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Is It The Best Possible Way? Probably Not!
In part one we delved into some of the historical reasons that we practice TKD in the way that we do. In past articles I have mentioned the differences between classical and traditional TKD. One aspect was in how the stances had changed due to the later influences of sport and the aesthetic choices of making it look good, as opposed to pure functionality.
What I would like to do in this discussion is to go into the mechanics of these stances—that is, how to achieve good structural alignment. A martial arts fundamental!
A. The feet should be shoulder width apart. This should be measured, although it is not necessary to be exact, when asked to place their feet shoulder widths apart, most people tend to keep them too narrow.
B. The lateral (outside edge) of the foot should be facing directly forward. Visually this will give the appearance of a slight toeing in all of the foot.
There is a widespread confusion between the formation of the stances that are taught to beginners, which tend to be very wide and very deep, and those that are to be actually utilized in fighting. The beginner's stances were taught to develop a sense of stability, and to develop the musculature in the legs. We must remember Gichin Funakoshis' statement "wide stances are for beginners, normal stances are for experts". To put another way, wide stances are a teaching methodology; they are not to be confused with actual combat use.
D. The shin of the front leg should be directly vertical over the foot.
E. There should be a slightly outward torque to the forward knee. One should visualize the sense that there is a band of energy radiating outward from the knee to the side, and between the other knee as well. The combination of the foot placement and this outward force stabilizes the forward leg against attacks to it.
F. The rear leg has to be slightly bent, as this is the only way to remove the curve from our lower back (lordosis). This is not an exaggerated knee bend, just enough to straighten out the spine.
G. The hips have a slight oblique angle to the forward line of progression. By this we mean there is a slight side facing position to the hips as opposed to having them both point directly forward.
H. The rear foot is only slightly toed out. A normal walking angle of approximately 10 to 15° is all that is really appropriate. Pointing your foot further to the side actually compromises your structural integrity.
A. Lateral border of front foot faces directly forward, rear foot is placed in 90° angle to the forward foot.
B. A line drawn from the inside border of the forward foot heel passes directly behind the back foots heel. This stance is commonly taught with both heels in line, however this is in aesthetic choice that unfortunately offers no lateral stability especially when blocking.
C. There is approximately 70% greater leg – 30% front leg weight distribution, with the rear shoulder, hip, and foot in one vertical line. However, it is important to remember that this is only a static approximation. In actual use, the weight will shift forward and back as necessitated by attack and defense. For example, most commonly, when punching with the rear hand from the back stance, people will actually shift their weight forward to a midpoint between the two legs even though visually the foot placement has not changed at all. This is known as an equatorial stance.
While this is not the correct way to generate power for this, i.e. not using the rotation created by dropping the rear knee, this is generally the way most practitioners will perform it.
D. Again the upper body and hips are not placed directly to the side. There is a slight oblique angulation forward. Direct side facing posture, while workable, is a later aesthetic addition.
E. Maintain an erect posture, and a straight spine. This is somewhat easier to do in a back stance as your rear leg is bent to begin with.
There are two types of horseback stances in common usage, one wide and deep, and one less wide and carried higher. Each has its place, and each has its function but the foot placement, whether directly ahead as in Shotokan styles, or toed out as seen in Goju Ryu (actually representing a throw) is relatively unimportant with regard to the actual dynamics of the stance.
1. Wide stances— stand erect, and measure from your groin straight to the floor. Note that this is not the inseam of your pants; it is actually a larger measurement. Place the ruler or tape measure directly on the floor in front of you, the inside borders of your feet should lay at the dimensions that you measured.
Once you have the achieved proper width, we now construct the rest of the stance.
A. As you stand with your legs apart slide your knees forward (not your rear end backwards) until your spine is properly erect and the curve of your lower back is straight.
B. Wiggle your knees in and out paying attention to your ankle joints. What we are looking for is a leg placement that is midway between the extremes of your subtalar joint motion. If you move your knees outward eventually your ankle will lock and the inside edge of your foot will raise, if you move your knees inward too far, your arches will collapse and the whole structure will become weak. We want the point midway between these two extremes.
C. As in the front stance, but this time with both knees, feel as if there is a band of energy radiating outward. At the same time feel as if there is a tension in the back of your upper thighs pulling your legs together. This combination offers a rigid platform for your upper body.
The above represent only the static basics. Real structural integrity takes a lot of study and effort to attain, but achieving even the basics, amplifies your techniques to an amazing degree. Things feel almost effortless. However, it doe gets even harder when you try to maintain structure while moving!


In their first incarnation in 1901, the Washington Nationals/Senators were a lousy team. From their inception, for over a decade the losses outweighed the victories. It was not until 1912 that the capital of the nation was home to a winning team. And, coincidentally or not, it was in that year that Woodrow Wilson became the first Democrat to sit in the oval office in the 20th century.
There has always been a fascination with finding harbingers in events seemingly unconnected to the presidential political process. Chief among the sports connections, at least in the province of the nation's capital, might be the so called "Redskins rule". This found a direct link, at least from 1936 until 2004, in the outcome of the last Washington Redskin home game and the decision of the nation on the President. If the last game was in the win column, so the theory went, the incumbent would remain in power. On November 4 of this year, the Carolina Panthers will appear in Washington to pre-determine that Tuesday's election.
I would suggest that one consider adding the Washington baseball franchise to the discussion. The Washington Nationals were reborn in 2005 and have suffered, much as their predecessors did, through a succession of early failures. In 2012, one hundred years after the first winning season in the history of the franchise, there is another Presidential election, and another baseball team on the rise. The Nationals are in first place and seem poised to bring success to a franchise that has tasted defeat far too often.
If history is meant to repeat itself, and all of us believe somewhere in the recesses of our minds that everything inevitably does, then what does this mean for the first Tuesday in November? After all, we have already had a Democrat elected to the highest post in the land in the 21st century. Will the first winning record since the rebirth mean a repeat of the success for the party of Wilson exactly one century later? Or does the initial glory for the team, mean that the Republican party will likewise rise to glory again? I would ask Nate Silver to shed light on this conundrum.
I am wearied by political pundits and prognostications based on unrelenting polling data. I want certainty and clarity and I believe that the connection between the 1912 team and the 2012 team provides the answer. If only I could find it.
As a loyal and avid Met fan, all I can say (for this weekend only) is "Let's's Go Yankeeeeeees. "


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Leading marine technology provider Sonardyne International Ltd. has acquired underwater imaging and inspection specialist 2G Robotics Inc.
2G Robotics will join the Sonardyne group of companies, while remaining an independent business and brand, continuing to serve its customer base in unmanned and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). 2G Robotics' founder Jason Gillham will continue to lead the company as Chief Executive Officer.
The acquisition of 2G Robotics is the latest step in Sonardyne's long-term growth strategy and follows the acquisition of Danish survey software company EIVA last year.
John Ramsden, Sonardyne's managing director, says, "2G Robotics has a dedicated research team and well developed product and service lines, with scope for growth. As an independent company, their offering is complementary to the growing range of products and services our wider group of companies provides to the marine sector."
Jason Gillham adds, "Sonardyne is a great fit for us, with their existing global reach. We look forward to growing with their support and working with our new partners."
2G Robotics is based in Ontario, Canada. The company was founded in 2007, and will continue to operate from its current location. The terms of the acquisition, which was for the business and assets of 2G Robotics Inc., were not disclosed. You can view this release online here.
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Peter's final role as World Chair was to host the Latin America conference in Panama. Peter's main aim when he took over as World Chair 2 years ago was to grow and develop the Latin America Region of Prime Global and his efforts have culminated in this year conference, which has seen approximately 90 delegates attend. This is higher than any previous conference for the region and over the past two years membership for the region has seen a 20% increase.
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Some images to make you think about the past, the future and your current situation. Remember, those that fail plan, plan to fail. If there is a life out there that you want or think you deserve then you have to go out and get it. Nobody will give it to you, you have to go and get it. Just like I did and now I have the life I really wanted, full of joy, success and love. Don't you want that too? If so, then take action. Start planning and thinking about what you really really want in life.


Reading the entire text of today's scripture (Luke 24:1–12) has great value. Verse 12 is how the story ends. Peter, acting on the testimony of devoted women disciples, goes to see fi the tomb is as empty as they say it is. He finds the tomb empty. All four gospels speak of an empty tomb. Where is Jesus? For some there are doubts about the resurrection experiences. Then in other there is joy and , for peter in today's passage, amazement.
However, what do Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection mean? I have pondered this for years. This is what I now understand.
Because of the crucifixion of Jesus the Gospels describe human evil in its full, brutal, and cruel reality. The religious establishment accused an innocent man, and the oppressive Roman Empire executed him. It is another story of human-rights violation, of an innocent victim who simply protested the rip-off of the poor in the temple system (Luke 19:45–48). The Gospels do not flinch in telling the truth about human evil. The Gospels take sinfulness seriously. Christianity, therefore, is not naïve about the human condition.
But that is not all. In the light of Easter morning, we witness the power of God to right a wrong, to bring healing for injustice, to turn the tables on evil. Jesus rises back to life. Good overcomes wickedness. Human history makes a decisive turn.
Of all people, Christians are the most realistic about human evil and at the same time the most hopeful about the kingdom where the worth of all people is celebrated and honored. That is the message of crucifixion Friday and resurrection Sunday for me.
And like Peter I am amazed.
May we be amazed anew, God, at the healing power of the resurrection. May we be ever aware of the hope for the human condition because of Christ. May we share this hope and Christ's peace with all humanity.
Today, God, I will believe when I hear of the empty tomb.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises. Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody.
My family traveled to a Florida beach for a short vacation. It was close to Easter, and I was preparing a sermon. I prayed for a testimony to help focus my words in a fresh way.
I walked the beach daily in sugar-like sand, occasionally picking up shells. As names came to mind, I would toss a shell in the water and say a prayer for family and friends. As the waves broke on the shore, I could hear my congregation break forth in joyous song and praises on Easter morning. Could I break forth with a meaningful message?
I kept on walking, challenging God again with the same question. After hearing "empty tombs" for the third time, I decided to listen closely. I reached down for a shell, and finally the answer came to me. This shell was an empty tomb—once home to a creature that outgrew it and found a new home, or died and became food for another. The shell itself was beautiful but no longer was needed by the creature that once lived in it.
Then came the words: "Are you an empty tomb? Have you shared Christ with others, letting him out of the tomb? Or do you keep him to yourself, not wanting to let anyone know what you have? Scared to share because you might not be accepted?" I had my testimony.
That morning I gathered a whole bag of shells, many broken, some perfect, but all empty. They became mementos for everyone that Easter day, reminders that we need to empty the tomb, to share the Christ and create a spiritual home for someone else. We need to share as Christ would share.
God of the breaking waves and the still, small voice, may we pause to listen for an answer when we call for you. May we hear your message in what is before us. May we find the sacred in the ordinary. May sharing Christ's peace be part of our everyday lives.
Today, God, when I call on you—I will pause to listen with expectation.
For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. O continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your salvation to the upright of heart!
the Savior wept for you and me.
waited for the morning light.
he was alone in deep despair.
In a 2010 survey, two-thirds of those polled knew that Easter is a religious holiday. But only 42 percent connected its meaning to Christ's resurrection. And only 2 percent of adults said they would describe Easter as the most important holiday of their faith.
Not everyone who connects Easter to religion has the facts straight. Two percent of those surveyed said Easter is about Jesus' birth. Another 2 percent said it's about Jesus' "rebirth." And 1 percent said it's a celebration of his second coming. Three percent described Easter as a celebration of spring or a pagan holiday.
In the same survey, 31 percent of active church-goers said they definitely would invite an unchurched friend to worship with them on Easter weekend. This Easter, share the truth and joy of the holiday with someone who doesn't know Jesus and the salvation he offers. Don't leave Christ alone in the garden. News of the resurrection is too good to keep to ourselves! Invite People to Christ!
Ever-present God, we want to be present for you. May we not keep you waiting for our response. May we be present for those who are lonely. May we share with them the peace of Christ.
The first disciples of Jesus followed to hear his words, to learn a new way of living, to practice what they learned in daily life. Prayerfully consider your role as a teacher-learner, disciple-apprentice; a people cultivator in Community of Christ.
Reflect on your response to the life of Jesus. Reflect on him as teacher, surrounded by people. Now think of him alone in the garden. Can you be present for him; present for others in his name? Write or think of people you feel called to nurture and encourage in specific ways. Ask God's blessing on you and your congregation as a community of teachers and learners.
Today, God, I will not leave anyone alone in the garden of despair.
Maundy Thursday is the Christian feast or holy day on the Thursday before Easter. It commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus with the apostles. Good Friday follows, and then eventually Easter, when the Christian church celebrates restored life!
I've shared in some remarkable "last supper" experiences. I had jaw surgery that required a splint for my mouth. My mouth was wired shut for six–eight weeks. This meant only blended foods through a syringe and absolutely no chewing. Doctors cautioned not to overeat before surgery, so I picked a wonderful meal at a favorite restaurant two nights before my surgery. Some good friends joined me.
The night before surgery my congregation's gardening group was at my house on gardening night. Following the evening's work the members gathered in my backyard and had a circle prayer for me. Their prayer and presence brought me peace, assuring me I was not alone on this journey. Following the prayer they took me out for ice cream "one last time." I count that last "meal" as one of the sacred events of my life.
Months later, I had to repeat the surgery. This time my mouth was "wired" shut for three months. I had a second "last meal" to consider. Selecting the last solid food to eat for three months might seem easy for some. I knew what was ahead of me following surgery. I enjoyed that dinner. I treasured the friends and family who would journey with me on this next trial. They brought peace and comfort to that "last supper." Being set free from the splint and wires was a new-life experience for me—something to look forward to! I can't help but wonder how Jesus felt about what lay ahead for him, following his last supper.
Redeeming God, thank you for the gift of your Son. Thank you for those who pray for us and join us on our journeys. May we never leave anyone alone in their hour of need.
Today, God, I will be awake and ready if anyone should need me.
A woman in our congregation holds the office of teacher. She understands what it means to be a servant to her brothers and sisters, and therefore to God. If one listed all that she does for friends, family members, and our congregation, it would be a long testimony. I will share some of it.
She takes food to those who have little or none, and to those who are sick. She organized a vegetable soup detail with cooks who met in the church kitchen to make and package several containers of soup for the pantry. She invited a friend to have her granddaughter's baby shower at our church. All had a great time, and that grandmother, out of her thankfulness, made chicken noodle soup to enlarge the supply of soup in our food bank. She invited a woman whose washer and dryer had broken to bring laundry to her own house to be washed.
This woman counsels college girls and helps people find work. Her mind looks for ways to lighten the burden of others. She recently retired from nursing, but before she left she collected canes, grabbers, walkers, and other needed items for her workplace.
I admire her for her gracious spirit and humility in her ministry. This sister cares for others. She is a testimony to me of generosity. Her hands are God's hands.
Let our hands be your hands, God. Let our eyes be your eyes—looking for ways to help others, looking for ways to share the peace of Christ.
Place your hand on a piece of paper and trace around it to create an outline. Add details of fingernails, wrinkles, or skin color if desired. Look at your hand and meditate on what you do with your hands each day. Ask God to direct your thoughts to a person in need of blessing, kindness, or healing touch. Pray for wisdom about the specific act needed by this person and discern how and when you will use your hands to complete this ministry.
Today, God, my hands are your hands. Make me a servant.
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built together spiritually* into a dwelling-place for God.
There is a bond beyond blood ties that binds us together with chords that we dare not break. We dare not break! All the agony and the ecstasy of Palm Sunday and Passion Week are taken up into God in Christ. God weaves them into a garment of beauty, like the bright ti fai fai the Tahitians wrap around their honored guests in Papeete on a praise-filled Sunday morning; like the shawls of India or Latin America that adorn the shoulders of hard-working wives and mothers and in which they wrap their children and grandchildren.
Just as in Christ's day, these are still the days of wonder and miracle—the miracle of a God who can take the disparate days and dimensions of our fractured lives and communities and make a circle. A God who shapes from the chaos the beauty of fractal patterns in what we perceive only as randomness.
In those rare moments when the eternal breaks through there is no them and us. There is no now and then, no worthy and unworthy, male or female, bond or free. There is only the Eternal Now, the One, the Whole. God saves us. God takes our fractured and divided selves, heals us, and makes us whole!
We, the broken people, God, ask you to make us whole as only you can. Help us tear down walls that separate us, overcome prejudice that fractures us, open doors that shut others outside of us. Infuse us with Christ's peace that we may share it.
Today, God, I will reassemble the broken pieces of my relationships into a mosaic of wholeness.
During Passion Week, I still feel fractured. I often have that divided feeling. I'm torn between the awareness of my own unworthiness, my sinful self, and probably worse—my inattentive, remote, distracted repetition of prayers that could mean so much and yet often matters so little.
Yet, on occasion, the symbolic reenactment of the central person of my faith, the central event of our movement, and the encounter between the source of life and love, offers a moment of joy unspeakable. I often feel fractured and distracted…but sometimes I also am healed and whole!
Events that took place during Christ's Passion Week so many years ago shaped our community faith. But you know what? It is not just the truth and history that abide, the truth that undergirds, the truth that is most real. There is wideness in God's mercy. There is a balm in Gilead and Michigan and Missouri, in Siberia and Sudan, and to the ends of creation, that makes the wounded whole.
There is a love broad like beach and meadow. There is a voice that echoes through the eons of time and down to our day…and beyond. A voice that call us by name, that calls us beloved son or daughter, that gives us our communal identity bearing a name that tells us who we are, what we are called to be, and what matters most.
Center of life, we hear you calling us by name. We answer, recognizing Christ at the center of our faith. Source of life and love, we are yours. Use us as you will to share the peace of Christ.
My prayer today, God, will not be distracted. I will be with you.
Today is Palm Sunday. It is the day of the first Christian parade! The grand marshal rides into the capital city along a crowd-lined street, and there is excitement! No majestic steed—just a donkey. The leader and his team are a ragtag bunch, but emotions are high. The adulation is overflowing. Tunics are laid before Jesus and the donkey, palm branches are waving in joy, and praise songs, chants, and shouts liberally pour over him as he passes.
The rabbi, the teacher, the healer, the forgiver, the preacher, the Lord, the one in whose presence people clamor to be. They know the authority in his voice, his touch, his eyes. He comes to their town and he just might be the savior they've been waiting for. Today is the day when our children parade down a pew-lined aisle in costumes, waving branches, shouting "Hosanna," and we celebrate them in their little ragtag production. It is festive and fun, and there is a hint of Easter hope in our jubilation. It is good!
Today is Palm Sunday. And though I can and do celebrate, I can't get away from…I can't put out of my thoughts…what happens at the end of the parade route. It is Passion Week. The most excruciatingly painful experiences and truths lie just ahead of Jesus, there in the capital city. And just ahead of us here, there is all the denial, betrayal, failure of nerve, scapegoating, and violence perpetrated by one human on another.
We cannot turn away from the physical suffering. We face the terrible fact of the ever-so-thin veneer of civility and conviction that quickly disappears when our own hopes disappear. We face a committed, "I'll stand by your side until death do us part" disciple, who denies he ever knew the one he once defended. The adulation quickly shifts to chants of "crucify him!" and causes me to feel fractured on Palm Sunday.
Eternal Presence, be with us on our path from the mountain. May we understand the pain and suffering you endured, the love that made it so. May we share your love and Christ's peace with all who are burdened.
Today, God, I will not deny your truth by my actions.
When our son moved from the college dorm into an apartment, my husband and I gave him a nice wooden computer desk. A few months later when we visited him I noticed that the computer desk was missing, and his computer was spread over the kitchen table. I asked him what happened to the computer desk. He replied that he had given it away.
A little perturbed, I asked, "Why? If you didn't want it, you could have sold it!" I could not understand why he would give away an expensive piece of furniture, especially when he could be using it.
My son's generosity humbled me into silence.
Generous God, may we be cheerful givers. May we be mindful of what we have, not dwell on what we don't have. May we share from our overflowing cup and our half-empty plate. May we share the peace of Jesus Christ.
Today, God, I will be grateful for what I have to share.
We study good books, including the scriptures, and we listen to others we trust. We try to prepare for every possible event in life. But along comes a circumstance in which we have no experience or information. It is at times like this we need to assess the problem, then, based on what we know from our past and our trust in the guidance of the Holy Spirit, try to make an intelligent decision.
Our divine Parent is always with us, even when the "road signs" of life appear to move and change on us. Trust in God.
Never-changing God, we know it's more urgent than ever to keep communication with you open even when—especially when—our lives change. The Holy Spirit assures us of your care and love. It gives us the strength and faith to share the peace of Christ.
Read and pray with Doctrine and Covenants as Continuing Revelation of God's vision for the church and creation. Choose a favorite section or focus on counsel in Sections 156—164. Read a few selected paragraphs slowly three or four times. Pause to pray for deep understanding after each reading.
When I face new challenges today, God, I will call on you and your wisdom.


These are taken near Florence, Oregon. Bald Eagle and Great Egret.
Hope you enjoyed them. 😊Thanks for checking out our Sunday photo post.
Wow, that view is amazing!
Thank you! I agree, it really is!! Thanks for checking it out and the follow..
You are welcome. I am currently writing about my recent experience in Oregon. Your numerous post about its coast is definitely making me want to visit again much sooner.
Oh how nice… I'm glad you had a good trip here! We love it here. Where is home for you?
I love it too ❤ I am from Vancouver, Canada.
You have beautiful sites up North too! 💕We'd love to travel that way, usually we mostly travel around our state.
That egret photo is amazing!!!
Thank you 🙏 I think so too!
So completely gifted in photography!!!! Wow!!!!


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Academy Award-nominated masterpiece of vintage film scoring makes world premiere release!
Academy Award-nominated masterpiece of vintage film scoring makes world premiere release! Recently located 35mm magnetic transfers by Paramount Pictures of nearly every cue scored for 1945 "Best Picture" Oscar winner The Lost Weekend are made available for the first time ever, including never-before-heard alternates, revisions. Nealy 70 minutes of landmark score showcase Miklos Rozsa at his finest! Ray Milland (also an Academy Award-winner) plays alcoholic writer Don Birnam, Billy Wilder (yet another Oscar winner) directs, Charles Brackett & Wilder provide powerhouse screenplay (still another Academy Award), drawn from Charles Jackson's bestseller. All involved deliver an unflinching, harrowing tale to audiences then unaccustomed to such stark realism on screen. Hollywood history was made. Rozsa writes three major themes plus several smaller ideas, all with unique colors drawing on important moods of film. While tonal optimism does have its say, ambiguous harmonies of suspense, agitated motifs of nervous fear, sharply angled lines and intense chords for horror get majority of the spotlight. In what remain film scoring highlights for all time are two incredibly vivid musical portraits of alcoholic horror: first is famous "Walk" on Third Avenue with Birnam desperately attempting to sell his typewriter to afford another drinking binge. Second is "Nightmare" scene with Birnam confined in alcoholism ward. Here (in what ranks with Bernard Herrmann's legendary murder music for Psycho) Rozsa creates one of the most terrifying film cues ever: Birnam helplessly watches as mouse (portrayed by violin squeaks, woodwind chirps) is violently attacked by bat (menacing strings, slashing brass) and slain in horrific manner. An indelible film image made all the more unforgettable courtesy Miklos Rozsa. During the 1940's era, Rozsa was creating one magnificent "film noir" score after another. As with Double Indemnity, jagged melodic lines and dissonant harmonies for Lost Weekend abound, as with his Oscar-winning Spellbound, signature theremin colors have prominence. While suites and excerpts have been re-recorded by different artists over the years (including one with a synthesized theremin), this new Intrada CD is the first official release of the actual soundtrack recorded at Paramount's scoring stage in April & May 1945 under staff conductor Irvin Talbot. Exciting project supervised by Lukas Kendall, dramatic packaging designed by Joe Sikoryak with original 1945 campaign artwork courtesy Universal Pictures, authoritative notes from Rozsa scholar Frank DeWald. Watch for more vintage soundtracks from Paramount and other studios coming up ahead as new preservation efforts are underway! Golden Age soundtracks finally getting their premieres on CD at last! Miklos Rozsa composes, Irvin Talbot conducts. Intrada Special Collection CD available while quantities and interest remain!
Recorded on April 27, 28, May 1, 2, and 24, 1945, at Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles, California.


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Gothic and Videogames: Playing with Fear in the Darkness
Dawn Stobbart
The Edinbugh Companion to Gothic and the Arts
David Punter
Edinburgh University Press
Edinburgh Companions to Literature and the Humanities
Gothic and Gaming
The Gothic, as Catherine Spooner asserts, has never been restricted to books (2007, p. 195), and it is not surprising that the Gothic is a source of much inspiration for new media; Gothic tropes and elements frequently appear in a variety of videogames, including Doom (id Software, 1993) as Fred Botting (2002) argues, and more recently, the Portal franchise (Valve, 2007-2011)which Ewan Kirkland considers to have a 'distinctly Gothic theme and tone' (2014). Gothicism can be seen in the settings, aesthetics, and narratives of many of the videogames released every year and Gothic characters are particularly suited to videogames—both as protagonists and enemies—with vampires, zombies, and ghosts found throughout the mediums history.
Beginning with a brief history and overview of Gothic in videogames, the chapter goes on to ask how this medium enters into the Gothic tradition, and using a selection of examples, rather than being limited to a single case study, will provide an overview of the Gothic as it occurs across the medium. Videogames addressed will include the Doom franchise, Portal, the Silent Hill franchise, the Resident Evil franchise, Alan Wake, and Mad Max.


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Emerging Market Equities – Is this a turning point?
EM equities suffered heavy losses over the last two years driven by a stronger US dollar and China's approach to tech regulation and covid.
Better than expected US CPI data combined with loosening of quarantine restrictions in China triggered a rebound in the EM equity performance.
In the short term, volatility will likely persist but further moderation of inflation and a gradual change of covid stance in China could trigger a pivot moment for EM Equities.
Krzysztof Janiga, CFA
Senior Equity ETF Strategist
The long story of underperformance and signs of a recovery
Emerging Market (EM) equities suffered heavy losses in 2022 driven by monetary tightening, a stronger US dollar, broad economic slowdown and the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While the difficult environment we are observing this year amplified concerns around investing in EM, the downturn began already at the end of 2020. It started with the regulatory crackdown in China which affected multiple technology companies including Alibaba, Tencent and Meituan. Issues related to housing market and the zero covid policy caused the overall picture to deteriorate further.
However, the landscape appears to be improving. The most recent developments (including relaxation of quarantine measures, a notable change in narrative around covid stance combined with a potential softer approach related to wider tech regulation) are early signs of gradual change to Chinese policy which may trigger a long awaited pivot moment for EM equities.
Is this a turning point?
The performance of the broader EM complex is strongly linked to the inflation backdrop. The US CPI print of 7.7% combined with loosening of quarantine restrictions in China triggered much awaited rebound in emerging markets equities. Leading economic indicators tell us consistent story of moderation of inflation in the US. In our view, this may have a profound impact on developing economies and equities. In the short term the uncertainty will likely remain elevated, but If the disinflationary episode in the US persists, the pressure on the FED will ease and this may trigger a long awaited US dollar depreciation which in turn will support EM equities, as well as the underlying economies.
Figure 1: MSCI EM and MSCI World Index Performance (in USD)
Valuations became increasingly attractive
The underperformance has led to significant improvement in valuations over the last two years and on a number of metrics MSCI EM Index screen inexpensive, trading at undemanding 12m forward P/E of 11.6x which translates to a generous forward earnings yield of 8.6%. This is even more appealing when put in the context of weak currencies and (despite all headlines) a decent economic growth ahead.
Figure 2: MSCI EM 12m forward Price to Earnings
EM economic growth slowed down but remains robust
Global economies are slowing down and emerging markets are not an exception in that regard. However, despite the global slowdown, EM countries are expected to deliver a robust GDP growth of 4.0% in 2023 followed by a 4.4% in 2024 according to Bloomberg consensus. That stands in contrast with a sluggish expansion of 0.5% and 1.5% expected in the developed markets over the next two years. China (30.4% of the MSCI EM index) remains a major economic force, an exporting giant and a leader in intellectual property. The country is expected to grow by 4.9% in both 2023 and 2024. India (14.9% of the index) has been a bright spot this year as it was less affected by raising energy prices. It will likely continue to be a leading economic force with 6.6% growth expected for the fiscal year 2022 followed by a strong growth of 5.7% and 6.9% over the next two years according to OECD. Other EM economies particularly important from an equity standpoint including Taiwan (14.4% of the index) , South Korea (12.0%) and Brazil (5.4%) are expected to enjoy softer economic expansion but still above growth levels of developed countries between 2022 and 2024. Expected growth of EM economies combined with undemanding valuation of EM equities present interesting inflection point for investors with a medium term investment horizon.
Figure 3: Forecasted Real GDP Growth
Disinflation in the US is pivotal for EM currencies
The EM equity story becomes even more interesting when we consider FX moves in 2022. Rapid depreciation of the majority of EM currencies against the US dollar had a detrimental effect on equity performance and on emerging economies as it exacerbated the impact of raising oil prices. For that reason the inflation outlook in the US is the pivotal element in the EM equity story. SSGA Economists expect a disinflationary episode ahead and If the consumer prices in the US continues to fall and do so in a rapid pace, the currency component should contribute to the performance of EM equities. In addition, potential US dollar weakening will ease the above-mentioned pressure coming from high oil prices.
Figure 4: EM Currency performance relative to US dollar year to date
APAC focus balanced by EMEA and LATAM Components
EM equities are dominated by APAC (78% of the index) which despite economic slowdown remains the engine of the global growth. Key catalysts for a rebound include moderation in inflation and gradual change of covid stance in China. The EMEA and LATAM components include Brazil (5.4% of the index), Saudi Arabia (4.1%) South Africa (3.8%), and Mexico (2.4%). These countries complement EM Asia exposure with a commodity tilt which offer a cushion against short term volatility.
Figure 5 MSCI Index breakdown by region
How to access MSCI Emerging Market Equity exposure?
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Jane Austen and Anne Frank, by way of Judith Thurman
October 7, 2011 at 10:37 am	(Books, Lists, Memoirs, Surprises, Women Writers, Writing)
Tags: essays, Holocaust, lists, reading lists
For the last few days, self has been reading Judith Thurman's essay collection, Cleopatra's Nose: 39 Varieties of Desire. Self really loves this book and tries like might and main to read it slowly.
Self is now on the essay "Not Even a Nice Girl," which is about the diary of Anne Frank. It's in a section called "Rules of Engagement." The essays in this section seem less kinetic than the ones in the previous section: "The Wolf at the Door" (bulimia, Catherine Millet, the art of making tofu). But they are still enthralling.
In the essay "Not Even a Nice Girl," Thurman asserts that Jane Austen and Anne Frank have much in common. Here are some reasons why:
Anne's nonchalance is a freshness — a gift for detachment — like the young Jane Austen's.
Both are comic moralists who take a pitiless view of conventional femininity without renouncing it for themselves.
Humor is the ballast for their pride and their romanticism, and the leaven for their despair.
The frictions of a narrow world enthrall them. It is, though, a world in which they feel isolated among their familiars — lonely in their depth of feeling and their clarity of perception.
Writing is their antidote to claustrophobia, physical and spiritual, yet the claustrophobia seems to heighten their natural gaiety.
Thurman then goes on to describe Jane as "a famous flirt and a lover of jokes," while Anne describes herself "as a frolicsome little goat whose cheekiness drove the adults in the secret annex crazy."
Gadzooks! Self never in a million years would have thought of Jane as "a famous flirt" or of Anne Frank as a "frolicsome little goat." Once again, self finds herself slayed by Judith Thurman's writing.
Self would like to add one more thing to Thurman's list of similarities between Jane Austen and Anne Frank, and it is this: both women transform themselves into heroines, despite appearing "invisible" (too mousy, too meek, Jewish, female, and so forth) to others around them. By picking up a pen, each said: What I do matters, to me if not to anyone else. They each place themselves front and center in a narrative. Both are, in a way, feminist heroines.


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The painter Archibald Motley, Jr. is famous for his paintings of his fellow African Americans in Chicago's Bronzeville, but he himself didn't live there. Despite – in some ways because of – his desire to address the race problem through his painting, he had a complicated relationship with his race.
Watch: Painter Archibald Motley, Jr.
He received several awards on the strength of his distinguished portraits of African Americans, however, and in 1928 he had a solo show in New York at a time when few black artists had exhibited in that city alone; so few that Motley's 1928 show has often been incorrectly touted as the first solo show by an African American in New York. The following year he went to Paris on a Guggenheim Fellowship, and upon his return to Chicago he turned towards vibrant, jazzy portrayals of Bronzeville's nightlife. It was with these innovative paintings that Motley gained a reputation as a Chicago participant in the cultural blossoming of the Harlem Renaissance. He worked for the Easel and Mural Division of the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s and '40s, but in the 1950s, his work began to fall out of favor, and he was forced to paint shower curtains to eke out a living.


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(-) 4 Cuba
3 (Mainly or Initiated by) People of Color 1 An Example of Regime Change
Cuban hunger strike frees political prisoners – 2010
24-FEB, 2010 to 8-JUL, 2010
Jamie Irwin, 12/02/2015
Cuba had an ongoing political opposition since the establishment of a
communist government led by Fidel Castro on 1 January, 1959. The
Communist Party kept firm control over the political institutions and
suppressed open organizing and dissent by the opposition. Internal
activists and external groups of both exiles and anti-communist agents
of foreign governments, including the US, opposed the socialist
organization of society and limitations on political speech and debate.
Penalties for anti-government activities resulted in arrests of
Cuban dissident Orlando Tamayo Zapata hunger strikes for the rights of Cuban prisoners, 2009-2010
3 December, 2009 to 23 February, 2010
Elena Ruyter 4/12/2011
Despite the authoritarian nature of Fidel Castro's Cuban Communist Party and its reputation for harsh treatment of dissident uprisings, many Cuban opposition groups persisted in calling for a more democratic Cuba throughout the late 20th century and into the new millennium. (See "Cubans petition for democratic reforms, 1998-2003" for more information on Cuba's political history)
Cubans petition for democratic reforms, 1998-2003
January, 1998 to October, 2003
Carmen Smith-Estrada, 20/11/2011
Since coming to power in 1959, Cuban leader Fidel Castro systematically repressed any voice of dissent under his regime. Tens of thousands of citizens labeled dissidents were arrested and imprisoned in the years following the revolution. By 1960, all newspapers, radio and television stations were strictly censored by the Department of Revolutionary Orientation. The Interior Ministry exercised its authority by closely monitoring citizens for any sign of dissent.
Cubans general strike to overthrow president, 1933
July 27, 1933 to August 11, 1933
George Lakey, 01/09/2008, and Olivia Ensign, 21/02/2010
For two years prior to this campaign there was a violent struggle to oust dictator Gerardo Machado: running gun battles, bombings, political assassinations. The leading violent group agreed to a ceasefire in July 1933 to allow for mediation, but smaller groups continued with some attacks.


Over the last few years I have had a few episodes of waking up in the middle of the night with a feeling of tenderness and dicomfort in my sternal area that increases in strength and becomes very uncomfortable. I have taken maalox with fair results and it usually subsides. That is until last week, after having the stomach flu and diarrhea for 3 days straight...I awoke at 2:00 a.m. knowing I was starting to have one of those episodes, so I took my maalox immediately. For the first time the maalox didn't relieve it at all and it just kept getting stronger and more unbearable(pressure,squeezing), making it hard to even breathe! I ended up going to the E.R. by ambulance. As soon as they gave me 4 baby aspirin and a nitro, the pain subsided! I had an EKG, chest Xray, lab work, everything came back fine, so the doctor told me he thought it was reflux and put me on prevacid. How could reflux cause such excruciating pain? Has anyone else experianced this?


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"Europe! Practice what you preached!"
Speech opening academic year Mathieu Segers
Reconciliation and empathy – these were the driving forces behind the unification of Europe. And these are precisely the values that can pull Europe out of its crisis today, said Professor Mathieu Segers in his speech during the official opening of the academic year.
"It was a cold and misty day in early December 1991. I was a 15-year-old schoolboy in Maastricht. And I was unusually restless that day. I knew that only a few minutes away from where I lived, the top dogs of European politics were gathering in a one-off effort to rewrite European history against the background of the fall of the Berlin Wall and German unification. Given this, I couldn't bring myself to stay at home and do my homework. So I took my bike and headed to Hotel Maastricht, where the German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and his entourage were staying, only one block away." Europe felt very close for the young Mathieu Segers – but he quickly found his path blocked by barriers. Hotel Maastricht – and with it, Europe – had never been more distant, he sighed in his speech This side of paradise.
So close, and yet so far. The sentiment will sound familiar to many Europeans. What is Europe, wondered Professor Mathieu Segers, dean of the University College. Is it the seductive, alluring femme fatale so admired by US writers and presidents of the last century? A sensual and exciting woman whose dark side strikes terror into many normal Europeans? Or is it "these men", as the Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher put it in 1988, referring to the fellow heads of state she came across at European summits: "These men. All they do is anecdote away. Never get down to business. It's so un-businesslike!"
"Being an historian and a man myself, what I will do in the next couple of minutes is anecdote away a bit on Europe's contemporary history", Segers tells the audience. He goes on to talk about "that lucky in-between of the history of North-Western Europe, the period between the fall of the Berlin Wall and 9/11, in which we seemed un-European untroubled". America's role as foster parent, which the US had played since the end of the Second World War, was over. The old enemy, the Soviet Union, had fallen apart, and the Cold War was coming to an end. Europe was ready to stand on its own two feet.
The signing of the Maastricht Treaty, now 25 years ago, was Europe's first effort to deal with this entirely new situation. It was a time of unprecedented prosperity, hope, "carefree Western hubris" and "fragile" European dreams – after all, the misery, fear and debts of World War II were not forgotten – about integration, peace, reconciliation and stability.
In the post-war decades, it was mainly self-aware West Germans who made the case for reconciliation. "It's language wrapped in speeches and personal letters, and typified by utter non-violence. At these moments of reciprocal weakness, those arrogant German leaders transformed themselves into men of passionate European action", explains Segers. Why? "Perhaps because they believed they had noticed a glimpse of realism that overpowered statistics and cost-benefit calculations: the realism of reconciliation and empathy."
They got their wish, and Europe grew far beyond the borders of Western Europe. "Europe's victory over history seemed real indeed", says Segers, and "it was as though Jean Monnet's dream came true".
But now, 25 years after the signing of the Treaty of Maastricht, the tide has turned. In Segers's view, it is high time we open our eyes "and cut off the decade-long holiday of history and politics that we, Western Europeans, were allowed to enjoy during the nineties. We must re-engage in the new world of growing uncertainty, bluff, intimidations and geopolitics. And in doing so, do the utmost to rediscover the history of European integration, the history of reconciliation and empathy, as the source of strength that can help us to weather today's storms."
"This is the heavy burden of 'Maastricht'; that we must practice what we preached in the founding decades of European integration and in our European treaties – but now in a world of escalating crisis and growing European vulnerability and insecurity. We must find new ways to safeguard the high hopes of human rights. We have to be creative and be brave enough to rethink and reimagine our Europe in order to prevent it from transforming into a doomed ancient regime.
"European brilliance stems from doubt, and from the hunger for knowledge and insight that accompanies it. It stems from keeping on thinking and searching for roots. The day that Europe becomes lazy or complacent in such matters will be the day that catastrophe comes a step closer again at this side of paradise … where paradise still seems so close in many respects."
Riki Janssen - 06-Sep-2016 12:35
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