlescinema.com/PrinceCharlesCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=15507148 "Come To Daddy" Norval Greenwood (Elijah Wood) is a 'Los Angeles DJ' who receives an invitation to visit his father Brian (Stephen McHattie) after a lifetime of estrangement. The sincere invitation sends 30-something Norval to his estranged father with hopes of reconciliation. Norval is a privileged man-child arrives at the beautiful and remote coastal cabin of his father, who he hasn't seen in 30 years. Once Norval arrives at Brian's isolated seaside home, he discovers that reconnecting with the cynical old man; and fitting himself into his dad's messy life; won't be easy. He quickly discovers that not only is dad a disapproving jerk, he also has a shady past that's rushing to catch up with him. Now, hundreds of miles from his cushy comfort zone, Norval must battle with demons both real and perceived in order to reconnect with a father he barely knows. Hope turns to panic, as he uncovers his father's shady past and is forced to face his inherited demons. Norval is a peculiar character, a somewhat pretentious 'LA' export with a carefully cultivated look; monk cut, pencil mustache, draping layers, wide-brimmed hat, limited edition gold phone designed by 'Lorde'. He describes his career in the music industry in the most self-congratulatory terms. He's not someone you can pigeonhole. He's a DJ! He produces blazing beats. He tinkles the ivories. He promotes high-profile events pertaining to music and the performance of music. He's maybe kind of an asshole. Norval's look is crucial to the story, as it firmly establishes the character as a fish out of water in his father's remote, rural setting. We've to find the authenticity behind Norval's wilder characteristics. He keeps the emotional truth of that alive, as well; whilst also telling a pretty bloody, funny, genre tale. The isolated house, it's going to make such a great juxtaposition for the character's isolation. This is very much a father and son story, and even though it draws pretty freely on what actually happened, that the very core of the movie comes from a son's love for his dad, and their relationship, and everything that entails. Like the best stories, "Come To Daddy" springs from a deeply personal place. It's really driven by an epiphany after Brian's dying, and just thinking, 'oh my God, life's short. Get your act together. The passing of a parent is life-changing under any circumstances, but the film expériences the loss in a rather more unusual way. Is it really a good idea to bring the body back after embalmment to spend some time with the grieving family? Living with your father's corpse for a week in his house. For much of the week, Norval is alone in the house with the body resting in an open coffin, as he sleeps in his father's bed and wears his clothes. Strangers come and go, paying their respects to a man who sounded nothing like the man Norval knew. They speak about their shared past with him and mentioned faraway places and strange anecdotes, stories from people he had never heard of. It seems to us like they're talking about someone else. During the week, Norval endures dark, intense dreams, and his mind starts playing tricks on him. He returns to his childhood bedroom, surrounded by a lot of bric-a-brac of his past. It's a strange time. Reading a lot of Roald Dahl's 'Tales Of The Unexpected' and watching many '70s 'Giallo' movies. And drinking copious amounts of Rooibos tea, often up to five bags per cup. It feels like a wild amalgam of sly thrillers like Mankiewicz's "Sleuth" (1972), and Lumet's "Deathtrap" (1982). Well, that's really phenomenal and crazy and weird; and right up our alley. This is the exact kind of thing that we're drawn to, which is kind of off-center, kind of weird, kind of dark, kind of funny. Because as many strange, surprising places as "Come To Daddy" goes, it all comes back to that personal core, to that cathartic, eureka moment when your father died. As sons, we always have unfinished business with our fathers. But what happens if that unfinished business comes looking for us? The music of "Come To Daddy" is inspired by 'KPM' stars like Barry Morgan and James Clarke, David Shire's 'The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three' and Jerry Goldsmith's 'The Mephisto Waltz'. The music really revolves around Norval and his dad. To speak to that sense of a child's impressions of their hazily remembered father, the film uses a beachy motif derived from play-along backing loops recorded in the '70s for 'The Mattel Optigan' home organ. This stuff is contrasted with a lot of bass instruments, again to reflect Norval's feelings about his dad, electric bass and contrabass, often combined, as well as the bassier woodwinds using lots of extended techniques that really get close to the player's mouth, and so go to a much less musical and more visceral, almost creepily human, place. That equilibrium between emotional honesty and darkly funny violence makes for an atypical tone distinguishing "Come To Daddy" from many other contemporary films. The film breaks through those expectations and have the audience unsure of where it's going, from dysfunctional family reunion to psychological mindgames to possible supernatural overtones to a wildly over-the- top comedic thriller. Psychologically-driven chamber piece films, often out of 'The UK' in the '60s and '70s, are all part of the film's narrative 'DNA', including "Sleuth" for the cat &mouse twists, Glazer's 2000 film "Sex Beast" for the jarring lead antagonist and turns from comedy to violence, Losey's 1963 thriller "The Servant" for the mindgames with those we're inavoidably linked with, Friedkin's 1968 adaptation of Harold Pinter's "The Birthday Party" for the pitch-black comedy of menace, and Peckinpah's 1971 "Straw Dogs" for the simmering violence awakened in the lead. The film is a tribute to this type of cinema. Gritty, character-based thrillers that were literate and laced with pitch-black humor. The film creates a Pinter-esque tale that will immediately drawn in viewers, but then playfully keeps switching gears on them. Just when they've a handle on everything, we chicane again. "Come To Daddy" is a thoughtful, character-driven thriller spiked with uncommonly dark comedy and more than a few outrageous turns. One part a retro, '70s, 'British' exploitation chamber piece, one part 'J-Horror' misdirect and, finally, a full-throttle, get-in-your-face revenge thriller. It's a virtuoso high-wire act that will play to the fervor of a raucous midnight crowd, or to the more genteel sensibilities of a Sunday afternoon matinee.
"And Then We Danced" written by Gregory Mann
(Release Info London schedule; March 13th, 2020, ArtHouse Crouch End, 159A Tottenham Ln, Crouch End, London N8 9BT, United Kingdom, 6:20pm) https://film.list.co.uk/listing/1384260-and-then-we-danced/ "And Then We Danced" A passionate coming-of age tale set amidst the conservative confines of modern Tbilisi, "And Then We Danced" follows Merab (Levan Gelbakhiami), a competitive dancer who's thrown off balance by the arrival of Irakli. (Bachi Valishvili), a fellow male dancer with a rebellious streak. A passionate tale of love and liberation set amidst the conservative confines of modern 'Georgian' society, "And Then We Danced" follows Merab, a devoted dancer who has been training for years with his partner Mary (Ana Javakishvili) for a spot in 'The National Georgian Ensemble'. His world is suddenly turned upside down when the charismatic and carefree Irakli arrives and becomes both his strongest rival and desire. The arrival of Irakli, gifted with perfect form and equipped with a rebellious streak, throws Merab off balance, sparking both an intense rivalry and romantic desire that may cause him to risk his future in dance as well as his relationships with Mary and his family. In this conservative setting Merab finds himself having to break free and risk it all. In Georgia there are three things that are upheld as the paragon of 'Georgian Tradition' and 'National Identity'; 'The Church', 'The Traditional Polyphonic Singing', and 'The Traditional National Dance'. This film is about the traditional 'Georgian' dance culture. It has a very large role. The lead person we follow in the film is a dancer and we imagine being him in an alternate reality. It's a story of how gender conservative and strict 'The Georgian Dance' scene is. 'The Georgian Dance' represents the old and the burgeoning love between two of the dancers represent the new. Homosexualiy is a big problem in 'Georgian' dance. The real lives of the people in the film and what's going on in Georgia now affects the story. It's ever evolving. Telling the story of young 'LGBT' people and their struggles on a smaller scale but also showing the history and situation of Georgia today on a larger scale. All children in Georgia go to dance classes from a very young age, just like perhaps 'Karate' plays a large part in 'Japanese' culture. The inclusion of 'Georgian' dance in the film comes from the interviews with Georgian's dancers. That dance plays a great part in 'Georgian' history and culture. To juxtapose the traditional with the new 'Georgian' dance is an obvious choice for the film. This film is not only a very interesting look into a part of the world not so many people are familiar with but also a heartfelt movie about the importance of being free. Love stories in their different forms can catch us off guard. The world of the traditional dance as a micromodel of society. When we witnessed some brave kids trying to have a pride parade in Tbilisi, Georgia in 2013 be attacked by a mob of thousands organized by 'The Orthodox Church', we've to address this issue in some way. Everything is based on real stories. The young generation now is like any kid anywhere in the world, everything is globalized and they grow up with the same pop culture. However, in Georgia there's a great divide between this generation and the older generation who lived during 'The USSR'. The circumstance that Georgia and other former 'USSR' countries are in at the moment is very fragile. All of these countries are unique, of course, and in Georgia's case the strong ancient traditional values play a large part in the current situation. Western values are considered a threat to 'The Old Georgian' ways. And for a country that has been conquered over and over again throughout the centuries, keeping their cultural identity becomes a matter of survival. 'The Georgian' language, their ancient alphabet, wine culture and food culture etc. are extremely important for them. We've a differences of opinions and flaring tempers is the norm. Confines of tradition and forbidden love. People are getting more tolerant towards the questions of gender and sexualities worldwide. In many ways it seems as if we're going backwards in many 'European' countries. It seems the polar opposite sides are becoming more severe regarding these types of questions everywhere in the world. The film shows that even though you open up and move into a different direction you can still own and keep your traditions. "And Then We Danced" tracks the intensity of desire brilliantly through the leaps and whirls of the dance steps. The fluidity and sensuality of the film is quite impressive. In a world in which the golden rule is submission, 'The Georgian' dance cannot be or express anything else but virility. And what happens when a teenager's first crush meets beliefs that deny him the right to happiness? A disconcerting romance set against a wave of conservatism in Georgia that preaches tolerance to difference.
"Color Out Of Space" written by Gregory Mann
(Release Info London schedule; February 28th, 2020, Prince Charles Cinema, 7 Leicester Pl, London WC2H 7BY, United Kingdom, 3.25pm ● 8.45pm) https://princecharlescinema.com/PrinceCharlesCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=15887572 "Color Out Of Space" After a meteorite lands in the front yard of their farmstead, Nathan Gardner (Nicolas Cage) and his family find themselves battling a mutant extraterrestrial organism as it infects their minds and bodies, transforming their quiet rural life into a technicolor nightmare. "Color Out Of Space" is a cosmic nightmare about Nathan Gardner and his family, whose recent retreat to rural life is quickly disrupted by a meteorite that crashes in their front yard. 'The Gardners' peaceful escape quickly becomes a hallucinatory prison, as an extraterrestrial organism contaminates the farmstead, infecting everything and everyone it can. 'The Gardners' are a family who moves to a remote farmstead in rural 'New England' to escape the hustle of 'The 21st Century'. They're busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard. The mysterious aerolite seems to melt into the earth, infecting both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly color. A meteorite crashes near 'The Gardners' Farm', releasing an alien organism that will turn the family's quiet rural life into a colorful and hallucinogenic nightmare. Nathan, Theresa (Joely Richardson), and their three children Lavina (Madeleine Arthur), Jack (Julian Hillard) and Benny (Brendan Meyer) start to notice strange occurrences after one night when an earth-shaking event deposits a strange object in their front yard. The mysterious aerolite seems to melt into the earth, infecting both the land and the properties of space-time. The object soon sinks into the earth and that's when the incidences escalate, animals and people acting very oddly. Soon, the place is overrun by the shadows. Mutant forms of technicolor flora start sprouting, while local animals begin to display bizarre deformities. Death stalks the town, madness reigns, and it starts to look like the rest of the world might follow. To their horror, 'The Gardner Family' discover that this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches; including them. Soon, 'The Gardners' realize that they too are susceptible to the extraterrestrial pathogen, and must escape the contagious cloud that has consumed their farm. With the help of friendly hydrologist Ward Phillips (Elliot Knight) and eccentric neighbor Ezra (Tommy Chong), the family attempts to battle a nebulous entity that they can barely begin to understand. What chance can a few humans have against a force capable of traversing the gulf between worlds, a nightmarish being that exists beyond the limits of the human spectrum? The rural tales are queer. They might be even queerer if city men and college chemists could be interested enough to analyze the water from that disused well, or the grey dust that no wind seems to disperse. Botanists, too, ought to study the stunted flora on the borders of that spot, for they might shed light on the country notion that the blight is spreading, little by little, perhaps an inch a year. The color of the neighboring herbage is not quite right in the spring, and that wild things leave queer prints in the light winter snow. Snow never seems quite so heavy on the blasted heath as it's elsewhere. Horses grow skittish in the silent valley; and hunters cannot depend on their dogs too near the splotch of grayish dust. The mental influences are very bad, too; numbers went queer in the years after Nathan's taking, and always they lacked the power to get away. Then the stronger; minded folk all left the region, and only the foreigners tried to live in the crumbling old homesteads. They could not stay, though; and one sometimes wonders what insight beyond ours their wild, weird stories of whispered magic have given them. Their dreams at night, they protest, are very horrible in that grotesque country; and surely the very look of the dark realm is enough to stir a morbid fancy. What it's, only God knows. In terms of matter we suppose the thing Nathan describes would be called a gas, but this gas obeyed the laws that are not of our cosmos. This is no fruit of such worlds and suns as shine on the telescopes and photographic plates of our observatories. This is no breath from the skies whose motions and dimensions our astronomers measure or deem too vast to measure. It's just a color out of space; a frightful messenger from unformed realms of infinity beyond all 'Nature' as we know it; from realms whose mere existence stuns the brain and numbs us with the black extra; cosmic gulfs it throws open before our frenzied eyes. But whatever demon hatchling is there, it must be tethered to something or else it would quickly spread. It fastenes to the roots of those trees that claw the air? One of the current Arkham tales is about fat oaks that shine and move as they ought not to do at night. H.P. Lovecraft's short story, 'The Colour Out Of Space', was published in 'Amazing Stories' in September 1927, making it a 'Public Domain' work in Europe. 'The Colour Out of Space' is a first-person narrative written from the perspective of an unnamed surveyor from Boston. In order to prepare for the construction of a new reservoir in Massachusetts, he surveys a rural area that's to be flooded near Lovecraft's fictional town of Arkham. He comes across a mysterious patch of land, an abandoned 5-acre (20,000 m2) farmstead, which is completely devoid of all life. At the centre of the farmstead is an old well. The site fills him with an unnatural sense of dread, and he hurries past it. In the early 1880s, the farm had been productive, run by a Nahum Gardner and his family. Then, one afternoon in June 1882, a large meteorite crashed into the farm, beside the well. It was metallic and contained a substance of an indescribable color that proved toxic. While scientists were never able to tell what or who the meteor contained, it's effects were undeniable; the entire Gardner family was struck by insanity, illness, and worse, whilst the land around them was slowly drained of life. "Color Out Of Space" follows the disastrous fall out in Arkham after it's struck by a meteorite. One of H.P. Lovecraft's most emblematic stories now comes to the big screen It's a genuine lineup of fantastic visionaries. That's a sure-fire recipe for cinematic delight. But what does a colour fallen from the sky look like? How will the monstrous creatures inhabiting the 'Blasted Heath' look? And what about the famous 'Lovecraftian' terror that defies description? It's a ominous and colorful world in which the characters live. The film brings the classic sci-fi story to life with the traditional alien aspects while also bringing it up to date with modern technology. Although numerous H.P. Lovecraft adaptations have been done over the years, it's easily argued that many of these adaptations have done a disservice to the legacy and memory of the late Lovecraft's works. Although H.P. Lovecraft has been adapted both directly and indirectly over the years, rarely has there been a faithful adaptation that truly captures the cosmic dread that he was known for. Many of "Color Out Of Space" predecessors fall into the horror comedy genre, something Lovecraft purists decry is in direct opposition to the complete and utter lack of levity in his work. There's nothing funny about Lovecraft. He believes that 'The Holy Grail' was a black stone 'Aerolite' that was the fragment of a meteorite that had slammed into earth many, many, years ago which had potentially been the basis of a number of religions. If you rubb them together, you can see how they bled when friction is created between the two stones. It seems like magic, but the film believes that these are merely alien metals that secreted some sort of high-density substance in the iron family. It's a film about a meteorite slamming into a family farm on planet 'Earth' that brings an almost spiritual; like change, for the worse, in this case, to the humans and all life forms that it comes into contact with. 'The Holy Grail' itself may have been a meteorite that changed humanity in so far as it led to the birth of many organized religions that survive to this day. In this moment, the film makes reality appear just as magical as H.P. Lovecraft's fiction.

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A Rockville Superior Court judge set her bail at $500,000, citing that she has no ties to the state and that she came into the state without a fight, according to the Hartford Courant.
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed an extradition warrant in early October to bring Nzuki into the state from Georgia, according to the Courant.
"Nzuki refused to waive extradition, and a Governor's Warrant was prepared by Rockville Superior Court for her extradition which was approved by both the State of Connecticut and the State of Georgia's Governors Offices," Lussier said.
UCPD brought Nzuki back from Georgia to stay overnight at their department Thursday, according to UConn spokesperson Stephanie Reitz. Nzuki was then taken to Rockville Superior Court on Friday, Reitz said.
In a month-long investigation that started on June 21, UCPD determined that Nzuki was responsible for the theft, according to Lussier. UCPD presented an arrest warrant to Rockville Superior Court, which was then signed on Aug. 16, Lussier said.
Nzuki fled to her home country of Kenya immediately after she diverted the UConn funds into her personal account seventeen times between April 13 and May 8, according to the Courant.
"(Nzuki) had been in custody in Georgia since August, when she returned to the U.S. and authorities detained her based on being flagged by UConn Police that she was wanted," Reitz said.
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Displaying items by tag: Central Asia
Was the SCO summit in Ufa a breakthrough?
By Stephen Blank (19/08/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization took place on July 9-10 in Ufa, and ratified the expansion of membership to include India and Pakistan, and Iran may join in the future. Thus the SCO is well on the way to becoming a venue for the most powerful Inner Asian states to work together and discuss policy issues affecting Central Asia and beyond. But new membership is not likely to make this organization any more effective as a regional security provider. In fact, all the disputes among the major members, including India and Pakistan, might be imported into the SCO's structure and serve as a brake on the expansion of its capabilities.
China pushes Pakistan to fight terrorism selectively
By Sudha Ramachandran (05/08/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst)
While China prods the Pakistani government to crack down on Uighur militants and their bases in North Waziristan, it ignores and even appeases Islamabad's support of anti-India terrorist groups and has rushed to Pakistan's defense in international forums. While this may endear Beijing to the Pakistani establishment, a selective approach to terrorism is not productive in the long run as groups like the East Turkistan Islamic Movement are drawing strength from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence's terrorism network.
Iran and the SCO: new opportunities, new challenges
By Richard Weitz (05/08/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Now that the UN Security Council has blessed the Iranian nuclear deal, Tehran's chances of becoming a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in coming years have improved, following a decade of rejection. Iranian leaders have long wanted to join the SCO to gain diplomatic, economic, and security advantages. Nonetheless, Iran will need to overcome several major obstacles on its path to full membership, even if nothing goes amiss with the implementation of its nuclear deal.
Wednesday, 05 August 2015 00:00
Uzbekistan concerned over SCO expansion
By Farkhod Tolipov (05/08/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held its annual summit on June 9-10, 2015, in the Russian town of Ufa, which was an historical turning point in the organization's evolution. It adopted a Development Strategy towards 2025 and admitted India and Pakistan as full members. Uzbekistan has taken over the Chairmanship of the SCO from Russia for the next one year period. During the summit, Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov expressed concerns revealing Tashkent's reluctant acknowledgement of the fact that from now on the SCO will be more than just a Central Asia-focused structure.
Wednesday, 08 July 2015 00:00
CACI Analyst, July 8, 2015
THE UZBEK-TAJIK DÉTENTE: CAN IT LAST?, by George Voloshin
AGRI'S PROGRESS ADVANCES BRUSSELS' AND BAKU'S ENERGY AGENDAS, by Micha'el Tanchum
ISLAMIC STATE IN CENTRAL ASIA: THREAT OR OPPORTUNITY, by Charlie Smith
IS THE NORTH CAUCASUS BECOMING ANOTHER BATTLEFIELD IN THE GLOBAL JIHAD?, by Tomáš Baranec
TAJIKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT MISSES THE REAL PROBLEM OF LABOR MIGRANTS, by Oleg Salimov
RULING COALITION TO CUT FUNCTION OF GEORGIA'S NATIONAL BANK, by Eka Janashia
KYRGYZSTAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL CHAMBER DISMISSES JUDGE, by Arslan Sabyrbekov
BAKU CRACKS DOWN ON ALTERNATIVE MEDIA AFTER CONCLUDING EUROPEAN GAMES, by Mina Muradova
Published in CACI Analyst Archive


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Firstly, I would like to thank "Chineseburned" for his tremendous help in the post "How to get 6.0 AWA... my guide" (Link: http://gmatclub.com/forum/how-to-get-6-0-awa-my-guide-64327.html). His help motivates me to share this.
a) Understand why a 6.0 score in AWA is not a phenomenon any more.
b) Feel more relaxed and know that it is the structure that you should learn by heart (through practice) rather than anything else.
c) AWA is academic in the way you reason (which is the reflection of your critical thinking) RATHER THAN the way you possess a myriad of words and vocabularies. Even in the event that you need words and good structures to build up sentences, such words and structure should ALL be typical of reasoning.
	This argument is unconvincing because it suffers from two critical flaws/problems.
	This argument is unconvincing because it lacks cogency for three reasons.
	The reasoning in this argument is problematic/ flawed in several respects.
	This argument is fraught with vague, oversimplified and unwarranted claims.
	It is insufficient as it stands because it depends on three questionable assumptions.
	At first glance, the author's argument appears to be somewhat convincing, but further reflection reveals that it is based on some dubious assumptions.
	In the first place, the author's conclusion goes beyond the evidence presented.
	This statement is a stretch, because/ since/ for….
	The claim is unsubstantiated and may be too hasty….
- Evidence: For example/ For instance,….
	While this is a tempting assumption, its truth is by no means obvious.
	While this is a reasonable assumption, it is by no means a certainty.
	On the fact of it/ Presumably/ Apparently, …….. However/ Nonetheless/ Nevertheless,….
- Evidence: To illustrate/ Take… as an example/ As an illustration,… Moreover,….
	If the argument had provided evidence that.....then the argument would have been a lot more convincing.
	Third, ...... does not necessarily portend….
	Third, …. are questionable on two grounds/ counts.
	If it turns out, for example, that…, …..
	Since it lacks certain supporting factors, the author's conclusion is wholly unwarranted.
	In the absence of answers to these questions, it actually renders the claims worthless.
	…this argument is not completely convincing/ persuasive/ well-reasoned/ sound as it stands.
	…the argument is poorly supported and is short-sighted.
	…the argument is not based on sound reasoning.
	…this argument is naive, vague and poorly reasoned.
	…this argument is a confusion of weak comparisons, mixed issues and equivocal claims.
	Supporting examples drawn from … would further substantiate the author's view.
	… rather than the other way around.
	… is not in accord with common sense.
	A mere positive correlation between … and … does not necessarily prove a causal relationship.
	No additional evidence linking the two events is offered/ provided in the argument, thus leaving open the possibility that the two events are not causally related but merely correlated.
- One sentence paraphrases the claim.
- One sentence states that it is flawed in the reasoning.
+ Begin every paragraph: one sentence to point out the unreasonable assumption.
+ Your reason will strongly convince others if it includes examples. One sentence for this.
- Thus, it is understandable why the length of the body often scares us, but investigate deeply, you understand why it is and why you will HAVE to do that.
- One sentence to sum up everything. Briefly, saying AGAIN the argument is unconvincing.
That is. A completely common sense and a sigh of relief if you personalize the whole AWA as the way you reason daily.
Hope all of these help.
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Awesome notes blayel. Great job indeed. Kudos !
I have too compiled some solid issues to attack from the same source [109 AWA samples].
There are variety of issues with excellent sentences taken from AWA sample answers. If anyone is in short of time for AWA prep, it's a perfect booster.
Some examples are outlined here. Please see attachment for details.
-	the evidence the author provides is insufficient to support the conclusion drawn from it. One example is rarely sufficient to establish a general conclusion.
-	In the first place, no evidence has been offered to support the assumption that the reason the three businesses failed was their location. Lacking a detailed analysis of the reasons these businesses failed, it would be foolish to attribute their failure to their location.
-	the author unfairly assumes that reducing mail volume and increasing revenues will improve employee morale. This is not necessarily the case.
-	Lacking a more detailed analysis of the reasons for the success of these other movies, it is folly to presume that their financial success was entirely due to Robin's participation.
-	in the absence of information about the number of passengers per flight and about the complaint records of competing airlines, the statistics presented in the memorandum might distort the seriousness of the problem.
-	the evidence revealed in their research establishes only a positive correlation between the lack of theft and the requirement to wear badges; it does not establish a causal connection between them.
-	The author reasons that since this need is currently met by the forests that the newspaper maintains, recycling is unnecessary. This reasoning is extremely shortsighted.
I hope everyone will continue to develop it while practicing sample AWA questions.
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The first word of verse (29:13) is divided into 4 morphological segments. A conjunction, emphatic prefix, verb and emphatic suffix. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is ḥā mīm lām (ح م ل). The suffixed emphatic particle is known as the nūn of emphasis (نون التوكيد).
Sahih International: But they will surely carry their [own] burdens and [other] burdens along with their burdens, and they will surely be questioned on the Day of Resurrection about what they used to invent.


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Q: Does genus uniquely determine a compact connected manifold? Given a Smooth compact and connected 2-manifold $M$ with genus $n$. Is $M$ unique? Up to diffeomorphism, clearly.

A: $M$ you do not precise wether $M$ is oriented or not, $M$ is not unique.
For example the genus of the torus is $1$ and the genus of the projective plane is also $1$.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus_(mathematics)

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Another entry by Kent Johnson in the ongoing saga of The Frank O'Hara Story (starring, amongst others, Jeni Olin as the young Frank—"So if you see me fighting a tiger, / Go & help the tiger!"):
Quick Notes on a "Hidden" Frank O'Hara Document
"You and I make one weird team, / old buddy!"
(The Sun to Mayakovsky, towards the end of "An Extraordinary Adventure Which Befell Vladimir Mayakovsky," the poem which inspired "A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island.")
"Go back to sleep now, / Frank, and I may leave a tiny poem / in that brain of yours as my farewell"
(The Sun to O'Hara, towards the end of "A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island.")
So odd to write this on a day (7/15) that The New York Times publishes on its front page an article about the mysteries of Fernando Pessoa's authorships, the gaps in their record, the deep agonistics and saudade over what those gaps may mean, how they might be explained, where the gaps should "remain," if they cannot be fully explained . . .
And to write, too, on the same day as David Shapiro's stunningly brilliant, enthralling, and moving response here, inasmuch as Shapiro, a poetic hero of mine (the first "avant" poet I ever read, and by pure accident, at 16) and with whom I've long corresponded, sent me, approximately two years ago, a huge package of Pessoa memorabilia he had just brought back from a reading and lecture tour he'd done in Portugal!
Well, sentiment aside, I had mentioned (in Postscript to my "Reply to Tony Towle" a few days ago) that I was in process of looking into some intriguing archival materials intimately related to the matter of Frank O'Hara's "A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island."
Copies of these materials came to me yesterday in the regular mail, and I'll remark a bit now on their contents, with a view to elaborating some comments and speculations in a near-future follow-up at Isola di Rifiuti—comments and speculations that I know will not be kindly received, to say the least, by some.
But let me say, for now, however counter-intuitive the claim may seem, that even this new material I will now present does not completely close the mystery of "A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island."
No, it does not . . .
And let me say, too, against the grain as it may be to say it, and with bows to all those who entered his company, that I strongly suspect Frank O'Hara would have been perfectly delighted that true questions remain.
Well, then . . .
Following an extended and intriguing email exchange between us this past week, James Jaffe (James S. Jaffe Rare Books is the premier dealer in materials related to the "New York School" of poets—you've got to see his catalogue!) very, very generously sent me a Xerox copy of a four-page item he purchased last year and which he has recently placed in public sale for $6,500.
The item [#20586 in online catalogue] comprises a full-page, original transcript of signed letter dated July 19, 1958, by Frank O'Hara to Hal Fondren; two typewritten poems in carbon copy are separately folded with the letter: a French-titled and later-revised version of the soon-to-be-famous "Ode: Salute to the French Negro Poets" (dated "July 9, 1958 Fire Island"), and "A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island" (dated "July 10, 1958 [,] Fire Island")—a poem only first known, of course, in 1966, following its unveiling by Kenneth Koch, at the memorial event for O'Hara roughly six weeks after the poet's death. "A True Account" appears in the typescript exactly as it was later published. (I do not recall seeing the early version of "Ode: Salute" in any O'Hara collections or critical studies, but my memory could be faulty.)
Upon purchase, Jaffe had sent Xeroxed copies of this item to O'Hara's sister, Maureen Granville-Smith.
Responding to one of a series of queries from me, Jaffe indicated he did not purchase the grouped item from Fondren's estate. Jaffe also indicated to me that he does not have complete record or knowledge of what the item's history of ownership or location, over the years, has been.
Now, to offer a first-reply to David Shapiro (and I will aim to comment on other remarks from his post of 7/15 when I write again): No, neither poem is signed by hand.
I have been asked by James Jaffe to not quote verbatim here from the letter, which as I'd mentioned has only recently come on the market; I can say, though, that it is a delightfully engaging piece of correspondence (as Shapiro reports from his weirdly coincidental 7/14 phone conversation with Maureen Granville-Smith, who read him the contents!), wherein O'Hara begins by thanking Fondren for his warm hospitality at Fire Island the previous week, and reports that on the way back he and LeSueur had swung by the 5 Spot for a few hours to eat and get drunk.
A few more highlights, in rough summary:
In the second paragraph, O'Hara tells Fondren of a mélange of incidents and gossip in the days since the visit to Fire Island, breezily naming in process no less than fifteen people of their mutual acquaintance (including Jackson Pollock, George Plimpton, Lee Krasner, and Patsy Southgate).
In the second paragraph, as well, O'Hara apologizes for having forgotten, in the rush of departure, to leave for Fondren "the two poems" he had written over the weekend of his visit. The clear indication is that the typescripts were produced during the visit. He writes that he encloses them. The reference is to "two poems"; no mention of the poems' titles or their contents is present in the body of the letter.
O'Hara then makes a comment on what Fondren may do with the poems, and it is a comment sure to become famous in O'Hara lore.
Kenneth Koch is one of the people O'Hara mentions to Fondren in the third paragraph. And given that the letter supposedly encloses the stunning poem Koch would first dramatically reveal to the world, reading it at O'Hara's memorial almost exactly eight years later (a poem widely felt as a foretelling of the poet's death), the reference to Koch is rather jaw-dropping: O'Hara casually remarks on the "very successful" nature of "Kenneth's reading" . . .
Then, in the fourth paragraph, O'Hara proposes, and with charming arguments for the notion, that he and Fondren should start an art gallery together.
In the final paragraph, O'Hara reports that he and LeSueur are leaving to go sailing with Bob Cornell for four days; he concludes by remarking he has to get his typewriter (there are numerous machine-caused misfires in the letter) repaired.
The letter ends with a hilarious PS, concerning the costuming in the newly released blockbuster, The Ten Commandments.
Now, a few technical-bibliographic remarks:
The letter, ink-signed "Frank," is typed on Eagle A Trojan Bond paper; all three leaves of the two poems (two pages for "A True Account") are on Eagle A Acceptance Bond.
With an eye to equivalencies in typographic irregularities, the carbon copies of the two poems appear, clearly, to come from the same typewriter (the poems are quite obviously typed on a different typewriter—no doubt O'Hara's portable Royal—than the one used for the letter, a fact that is no contradiction at all.)
There are no handwritten signatures, notes, or corrections on either of the poem copies. In fact, each is in perfectly "clean" copy, with no typed erasures or corrections.
The folds of the letter and poems seem to align, as Jaffe had stated to me in our correspondence. There does, however, seem to be a slight but measurable difference in the folds between the two poems, at least on the Xerox copies in my possession—though my copies are obviously not fully reliable in such regard. In any case, this is a secondary point, as folds may "match" or not, independently of the original sequence of folding, the authenticity or not of materials, etc.
I had written to ask Jaffe if the watermarks on the carbon copies could be detected and the production-run of the paper bond be thus dated. Jaffe kindly attempted to do some research on this, though he was unable to uncover information that would definitively date the paper. The answer to this potentially important question is still outstanding. It is key to note here that a later bond-run production date than 1958 for "A True Account" would obviously mean the carbon copy was inserted with the letter at a date subsequent to its first mailing (replacing another poem originally enclosed), while a contemporaneous dating of the bond to the poem's typed date would in no way discount the possibility (a likely possibility, in fact) that clean sheets of O'Hara's typing paper were taken along with his manuscripts and correspondence.
I will, as I indicated, write more on the topic in the near future.
Long live, Poetry comrades, the mystery of the Sun.
July 15/16, 2008
I try to find everything Jeni Olin writes and read it because I suspect that flarf and its "practitioners" (and, truthfully, most of them ought to practice a little harder) may just be something like an afternoon's nap wet dream canned for posterity Jeni Olin "had" one day between shifts. I try to find everything Jeni Olin writes and read it because she writes things with pizzazz and raucous humor and her line "feels white / against the tensile gloom of life / and I seem intimate with what I merely touch" (as O'Hara puts it, epitaphing a couple of variations, one about a rock "heavy . . . in my heart like an eye in a pot of humus.") I try to find everything Jeni Olin writes and read it because she writes things like:
Neutrons gathered on a cocoa island
Thronged with square-boned teens
With their "succumbing to a disorderly shelf life
Like Tampax in June" tattoos, that same dorsal softness
With the first nasturtium is blooming
The still sky is a clasp for my dress
Though the days are gentle I have one of everything.
Or because she puts together a genius little chapbook call'd The Pill Book (Faux Press, 2008), eighteen riffs with pharmaceuticals for titles ("Lemictal," "Abilify," "Xanax"—is there honestly a pill by the name of "Abilify"? what drip of the obvious (in marketing, no doubt) invent'd that?). The eighteen plus one little one that "opens" the book:
People CAN change
If they are just willing
To drive to a pharmacy
I dash'd out and plunk'd down the dimeola for it (though its high-dollar markup—$12.50!—nearly made me falter, particularly "what with" the lousy kerning throughout, that excess spatial "blip" after every h makes for a "constantly correcting" read . . .) Though maybe that's the result of the sling of jittery particulars and Django Reinhardt "hot swing" pacing that drives these fireballs. Olin's poems amalgamate one-liners, ("Guess I'll just sleep my way to the middle," "'The weather is here. Wish you were beautiful.'"), a rampantly arch and cunning surreal ("your kneecaps / like the skulls of inbred dogs, / Your penis which looks like a sun-burnt / Baby's arm & smells of chlorine . . ."; "Nothing to do indeed when heaven is a seizure alert dog on An invisible lead"), genial familiars in the form of brand names ("The Hercules One Arm Bed-to-Bed Transfer," Popeye's Chicken, the Morton Salt Girl, "Eileen Myles looks like a Kennedy"), and tiny ambuscades of sentiment ("Angel Gabriel stand on me // When I pass from this earth / In the zip code 10022 & if you should ever leave, // Remember someone, This One, / Remembers you—perfectly.") It is these latter that provide the girders of "heart" without which the whole edifice buckles and comes down in a heap of irony's common debris. Here's one (compleat):
DEPAKOTE
I felt more at home on this pill in the bucolic shire
In the Hamptons amid the piss-colored braids
Of wheat on a metamucil can, milkweed & sneeze drops,
A novelette THE LONELINESS OF A MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNER
Never checked out in the orangeade foam of dawn
Glistening like a brow in an aspirin ad on the telly
I've got a brain like soaked coral.
I've got a tongue like a baby's penis.
I'm Bruce Willis in THE SIXTH SENSE—I'm dead
But I don't know it.
My pen, my eskimo blood spilled
Cheekily over "good & dear people . . ."
I managed to write this by myself.
When I said "Oh get me away I'm dying," I meant I wanted
A cigarette and a problem child on a peony-filled evening.
In the dry heat of photocopy fans,
Making Easter cards with the, uh, terminally ill,
You hold the retinal scanner to my heart.
"Now I know how Joan of Arc felt
As flames rose to her roman nose &
Her hearing aid began to melt"
And in the darkened underpass I gave
Blood and now my French is shaky.
Jeni Olin


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Randy Savage Bio, Death, Cause of Death, Net Worth, Affair, Wife, Married, Albums, Age, Facts, Wiki, Height, Family, Career, WWE, Retire, Macho Man
Facts About Randy Savage
Randy Savage
The Macho King, The Macho Man, Mr. Madness
Randy Mario Poffo
Downers Grove North High School
Miss Elizabeth (M. 1984; Div. 1992) and Lynn Payne (M. 2010; His Death 2011)
Judy Poffo
Angelo Poffo
Lanny Poffo
$ 8 million
Wrestling Career
6 feet 2 inches
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Professional wrestling has been a staple of modern entertainment for years. From Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Hulk Hogan to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, entertainment by watching grown men in leather pants punch each other in scripted fights have been very appealing. Some of these wrestlers have used the platform to build a global following, some have simply fought and retired as Legends and fan favorites. Some, unfortunately, is dead. In the case of Randy Mario Poffo, more popularly known as Randy Savage, he died on May 20, 2011. Although he did not become a part of the global fame that some wrestlers have enjoyed when they crossed to movies, he had a career that transversed wrestling. During his 32-year career, he won 29 titles, including WWF World Heavyweight Championship twice and WCW World Heavyweight Championship four times.
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What is Randy Savage Famous for?
An American professional wrestler and color commentator.
What is the death reason behind Randy Savage?
As per online sources, He died on the morning of May 20, 2011, suffering a sudden heart attack at age 58 while driving with his wife in Seminole, Florida. He became unresponsive and lost control of his Jeep Wrangler, crashing into a tree.
An autopsy proved that he suffered from atherosclerotic heart disease before his death. Per his wishes, he was cremated and his ashes were placed under his favorite tree in Largo, Florida.
Where is Randy Savage born?
Back to his early life, Randy Savage was born in Columbus, Ohio. His father was Italian American and his mother was Jewish; Savage was raised Roman Catholic family. He is the elder son of Judy and Angelo Poffo and his younger brother are professional wrestlers Lanny Poffo.
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Randy attended Grover Cleveland Middle School in Zanesville, Ohio. He completed his graduation from Downers Grove North High School in Downers Grove, Illinois. Savage moved to Staten Island, New York, after completing his graduation.
When did Macho Man Randy Savage retire?
Randy and his brother, Lanny, joined Jerry Jarrett and Jerry Lawler's 'Continental Wrestling Association' in Memphis and feuded over the 'AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship' title. He teamed up with his brother and fought 'The Rock 'n' Roll Express' in a feud. He was subsequently disqualified for piledriving his opponent through the timekeeper's table.
Professional boxing took him through the phases of being the good guy, or the "babyface," against Jimmy Hart in 1984 and the bad guy, or the "heel," against Lawler in 1985, ultimately ending in Lawler defeating Savage in a 'Loser Leaves Town' match.
In mid-1985, he signed up with Vince McMahon and appeared on 'Tuesday Night Titans.' He made his pay-per-view debut at 'The Wrestling Classic' event in November 1985, in which he defeated The Dragon and Dynamite Kid and lost to Junkyard Dog in the finals.
In the latter half of 1985, he had a feud with the 'Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion' Tito Santana, in the course of which he was beaten in October 1985. He later won by count out in November 1985. However, he won the match but not the title, as the title did not change hands by count out.
He won the 'WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship' title from Santana on a 'Prime Time Wrestling' episode, at the 'Boston Garden,' in February 1986, using an unauthorized metal object to knock out his opponent.
He formed a tag team with Jesse Ventura, also known as "The Body," who remained his supporter till 1990. During this period, he had an ongoing feud with George "The Animal" Steele, who had a crush on Miss Elizabeth. The feud culminated in an 'International Heavyweight' title match, which was won by Savage.
He lost his 'Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion' title in a match against Ricky Steamboat at 'WrestleMania III' in 1987. The bout was heavily choreographed and rehearsed for the audience and was named the "Match of the Year" by 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' and the 'Wrestling Observer.'
Later, he won the 'King of the Ring' tournament and began a feud against The Honky Tonk Man, who had declared himself "the greatest Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion of all time" and was making advances at Miss Elizabeth. Savage finally defeated him by countout, but could not regain the title.
In 1989, he developed differences with Hogan, who, at that time, wished to have Miss Elizabeth as his manager. Randy ultimately left Elizabeth and replaced her with former 'WWF Women's Champion' Sensational Sherri.
Later that year, Savage suffered a defeat against The Warrior at 'WrestleMania VII,' after which Sherri attacked him in the ring. This brought Miss Elizabeth to his rescue and spelled his retirement.
He continued with non-wrestling roles on the show and married Miss Elizabeth on stage. Later, he was reinstated. He participated in a 'WCW'bout in 2000 and then made his final appearance at a 'Total Nonstop Action Wrestling' event (2004–2005).
Besides his wrestling, Savage appeared in many television shows in the mid-to-late '90s. Popular television shows like Walker, Texas Ranger and Mad About You he made his appearance in 1999. In 1996 He appeared on a wrestling-themed episode of Baywatch with fellow WCW wrestlers Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Big Van Vader, and Kevin Sullivan. His most famous film role was in the film Spider-Man in 2002 as the wrestler. In 2009 for the short film Bolt reprised the role in Super Rhino.
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Reflecting his personal life, Savage married twice in his life. He got married to his wife Elizabeth Hulette, better known as Miss Elizabeth in 1984. The couple gets divorced in 1992. Again on May 2010, he married his second wife Barbara Lynn Payne, who was described as his "high school sweetheart". Savage and Hulk Hogan were at on friendship and reconciled shortly before his death.
How much is Randy Savage net worth?
At the height of his career, Randy Savage's popularity and value to the World Wrestling Federation were almost on par with wrestling icon, Hulk Hogan. His long wrestling career and fame helped him amass a net worth of $8 million at the time of his death.
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One of a handful of wrestlers to become the Heavyweight Champion in both the WWF and WCW. (WWF twice, WCW 4 times).
Had a real-life on-again/off-again friendship with Hulk Hogan.
Used the same entrance theme as Gorgeous George, who was his favorite wrestler.
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by Nigeen Akram
SLÊMANÎ, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— As we all know from news reports from the region, the people of Iraqi Kurdistan have been facing great threats and hardships for many years and are currently on the frontline of the fight against ISIS (also known as the Islamic State). However there is another, covert threat facing Kurdish women, many of whom undergo female genital mutilation (FGM).
This summer 28 Too Many volunteer, Nigeen Akram, returned to Iraqi Kurdistan determined to learn more about this secretive practice and how it affects the lives of Kurdish women. In this blog she tells the powerful story of one of these women and we share it on Blog Action Day 2014 to highlight this secretive practice and support those fighting to end FGM in Kurdistan.
A Kurdish Girl
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter" - Martin Luther King Jr.
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is unfortunately an ongoing practice in Kurdistan. Although there are organisations working to abolish it, many young women are afraid to share their stories or speak out because they are afraid of what would happen to them and what would happen to their families and those involved in the ritual of FGM. This fear has cultured these women into silence, so we are unable to know the exact number of the victims of FGM in Kurdistan because they are covert.
When I was in Kurdistan this summer I met a brave 26 year old women, from a village not far from Slêmanî (Sulaimaniyah) who found the courage to share her story in the hope that other women would join her and share their stories so that we can put an end to this barbarous practice.
This is Payam's story
"I remember distinctly, it was a Tuesday afternoon, my sister and I were playing in front of my uncles house; She was 5 and I was 7. An old lady approached us with my mother in tow; she was disliked by girls in the village but I was too young to understand why. She had a merciless face as she walked up behind my younger sister: "You two, come with me" she said to us.
I looked up at my mother to see her approval: "Go with this grandma".
Too naive to envisage what was happening, my sister and I followed the old lady. However, my mother didn't follow...
Suddenly, I felt anxious. Why isn't mother coming with us, I wondered. Why did she leave us with this lady that nobody liked.
"Grandma, where are we going?" I questioned.
"Don't speak so much" she snapped. We tagged along obediently, like little kids do.
We arrived in a small mud house which smelled of dirt and crushed leaves. In the corner of the room sat two other women whom I recognised from the village. They were what the locals described as "Doctors" even though they held no medical qualifications; or any qualificatiowww.Ekurd.netn for that matter. Grandma walked up to the two ladies and rapidly whispered something in their ears, too quiet for me to make out what they were discussing.
The two ladies made their way to me and my sister each with a piece of black cloth in their hands. Fear settled over me. Where was my mother?
One of the ladies grabbed my arms and blindfolded me. I kicked and pushed, but she had much more strength. I could hear my little sister also struggling. She was screaming and crying for help, but I couldn't do anything to help her. I was helpless.
"Get off me" I screamed, but the lady pushed me down with even more force.
"It will be over soon, I promise" she said as she took my skirt off and tied my legs to the table.
I heard my sisters scream from across the room. It was the most agonising sound I've heard to this day. The sort of sound that I never want to hear again. I was blind folded, so I couldn't see what was happening. My sisters crying died out eventually. If my memory serves me well, she passed out. From the fear. The pain.
Then came my turn. I felt cold hands on my thighs, pressing down. Grandma's hands?
I started to struggle again.
"Hold still" grandma hissed.
I screamed. Cried. Pushed. But it was of no use, I was locked onto the floor.
And then it happened. The cutting occurred really rapidly. To this day, I have never experienced a pain as intense as being mutilated. It's the kind of pain I wouldn't wish upon my enemy. They cut us without any use of anaesthetics, as a result I passed out.
I'm not sure how long it took for me to regain consciousness but when I did I felt sore. I opened my eyes to see one of the ladies applying crushed leaves to my wound.
"It'll heal quicker this way" she smiled as if she had an ounce of sympathy in her. But I guess I can't blame her. She didn't know any better. She was following what people viewed as "cultural norms".
I stayed in that room with my sister for around a month. The ladies would visit us and put crushed leaves onto the wound daily until the wounds eventually healed into a faint scar.
My mother would come and visit us often, bringing food and new clothes with her.
I would ask my mother: "Why did they cut me? How could you let them do that to me?"
After a moment of silence she would reply: "My daughter, I did it to protect you. Those who are not cut in our village are looked down upon. No one will ever eat anything they cook. They are seen as impure. Unclean. You would be an outcast and I didn't want that for my daughters"
I'm still very angry. Angry that they dared brutalise me like that. But I think they truly believed they were doing my sister and me a favour. In a sense you could say it is their way of dishing out tough love, however unwanted it may be.
Talking about what happened to me is traumatising and embarrassing. Every time I speak of it I feel the same fear and pain I felt on the day of the cutting. FGM has affected my life negatively. This unnecessary practice is the reason for my phobia of cuts. No matter how small a cut is or where it is, I have a panic attack.
I am classed as one of the lucky FGM victims. Some girls weren't so lucky. A girl from our village died during childbirth due to complications as a result of FGM.
I hope more girls speak up and share their stories because together we can end this painful, life threatening practice. I want my future daughters to grow up in a culture that is free from FGM. No girl should go through what my sister and I did. I will make sure my daughters don't."
After thanking Payam for being brave enough to share her story and assuring her that her voice will be heard I promised Kurdistan to work hard to end FGM and similar practices. Please share this blog and help Payam's voice be heard. Many Kurdish women want FGM to end and we need to support them in their stand against the practice.
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