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3rd London East Asia Film Festival: In Conversation with Kim Yoon-seok of 'Dark Figure of Crime'
Kim Yoon-seok is a renowned South Korean actor with an extensive filmography and even a few TV-series (K-dramas) under his belt, even though he initially debuted in 1988 as a theatre actor, in the role of Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire, originally portrayed by Marlon Brando on Broadway. It is impossible not to draw a parallel between the two actors – not only due to their looks and charming personalities, but their ability to play charismatic characters on-screen. Just like Brando, Kim Yoon-seok is both an established character actor and a leading actor; not only that, he has garnered himself quite a reputation also among his male co-stars due to his incredible ability to not only showcase his own immense talent, but by helping his co-stars go that extra mile and truly shine.
This year's London East Asia Film Festival honoured the actor by putting his work in focus, screening 4 of the newer works from the long list of films that Kim Yeon-seok starred in – Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013), The Classified File (2015), 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) and Dark Figure of Crime (2018).
It was during his visit to London that we met with the actor and talked about his latest role in Dark Figure of Crime, the differences between stage and on-screen acting and his upcoming directorial debut project.
First of all, what attracted you to the role of Hyung-min?
Usually, a police officer or a detective investigates cases that have already surfaced, cases that people heard about – that is the main focus of a police officer' or detective's job. In the case of Hyung-min, he tries to work on cases that haven't happened in the public eye, because no one knows about them.
What drew me to his character was this guy's morals, his principles; he knew that out of the seven cases Tae-oh mentioned, the majority could turn out to be false leads, but even if there was one victim that was real, he still had to find out the truth. That was the kind of a mindset that drew me to his character.
What kind of research did you have to do to prepare for the role of Hyung-min and how did you approach the character himself? Did you find it harder to prepare since the character was based on a real person?
When the director was working on the script, he researched the character for a very long time. The major parts and the major elements of the story were based on the actual case. However, because this is a film and not a documentary, it does have fictional elements, and when I thought about this character, Hyung-min, one of the first images that came to mind was – Colombo. Because he's not super sexy, he's not macho in any other way, and he just goes around, does what he does, on his own, and the most important thing about this guy is that he never gives up.
So he's smiling, and he keeps on talking with the killer, and he wears him down with logic. He beats him with logic, and that's what he does. So this is not a character that is powerful or sexy in any way, unlike many of the detectives – or rather, detective-type characters – that we see in films nowadays. Now, everything is fast paced, and the detectives are all really muscled, and handsome… and I kind of miss people like Colombo.
You just said that your character is not super sexy or good-looking, and yet you've been called "Master of Chemistry" by many of your co-stars; not only that, your male co-stars have been called "Kim Yoon-seok's men", and it's been said that young actors become famous after working with you. What are your thoughts on this?
First of all, I'm not interested in men. (Laughs)
What I want to see in younger actors that I work with, when I work with them, I tell them: "Don't overdo it. Whatever you're doing or are thinking of doing that is just for show, don't do it. Keep it real." I try to make them focus on the story, on the character itself, on the drama. It is very important that we all create a very good kind of energy – a synergy. When you have a partnership with your co-star, it's important that you portray your characters in a way where you work with each other, and you complement each other, and one person does not outshine the other, because it's an ensemble, not a solo play. If you do that, that will enrich the film further, and that's very important. So if actors that worked with me gained popularity, or moved on and were able to do even better roles, that makes me very happy.
Talking about your co-stars, we would love to talk about your work with Ju Ji-hoon. Your scenes, especially in the visitors' room, were very tense. He is seen as the heartthrob of Korean cinema – how was it like for you to work with him?
Ju Ji-hoon was a model before he switched to acting. Around 10 years ago, I saw a TV-series where had a role, and when I saw him, I said: this guy has potential. The title of the TV series was The Devil. Around 2 years ago, before we started working together, I met him at a party. He came to me and introduced himself and said, "I'd really like to work with you someday." And I felt the same way, because I remembered seeing him in that TV series and I remembered being impressed by his performance. And then, coincidentally, this project came along and we were able to work together.
What is really good about Ju Ji-hoon is that he puts everything, that he pours everything into his role. He goes all in. And he's bold; he has the courage to just drop everything, leave everything, forget about everything, he just focuses on his character. He also has the ability to get really immersed in the role; his level of concentration is very high. The scenes that take place in the visitors' room were very important, everyone knew that before we even started filming, not just the director, but everyone.
This is not the kind of film where you have fast-paced action sequences or car chases, so the tension between the characters was very important. All the things that brought feelings to the audience were in those scenes, when the two characters were just facing each other. And we poured everything into those scenes. So much so that when we were done with each scene, when we finished filming, both of us were really, really tired. We were exhausted. But in those scenes, we were able to show the strength and density of those emotions, and the palpable tension. Those scenes were really important to us.
You are actually a classically trained actor and you debuted in 1988, in A Streetcar Named Desire. How difficult is it to apply classic training into contemporary cinema?
Like many film-related people, John Malkovich, Al Pacino, and certain UK-based actors, some people in Korea started out in theatre. Because there are so many who did it, nowadays it seems very natural for people to transition from theatre to the screen. However, in the old days, there were some people who could do that, and some people who couldn't. For some people, the differences between theatre and screen acting were too much to overcome, while others did a really good job at it.
In Korea, in the 1980's, small theatres were sprouting up everywhere. You didn't have to work on a large stage in a large theatre; the audience in small theatres was right in front of you, so it wasn't too difficult to communicate with the audience. I think that approach, and training in that sort of way, helped us transition to cinema.
Also, in Korea, there is a type of play called madang, which takes place in an outdoor area and where the audience interacts with the performers. I think that type of acting also helped actors transition to cinema.
Many of the Korean actors who did well as theatre actors in the 1980's, including myself, are now among the top-billed actors of the film industry.
Looking at the difference in formats, because you have experience in theatre and in film, which format would you consider closer to your heart?
Film. Theatre has it's own attributes, but when it comes to cinema, the ways in which you can express yourself are almost infinite. That is why my interests lie more in the field of cinema.
Talking about your previous roles, was there a time you had difficulty turning yourself into a certain character?
The film Hwaji: The Monster Boy, directed by Jang Joon-hwan – my character in that film was one I obviously prepared for, but when I started playing the character, I realized that I had to do more, I had to go deeper. So that character was very very difficult to play, but it is also why I have a lot of affection for that character.
You have been working on your own project titled Underage, this is your directorial debut, is that correct? How did the project come about?
Yes, it is correct, it is my directorial debut. Actually, I plan to release the film in January two years from now.
Also, I want to take this chance to set something straight, something that people have been getting wrong. The film is not based on a Russian theatre piece, but on a different theatre play. Not an actual play, but an in-house presentation for a group of people within a small theatre group, who worked on it. It was a 50-minute play. Only the people who worked on it actually saw it. So no one else knows about it – I only know about it since I was there. And I decided to turn it into a film.
A lot of people, however, think that my film is based on another theatre piece that actually exists, and that one is called Underage. That is why you have that information. But my film is based on a different play and the English working title for my film is actually Another Child. Now you can set everybody straight. (Laughs)
So – I saw that in-house performance and I wrote a script based on that. No one actually knows what it's about – yet.
Last question – which one of the films being screened here, at London East Asia Film Festival, are you looking forward to seeing the most?
(Laughs) Hmm… 1987: When the Day Comes.
I always hoped that both a lot of Koreans and non-Koreans would see the film, because in pretty much every country, there was a time like that. At that time, similar things were happening in many other countries as well. I actually wanted for this film to be screened and released in London as well, so I am beyond happy that this film will be screened here. It is a part of the retrospective of my work as an actor, but still, it's going to be screened here. Tomorrow, we will have director Jang Young-hwan here with us, so I'm really happy. Some Koreans actually call the film the Korean 'Les Misérables'. I think this is a topic that is sadly universal – it happened in many countries across the world, not at the same time, but similar events happened in different countries across the world, so many people can identify with the events. It just goes to show how powerful films can be.
We would like to thank Kim Yoon-seok for taking the time to answer our questions and London East Asia Film Festival for organizing this interview.
Written, transcribed and edited by Sanja Struna
Interviewed by Maggie Gogler and Sanja Struna
The Classified File photo © Showbox
Hwayi: A Monster Boy photo © Showbox
1987: When the Day Comes photo © CJ Entertainment
Dark Figure of Crime photos © Showbox
All other photos © London East Asia Film Festival
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I am very proud to announce that I have been awarded a prestigious NWO VIDI grant for my project "Contemporary Political Satire: Medium, Language, and Impact of Satiric News". The project will run for five years between February 2018 and January 2023.
Satiric news is often controversial by challenging current politicians. Consider online satiric newspaper The Daily Mash's attack on Brexit supporters: "Can we please hurry up and commit economic suicide? ask Brexit Tories". This headline uses metaphor (Brexit as economic suicide), hyperbole (hurrying towards suicide) and irony (ironic use of 'please'). Moreover, a key genre characteristic is that satiric news is inherently ironic, and, thereby, inherently figurative. An important question is whether the power of satiric news (e.g., The Daily Show, De Speld) resides in individual linguistic utterances or in genre characteristics.
As academic research has paid little attention to language in inherently figurative genres, we do not yet know how figurative language in satiric news is used across media to construct criticism, and which kinds of figurative language lead to which responses in which people. Deepening and broadening my earlier work on figurative language in public discourse ('figurative framing'), I and two PhD Candidates conduct a comprehensive and systematic investigation of language use and effects in contemporary satiric news across media.
To this end, I combine methods and insights from communication studies and linguistics in three subprojects. Through systematic review and meta-analysis, sub-project 1 (PI) establishes whether an inherently ironic genre like satiric news functions similarly across online vs. offline media and modalities (textual, audiovisual). Through corpus analysis, sub-project 2 (PhD1) studies how figurative-language use in satiric news differs from regular news. Through lab experiments, sub-project 3 (PhD2) determines the roles of figurative language, genre knowledge and medium in the impact of satiric news.
Taken together, this project presents an integrative picture of satiric news in contemporary society. This knowledge informs societal debates on satire (freedom of speech vs. responsibilities of individual satirists). Furthermore, my project offers a new approach to studying inherently figurative genres from an interdisciplinary, multiple-methods approach.


HOWARD, Wis. — Federal, state and local groups have formed a partnership in Wisconsin to start a restoration project to help wild rice grow.
Crews went out this month to spread more rice, WLUK-TV reported .
"This is the right time of the year to seed wild rice. We try to get it out there this time of year in hopes it will germinate and be ready for next spring," said Betsy Galbraith, a biologist with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Crews spread one ton of wild rice over 19 acres in an area of Lower Green Bay called Peters Marsh, she said.
"It's important to wear gloves. The seeds can be pretty sharp. And we just launch it over the side of the boat," said Galbraith.
Wild rice used to flourish in the area and the project aims to re-establish the crop, she said.
"It's great for nesting, for cover for fish. It's a good food source for waterfowl that migrate through," Galbraith said.
The planting project is in its third year and rice is beginning to grow in some areas, experts said.
"We have had some of most challenging conditions down south. And as we move further up north on Green Bay's west shore, we get into better habitat and we're seeing success out there," said Brian Glenzinski, a biologist with Ducks Unlimited Regional.
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay graduate students are also providing research as part of the project.
"Looking at the various biological factors that we have been measuring all summer, and comparing them between our seeded sites and see which sites are doing better," said Jade Arneson, graduate student at UW-Green Bay.


The entire game is rendered with gorgeously drawn backgrounds and expressive characters with well-defined personalities. The art style is very Japanese, with lively facial expressions, great colors, and well drawn interfaces. The RPG scenes, especially, look very authentic.
The only thing of note to really mention is the music, which is very nice and relaxing as you play, but is also not very memorable once you finish.
Alistair is a visual novel with an RPG twist. There are various stats and items which affect your relationships with other characters and the ending of the game. Items are bought at shops, money is made from work, and the way you treat people affects the outcome of the game.


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Bruno, formerly second in command in Phnom Penh for the coming election, but now our Provincial Electoral Officer, PEO, showed up in KPCC for a DES meeting to find no one around to receive him, probably because it was a day earlier than his memo had indicated. By a fluke, I was at electoral HQ and thoroughly enjoyed his rant about Raena's incompetent failure to prepare for his arrival. Given his inability to answer a single question before I left Phnom Penh, I couldn't have cared less about his displeasure. In addition, I had the memo clearly stating that he would arrive the next day.
Bruno glared and snatched the paper from me. His neck colored and he stared down at the floor, pushing his fingers through the hair above his forehead. I almost choked to keep from laughing.
I had a list of people who annoyed me, and Bruno was at the top of my list.
The DESs gathered at the electoral office building at the appointed hour. Apparently recovered from his tantrum and failing to mention his early arrival, Bruno proceeded to announce that finding interpreters in the provinces was nearly impossible, that he would try to procure small generators for us and that, as volunteers, we were now entitled to a housing allowance of five hundred dollars per month plus two hundred more for food. I already had one interpreter, even if Nhean was unofficial, had talked the Chinese engineers into hooking us up to their generator and had acquired a house for three hundred fifty dollars per month.
"For poison and for landmines," I whispered back, supporting her objection to this symbol.
"The Cambodians aren't ready to cope with the rush into a modern Western-style political fray on their own, and Untac is doing zip to help." I took Brielle's silence as her affirmation, or else she was simply tired of hearing me sing this refrain.


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BLS Job Gains Weaker Than Expected in August; Analysts Divided on Fed Rate Hike
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Job gains fell below expectations for the month of August, totaling less than 200,000, but wage growth finally began to show some upward pressure. Analysts are still divided on whether it will be enough to convince the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in their September meeting, however.
According to the August 2015 Employment Summary released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Friday, nonfarm employment increased in August by 173,000, which is well below the monthly average for the previous 12 months of 247,000. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.1 percent while the number of unemployed persons in the nation fell below eight million. The unemployment rate and number of unemployed persons are down by 1 full percentage point and 1.5 million people, respectively, year-over-year in August.
While wage growth has been slow for the most part in recent months, average hourly earnings for all employees jumped by 8 cents in August up to $25.09, a year-over-year increase of 2.2 percent. This increase followed a gain of 6 cents in July. For non-supervisory employees, average hourly earnings increased by 5 cents in August up to $21.07.
The question on everyone's mind following Friday's BLS jobs report is: Will the Fed raise the federal funds target rate at the next Federal Open Market Committee meeting later in September? The lower-than-expected job gains for August should not be a cause for concern, since an upward revision is likely, according to one analyst.
"While the U.S. job market is in its third year of robust growth, the Fed is taking a broader and more comprehensive approach in making their decision."
"The soft headline may not even be an issue next month, as August payroll gains typically get meaningful upward revisions," said Doug Duncan, SVP and Chief Economist with Fannie Mae. "While the Fed could find reasons to delay raising rates, including increased downside risk for inflation and financial instability, we believe that it will not find one in this jobs report. We continue to call for a September lift-off, with a one-and-done hike this year on the way to normalizing monetary policy going forward."
There are arguments both for and against the Fed raising rates in September, according to First American Chief Economist Mark Fleming.
"The jobs report this morning was a good one, particularly the decline in the headline unemployment rate to 5.1 percent," Fleming said. "Additionally, some modest wage growth was also reported. It could be argued that these two facts increase the likelihood of a September rate increase by the Fed later this month. But keep in mind that the dual mandate of the fed is to manage full employment and inflation, which seems nowhere to be found. In fact, the broader measure of unemployment that includes people who are working part time for economic reasons remained unchanged in this report and, while it has been improving, remains elevated relative to historical norms. Furthermore, long-term unemployment remains elevated. These facts could be used as an argument for continued slack in the labor market and a reason for delaying a rate increase. If not September, there are two more opportunities in October and December."
At least one analyst does not think a rate increase is likely after August's jobs report despite the job growth the nation has experienced in the last few years, however—and even if the Fed does raise rates in September, the effect on housing may not be noticeable.
"Looking at today's jobs numbers, the Federal Reserve is unlikely increase interest rates when it meets later this month," Trulia Chief Economist Selma Hepp said. "While the U.S. job market is in its third year of robust growth, the Fed is taking a broader and more comprehensive approach in making their decision. Recent stock market volatility as well as slowing economic growth abroad will be major factors, as will the U.S. economy's persistent improvement. But even if the Fed increases interest rates, any increases will be modest and gradual. This means the actual impact on homebuyers will be minimal."
New York Fed president Bill Dudley said last week that a rate increase in September seemed "less compelling" following the losses in the stock market. Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker advocated for a raise in rates, saying he was "always open to listening to my colleagues in the meeting," and that he was "going in (to the September FOMC meeting) with an open mind," according to Reuters.
The employment rate among adults ages 18 to 34 (commonly known as the millennial generation) remained largely unchanged in August despite improvements in previous months. Many millennials will enter the housing market as first-time buyers in ebbs and flows as job stability improves among that age group, according to Hepp.
"No doubt, the sheer mass of the millennial generation will be a substantial tail wind for the housing market in the upcoming years," Hepp said. "In fact, a recent Trulia survey, found that more than 7 in 10 millennials plan to buy in 2018 or later."
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Railsea by China Miéville
It seems likely, in years to come, someone who has read Railsea in their youth upon picking up a copy of Herman Melville's Moby Dick and thinking to themselves: Hang on, I've already read this! For the first third or so of the novel, China Miéville is fairly true to his source material. The setting is transformed from the southern oceans to a landscape criss-crossed by a seemingly infinite number of railway lines. Trains of many kinds run on these lines, but the one we're particularly interested in is the equivalent of a whaler, hunting for the gigantic beasts that live under the soil: rats and antlions and especially the mole or moldywarpe.
reviewed by Christopher DeFilippis
It's a rollicking adventure book for boys that liberally plies the classic tropes of swashbuckling romances like Treasure Island and Kidnapped, with a dash of The Odyssey thrown in for good measure. But at its core, the novel is a retelling of Moby Dick. Only instead of taking place on a whaling ship, it takes place on a train traversing the railsea -- a jumbled landscape of rails extending in every direction as far as the eye can see.
Embassytown by China Miéville
The human outpost Embassytown is on the far distant planet Arieka -- accessible only by a dangerous trip through extra-dimensional space dubbed the immer -- home to a diplomatic corps of specially cloned twins that are the only line of communication to the native Ariekei, whose unusual double-mouthed physiology makes their language unique in the known universe. Ariekene speech can only convey literal concepts, so Ariekei can't lie. But they will occasionally expand their language with the help of human volunteers.
The central idea is Language, which is the language of the Ariekei, the native intelligent species of the remote planet (remote as defined by its accessibility through human FTL travel, which is based on something like wormholes) of which Embassytown is the single colony city. Language is unique, in that it is spoken by two voices simultaneously, in that it will not support a lie, and in that it is unintelligible to the natives if not spoken by an intelligence.
Beszel and Ul Qoma are two cities that occupy the same geographical space. They are intricately interwoven, such that some areas are "total" -- all one city or the other -- but some are "crosshatched," so that one building might be in Beszel and its neighbor in Ul Qoma. The residents have been trained to "see" and "unsee" their surroundings. Tyador Borlú is an Inspector for Beszel's Extreme Crime Squad. His new case is the murder of a young woman who turns out to be an American graduate student in archaeology with an interest in the theory, generally regarded as crackpot, that there is a third, invisible, city occupying the same area as Beszel and Ul Qoma.
Kraken by China Miéville
reviewed by Alma A. Hromic
China Miéville continues to be a word wizard of the first order. He doesn't ever use just any word where the perfect word will do, and every time reading a Miéville novel will expand your vocabulary exponentially. He is also a gifted observer and he is capable of sketching out things without dwelling on them, but in such a way that readers still find those things haunting their dreams days after they have put the finished novel down and had thought that they were done with it.
It is hard to think of a more appropriate title for a China Miéville novel. It has always been the city. He started in his adopted home of London but burrowed underground to find the hidden city, cacotopically transformed this to create New Crobuzon, struck out for the sea but found a floating city waiting for him before trekking back through the desert to New Crobuzon and then jumping back to another London, again made strange, made un-London. Now he has moved East.
Un Lun Dun by China Miéville
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A second, unseen world exists in parallel with our own. Cities in our reality are mirrored in skewed fashion across the trans-dimensional barrier known as the Odd, sporting names such as Parisn't and Sans Fransico. These ab-cities are populated by all manner of strange beings, from tailors with pin-cushion heads to kung fu-fighting garbage cans to sentient schools of fish that navigate on land by donning deep-sea diving suits.
We start in contemporary London, where teenage schoolgirl Zanna and her best friend Deeba seem to be the focus of a series of strange events. Eventually these lead them through a crack between the worlds into a parallel city, UnLondon, where they discover that Zanna is the Shwazzy, the Chosen One, destined to lead them to victory against the evil Smog. UnLondon is a magnificent creation, as vivid, as full of spectacular invention, as New Crobuzon.
Iron Council by China Miéville
This is a fevered dream of a book. It feels more like it should have come out of some hot, humid and voodoo-saturated bayou. Creatures casually step through veils of space and time -- Remade men and women sporting bodies of horses or lizards or steam-driven machinery, an assortment of mages and thaumaturges, flying bird-men and bird-monkeys and heaven alone knows what other flying things, vodyanoi water people, cactus-people, scarab-headed khepri insect-women, all from the city the world knows as New Crobuzon. And then, before you've had a chance to properly catch your breath after inhaling the first searing bit of New Crobuzon's pungent air, you're yanked out of it -- and things get weirder, fast.
The Scar by China Miéville
Bellis Coldwine is taking passage on a ship, fleeing persecution in her home city of New Crobuzon for an uncertain future in distant Nova Esperium. An urban intellectual, Bellis loathes the prospect of years of exile in the colonies, but when her ship is captured by pirates, she realizes she may never see her home again. The pirates live on Armada, a secret floating city haphazardly lashed together from ships and debris.
The Tain by China Miéville
Sholl is a refugee in a war-torn London. This ongoing devastation is not the easily understood Blitz of World War II, though. The enemy here is like nothing the humans have ever faced, yet is as familiar as, say, the lines in one's palm. And if there is a way to fight back against the invaders, no one has found it yet. The good and bad people of Old Blighty are on their way to extinction.
Broken Angels by Richard Morgan, The Separation by Christopher Priest and The Tain by China Miéville
While Tony Blair lines up behind the Bush administration in positing war with Iraq as a clear-cut case of good versus evil, some of his countrymen provide persuasive commentary that such a dichotomy is never the case. War is only black and white in movies from the 40s; in reality, it runs blood red, and its tributaries are not always so easily or clearly defined. Which isn't necessarily to say that war is never unjustified or unavoidable; only that the "make-believe" needs to be sifted from the actuality in hopes of making reliance on it less likely. Ironically, it is the purveyors of "make-believe" who articulate doubt upon this simplistic precept invoked by both sides in any conflict. Although British writers Christopher Priest, Richard Morgan, and China Miéville may all be shelved together in the SF and Fantasy aisle, each works in decidedly different sub-genres to provide compelling commentary on the considerable shades of gray between the seeming dark and light.
In many ways, this novel bids to carry on the existential delving into the hidden and wounded nature of human experience, reinforced by a return to the wonders and horrors of Perdido Street Station's New Crobuzon. Here, however, the author chooses to build his city anew, in the form of a floating Armada, a pelagic architecture constructed of decaying and rusted ships roped together by rigging, catwalks and suspended bridges of cordage and plank that drifts upon the currents of the sea. Unknown to the authorities of the city-state of New Crobuzon, Armada is a loose confederation harboring many of their former misfits and criminals, a refuge for escaped Remades, divided into semi-autonomous ridings that support themselves by their own industry, thaumaturgy and piracy. Strange and exotic gardens grow and overhang decks and crowded, tottering tenements built upon the raised and gutted hulks of ironclad steamers and rotted wooden frigates that continuously bob and shift upon the water, weathering calms and storms far from any shore, dwarfed in the vast expanse of the Swollen Ocean.
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
If you're one of those people who avoid fantasy novels for fear of even the slightest whiff of wizards or elves, here's a well worthy quest: make haste to where your bookstore stuffs the countless Tolkien spawn and rescue a copy of of this book from the mediocre horde. This is a novel that has more in common with the work of that similarly named fellow, Melville, than any mere commercial conjuring of fairyland.
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The first few pages are from the viewpoint of a bitter and alien character, and written in a dark and obscure style. This voice seems appropriate and accurate, even accessible, after you get to know the character. Next up, the protagonist Isaac and his insect-girl friend are introduced. He is big and blustery, an eccentric, obsessive, maverick scientist. She is a bohemian artist, outcast from her exotic race of hominid bugs. Their relationship is incredibly romantic and also forbidden and dangerous.


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Three episodes in and Life is Strange 2 has already itself apart from the previous two titles in a good way while still giving the nod to the franchises core themes. By creating new characters and stepping away from the cast we became so invested in, DONTNOD has created new ones for us to care for all over again with the Diaz brothers and referring to this shared reality like some kind of gaming, hipster MCU of sorts. Throughout the course of 'Roads' and 'Rules' respectively, this writer was subjected to different feelings and emotions come to each conclusion, with feelings of dread and eagerness exuding after Roads and anxiety and melancholy cascading through my mind one Rules had come to a close. Which brings me to the much-anticipated episode 'Wastelands'. After everything was said and done not only did I feel all these emotions once again because of this impressive midpoint but as a result, there was a little bit of heartbreak was thrown in for good measure. Wastelands sends an important message to anyone that plays it, and intense life lessons, like how friends can come from any which way of life, a family doesn't necessarily mean blood, love is love and at least once in anyone's life, we all end up working for a really dodgy boss, while continuing the coming of age motif.
Finn – AKA The Real Agent 420!
Wastelands launches a couple of months after Sean and Daniel Diaz hopped on a train after being chased out of Oregon by the Police. Thankfully they have found their way to California finding refuge at a campsite from Cassidy and Finn who you may remember for their bit part in the previous episode, as well as a few other vagabonds who I think will have a bigger piece in the grand scheme in their own way down the road. In order to make ends meet and gather funds to reach Mexico, the boys have taken a job on a weed farm, working for a shady gun-toting dealer called Merrill (I mean I flipped burgers and cleaned hotel rooms when I was 16 but times change I guess!). While this is happening Sean is still helping his younger brother hone his kinetic powers while helping him control his anger, or neglect his feelings and smoke weed, get drunk with his friends and ahem become man, it's up to you dude! Much like Rules, Wastelands through the opening hour or so goes at its own pace, forever leading you into a false sense of security, before a theatrical peak is reached in the episode's climax, leaving Sean and Daniel at square one, and to be honest with you what an ending it is! The build-up – suspenseful, the choices – harrowing, the imagery – jarring, to say the least, and gives you an insight to just how powerful Daniel has become and sure every episode of Life is Strange leaves me yearning for answers and this one is no different, all of which come in the same form but not this time, Wastelands has left me high and dry with a whole lot of new questions for Episode 4 to answer for me.
The choices may not make you sweat like they usually do, but you'll still be curious to explore each path!
As always there are conundrums to negotiate with yourself through the duration of Wastelands, but what I found impressive was how each significant decision I had to make, toyed with my psyche. My moral compass guided me to what I felt to be the right decision pretty quickly, however, there was a little voice that would just appear in the back of my mind that would tell 'Come on, let's be devils!'.
Cassidy is one of the sweetest souls you'll come across in a game.
One thing that helps Life is Strange standout among others like it, is the significance of the minor details. Blink and you'll miss it, the butterfly never flapped its wings and set a whirlwind in motion and you never even knew it did you? But not so much this time, yes there are moments of exhibition you can miss but Wastelands seems to have downsized its surroundings, going from the open road in the opening episode to two main locations you frequent in the third. There are still a number of ways in which you can make your own story and it can go in some pretty unexpected directions. The mechanics are standard Life is Strange fayre, with a quick break to give way to some Wiz Khalifa's Weed Farm.
'I'm not a kid anymore……'
Life is Strange 2 continues to pay homage to the great outdoors and as a Brit, showcases the beauty of the United States beyond the concrete jungles. Another high point is the tole of living rough being genuinely visible in the two boys, with dirt, scratches, tattered clothing, and scruffy hair being the words they lay in their metaphorical journal of life.
These post credit stingers pack so much punch with so little. Episode 4 come in August.
But with sights, you now sound won't be far behind. I have stressed in the past how Life is Strange as a whole has amazing songs set within it, ore times than not songs i've never heard have become main stays on my playlists thanks to this franchise but this time around songs from my past I haven't taken the time to enjoy in years have reemerged. Gorillaz 'Up on Melancholy Hill' sets a tone to better days in the opening flashback and Justice's 'D.A.N.C.E.' accompanies a cheerful working montage, because even if you do work for a discount Gustavo Fring it's all about who you do it with. But it's Milk and Bone's 'Natalie' that really drives the tormenting imagery of the ending home, particularly with the way the lyrics connect with the situation.
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Summary Wastelands acts as a fantastic midway point and only solidifies that there is a serious storm brewing down the road. I know these short stories tend to work in a particular format but what I was left with was circumstances i wasn't prepared for. With yet more new companions being introduced that have become an important part of our main characters, DONTNOD has added more endearment to this spectacle. The small glimpse we see of episode 4 will lead you to so many theories and leave you with wanting more.
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I try to compile classic SSD+VGG16 with DNNDK 2.06 beta. The slides and also the User-Guide claim to have "One-click compilation support" for SSD and VGG16.
[DNNC][Error] Unrecognized layer type [Normalize], Maybe you can delete it in deploy.prototxt and try again.
Is it planned to add support for the Normalize-Layer in future releases? Or is there some kind of replacement?
a) Change the normalize layer to BatchNorm + Scale in the train.prototxt and test.prototxt, then retraining or finetune.
b) Remove the MultiBoxLoss layer in train.prototxt before Decent.
c) For the convenience of accuracy test, train.protxt and test.prototxt are merged to train_test.prototxt.
thank you very much for your efforts. Sorry for my late reply, I was really stuck with other projects.
1) With c), you refer to the accuracy test in decent during quantization? I still get "Calibration iter: 1/100 ,loss: 0" here. Could you please post a train_test.prototxt for reference?
But probably deploy.prototxt is intended to be the pruned network and should not be fed into dnnc, isn't it?
Message type "caffe.FixedParameter" has no field named "follow_data_layer".
But there is a follow_data_layer:true parameter in the generated FixedNeuron layer.
Invalid caffemodel, fixinfo for layers are missing.
It is a quite difficult for me to "debug" here. Could you please provide some basic example for SSD (or a modified version without normalize etc)? A tutorial similar to the resnet50 tutorial would be really great!
as the backbone (feature extraction layers) for our SSD network and since they are pre-trained, it will help to reduce training time.
1.a) Copy these files into the $CAFFE_ROOT/models/VGGNet/ folder.
Now create a folder named $CAFFE_ROOT/data/VOC0712 and copy the 3 tar files above mentioned to that destination. Extract all files from the 3 archives and merge them under a single VOCdevkit folder. At the end of this process you should have a new folder named $CAFFE_ROOT/data/VOC0712/VOCdevkit which contains the VOC2007 and VOC2012 subfolders. Note that this dataset contains the training, validation, and testing images as well as the annotations which are the bounding box locations contained in .xml format.
3) For the next step, we will be processing the annotations (labels) and the training images into LMDB files which can then be directly used by Caffe for the training process.
For this step, you need two shell scripts create_list.sh and create_data.sh which are available from this repository https://github.com/intel/caffe/tree/master/data/VOC0712. I have already downloaded these for you and placed them into this subfolder dataset_files/voc0712 along with one other file named labelmap_voc.prototxt.
Since this uses the environment variable previously set for $CAFFE_ROOT, you can launch them from any folder in your Linux file system, though in the next instruction, we'll copy them to a specific directory to make the instructions easy.
Copy all these 3 files into $CAFFE_ROOT/data/VOC0712. If such directories do not exist you have to create them with the mkdir Linux command.
At this point, the training dataset has been prepared and is ready for use to train the SSD model and you can proceed to the next step which is training the model.
1) Open with a text editor the file $CAFFE_ROOT/examples/ssd/ssd_pascal.py and change line 332 to provide the ID numbers for GPUs which are available for training. For more than one GPU, the line would read gpus = "0,1,2,etc..."
Notice that this python script adds layers to the existing VGGNet: these layers are the SSD framework layers, while the VGGNet that we downloaded previously will be the feature extraction layers or "backbone".
Also note that this python script will creates solver.prototxt, deploy.prototxt, test.prototxt and train.prototxt files for the SSD network with the all necessary parameters. These will all be created under $CAFFE_ROOT/models/VGGNet/VOC0712/SSD_300x300. Have a look at the prototxt files and note that they all assume to have the LDMB database placed in $CAFFE_ROOT/examples/VOC0712/VOC0712_test_lmdb folder, therefore the previous steps in dataset preparation ensure that you have some soft links that point to the real place into you might have placed the database when you created it in step (described by ssd2_VOC_dataset.md).
Output snapshots will be created incrementally under the following directory: $CAFFE_ROOT/models/VGGNet/VOC0712/SSD_300x300, though at this point you will need to halt the training process early on by entering CTRL+C in the terminal. The reason to halt the training process is that we now need to make some manual modifications to the prototxt files for compatibility with the DPU and DNNDK tools.
1) At this point you should have prototxt and solver files under $CAFFE_ROOT/jobs/VGGNet/VOC0712/SSD_300x300. At this point, you need to make a copy of the "train.prototxt" and rename it to "train_test.protoxt"
2) Next open the test.prototxt file and copy the first layer (named "data") to train_test.prototxt as the second layer. Make sure to omit copying the 1st line of the test.prototxt which is the name. You should be inserting this layer between lines 137 and 138 of the "train_test.prototxt" file.
3) Next copy the last 5 layers from "test.prototxt" (starting at layer named "mbox_conf_reshape" which should be around line 1591, ending at the last layer) and append them to the end of "train_test.prototxt"
This can be inserted in each of the layers just after the top: declaration and before the layers other parameters.
5.c) Replace the other bottom layers in the prototxt named "conv4_3_norm" with "conv4_3" (there should be something like three of these) and they appear as bottom: "conv4_3_norm".
6) Next modify the "fc6" layer by changing the num_output to 682 instead of 1024. The reason for this is that the DPU only supports 12 bits to describe the number of parameters. With a dilation of 6, the number of output parameters will be 6143 which is too many for the DPU to capture.
Note that I have included a pre-modified version of the train_test.prototxt for your reference.
Notice the snapshot_prefix location which is where the training will produce output models. This can be modified as desired by the user to place the snapshot output model in a desired directory, though for this tutorial, I recommend leaving the snapshots at this location with the recommended prefix as it will allow for easier evaluation of the floating point model without modifying other scripts.
The number/frequency of snapshots are determined based on the parameters specified in the "solver.prototxt" and note that by default the first snapshot will occur after 80K iterations.
8) Next open the "VGG_VOC0712_SSD_300x300.sh" script in a text editor and modify the --solver path to point to the solver.prototxt file in the jobs directory.
This will call the ./build/tools/caffe train command pointing to the newly created "train_test.prototxt" file.
Attached is a reference train_test.prototxt for SSD using VGG feature leayers after the modifications mentioned by @aluo. Please refer to @aluo's post for detailed instructions.
Hi! Thank you for your help,I still have some problems, I really need your help. I modified the train_test.prototxt file according to the method you mentioned above and then I trained an SSD model. This model has only two labels: background and motorboat. I tested the caffemodel on the computer and it was OK.
Before decent, I removed the MultiBox Loss layer from train_test. prototxt,but when I run decent.sh, the calibrated loss is always 0, as shown in Figure 1,I don't know if this is a normal phenomenon or what the problem is. There still generated four files in the decent_output folder, I continue to run dnnc.sh, then I can get dpu_ssd.elf. When running on the board(ZCU104), a lot of boxes appear in the screen, but the target motorboat can not be marked out,as shown in Figure 2.
What was the input resolution you used for your SSD model? Was it 480x360 or other? The example software that comes with the DNNDK image assumes 480x360. If you are using a resolution other than 480x360 for your SSD caffemodel, then I expect that all of your priorboxes (CreatePriors()) will need to be update in the software.
Note that you will also likely need to change the doImg() function to match your reduced number of classes.
Thank you for your reply, I have solved this problem based on the help you provided.
Sorry, I still have problems and need your help. I reposted a new post https://forums.xilinx.com/t5/Deephi-DNNDK/Crashed-when-running-SSD-video-analysis/td-p/926185 Can you help me? Thank you!
Can you help me to solve this error?


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I teach at the University of New Orleans. Every day, I get some sort of threatening e-mail from a listserv I belong to. I received this salvo recently, a headline from NOLA.com: "Louisiana budget shortfall in higher education, health care will worsen." Will worsen? How could it get worse than the $300 million that we've been struggling to bend our minds around?
The idea of cuts isn't new. The reality of cuts isn't new. In the four years I've been teaching at the University of New Orleans, we've been forced to cut, cut, cut. Up until now, the English Department where I work hasn't had to fire anyone. That will surely change if these cuts go into effect. People will be dismissed, lose their jobs. There is no way around that.
I'm sick and tired of the stress from the budget cuts looming, like a crouched tiger, coming from Gov. Bobby Jindal. This constant anxiety and fear have made it difficult to work and concentrate, not to mention to sleep. If the worst happens, will I be able to continue paying for my child's education? Will I be able to pay the rent?
What about my colleagues? Most are married and have children. In some cases, the meager salary they pull down each week is hardly enough to get them by. Some have small children who will be in their care for years to come. Some are single mothers. How will they cope? I see the anxiety on their faces. They have questions that can't be answered. The accumulation of this weight of stress has worn them down. They're literally getting sick. The mind suffers the consequences of this constant battering, and so does the body.
The students, of course, also bear the consequence of this barrage. Despite every effort and an unwavering commitment to their learning, how can teachers do their absolute best and remain undistracted day after day with this doomsday machine ticking, ticking, ticking in their ears?
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Brogdon, Oladipo, Turner Among 44 Finalists for 2020 U.S. Olympic Men's Team
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (February 10, 2020) – Headed by three-time Olympic medalist LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers), and including nine members of the gold medalist 2016 U.S. Olympic Team, seven gold medalists from the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team and all 12 members of the USA's 2019 FIBA World Cup Team, 44 athletes were announced by USA Basketball today as finalists for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team. The player selections were approved by the USA Basketball Board of Directors. The official 12-member 2020 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team roster will be announced later this year.
Featuring 29 players who have played for the USA in Olympic and/or FIBA World Cup competitions and who together have collected 31 Olympic or FIBA Basketball World Cup gold medals and four bronze medals, the 44 finalists for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team include: Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat); LaMarcus Aldridge (San Antonio Spurs); Harrison Barnes (Sacramento Kings); Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards); Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns); Malcolm Brogdon (Indiana Pacers); Jaylen Brown (Boston Celtics); Jimmy Butler (Miami Heat); Mike Conley (Utah Jazz); Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors); Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers); DeMar DeRozan (San Antonio Spurs); Andre Drummond (Cleveland Cavaliers); Kevin Durant (Brooklyn Nets); Paul George (L.A. Clippers); Draymond Green (Golden State Warriors); James Harden (Houston Rockets); Montrezl Harrell (L.A. Clippers); Joe Harris (Brooklyn Nets); Tobias Harris (Philadelphia 76ers); Gordon Hayward (Boston Celtics); Dwight Howard (Los Angeles Lakers); Brandon Ingram (New Orleans Pelicans); Kyrie Irving (Brooklyn Nets); LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers); Kyle Kuzma (Los Angeles Lakers); Kawhi Leonard (L.A. Clippers); Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers); Brook Lopez (Milwaukee Bucks); Kevin Love (Cleveland Cavaliers); Kyle Lowry (Toronto Raptors); JaVale McGee (Los Angeles Lakers); Khris Middleton (Milwaukee Bucks); Donovan Mitchell (Utah Jazz); Victor Oladipo (Indiana Pacers); Chris Paul (Oklahoma City Thunder); Mason Plumlee (Denver Nuggets); Marcus Smart (Boston Celtics); Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics); Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors); Myles Turner (Indiana Pacers); Kemba Walker (Boston Celtics); Russell Westbrook (Houston Rockets); and Derrick White (San Antonio Spurs).
The USA National Team coaching staff is led by San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, and serving as USA assistant coaches are Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, Atlanta Hawks head coach Lloyd Pierce and Villanova University head coach Jay Wright.
"This is the first step in USA Basketball identifying the 12 players who will represent the United States as members of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team in Tokyo," said Jerry Colangelo, who has served as the managing director of the USA Basketball Men's National Team since 2005.
"The commitment, desire and excitement of all of our athletes to represent their country is genuine and remarkable. All of the finalists are exceptionally gifted athletes who offer us amazing versatility and depth, and the group of finalists features a range of players from those who are very experienced and accomplished in international basketball to players who will be future international stars.
"Over the course of the remainder of the NBA season we'll continue to monitor all of the athletes. Selecting the 12-man USA roster will obviously be an extremely challenging and difficult process, and we will again attempt to select the very best team possible to represent our country and who we hope will be successful in our difficult mission of repeating as Olympic champions for a fourth consecutive Olympics."
Five-time NBA champion and longtime San Antonio Spurs head coach Popovich was announced on Oct. 23, 2015, head coach of the USA Basketball Men's National Team for the 2017-20 quadrennium. Now in his 24th season as the Spurs head coach, Popovich also boasts of full resume of international coaching experience.
"I'm looking forward to coaching the U.S. Olympic Team, and I'm excited about the potential and possibilities this team has," said USA mentor Popovich. "Anyone who follows international basketball knows there are many really good players from all around the world, and therefore there are many excellent national teams. International basketball has improved so much from the days of the Dream Team. The Olympics in 2020 will be a true competition, and there are many teams that will have a legitimate shot at capturing gold."
James is a three-time Olympic medalist (2004 bronze and 2008 and 2012 gold) who is attempting to make a historic fourth U.S. Olympic men's team. A fourth Olympic appearances would tie James with Carmelo Anthony for the most by any U.S. male basketball player. Durant (2012 and 2016) and Paul (2008 and 2012) are seeking to become three-time Olympians and join Anthony, James and David Robinson as the USA's only three-time U.S. Olympic male basketball players.
Nine players from the gold medal winning 2016 U.S. Olympic team that went 8-0 in Rio remain in contention for the 2020 U.S. Olympic squad, including Barnes, Butler, DeRozan, Durant, George, Green, Irving, Lowry and Thompson. Davis, Durant, Harden, James, Love, Paul and Westbrook were members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic team that compiled an unblemished record of 8-0 and captured gold in London, while Howard, James and Paul were gold medalists with the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team. Additionally, James earned a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
All 12 members of the USA's 2019 World Cup Team are finalists and include Barnes, Brown, Joe Harris, Lopez, Middleton, Mitchell, Plumlee, Smart, Tatum, Turner, Walker and White. Eight members of the 2014 USA World Cup Team that finished 9-0 and captured gold in Spain are among the finalists including, including Curry, Davis, DeRozan, Drummond, Harden, World Cup MVP Irving, Plumlee and Thompson. Six finalists were members of the 2010 USA World Championship squad that went 9-0 and captured gold in Istanbul, Turkey: Curry, World Cup MVP Durant, Love and Westbrook; and Howard, James and Paul earned a bronze medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan.
The finalists represent 21 different NBA teams, with the Boston Celtics (Brown, Hayward, Smart, Tatum and Walker) and the Los Angeles Lakers (Davis, Howard, James, Kuzma and McGee) leading the way with five players each. The Brooklyn Nets (Durant, Joe Harris and Irving), Golden State Warriors (Curry, Green and Thompson), Indiana Pacers (Brogdon, Oladipo and Turner), L.A. Clippers (George, Harrell and Leonard) and the San Antonio Spurs (Aldridge, DeRozan and White) each feature three players. The Cleveland Cavaliers (Drummond and Love), Houston Rockets (Harden and Westbrook), Miami Heat (Adebayo and Butler), Milwaukee Bucks (Lopez and Middleton) and Utah Jazz (Conley and Mitchell) each have two players among the 44 finalists; and the Denver Nuggets (Plumlee), New Orleans Pelicans (Ingram), Oklahoma City Thunder (Paul), Philadelphia 76ers (Tobias Harris), Phoenix Suns (Booker), Portland Trail Blazers (Lillard), Sacramento Kings (Barnes), Toronto Raptors (Lowry) and the Washington Wizards (Beal) each are represented by one player.
All 44 finalists possess international or USA Basketball National Team experience with James leading the way with 68 games of international experience under his belt. He is followed by Paul (50), Durant (44), Curry (40), Howard (38), Thompson (38), Irving (33), Plumlee (31), Love (28), Westbrook (28), Tatum (26), Barnes (25), Davis (25), Harden (25), Drummond (25), Green (22), Smart (21), Lopez (19), Turner (19), Brown (18), Walker (18), Beal (16), DeRozan (16), White (15), Harrell (14), Butler (13), George (13), Joe Harris (13), Lowry (13), Middleton (13), Mitchell (13), Hayward (12), Conley (6), Brogdon (5), Kuzma (3), Lillard (3), Adebayo (1), Ingram (1), Leonard (1) and Oladipo (1). Additionally, Aldridge, Booker, Tobias Harris and McGee have participated in previous USA National Team training camps.
The USA National Team's complete training schedule for 2020 will be announced at a later date.
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The 2020 Summer Olympic Games are being held July 24-Aug. 9 in Tokyo, Japan. Twelve nations will compete in the 2020 Olympic men's basketball competition that will be held at the Saitama Super Arena. In addition to host Japan, nations qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics men's basketball competition include Argentina, Australia, France, Iran, Nigeria, Spain and the United States.
The final four teams for the Tokyo Olympics will qualify through four FIBA's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. Twenty-four team will compete in the four men's FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, which will be held from June 23-28, 2020, in Canada, Croatia, Lithuania and Serbia. The winner of each tournament will qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The six teams competing in Belgrade, Serbia, include in Group A: Dominican Republic, New Zealand and host Serbia; while Group B is comprised of Italy, Puerto Rico and Senegal. The Kaunas, Lithuania, Olympic qualifying site features in Group A, host Lithuania, South Korea and Venezuela; and Group B includes Angola, Poland and Slovenia. The Split, Croatia, Olympic qualifying game site will feature in Group A: Germany, Mexico and Russia; and in Group B: Brazil, host Croatia and Tunisia. The fourth and final Olympic qualifying competition site is Victoria, Canada, and features in Group A, host Canada, China and Greece; and Group B includes Czech Republic, Turkey and Uruguay.
The men's basketball preliminary group play at the '20 Olympics, which will see the 12 teams divided into three preliminary round groups of four teams each, will be held July 26-Aug. 2. The quarterfinals, featuring teams placed first and second in each preliminary group and the two best third-placed teams in the Group phase, is scheduled for Aug. 4. Semifinals action will be played on Aug. 6. The gold medal game is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. (Tokyo time), with the bronze medal game slated for 8 p.m. (Tokyo time) on Aug. 8.
The U.S. men have collected a medal in all 18 Olympics in which they have competed, including 15 gold medals, one silver and two bronze medals. The Americans own an impressive 138-5 all-time, win-loss record (.963 winning percentage) in Olympic action, and since NBA players began representing the United States in 1992, the USA is 53-3 in seven Olympics, capturing six gold medals and one bronze medal.
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9/11 drops out of race, Bush psycophant takes lead, what happens now
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Since Guiliani dedicated everything he had to Florida and got hosed by McCain and Romney, we have lost 9/11, I mean Bush-lite, I mean Guiliani from the race. The problem is everyone seems to have suddenly forgotten why they didn't like McCain - he supports everything Bush does. Troops in Iraq forever? You bet. First strikes against random nations? Damn straight.
Since it is looking like McCain is going to win the nomination (which is sad because he got hosed by Bush Sr for the past 8 years, let's all thank Romney being Mormon), would the Democratic party be stupid enough to put Clinton in the main running (regardless of if she won Super Tuesday)?
Corneliu 2
Of course the democrats would be stupid if they put up Clinton has their nominee.
Upper Thule
Whoever wins, everybody loses:)
Khadgar
It comes down to McCain vs Clinton, I'd have to give it some serious thought but I think I'd go for McCain.
[NS]Click Stand
Yay democracy!
But seriously, McCain is a lot better than you paint him to be. How could he support everything Bush does when he disagrees on major policies with him?
I also doubt that he would perform first strikes on "random" nations.
Bolol
I didn't like Guiliani, I like Romney less. Guiliani's endorsement goes to McCain, who I'd rather see in office than Romney (not by much). This is alright in my books.
Telesha
Yes, but the real question is which one is the Queen and which the Predator?
(yes, i'm a big enough geek to recognize the tagline)
I think McCain only has a shot against Clinton, but I think they've sorely overestimated his chances of actually beating her. She may be considered the most divisive force in politics, but I think Bush and Co have pretty much ruined any shot for the Republicans this year.
Though if it's Clinton vs. McCain, I think I might just stay home and get drunk.
Farfel the Dog
If it comes down to Clinton VS McCain..I think I'll outsorce myself to Mexico.
Andaluciae
he supports everything Bush does. Troops in Iraq forever? You bet. First strikes against random nations? Damn straight.
Either that or his conception of the world has been formed by his upbringing in a staunchly military (specifically naval) family, and the culture associated therewith. A worldview that was staunchly reaffirmed by several years spent at the mercy of some NVA guys in Hanoi. You don't come out of that sort of...evil...without have a bleaker look on humanity. If nothing else, this means that a McCain Presidency will give us absolute bans on torture, once and for all.
Can I blame him for seeing blackness and enemies around every corner? Not all that much, but perhaps this worldview might also induce him to be willing to play nicer with, and value our friends (and their opinions) more than G-dumb has.
He's hardly a sycophant to G-dumb.
McCain has been brow beaten on that for 8 years by Bush, beginning where his credibility was ripped apart in the first election. He might be able to take a stand on it as president, but up to now it's like "uhh, ok you can torture, but don't use 'real' torture."
Muryan Endor
It doesn't matter at all. It's just the age old motto: Same Sh*t, Different Name.
I've never seen sycophant (SIH-ko-fant) spelled with a P and a second H, but my initial reaction tempered when I realized that psychophant (SIGH-ko-fant) would mean not only an ass-kisser, but a crazy MF as well. Nice neologism!
Or, in it's modern, South Park incarnation, "douche or turd".
Yes, it was totally on purpose >_>
According to The Guardian, Edwards is dropping out as well.
Link (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections08/johnedwards/story/0,,2249245,00.html)
LOL! :p
Yeah, but it's kinda sad. Everybody is talking about this being the best elections the US has ever had. On one side you have a young newbie who is somewhat charismatic versus a grand old lady of a (by now) well established political family versus a strange veteran who is in his seventies, a mormon and a bass player.
I mean, what the hell! One if these people is going to run the sole superpower (yes the US is still the only superpower in the world) of planet earth!
Ifreann
Except for satirists. Though they're losing Bush.
Wilgrove
I guess Mr. $400 haircut couldn't cut it hehe, but he feels pretty!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2AE847UXu3Q
That is assuming Clinton wins super tuesday, which is a stretch imo. And it also depends on who Edwards throws his delegets behind.
However, would the Democratic party be that stupid if she hypotheticall did win? Yes. Theyre the democratic party. Stupid is their MO.
EDIT: Hey, just because I vote democract doesnt mean I cant see that their party leadership sucks
Seriously? "Mr. $400 haircut?" That parroting of Sean Hannity is all you bring to the table? Wow. That's low grade, even for you.
Do you honestly think that any other candidate from any other party has ever bought drugstore-brand shampoo or had their hair trimmed at SuperCuts (or name your local mass-prduction coiffery)? Good Lord, the guy grew up poor. If you were fortunate enough to get educated and land in a high-paying profession, don't you think you might sample a luxury or two, just to see what all the fuss was about?
I'm not saying that's what Edwards did, but you can't sit there and tell me that no other Republican or no other Democrat have gross luxury expenditures in their past, or even their present.
All neoconservatives run on is pundit speech. Like that guy they interviewed in Florida made his vote decision based on something Anne Coulter said.
Cannot think of a name
Wow, seriously? Word for word in two threads, the same nonsense? Really? Are you that bankrupt of ideas that you have to repeat someone elses joke twice in one sitting?
Oh, holy balls. That's weep-worthy.
Laerod
Oh, holy balls. That's weep-worthy.Yeah. You can still harbor the hope that the most hopeless case here is only a troll making use of internet anonymity...
Neocons arent smart. Everyone knows that.
LOL -- I called that in the Edwards thread. It is to laugh.
Zilam
Great. McCain doesn't even know whether he wears Depends or not, and he likely will win the election. This sucks big anus. :(
Why does everyone think McCain is going to win? He kisses Bush's scrotum, many people dont trust him, and he doesnt have a prayer of winning over any dems, and Obama can win more independents than him.
He's got a chance against Clinton, her divisiveness would work in his favor. But other than that, no, he hasn't got much of a chance.
Oh, I know he will win because 1) He is seen as moderate, a former member of the military, and he seems like the all american candidate.Exactly: White Anglo-Saxon Protestant...
Wait a minute... He wasn't born in the US! Can he even be President?
Oh, I know he will win because 1) He is seen as moderate, a former member of the military, and he seems like the all american candidate.
Feazanthia
If it comes down to McCain vs Clinton, I'm immigrating to Canada damnit.
WAS seen as a moderate. At the begining of the campaign whent hey started having the conservative-off for who was the biggest bigoted fascist he started to show his true colores, or he was playing to a base.
Either way, hes not moderate anymore. Now all he does is glue his lips firmly to Bush's ass. I swear, I wouldnt be suprised of Cheney was his running mate and he filled his cabinet with everyone from Bush's.
Sure, he is moderate compared to Clinton, but put him up against Obama and we are going to have photos of him schmoozing with his extremist religious crackpot buddies going around.
Put those two together and I'll probably just suck it up and vote for Clinthulu.
Why vote for a lesser evil?
Nothing, is what happens. Guilliani never had a chance. Edwards also had no chance, but the fact that he sucked up a lot of the white, middle-class vote that'll now probably go to Clinton means that she'll become the Democratic candidate.
Which is fucking lame. Seriously, 20+ years of the same families in power?
Isle de Tortue
Now all he does is glue his lips firmly to Bush's ass. I swear, I wouldnt be suprised of Cheney was his running mate and he filled his cabinet with everyone from Bush's.
Actually, I think John McCain has immense character and is true to his principles. The fact that these principles sometimes lead him to agreeing with the man we chose to lead the country does not make him an ass-kisser.
Besides, if McCain WAS just trying to win a popularity contest, the last thing he would ever want to do would be to get Cheney behind him. Maybe you wouldn't be, but I would be very surprised if that happened.
When I confront most Bush-haters about why they hate Bush, they tend to say: "Because he's a jerk," or something to that effect, but one or two of the smarter ones have said: "Cheney's the evil behind the throne." McCain wouldn't want to lose the "Cheney is evil" vote.
Aside from that, I think John McCain has been pretty blunt in his opposition to Bush on at least one issue. Remember his "day at the beach" attack?
Plus, John McCain has a son overseas. If you're curious about his motives.
New Mitanni
As a Giuliani supporter, I find rants like this more persuasive to change my vote to McCain than anything the McCain campaign could come up with.
I am SO going to enjoy watching the Donkocrats crash and burn come November, if for no other reason than to have four more years of NSG Republican Derangement Syndrome to laugh at :D
Newer Burmecia
I love the BBC's description of McCain vis a vis the Evangelical wing of Republicans:
"Sod you" attitude
Dyakovo
Exactly: White Anglo-Saxon Protestant...
Yes he was
Kyronea
And when Obama wins the election, we're going to have huge amounts of fun laughing our asses off at you. It'll be lots of fun.
He was born in Panama FTW!
McCain was born on August 29, 1936 in Panama at the Coco Solo Air Base in the then American-controlled Panama Canal Zone
You lose. Even had it not been American controlled, being born on an airbase--considered national U.S. soil--would have made him a naturally born citizen.
Knights of Liberty: I mean even more so. You know, in that fun way when you're in the right AND in power.
The Stone Temple
You mean we already dont laugh our asses off at him?
Plotadonia
Wow. ;)
McCain-Bush Sycophancy score card:
-Supported Iraq War
-Supports War on Terror
-Supports Patriot Act (?)
Against:
-Bush Tax Cuts (though he now claims he isn't.)
-Immigration Reform
-Campaign Finance Reform
Largely Neutral/Treated as Politically Convenient:
-Social Issues
-Environmental Issues
-Gun Ownership
In other words, McCain scores approximately the same on measures of Bush Sycophancy as none other then HILLARY CLINTON! :D
Giuliani-Bush Sycophancy Score Card:
-Iraq War
-War on Terror
-Patriot Act
-Bush Tax Cuts
-Immigration Law (Now claims he isn't)
-Bush's Rabid Congressional Spending Habits, especially with regards to subsidizing industries.
-Rudy is Pro-Gay Rights
-Rudy is Pro-Choice
Largely Neutral:
-Tort/Business Regulation
-Mass-Transit
Rudy Giuliani scores slightly higher on the for but also slightly higher on the against then McCain.
But then again, I guess if anyone who doesn't agree with you is a sycophant... ;)
Pantless likes to claim such ridiculous things. He'd be a leftist(in the American sense) New Mitanni except that he's occasionally right.
I don't oppose John McCain because he's a Bush sycophant, when he's not. I oppose him because his policies and stances will push this country further in the wrong direction.
Obama's not perfect--not even close--but he's a damned good start.
Laugh all you want. We'll see who laughs last :p
BTW: the only way B. Hussein Obama will see the inside of the White House is as a paying tourist. :D
Andaras
You mean she wouldn't appeal to far-right minorities like yourself?
He is a US Senator...
You're talking to NM here, keep your expectations low...
BackwoodsSquatches
No it doesnt.
But supporting the man who devised such tactics as push polls, asking if your supposedly illegitimate black child would lessen a potential voters opinion of you...indeed makes you an ass kisser.
Supporting, by wich I mean verbally endorsing Bush and the war in Iraq, even after denouncing it, makes him a hippocrite.
Seeking support from the near-fascist elements of the Christian-right, after never needing to deal with them in the past....makes him an ass-kisser.
The fact of the matter is, voting for either of them, is to vote for keeping things the same as they are now.
Fucked.
Plus, John McCain has a son overseas. If you're curious about his motives.[/QUOTE]
Considering the fact that I am looking at Obama in the General Election...
If we're going to be talking about far-whatever political minorities, look at yourself, Stalin-boy.
Dregruk
B. Hussein Obama
...that's it? That's your best shot? Pandering to the "zOMG! Similar names to teh ebil!" crowd?
He's not a sycophant for his positions but for his actions. He may think Bush is the biggest idiot in Washington, but he has been kissing his ass even since Bush Co hosed his credibility by questioning his mental fitness back in the first election run. Then McCain has also been pandering to the religious nutsos too, but that's another topic.
Fudk
If by "pandering" you mean "trying to watch his mouth and not unnecessarily anger a big part of the Republican alliance."
He denounced the religious right base of the party as taking it off track, mentioned Pat Robertson by name, then spoke at Robertsons college. It's more than just 'watching his mouth'...
By pandering I mean pandering. Paling around with the likes of Falwell/Robertson telling the congregation how they are really his people.
Tmutarakhan
Yeah, that was the "Hitler handshake" for me (an old reference: Edward VIII aka "the Duke of Windsor" had a lot of sympathy in England after he abdicated for the love of Wallis Simpson; then Wallis talked him into a trip to Germany and his popularity went ppppffft). I voted for McCain in 2000 (the Democratic nomination was all locked up, and Michigan is an open-primary, so I was one of those "crossovers" who voted on the Republican side to block Bush), but I can't consider voting for him again after the "Liberty University" visit.
Greater Trostia
Did you somehow expect more?
Cletustan
I like McCain the best out of the Repubs, because whatever you think of his policies, he is a man of principles. When he was a POW in 'nam, after about a year (I could be wrong) he was offered early release because his father was a high ranking naval officer. This is around 70-71. He refused, saying unless all his fellow prisoners got to leave with him, he wasn't going anywhere. He rotted in the prison until the end of the war. That's the kind of guy I want leading the country.
That and I agree with his policies (except the social ones)
Euadnam
Giuliani is not Bush-lite, Bush is Guiliani-lite.
Ghouliani is far more power hungry, fascist, authoritarian, pro-war, and generally assholish than even Shrub is.
I'll agree with that, I mean this is still the 'Islam is peace' Bush, I mean even if he didn't mean it could you honestly see Ghouliani saying that?
Ghouliani policies:
Create two Americas, 1 is the nice cities for people who get their income from capital gains, the other is a virtual run down 'Neo Orleans' style country with poor homeless people everywhere.
Distract attention from above policy by constantly warmongering against foreign countries, and using the words '9/11', 'Muslims' and 'terrorists' at least 3 times in every sentence.
Yes. Yes it was. Its NM. Did you expect more?
Decapod Ten
really? you guys took a friggin MAYOR as a serious candidate? the fat that he bet it all on a state that could only seat half its delegates should make it evident that he wasnt a serious candidate. Pick a name? list one of the Repubs, who would you most like to be nominated, or are you just going to complain about everyone of them (which i assume is the truth even if not the answer). you want Romney, the businessman who claims to be able to solve the economy, yet at the same time says he'll get michigan its auto jobs back? How about Huckabee, the reverend who...... wait, is there anything else about him? or perhaps Ron "Ill destroy everyting the US has done since WWII" Paul, i mean seriouisly, what does he have against NATO, NATO has only worked for us? I mean maybe you were a huge Fred thompson fan and wanted to give all powers to the states and cut all federal taxes. Oh, i almost forgot Duncan "who am I?" hunter! Pick one! i dare ye!
At least McCain would get the job done right. I'd vote for him, especially over Hillary.
Domici
Maybe you should do it now while the dollar is still worth more than the peso.
But he doesn't wrap it all in a veneer of piety. Bush puts the ice pick in a paper bag so that you'll think he brought you donuts right up until he stabs you with it. Giuliani just advances menacingly with the ice pick and tells everyone else that he's just going to get some ice for the drinks.
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
Well, minus the serious thought, that is. :p
Yeah yeah yeah... Look, regardless of what you will say about some of the things Giuliani did to achieve what he achieved in New York, the vast majority of people, including poor people, are happy that they can walk their streets safely and actually get a job, both of which were very difficult before Giuliani came in. People were leaving New York in massive numbers, Time Square was a center for prostitution, and Mannhattan was one of the most dangerous places in the world. It's now one of America's safest cities, which is incredible, considering how crowded it is.
In fact, I would say that the New York before Giuliani was far more exploitive, as it gave people just barely enough to take their teeth out against the government and then sent them out on to the streets without a prayer of being able to sustain themselves beyond that to be ripped apart by the machinery of petty and organized crime, while a small number of rich people got to feel good about themselves, see their rent drop, and have less competition for the small number of high paying jobs that remained.
It takes a lot to accomplish what Giuliani accomplished in 8 years, and some of it probably involves stepping on a few toes, but New York is far better off for having been through that. And anyways, the number of people who were hurt by this was probably no greater then the number of people who would've been heaved in to the east river by the crooks.


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This chandelier was picked up at a Salvation Army.
We put this one in a master bedroom, which gives the room a finished, complete look.
Here is another chandelier that I picked up a Restore Shop.
I spray painted them with Rustoleum Metallic Oil Rubbed Bronze. I will usually hang the light fixtures in the garage with a hook to the ceiling and to the chain, of the light. Sometimes I will spray it on a drop cloth, getting all that is visible then letting it dry, flip it over and spray it from the other side. The key is, which ever way you do it, check it over extremely well for any missed spots, before hanging the light fixture.
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beautiful job! love them both!!
Fabulous I live for the orb!
Wowee! I was thinking "No Way!" That's an amazing transformation, but I should have known better, I have the same can of ORB in my basement!
Love that you put a chandelier in your bedroom!
Love it! That is a great idea!
Great job, your chandeliers look awesome!
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They look so good! That first one is especially amazing.
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Part 1 is here. This chapter won't make much sense if you haven't read it!
No special warnings, apart from BIG spoilers for Dexter Seasons 2, 3 and 4.
Comments please before I post to archives. Some small changes made in the last scene, and to fix spelling mistakes.
Fanfic, NCIS / Dexter: Give the Boys A Great Big Hand, 1/??
Apologies for starting yet another story, this is an idea that's been bugging me for a while, and wanted to get it started while it was still fresh. Don't expect fast updates on this one, I'm really busy with other things right now.
Later - made some changes, mostly in the section were Gibbs is talking to the Captain.