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Legally blind Canadian using electronic glasses to develop more accessible apps
39-year-old Jaclyn Pope of Oshawa, Ontario wants to make the kinds of apps for others that have been lacking in her own life
By Bradly Shankar @bradshankar
Dec 9, 202112:38 PM EST
It's not uncommon for someone to pursue a second career later in their life, whether it's because they're not happy in their current field or simply were inspired to try something different.
For 39-year-old Jaclyn Pope of Oshawa, Ontario, the goal now is to become a full-stack developer to make apps more accessible for the blind and visually impaired. But unlike most people, circumstances completely out of her control led her to this point.
In 2019, after three years of gradual sight loss, Pope was diagnosed as legally blind with all four of the leading causes of blindness in Canada: macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and cataracts.
"When I started losing my sight, I was really, really lost," says Pope, who had previously been going to school for environmental engineering.
Beyond the general day-to-day challenges that come with vision loss, she says her conditions — which have removed much of her sight — prevent her from properly treating her diabetes. "How do I poke my finger and check my numbers if I can't see [the insulin pump] and it doesn't talk to me?" she explains. "How do I check my blood pressure if the blood pressure machine doesn't talk to me and there's nobody around to help me? I was a single mom — how am I supposed to do these things?"
As Pope tells it, the medical devices she commonly uses are designed for people with sight. Basic features, such as compatibility with virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa, can go a long way towards helping the blind and visually impaired.
"I've got doctors yelling at me, 'do this, do this, do this, do that.' But none of these things, these medical devices, are actually accessible to me. I still have an endocrinologist who's going, 'I don't think you're actually giving yourself the right amount of insulin every day.' Probably not, I can't see it — I'm doing the best I can!'"
Eventually, the endocrinologist put her in contact with the company that made her insulin pump. When she raised her concerns, she says the company told her it was "not financially feasible" to make its product more accessible in the way she was asking. "That drove me nuts," she admits.
"And that's what led me to learn how to read source code — you can read the source code on everything. Even right now, I can just right-click [something], it'll tell me the source code of what's going on. And if you can read that stuff, it's usually a zero or one, a true or false, or a yes or a no. Are you telling me it's too expensive to get somebody to copy a line of code to make it speak to Apple or Siri or Bixby or Alexa? It's too expensive? Come on — that's absolutely ridiculous."
From there, Pope decided enough was enough. As companies fail to become more accessible, she was going to do her part to make it so. Pope has enrolled in the UX/UI Design program at the University of Toronto's continuing education program for coding.
Harnessing a wearable medical device to achieve her goal
Thankfully, she's not alone in her pursuit. Through the Canadian National Institute for Blindness' (CNIB) scholarship program, Pope has been awarded the eSight 4, a wearable medical device developed by Toronto-based eSight. The organization was founded in 2006 by Canadian electrical engineer Conrad Lewis, who wanted to develop technologies that could aid his two legally blind sisters.
In practice, the eSight is a cutting-edge camera that leverages high-resolution screens and algorithms to provide increased visual information to the brain.
"The device that we have now is really suited for today's environment, especially for people who are tech-savvy, like Jaclyn," says Youval Zilberberg, eSight's manager of client success and customer relationship management. "A lot of people use their iPhones and our device is a connected device, so you're able to see what's going on in the eSight. So you can actually share the image that is on the screen on an iPhone, or vice versa — you can see what's on your iPhone in the screens of the eSight device."
"For those of us [who grew] up playing video games and had the map in the top left corner, it's kind of like wearing the eSight device when you don't have it all the way down. It's still sitting there, so it's like that little map, but then you can still see the real world right there — it's the best way I can describe it," explains Pope with a laugh.
In using the eSight like this, she can have screens from other devices, like a computer or phone, open and ready to use. This is how she's able to work on coding projects, as well as manage her online business, Sewing in the Dark.
But it's also made a huge difference in her personal life.
"I think the first time I put it on, I saw my son's face for the first time in four years. [From] 16 going to 20 — you can imagine there was quite a difference. And I cried," she says. "I couldn't believe my baby had grown. Like, there's one thing in your mind — he's growing up, he's there, and I'd been fighting for so long for everything, for everybody, in the community. I hadn't realized how much I had actually missed, how much I had lost."
Pope notes it really became apparent how much she had missed out on when her brother took her to an evening NASCAR race. With the eSight, she could make out so much more of the race than she would have been able to before.
"Previous to that, the best way to explain it was that some of the cars had fluorescent numbers on them, and that's all I could see. There was no car — it was just fluorescent numbers that were going around," Pope explains. "When I put the eSight on, it was like the whole picture was painted — I could see everything again. I could even see the sponsors on the board. I could see who was leading in the race. I could pick people out in the stands. I was crying."
Beyond that, she credits the eSight for allowing her to properly race a car of her own in a video game, go for hikes with her dog Luna, and cook without fear of cutting her hands.
Zilberberg says the device would have also made a big difference in his own life, were it available during his childhood.
"My dad has Stargardt's [a form of macular degeneration causing central vision loss] — I wish he would have had [the eSight]. Back when I was younger playing hockey, it would have been really great for him to have this device. Because while I remember seeing them there, and it was great to have him at my hockey game supporting me, he wasn't watching the game, right?" he explains.
"At my older age now, I can kind of give a tip of the hat on that, but now, with the eSight, that's something that would have changed it for him. He would have been able to watch the game, be closer to what was going on at that time. But unfortunately, [we] had to miss that."
Making technology more accessible
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Beyond medical devices like her insulin pump lacking voice assistant functionality, Pope identifies several other common shortcomings of modern apps that she'd like to fix.
Firstly, she notes that the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C), the group that develops international standards for the web, needs to expand its guidelines.
"The W3C guidelines are only for websites and browsers. There are no guidelines for mobile apps — period," she says. "So that's the number one thing that needs to be fixed. You know, if we're going to create something, why don't we have some guidelines?"
She says doing this would help prevent situations where "band-aids, on top of band-aids, on top of band-aids, on top of band-aids" are being put onto apps because accessibility wasn't considered from the start.
"If everything starts from HTML/CSS, why wouldn't you make it accessible right from the beginning and make it responsive right from the beginning, instead of adding in all these flashing doodads?" she says.
"I'm tired of going into apps from the navigation bar, just because [on] my Apple phone, I've set the text so it's bigger, so when the text messages come in from my kids, I can read them. Now the navigation bar on the bottom of that app no longer lines up with the buttons. So the button is way over 'here when navigation is way down 'here.' That shouldn't happen just because I wanted to increase the size of my font within my actual phone. So these are the little things that just should not be happening."
Pope says this lack of accessibility extends to the technology that is found in schools.
"Four schools have told me they cannot meet my accommodation requests, with the fourth school following up [to say] they wouldn't even know how to deal with somebody who was blind," she says.
"I'm just trying to do coding, and I didn't realize that that was such a barrier. It's in front of me; it's words I can learn on my own. I have been learning on my own and I'm trying to get a teacher to teach me, but I can't seem to get an administrator to say, 'yes, let her into the school.' I've had full funding opportunities four times, and four times schools have blocked me — I've had to turn down those funding opportunities for school."
She says that even though she has technical skills, schools will regularly not recognize them.
"I have these schools blocking me for these pieces of paper of certification that says, 'yes, you can do these skills, same as a carpenter, or somebody who went to learn how to make furnaces or whatever else.' But because I can't get that piece of paper that says I know Java or HTML or Python or whatever, I can't get my pay rate to get off of ODSP [Ontario Disability Support Program]. Apparently, it's politically correct to tell me to 'go sit in the dark,' and I don't think that's right — I think that's really, really wrong."
Fighting misconceptions
Image credit: CCB
In addition to inaccessible technologies, Pope says there's a general misunderstanding of blindness and the obstacles that those with vision loss typically encounter.
According to the Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB), an estimated 1.5 million Canadians identify themselves as having any kind of sight loss, with 5.59 million others carrying an eye disease that could impair vision.
That said, the ways in which vision loss can manifest can vary. Per the CNIB, a common misconception is that people who are blind have no sight whatsoever. However, the institute notes that blindness comes in many forms; people may experience anything from high light sensitivity and reduced depth perception to blind spots or minimal peripheral vision.
Pope says she regularly encounters those who don't understand her needs — or, often, even try to. "People assume I'm completely blind, but I'm not completely blind," she says. "I have little spots, I call them HD spots. And I look through them because I have so many different diseases, so I'm losing my vision in so many different ways."
She says people often imagine a blind person to look a certain way when that's not always the case.
"If I'm in a store and I wear regular glasses, I'm told that I don't look blind. But what does that look like? That's what I want to know. I can put my regular glasses on now — they'll look perfectly fine and nobody says anything to me," she says. "But if I have Luna with me, all of a sudden I'm told, 'are you training that dog?' 'No, I'm not training that dog — she's there to help me.' It gets frustrating."
When the pandemic hit, the employment support group Make A Change Canada gave Pope a grant to turn her office into a fully accessible space. When she went to a Staples to purchase supplies, the store manager yelled at her for not adhering to the markers on the ground to stay six feet apart. Pope, of course, couldn't properly see them, but she says the manager didn't believe her, even though she had her black glasses and guide dog. When she sought out another employee, she says she faced even more resistance.
"I remember asking for help, and the person who came over was too afraid to even speak to me. It was almost like I made them sick or something." A similar situation has happened at a Supercentre location when she asked an associate to get her a smaller cart since the big ones scare Luna. "The guy looks at me as if something's wrong with me and tells me 'no, I can't do that.' But you're the actual cart handler, dude — why can't you do that? Why can't you understand a small cart, just that one little thing, would make my life easier?"
Shannon Simpson, CNIB's director of marketing and communications, adds that corporations often have their own misconceptions about disabilities.
"[They often think] creating an accessible workplace is costly — it isn't," she explains. As the CNIB notes, some simple ways businesses can become more accessible are by offering software programs that read information aloud, providing screen magnifiers to more prominently display text, keeping common spaces like hallways obstacle-free, or even adding lighting into a room.
"If you are not using these technologies, how can you implement them and use them, if you have no idea what it's like?"
To help with this, Simpson says companies should look to the Accessible Canada Act, which was introduced at the federal level in June 2019 to make Canada barrier-free by 2040.
"While society continues to create barriers to inclusion for people who are blind or partially sighted, there has never been a better opportunity for government or corporations to further improve accessibility for people with disabilities," she says. "This framework is a great place for provincial governments, without accessibility legislation, to start developing their own."
But Pope says the easiest way to do this is to regularly consult and involve members of the accessibility community.
"If you are not using these technologies, how can you implement them and use them, if you have no idea what it's like?" she says. "So why wouldn't you speak to the community? Why wouldn't you put money into the community, when we're the ones who are using these devices and accessible technologies all the time?"
Doing so, Pope says, might help prevent old-fashioned hiring practices that make it difficult for someone who's blind or visually impaired to get a job, even if they might otherwise be qualified.
"When a community becomes complacent, and they no longer want to try, isn't that a sign that something is seriously wrong here?"
"If you look at Procter & Gamble, [in] their very first level of hiring, you have to go through a computer-orientated hiring system, and they'll actually have little aliens flying up in the top-right corner, and you have to count them. How is that fair to somebody who's visually impaired?" she says. "They might be able to do that job 100 percent, but if they can't count those stupid aliens, which has nothing to do with their job, why are they being denied? Why are we putting these restrictions in front of people? That's what makes me so mad."
She notes these kinds of barriers can feel demoralizing, and she's even been discouraged by those in the disabled community to pursue coding or other ventures.
"After all of [what I've gone through], to be told in my community 'it's okay to just sit there and stop trying, what's the point?' These are people within the blind community or disabled community," she explains. 'Why push yourself even harder?' 'Why have the headaches?' 'Why have the migraines?' 'Why even keep fighting for these things?' When a community becomes complacent, and they no longer want to try, isn't that a sign that something is seriously wrong here?"
She says she won't let any of that deter her.
"I think we're behind the times and I think people are afraid and I think enough is enough. I have no problem standing up and screaming, 'hey, let's go, come on, let's make a change,' says Pope. "And I'm just looking for people to back me behind that so that I don't think I'm crazy. Because when I'm told to sit on the couch and sit in the dark, be quiet, be complacent and sit on the shelf and do nothing, that's when there's something wrong. That's when we should all be standing up."
More information about blindness and visual impairments can be found on CNIB.ca and Fighting Blindness.ca.
Header image credit: eSight
Correction: 14/12/2021 at 11:43pm ET — This story originally attributed that a "common misconception is that people who are blind have no sight whatsoever" came from the Canadian Council of the Blind (CCB). However, it should say Canadian National Insitute for the Blind (CNIB) — this story has been updated accordingly.
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0 Review: ISKRA, Ahna, SoS, NotⒶCost, benefit for the Sinix Nation
by Comrade Black
· PE Web Zine · Reviews
I have never written a show review before. This show was incredible, one of the best I have been to in a while. I know the review is a bit late, but I still wanted to post this cause the show was so good it deserved a review. Victoria has an amazing scene going on these days which has grown in some very positive ways over the years. I am glad to be here and be part of it.
I was feeling pretty anxious before the show, and if I hadn't told a few friends I was going I might have skipped out. It has been a while since I enjoyed a show this much. These days I often get a lot of anxiety and so I end up skipping a show or just feeling really unsettled the entire time and unable to enjoy the music.
The show took place at the Rat Shack a local DIY venue, and it was packed. I missed the very beginning; I heard they started by talking about the Sinixt people and their struggle, and why it is important to support. I came in about half way through NotⒶCost's set. They are one of Victoria's newest bands, and this was their second show. They were well practiced, and definitely don't sound like any other bands around here. A very unique sound – although not really my thing personally. Still their performance was impressive just in how together they are considering their all pretty young as a band, and for some this is their first real band. I know a few of these folks personally as well and know they are good people who are political, active, and in this for all the right reasons, so I look forward to seeing where they go as a band and as individuals as they develop more.
AHNA played next. I really love this band, if you haven't seen them yet I highly recommend them as they are a real treat. Their set sounded like a wall of fucking noise hitting you, as it filled the room. Noisy, crusty, heavy as hell, AHNA is also quite unique though and seem to take influence from the noise genre as well as crust, sludge, and grind. Between songs there was still so much noise that it gave them a consistency that felt different from all the rest of the bands, and from most I have seen. AHNA is one of those bands that when I first saw them I could barely stand them, but the next time I saw them was about 2 years later in Calgary and I was completely blown away. I am extremely glad I gave them a second chance as they have become one of the few bands I look forward to seeing.
Storm Of Sedition came up next and picked up the tempo a bit with something a little closer to traditional crusty punk. They are a newer local band, formed of long time seasoned musicians who have played in numerous of my favorite bands over the years; and it really shows. With members who have played in Mechanical Separation, Leper, Mutiny, as well as a couple current members of ISKRA. Storm of Sedition is tight, and well practiced, they have great crusty riffs With back and forth vocals, female and male, and with that driving sound I love that usually only d-beat bands can satiate; but they were a little bit more complex than the average generic d-beat band. Aside from the music one thing I really liked about Storm of Sedition is that between songs when they stopped to introduce the next song, they made sure there wasn't a bunch of feedback or anyone playing while they were talking – so you could actually hear what the songs were about. This is especially important with bands that have dirty sounding screaming vocals over heavy music. SoS had an anarchist-primitivist influence; even having a song about the connections between the culture of mass shootings and it's connection to our alienation from nature. I fucking loved it. I loved their set, and look forward to their recordings. Every town needs a good straight up punk as fuck band.
ISKRA closed the show with a performance that would be near impossible to follow. They seem to be known for doing that. I have seen ISKRA play in vic since the first week I moved here in 2005 and I never get sick of hearing them. Few bands can bring what they do. Fast intense guitars and complex fast drumming with blackened riffs, incredible vocals, heavy as fuck and again great politics –over the years ISKRA has only become heavier, tighter, and more intense. They started off their set by reading a long piece written by a friend who lives and organizes on Sinixt territories, explaining about the history, the resistance, and about the connections between the traditional ways the Sinixt have always lived and many aspects of anarchist philosophy; everyone listened respectfully as Wolf read it out. After which they began their set. Like always ISKRA didn't disappoint. They played some of their best stuff, a mix of newer and older. People were stoked when they introduced Acceptance Not Tolerance and dedicated it to all the queers and trans people; using it as a jumping off point to talk about how protections under law will never really liberate us because a few yrs later as we have seen in the US now and elsewhere – those laws can be changed again and repressive laws brought back in. They ended their set with UAV, a song of theirs about drones. When the guitars started it felt like the room was so full of sound the walls wouldn't hold up. It was an incredible way to end, as UVA is an incredible song and they
played it to perfection. I think people were done after that, it was a lot to take in, as few people tried for an encore but the shouts and chants were a little less than usual. None the less ISKRA accommodated by playing one final song, a cover of Amebix to close the night. The punks in the room found it within themselves to get pumped for one last explosion of energy, and then the night came to an end.
I don't know how much was raised in the end for the Sinixt, but I know they did decent. This is a great example of what real meaningful solidarity can look like. I was glad I could be there for it.
Review by Comrade Black
Photos by Imogen Bailey
0 NEW: AHNA / CETASCEAN – Imperial Decline split LP
by xbencrewx
· PE Records
AHNA (van.) and CETASCEAN (wpg.) meet minds with the release of their split LP Imperial Decline. This record serves up 7 tracks of brutalizing anti-oppressive crust punk: distorted, mincing, noisy. At its core, this is a crust record, but it is at times as contorted as the world that hatched it. AHNA continues their foray into a death metal influence that is as blown out as it is disgusting. The added guitar player only adds another layer to the injury. CETASCEAN achieves a new level of brutality, incorporating elements of stenchcore, swedish hardcore, sludge, and blackened raw punk. The record delivers thought provoking themes critiquing imperial war mongering, weapons manufacturing, vivisection, environmental annihilation, neo-colonialism, and systemic oppression within and outside the DIY punk community.
Labels: Profane Existence, Phobia, Neanderthal-Stench, Doomed Society, What is Making us Sick, Mercy of Slumber
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0 Doomed Society Radio #84
by damieninbred
· Doomed Society · Podcasts · Radness
Well golly gee, I'm a bit late this time around! You see,I was having too much fun celebrating the death of the world's most hated homophobe, and time just got away from me!
Thankfully I even remembered to put a new episode together! And let me just say, this one's… this one's pretty good. To celebrate Phelps' death, I start off with some LIMP WRIST, a bit of RAPE REVENGE, and BEYOND PINK – to name but a few! But that's not all! I have brand new tracks by AHNA and CETASCEAN to help celebrate their brand new split (co-released by PE, by the way!), and classics from G-ANX, STATE OF FEAR, and SCORNED. Oh, and a UK82 set, a modern punx set, and some post-punk goodies. All this and more in the least-worst two hour punk podcast of the week.
Go have a closer look and download it!
0 An Interview With AHNA
· Interviews · PE Web Zine · Radness · Uncategorized
AHNA are a force to be reckoned with, combining elements of sludge metal, grind, death metal, crust, with a heavy dose of anti-authoritarian politics.They have never fallen into any trend or relive-the-past nonsense. AHNA are truly doing their own thing, making a hell of a lot of noise, and keeping it super real. Profane is proud to be a part of their new split 12″ with Winnipeg crusties CETASCEAN. To celebrate this new record, Damien Inbred sat down and had an email exchange with AHNA drummer/vocalist Anju.
First off, can you give me a bit of the history of AHNA?
We started as a two piece doing doom-drone and later had Graham on bass, Anju on drums, and a vocalist for a bit doing primitive doom stuff. We decided to go back to being a two piece and take on vocal duties ourselves and wrote our demo "The Confederation of the Cult of One" which led to our first record (s/t) that we also just recorded among ourselves. We have been a band for about 6 years and our focuses as musicians and writers has grown and changed throughout those years, with right now it just being an obsession with a variety of crust, old school death metal, primitive black metal, and other stuff in that realm. We basically just try to execute the ideas in our heads as best as possible and obsessively work on it. This might be why we started playing music together, we are both really committed and constantly work on music pretty much every single day. And I think this is also why it might seem that our music is often evolving or changing, since we are always challenging ourselves to do what we are inspired by. There is rarely a time when we are not writing.
Right now Graham and I write all of the music and lyrics and that's fine for writing and even recording, but we feel that being just a two piece is really limiting in terms of what we can do live. Traditionally, we have always played all instruments on our records ourselves and Graham and I would do all guitar etc.. overdubs, but live it would be challenging to do what we managed to achieve in studio. Now Graham has moved onto playing lead guitar and we have a bass player (Derek) and a second guitar player (Taylor) to try to get a sound that is as close to what comes out on our records as possible for when we play live. The people we have playing with us are our friends and the lineup might change from tour to tour based on who is available for what tour or recording and this lets us continue with the level of commitment we both have while getting some help live and in the studio from friends who are stoked and wanna do that stuff with us. On this split with CETASCEAN, our friend Taylor played bass on the recording which meant that Graham could focus on guitar and then guitar overdubs and it was definitely way less pressure and allowed for more interesting guitar parts to come out. Having a third person record with us was a totally new approach and it worked well. It was great to have him there and he will be playing 2nd guitar on our LP and Derek will be on bass.
Aside from the split 12″, what releases do you have coming out in the near future?
We have a split 7″ with raw d-beat punks CONTORTURE from Sweden that is later than expected, but should be arriving any day now. We also have a split 10″ with Canadian gore-grinders G.O.D (GROTESQUE ORGAN DEFILEMENT), and then we will be recording out next full length LP that we hope will be out in time for our tour in late July. A Danish label is also going to be doing a Discography cassette of our stuff in Denmark ideally for when we get there for our tour.
You did a tour of Europe last year with ISKRA – how did that come about? What was the tour like? What were some of the positives and negatives?
ISKRA are good friends of ours and we wanted to tour with a band that was like minded so we all talked about it and it happened. As a band they are incredible to watch, night after night they played crushing sets. They are one of our favorite bands going right now and I believe they act with integrity and their music shows their sincerity and dedication. Everyone in that band is great as people and Wolf (guitarist) is someone who I respect and have learned a lot from. The tour was long and we had a total of 2 days off in 45 days or something and it went really well. The best part of that tour was watching our friends play to receptive crowds every night and having the chance to see them over and over. It seemed that people all over Europe really appreciated ISKRA and of course it's the best feeling when you see your friend's bands do really well. It's hard to pinpoint any negatives, I guess not having any time off sucked but the idea that tour is a vacation is a misleading concept that even after many tours we have to remind ourselves is not the case. That said we wouldn't be able to handle not playing music for longer than a few days very well anyway, so the lack of time off isn't a huge deal for us. It's hard to find negatives on a tour when we already spend our regular life playing music everyday, taking work out of the mix is the only real change and that's always awesome.
What are some of the differences that you've noticed between touring in Europe, and touring in North America?
We haven't toured the US yet due to a criminal record but Canada versus Europe is quite different. First the music we make seems to have stronger communities all over Europe. Smaller cities in Europe have a longer history of DIY squats and venues where that seems to be rare and newer in Canada. Quebec is probably the best province for that stuff here. And of course when planning a Europe tour we can tell our bandmates that they will probably be fed, get some drinks and a decent place to sleep whereas in Canada that mostly only happens when you plan ahead or know people. This all said, touring Canada is important to us since we now have a lot of friends and a strong community across the country. And especially since a lot of our friends and punks have moved to spaces off the grid, we visit and remind ourselves that there are options to live without being a wage slave.
Vancouver has long had a vibrant and active punk scene of all stripes. Where does AHNA fit into the Vancouver scene?
We have a strong connection to a lot of different bands and communities in our city. Genre is not the defining point of how we participate since we appreciate punk and metal from a variety of genres and perspectives. We have a strong community of friends in bands in and around the city including ISKRA, HAGGATHA, HOOPSNAKE, MASS GRAVE, COOKED AND EATEN, FAMINE, SIXBREWBANTHA, OSK, WAR HERO, OBACHA, SHOOTING SPREE, CHAPEL, RADIOACTIVE VOMIT, KOSZMAR, HYPEREMESIS, POOR FORM, and so many more. Just based on that abbreviated list it's clear that what's happening here is really diverse, and so it's hard to say where we fit in when we participate in a lot of it. It's kind of a small scene so it's crucial to support everything from raw punk to grindcore to black metal to crust if you're into it, otherwise that shit dies out and then there's nothing interesting left in the city. People in bands in our community tend to end up at shows you might not expect to see them, because people are supportive across genres. And obviously we have a lot of respect for our friends bands that we play with who have been keeping punk/underground metal going in this town for 10+ years like MASS GRAVE, ISKRA and HAGGATHA and I think that helps keep punk "vibrant and active" as you described it here, or "alive and thriving" as someone has described it in town before, ha.
Since we both also do harsh noise we also have a strong connection to local projects like THE RITA and RUSALKA as well. As a drummer, Anju's main influence was Matt Wood (HAGGATHA/BISON) from when she first saw GOAT'S BLOOD years ago and that really totally started a path to where we are now. Now she takes a lot of influence for drumming from Nick (BAPTISTS), Brett (MASS GRAVE), Goat (EXPRESSION OF PAIN) and Bina (CAMBODIA). There is a lot of dialogue between musicians in Vancouver because we all love what we do. MITOCHONDRION is another local band that is slightly outside of the community we usually connect with but their originality and unique approach has inspired us though we end up with a different sound in the end. Of course close neighbours being Kamloops, we have a strong connection to bands like BRIDGEBURNER, SKUFF, CHANGE and also a new anarcha-feminist space in Kamloops called The Femme For All Collective which is run by Athena, Freja and Sian, all of whom now play in bands. It might be easier to ask how we fit in the BC punk community rather than just Vancouver since it's pretty much impossible for our band to separate ourselves from the influence and relationship we share with Squamish, Kamloops, and Victoria.
Is there much of an anarchist punk scene in Vancouver these days?
We strongly support anarchism and play fundraisers with our band and our other bands and harsh noise projects often. All of the bands in our community may not identify explicitly as anarchists or political bands but the people involved all have an interest in maintaining a non oppressive community. People like Brett from MASS GRAVE, and Dave Mccrea from OSK have always shown me a lot of support and respect as a female drummer in a predominantly male dominated genre. Tommy Wilson who runs fastcore fest has traditionally supported politically focused bands like RAPE REVENGE and opens up that dialogue within the fastcore community by attempting to bridge those gaps. I bet these people may not even be aware of the importance of their subtle contributions. That said, we don't have a unified specifically political punk scene here but I don't believe that labelling something makes it more legitimate. If you listen to bands like SIXBREWBANTHA's lyrics you will definitely find strong political ideas, though they do not identify specifically as a political band. So, I guess I would say that while we don't have a labelled anti-oppression community in Vancouver, it's happening and co-operation between people with slightly different viewpoints and perspectives is important to us.
Aside from AHNA, are you involved with any activist or political organizing?
We have been/are part of a couple projects that are focused on expressing anti-oppression ideas in punk and underground music by running physical spaces or events. The newest project is a radical space that is opening in the city in early March. We support political organizing in the city by working in collaboration with groups who are interested to have our band or projects play or contribute in a specific way.
Where did the idea for the split with CETESCEAN come from? Will there be a tour to coincide with the split?
We are about 27 hours away from Winnipeg and yet both of our bands have made efforts to tour back and forth between one-another's cities and play together. This created a strong friendship and we have influenced each other's bands in the process as well. I don't remember exactly how it happened when the decision was made to do the split, but it made absolute sense and it seemed to be at a good time while we are taking a break to record a few records before our next tour. They are an incredible band and we have a great personal relationship with all of the members.
We are not touring together to support the record, but we will be going to Kamloops and Edmonton on March 21st/22nd to play with CETASCEAN and HEAD HITS CONCRETE, and then doing a record release show in Vancouver on March 28th. We are touring ourselves on the way to the ROAR festival in Montreal in August and then we will head to Europe in late August to tour starting with a festival in Denmark. Our tour dates are approximately late July to early October and go from Vancouver to East Canada and then to Europe and back.
The split with CETESCEAN is called "Imperial Decline". Who came up with the title, and what does it mean in the context of this record?
It's hard to remember who exactly came up with it, but i'm pretty sure it was collaborative between the bands. The themes that both of the bands are interested in relate to the title directly, which is that people and systems in power are fucked. Both of our bands have had lyrical themes about oppression, genocide, and treatment of humans by other humans on other records as well. The title seemed fitting to sew the two sides of the record together.
On this split with CETESCEAN, what subject matter do the songs tackle?
The first track War Games is about a person at the top of the colonial food chain. Master of War was another title we were considering for this track, and it might explain some the ideas behind the lyrics. The song is comparing the war mongering person's role to someone playing a chess game and not thinking about the lives they destroy, only ever thinking about it as a game because they never have to deal with any consequences.
The second song, Massacre describes the use of "total war" as a common tool in colonizing efforts throughout history in many countries. Graham was especially inspired by a particular event in a biography he was reading about Goyahkla (Geronimo) when writing these lyrics in which it was described how the army would wait until the men were out hunting and go in and slaughter all those who were unlikely to be able to fight back. There is also General Custard and the massacre at Wounded Knee. American history made this man a hero for going in and slaughtering woman children the sick and the old. The last lyrics are about the soldiers marching on to glory but actually marching on to their own massacre like the one at Little Big Horn. "March on brave soldier your penance awaits…..". When we wrote about hell and penance we were talking about the reality of the payback that is due for such cowardly acts: the violence that begets violence and the nightmare of retribution.
The third song (Death Sentence) specifically uses anecdotes from victims and observers of the effects of the use of White Phosphorous by the American army on Iraqi civilians in Fallujah. The chemical would burn its victims and cause incredible pain, suffering, and damage. In the lyrics the "rain of fire" refers to a common description made by residents of Fallujah of the day that the US army dropped WP on the city. The vision of the chemical dropping was described as being surreal and horrifying, and the aftermath showed that the only function the chemical had would be to torture, harm, and destroy. Most of the victims were civilians, many of whom were unable to evacuate the city in time before the chemical assault. Many of the victims were children. The lyrics don't focus only on this particular event since they are a more general description of the use of fucked up weapons like this, but images and descriptions from Fallujah have stuck with us and were used in the lyrics.
Check out AHNA at http://ahnadroneviolence.blogspot.ca/
0 An Interview With CETASCEAN
· Interviews · PE Web Zine · Radness
CETASCEAN play anarchist crust and organize d-beat damage parties in the north. When they were first getting asked questions, all they would say is that they dismantle corporations and send pure hatred to homophobes, racists, misogynists, and christ-heads. Further probing revealed them to be located in Winnipeg (Canada). Profane Existence is co-releasing their third record Imperial Decline, which is a split LP with Vancouver's AHNA. They have released two other records, a s/t 7″ (2012) and the Crows 10″ (2013). Here is what they had to say about a variety of things.
(interview by Anju)
PE: How did CETASCEAN start as a band? Who are the current and past members?
Surgeon: CETASCEAN's been around for about three years. Esmerelda and I were in a band called DEAD DOGS together and wanted an excuse to keep d-beating in dank basements and discussing anarchism. Drogo, our first bass player, helped write our first two records but then ended up getting really into photocopiers and kind of disappearing… Liz joined us about a year and half ago. He listens to a lot of grind, so we've definitely incorporated that style more into our new songs. Now you know everything.
PE: What are some of the main ideas behind your lyrics and music?
Liz: mainly our lyrics touch on social ills and other fucked up things happening around us. There is lots of racism, sexism and gentrification around us where we live and we try to critically and emotionally respond to that which see I guess.
Surg: Yeah…I would say we are fairly angered and sickened about the things that we see and due to our privilege, often directly benefit from. That translates into what we write. Without that approach, this band would cease to exist. I feel that the values are what drives CETASCEAN as a project.
Ezmerelda: maybe we're a pretty typical punk band in many ways, trying to push certain registers that many people have pushed already for decades in punk. We're not trying to do anything new, but we're also trying to do it thoughtfully I guess.
PE: How does the song writing and lyric writing process work for your band? Is there one writer or do you write collaboratively?
Ez: For the music a lot of the time Surgeon comes to us with ideas and we work them out over many months, changing stuff infinity times before somewhat settling on a certain arrangement. Although not all ideas originate with him, it's only fair to say that he spends more time writing riffs and thinking of arrangements for our songs. Lyrically, again it's mostly Surgeon, though we've all written lyrics to at least one song. In this area we mostly stick to one person having control although input is always welcome and sometimes alters the final product.
Liz: Yeah, a few riffs usually become a song pretty quickly.
Surg: I do a lot of the initial writing, but do so with both Ez and Liz in mind. I feel like those two are what shape the style of this band, because what would come out would be drastically different if I was doing this without their input at the forefront. Pretty sure if I just wrote the songs we'd sound exactly like a worse AVSKUM. Ezmerelda brings what I would call a post-modern approach to this shit…he asks the question 'why?' when I've written things that are typical or cookie-cutter in terms of d-beat style or timing. He pushes us to progress and write different styles of riffs, to do something harder to define. Liz brings a delivery vocally and instrumentally that is both earnest and devastating. The riffs he has written are among those I am the most excited to play and record.
PE: Have you ever disagreed about your lyrical content?
Surg: Yeah that's actually how I lost this finger (holds up hand with partially missing finger). Just kidding (laughs), but not about disagreeing though, because that happens and is important. Just because we are friends doesn't mean we share exactly the same perspective, and we don't sometimes. Dialogue about the lyrics is an important process to this band. When a song's lyrics come together, we elicit and provide feedback. Each of us wants to write about things we have feel strongly about. Since our perspective is unique to us as individuals, dialogue is necessary to figure out what the position of our band is on the subject matter. Through these discussions our perspective becomes better informed. I really value both Ezmerelda and Liz's perspective which have both challenged and supported my own at different times. Liz: the three of us talk about the general idea or theme of a song before attacking the lyrics, so we're generally on the same page. Fine tuning is a normal part of the process, when we really want to be clear with what we're saying though.
Ez: I think most people can benefit from some editorial feedback, no matter what it is they're writing.
PE: Your album art steers away from some traditional punk themes; can you explain where the ideas for your album art come from?
Surg: Adam Kindred from CONTAGIUM/ABJECT PAX has provided us with our cover art up to this point. He has a beautiful and crusty mind (as well as nice glasses). We converse with him and provide him with ideas, he then runs with it in a way that is completely his own. The idea behind the crow ouroboros that donned our aptly named Crows EP grew out of the lyrical concept on the album. I find crows very fascinating as a species. Many have probably read how incredibly intelligent they are, in terms of societal development, facial recognition, and tool usage. I wanted to draw a parallel between two sentient species and make the connection to humanities inability/unwillingness to alter our clearly all-consuming destructive path. Crows still flourish in the face of our decline. This planet, no matter the destruction we cause, will continue in some form after we have disappeared. There will be no salvation for humanity. We procreate and destroy. The duality of our nature fascinates me.
PE: How do the tracks on this split differ from the Crows release?
Ez: We've moved away from the d-beat centered stuff from earlier records a little bit, incorporating traditionally more mince and metal rhythms. That's the main diff to me.
Liz: Yeah, we like to sound punk sometimes too. Surgeon and I are playing simpler, heavier riffs in the stuff we've written recently.
Surgeon: I think anyone that listens to "Crows" and then to our new split will notice a bit of style departure. Although I feel that crust/d-beat will stay the backbone of this band, we've also been interested in bringing in elements of hardcore punk, sludge, stench, and blackened raw punk. Like if DEVIATED INSTINCT were swimming with DESTINO FINALE at NOOTHGRUSH's 50th birthday party. Everyone's just partying, having a good old time up in the pool with those floating pool noodles and then BONE AWL gets busted inside the house stealing someone's VHS collection. Classic BONE AWL, amirite? The next 13.5 minutes is what our side of the new split is like I guess. Well not really. It probably sounds closer to Bristol squat-era AMEBIX tongue kissing "Hear Nothing…"-era DISCHARGE on top of an erupting punk volcano… a couple of goats watching, probably smoking weed and drinking root beers being like, "Woah – check that out. You don't see that very often when you are in jail". I guess in this scenario the goats just got released from prison. Also we are trying to be mindful to write simple progressions because I hate when a punk band begins over-producing and over-thinking their songs. This becomes a danger when you become more adept to what you are doing (not so much of an issue for me! Ha!), and want to keep progressing. Just because you can play more complex songs, should you? (Everyone take a second to think about this). We want to stay away from melodic or 'epic' sounding crust because none of us listen to that shit or find it interesting. We want what we are doing to be earnest at all times. We want it to be punk in both intent and implementation.
PE: What's your next release?
Surgeon: we are currently working on our next release with Neanderthal-Stench, a label based out of Belgium. We are also releasing a tape to coincide with our tours this year which collects a lot of our unreleased material and hit singles.
PE: Why did you decide to do a split record rather than a full release of your own material? Why did you choose to do a split release with AHNA?
Liz: Splits are great. That's no secret to anyone, I don't think. It's the opportunity to collaborate with another party, to create something that's shared, but also complementary to each band's offering. In some cases you meet new friends and cover new ground with splits; in this case we get to share this record with good friends of ours who we're all massive fans of musically.
Ez: I think we first met AHNA when Anju booked us a couple shows in Vancouver almost 3 years ago and we really hit it off. I had been hearing some good things about AHNA already and was stoked to see them play. Since then we must have shared bills almost 10 times or something. I think we share a lot of common ground in terms of our approaches to doing music and doing being punk.
Surg: I was actually thinking, once all this LP/punk volcano bullshit gets sorted out, we should all get an apartment together. I've heard Squamish is lovely.
PE: You're from Winnipeg. It rules for music, why do you think this is the case?
Ez: Egh. That's your opinion.
Liz: Winnipeg has a handful of really great bands but it's no punk utopia or nothin'.
Surg: I think it has been in a lull for about 3-5 years, roughly since we started, actually! I have definitely seen more exciting times, but I feel like every late 20s/early 30s punk has said that and it's a fairly boring/unproductive sentiment. There are definitely way less women involved with our scene, which is disheartening and points to bigger issues to what is going on. It is not that women don't like playing brutal music. It is the dynamic of our community which is continually pushing women out. As an all-male identified band we realize we are playing a part in that. I do miss the days when people gave a shit about their lyrics and everything wasn't a fucking joke all the time. So doing this tour with HEAD HITS CONCRETE and this split with AHNA is exciting because I feel like we are doing shit with bands that care about what they are saying.
PE: Why is Ezmerelda such a sick drummer?
Surg: Well, funny story about ol' Esmerelda here. Esmerelda stole part of his first drum kit from a POLICE cover band when they were playing a police BBQ outside of a police station. It was kind of like the Oscar nominated film The Perfect Storm. He just slow danced in and then slow danced out with two cymbals and a snare stand. Since that moment, Ez has been like I CAN DO IT with every new riff and problem with his punk house. I don't use the word hero very often but…
PE: What are some of the political/activist activities you take part in?
Liz: Does reading stuff on the internet count?
Ez: I've only recently become involved in stuff other than taking vacations to Montreal to run amok. One group I've taken part in that I'm stoked about is the Prisoners' Strike Support Network, which formed to support and raise awareness about the federal prisoners' strike to protest wage cuts. This happened in the fall of 2013. We raised money for them and organized other shit aimed at raising the profile of the story and connecting with the strikers. Me and Surgeon were also involved in a DIY feminist venue/art gallery over the last few years called Negative Space.
Surg: We just finished doing a fundraiser for a long-standing anarchist bookstore that was going out of business. Other than that, I've been mostly trying to stay informed and support friends and family that are having hard times.
PE: When is Cetacean going to tour next?
Ez: End of March 2014 with HEAD HITS CONCRETE and our new record!
Surg: we'll also be doing three weeks throughout eastern Canada and the US in July. Take us to your rich parents place and feed us their organic vegetables. We won't tell anyone you have rich parents, don't worry.
To listen to CETASCEAN's new LP Imperial Decline (EXIST 149), check out:
www.cetascean.bandcamp.com
Hey there! Sorry it's been forever since I posted here. Rest assured that I haven't been idle.
You may remember that Doomed Society Radio got its start in late 2009 right here on Profane Existence. Four and a half years later, we've expanded into a record label (more on that later), and the shows are now two hours long. Holy shit! You can catch new episodes live every Sunday at 4pm EST on Brutal Existence Radio.
I'm going to post my new episodes here to get the word out a bit more.
What the fuck did I play this week?
WHOREHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: die by myself
WITCH HUNT: sick game
KAKISTOCRACY: slogans
DIRT: tribal dreams
HARUM SCARUM: fear
HEVN: all the same
SCHIFOSI: half lit world
PUTREFACTION: drown them in their blood
FEMACOFFIN: stockpile of fear
DEVIATED INSTINCT: blunt instrument
BHOPAL: doomed to consume
STATE OF THE UNION: song number one
(A)DELITAS: communidades seguras
AUTONOMIA: bandera negra
BURNING KITCHEN: emotional cripple
LOST WORLD: scream all time
OPER(A)TION: new age
PROVOKED: trapped
THE SYSTEM: dogs of war
ICON AD: trident 1/trident 2
OMEGA TRIBE: picture
YOUTHANASIA: power
CRAG: voice your protest
ATTRITION: in your head
A TOUCH OF HYSTERIA: the rulers
CHUMBAWAMBA: poverty knock
CHUMBAWAMBA: rappaport's testament (i never gave up)
CHUMBAWAMBA: stitch that
CHUMBAWAMBA: give the anarchist a cigarette
CHUMBAWAMBA: on ebay
CHUMBAWAMBA: wagner at the opera
CHUMBAWAMBA: waiting for margaret to go
GBH: the prayer of a realist
DISCONVENIENCE: nazi pope
MENSTRUAL TRAMPS: cursed
HARD SKIN: we are the wankers
ONE WAY SYSTEM: stab the judge
INEPSY: who's next
AHNA: war games
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This scene is in Simcoe Park, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario. Magnolias in bloom in the spring are so energizing. Their blooms are short lived but they announce spring with a vengeance.
This orginal oil painting is 36"x36"x1.5".


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Note: I can't remember where I found the following errata and who wrote them. They may or may not be official.
JOVIAN CHRONICLES RULEBOOK ERRATA
• Page 55, 2nd paragraph, last line: "…MoF of 1…*MoS 6*…" should be MoF 6.
• Page 138, add: "Extra actions can be used to fire a single weapon repeatedly."
• Page 139, Vector Diagram. The positive values should face the top of the page.
• Page 141, Dest. Counter Diagram. Unit A on the diagram is misidentified as B. The map is incorrectly oriented; to make sense, the Vectors should be -3X, +1Y, +2Z, -3V not +1X, +3Y, +1Z, -3V.
• Page 159, Syst. Dam. Table. Light Damage result of 6 should read "Roll Twice on this Table."
JOVIAN CHRONICLES MECHANICAL CATALOG ERRATA
• All space ships' Deployment Ranges should be in hours, not km.
• Page 38, Tengu. Main Hull armor should be 50/100/150.
• Page 42, Poseidon. Main Hull Armor should be 90/180/270.
• Page 76, Thunderbolt. Dep. Range should be 2000 hours.
• Page 76, Thunderbolt. Particle Cannon Armor should be 20/40/60.
• Page 88, Valiant. KKC turrets have 300 rounds each, not 3000.
• Page 90, Godsfire. Main Hull Armor should be 90/180/270.
• Page 122, Shuttle. Stall Speed is zero.
CHAOS PRINCIPLE ERRATA
A copy and paste mistake was made during the layout of the Chaos
Principle, and the text planned for page 11 was replaced with
the text of another page. While future printings will be corrected,
here's the original text for those of you with the first printing
version. The table remains the same.
1.4 A Larger Tapestry
The solar system in 2213 is a place rife with petty squabbling between nations; unwilling to
commit the manpower and equipment necessary for proper assaults or retaliations, the
governments of the twenty-third century have become accustomed to using less open
means to strike at their enemies. Thus have the three years since the Odyssey seen
several well-publicized defections, a few international incidents and countless skirmishes,
accidents and disasters both natural and otherwise. Of these, only two are of real
relevance to the story of The Chaos Principle.
In early 2212, Avram Thorsen, the infamous Traitor of ElysZe, resurfaced in the inner Solar
System after escaping custody and vanishing for eighteen months. Gathering around him a
small corps of loyal old friends, the former General led a commando raid on a Venusian
space station. The raid sparked a shadow-war between the Venusian Bank and several
rival corporations, and resulted in the Venusian Bank being subjected to an extensive Solar
Police investigation that continues to the present. To the best of anyone's knowledge,
General Thorsen died on Venus, his goals unclear, but his loyalty to the Jovian
Confederation partially reaffirmed.
During this time, a series of terrorist attacks by a group known as the Seraphim brought
fear and anger to much of Olympus. The situation escalated to the Confederation-inhabited
moons of Saturn, where a pitched battle involving the Confederation, CEGA and the
Seraphim ended the threat. Following the incident, THC, the owners and administrators of
the Titan mining stations, requested and received approval from the Agora to become a
semi-independent protectorate of the Confederation.
The assembly and dispatching of the Mars peacekeeping fleet in early 2213 has been the
first mobilization of such size in the history of the Confederation. Over fifty large warships
headed to the inner solar system in a show of Jovian strength and determination. Concern
over the size of the corresponding CEGA fleet prompted the Agora to approve the
assembly of a reinforcement force from Newhome which, at the time, was much closer to
Mars than Olympus. The additional forces have almost doubled the size of the Jovian
force, and fueled further concern in the inner solar system regarding the Jovians' true
motives.
Assuming the plot of The Chaos Principle goes off without interference or alteration by
Player Characters, there are a number of milestones in which the main struggles of the
storyline are fought through and resolved, regardless of the actions of individuals. They
can be used as reference points by the Gamemaster.


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Boots Riley on labour organizing for social justice
The 1919 General Strike anniversary conference in Winnipeg kicked off on Wednesday, May 8, with labour activists and academics from across Canada congregating at the University of Winnipeg. The intention of the conference was to not only reflect on the lessons of the general strike, but understand where Canada's labour movement is at today. Specifically – what is the state of the strike in Canada?
Keynote speaker, U.S. based organizer and author of No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age, Jane McAlevey spoke at the Ukrainian Labour Temple on Thursday about what makes an effective strike.
I then sat down with Mike Palecek, President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to talk about the state of the strike in Canada, given Prime Minister Justin Trudeau legislated CUPW back to work last year, caving to corporate pressure concerned about losing profits during the holiday season.
On Saturday, May 11, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives hosted a talk by Boots Riley, rapper with the legendary hip hop ensemble the Coup, author, activist, and director of Sorry to Bother You – a mind bending dystopic film that centres heavily around labour organizing.
I sat down with Boots to talk about Sorry to Bother You, and why radical labour organizing is essential for fighting corporate power and giving teeth to social and economic justice.
It's clear that the future of regaining the strike in Canada will require illegal action. It will also require activists within the labour movement willing to agitate and organize to build up workers willingness to take those actions.
But as Mike Palecek said, the best education is experience. And in the spirit of celebrating the 1919 General Strike, we hope Rank & File Radio Prairie Edition and RankandFile.ca can be resources to help encourage and facilitate that kind of organizing in Canada today.
By RF
Categories // Uncategorized


Hmm, which options did you select?
Only asking b/c my dock is halfway across town ATM, but will docking in a desk dock trigger the HTC Desk Clock?
If I remove all Sense features including Rosie, will I still have a working BT, 720P and FM Radio?
Just tested on mine, no it doesn't open.
If you back in the Google Desk Clock tho, that probably will.
Anyone able to add Hotmail as an ActiveSync client? I was able to do this on my Incredible and on my CM6 install.
If you can't using the HTC client, you can bake in the Google client.
Will excluding Friendstream cause the endless sync bug?
I know that if you manually take it out the zip file with evils port it wont stop syncing. Im gonna try anyways, thanks for this rom!
Adding the smooth icon pack tomorrow, without percentage.
Kitchen option or default do you think?
That did it. Wonder what the diff is?
I'm so confused. Do we have 720p video recording? I saw the option in the camera settings. Is it just there because the HTC Desire has 720p recording?
Just got done flashing the rom. After using it for 10 minutes I have not had any issues. I installed the NFL Mobile app and the problem with the play icon that was in Evil's Rom is not an issue in this Rom. Is it possible to incorporate a reboot feature in the phone options when pressing the power button. Great work Paul, thanks.
I have to agree, well worth the wait. Jumped ship from CM6, had to play with moving things to the sdcard to make space but all is well now.
I reckon by default, could you also add the calibrator please?
Hmmm, not sure this is really appropriate for the kitchen. It'd be better as a 'user ingredients' zip.
having issues installing Google Maps 4.5 from the Market after installing this ROM. Paul, the version from the Market should work with this ROM, right?
Don't think I don't appreciate your work!
I'm sure its as awesome as all your roms.
I have one question, can the radio be 'hacked' to be turned on without a wired headset?
It looks very sleek, its my favorite ROM so far that I've tried.


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High power view showing wreath-like arrangement of hyperchromatic nuclei around deeply eosinophilic cytoplasm in a pleomorphic lipoma. Most pleomorphic lipomas and spindle cell lipomas show loss of chromosome material from 16q and sometimes from 13q. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells in both show positivity for CD34.


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Catholic faithful demand change after sex abuse scandals…"I have never seen anything like this"
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In this Friday, Sept. 7, 2018 photo, Chris Damian poses in Minneapolis. Damian believes having more nuanced conversations about hard topics like sex abuse by priests and allegations of cover-ups by church leaders can bring about change. Damian, 27, has organized a group of Catholic young adults to respond to the church crisis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The day after a grand jury report revealed that Roman Catholic clergy in Pennsylvania molested more than 1,000 children over decades, Adrienne Alexander went to Mass at a Chicago church and waited for the priest to say something about the situation.
He didn't. And that left Alexander fuming. So she went on Facebook to vent — then organized a prayer vigil in Chicago that became the catalyst for similar laity-led vigils in Boston, Philadelphia and other cities nationwide.
Alexander is among countless Catholics in the U.S. who are raising their voices in prayer and protest to demand change amid new revelations of sex abuse by priests and allegations of widespread cover-ups. They are doing letter-writing campaigns and holding prayer vigils and listening sessions in an effort to bring about change from the pews, realizing it's up to them to confront the problem and save the church they love after years of empty promises from leadership.
"I think it's important that the large body hears from us," Alexander said. "We actually make up the church."
Their grassroots efforts are gaining momentum. In the last week more than 39,000 people have signed their names to a letter demanding answers from Pope Francis himself.
Another effort, sponsored by reform groups, has seized upon the "Time's Up" and #MeToo movements and is organizing events across the country this weekend under the CatholicToo hash tag.
Some of the efforts are calling for specific reforms, such as laity-led investigations and transparency, while others are still brainstorming solutions. One woman in Michigan founded a website to make it easy for anyone to speak up and write to church officials.
"I've never seen anything like this before," Marjorie Murphy Campbell, a civil and canon lawyer in Park City, Utah, said of the laity's engagement. She said many Catholics feel they have no choice.
"You either have to get involved now, because you cannot trust the bishops to solve this themselves, or you leave. … It's our job to help the mother church get through this."
The actions come as the church is facing a global crisis over clergy abuse following the scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report and the pope's removal of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick from public ministry amid allegations McCarrick sexually abused a teenage altar boy and preyed upon adult seminarians decades ago.
Francis wrote a letter to Catholics in August, saying the laity must help end the clerical culture that has placed priests above reproach. He then found himself immersed in the scandal amid claims that he knew about allegations against McCarrick in 2013, but rehabilitated him anyway.
A collective of individual Catholic women last week wrote a letter urging Francis to deliver answers. The letter, which had more than 39,000 signatures by Friday, declared "we are not second-class Catholics to be brushed off while bishops and cardinals handle matters privately."
"In short, we are the Church, every bit as much as the cardinals and bishops around you," the letter said.
Robert Shine, a Catholic in Boston and vice president of the Women's Ordination Conference, said he believes Catholics are now ready to confront what's been happening in the church and talk about how they can be involved in reform, reflecting a broader trend in the U.S. with people getting more active in protests. Other denominations have been struggling with the issue as well.
"People are less willing to look the other way … This new consciousness and new honesty about politics is sort of being transferred to the Catholic Church as well."
Miriel Thomas Reneau of Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded a website to make letter-writing easy. Her site lists the names and addresses of local dioceses and includes templates for people to write letters to church leaders.
Others are withholding donations in protest. Legatus, an association of Catholic businessmen, announced it would put its annual tithe to the Holy See in escrow. Thousands of people have also signed a statement that calls on Catholic bishops in the U.S. to consider resigning as a public act of repentance.
There are examples of laity forcing change in other countries. In the city of Osorno, Chile, a group of lay members organized themselves to raise attention to the sex abuse crisis, and their movement helped throw out a bishop. It took more than three years, but they decided it was necessary to try to change their church from within.
Lori Carter of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, and two other women started a "Wear Gray" campaign in which they are urging "prayer warriors" like themselves to wear gray to Mass and fast as a symbol of repentance. They are also asking people to write letters to the pope and local bishops.
"I'm assuming it's going to have to go back to sort of how it was — a church of the people and prayer and holiness," she said.
In Minneapolis, Chris Damian believes having more nuanced conversations can bring about change. Damian, 27, organized a group of Catholic young adults to respond to the church crisis. The group has held a public prayer session, which St. Paul-Minneapolis Archbishop Bernard Hebda attended, as well as a discussion session where more than 100 people gathered to learn about the issue and brainstorm solutions.
The group is sending a letter to Hebda that urges pastors to listen to lay people, instead of telling them what to do. The letter also lists concrete recommendations, such as waiving confidentiality agreements for all past settlements and reopening the investigation into a former St. Paul-Minneapolis archbishop who resigned in 2015 after prosecutors filed criminal charges against the archdiocese for failing to protect children from an abusive priest.
"We're all really frustrated because things continue to pop up and that's just not acceptable," Damian said. "I think we can spend all this time complaining about how churches aren't being more proactive … but there's no reason why we can't take this issue and make the solution our own responsibility."
Associated Press writer Eva Vergara contributed to this report from Santiago, Chile.
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Vikings Valhalla Season 2 Ending, Explained: Is Olaf Dead or Alive?
Tamal Kundu
Taking place about a hundred years after the events of History Channel's popular series 'Vikings,' Netflix's 'Vikings: Valhalla' is set in a critical moment in the history of Northern Europe. In Britain, the tension between the Scandinavians and Saxons reaches a tipping point, leading to a massacre, which, in turn, leads to a Viking invasion. Meanwhile, in Scandinavia, a conflict of faith takes place between Christianity and the old Pagan religion.
In season 2, Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson) becomes the leader and protector of the last bastion of her religion, whereas her brother Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett) and lover Harald Hardrada (Leo Suter) journey to Constantinople in search of their destinies. Meanwhile, Emma of Normandy (Laura Berlin) discovers what just might be the most intricate plot Godwin (David Oakes) has ever weaved. Here is everything you might want to know about the ending of the second season of 'Vikings: Valhalla.' SPOILERS AHEAD.
Vikings: Valhalla Season 2 Recap
The second season begins sometime after the end of the first season. The show doesn't take long to answer the cliffhanger from the first season: Leif has spared Canute's son Svein, though he still seeks vengeance against Olaf Haraldsson (Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson). Meanwhile, his sister and Harald have made their own little paradise in the forest, but Harald still wants to be the King of Norway, so he and Freydis decide to go to Kattegat and speak to Forkbeard about Canute's promise. Unfortunately, Forkbeard has to leave for Denmark to help his son defeat his enemies. So, he makes a deal with Olaf. Forkbeard declares Svein as the King of Norway, makes Olaf his protector and advisor, and takes Olaf's son Magnus to Denmark to force compliance. After hearing Olaf putting out a bounty on Freydis and Harald, Leif finds and warns them.
The trio subsequently encounters a man named Jorundr, whom Leif met earlier. Jorundr reveals himself as a Jomsviking or pirate and promises Freydis, Harald, and Leif to take them to Jomsborg, Pomerania, where people freely practice the old faith. Seeing that Jorundr has the same tattoo as the Seer, Freydis decides to accompany him, while Harald and Leif head to Novgorod to ask the former's uncle, Yaroslav the Wise, for an army to invade Norway. This is the last time Freydis sees both Harald and Leif in the season, and she doesn't tell Harald that she is pregnant with his child.
Although Harald and Leif reach Novgorod safely, Yaroslav declines to help his nephew. He already has enough problems with the nomadic Pechenegs; he does not need to draw the ire of Canute the Great. Eventually, Harald is hired by Lord Vitomir of Chude for a journey to Constantinople. After some introspection, Leif joins his old friend in the journey, along with an Arabian scholar named Mariam (Hayat Kamille).
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In Jomsborg, Freydis becomes the priestess of the temple and notices the discrimination meted out against the refugees. A conflict develops between her and Lord Harekr (Bradley James), the settlement's leader. Harekr massacres the refugees and takes Freydis' newborn son, whom she names after his father, from her. The other residents of Jomsborg later stone Harekr to death when he tries to kill a weakened Freydis after defeating her in a fight.
Meanwhile, in Britain, Godwin seemingly saves Emma from an assassination attempt and arrests the man responsible, who turns out to be the half-brother of Aelfwynn, one of Emma's lady-in-waiting. When Emma learns that a ruthless and ambitious man like Godwin wants to marry a penniless woman like Aelfwynn, she realizes Godwin is planning something.
In season 2 episode 8, titled 'The Reckoning,' Harald and Leif discover the exact nature of the treasure they have transported to Constantinople. Freydis must fight a battle for her people's survival. Canute arranges a wedding between Godwin and his niece, Gytha.
Vikings: Valhalla Season 2: Is Olaf Dead or Alive?
Yes, Olaf is dead. After visiting Novgorod and learning about his brother and Leif's journey to Constantinople, Olaf is blessed by the local Christian priest for his crusade against the Pagans. He comes to believe that it is his religious duty to destroy Jomsborg and erase the Pagan faith from the world. The problem is that the Jomsvikings are an elusive group of people, and no outsider knows about Jomsborg.
Olaf and his people find Jorundr, who lost his hand and was exiled by Harekr after being falsely accused of killing Freydis. Jorundr agrees to help Olaf, not knowing that Harekr is dead, and Freydis now leads Jomsborg. He sacrifices his life to protect the settlement when he finds this out. Freydis lures Olaf with a false sense of safety before burning his ships and men with oil and driving a spear through him. Afterward, Freydis takes Svein back to his mother in Kattegat and receives a promise of peace in exchange.
What Treasure Do Leif and Harald Deliver to Constantinople?
When Vitomir recruits Harald for the journey, the latter is told that they are transporting something extremely valuable meant for the Byzantine Emperor himself. Harald initially thinks it's the necklace that Vitomir's daughter, Eleana, always wears around her neck. The necklace is indeed priceless, but it was given to Vitomir to denote that he has something extremely important for the Emperor himself.
In the season 2 finale, it is revealed that Eleana is supposed to be that important treasure Vitomir hired Harald for. Vitomir arranged a marriage between his daughter and Emperor Romanos, and by delivering Eleana safely to Constantinople, Harald secures the Emperor's gratitude. The problem is that Harald has started to develop feelings for the would-be Empress, and these feelings are seemingly reciprocated. They have survived a harrowing journey together, which has brought them close in more ways than one.
By the end of the second season, Harald has secured himself a strong ally in the Emperor, arguably the only man in Europe who can help him against Canute. However, he can potentially lose all the favor he has earned, along with his life, if he decides to pursue a secret relationship with Eleana, which is hinted at the end of the second season.
Was Godwin Planning to Marry Gytha All Along?
After the attempt on her life, Emma notices Aelfwynn becoming visibly shaken after seeing the would-be killer's face. The Queen later learns that the man is Aelfwynn's half-brother. After Aelfwynn confesses about her relationship with Godwin, Emma begins to suspect that Godwin is involved in the assassination attempt. She orders to have Aelfwynn tortured to know what the other woman knows about this but learns nothing except that Godwin wants his son to be a king. Aelfwynn dies because of the torture, claiming Godwin loves her until her last breath.
Troubled by Aelfwynn's death and her role in it, Emma continues to investigate, eventually realizing that Godwin orchestrated the assassination attempt. However, it is always supposed to fail, as it was only meant to win favors from Canute. When Emma returns to London, she finds that Canute is back from Denmark. After learning what has happened, Canute has his niece Gytha married to Godwin.
Of everything that Godwin told Aelfwynn, he was being honest at least once: he does want his son to become a king. But a child with Aelfwynn, who has neither the money nor familial connections, can never be that. Gytha, on the other hand, can give him access to both in Canute's court. So, yes, Godwin was planning to marry Gytha all along. He knew that if he made Emma kill Aelfwynn, he would be offered Gytha's hand in marriage as recompense.
What Does Emma Give Gytha for Her Wedding?
As Godwin and Gytha prepare to consummate their marriage, the former discovers that Emma has gifted Gytha a very special ring, which now hangs from Gytha's neck on a necklace. Emma also told Gytha never to take it off. That ring belongs to a man named John Fletcher. After his father's imprisonment, Godwin was brought up by Fletcher, who, as Emma discovers, also arranged the attempt on Emma's life. When Emma finally tracks him down, Fletcher is already dead. Although there is no sign of any foul play, Emma deduces that Godwin is responsible for this as well.
Emma gives the ring to Gytha and instructs her never to take it off because she wants Godwin to be always aware that she knows where he came from and what he did. Even though he now effectively has become a part of her family, Emma wants Godwin to know that she will never trust him.
In Mariam Dead or Alive? What Is the Key For?
In season 1, Leif's first love, Liv, is killed, and he hallucinates about her early in season 2. At one point, he takes opium to deal with the grief and nearly dies. In season 2, he becomes romantically involved with Mariam, despite knowing she has a terminal disease. He promises to take her to Constantinople, and she teaches him language, mathematics, and astronomy during the journey. Mariam eventually dies at the Pontic Olbia but not before she gives Leif the key to her home in Constantinople. Her life work is in that house, and she knows that the books and scrolls there will help Leif find his destiny.
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