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Japan release with picture insert featuring an extensive bio. in Japanese, lyrics of the song 'Cars' in English, a B&W inset photo of Gary Numan and discography info. with B&W inset photos on the reverse.
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>>180267 ES would not have been able to get out of HK if Clowns wanted him caught. Spook all along.
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Electoral districts in Iran are used for elections to the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

Overview
The parliament currently has 207 constituencies, including a total of 5 reserved seats for the religious minorities recognized by the constitution. The rest of 202 constituencies are territorial and coincide with 1 or more of Iran's 368 Shahrestans.

List

Ardibil
 Ardabil, Nir, Namin and Sareyn
 Germi
 Khalkhal and Kowsar
 Meshginshahr
 Parsabad and Bilesavar

East Azerbaijan
 Ahar and Heris
 Bonab
 Bostanabad
 Hashtrud and Charuymaq
 Kaleybar, Khoda Afarin and Hurand
 Malekan
 Maragheh and Ajabshir
 Marand and Jolfa
 Mianeh
 Sarab
 Shabestar
 Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr
 Varzaqan

Fars
 Shiraz

Gilan
 Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh
 Astara
 Bandar-e Anzali
 Fuman and Shaft
 Lahijan and Siahkal
 Langarud
 Rasht
 Roudsar and Amlash
 Rudbar
 Sowme'eh Sara
 Talesh, Rezvanshahr and Masal

Isfahan
 Golpayegan and Khvansar
 Isfahan
 Natanz and Qamsar

Qom
 Qom

Razavi Khorasan
 Mashhad and Kalat

Tehran
 Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr

West Azerbaijan
 Bukan
 Khoy and Chaypareh
 Mahabad
 Maku, Chaldoran, Poldasht and Showt
 Miandoab, Shahin Dezh and Takab
 Naqadeh and Oshnavieh
 Piranshahr and Sardasht
 Salmas
 Urmia

Zanjan
 Abhar and Khorramdarreh
 Khodabandeh
 Mahneshan and Ijrud
 Zanjan and Tarom

Religious minorities
 Armenians
 Assyrian
 Jewish
 Zoroastrian

See also
 Electoral district

References

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Irs 1040x Form 2021-2023
Irs 1040x 2021 Form
Irs 1040x 2023 Form: What You Should Know
The EB-5 program is intended to facilitate international business development and facilitate the growth of U.S. business that will lead to employment for American citizens, permanent residents, and permanent visa holders. The I-526 petition is a non-profit, and the Form I-526 has been designated by the Department of Homeland Security as an agency-specific, comprehensive, mandatory, and non-refundable filing requirement for aliens to invest in an H-1B or L-1 visa category. Form I-550 Investor, EB-5 Investor Petition — USCIS Form I-485 Investor, EB-5 Investor Petition — USCIS You are required to file an I-485 Investor, EB-5 Investor Petition. The I-485 does not need an investor number. The I-485 application will list your name and address. If you have relatives located in the United States who are U.S. citizens or immigrants, you are encouraged to complete the application. All information submitted during the I-485 application process will be entered into the EB-5 E-2 Investor Filing Information System (EFS)-1. The I-485 will be reviewed by the EB-5 I-6 Visa Office. The EFS-1 data is used to determine eligibility for all federal immigration benefits. Form I-9 Investor and Business Plan — EB5-Investor.com Your E-9 filing status (investor) must identify your individual business entity, and specify the name of the foreign entity, if applicable. The entity must be in the U.S. in which the Form I-9 application is filed. It must list an address that is consistent with the addresses you provide in the E-9 application. Form I-9 Investor and Business Plan — USCIS Form I-540 Investor, EB-5 Investor Petition — USCIS The Form I-540 Investor, EB-5 Investor Petition documents investors for the EB-5 program who reside outside the United States and want to invest in a U.S. business.
FAQ - Irs Form 1040x 2023
How can I fill out an IRS form 8379?
Form 8379, the Injured Spouse declaration, is used to ensure that a spouseu2019s share of a refund from a joint tax return is not used by the IRS as an offset to pay a tax obligation of the other spouse.Before you file this, make sure that you know the difference between this and the Innocent Spouse declaration, Form 8857. You use Form 8379 when your spouse owes money for a legally enforeceable tax debt (such as a student loan which is in default) for which you are not jointly liable. You use Form 8857 when you want to be released from tax liability for an understatement of tax that resulted from actions taken by your spouse of which you had no knowledge, and had no reason to know.As the other answers have specified, you follow the Instructions for Form 8379 (11/2016) on the IRS Web site to actually fill it out.
For taxes, does one have to fill out a federal IRS form and a state IRS form?
No, taxes are handled separately between state and federal governments in the United States.The IRS (Internal Revenue Service) is a federal, notu00a0 state agency.You will be required to fill out the the necessary tax documentation for your federal income annually and submit them to the IRS by April 15th of that year. You can receive extensions for this, but you have to apply for those extensions.As far as state taxes go, 41 states require you to fill out an income tax return annually. They can either mail you those forms or they be downloaded from online. They are also available for free at various locations around the state.Nine states have no tax on personal income, so there is no need to fill out a state tax return unless you are a business owner.Reference:www.irs.gov
How do I fill out the IIFT 2023 application form?
Hi!IIFT MBA (IB) Application Form 2023 u2023 The last date to submit the Application Form of IIFT 2023 has been extended. As per the initial notice, the last date to submit the application form was September 8, 2023. However, now the candidates may submit it untill September 15, 2023. The exam date for IIFT 2023 has also been shifted to December 3, 2023. The candidates will only be issued the admit card, if they will submit IIFT application form and fee in the prescribed format. Before filling the IIFT application form, the candidates must check the eligibility criteria because ineligible candidates will not be granted admission. The application fee for candidates is Rs. 1550, however, the candidates belonging to SC/STPWD category only need to pay Rs. 775. Check procedure to submit IIFT Application Form 2023. fee details and more information from the article below.Latest u2023 Last date to submit IIFT application form extended until September 15, 2017.IIFT 2023 Application FormThe application form of IIFT MBA 2023 has only be released online, on http://tedu.iift.ac.in. The candidates must submit it before the laps of the deadline, which can be checked from the table below.Application form released onJuly 25, 2017Last date to submit Application form(for national candidates)September 8, 2023 September 15, 2017Last date to submit the application form(by Foreign National and NRI)February 15, 2018IIFT MBA IB entrance exam will be held onNovember 26, 2023 December 3, 2017IIFT 2023 Application FeeThe candidates should take note of the application fee before submitting the application form. The fee amount is as given below and along with it, the medium to submit the fee are also mentioned.Fee amount for IIFT 2023 Application Form is as given below:General/OBC candidatesRs 1550SC/ST/PH candidatesRs 775Foreign National/NRI/Children of NRI candidatesUS$ 80 (INR Rs. 4500)The medium to submit the application fee of IIFT 2023 is as below:Credit CardsDebit Cards (VISA/Master)Demand Draft (DD)Candidates who will submit the application fee via Demand Draft will be required to submit a DD, in favour of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, payable at New Delhi.Procedure to Submit IIFT MBA Application Form 2018Thank you & Have a nice day! :)
Which IRS forms do US expats need to fill out?
That would depend on their personal situation, but should they actually have a full financial life in another country including investments, pensions, mortgages, insurance policies, a small business, multiple bank accountsu2026The reporting alone can be bankrupting, and that is before you get on to actual taxes that are punitive toward foreign finances owned by a US citizen and god help you if you make mistake because penalties appear designed to bankrupt you.US citizens globally are renouncing citizenship for good reason.This is extracted from a letter sent by the James Bopp law firm to Chairman Mark Meadows of the subcommittee of government operations regarding the difficulty faced by US citizens who try to live else where.u201c FATCA is forcing Americans abroad into a set of circumstances where they must renounce their U.S. citizenship to survive.For example, suppose you have a married couple living in Washington DC. One works as a lobbyist for an NGO and has a defined benefits pensions. The other is self employed in a lobby firm, working under an LLC. According to the IRS filing requirements, it would take about 15 hours and $280 to complete their yearly filings. Should they under report income, any penalties would be a percentage of their unreported tax burden. The worst case is a 20% civil fraud penalty.Compare the same couple with one different fact. They moved to Australia because the NGO reassigned the wife to Sydney. The husband, likewise, moves his business overseas. They open a bank account, contribute to the mandatory Australian retirement fund, purchase a house with a mortgage and get a life insurance policy on both of them.These are now their new filing requirements:u2023 Form 8938u2023 Form 3520-Au2023 Form 3520u2023 Form 5471 (to be filed by the husbands new Australian corporation where he is self employed)u2023 Form 720 Excise Tax.u2023 FinCEN Form 114The burden that was 15 hours now goes up tou2023 57.2 hours for Form 720,u2023 54.20 hours for Form 3520,u2023 61.22 Hours for Form 3520-A.u2023 50 hours efor Form 5471For a total of 226.99 hours (according to the IRSu2019s own time estimates) not including time to file the FBAR.The penalties for innocent misfiling or non filings for the above foreign reporting forms for the couple are up to $50,000, per year. It is likely that the foreign income exclusion and foreign tax credit will negate any actual tax due to the IRS. So each year, there is a lurking $50,000 penalty for getting something technically wrong on a form, yet there would be no additional tax due to the US treasury.u201d
How do I fill out the CAT 2023 application form?
The procedure for filling up the CAT Application form is very simple. Iu2019ll try to explain it to you in simple words.I have provided a link below for CAT registration.See, first you have to register, then fill in details in the application form, upload images, pay the registration fee and finally submit the form.Now, to register online, you have to enter details such as your name, date of birth, email id, mobile number and choose your country. You must and must enter your own personal email id and mobile number, as you will receive latest updates on CAT exam through email and SMS only.Submit the registration details, after which an OTP will be sent to the registered email id and mobile number.Once the registration part is over, you will get the Login credentials.Next, you need to fill in your personal details, academic details, work experience details, etc.Upload scanned images of your photograph, and signature as per the specifications.Pay the registration fee, which is Rs. 950 for SC/ST/PWD category candidates and Rs. 1900 for all other categories by online mode (Credit Card/ Debit Card/ Net Banking).Final step - Submit the form and do not forget to take the print out of the application form. if not print out then atleast save it somewhere.CAT 2023 Registration (Started): Date, Fees, CAT 2023 Online Application iimcat.ac.in
When dissolving an LLC do you need to fill out IRS Form 966?
The answer will be yes or no depending on how your entity is recognized for tax purposes. An LLC is not a recognized entity by the IRS. By default, a single-member LLC is organized for tax purposes as a sole proprietorship and a partnership for tax purposes if there is more than one member. However, you can make an election to be taxed as a C Corporation (i.e., an LLC for legal purposes that is taxed as a C Corporation for tax purposes).You must complete and file form 966 to dissolve your LLC if you have elected to be a C Corporation or a Cooperative (Coop) for tax purposes. S Corporations and tax-exempt non-profits are exempt from filing this form (see here).If you are organized for tax purposes as an S Corporation you would file your taxes via form 1120S for the last time and check the box indicating that your return is a u201cFinal Return.u201d Same is true for a Partnership, but with form 1065.On a state and local level, best practice is to check with your state and local agencies for requirements.For digestible information and tools for understanding how the tax landscape affects your business, visit Financial Telepathy
Do un-contracted workers have to fill out IRS W4 form?
I have no idea what an u201cun-contracted workeru201d is. I am not familiar with that term.Employees working in the U.S. complete a Form W-4.Independent contractors in the U.S. do not. Instead, they usually complete a Form W-9.If unclear on the difference between an employee or an independent contractor, see Independent Contractor Self Employed or Employee

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China and Espionage: The brain drain of western institutions and the creation of new spies within…
The recent flurry of cases dealing with Chinese spying in Canada and the United States. Has piqued my interest, and what a rabbit hole that is…
The Huawei incident for starts, is dealing with technology using 5G that exploits backdoors in their (Huawei) phones, enabling them to be used in Chinese surveillance, both the US and Canada have created laws against Huawei technology…
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is like so many Chinese corporations, associated and controlled by the Chinese central government.
"Four members of the Five Eyes international intelligence alliance—Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US—have declared the use of Huawei telecommunications equipment, particularly in 5G networks, poses "significant security risks", while Canada is carrying out its own security review."
"On 15 May 2019, president Donald Trump signed executive order 13873 to declare a national emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, allowing for restrictions to be imposed on commerce with "foreign adversaries" that involve information and communications technology. Trump stated that the U.S. needed to protect itself against "foreign adversaries" that create and exploit security vulnerabilities in information and communications systems: the order made no specific references to any country or vendor."
"In February 2020, the Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. officials claimed Huawei has had the ability to covertly exploit backdoors intended for law enforcement officials since 2009. These backdoors are found on carrier equipment like antennas and routers. Huawei's equipment is widely used around the world due to its low cost."
Meng Wanzhou a suspected spy and the daughter of Ren Zhengfei who has strong ties to the Chinese military and is a member of the communist party.
Meng Wanzhou a high school drop-out in 1993 in China has made it in a meteoric rise to become the Chief financial officer of the company. She started out with the China Construction Bank formed in 1954, a pure government-run business that financed the nuclear program in North Korea in 2013 and put money into all those Pyongyang's missiles. She was arrested at the Vancouver International airport on route to Mexico via Canada…hmm. Trying to circumnavigate the US by flying directly to Mexico her destination of choice on this particular trip. She has been accused of fraud and violation of American trade sanctions against Iran.
Seems there are Chinese spies everywhere, and one might take this seriously as China's wanton disregard for western law, they have been found guilty many time of stealing technology any intellectual property not belonging to them.
Their 'Thousand Talents Program' connected to the Chinese central government's 'Thousand Talents Plan' — which has been rather quiet lately, during this uncovering of unscrupulous and distressing behaviour of scientists in greater institutions in the west. TTP has been active in recruiting intellectual talent for the People's Republic of China. Xi Jinping's need and vision to expand China, a new rising superpower to the top of the global market in technology, manufacturing, IT, Artificial Intelligence, and medicine especially pharmaceuticals including new cheaper and high tech vaccines and drug medicines.
The Charles M. Lieber case starts with his arrest with two other Chinese nationals on January/2020 only further the evidence of a massive Chinese program to procure at any means, technology and research and even academics, young and old, and smart kids in the science and technology fields. Lieber has failed to disclose his and his Chinese graduate student's connection to the Thousand Talents Program/Plan. Lieber is one of the rarely chosen foreign members of the prestigious Chinese Academy of Sciences. Newly gained through Thousand Talents.
"According to court documents, since 2008, Dr. Lieber who has served as the Principal Investigator of the Lieber Research Group at Harvard University, which specialized in the area of nanoscience, has received more than $15,000,000 in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Department of Defense (DOD). These grants require the disclosure of significant foreign financial conflicts of interest, including financial support from foreign governments or foreign entities. Unbeknownst to Harvard University, beginning in 2011, Lieber became a "Strategic Scientist" at Wuhan University of Technology (WUT) in China and was a contractual participant in China's Thousand Talents Plan from in or about 2012 to 2017. China's Thousand Talents Plan is one of the most prominent Chinese Talent recruitment plans that are designed to attract, recruit, and cultivate high-level scientific talent in furtherance of China's scientific development, economic prosperity and national security. These talent programs seek to lure Chinese overseas talent and foreign experts to bring their knowledge and experience to China and reward individuals for stealing proprietary information. Under the terms of Lieber's three-year Thousand Talents contract, WUT paid Lieber $50,000 USD per month, living expenses of up to 1,000,000 Chinese Yuan (approximately $158,000 USD at the time) and awarded him more than $1.5 million to establish a research lab at WUT."
Yanqing Ye one of the two arrested with Lieber, a PRC officer, a lieutenant, who was conducting surveillance and research into academics, Robotic tech, and possible new talent among other things. She lied on her visa request, not disclosing her connection to higher-ups in the National University of Defense Technology.
"According to federal documents, Ye was being directed by senior leaders of the PLA while conducting research at Boston University. Her supervisor was a colonel in the PLA and professor at the National University of Defense Technology, a top military academy in China directed by the country's Central Military Commission."
"Ye applied for a J-1 visa application to conduct research at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering Center of Polymer Studies at Boston University."
Zaosong Zheng a 30-year-old Chinese national, a researcher was arrested at Boston's Logan International Airport with 21 vials of medical-biological cancer research accused of stealing the vials for the Chinese government.
"Zaosong Zheng, 30, a Chinese national, was arrested on Dec. 10, 2019, at Boston's Logan International Airport and charged by criminal complaint with attempting to smuggle 21 vials of biological research to China. On Jan. 21, 2020, Zheng was indicted on one count of smuggling goods from the United States and one count of making false, fictitious or fraudulent statements. He has been detained since Dec. 30, 2019."
Four faculty members from the University of Florida have left the school amid a widening investigation into foreign exploitation of American-funded medical research.
The University of Florida is also in the sights of those seeking procurement of talent and research, not theirs, they are willing to pay a great deal for it and possibly lure the researchers to China. This is a massive campaign at a brain drain of the United States, Great Britain and Canada.
"Meanwhile, other connections to Chinese recruitment programs are being discovered at research institutions across the country. A federal judge will decide what becomes of Feng "Franklin" Tao, an engineering professor, for allegedly working for China in secret while also working for the University of Kansas. Another cancer researcher in Boston is accused of trying to smuggle stolen lab samples in his luggage. He was attempting to board a flight to Beijing when authorities stopped him, according to the New York Times."
Scientists and Technology professionals are seeing a boon for their talents and greed and prestige are taking a toll on their numbers as they are tempted by the vast wealth of a rising superpower like China. Instant success, and publication of their studues and fabulous amounts of money are available through the Thousand Talents Program.
"Some 54 scientists have resigned or been fired as a result of an ongoing investigation by the National Institutes of Health into the failure of NIH grantees to disclose financial ties to foreign governments. For 93% of the 189 scientists whom NIH has investigated to date, China was the source of their undisclosed support."
In a National Institute of Health (NIH) investigation over fifty scientists have resigned for being involved or seeking involvement with foreign governments through financial granting and their research, failing to disclose ties to these governments even while obtaining grants in American institutions like the NIH. Which delves out some $30 billion a year to American scientists. And prerequisites of this granting is that they do not take money from foreign governments.
This brings us to the case of Dr. Xiangguo Qiu in a Canadian Biosafety Lab-4 in of all places Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada…
Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Dr. Keding Cheng Research scientists at the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML-Canada), were escorted from the Winnipeg lab by the RCMP.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In July 2019, a rare event occurred in Canada. Suspected of espionage for China, a group of Chinese virologists was forcibly evicted from the Canadian National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, where they had been running parts of the Special Pathogen Program of Canada's public health agency. One of the procedures conducted by the team was the infection of monkeys with the most lethal viruses found on Earth. Four months prior to the Chinese team's eviction, a shipment containing two exceptionally virulent viruses—Ebola and Nipah—was sent from the NML to China. When the shipment was traced, it was held to be improper and a "possible policy breach."
In this shocking story of a Canadian Biosafety Laboratory Level 4 (BSL-4) which handles some of the most dangerous viruses and pathogens on earth.
Dr. Xiangguo Qiu made 5 trips to China, to another BSL-4 in Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. These trips were made in 2017-2018. When a shipment of highly dangerous Ebola and the Nipah virus was sent to China to it raised questions of other viruses ship to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Her security was revoked along with her husband Keding Cheng and her Chinese graduate students.
Dr Qiu has affiliations with four Chinese biological weapons facilities…
Institute of Military Veterinary, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Changchun
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu Military Region
Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hubei
Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Dr. Xiangguo Qiu has received numerous grants from the Chinese Scientific Institutions while at the NML lab in Winnipeg. At the same time receiving huge Canadian taxpayer collected dollars for her work at the 'National Microbiology Laboratory'.
It is disturbing that Canadian taxpayers pay for all that technology at the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg. They work hard and pay their taxes so that millions of dollars can be spent on finding new viruses or manipulating those viruses as bio-weapons for foreign government agencies.
And this is not the first time that this has happened. In May of 2009, Konan Michel Yao was charged crossing the Manitoba-North Dakota border, with 22 vials of viral material, all of which had the Ebola virus in it. The Materials could be used in making vaccines. Strangely the materials were not noticed missing for months, which bears to mind the security of such institutions if someone can run away with 22 vials of genetic material relating to a highly dangerous virus which results in the agonizing death of those who contact it.
Mister Yao had the materials in the 'trunk of his car' when he tried to cross the border on May 5th. Yao was born in the Ivory Coast and educated at Laval University In Quebec, Canada. He was sentenced to 17 days in jail and a $500 dollar fine.
Those Chinese students that arrive here for an education and are given the rights and freedoms of this nation, something they would not get in China a communist dictatorship, a country where human rights are violated constantly. China the #1 violater of human rights and freedoms. Only to see these sell-outs, and some of our own homegrown turnaround and steal technology and intellectual property belonging to the Canadian people, belonging to the Institutions of the west and to take it back to China for wealth and some prestige at a university or Medical institution within China.
This is only the tip of an iceberg, the thief of intellectual property signifies millions if not billions of taxpayer dollars spent to achieve those products. It is going on in every aspect of western democratic life. Not only technologies but patents, China encourages and rewards those scientists who take out patent applications within China for new drugs and techniques and medical instruments and devices, medical IT and diagnostic equipment.
The west is being taken apart piece by piece and sold off to China. What next Canadian gold mines?
China the country of knock-offs, they can't create it so they steal it.
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General Video Game Theory
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"Wait a minute Mister Postman": the problem of Termina in a single man.
Written by Aaron Suduiko on January 21, 2015
The following is an entry in "A Comprehensive Theory of Majora's Mask," a series that analyzed the storytelling of Majora's Mask from the time its 3D remake was announced to the time the remake was released. Find the full series here.
"In my mind, I am running for exactly
ten seconds without looking at a clock."
-The Postman, "Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask"
So far, my analysis of characters in "Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask" has primarily been contained to major characters figuring in the game's main plot — the Happy Mask Salesman, Skull Kid, etc. But some of the most salient characters in the universe of Termina need not ever be encountered in order to complete the main plot of the game, and it is to one of these characters that I turn in this article: the meticulous Postman of Clock Town.
What exactly is the Postman? At first glance, he might seem as much a piece of scenery as a NPC: in later entries in the series (e.g., "Twilight Princess") he interacts with Link by giving him mail, but the only mail he delivers in "Majora" is to other NPC's, making him seem more like mechanic of Clock Town than an individuated character. Yet just as different levels of ethical discourse emerge based on how much of the game the player engages, so too does the player have the opportunity to discover much more about the Postman by seeking him out and engaging with him. As the pace of life in Clock Town accelerates over the course of three days (something which I described when analyzing the music of "Majora"), the pace of the Postman's daily route accelerates as well, effectively keeping time with the town. Each night, in his home which is identical to the Post Office, he practices "mental training" in which he visualizes running for precisely ten seconds, in order to perfectly adhere to his schedule.
Yet at the same time that the Postman epitomizes public service in unflinching adherence to 'the schedule', another part of the Postman runs counterpoint to this: his desire to escape Clock Town. In the same breath that he preaches his devotion to the schedule, he bemoans that he cannot satisfy is desire to flee because fleeing "[is] not written on the schedule." In this way, the Postman's internal struggle is eerily reminiscent of the cosmic friction of Termina, which I previously described as the struggle between Armageddon and renewal. I quote from my article on the musical metaphysics of Termina: "Termina is a world defined by time, and time in 'Majora' is metricized through music. We can even frame the basic tension of the game through music: the story of 'Majora' is the push-and-pull of the Song of Time against the Clock Town Theme. The accelerating, manic juggernaut of the Clock Town Theme is the underlying tendency of the game's universe toward extinction, and the Song of Time is manifest will, the agency of humanity staring into inevitable demise and asserting themselves in the face of extinction. On a Nietzschean reading, every other component of the game is derivative of the counterpoint between these two musical themes." At the time, I did not pursue the claim that other components of the game are derivative of the musical counterpoint, but the Postman presents an example of exactly that: his turmoil is a microcosm of the universal tension between inevitable demise and the desire for salvation.
At first glance, the struggle of the Postman looks like the Sisyphean primitive (i.e., being doomed, for all time, to push a boulder up a hill only to have it roll back down to the bottom): he is the man who is doomed to struggle for all time with an endlessly repeating task, with the only hope of 'success' manifesting in some form of existential transcendence (think Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus). In the remainder of this piece, however, I will argue that the position of the Postman, from the player's perspective, is too complicated to reduce to the primitive of Sisyphus. It is that complexity which renders the Postman particularly salient as a case study within the world of Termina.
There are two levels on which we may assess the Postman. First, we may ask the question of how he evolves as a character through the narrative of Termina, independent of the role played by the player as a narratologically significant agent; I will refer to this level of analysis as 'flat analysis', because it treats the game narrative as a planar construct independent of player involvement. The second level of analysis, in contrast, takes player agency as an essential component of the narrative's discourse, which coheres with my model of Termina as nontrivially dependent on player agency; in contrast to flat analysis, I refer to this as 'full analysis'. Readers who have been following the course of my argumentation may observe that this is a false dichotomy, for, if the narrative of a video game is dependent on player agency, then it doesn't make a lot of sense to examine its storyline independently of player agency. What I hope to suggest in this article is that the process of first undertaking flat analysis, incomplete though it may be, can put the analyst in a better position for a full analysis thereafter.
There are two horns to the flat analysis of the Postman: how he expresses his desire to escape on the one hand, and how he ultimately achieves "liberation" on the other hand. To try to convince himself to flee the doomed Clock Town, the Postman writes and mails a letter to himself. The letter reads:
"To Myself,
You have been doing a great job delivering the mail.
I have a request for my hard-working self. All of the townsfolk have taken refuge. I want myself to flee, too. Even if it is not written on the schedule, I want myself to flee. Please…
What's noteworthy here (no pun intended) is that the only apparent recourse available to the Postman in order to question his absolute adherence to schedule is an operation within the bounds of that schedule: he must mail and deliver a letter to himself in order to question his uncompromising commitment to the delivery of mail. This commentary is in 20th century literary theory: our critiques of systems are limited to the language of discourse allowed by the system.
We get a fuller image of the Postman's situation by considering the other horn of the flat analysis: he is only able to attain "freedom" via a directive from his superior (Postmistress Madame Aroma) to abandon his schedule and flee (1:30 in the video). After Aroma orders the Postman to flee Clock Town, the Postman remarks to Link: "I have decided to flee. It is an order from the Postmaster. I am now free! I can set my own schedule"; he then bequeaths his Postman's Hat to Link, since he doesn't need it anymore. Yet there is an apparent contradiction in the Postman 'deciding' to flee based on an order from his superior — an order, to be blunt, from his master. The problem, because of which I have been putting "freedom" in scare quotes, is this: putting aside for a moment how we strictly define 'freedom', it seems as though being told to go elsewhere by the architect of one's daily life (i.e., the Postmistress) cannot instantiate substantive freedom.
The dilemma of what 'freedom' means in the case of the Postman is fleshed out by the first horn of the flat analysis: because the Postman's life is determined by his schedule — and, more generally, by his role as the Postman, for we know him by no other name — he can only gain a sense of agency by the will of the determining system. Because the Postmistress maintains the system, she is in a position to "liberate" the Postman from his schedule by ordering him to no longer follow it. But this, of course, does not reveal the Postman to suddenly have free will; rather, it underscores the hard determinism of his existence by revealing him to be entirely subservient to his boss. When he exclaims that he is 'free to set his own schedule', his words can be glossed as an exclamation of happiness that he is 'under orders to operate outside of his previously-conceived schedule'. When he dances out of Clock Town after leaving his Postman's Hat, he does not do it as a result of having quit his work, or even from asking permission to leave the Town; he does it as the result of a direct order.
It's not particularly interesting to derive hard determinism from a flat analysis, and the reason should be obvious: if we artificially remove player agency from the narratological equation, then any remaining source of agency within the narrative seems disingenuous in comparison. Because the ontological course of NPCs is charted purely by programs, it's a trivial matter to say that their existences are determined — in point of fact, such a framework is really only useful for exceptions such as Mikau, whose existential state is indeterminate prior to player engagement. So what's much more interesting in the flat analysis of the Postman is his self-concept and matrix of sentiments in relation to his determined existence: though his life is charted by schedule and work, his mental life is not one of polite acquiescence, but rather reflects a friction in a desire to survive — and, if we consider his joy at eventually being "free" to set his own schedule, a desire to transcend. So the nontrivial understanding we can derive from flat analysis here is the picture of a man who is at once entirely subservient to the social structure, yet who, through internal dissonance, reflects a conceptual knowledge of and thirst for existence outside of that same social structure.
So much for flat analysis; what happens, then, when we return player agency to the mix and engage in full analysis? Here I also propose two horns to our approach: first, the role of the player in Termina's metaphysical perpetuity; and second, the consequences of Link's acquisition of the Postman's Hat. Lastly, I will comment on what agency in general adds to the case of the Postman, and what we might hope to gain from him as a character in the universe.
As a way into the first horn here, recall that I have actually already mentioned Sisyphean themes once before in this blog, during my general discussion of the theory behind the sidequests of "Majora." I quote the relevant section: "The final result of the game's counterfactual analysis is that not everyone can be saved; and indeed, insofar as Termina continues to exist as an apocalyptic world even after Majora is defeated, any instance of even one person being saved is entirely fleeting. Yet though the game may tell you at every turn that your actions are meaningless, it demands to be played. Like the structure of Hades' punishment for Sisyphus, every new decaying causal chain Link learns about through sidequests and main quests cries out for him to save humanity, if only for one single moment. It is this picture of Link saving no one but making everyone happy that emanates from the universe of the sidequests of 'Majora.'" We are now in a position to better articulate what I left implicit in that early account of Termina: the Sisyphean nature of Termina is derivative of the player's agency in playing the Song of Time. We know this because the universe of Termina depends upon the player's perception of it to exist [see my analysis of 'meeting with a terrible fate'], and because the Song of Time is the metaphysical mechanism that instantiates new timelines and keeps Termina in a state of constant decay, as opposed to allowing it to end [see my space-time analysis in my discussion of the absence of Zelda in "Majora's Mask"]. While it is a useful mechanism for existential discourse to talk about human life metaphorically as "Sisyphean" (again, see The Myth of Sisyphus), the fact of the matter is that human lives end. Without metaphysical intervention, the day-to-day "boulder pushing" of the Postman's schedule would ultimately Terminate when the world was destroyed. Yet because Link perpetuates the universe by constantly playing the Song of Time to continue engaging it, this framework is warped into one that is truly 'endless' in the Sisyphean sense. The Postman may dance out of Clock Town after giving Link the Postman's Hat, but Link need only play the Song of Time to stifle that timeline and see the Postman back at his delivery route on the Dawn of the First Day. So what we see player agency doing here is transmuting the Sisyphean aspects of the Postman's life, moving them from the physical to metaphysical domain.
Admittedly, that sounds pretty terrible: if Link's actions are turning the Postman into an actual Sisyphus analogue, it's hard for the gamer to feel good about their actions, metaethical nihilism notwithstanding. Thankfully, the second horn of the full analysis — the consequences of Link acquiring the Postman's Hat — offers us a more positive conception of this of affairs. Recall from my discourse on the absence of Zelda the concept of 'temporal afterimages': "mental remnants or representations of alternate timelines that necessarily precede the timeline in which one actually exists." When I first coined the term, I was concerned with what exactly a temporal afterimage is, as opposed to what narratological impact they might have. Now, however, we are ready to move into the realm of narratology. As I noted in my discussion of Zelda's absence, a prime example of temporal afterimages is the collection of masks that follows Link through the proceeding timelines of Termina. The Postman's Hat, as a mask, is a temporal afterimage. It is also an emblem of public service, tantamount in the Postman's case to an article of faith. Mechanically, it vests Link with the authority to act as a Postman, checking mailboxes throughout Clock Town, and even withdrawing items from the mailbox (i.e., a Piece of Heart).
That Link is able through the Postman's article of temporal afterimagery to assume the role of a Postman is crucial because it allows the Postman to achieve the transcendence that we would imagine him denied as an NPC. The way this works is as follows: as the flat analysis showed, the Postman is incapable of expressing agency outside the bounds of the system of his determined role as the Postman. However, as I have previously described, Link, as the conduit from the player to the universe of the game, is the sole entity capable of expressing meaningful agency within the game's universe. When Link dons the Postman's Hat, he is able to enter into the system defined by the role of 'Postman', but is also able to express agency. He can therefore break the expected routine, by checking mailboxes at inappropriate times, taking the Piece of Heart, etc. What this means is that, by virtue of his connection with the player as an external source of agency, Link is able to subvert the expected routine of the Postman, symbolically defeating the same schedule that binds the Postman.
Now we have at least one viable account of why the distinction of flat/full analysis is useful: analyses proceeding in this form offer us a more precise account of how player agency influences and molds narratology, making it a helpful model for the interpretation of video games as aesthetic objects. Without the player, the Postman is a man consciously trapped in the construct of a role and schedule throughout his life; when Link and the player arrives, the Postman's suffering is immortalized, but he also transcends this suffering by inviting the game's one true agent into the framework of his own role. Though the Postman can never truly be free, we might say that the interposition of Link allows him to truly flee.
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Commentary and Update of 3 Currencies, US Dollar Index
By David Petch - Jan 19, 2011, 7:37 AM CST
Right now, markets are extremely choppy, with the correction in gold stocks, particularly the HUI correcting back to the 490-500 area. From a quick glance of charts, the S&P 500 index and XOI remain in definitive uptrends, while the HUI has pulled back. There is really no change in the technical picture at present...the bubble the FED blew is still growing and will continue to expand until the surface tension of the bubble exceeds the capacity to remain intact and then it will burst. Energy prices are still set to rise, which in turn will raise the cost of every item transported and drive up precious metals. We are in the last two years of the current government term in the US and historically, they have been favourable to the stock markets. Beyond the last half of 2012 and into 2014, things are going to get really ugly. Another deflationary scare will likely occur during this period which will bring down most commodities and markets. After 2014, interest rates are likely to soar as bond holders are going to demand a higher rate of return when it becomes obvious that inflation is well above the stated levels.
Climbing the "Wall of Worry" is in effect at present and as the Captain has stated the past few months, speculative positions should be groomed back, with core positions held across a number of different economic sectors. Those trading stocks, ETF's or funds equivalent to the Horizon Beta funds...keep stops in place to preserve profits or reduce risk.
Analysis today will highlight how other currencies are doing relative to the USD and the direction the USD faces in the short term...nothing has really changed since the prior update.
The daily chart of the Canadian dollar index is shown below, with all three upper Bollinger bands in close proximity to each other at present. Lower Bollinger bands are still tracking sideways, indicating that no sharp downturn in the Canadian dollar should be expected anytime soon. Full stochastics 1, 2 and 3 are shown below in order of descent, with the %K above the %D in all three instances. The trend in the Canadian dollar is likely to remain sideways to up for the next 7-10 trading days.
The weekly chart of the Australian dollar index is shown below, with all three upper Bollinger bands above the index, indicating a top was put in place. The lower 21 MA Bollinger bands is in close proximity to the index, suggestive that further downside potential exists. Full stochastics 1, 2 and 3 are shown below in order of descent, with the %K beneath the %D in 1 and above the %D in 2 and 3. The %K in stochastic 2 curled down, so expect sideways to downward price action with the Aussie dollar over the course of the next 7-10 trading days.
The daily chart of the Euro index is shown below, with the lower 21 and 34 MA Bollinger bands in close proximity to each other and below the index, suggestive that a potential bottom was put in place. Full stochastics 1, 2 and 3 are shown below in order of descent, with the %K beneath the %D in 1 and 2 and above the %D in 3.The Euro corrected for two months and appears set to rally. With the %K in stochastics 1 and 2 curling up, strength in the Euro is likely to persist for the next 3-4 weeks. Of course a major piece of news could reverse the technical setup, but for now, the trend appears to be sideways to up.
The daily chart of the US dollar index is shown below, with the upper 21 and 34 MA Bollinger bands in close proximity to each other. Lower 21 and 34 MA Bollinger bands are in close proximity to each other and the closing price, suggestive that further downside potential exists. Full stochastics 1, 2 and 3 are shown below in order of descent, with the %K above the %D in 1 and 3 and beneath the %D in 2. The %K in stochastic 1 appears to be rolling over and when it falls beneath the %D, expect downside potential to last for at least 2-3 weeks before basing.
The weekly chart of the USD index is shown below, with upper 34 and 55 M A Bollinger bands above the index, suggestive that the correction from last year's top is not yet complete. Full stochastics 1, 2 and 3 are shown below in order of descent, with the %K above the %D in 1 and beneath the %D in 2 and 3. The %K beneath the %D in stochastic 3 generally completes an oscillation from top to bottom before basing; so with this observation in mind, the appearance of strength at present should be viewed with caution until 81.5 is taken out. The daily chart indicates weakness over the next 2-3 weeks, while the weekly chart suggests strength (that should be viewed with caution).
The monthly chart of the USD index is shown below, with Bollinger bands no indicating any particular trend at the moment. Full stochastics 1, 2 and 3 are shown below in order of descent, with the %K beneath the %D in stochastic 1 and above the %D in 2 and 3. The %K in stochastic 1 falling beneath the D and the %K hugging the %D in stochastic 2 indicates longer-term weakness in the USD. Refer to Figures 7 and 8 for the Elliott Wave counts, as they provide clues for how the pattern "should" behave, given the recent wave structures.
The short-term Elliott Wave count of the USD index is shown below, with wave B shown to be underway at present. It is possible that wave C has begun an impulsive sequence down to the 72-74 area but before this can be confirmed, two closes beneath 78.5 is required and as of this AM, the USD is at 78.771. If we do get a break below this, those wishing for a quick trade might consider purchases in the precious metals sector for a 10-20% return over the next 3-4 weeks. Once the USD bottoms around 72-74, it stands to rally for at least 4-6 months, which should send markets and commodities into a decline until Septemberish. At this point, a very sharp move in commodities is expected, with gold likely being catapulted to over $2000/ounce. Gold still will have at least a triple beyond this point, but the top of 2012 will represent at that point in time the first year of gold being lower than a previous year. Watch the USD carefully this week because the trade is on with a break below 78.5...this represents the line in the sand and based upon the Elliott Wave count, it is baked in the cake. Wave A was clearly impulsive, so it requires another impulsive segment to satisfy the count.
The mid-term Elliott Wave count of the USD index is shown below, with wave [D].b thought to be forming still. Once wave C.[D] completes, wave [E] is required (upward trend) to complete this large structure that has been forming since 2008. After wave [E] completes, the USD stands to have a sharp move down to the 63-65 level at a minimum. Companies here in Canada had better make sure appropriate currency hedges are in place for later this fall/early 2012 because there could be severe financial losses and business failures.
In short, expect the USD to remain weak and if the 78.5 level is taken out, then the move to 72-74 is baked in the cake. During this time, precious metals, energy and the broad stock market indices should rise higher due to currency depreciation and increased demand as people play the inflation trade. This is expected to last until mid to late February as the Captain has described (referring this to a similar pattern as to the year 2000). Positions SHOULD be parred back after this time frame, as the correction is likely to be somewhere between 15-20%. This is minor compared to what lies ahead after the expected huge rally later in 2011/early 2012 (another 40-50% correction).
That is all for today. I will be back tomorrow AM with an update of the S&P 500 index.
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const path = require("path");

const commander = require("commander");
require("css.escape");
const mkdirp = require("mkdirp");
const puppeteer = require("puppeteer");

const options = {};

commander
    .arguments("<message_id> <image_path> <realm_uri")
    .action((messageId, imagePath, realmUri) => {
        options.messageId = messageId;
        options.imagePath = imagePath;
        options.realmUri = realmUri;
        console.log(`Capturing screenshot for message ${messageId} to ${imagePath}`);
    })
    .parse(process.argv);

if (options.messageId === undefined) {
    console.error("no messageId specified!");
    process.exit(1);
}

// TODO: Refactor to share code with frontend_tests/puppeteer_tests/realm-creation.ts
async function run() {
    const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
        args: [
            "--window-size=1400,1024",
            "--no-sandbox",
            "--disable-setuid-sandbox",
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        ],
        defaultViewport: null,
        headless: true,
    });
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        const page = await browser.newPage();
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        await page.goto(options.realmUri);
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        await page.waitForSelector('[value="iago@zulip.com"]');

        // By waiting till DOMContentLoaded we're confirming that Iago is logged in.
        await Promise.all([
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        const messageBox = await page.$(messageSelector);
        await page.evaluate((msg) => $(msg).removeClass("selected_message"), messageSelector);
        const messageGroup = (await messageBox.$x(".."))[0];
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In this audivisual experience, the participant wil discover through exploration the physics behind the production and propagation of sound as well as the mathematicals relationships between the size of the musical instruments and the "frequencies" (notes) they produce.
Then the participant will explore the history of the musical scales and the mathematics involved in these scales, from the Phytagorean scale, the first musical scale of the western culture to the Equal Tempered scale, used today.
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Documentary films and live broadcasts that everyone can see the beautiful Russian ballet.
Sometimes it's impossible to get tickets to the Bolshoi for the residents of the capital, not to mention the guests from other cities. The New York Team Collective company trusted that Russian ballet must see absolutely everybody. Together with the French production center Pathé Live they shooted a series of special films, performances for public display in movie theaters. They are also produced the technology for a live ballet broadcast anywhere in the world.
The goal - to form a fresh picture of the theater, which is famous for its classical repertoire and avant-garde ballets. It's not the first time Director Piers Jackson engaged in this project. Films allow the viewer to look behind the scenes, meet the dancers in a private environment, not only to enjoy the ballet, but also to gain an insight into the ballet profession.
Promotional video of this wonderful action is ready. Its characters are young actors of the Bolshoi theater – ballet dancer Artem Ovcharenko and prima Olga Smirnova. In the shooting also participated a talented cameraman and director Andrei Nikolayev and famous stylist Natalia Turovnikova, scenic images of heroes - her work. "To dress ballet dancers is very easy. You know, there is one tiny little issue: when you deal with the perfect ballet bodies you always want them to undress ", - she says.
Olga Isakson's atmospheric images tell about the filming process. Slightly grainy texture, fuzzy silhouettes and spontaneous shooting style make them look like the famous "Ballet" series of photographs by Alexei Brodovych, which he did when he worked on the famous stage as a designer of Diaghilev's seasons in Paris. You can admire the photos right now, but more information about movies and about direct interventions will be provided on the international site Pathé Live. We are waiting for news!


The Widen Collective's blog site, https://digitalassetmanagement.com has a decent article on "What to look for in a DAM/EAM Administrator". Nothing shocking, but well thought-out and a good baseline for a job description for your Execs and HR department.
They are experienced enough to factually point out that "[t]he most helpful DAM system evaluation tools are a good internal assessment, development of user scenarios, and a prioritized list of requirements from a DAM system." This is the hardest work that goes into giving your DAM/EAM project, vendor and team the best chance of success, and that's all on you and your teammates… or, probably, available for a price. There's an argument to be made that a potential vendor has more experience building these with the energetic participation of your company, if that's part of what you need. But, you will have to pay for their time, and it may not help you as much with an RFP that goes to several vendors.
Like Widen, PicturePark has a community service, a bit different, called the DAM Guru Project, "A DAM Community of 1,000+ Members from Around the World: DAM Guru Program connects DAM experts with people who need their help – for free" Their Twitter account is here.
Their site has calls for volunteers, a job registration database and member profiles, some thoughtful articles specific to our industry, webinars, and a related LinkedIn discussion group.
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GLENDALE — As April concluded, Glendale Community College product Zack Williams was realizing his dream of becoming a NFL Draft Pick, as the Carolina Panthers selected the Washington State center in the sixth round.
But as a part of the 2011 draft class, Williams encountered the unfortunate situation of being able to do little more than sit and wait for his time as a Carolina Panther to begin, as the NFL lockout prevented players from negotiating contracts, reporting to team facilities, practicing under coaches, etc.
That all changed on Monday afternoon, however, as player representatives for all 32 NFL squads agreed to accept the league's proposal for a 10-year collective bargaining agreement and ended the lockout.
"I was excited to finally get back to football," Williams said on Tuesday as he began his trek from Washington D.C. to Panthers training camp. "It's been difficult not being around football. Just being able to get back on the field is exciting."
Williams is one of two local players, along with Flintridge Prep graduate Ramses Barden, that's set to get back to work when their teams' respective camps open on Friday, while former Glendale Community College players Andy Reid, the Philadelphia Eagles longtime head coach, and Hue Jackson, the Oakland Raiders' first-year coach, are set to open their camps today.
"I'm happy that the NFL and its players can get back doing what they love to do," Reid told nfl.com on Monday. "The coaches can get back to coaching. Players can get back to playing and we're all pleased about that."
Among the offseason topics Reid must address, the Eagles are likely to trade quarterback Kevin Kolb, as Michael Vick has established himself as the teams' bona fide starter. As for a backup, reports have surfaced that future Hall of Famer Brett Favre, who Reid worked with in his days as a Green Bay Packers assistant, has drawn interest from the Eagles' brass.
Tuesday was the first day in which teams were allowed to sign draft picks and begin negotiations with free agents. Of course, it was also the first day to simply get things back in the direction of a normal offseason.
"As far as our team, we look forward to reconvening in the near future and we are looking forward to holding training camp once again on the campus of Lehigh University," Reid said. "We understand that we have a lot of work ahead of us in order to get ready for the season opener at St. Louis and I'm excited to get started on that as soon as we can."
While Reid, a former Glendale college offensive lineman, is a veteran coach with a Super Bowl appearance to his credit, Jackson, a former GCC quarterback, is embarking upon his first season at the helm of an NFL team. Hence, the lack of a true offseason could be more troublesome for the man who signed on as the team's offensive coordinator before last season and then replaced Tom Cable in the offseason as the Oakland head coach.
Raiders players began to show up at the team's offseason facilities in Napa Valley on Tuesday ahead of the team's official camp opening today.
"This is the first time I've been able to meet person to person [with Coach Jackson]. Talked a little bit about the philosophy that he has, the Xs and Os and where we're going to go tomorrow basically," Raiders offensive tackle Jared Veldheer told the San Jose Mercury News. "I'm just very optimistic from where we finished last year, as far as No. 2 in the run, and I want to keep building off that, just be the No. 1 rushing team in football."
Barden, who said Tuesday had been a "very busy day," was boarding a plane headed for New Jersey, where New York Giants camp is set to open on Friday. A receiver who will enter his third NFL season, the former News-Press Athlete of the Year is also recovering from an ankle injury that ended his 2010 season.
For Williams, though, besides attending a mini-camp with other Panthers players, his NFL career, in large part, is set to begin. Carolina camp, which takes place in South Carolina, will open on Friday and Williams is also hopeful of signing his first NFL contract sometime this week.
"All you can do is go in with an open mind and just work hard," he said of being a rookie affected by the lockout.
Williams, who said he's been spending time with his family and working out while waiting for the lockout to end, seems excited more than anything to be able to be back at work doing what he loves.
"It just makes you appreciate being able to play this game," he said. "It's a blessing."


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Inthe Amish community in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, with members in both Pennsylvania and Maryland, built four meetinghouses, two in Maryland and two in Pennsylvania. Many Amish do not have meetinghouses. Services were held in rotation in these four meetinghouses.
In the mid s, the more progressive group in Maryland wanted to have Sunday school, a Protestant phenomenon today rejected by the most Old Order Amish. Between anda separation took place between the Maryland and Pennsylvania groups. This division gave rise to a question facing many Old Order Amish across the country at this time: Joseph Witmer, a visiting Amish bishop, assisted the Pennsylvania group.
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Sometime in the early to mid s, John D Yoder, a member of the local Amish church, inquired about whether he would have to shun those who went to the Amish-Mennonite church. When informed that he must, he also joined the Maryland church. However, Moses Beachy refused to instate the shunning since there was no longer unanimous agreement on the strict shunning.
Tension increased between Beachy and the three Yoders, as well as among members. Communion was not held in the fall ofa sign of lingering difficulties. In springMoses Beachy pushed for communion despite ongoing disagreements.
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Thus, on June 26,the Yoder group withdrew from the Moses Beachy group and the division was complete. The Moses Beachy group continued to alternate usage of meetinghouses with the Old Order Amish, and the two groups cooperated well in the years thereafter.
Stoltzfus' group had divided with the Amish over the strict shunning and telephones. When Stoltzfus and Beachy met, the Lancaster church had also just allowed automobiles.
The two churches maintained close contacts, though official fellowship was not established until about a decade later, at that point a merely ceremonial act. These churches were Amish-Mennonite, but not as progressive as earlier Amish-Mennonite churches, such as the one established in Maryland.
The s marked a time when many new Amish-Mennonite congregations formed over issues of modern conveniences. Calvary Bible School for young adults and the monthly periodical, Calvary Messenger, were both started in These programs and institutions provided focal points around which the formerly loosely organized constituency could concentrate their energy, connect with people in other states, and forge a common vision.
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How Catarsis is represented in Contemporary Art
Catarsis (Catharsis in English) is defined as the process of releasing, thereby providing relief from strong or repressed emotions.
Synonyms of this word include: purification, cleansing, relief, but they do not include ecstasy. It is a fine line as the ecstasy is a pure feeling of joy, while catarsis is born of negative emotions at its core.
This distinction is made clear through the artworks by Eduardo de La Cruz Guerra as he explores the relationship between pain and release through his series of "Catarsis". Almost a spiritual sequel to his previous works of "Condenado" Guerra seeks art as a way to escape the struggles of the daily life of a people in Cuba.
The works made of recycled metal or wood, or photographs, you will see conventional materials missing from each piece. The lack of access to quality of paint and canvas required the artists to find new and innovative ways to create art regardless of circumstance.
It is need of every artists to have a release, but how does one represent this release when everywhere one looks there is pain, misery, and no solution in the future but instead more bleakness ahead? The series of Catarsis represents a struggle, a way to release the tension that has been built due to the circumstances of the Cuban country and to find small bits of escape and freedoms from the cruel reality that they face every day.
The following words were written by the art critic Ernesto M. Sarduy Lorenzo to supplement the Catarsis Series.
"I think, later I exist. This is the thought that strengthen us during the times in which society itself manifests itself in depression and existential crisis. Each artwork shown in the series hugs the inconformity, the lost, the drowning and the hope: they are patrons of an existentialism that is visible behind each work.
The complexity of the dark colors, the depth, and the ecstasy captured, the backgrounds and contours complementing this harmony of cause an defect. This is when we exist, our mind has its own way of drawing each heartbeats of the day to day life that do not respect the established norms.
This is what the series of Catarsis shows us, a sort of "hang-over from everything lived". It shows a small stop, but intense, through its pictorial technique that are centered in human tension. Views of those lacerations that are so visible within human life that as a consequence clash with the hostile environments."


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Michelangelo: The Third Kind #4
Publication date: December, 2008
Story and art: Jim Lawson
Inks and letters: Eric Talbot
Cover: Jim Lawson and Steve Lavigne
"The Third Kind, Part 4"
Strolling down the street, Michelangelo meets up with Klag (who is wearing a "skin suit" to disguise himself as a human). Klag tells Mike that he called him with urgent news: H.A.A.R.M. has placed bombs all over the city and is threatening to detonate them unless Ambassador Cesse Mon Zir Te is handed over to them for execution. Mike asks why the Utroms don't just do a weapons scan on the city like before, but Klag says the atmospheric rings would tip off H.A.A.R.M. and they'd detonate the explosives. Klag asks Mikey to come with him to the park where they'll be making the exchange and try to help him resolve the conflict bloodlessly. Mikey hops on the hovercraft and they vamoose.
At a park near the docks, Klag parks his hovercraft and tells Mikey that he has to coordinate the NYPD standing guard, but asks Mikey to keep watch in case things go sour. Mikey finds the H.A.A.R.M. mob in a clearing as the Utroms deliver the Ambassador to them. Jingo then comes strolling to the center of the clearing to the tune of a standing ovation from his loyal followers. Jingo asks them to settle down, as he has a speech to deliver.
Jingo says that he's taken the time to reflect on his behavior and has come to the conclusion that he was motivated out of fear and distrust. However, he says he realized that in order to move forward as a person, he needed to overcome that fear. He tells the crowd that they, too, need to overcome their fear and accept the change with an open mind.
Barry erupts from the crowd, saying that the aliens have brainwashed Jingo and pulls a gun on the Ambassador. Before he can fire, Mikey knocks it from his hand with a shuriken and asks Jingo to finish his speech. Jingo simply says that they must overcome their basic urges to fight and lash out with violence so that they can learn and grow as a people. The Ambassador shakes his hand, settling the feud. Detective Clover and the NYPD then take Barry into custody. Clover sees Mikey disappear into the woods but, after having witnessed him save the Ambassador's life, chooses not to pursue him. Mikey waits for Klag by the hovercraft but when he doesn't show, he decides to fly it back to the Moon-Island.
Landing the craft, Mikey hears a thumping from the trunk. Opening it, he finds the real Jingo bound and gagged. Klag then approaches him and explains that he was the "Jingo" who gave the speech, having worn a skin suit in Jingo's likeness. Klag apologizes for the deception, but says he felt that it was the only way to quell the violence and inspire the people to reconsider their opinions. Mike asks what will become of Jingo and Klag says he will have his memory of the incident wiped before being returned home unharmed. Mike suggests that Jingo will simply go back to being a bigoted hatemonger, but Klag assures Mikey that humanity possesses the ability to change more than any of them realize.
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Story, art, inks and letters: Jim Lawson
Traveling in a hover-van from the Moon-Island, a pair of Utroms drop off a small, tentacled alien (the same one who was almost lynched) and wish him well on his daytrip to New York City. As the alien silently traverses the city, he bears witness to a number of reactions. Protestors yell at him, cabbies tell him to get out of the way, oblivious businessmen mistake him for an ashtray, dogs pee on him, girls flash him, tourists crowd him for photos and street musicians tell him to get off their turf.
At last, the alien crosses paths with a homeless man. The bum looks into the creature's face and his eyes glow with enlightenment as he witnesses the broader scope of the whole universe.
*This story is continued from Michelangelo: The Third Kind #3.
*Klag will appear again in Tales of the TMNT (Vol. 2) #62.
And so "The Third Kind" just sort of… ends. All of the characters, story arcs and concepts were set up in advance in this miniseries and nothing feels out of the blue or anything. It just sort of starts and stops and starts and stops and then ends. The pacing of the narrative is bumpy with odd time gaps between chapters, and characters just sort of appear and disappear with varying degrees of importance. I mean, just look at Barry. He got the lion's share of attention in the first issue then disappeared altogether for the middle of the series and then appears suddenly here at the end and has his storyline resolved. Detective Clover was looking like she might have a big impact on the storyline but her conflict with Mikey is resolved with a silent nod.
It's a clumsy read, as characters drift in and out of the story with lopsided amounts of attention and even Michelangelo is just sort of there. He takes orders from Klag and helps save the day, but his dialogue is dry and lifeless, pretty much just going through the motions. Jim Lawson wanted to tell a story about prejudice on a global scale and Michelangelo is merely along for the ride. That's fine, since First Contact is much bigger than the Ninja Turtles and they very much ARE "just along for the ride" in this scenario… but man does it make for a dull read.
And yet, there are moments that I really love. This issue starts with Michelangelo just cold walking down the street in broad daylight and totally not giving a fuck. It's something he's never been able to do before in his life and he is taking absolutely NO joy in the experience. H.A.A.R.M. thugs try to attack him, pedestrians either scream or chatter behind his back… He finally gets to socialize and be amongst the people as himself and it blows. Lawson doesn't spell it out with an internalized monologue or anything and the scene doesn't go on for too long; you just observe it and you can tell exactly how Michelangelo feels. This is everything he thought he wanted his whole life and it's nothing like he imagined it would be.
The twist ending with Klag masquerading as Jingo came not so much as a surprise but felt like more or less the only means to resolve the conflict. It was deceptive, but presented as a case of the ends justifying the means. Taking a messiah-like entity and having him sing a different tune in order to sway the masses was pretty fitting strategy from the Utroms; a non-violent solution though one that poses an ethical dilemma.
At the same time, however, "The Third Kind" is very much a Big Picture kind of story. New York City is just one city in the whole world; there are 6 billion people reacting to First Contact and the Utroms are likely going to have to deal with the same issues all over the globe. And with a one year deadline, they can't really take the time to gradually coax the masses into coming around at their own pace. Subverting the populace by masquerading as influential figures has a "They Live" feel to it, yeah, but it gets the job done without killing anybody.
"The Third Kind" is also a lot of preaching. Lawson goes on and on about how awful humanity is with the attitude of someone whining, "God, aren't people just the WORST?" But unless I've been mistaken all these years, I figure Lawson is a human being, too. It's this holier than thou shtick that you get from a lot of folks who generalize humanity as being inherently evil or selfish or cruel or bigoted… all of humanity except the people preaching against humanity because they know better, right? "Everybody is awful but me", that sort of attitude. At the end of the day, Lawson is trying to lead his readers to a very simple conclusion ("Racism Bad. Change Good") but takes a ponderously long-winded route to get there with a lengthy diversion through Narcissism Country.
As for the back-up, it summarizes the message Lawson spent four issues running into the ground with only four near-wordless pages. "Everyone on Earth is terrible except one guy and that one guy is totally enlightened and understands the universe better than everyone else." Or maybe it was something about an open mind or whatever and I'm just being cynical, I dunno.
Anyway, "The Third Kind" is a bore but it shows us the sweeping change in the Mirage universe that before now had merely been summarized in a narrative caption. Because of the broad scope the actual Turtles feel like small fish in a big pond, which isn't out of line, but it makes for a dull, plodding yarn. So this was a boring comic that told an important story. Do the ends justify the means? Presumably Klag would think so.
Grade: C- (as in, "Can't say that I'm not personally guilty of standing on a soapbox and preaching my opinions to people. This is a blog, after all".)
Maybe this is a little offtopic here but man Mirage just got sooo circle jerky and heavy handed and, well, dull in the Volume 4 era. I mean it started in Volume 2 but that didnt last long enough to really wear on you like Volume 4 does. And Lawson, who is doibg the lion's share of the art through all the books, his art just goes to total dogshit and that combined with the sophomoric writing makes it all feel like bad self-published amateur fan comics, when this is supposed to be Mirage TMNT, the Real TMNT, Turtle Prime and so on. It just makes the Vol 4 era stuff such a slog to get through.
I mean, all four miniseries are all guilty of just wasting pages and dragging shit out but at least they do have endings, unlike the majority of the Tale Vol. 2 storylines and of course the main Vol 4 storyline itself.
In short, Image Vol 3 makes Mirage Vol 4 look so bad by comparsion, because for all its flaws at least the Image book had momentum, felt like it was going somewhere instead of spinning its wheels - a feeling only exacerbated by Mirage's Better Late Than Never release policy.
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Honestly, I never considered the Volume 4 era (or V2 for that matter) to be part of THE Mirage canon. Like Mark has said, it was Eastman and Laird TOGETHER that made the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the great comic it was. Laird by himself is only half the puzzle and his weaknesses as a writer are really apparent when he writes the TMNT solo.
Not to say that the V4 era is bad per se, just that I don't consider it any more or any less canon than say, the Image run. It's an interesting offshoot and a fun diversion, but it isn't THE Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. At least, not to me.


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