Day two (Sunday 26th November 2017) of the 2017 VKFF Activation Weekend had arrived. Marija and I had enjoyed 2 great nights in Morgan and it was time for us to move on to our first park activation of Sunday, the Swan Reach Conservation Park VKFF-0832 which is located about 170 km north east of Adelaide and about 12 km west of the town of Swan Reach.
Above:- Map showing the location of the Swan Reach Conservation Park. Map courtesy of Location SA Map Viewer.
After breakfast we headed down to the ferry at Morgan, which crossed the Murray River. There are a couple of ways of getting to Swan Reach from Morgan, but this is the way the GPS decided to take us. On the way to the ferry I spoke from the mobile with Liz VK2XSE/p on 7.144. Liz was activating the Balowra State Conservation Area VKFF-1269 in New South Wales.
Whilst waiting for the ferry, and then whilst on borad the ferry crossing the river, Marija and I worked Mick VK3PMG/p on 7.160, who was in the Jallukar Nature Conservation Reserve VKFF-2115. Mick had a good 5/7 signal into the mobile, and gave us a 5/7 in return.
We travelled south on the Murbko Road which runs alongside the mighty Murray River. There are a number of spots here where you can stop to enjoy some spectacular views of the Murray River, which is exactly what we did.
We then reached the Sturt Highway and headed towards the town of Blanchetown, before turning left on to Hunter Road which again hugged the Murray River to our right. The town of Swan Reach was our next stop. Swan Reach was initially settled way back in the 1850's and was originally the largest of five sheep and cattle stations in the area. It subsequently became a busy riverboat port in South Australia. We waited to board the ferry at Swan Reach, whilst having a look at the flood levels on an electricity pole. The 1956 flood literally wiped out the town of Swan Reach.
After crossing the Murray, we travelled west on the Swan Reach-Angaston Road (the Stott Highway), and soon reached the park. The Swan Reach Conservation Park is 2,017 hectares in size, with the majority of the park being an open area of Mallee Box, red mallee, and yorrell. The remaining area consists of low woodland with false sandalwood and bullock bush over an understorey of spear-grass and ephemeral herbs.
About 97 species of native bird have been recorded in the park including Chestnut-rumped Thornbill, Southern Whiteface, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Grey Shrikethrush, Australian Magpie, Malleefowl, Little Eagle, Crested Pigeon, and Inland Thornbill. Most of the mallee scrub in the park has been cut ver for firewood and the present vegetation is regowth. The park lacks the numbers of large, mature mallees which originally occurred in the area and provided nesting hollows for birds. I hardly saw a bird in the park during our visit.
Native animals found in the park include Western Grey kangaroos, Red Kangaroos, and the Southern Hairy-nosed wombat. Gould's Goanna and Central Beared Dragons can be found in the park.
Marija and I turned on to the Old Punyelroo Road and then on to a dirt track leading into the park.
There was plenty of room here to pull the Toyota Hi Lux off the track and roll out the awning/annexe, and stretch out the 20/40/80m linked dipole.
As we drove in to the park we worked Marc VK3OHM/p who was activating the Warrandyte State Park VKFF-0774. As we were within the boundaries of the park it qualified as a Park to Park contact, as mobile is allowed in the WWFF program. Marc had a cracking 5/9 signal into the mobile.
We set up and immediately headed to 7.140 to get another Park to Park with Marc VK3OHM/p as we were now set up portable. After logging Marc, we headed up to 7.150 and Marija started calling CQ, whilst I spotted her on parksnpeaks. Marija's CQ call was answered by Tom VK5NFT at Millicent in the South East, followed by Tom VK5AA also in the South East at Mount Gambier, and then Chris VK3FHCT.
Our second Park to Park was to follow, a contact with Mick VK3GGG/VK3PMG who was activating the Jallukar Nature Conservation Reserve VKFF-2115. Marija soon had her 10th contact in the log, a QSO with John VK4/AC8WN. Marija then logged John under another one of his calls VK4/VE6XT and then our good friend John VK5BJE.
As it was a little quiet, we took the opportunity of tuning across the 40m band to see if we could find some more park activators. We soon found Gerard VK2IO/p who was activating the Pitt Town Nature Reserve VKFF-1984.
Marija then went back to 7.150 and called CQ, logging a total of 15 stations including the following three more Park to Park contacts….
Marija now had 28 contacts in the log and the calls on 40m had slowed down a little, so we decided to go have a listen on the 80m band. Marija called CQ on 3.610 which was answered by John VK5BJE, followed by Adrian VK5FANA, Tony VK5MRT, and then Ivan VK5HS mobile, all of whom had great signals on 80m. We also made a Park to Park contact with Mick VK3GGG/VK3PMG who was now activating the Illawarra Nature Conservation Reserve VKFF-2111. Mick had a good 5/5 signal.
We headed back to 40m where we logged the following Park to Park contacts…..
We returned to 7.150 and Marija continued to call CQ, logging a further 6 stations from VK2, VK3, VK4 and VK7. Unfortunately we had a couple of VK6 stations come up on the frequency, and despite us hearing them well, they were unable to hear either Marija or I. It just wasn't worth competing with them, so we left the frequency. We found Mick VK3PMG/VK3GGG on 7.155 in the Illawarra Nature Conservation Reserve VKFF-2111. This was Marija's 44th contact. She had qualified the park for the global WWFF program.
Marija then took a coffee break, whilst I put out a few CQ calls on 7.144 on 40m logging 16 stations from VK1, VK2, VK3, VK4, VK5, and VK7, including a Park to Park with Neil VK4HNS/p who was in the Girraween National Park VKFF-0198.
Marija and I then headed up to 21.244 on the 15m band, hoping to get a few contacts. And we were pleased that we put up the 15m /12 wave dipole as the band was wide open to New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia. Our first contact on 15m was a Park to Park with Gerard VK2JNG/p who was in the Koreelah National Park VKFF-0268. Other Park to Park contacts on 15m were made with Neil VK4HNS/p in the Giraween National Park VKFF-0198, and Rob VK4AAC/p who was activating the Clear Mountain Conservation Park VKFF-1511.
So with a number of contacts in the log on 15m, it was time to try the 20m band. I logged 10 contacts there including the following Park to Park contacts…..
We were about to pack up when we noticed a spot for Les VK5KLV/p on 7.150 in the Whyalla Conservation Park VKFF-0808. So it was off to 40m again to log Les Park to Park.
Marija had 53 QSOs in the log including 18 Park to Park contacts. I had 49 QSOs in the log including 22 Park to Park contacts. Between us we had made 102 QSOs, including 40 Park to Park contacts.
A great post and I am pleased I have you both in the log.
We enjoyed our activation here at Swan Reach. About 40% of our contacts from here were Park to Park QSOs, such was the activity on the day. Pleased to be able to get you in the log.
Im really enjoying following your blog.
Oddly enough its not for the radio part, Im into astrophotography and really like your reports on the park that you visit and the aerial shots of where you set up, it really helps me plan my visits.
Many thanks for your comments. It sounds like you have a very interesting past time. Who knows, we might bump into each other one day in a park.


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Order of the Saxon Knights
Synopsis of the Saxon Knights
About Indiana's most notorious prison gang.
The Order of the Saxon Knight was founded in the Indiana State Reformatory in 1995. "Pendleton" is a maximum-security prison located northeast of Indianapolis, near Pendleton, Indiana.
The Saxon Knights brotherhood consists of more than 1000 men and women; centered mostly in Indiana, but reaching into other states as well, such as - Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Alabama and Georgia. Even though the brotherhood was founded in prison and membership in the Saxon Knights is obtained while serving time in prison, many members of the brotherhood have served out their time and are now living on the outside. In fact, those on the outside now exceed those that remain incarcerated.
The brotherhood's morals and values are key to understanding them. Everyone has made mistakes; everyone has made bad decisions. The Saxon Knights, however, refuse to allow those mistakes to define them as people. Instead, knights choose to make changes in their lives so that they may be better suited to contribute to the society.
Education is often despised among prison gangs. But, the Saxon Knights are not a prison gang per se, but a brotherhood; so, many college educated men and women who find themselves caught up by the legal system are drawn towards the Saxon Knights because of the brotherhood's morals and values. Consequently, the majority of knights are college educated men and women who have strong family ties and believe that returning to positive family values is the key to a better future.
The Order of the Saxon Knight is active in community outreach and has contributed to a number of charities and outreach programs. They have aided those affected by storms and floods in Indiana. In December 2007 they donated several thousand dollars in toys clothing and money to the Children's Guardian home in Indianapolis, Indiana.
No one is perfect; so the brotherhood stress holistic wellness among the knights. Knights encourage each other to pursue continued education, to exercise daily, and to seek spiritual guidance in some form of positive religion or philosophy. The brotherhood does not advocate one religion over another so long as the knight's chosen belief system teaches positive values and morals.
There are those who are less informed. "Offenders" have numerous, personal reasons for choosing which organization to join while doing their time. Some of those who have chosen the brotherhood over another organization may, in fact, be racists. But, as a brotherhood, the Order of the Saxon Knight is not a racist organization. Knights consider themselves "ethnopreservationists".
Racism is quite common in all areas of society, including - law enforcement, the judicial system and the medical field; racism is even seen in the halls of the United States Congress. The only difference between the Order of the Saxon Knight and these other segments of society is that, because of their experience in prison, knights admit that the projection of racism is multi-directional.
As ethnopreservationists, knights believe the differences they see is what makes life interesting. The brotherhood encourages every ethnic background to be proud of who they are and how they look. Knights applaud everyone, regardless of race, who works to preserve those values and traditions that define their personal ethnicity.
© 1995- Order of the Saxon Knights.

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Robert "Bob" Dolan (April 5, 1929 – April 24, 2016) was an American marine geologist. He was a professor of Coastal Geology at the University of Virginia. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He was the co-creator of the Dolan/Davis Scale for Nor'easter.
Dolan died in Charlottesville, Virginia at the age of 87 on April 24, 2016.
↑ DEAN, CORNELIA (June 23, 1992). "Scientists Put a Ruler on Northeasters". New York Times.
↑ Dolan, Robert; Davis, Robert (October 1, 1992). "An Intensity Scale for Atlantic Coast Northeast Storms". Journal of Coastal Research 8 (4): 840–853. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4298040.
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Fashion criticism as an approach is explored through writing, editing and publishing in Johannes' work.
Johannes has contributed essays and articles about topics such as fashion aesthetics, trends and design; fashion industry commentary as well as fashion show and exhibition reviews to publication such as SSAW, Vestoj, Press & Fold, Dazed, Reminiscences, Notion and Block to name but a few. He has interviewed people for such as design duo Marques Almeida, fashion designer Zandra Rhodes and fashion critic Booth Moore for profiles.
Johannes aims to expand, enhance and experiment with fashion writing and criticism with his pet project Address - journal for fashion criticism which he edits and publishes. With two print publications, growing online platform dedicated for fashion criticism, over 30 contributors across the globe, Address has been recognised by the likes of The New York Times, Vice and Grafik.
In his capacity as a commentator and a critic, Johannes has spoken about fashion in public lectures at Berlin Fashion Week, Edinburgh International Fashion Festival and Victoria and Albert museum as well as taken part in panel discussions organised by Stack, MagCulture, XXY magazine and Seek Berlin.
Johannes holds a masters degree in Design Writing Criticism from London College of Communication.


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Volutella buxi results in browning of the leaves leaving bare patches in topiary and hedges. It can spread in wet conditions with a pinkish spore appearing on the undersides of leaves. Fallen leaves can carry the disease through the winter months and new spores are produced in the spring. They can enter the plant through damage to leaves, stems and clipping cuts.
Cylindrocladium buxicola is the more serious of the two and this causes leaves to develop dark brown spots which enlarge and patches of grayish fungal growth appear on the underside of the leaves which release the infection. This form of infection can penetrate the cuticle of the leaves meaning infection can occur and spread easily.
Special efforts to remove infected parts of the plant or debris are required to help reduce the spread of the infection, burning is best but do not add to the compost heap as spores have been found decomposing leaves up to a year after.
There is no know cure for box blight. It may be possible to prevent the spread by using fungicides but these need to be applied to the whole plant including leaves and stems but this can be very difficult as box leaves are very tightly packed.
If you find an infected area hygiene is very important. Any tools used to clip or prune should be disinfected after use. Household bleach is suitable for this.
All infected branches and fallen material at the base of the plant are to be removed carefully as not to spread the spores and infection. These are best to be burnt.
Avoid over head watering as this can cause the spores to spread.
But remember not all browning of leaves means you have box blight. Pruning to late into the season can lead to frost damage, the foliage on the top will be brown but you will get new growth underneath. Also cat or dog urine can cause dead patches on the lower part of the plan.
Make sure you inspect the infected area first to asses the cause of the problem before taking drastic actions and cutting big patches from your hedges or topiary.


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Products > Oliver Coates - Shelley's On Zenn-La LP
Oliver Coates - Shelley's On Zenn-La LP
Label: RVNG Intl.
In broad string strokes, British cellist, composer, and producer Oliver Coates went from studying at the Royal Academy of Music to becoming an artist in residency at London's Southbank Centre to contributing to works from Radiohead. His in depth understanding of classical cello is met with his study and exploration of electronic experimental sound.
Earlier on, Coates received the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist Award and has been commissioned for string and electronic arrangements with visual artist Lawrence Lek and composer Jonny Greenwood (on the scores for Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood and Phantom Thread) and collaborated with musician Mica Levi on their 2016 album Remain Calm.
Coates' foray into electronic leanings on Upstepping, his other 2016 release, have led to the more expansive architecture of his 2018 album, Shelley's on Zenn-La, his first for RVNG Intl. Shelley's on Zenn-La is a cerebral dance record that does much with live cello performance alongside synthesis. Coates made music mostly in Renoise, composing complex drum sequences in numbers and pencil drawn waveforms. Some of the compositions get into FM synthesis - "I like hearing how one tone is enriched by another tone modulating the first, resulting in gleaming sets of new harmonics," says Coates, "I started thinking about putting live cello playing into that chain of antagonism resulting in beauty."


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Q: compiling a .net application with either a 32-bit or 64-bit dll I have an application that we wrote here at work that uses the SharpSVN wrapper for SVN. It has served us well of the past few years. However, we have started bringing in 64-bit systems and our application cannot seem to access the SharpSVN dll on these systems.
I have downloaded the 64-bit version of the SharpSVN dll and I am wondering what to do next. I  cannot stop my 32-bit users from using the application, so I need to be able to compile for both platforms. Luckily, with this application, we split different layers of the ntier stack into separate projects within the solution so my business layer that utilizes the SharpSVN dll is on its own.
How would I go about compiling both a 32-bit and 64-bit version of my application without having to maintain two copies of the project?

A: Build your tool using the x86 platform (as opposed to Any CPU), and it will be loaded as x86 code even on 64-bit systems.
Or you can do something like
class SharpSvn64 {
    [DllImport("sharpsvn64.dll")] extern public static void DoSomething();
}

class SharpSvn32 {
    [DllImport("sharpsvn32.dll")] extern public static void DoSomething();
}

class SharpSvn {
    static readonly bool Is64 = (IntPtr.Size == 8);

    void DoSomething() {
        if (Is64)
            SharpSvn64.DoSomething();
        else
            SharpSvn32.DoSomething();
    }
}

Edit: Since SharpSVN is managed, PInvoke wouldn't be the answer, so building x86 executables are probably the way. Or, if the interface is identical, you MAY get away with subscribing to the AddDomain.AssemblyResolve event and choose which assembly you want in that. I don't know if this is a good idea, though.

A: From the description, it sounds like your vb.net application is built with the Any CPU option, which means it would run as a 64-bit application on a 64-bit machine.  In that case, it would not load the 32-bit DLL.
Rather than try to use both a 32-bit and 64-bit version, you should be able to just change it to run as 32-bit.  Simpler deployment.  Under the project properties build tab, choose x86.

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How can anyone still deny that Quebec — like most other modern societies — has a problem with systemic racism? When a police officer suggests the best way to deal with Indigenous people in a Montreal park is to assign them all numbers — basically, to deny their humanity — you know you have a problem. And when you know the same SPVM officer was actually assigned by Station 12 to attend this meeting with Indigenous representatives, you know that the contempt isn't isolated, it is ingrained, systemic and obtuse.
When the police force signed an agreement with much fanfare in 2015 to improve relations with the Montreal Indigenous community, you can be forgiven for believing that long-awaited change might coming. But when a carefully constructed sensitization program for 120 officers prompts disinterest and derision from those attending the first session — and leads to the cancellation of 11 remaining sessions — you have yet more confirmation that police contempt for "Indians" is ingrained, systemic and obtuse.
These stories and others marked the third day of local hearings of Quebec's Viens Commission, which is looking into relations between police and Indigenous communities. The hearings were launched after a groundswell of anger over the treatment of Indigenous women by police in Val d'Or and other northern communities that made international headlines in 2015 and an inquiry into abuse, intimidation and assault failed to result in legal charges.
According to Nakuset, three of the four components of the "landmark" SPVM 2015 agreement are "failing miserably." Even the appointment of a liaison with the city's Indigenous population disappointed after the police failed to put an Indigenous officer in the job.
Not that there are a lot of minority officers in the force. Despite years of minority hiring targets, just 8.5 per cent of SPVM officers describe themselves as having Indigenous or visible minority background in a city where one-third of the population fits that description.
The lack of diversity within police ranks reinforces a sense of detachment from the city's non white-francophone population and leads to conscious or unconscious social and racial profiling, as revealed in a 2015 report commissioned by the SPVM to evaluate the force's progress.
The report found that programs that made progress in building a rapport with minority communities were often underfunded and underappreciated and quickly sacrificed in the face of budget pressures.
Continuity of efforts in addressing these issues has also been hampered by the turnover in police chiefs since 2015. The agreement on Indigenous relations was signed by outgoing chief Marc Parent, who also commissioned the study on police profiling. His successor, Philippe Pichet, was quickly caught up in the issue of police treatment of the city's itinerant population after yet another homeless man, 38-year-old Jimmy Cloutier, was shot and killed by police outside the Old Brewery Mission in January 2016. But Pichet's meetings with Old Brewery president Matthew Pearce to discuss strategies in dealing with the homeless came to an abrupt halt in December when Pichet was suspended and replaced by Sûreté du Québec top cop Martin Prud'homme, on loan to the SPVM for a year and mandated to reorganize the force and restore confidence in it from both officers and the public.
With all that on Prud'homme's plate, critics are doubtful that the temporary chief will give much attention to the force's perceived problems with racial and social profiling, which managed to continue unimpeded even when police brass were theoretically devoting significant efforts to reverse the tide. They also point out that it was SQ officers involved in many of the Val d'Or complaints and that the provincial force is even more lilly-white (99 per cent) than Montreal's.
"The SQ is not known for being a police service that is very sensitive or responsive to ethnic diversity issues, both externally and internally," race relations activist Fo Niemi told CBC.
If there's hope for change, however, it could come from the new chair of the city's Public Security Commission, Alex Norris. The Projet Montréal councillor for Plateau-Mont-Royal since 2009, Norris is an outspoken former investigative journalist with the Montreal Gazette.
In the 20 years I've known him, Norris has always demonstrated the skill that Lashley says is so lacking in the Montreal police: the ability to put himself in someone else's boots.
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Valenciennes boss sorry over sexist ref rant
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Valenciennes manager David Le Frapper sorry after sexist ref rant
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Valenciennes manager David Le Frapper has apologised to referee Stephanie Frappart for making sexist remarks about her that have been denounced as from "another time" by the French referees' union.
Le Frapper was unhappy that his side were not awarded a penalty in a 0-0 draw against Laval in a Ligue 2 match on Friday. And, after the game, the 44-year-old had trouble containing his frustration.
"Apparently there's a penalty but she didn't see it or she was too far way... I don't know," he said of Frappart at a postmatch news conference. "She was doing ice-skating before... I don't know."
Pressed again on the penalty call, he went even further in his criticism of Frappart, 31, who has been refereeing in the French second tier since last season.
"We deserved it, but she chose not to give it," he added. "She blew for things that didn't exist. But what do you want me to say? A woman coming to referee a man's sport -- it's complicated.
"I'm sorry but there were interventions where there was nothing and she blew her whistle. You shouldn't be in the wrong profession. For us, it's our job. Football is a committed sport."
The Valenciennes boss was quick to realise his error and returned to publicly apologise to Frappart, saying his comments were made in the heat of the moment and borne out of disappointment.
"My words have gone beyond my thinking," he is quoted as saying by sports.fr. "And of course women all have their place and even an important role in football... you see that with the French women's team.
"I'm deeply disappointed with what happened, with my reaction. It's not like me."
The apology did not save Le Frapper from being widely condemned for his initial comments, which the French referees' union SAFE said were "unacceptable."
"SAFE strongly condemns these remarks, [which were] sexist and from another time," a statement read.
Eric Borghini, president of the federal committee on refereeing at the French Football Federation, also expressed his disgust.
"Frustration does not allow a manager everything," he is quoted as saying by 20minutes.fr. "These remarks demean their victim but especially the person who utters them. It's unacceptable. They are remarks from the last century."


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Matt Marks
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Written By: Team Sepro | Date: 27.10.16
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Q: Basis of group algebra factored by commutator While reading through the proof of a theorem, I came across the following result, which was stated without proof:

Let $k$ be a field, let $G$ be a finite group and let $kG$ be the corresponding group algebra. Let $g_1,\cdots,g_m$ be conjugacy class representatives of $G$. Then it is possible to show that $\mathcal{B} := \bigl(g_i + [kG,kG]\bigr)_{1 \leq i \leq m}$ is a $k$-vector space basis of $kG/[kG,kG]$.

Showing that $\mathcal{B}$ is a spanning set is not so difficult and follows from the fact that every $g \in G$ can be written as $g = xg_ix^{-1}$ for some $i$ and some $x \in G$.
On the other hand, I do not know how to prove linear independence of $\mathcal{B}$. If some $k$-linear combination $\sum (\lambda_i g_i + [kG,kG])$ were zero, then $\sum \lambda_i g_i = bc - cb$ for some $b,c \in kG$.
I would like to show that $\lambda_i \in [kG,kG]$ for all $i$. Does anybody have a suggestion on how I could do this? Otherwise, would there be a way to show that $\mathcal{B}$ is a basis from dimension counting?
Thank you very much!

A: As a $k$-vector space, $[kG,kG]$ is generated by $xy-yx$ for $x$, $y\in G$.
Now $xy$ and $yx$ are conjugate in $G$. On the other hand if $g$ and $h$
are conjugate then $h=ugu^{-1}$ and
$g-h=(gu^{-1})u-u(gu^{-1})\in[kG,kG]$.
Let $A$ be the vector space with generators labelled $[C]$ where $C$
ranges over the conjugacy classes of $G$ and define a $k$-linear
map $\phi :kG\to A$ by taking $g\in G$ to $[C]$ where $C$ is the conjugacy
class of $g$. Then $\phi$ is surjective with kernel precisely $[kG,kG]$.
It follows that your $g_i+[kG,kG]$ form a basis for $kG/[kG,kG]$
since they are inverse images of a basis for $A$ (formed by the $[C]$).


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A Cruel Story of Youth
Nagisa Oshima's Cruel Story of Youth (1960) is usually seen as Oshima's cinematic breakthrough. It is a political film that makes statements about the consumer society that Japan was becoming during the economic miracle recovery of the post war years. He does this by also using the "sun tribe" film tropes like motorcycles, motorboats, and the sea side. A young girl Makoto (Miyuki Kawano) and her student boyfriend Kiyoshi (Yusuke Kawazu) set up an extortion scam where they find wealthy middle aged men who and extort money after they make passes at Makoto. Kiyoshi also has a middle aged lover who gives him money so that Makoto can have an abortion from her sister's ex-lover who does abortions on the side to make ends meet. It is a cruel and sordid tale of the frustrations of the new up and coming generation.
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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
I believe that Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) directed by Nagisa Oshima was one of the first Japanese films I ever saw on recommendation from Roger Ebert on "At The Movies." I recently read a book about Oshima and was in the process of creating a syllabus of Japanese films for a class I was planning to teach on Japanese film. I thought it was probably the most accessible, even though I am a fan of The Realm of the Senses and Empire of Passion, however, both have some explicit sexual scenes that I was wary of showing in film class. So I decided to screen Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, and even though I hadn't seen it in probably 20 years, I realized it has held up exceedingly well. I had forgotten about the homosexual subtext and the punishment of the Korean guard who had slept with a prisoner. It seems as though it was a precursor for Oshima's homosexual samurai film Taboo. There are some very good performances from first timers like David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Takeshi Kitano. However, it is Tom Conti that carries the film since it is mostly from his point of view. Sakamoto's score is unmistakably from the 80s, but appropriate and nostalgia inducing for me. Oshima is not afraid to show some of the unfavorable aspects of a Japanese prisoner of war camp warts and all, as well as seppuku. There are lots of great Criterion extras: The Oshima Gang, a 1983 making-of featurette, a new video interviews with producer Jeremy Thomas, screenwriter Paul Mayersberg, actor Tom Conti, and actor-composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, Hasten Slowly, an hour-long 1996 documentary about author Laurens van der Post, whose autobiographical novel was the basis for the film, the original theatrical trailer, new and improved English subtitle translation, and a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Chuck Stephens and reprinted interviews with director Nagisa Oshima and actor Takeshi Kitano. I was fascinated by the documentary on the author of the novel in which the film was based on a novel by Laurens van der Post and I plan to read this novel, The Seed and the Sower, soon. It was also interesting to hear that Kitano first thought about directing while working on the set of this, his first film, and Kitano would go on to become an internationally recognized director in his own right several years later. In addition, first assistant director Lee Tamahori would go onto make the critically praised film Once Were Warriors. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is a classic film and has stood the test of time.
May 01, 2013 in Criterion, Film, Oshima | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Empire of Passion
After reading Maureen Turim's book length study, The Films of Nagisa Oshima, last year I realized there were several films of his that I still needed to see. Oshima died at the beginning of this year incidentally. At the top of that list was Empire of Passion (1978). It is essentially the companion piece to his best and most (in)famous film, In The Realm of the Senses (1976), which gathered accolades and was censored in Japan and elsewhere for it's graphic depictions of sex. However, Empire of Passion is a radically different, as pointed out by Tony Rayns in his informative essay by noting opposites: urban/rural, shameless/guilt stricken, artifice/nature, exposure/concealment, female voyeurs/one frustrated male voyeur, male narrator/female narrator, etc. This story focuses on the defiance of Seki (played by Kazuko Yoshiyuki) a married mother of two and Toyoji (played by In The Realm of the Senses lead Tatsuya Fuji) a discharged soldier 26 years her junior. They conspire to murder Seki's husband Gisaburo, a rickshaw driver in a rural village during the Meiji era. Oshima incorporates a ghost story into the film as Gisaburo haunts Seki and the villagers in their thoughts, dreams, and supposed sightings. The films takes place after the Sino-Japanese War and shows how the central government begins to affect people's lives for the first time, this is seen in the police inspector who comes to the village to solve the mystery of Gisaburo's death. Oshima employs a number of visual themes and motifs to great effect such as circles, the changing of the seasons, and long tracking shots. There are many striking visual images throughout the film. The artistry of the film reflects the selection of a veteran and proven cast with the likes of cinematographer Yoshio Miyajima (Harakiri and Kwaidan) and composer extraordinaire Toru Takemitsu (Woman in the Dunes and Pale Flower). The Criterion extras include: Double Obsession: Seki, Sada, and Oshima, a video essay by film historian and critic Catherine Russell, interviews with actors Kazuko Yoshiyuki and Tatsuya Fuji, an interview from 2003 featuring production consultant Koji Wakamatsu and assistant directors Yusuke Narita and Yoichi Sai, the U.S. trailer, and a booklet featuring an essay by critic and historian Tony Rayns and a 1978 interview with Nagisa Oshima.
April 09, 2013 in Criterion, Film, Oshima | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
The Films Of Oshima Nagisa
Nagisa Oshima is one of Japan's most well-known directors and one of the harbingers of the Japanese New Wave film movement. His films tend to deal with issues like politics, identity, gender, and sex, thus, he has been a great favorite of critics and academics. In The Films Of Oshima Nagisa: Images Of A Japanese Iconoclast (1998) Maureen Turim mines the films of Oshima to study the different levels of meaning found throughout his body of work often with the aid of theorists like Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes, Michel Foucalt, and other postmodernist favorites, as a result, the book is sometimes overly academic and turgid in places. However, I do think that there is a lot going on in the films of Oshima, however, some of them are difficult to watch because of his avant garde approach or the fact that the films are fully loaded with messages.
In "Cultural Iconoclasm and Contexts of Innovation" Turim discuses auteur theory, authorship, and meanings that can exist outside the author's intent. She identifies Oshima as an iconoclast seeking new icons to replace old ones. Turim discusses Oshima's claim to hate all Japanese cinema. In the second chapter, "Cruel Stories of Youth and Politics" looks at Oshima's first films which focus on "sun tribe" stories and are overtly political. These include the following: A Town of Love and Hope (1959), Burial of the Sun (1959), Cruel Story of Youth (1960), and Night and Fog in Japan (1960). I found this section overwhelming with theoretical applications of post modern theorist. However, I think it is important to note that Oshima employs characters whose politics diverge from his own. This is followed by "Rituals, Desire, Death." In this section Turim looks at Death By Hanging (1968), which she sees as his most Brechtian film, Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969), which shows avant garde fragmentation, Boy (1969), his most humanist film, The Battle of Tokyo, or the Story of the Young Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970), one of Oshima's most challenging films, and The Ceremony (1971). The next section, "Signs of Sexuality In Oshima's Tales of Passion" looks at two of his most infamous and well known films. Realm of the Senses (1976) which explores the history of the seduction of a serving girl by her boss and had to filmed outside of Japan due to the graphic sex portrayed in the film. The companion piece to this is Empire of Passion (1978), which is a ghost story also about sexuality. "Warring Subjects" presents a contrast between two films form different periods of the director's body of work for contrast, The Catch (1961), an adaptation of a Kenzuburo Oe short story, and Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence (1983), an adaptation of a novel by South African Lauren van der Post. These films are critical of the Japanese sense of victimization by their war leaders during WWII which absolves them of individual complicity.The next section, "Popular Song, Fantasies, and Comedies of Iconoclasm" examines these themes in the following films: A Treaty on Japanese Bawdy Songs (1967), Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968), Dear Summer Sister (1972), and Max Mon Amour (1987). I found the section on Oshima's documentaries, "Documents of Guilt and Empire," especially fascinating. This includes three films with a Korean focus. Forgotten Soldiers (1963) about the protests for compensation of Korean nationals recruited to fight for Japan in WWII. A Monument to Youth (1964) about a Korean woman, Park Oh He, who lost a limb in the opposition protest against Syngman Rhee, and tries to move from prostitution to working in an orphanage. Also, Diary of Yunbogi (1965) which is about street kids in Seoul. Turim then discusses four films related to war. The Pacific War (1968) is made up of clips from propaganda films made during the war. In The Battle of Tsushima (1975) Oshima interviews survivors of the Russo-Japanese War. The Dead Remain Young (1977) is a memorial of civilian victims or a torpedo attack in WWII that was mostly Okinawian children. The final film was Human Drama: 28 Years of Hiding in the Jungle (1977) that looks at Yokoi Shoichi was lived in isolation in Guam. Oshima was an early critic of China's cultural revolution which can be seen in his film Mao and the Cultural Revolution (1969). The other two films discussed, Joi Bengla! (1972) and The Golden Land of Bengal (1976), celebrate and examine a new Asian nation, Bangladesh. In the concluding section, Turim mentions two documentaries that he had made, Kyoto, My Mother (1991) and The Century of Cinema for the British Film Institute and that Taboo (1999), his final film, was in pre-production.
To date I have seen Shadows and Fog in Japan, the Criterion box set Oshima's Outlaw 60s: Pleasures of the Flesh, Violence at Noon,Sing a Song of Sex, Japanese Summer: Double Suicide, Three Resurrected Drunkards, Realm of Senses, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, and Taboo. I am inspired to see any of the documentaries I can find, perhaps Criterion could bring out a box set? Turim sees Empire of Passion as a companion piece to Realm of Senses and a work of high merit, which inspires me to see it. This book is a comprehensive look at one of the most challenging Japanese directors.
December 07, 2012 in Books, Film, Oshima | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
Three Resurrected Drunkards
The last film in Criterion's Eclipse Series 21: Oshima's Outlaw Sixties was Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968). It is probably one of his strangest films about three students who go for a swim in Kyushu and have their clothes stolen by two AWOL Korean soldiers who were trying to escape fighting in Vietnam for the US. Almost halfway through the film it restarts and the story unfolds in a different manner than the previous run through. Oshima is making statements about the treatment of Korean immigrants, global policies of the US in a manner that is far from conventional. (I had previously seen Sing A Song Of Sex (1967) and choose not to re-watch it this time).
August 12, 2011 in Eclipse Series, Film, Oshima | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967) is one of the films in the Criterion Eclipse Series 21: Oshima's Outlaw Sixties series. It is a visually impressive film with great framing shots and something of an allegorical film, although I'm still trying to work out exactly how. There seems to be some obsession with the Japanese "death drive," but the lone female played by Keiko Sakurai is obsessed with sex and she cannot find fulfillment with the suicidal AWOL soldier played by Kei Sato. Several of the other characters of the gang that are looking for violence seem to represent certain aspect of the society-the aging yakuza with eh gun, the gun crazy 17 year old, Television, the bandit, the "oni." Then there's the troubling Caucasian foreigner who is randomly killing people which is referred to being like the assassination in Dallas by the commenter on the TV. It is a curious film-one that I'm not sure I fully understand. At some point I might have to give it a second viewing, but there's a stack of movies waiting in the meantime.
July 19, 2011 in Eclipse Series, Film, Oshima | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
Violence At Noon
Violence At Noon (1966) from Nagisa Oshima's Criterion Collection of films from the Eclipse series Oshima's Outlaw Sixties is generally considered the masterpiece of the collection. It is inspired by a short story by Taijun Takeda about a true story from the 50s of the daylight demon who murdered and raped 50 women. Oshima has taken this story to express his highly stylized feelings on the failings of the left which resulted in some leading members committing suicide and other resorting to violence to as a means to an end. The principal characters used to work on a farm collective and are bound to each as victimize, ex-wife, and victim. Oshima used 2,000 cuts in 99 minutes displaying an impressive visual vision.
June 21, 2011 in Eclipse Series, Film, Oshima | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Pleasures Of The Flesh
Pleasures Of The Flesh (1965) is one of the five films featured in the Criterion Eclipse Series 21:Oshima's Outlaw Sixities and something of a surprise. I guess I was expecting some sort of didactic "issue" film, however, it was more complex than that. This was the first film from his own company Soza-sha and contains many of his hallmark themes: self-destruction, moral turpitude, class oppression. It was adapted from Futaro Yamada's novel Pleasure Inside The Coffin. It is a curious film, in which a character is blackmailed into watching over embezzled funds to avoid a jail sentence. Atsushi (Katsuo Nakamura) decides to spend it on women to erase the memory of the woman he committed the crime for Shoko (Mariko Kaga who would go onto to play another pivotal role in Pale Flower for Masahiro Shinoda). It was more artistic than I would have thought coming from a film that was supposed to be presented as a so-called "pink film"-which I guess would be translated as a soft-core porn film(?).
I was quite impressed with Joan Mellen's approach to film criticism after reading her seminal book, Voices From The Japanese Cinema, so I sought out some other titles. One of her other projects was a short book-length essay for BFI Film Classics on Nagisa Oshima's taboo breaking film In The Realm of the Senses . It is a fascinating look at the infamous film. Mellen brings a storehouse of knowledge to the project about Japanese culture, history, film, and the life and career of Oshima. In the section "Oshima Nagisa Auteur" she states that Oshima sought to "look into the political perception in the minds of the Japanese" which is entrenched in the Tenno or emperor system in which his characters cannot escape Japan. She states that he was searching for away for his characters to break away from it. In the next section "Reverse Utopias" she looks at this film was made in a particular historical moment of liberated attitude toward sexuality of the late 60s and mid-70s. This included challenges to puritanical views of sexuality and connections between sexuality and politics found their way in several films of that era like Bertolucci's The Conformist and Last Tango in Paris. The following section "Mise En Scene" looks at the film scene by scene and explains what Oshima was trying to accomplish throughout the film. Mellen then discusses "Crime, Mortality and In The Realm of the Senses" by stating that the characters might come off as unsympathetic, but their adultery might best be seen in the context of a civilization where for many centuries male infidelity was not only acceptable but institutionalized with entire districts with an entire caste of women given over to the serving male needs. Thus, according to Mellen, part of Oshima's radical stance is that of an emphasis on women's pleasure. Mellen sums up the film in "Codas" by saying: "In the realm of the Senses is, finally, a revolutionary moment in the cinema of Japan, as innovative in its way as Bunuel's Viridiana (1961)." It is a fascinating look at a controversial film.
July 11, 2010 in Books, Film, Oshima | Permalink | Comments (0)
Night And Fog In Japan
Nagisa Oshima's Night and Fog in Japan (1960) is curious in its depiction of Japanese college students wrapped up in social causes and demonstrations. The political content is the most fascinating part of the film. It is pretty static in the camera work and drama like talking heads and flashbacks that dominate the action of the film, apparently there are only 46 cuts in the film. I realize that Oshima is taking the students to task for forgetting about their ideals and returning to more mundane issues like finishing their studies so that they can become good capitalist-in society by getting jobs, getting married and raising kids. The discussions of the factions within the factions and who betrayed who becomes confusing throughout. I feel that this is not one of his best films, but it seems to be a favorite among critics, to his credit he made three (!) in 1960.
March 14, 2009 in Film, Oshima | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)


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Learning about life from my first real boss
By Mike Robinson on August 6, 2017 No Comment
What we think of as progress doesn't cut it for someone who actually remembers when it took hard work and skills training to make a living
My first real boss was Ed Raymond, the foreman of the skidding crew I worked for in Juskatla logging camp, run by Mac and Blo (Macmillan and Bloedel Ltd.) in what was called the Queen Charlotte Islands (now Haida Gwaii).
The fact that you have to explain who Mac and Blo were, and what Haida Gwaii used to be named on the map tells you quite a bit about our recent history, and arguably progress in the 21st century.
However, I'm pretty sure what I think of as progress wouldn't cut it with Ed.
To start with, he was very unimpressed by my educational ambitions that I shared during our first lunch, after a hot morning of me setting chokers behind the Tree Farmer he was operating.
"So, what the f— are you doing with the money you're earning this summer, kid?"
"Well, I'm going to use it to pay for my first year's tuition at UBC."
"What the f— use is that?"
"Well, I'm thinking of getting an Arts BA. …"
I suddenly realized that Ed was actually picking up his long aluminum thermos and getting ready to chuck it right at my head. Before I could really process what was about to happen, he winged it at me.
Ed was the slow pitch king on the Port Clements softball team and he deliberately missed me by a few (of what we then called) inches. The thermos bounced off the side of the red and white Mac and Blo crummy (the crew bus), and clattered into the road gravel.
"Listen up kid, you're making a stupid decision. All that really matters is how many chunks you can get from stump to dump in this life. It's called real work. Studying poetry in Point Grey doesn't impress the kind of girls I go out with. Where's the money in that?"
I remember thinking that it was pretty impressive that he knew Point Grey was where UBC was located. And I wondered what kind of girls he went out with.
As the logging summer of 1969 slowly passed, there were plenty more opportunities to learn about the world of physical labour, of union pay scales, the threat of being sent "down the road," and marriages that somehow functioned on the five-weeks-on, two-weeks-off work cycle.
It was a world where hard work was expected and noticed. Where work camps housed 200 men, and one woman – the camp nurse. It was a world where competency was expected; where expertise at a high mechanical level earned commensurate status.
In the camp dining hall, the top trades ate together at the central tables. Your status was visually apparent at each meal. You quickly learned the camp hierarchy: first came fallers, then shop mechanics, then teamsters, then boom crew, then road crew, then office staff, then bullcooks, then chokermen.
We sat together at the farthest table from the food, next to the washroom door. We got our grub last. Often it was the definition of slim pickings. Simply wishing to eat better was a motivation to learn a decent trade – one that moved you at least a notch up from labourer.
There aren't many Juskatla logging camps left in 2017. Mine only exists in memory. Increasingly, I think of the loggers I worked with when I read op-eds about the American 'Red State,' working-class base in the Washington Post, the New Yorker and the New York Times.
Ed Reynolds didn't study poetry at UBC, or read op-eds and nuanced editorial essays. But he did understand that hard work was the way up, especially when twinned with trades training that involved increasing mechanical complexity. He understood a few things about sacrifice, too.
One has to wonder what the work world would offer Ed today. Bush camps of all descriptions are in shorter and shorter supply. Mines, liquefied natural gas plants, logging camps and hydro dam construction projects are everywhere receiving closer scrutiny and greater public disfavour.
We live in a world characterized by economic disruption. Would Ed drive for Uber, clean Airbnbs or work in an Amazon warehouse shipping facility?
Unlikely. He'd seek work that offered high union wages, basic autonomy and good chances for upward mobility.
The question is: where is that kind of work anymore? This is the issue at the root of our distemper.
Mike Robinson has been CEO of three Canadian NGOs: the Arctic Institute of North America, the Glenbow Museum and the Bill Reid Gallery. Mike has chaired the national boards of Friends of the Earth, the David Suzuki Foundation, and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. In 2004, he became a Member of the Order of Canada.
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Mike Robinson's career combined his academic training in Law and Anthropology at UBC and Oxford University, in frontier regulatory compliance work at Petro-Canada and PolarGas, and the leadership of three national NGOs: The Arctic Institute of North America, The Glenbow Alberta Institute, and The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. In addition, he has chaired the national boards of Friends of the Earth, The David Suzuki Foundation, and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. In 2004 he became a Member of the Order of Canada.
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Updated Dec, 2013: Updated for Fedora 20 and latest MAME/MESS.
On 12.10, for MAME versions 0.147u5 and later 12.10 will be auto-detected and it will prompt you to install gcc-4.6 and g++-4.6 if you haven't already. If you do have them installed, it will build automatically. For 0.147u4 and earlier, you must "make DISTRO=gcc46-generic".
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That will automatically download, compile, and install sdlmame and all needed dependencies.
If you want to build from the latest u-update, make sure you have done the above at least once to get the needed dependencies and from there on it's just a matter of issuing the appropriate make commands.
Sadly enough, there doesn't seem to be a PBI for pcbsd yet for either sdlmame or sdlmess.
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Tested on a fresh install from the Live-CD.
Sorry, my English is bad!
I've updated the ports for sdlmame and sdlmess and also created a sdlmame-devel ports for u release.
They are not in the current ports-tree yet (I've opened PR but the original commiter seems dead ...).
Just get the tgz at http://distfiles.arcadebsd.org/ports rm the current directory and extract the new one.
I've removed the useless wrapper script and sdlmame and sdlmess use .mame and .mess respectively (sdlmame-devel use .mame-devel to avoid configuration problems).
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VETERANS' DAY Book GIVEAWAY @CornellPress
November 9, 2018 sagehouseBook, caregivers, Day, families, free, Health, healthcare, promo, promotion, VA, veteran, Veterans, VHA, warLeave a comment
One thing I appreciate about meeting with Cornell University Press' Director Dean J. Smith, is that I always leave his office with some kind of insight or anecdote. He seems to be a natural story-teller, and last week he told me how he gave a free copy of Suzanne Gordon's new book Wounds of War, to a veteran who walked into Sage House. The conversation moved Dean and he decided he wanted to do something special for veterans. His words resonated with me.
For those who are not familiar with her work, Suzanne is an award-winning healthcare journalist and author who spent more than thirty years researching health care delivery and nursing in the American private, profit-driven marketplace. And even though she is not a veteran herself, she is genuinely concerned by the move towards outsourcing veterans' care. Last month, Suzanne wrote a blog post for our website about the dangers of privatizing the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), emphasizing the need to protect a system that manages the healthcare of a vulnerable population that is, "at high risk for mental health and substance abuse problems, suicide, chronic pain, homelessness, and legal issues, to name a few." Her fight is one born out of personal motivation; as a civilian, she has nothing to gain from the political debate around the VA.
All this said, and in anticipation of #VeteransDay in the US this Sunday, we have decided to celebrate all veterans, their families, and caregivers, with a special book giveaway! And we are inviting them to share a flyer on Facebook or Twitter, for the chance to enter to win a FREE copy of Suzanne Gordon's new release Wounds of War.
Additionally, we'll send a free copy of Suzanne's previous book, The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare, to the first 500 people who email us at cupress-sales@cornell.edu on November 11th*. Please type "Veterans' Day Promo" in the subject of your email.
At #CornellPress, we believe that it is our duty to spread knowledge and support the men and women who have served this country, showing them our appreciation with these two promotions. We hope that everybody participates and enjoys their new books!
*By sending an email to get a free copy of The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare, you agree to receive mail notifications with the latest updates from Cornell University Press. Promo valid in the US only.
For more information on Wounds of War, listen to the following interviews with Suzanne Gordon on Frontlines of Freedom and the Radioactive Broadcasting show:
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About the author of this blog post: Adriana Ferreira is the Social Media Coordinator at Cornell University Press. She is excited to extend this offer to veterans and hope that they can celebrate their day in a special way!
Open wound: privatizing the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
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After spending more than 30 years researching health care delivery and nursing in the American private, profit-driven health care marketplace, I decided to explore how the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) delivers healthcare to 9 million of the nation's veterans. Although neither I, nor anyone in my family is a veteran, I knew that the VHA had made impressive strides in implementing healthcare teamwork and improving patient safety. I knew the system was more accountable than the settings in which I –a non-veteran– get my healthcare. I had, however, no idea how impressive the system really is.
Nearly five years observing and interviewing veterans, their families, and their caregivers, showed me how the VHA delivers excellent care –at far lower cost than is available in the private sector– to the nation's most complex patients.
In Wounds of War, I introduce you to the veterans who receive this care and the dedicated employees who deliver it. I take you into exam rooms, hospital wards, therapy groups, homeless and legal programs, and even cooking classes where the VHA caregivers are interacting with their patients.
And you'll find that while our broader healthcare system delivers fragmented healthcare services, the VHA is grounded in an integrated model.
It has perhaps the only functioning mental and behavioral health system in the United States and delivers high quality geriatric and end of life care, all while simultaneously addressing patients' housing, employment, and legal problems.
True, we should all have this kind of integrated care; but it is critical to veterans. After all, military training and service places them at high risk for mental health and substance abuse problems, suicide, chronic pain, homelessness, and legal issues, to name a few.
The VHA has done something really rare in American medicine. Today, many hospitals may advertise team-based care, but will not spend their resources to teach people to work together. The VHA has devoted enormous time and energy to train employees to work on teams. You'd be surprised to find out that a veteran's primary care provider will actually consult with his or her mental health therapist or orthopedist, social worker, dietician, or physical therapist in a face-to-face conversation –not only through notes entered into a shared electronic medical record–, in order to determine the best plan of care.
Over and over again, I am reminded how lacking this kind of integrated care is outside the VHA.
The other day, a friend who'd been suffering for years from back pain, consulted with a high- priced orthopedic specialist. The specialist peered at his X-rays and declared that he wasn't a candidate for surgery. Maybe, the physician told my friend, PT would work, or chiropractic, or acupuncture, or even yoga. Check it out, he advised, as he rushed on to his next appointment. My friend was on his own.
If my friend was a veteran, he would have been scheduled for a visit with an integrative pain team. He would have been helped to enroll in the kind of pain classes that significantly reduce patients' perceptions of pain and enhance daily function. He would have been scheduled for physical therapy and even signed up for classes of yoga and mindfulness meditation. And all of this would have been coordinated by caregivers, not left in the hands of a vulnerable patient.
Plus, it wouldn't cost the veteran one dime.
Today, President Donald J. Trump and Congressional Republicans are attacking and trying to privatize the entire system, rather than to improve and strengthen it. They are following the game plan of ultra right wing-libertarian billionaires like the Koch brothers, who have carefully crafted a narrative of a broken government-run healthcare system. Aided and abetted by some Democrats who fail to understand the promise and problems of the VHA, they have passed legislation like VA MISSION and VA Accountability Acts. These laws will outsource more VHA care to the private sector, starve the system of resources, close facilities, vilify VHA employees and shift billionaires of tax payer dollars into the hands of private sector hospitals, doctors, mental health practitioners, medical equipment companies, and even real estate developers.
That's why I hope you will not only read Wounds of War but also join me and the veterans, healthcare reform groups, and unions that are fighting for the VHA. We owe it to the veterans who have sacrificed for their country to maintain and improve a healthcare system designed to serve their specific needs. And it would also be an important step towards promoting the kind of successful models of care that should ultimately be available to all of us, not just veterans.
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About the author of this blog post: Suzanne Gordon is an award winning journalist and author who writes about healthcare delivery, health care systems and patient safety. Her last book, The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Policy Making and Patient Care was published by Cornell University Press in May of 2017. She received the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Special Recognition Award for her work covering veterans' healthcare. Ms. Gordon is the Senior Policy Fellow at the Veterans' Healthcare Policy Institute.