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The Play's the Thing -- Act 4
Romeo and (+) Juliet (1968 and 1996)
The idea of this blog has always been to look at how the church and clergy -- and Christianity in general -- has been viewed in popular culture today and, for the last century, in the movies. Today we're stretching a bit by looking at a take on clergy from the late 16th century. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is estimated to have been written between 1591 and 1595.
There have been dozens of filmed adaptations of Romeo and Juliet, even if you don't include looser versions such as West Side Story and Warm Bodies. We love you, dear Movie Churches readers, but we weren't about to watch -- and write about -- dozens of adaptations for this post. Instead, we watched two: Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 blockbuster Romeo and Juliet and Baz Luhrmann's more contemporary take of Romeo + Juliet.
In our era, when comic book superheroes rule the box office, it's hard to imagine a time when the public was excited about a Shakespeare play on the big screen, but young people flocked to see 1968's representation of literature's most famous young lovers. It probably helped that the posters for the film showed the title characters apparently naked in bed and word got out that the young, pretty actors (Leonard Whiting as Romeo and Olivia Hussey as Juliet) would, in fact, be seen naked (briefly) in a PG-rated film. Like most of Zeffirelli's work, Romeo and Juliet is rich with period sets and costumes and lush cinematography.
Probably no one back in 1968 was saying, "Let's go and see that movie with the friar," but that, of course, is our focus here at Movie Churches. And Billy Shakespeare made Friar Laurence central in the plot of the story, leading inadvertently to the death of the young lovers.
In the 1968 film, we first see Father Laurence with his herbs in the field. I can't help but think that a certain segment of the '60's audience would think "herbs" in a different way than it would have been thought of in previous decades.
Friar Laurence is Romeo's confidante. When Romeo comes to him to tell about his true love, the clergyman assumes he's talking about Rosaline, his previous sweetheart. But no, Romeo has moved on and has fallen in love at first sight with a young woman from a family currently at war with his own family. Friar Laurence is taken aback and exclaims, "Holy Saint Francis! Is Rosaline so soon forgotten?"
Zeffirelli is not coy about the church setting where Romeo and Laurence meet. A crucifix is prominently featured in the scene. It is interesting that this young man shares most deeply about his love life with a man who has taken a vow of chastity. The friar hopes that this new romance might bring peace between the Capulet and Montague families.
Romeo also meets with Juliet's nurse in the church. They both pretend to be pray while they discuss the Juliet's message to Romeo. We hear a choir singing in the background. Upon hearing confirmation of Juliet's love for him, Romeo blows kisses to the crucifix.
When Romeo and Juliet meet at the church a few hours later, Friar Laurence steps between them to keep them from getting too passionate, then performs the marriage ceremony for the young lovers (without any witnesses).
The young couple continues to hide their relationship from their families, and Friar Laurence aids in the deception. Juliet's family has arranged for her to marry a nobleman named Paris, and Friar Laurence practically flat out lies to Paris. I have problems with that lack of honesty from a man of the cloth, but compared to what he does next, this is almost a minor problem.
Romeo kills a man and is exiled. The hope of a happy ending for the lovers seems to be fading. So Friar Laurence devises a simply genius plan to reunite the lovers and prevent Juliet from marrying Paris. Laurence convinces Juliet to take a potion that will simulate death for "two and forty hours." She is to fake her death, Friar Laurence will hold a mock funeral, notify Romeo that it's all a ruse, and when she wakes, the two can run off happily ever after.
But sadly, Friar Laurence entrusts the message to another friar who proves to be an incompetent courier. Romeo, believing Juliet dead, poisons himself. Juliet awakens, and Friar Laurence tries to take her from the scene to keep her from finding out about Romeo's death. The friar fails, and Juliet kills herself with a dagger. (Sorry, spoilers!)
This whole plan of the friar's was based on deception and doomed from the start. If he had -- long before -- used his influence to bring about peace between the feuding families instead of involving himself in teen romance, perhaps there would have been a better outcome.
Milo O'Shea, the actor who plays Laurence in this version, comes across as a bumbling buffoon. Pete Postlethwaite provides Friar Laurence with a little more substance and gravitas in 1996's Romeo + Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann. Luhrmann is not a subtle director, making lavish, at times garish productions. This telling of the lovers of Verona takes place in modern times, with guns taking the place of swords and television commentators taking the place of omniscient narrators. (This film has star power with Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo and Claire Danes as Juliet.)
Friar Laurence is a more contemporary looking fellow, too, sporting a cross tattoo on his back, rather like the one Robert De Niro had in Cape Fear. This friar is also first seen meddling with his herbs, and recreational drug inferences are a little stronger than in the 1968 version. Though the architecture of the church is not unlike the medieval structures seen in the Zeffirelli film, the boy's choir sing, "When Doves Cry" and "Everybody's Free."
Friar Laurence's apartment is decorated with religious statuary and pictures of Jesus. When he conducts Juliet's funeral, there are tacky neon crosses everywhere. But the friar doesn't talk about Jesus much or seem to be interested in following his example in working with people.
Friar Laurence in this version of the story (as in the original), obviously cares very much for the foolish young couple, but trusting in his own wiles rather than looking to wisdom from Scripture leads to a tragic end. The clergymen earn both films a low Movie Churches rating of Two Steeples.
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Labels: Baz Luhrmann, Franco Zefferelli, plays, Shakespeare
The Play's the Thing Act 3 French, Godless Jimmy Stewart?
Seventh Heaven (1937)
Films often rely on a suspension of disbelief -- a giant ape, a twister carrying a house to a magical land, or a man that can fly… But Jimmy Stewart as a Parisian sewer worker in 1937's Seventh Heaven? That's really stretching it.
Seventh Heaven was a Broadway hit early in the Roaring Twenties. There was a 1927 silent film, but we watched the second version directed by Henry King. A title card introduces the setting, making it clear that this will be an apt subject for Movie Churches:
"Paris, 1914. On the lower slope of Montmartre hill lies a sinister square called "The Sock." Its wretched inhabitants crowded like rats, live between heaven and hell, for their evil street is stopped suddenly by a church."
The film has an international cast with an interesting assortment of accents (supposedly all found in France). While Simone Simon who plays the heroine, Diane, is French, Gale Sondergaard who plays her sister, Nana, is American born. Others in the neighborhood are Aristide the Astrologer (played by J. Edward Bromberg from Romania) and Durand (played by Sig Ruman of Germany). And the priest, Father Chevillion, is played by a Dane, Jean Hersholt.
So I guess Jimmy Stewart's Chico, though a Yankee, fits right in with this multicultural neighborhood. Chico considers himself "a most remarkable fellow." One of the things that Chico considers remarkable about himself is his atheism, of which he proudly boasts. When asked why he doesn't believe in God, he says, "Everything made me an atheist." He explains he prayed for two things. First of all, he prayed for promotion from sewer worker to street sweep. He paid 6 francs for the biggest candle he could find and prayed in church. "I have prayed so long and so loud, that even if God was deaf he would have heard me," he says. But no promotion came. Then he bought a candle to pray for a wife with yellow hair. "A remarkable fellow like me should have a remarkable wife." That prayer wasn't answered either. "God owes me 12 francs" (for the candles).
One of Chico's friends hides in the church when the police are chasing him for stealing a watch. The Gendarmarie won't enter the church, but one officer says to the other, "He's got to come out sometime."
As the thief skulks in the church, other people are in the pews, and the priest is conversing with the altar boys. The priest sees the thief hiding behind a pillar and says to him, "Well my son, have you come back to Mother Church? I have the whole evening, time enough to confess." He does return the stolen watch to the priest, and ruckus outside allows him to escape by dropping down a manhole -- where he is confronted by Chico in the sewer.
Chico knows where the thief's been, saying, "If you need help, come here, not a church. Priests are crafty. Sometimes all they need is a minute." Chico is quite concerned his friend will fall under ecclesiastical influence, saying, "If you're going to hide, hide down here, where you have to work for help, not pray for it."
But Chico soon encounters that same priest, Father Chevillion. Diane, a young woman wearing a plain dress and a cross necklace, is at a table in her sister's "cafe" with a man. She refuses the attentions of the lecherous older man and throws wine in the man's face. Her sister is angry and drives Diane to the street and beats her. Chico steps between them, throwing Nana in the sewer.
This leads to a conversation with a friend about God. To prove God doesn't exist, Chico says he'll walk into the church and dare God to strike him dead. There he meets Father Chevillion, who had also seen the incident with Chico, Nana, and Diane. Chico says, "There's nothing between you and me, Citizen Priest."
But the priest says to him, "I've longed to get my hands on a real atheist. We should talk on neutral ground." So they go out on the street, where Chico tells the priest he doesn't believe in God because of mistreated creatures like Diane. He then tells the priest that God didn't answer his prayers for promotion or for a wife.
The priest takes out a piece of paper and writes out a note for the city commissioner to promote Chico from sewer man to street sweeper. He also asks Chico to care for Diane. Obviously, the priest is taking it upon himself to answer Chico's prayers. Father Chevillion also gives Chico two saints' medals. When Chico inspects them, he notices their price. Each is worth 6 francs.
Chico becomes. When Diane is accused of vagrancy, he tells the police officer she is his wife. Most of the rest of the film focuses on the growing romance between Chico and Diane. The great obstacle to their love comes when Chico is drafted to serve in World War I, but he goes with faith. Diane had faith in God but has come to have faith in Chico as well. Chico has come to have faith in God through his relationship with Diane.
The priest and the church play another role toward the end of the film. The church is a hospital for wounded soldiers, and Father Chevillion serves as their chaplain. In time, one of the men he must care for is a badly wounded Chico -- and eventually, Chico and Diane are reunited.
It could be argued that Father Chevillion manipulates events to lead men to God. Or it could be said that the priest serves as God's hand in the lives of others. Because I believe the latter, Father Chevillion and his church receive our highest Movie Churches rating of 4 Steeples.
Labels: James Stewart, plays, Roman Catholic Church
The very first Movie Church post
Back in 2014, Dean started reviewing churches and clergy at Dean and Mindy go to church. It wasn't long before we realized that those posts deserved their own blog. Now that we've finished up the church visitation project, the time is right to move all the movie churches here where they belong. (Observant readers will notice that in this first movie church post, Dean hadn't started giving steeple ratings.)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983)
Since this is the first movie post, I want to make it clear what this is about, so you'll be in the know. Those poor folks who start reading after this week will be baffled but not you. These movie posts will review not movies, but rather the churches portrayed in movies.
For example, I recently saw John Wick. The film features Keanu Reeves in a mindless but stylish retread of 1980's Chuck Norris, Sly Stallone type action films --perfectly fine if you like that kind of thing (and I do). But in this column, we wouldn't be analyzing the direction of Chad Stahelski or the plotting of screenwriter Derek Kolstad. We'd just jump ahead to the church portrayed in the film. The church is some sort of Orthodox denomination with a massive building in NYC. But apparently, that just serves as a front for an Eastern European mob. I'm giving the church in the film a big thumbs down. Call me old fashioned, but I don't like churches with clergy on the take with syndicate drug money, where sitting in a pew could get you shot in a spectacular gun battle.
For this first month of movie churches, I'll be reviewing churches in Christmas films, starting with The Church with No Name in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, a cheesy made-for-TV version of a pretty wonderful children's book.
As I've indicated, I never did catch the name of the church from watching the film, but let's go through some of the church's pros and cons before we decide on whether to give it a thumbs up or a thumbs down.
Pro: Thriving Children's Ministry
Every kid in town seems to go to the Church with No Name's Sunday School class and participate in the annual Christmas program. Well, every kid except for those in the Herdman family, youngster thugs who are devoted to extorting from other children and blowing stuff up real good. The story is about when even the Herdmans decide to become involved with the Christmas program.
Con: A Network of Gossips
When the Herdmans become a part of the Christmas program, every woman in the church seems to be on the telephone talking with every other woman in the church about how awful it is that these young reprobates are befouling their sacred building. (Jesus, on the other hand, was pretty positive about when sinners came to see Him.)
Pro: A Minor CelebrityAttending the church and directing the Christmas program is none other than Loretta Swit, television celebrity. Didn't recognize anyone else in the church, but it would be cool to say, "You know Hot Lips from the show M*A*S*H? She goes to our church."
Con: Cowardly, Mealy-mouthed Clergy
The pastor wants to buckle under the pressure of the gossiping women and plans to cancel the Christmas program because the Herdman children are involved. Skittish pastors are not a pretty sight.
Pro: Grape Juice Served for Communion
I know many of you probably prefer wine for communion, but in the film, the Herdman kids get into the grape juice stash. I used to sometimes get a hold of the leftover communion grape juice and drink it until I was sick. And I can tell you both situations would have been a lot worse if wine had been involved.
Con: Little Support for Volunteers
Ms. Swit seems to be on her own directing the Christmas program (with the exception of her reluctant daughter).
But I have two pros left:
Pro: Christmas Program Goes Well
The Herdman kids manage to inject some earthy reality into the show, and it touches people.
Finally, one more Pro:
Early in the story, after a church service, one of the Herdman kids asks, "What isthe Christmas program about?" and someone responds, "It's about Jesus." And the Herdman kid says, "Everything in this church is about Jesus."
Now if "everything… is about Jesus", then that church definitely would get a thumbs up and I'd want to go to there.
Labels: 2014 Loretta Switt, Christmas movie churches, repost
The Play's the Thing Act Two: (Or is the Movie the Thing...I'm not sure)
Doubt (2008)
What a difference a decade makes. Doubt was made in 2008, and the film set in a Catholic school seems to have great sympathy for Father Brendan Flynn. He's a hip, happening young priest -- as opposed to old, repressed Sister Aloysius Beauvier. Flynn is possibly a pedophile, but he coaches basketball and has fun stories in his homily, so is that such a big deal?
John Patrick Shanley wrote the play, Doubt, based on his experiences as a boy in parochial school in the 1960's. The play started off-Broadway, made it to Broadway, and won both the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Drama. (Shanley was also an Oscar winner for his Moonstruck screenplay.)
Sister James is played by Amy Adams. Shanley claims that the character is based on one of his first teachers, Sister Margaret McEntee (to whom the film is dedicated). Sister James is a new math and history teacher at Saint Nicolas Church School. She has two very different superiors; Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep), the school principal, and Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is the priest.
Sister Aloysius is a harsh disciplinarian who encourages Sister James to be much more strict with her students. She is distrustful of technological advances, confiscating transistor radios (which spread secular music) and ballpoint pens (which encourage lazy penmanship). She patrols the aisle during chapel services, hitting the back of students' heads if they chat or doze.
Sister Aloysius hosts dinners for the nuns; quiet, joyless affairs. The highlight seems to be recapping the Sunday homilies -- of which Aloysius is quite critical. She seems to live a life of fear and loathing, cloistered from the scary world.
On the other hand, Father Flynn initially seems to be the essence of cinema's fighting young priests. We hear his homily shortly after JFK's assassination in which he talks about how sorrow united the nation. "Your bond with your fellow being was despair. It was awful, but we were in it together. How much worse to be alone in grief? Doubt can be a bond powerful and sustaining as certainty." (He also introduces both the title and theme of the film). It should be noted that all of Flynn's preaching in the film seems to be Scripture free, and for the most part, God-free.
Flynn jokes with the kids of the schools, asking "How are the criminals doing today?" We see him taking a special interest in an altar boy, the first African American to attend the school. He gives him a toy, a dancing ballerina. And when the boy drinks the sacramental wine, Flynn meets with him.
But Sister Aloysius thinks there's more to the priest's relationship to the boy. In a meeting about the school Christmas pageant, she accuses him, but Father Flynn makes plausible explanations.
Still concerned, Sister Aloysius goes to talk with the boy's mother (Viola Davis), who admits that she too is suspicious of the priest. But she doesn't care. In so many words, she admits she suspects her son is gay. If so, she thinks it's just as well if a kind man initiates her son. Even more, she appreciates the advantages the school offers her son, and she doesn't want to jeopardize her son's opportunities.
This is too much for Sister Aloysius. She brings the matter to her superiors and tricks Flynn into thinking she has material to blackmail him. He does leave the school -- he's promoted to head of another school. The issue of his sexual conduct is, however, left in doubt.
The really strange thing about this film is that it seems to share the boy's mother's attitude. If Father Flynn was molesting a child, was it really that bad? I mean, since he was nice about it and all. And since we don't know for sure, the film seems to say, it wouldn't be worth a really thorough investigation. Surely he isn't as bad as the sister who smacks a kid in the back of the head for napping in chapel.
Again, this film was made only ten years ago, but continuing revelations about abuses in the Roman Catholic Church along with the #MeToo movement put the events of this film in a very different light. The film gives Father Flynn a much greater benefit of then the character would receive if the film was made today. He seemed guilty to me.
I'm not giving this film our lowest clergy score, because though Sister Aloysius and Father Flynn are awful, Sister James appears to be a decent teacher. We're giving the clergy and church of Doubt two of a possible four steeples.
Labels: 2019, Amy Adams, fighting young priest, Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, plays, Roman Catholic Church
The Play's the Thing at Movie Churches Act One: (Because you want More...)
We're kicking off the year here at Movie Churches with a new theme: "The Play's the Thing." During January, we'll be looking at plays adapted to film (as always, they're films with clergy and/or churches). This week's film, A Man For All Seasons barely qualifies though. It's about a layman, Sir Thomas More, who was a politician during the time of Henry VIII of England. Even though he wasn't a clergyman, he had plenty to say about the church, and though he tried to avoid it, he gave his life for the Church. Eventually, the Roman Catholic Church made him a saint, so I guess that counts for something.
Robert Bolt's first telling of More's story was in the form of a radio play in 1954. Then it was a teleplay for the BBC in 1957. It took to the stage at the Globe Theater in London and went on to Broadway, where it was a hit that ran for a year. It was adapted for the screen in 1966 and won the Academy Award for Best Picture along with an Oscar for Bolt, director Fred Zinnemann, and Best Actor for Paul Scofield for his performance of as Sir Thomas More.
In our first view of More in the film, he's laughing as others mock the priests of the church (in England at the time, the Roman Catholic Church was the only church). A man jokes, "Every second bastard is fathered by a priest."
Another man makes a reference to More's classic book, Utopia, "Why, in Utopia that couldn't be."
"Well, there the priests are very holy."
"Therefore, very few."
Sir Thomas seems to find the whole conversation rather amusing.
More lived in a turbulent time. Martin Luther, John Calvin, and other reformers were leading movements to break from the Roman Catholic Church in various parts of Europe. More's critical writings about the Church inspired some of these men, but ultimately, More remained faithful to the Catholic Church.
When a good young man, Matthew Roper, came to ask if he could marry More's daughter, Alice, More refused. Roper was sympathetic to the Reformers. More, who liked Roper, still wouldn't allow his daughter to marry a "heretic." The situation leads to family tension.
But it's nothing compared to the tension that begins when the King, Henry the VIII, wants to break from the Roman Catholic Church. The other Reformers had theological differences with the Church regarding faith, works, grace, and salvation. Henry's disagreement was over whether he'd get his own way.
Henry had been given a special papal dispensation to marry his brother's wife after his brother's death. But that wife, Catherine of Aragon, gave Henry no sons, so Henry wanted to divorce Catherine to marry a younger woman, Anne Boleyn. The pope would not grant the divorce, so Henry decided that England would leave the Catholic Church. He would create a Church of England -- the Anglican Church.
Of course, Henry tried to put his decision in a holy light. He said he should never have been allowed to marry Catherine in the first place. God was punishing him for this sin by denying him an heir. Since the king's was correcting his earlier error, anyone who opposed his course of action was opposing God as well. King Henry (Robert Shaw) says, "I have no queen! Catherine's not my wife! No priest can make her so! They that say she is my wife are not only liars but traitors!"
At this turbulent time, More was the King's Chancellor. Naturally, all who served the king were expected to endorse and support the King's policy, so More resigned from his position without saying anything against the king. More, a lawyer, argued that the law -- technically -- takes "silence" to mean consent.
The people of England, though, know that More believes the king to be wrong in his decision to leave the Roman Catholic Church (and to marry Anne). Forces within the King's administration, particularly Thomas Cromwell (Leo McKern) attempt to require More to choose between supporting the king in verbal or written form -- or being executed for treason.
More uses every trick and twist he can find in the law to keep himself alive. In the end, he refuses to violate his own conscience and stays true to the Church. And loses his head to the executioner.
I probably should admit why I included this film even though More isn't a clergyman. This is one of my favorite plays and screenplays, and More is one of my heroes.
Come to think of it, there is one clergyman presented prominently in the film: Cardinal Wolsey, a slippery fox of a politician in a red church robe. People say he's "a butcher's son, still a butcher." Like most of the clergy in England of the time, he is more than willing to sell his soul to the king and those in power when it is to his advantage to do so.
As More says of Richard Rich, a man who betrays him, "Why Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world… but for Wales?"
The church in this film -- both the Roman Catholic and the Anglican -- doesn't come off too well. I'll give it a rating of Two Steeples. As for Sir Thomas More? I'm sure he wouldn't care what I rated him.
When More tried to persuade Richard Rich to stay away from politics for his own good, he said, "Why not be a teacher? You'd be a fine teacher; perhaps a great one."
Rich asked "If I was, who would know it?"
More replied, "You. Your pupils, your friends. God. Not a bad public, that."
Labels: 2018, Paul Scofield, plays, Roman Catholic Church, saints
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Q: Preventing the user to click a div when its fading out I'm trying to create a filtering system where the user can filter for answers using more than one category, but the user can't choose more than one option from each category, so upon clicking an option from any category, that category will fade out ... I have the following little problem, if the user clicks on another option from the same category while it's fading out, he will be able to choose two options from the same category ... How can I disable any click on the category when it's fading out ??
Here is the code I'm using:
HTML:

   Category 1
   Option 1
   Option 2
   Option 3
   Option 4
   Option 5
   Option 6

    Category 2
    Option 1
    Option 2
    Option 3
    Option 4

     Category 3
     Option  1
     Option 2
     Option 3
     Option 4
     Option 5
     Option 6

JQuery:
   $('.search-option').click(function(){
       var x = $(this).html();
       $('#filtered-items').append(x);
       $(this).parent('.search-list').fadeTo('slow', 0);

       $('#filtered-items > span').click(function(){
          $('#'+$(this).attr('data')).fadeTo('slow', 100);
          $(this).hide();
           });
        });

I tried using the following JQuery code but it didn't work:
 $('.search-option').click(function(e) {
            e.preventDefault();
       });

Thanks in advance...

A: You can set an indicator in your function:
$('.search-option').click(function(){
   if(indicator) {
     return false
   }
...
}

The indicator is something set when the fade starts and clears when it ends. It could be:

*

*a javascript variable,

*or - you can check the current opacity,

*or - or you can set/clear a class name during the fade.

A: Try:
$('.search-option').click(function(){
  var x = $(this).html();
  $('#filtered-items').append(x);

  // ADDED LINES
  $(this).parent('.search-list').find('a').each(function(){
    $(this).click(function(){return false;});
  });
  // END: ADDED LINES

  $(this).parent('.search-list').fadeTo('slow', 0);

  $('#filtered-items > span').click(function(){
    $('#'+$(this).attr('data')).fadeTo('slow', 100);
    $(this).hide();
  });
});

A: Simply remove the 'search-option' class from all options in a category once it is clicked.

A: You can set the click event to null once it has fired:
$('.search-option').click(function(){
   $(this).click(null); // set click to do nothing on the clicked element
   var x = $(this).html();
   $('#filtered-items').append(x);
   $(this).parent('.search-list').fadeTo('slow', 0);

   $('#filtered-items > span').click(function(){
      $('#'+$(this).attr('data')).fadeTo('slow', 100);
      $(this).hide();
   });
});

This will only turn off the click action on the specifically clicked element so your other filters will continue to work until each of them has been selected once.  If you want to re-enable the click function after everything has happened you can save the function, disable it, then re-enable at the end as below:
$('.search-option').click(function(){
   var fun = $(this).click;
   $(this).click(null); // set click to do nothing on the clicked element

   // OTHER CODE

   $(this).click(fun);
});

A: Since this all hinges on the user clicking on an element with the class "search-option", just remove that class from the element and its siblings before starting the fade and then restore it with a callback after the fade runs. That way, nobody can click twice:
   $('.search-option').click(function() {
        var x = $(this).html();
        $('#filtered-items').append(x);
        $(this).parent().children().removeClass('search-option');
        $(this).parent('.search-list').fadeTo('slow', 0, function() {
             $(this).children().addClass('search-option');
        });
   });

A: Hey everyone ... I finally solved it, I had to change the whole structure of the function and use the methods "unbind" and "bind" ... Here is the solution if anyone is interested in it:
        $('.search-option').click(work);

    });

 function work(){

                var x = $(this).html();

                $('#filtered-items').append(x);

                $(this).unbind('click');
                $(this).siblings('a').unbind('click');

                $(this).parent('.search-list').fadeOut('slow');

        $('#filtered-items > span').click(function(){
                $('#'+$(this).attr('data')).fadeIn('slow');
                $('#'+$(this).attr('data')).children('a').bind('click',work );
                $(this).remove();
                });

            };

Now the user can't choose more than one option at each category ....

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In case you missed it, the one and only Joe Jonas spent some time in our gorj country this year, while he co-judged The Voice.
S: How did you immerse yourself in the role?
Joe: "I had to wear a lot of octopus outfits… and I didn't eat octopus for about 6 months… out of respect. No this is true.
S: The film was about a family vacation, which can be really good… or a mess. Do you have any distinct memories that haunt you?
He explains how he went on a cruise on his 15th birthday with his family. He met a girl he had a huge crush on, but his parents really embarrassed him and he was then stuck on the boat with her. Yikes.
If there's one revelation that we totally didn't expect from Joe though, it's how into scary stories he is. In the interview, he describes how a friend went camping and had a really scary encounter with a child ghost.
"That haunted me as a kid," he revealed.
And did you know the Jonas family had an abandoned graveyard in their backyard growing up? CREEPY AF!!!
S: So you're going on a cruise for 35 days, you can only take 4 people with you… who do you choose?
Joe: "Bill Murray – he'd keep me laughing. My brother Nick. We'd had a good time. I think Adam Sandler would be pretty awesome… and Shaquille O'Neil. It's a good group.


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As a forensic neurology consultant for Los Angeles County, Riverside County, and San Bernardino Counties, Dr. Stacey Wood has provided expert analysis on a considerable number of cases. Not only does Dr. Wood have the courtroom experience necessary to be a strong expert witness, she is a leading researcher in the field of financial elder abuse. Dr. Wood served as the Lead Editor and major contributor on "Assessment of Older Adults with Diminished Capacity: A Handbook for Lawyers," published by the APA/ABA.
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Probate Conservatorship Laws in California
The following codes are commonly referenced when discussing probate conservatorship laws in California: California Probate Code 259 and California Probate Code 2250.
Legal Conservatorship California
A conservatorship is a court case where a judge appoints a responsible person or organization (called the "conservator") to care for another adult (called the "conservatee") who cannot care for himself or herself or manage his or her own finances. Within probate conservatorships, they fall into two categories: General Conservatorships and Limited Conservatorships. Additionally, Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Conservatorships are used to care for adults with serious mental health illnesses who require special care.
California Probate Code 259
(a) Any person shall be deemed to have predeceased a decedent to the extent provided in subdivision (c) where all of the following apply:
(1) It has been proven by clear and convincing evidence that the person is liable for physical abuse, neglect, or financial abuse of the decedent, who was an elder or dependent adult.
(2) The person is found to have acted in bad faith.
(3) The person has been found to have been reckless, oppressive, fraudulent, or malicious in the commission of any of these acts upon the decedent.
(4) The decedent, at the time those acts occurred and thereafter until the time of his or her death, has been found to have been substantially unable to manage his or her financial resources or to resist fraud or undue influence.
(b) Any person shall be deemed to have predeceased a decedent to the extent provided in subdivision (c) if that person has been convicted of a violation of Section 236 of the Penal Code or any offense described in Section 368 of the Penal Code.
(c) Any person found liable under subdivision (a) or convicted under subdivision (b) shall not (1) receive any property, damages, or costs that are awarded to the decedent's estate in an action described in subdivision (a) or (b), whether that person's entitlement is under a will, a trust, or the laws of intestacy; or (2) serve as a fiduciary as defined in Section 39, if the instrument nominating or appointing that person was executed during the period when the decedent was substantially unable to manage his or her financial resources or resist fraud or undue influence. This section shall not apply to a decedent who, at any time following the act or acts described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), or the act or acts described in subdivision (b), was substantially able to manage his or her financial resources and to resist fraud or undue influence within the meaning of subdivision (b) of Section 1801 of the Probate Code and subdivision (b) of Section 39 of the Civil Code.
(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Physical abuse" as defined in Section 15610.63 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(2) "Neglect" as defined in Section 15610.57 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(3) "False imprisonment" as defined in Section 368 of the Penal Code.
(4) "Financial abuse" as defined in Section 15610.30 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the severance and transfer of an action or proceeding to a separate civil action pursuant to Section 801.
California Probate Code 2250
(a) On or after the filing of a petition for appointment of a guardian or conservator, any person entitled to petition for appointment of the guardian or conservator may file a petition for appointment of:
(1) A temporary guardian of the person or estate, or both.
(2) A temporary conservator of the person or estate, or both.
(b) The petition shall state facts which establish good cause for appointment of the temporary guardian or temporary conservator. The court, upon that petition or other showing as it may require, may appoint a temporary guardian of the person or estate, or both, or a temporary conservator of the person or estate, or both, to serve pending the final determination of the court upon the petition for the appointment of the guardian or conservator.
(c) If the petitioner, proposed guardian, or proposed conservator is a professional fiduciary, as described in Section 2340, who is required to be licensed under the Professional Fiduciaries Act (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code), the petition for appointment of a temporary guardian or temporary conservator shall include the following:
(1) The petitioner's, proposed guardian's, or proposed conservator's proposed hourly fee schedule or another statement of his or her proposed compensation from the estate of the proposed ward or proposed conservatee for services performed as a guardian or conservator. The petitioner's, proposed guardian's, or proposed conservator's provision of a proposed hourly fee schedule or another statement of his or her proposed compensation, as required by this paragraph, shall not preclude a court from later reducing the petitioner's, proposed guardian's, or proposed conservator's fees or other compensation.
(2) Unless a petition for appointment of a guardian or conservator that contains the statements required by this paragraph is filed together with a petition for appointment of a temporary guardian or temporary conservator, both of the following:
(A) A statement of the petitioner's, proposed guardian's, or proposed conservator's registration or license information.
(B) A statement explaining who engaged the petitioner, proposed guardian, or proposed conservator or how the petitioner, proposed guardian, or proposed conservator was engaged to file the petition for appointment of a temporary guardian or temporary conservator or to agree to accept the appointment as temporary guardian or temporary conservator and what prior relationship the petitioner, proposed guardian, or proposed conservator had with the proposed ward or proposed conservatee or the proposed ward's or proposed conservatee's family or friends.
(d) If the petition is filed by a party other than the proposed conservatee, the petition shall include a declaration of due diligence showing both of the following:
(1) Either the efforts to find the proposed conservatee's relatives named in the petition for appointment of a general conservator or why it was not feasible to contact any of them.
(2) Either the preferences of the proposed conservatee concerning the appointment of a temporary conservator and the appointment of the proposed temporary conservator or why it was not feasible to ascertain those preferences.
(e) Unless the court for good cause otherwise orders, at least five court days before the hearing on the petition, notice of the hearing shall be given as follows:
(1) Notice of the hearing shall be personally delivered to the proposed ward if he or she is 12 years of age or older, to the parent or parents of the proposed ward, and to any person having a valid visitation order with the proposed ward that was effective at the time of the filing of the petition. Notice of the hearing shall not be delivered to the proposed ward if he or she is under 12 years of age. In a proceeding for temporary guardianship of the person, evidence that a custodial parent has died or become incapacitated, and that the petitioner or proposed guardian is the nominee of the custodial parent, may constitute good cause for the court to order that this notice not be delivered.
(2) Notice of the hearing shall be personally delivered to the proposed conservatee, and notice of the hearing shall be served on the persons required to be named in the petition for appointment of conservator. If the petition states that the petitioner and the proposed conservator have no prior relationship with the proposed conservatee and has not been nominated by a family member, friend, or other person with a relationship to the proposed conservatee, notice of hearing shall be served on the public guardian of the county in which the petition is filed.
(3) A copy of the petition for temporary appointment shall be served with the notice of hearing.
(f) If a temporary guardianship is granted ex parte and the hearing on the general guardianship petition is not to be held within 30 days of the granting of the temporary guardianship, the court shall set a hearing within 30 days to reconsider the temporary guardianship. Notice of the hearing for reconsideration of the temporary guardianship shall be provided pursuant to Section 1511, except that the court may for good cause shorten the time for the notice of the hearing.
(g) Visitation orders with the proposed ward granted prior to the filing of a petition for temporary guardianship shall remain in effect, unless for good cause the court orders otherwise.
(h)(1) If a temporary conservatorship is granted ex parte, and a petition to terminate the temporary conservatorship is filed more than 15 days before the first hearing on the general petition for appointment of conservator, the court shall set a hearing within 15 days of the filing of the petition for termination of the temporary conservatorship to reconsider the temporary conservatorship. Unless the court otherwise orders, notice of the hearing on the petition to terminate the temporary conservatorship shall be given at least 10 days prior to the hearing.
(2) If a petition to terminate the temporary conservatorship is filed within 15 days before the first hearing on the general petition for appointment of conservator, the court shall set the hearing at the same time that the hearing on the general petition is set. Unless the court otherwise orders, notice of the hearing on the petition to terminate the temporary conservatorship pursuant to this section shall be given at least five court days prior to the hearing.
(i) If the court suspends powers of the guardian or conservator under Section 2334 or 2654 or under any other provision of this division, the court may appoint a temporary guardian or conservator to exercise those powers until the powers are restored to the guardian or conservator or a new guardian or conservator is appointed.
(j) If for any reason a vacancy occurs in the office of guardian or conservator, the court, on a petition filed under subdivision (a) or on its own motion, may appoint a temporary guardian or conservator to exercise the powers of the guardian or conservator until a new guardian or conservator is appointed.
(k) On or before January 1, 2008, the Judicial Council shall adopt a rule of court that establishes uniform standards for good cause exceptions to the notice required by subdivision (e), limiting those exceptions to only cases when waiver of the notice is essential to protect the proposed conservatee or ward, or the estate of the proposed conservatee or ward, from substantial harm.
(l) A superior court shall not be required to perform any duties imposed pursuant to the amendments to this section enacted by Chapter 493 of the Statutes 2006 until the Legislature makes an appropriation identified for this purpose.
Petition for Appointment of Probate Conservator
The Petition for Appointment of Probate Conservator is part of the California Probate Codes 1820, 1821, and 2680-2682, and can be found here.
California Probate Conservatorship
There are various types of conservatorships in California, these are the two types available in probate.
General Conservatorships – conservatorships of adults who cannot take care of themselves or their finances. These conservatees are often elderly people, but can also be younger people who have been seriously impaired, like in a car accident, for example.
Limited Conservatorships – conservatorships of adults with developmental disabilities who cannot fully care for themselves or their finances. Conservatees in limited conservatorships do not need the higher level of care or help that conservatees in general conservatorships need.
A situation that may arise is the implementation of a temporary conservator if the conservatorship is needed right away. The Judicial Council of California explains:
"The request must be filed as part of a general conservatorship case, and can be filed either at the same time or soon after the general conservatorship case is opened with the court. The main duties of a temporary conservator are arranging for the temporary care, protection, and support of the conservatee, and protecting the conservatee's finances and property."
Probate Conservatorship Los Angeles County
Probate conservatorship in Los Angeles County covers the cities of Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Long Beach, Pasadena, Beverly Hills, Malibu, Burbank, Torrance, West Hollywood, Compton, Redondo Beach, Culver City, Manhattan Beach, Whittier, Alhambra, Santa Clarita, Downey, Calabasas, Pomona, Hermosa Beach, El Segundo, La Mirada, West Covina and more.
Information on probate conservatorship in Los Angeles County can be found via the Conservatorship Pro Per Assistance Program at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse.
San Bernardino County Probate Conservatorship
Probate conservatorship in San Bernardino County covers the cities of San Bernardino, Rancho Cucamonga, Fontana, Ontario, Redlands, Rialto, Victorville, Colton, Upland, Chino, Highland, Big Bear Lake, Hesperia, Loma Linda, Yucaipa, Chino Hills, Apple Valley, Barstow, Montclair, Grand Terrace, Adelanto, Twentynine Palms, Phelan, Yucca Valley, and more.
The Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino provides an online orientation for conservatorship.
Riverside County Probate Conservatorships
Probate conservatorship in Riverside County covers the cities of Riverside, Corona, Temecula, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Palm Springs, Hemet, Perris, Lake Elsinore, Menifee, Palm Desert, Norco, Indio, San Jacinto, Beaumont, Wildomar, Banning, Rancho Mirage, Cathedral City, La Quinta, Sun City, Eastvale, Jurupa Valley, Coachella, and more.
Information regarding probate conservatorships in Riverside County can be found on the website of The Superior Court of California, County of Riverside.
Dr. Stacey Wood, Ph.D.
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We all know that babies and toddlers put some WEIRD stuff in their mouth when teething, like your husband's toe, but some of these things make a lot of sense. Cue the crib rail. It's wood, like a lot of teething toys are now (click here for more info on that trend), nice and hard, and it is there when they need comfort the most. The problem is your kid destroys their bed and could potentially hurt their baby tooth buds in the process (since cribs aren't usually made from the same wood as teething toys). So what can we do?
Vinegar- Rub the rail down with vinegar before bed. The taste is USUALLY very unappealing to babies and safe to ingest in small amounts.
Neem Oil- Put a couple of drops of neem oil on the rail. Again, the taste is really gross.
When all else fails you can go for a good distraction! Non-plush toys that can attach to the crib rail may help deter baby from eating the rail. You can try baby chain links (like these) or any toy that is meant to be attached to the car seat or stroller (this is one of my favs). Just make sure that these are securely fastened to the crib before leaving baby unattended, and again, avoid plush toys.
If oral distraction isn't good enough you can get a light/sound machine to distract and calm baby. I like this one because it has a soft glow, movement and the music isn't terribly annoying.
Ok nothing else has worked. Your child is determined to chew on the crib rail. No big deal. Let's remove the crib rail all together. There is a lot to be said for floor sleeping. A lot of cultures start with babies on mattress on the floor as soon as baby outgrows a cradle. As long as his room is baby-proofed and you have some patience, baby is perfectly fine to sleep on his mattress on the floor.
If that makes you incredibly uneasy then opt for a pack and play. Pack and plays have come a long way from basically a netted cage. They have some beautiful designs available with tons of extra features! We opted to do a pack and play for both of our kids instead of a crib from the beginning. They are safer than a crib (nothing to get stuck in, firm mattress, tightly fitting bedding and breathable sides) and portable so you can bring baby's bed with you anytime you travel. But most importantly THERE'S NO CRIB RAIL!! Well not a wood one, obviously there is still a rail, but it is already padded and covered. Win, win.
See? No reason to worry over baby chewing on the crib rail! There are many solutions and like everything else, this too shall pass. Do you have any tips to help stop baby from chewing undesirable items? What worked or didn't work for you? Comment below!
Hey Nicke My name is Demon'te I'm a single dad and when my son was in that stage he would chew up his crib lol he is four now but I plan on having more children some day and I will defenitly be investing in some crib guards. thank you for this information!
Hi Demon'te! Kids do the darndest things don't they 😉 Glad to have helped! Check back again soon, I'll be featuring some tooth fairy ideas shortly which you'll need sooner than later for your son!!
Thanks for this great post and some good ideas under the aversion therapy. I wonder if I could dip my daughter's fingernails in vinegar too to stop her chewing them?! 🙂 Seriously though, you have listed some excellent ideas here so thank you.
Hey Gail! Vinegar would definitely help with finger nail biting. My Aunt actually did that on my cousin's thumb when she wouldn't stop sucking her thumb. Good luck!
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Mentally Deranging Power of Rock-and-Roll
Bishop Alexander (Mileant)
This article was written in the 90's when what was then called "hard rock" has now become mainstream.
Contemporary composers of rock music all agree that their creations have immense power (The majority of facts and references quoted later, have been drawn from the book The Facts on Rock Music, John Ankenberg and John Weldon, Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, Oregon USA 1992). For example, Frank Zappa wrote in Life magazine: "The ways in which sound affects the human organism are myriad and subtle... the loud sounds and bright lights of today are tremendous indoctrination tools" (Life magazine, June 28, 1968). Slash, the lead guitarist of the Guns n' Roses declares, "I mean, this is serious. It's my music affecting the lives of people you don't even know, which is definitely a scary thing. To have that much power" (Eric Holmberg, The Hell's Bells Study Guide, Gainesville, Fl Reel to Reel, 1990). One of the first distributors of rock music, Hal Ziegler wrote in the 50's "I realize that this music got through to the youngsters because the big beat matched the great rhythms of the human body. I knew it and I knew there was nothing that anyone could do to knock that out of them. I further knew that they would carry this with them the rest of their lives" (Life magazine, June 28, 1968).
Parents should not ignore the enormous influence of rock music on their children. A person's system of values is formed during childhood and adolescence.
Psychologists that specialize in the field of music's influence on humans are unanimous in their warnings concerning rock music. Noted psychologist John Kappas, showed that people "are truly susceptible to conscious messages on a record and that excitation and melancholy can be created by music/sensory overload... Any time you overload the mind, the person becomes very suggestible. They will take in anything that you suggest at that time because they have no defenses against it. People can walk out of concerts in a hyper-suggestible state ... Music has a tendency to defuse thinking and create moods. And in turn, the messages seep in" (Ted Schwartz and Duane Empey, Satanism: Is Your Family Safe? Gran Rapids, MI, Zondervan, 1989 p. 151-52; Allan Bloom, "The Closing of the American Mind," N.Y. Simon and Schuster, 1987, pp. 68-81).
Doctors are concerned about rock and roll's negative influence on youth. Recent research, concluded that young people from a very early age must work out standards of behavior that equate with the standards of adults. In this context, music—a powerful stimulus in a young person's life—has gone in a precarious direction. The words of some songs, satiated with immoral and violent content, enters into open conflict with the precepts of the adult generation, regarding restraint and sensible behavior. Doctors must take into account the importance of music in the lives of youths and utilize their musical tastes as indicators as to their emotional and mental health. (Elizabeth F. Brown and William Handee, "Adolescents and Their Music: Insight into the Health of Adolescents," Journal of the American Medical Association, 22/29th Sept. 1989, page 1659).
In his book The Closing of the American Mind, sociologist Allan Bloom expressed his concern regarding the influence that rock music has on children, teenagers and students. Dr. Bloom confirms that young people who have immature ideas about sex, will not be able to develop normally. On the contrary, rock music bombards them with messages of adult sex and even deviation, pushing them into corrupt sensual behavior. They adopt these tendencies when their understanding is still developing. In the opinion of Dr. Bloom, rock music in the American culture undermines the parents' authority with regard to the moral upbringing of their children (Bloom Closing of the American Mind, pp. 73-76).
One school specialist with vast experience in dealing with difficult children confirms: "The influence of rock music continued to surface in my counseling sessions with students. Time after time I saw them pattern their actions after the immoral behavior of their rock stars. The kids showed their allegiances by the vocabulary they picked up, the song titles printed on their book jackets, by the posters they hung on the walls of their rooms at home, by the music they listened to in their cars, and by the clothes they wore" (Media Update, Nov/Dec 1989, pp. 2-3).
School consultant and specialist in rock music Al Menconi, stated: "The sad thing is that the majority of "Christian" kids I come in contact with have a stronger commitment to their music than to Jesus. Music is the language of today's generation... I thought I understood peer pressure until I observed it first hand with my 12-year-old daughter, Ann. The pressure on her to conform to Bon Jovi — Guns n' Roses — Bobby Brown — Madonna — George Michael lifestyles is unbelievable... Every day kids identify who they are by their rock stars. Their heroes influence their values. And their values influence who they are. Today's young people don't listen to rock music, they experience it. It is their identity" (Media Update, Sept/Oct 1989, pp. 1-2).
A very instructive source of documented data can be found in a collection of interviews on MTV "Rockumentary" of leading rock groups. Here the self-destructive lifestyle of the leading figures of rock can be seen in all its clarity — abuse of narcotics, sexual permissiveness, alcoholism, nihilism, hedonism, insubordination, anarchism and predilection towards occultism. For example, on Aug 3, 1991 the musicians of Motley Crew acknowledged their debauched lifestyle, which has become normal for them. Their lifestyle had degraded them to such an animalistic level that they eventually realized quite clearly that they would need to decide on one of two courses: either change their lifestyle or prepare for death… Unfortunately, far too few understand this, while the self-destructive lifestyles of rock stars continue to infect the youth.
The influences of some forms of rock music are so serious that many states in the USA require that all potentially dangerous records and cassettes carry an authoritative evaluation of their contents. (Howard C. Nielson, member of Congress, letter dated April 19, 1990). Some 19 states are considering laws requiring the necessary warning to the user to be carried on the album. Organizations like the National Parent Teacher's Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the US Surgeon General, have voiced concern over the negative influence this type of music has on children and adolescents. Legislation submitted to the House of Representatives provides a useful summary of what people are concerned about:
"the media of music, lyrics and visual images, separately and especially in combination, have a profound influence on society and its individual members for both good and ill from the beginning of record history."
"Certain music and music videos promote negative thought and behavior by suggesting, advocating or encouraging violence, vandalism, rape, murder, drug abuse, suicide, human sacrifice, degradation of women, children and human life, bestiality, sadism, masochism and other perversions."
"Such indecent and negative material too often targets youth in the impressionable teen and even pre-teen years."
"Such material is almost universally available to anyone regardless of age with sufficient money." (Copy of legislative proposal, 101st Congress, 2nd Session, with concurrent resolution attached by Howard C. Nielson, member of Congress, 42390-1).
In principle, whichever way a person treats rock music, one cannot deny its domineering influence on the worldview and behavior of the young. Video-rock, their concerts and journals are powerful sermons that are hungrily absorbed by teenagers.
Excerpt from "Rock Music from a Christian Viewpoint" by Bishop Alexander Mileant.
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"From my swamp, bogged down to the waist, I cry out to others: 'Don't you come here!' It is not as if I stood on a mountain and taught other people. No, I'm bogged down to my waist in this swamp and I warn them: 'Hey you, keep away from here!'
Maggie25 ноября 2016, 01:00
I grew up in music and became a musician, in both classical, and also within folk traditions. I was in college in the 60's, so truly understand what the Bishop is saying. He is very, very right. The stuff they call music does affect the young, and is utter garbage today and has been for many years. Sort of like what has happened to art as well. Does it affect people's minds. You bet it does. It affects their hearts, souls, mind and bodies in ways you would not imagine. If music which can be such a God-given blessing and provide one with a glorious talent doesn't give honor and glory to God it is worthless as far as I am concerned. And the bishop is right on about who the young take as their examples. Certainly not saints I will tell you! Look carefully at that picture above. It speaks volumes. Oh to see all those youngsters in a Church and loving our God. Now that would be something to see. Keep up the wonderful commentary dear Bishop. You are wise, and correct.
MG20 октября 2016, 21:00
Unfortunately, this sounds like a very dated article. Bon Jovi is certainly not what he used to be in the 80's, neither does Madonna, George Michael or, God forbid, Bobby Brown. I'd like to see an article on the greatest musical abomination of all: Rap music. It's influence on the youth of today is immeasurable.
Jeremiah20 октября 2016, 03:00
From my early teens into my late 20's I listened to and created music that would fall into the pop/rock genre. While I can't deny that it had an influence on me, I think it was more of a reflection regarding my internal state. When I began exploring Orthodoxy in my late 20's, I found that I couldn't find the satisfaction I once had in rock n roll. I began to listen more to liturgical music, particularly stuff from Valaam. Slowly, one replaced the other and now when I want to "indulge" in music, it is Tchaikovsky or Bach. But even thesee do not satisfy the soul like the Orthodox chants. I truly believe that while the music we listen to influences us, more than anything, it is a reflection of the internal state of the soul. In my opinion, we should do like Christ and focus our energy on addressing the hearts of young people rather than trying to fix a symptom of the brokenness.
Moron Duracki18 октября 2016, 23:00
Nothing like listening to another GI Fascist back from WWII rail against Rock and Roll again, just like in the 1950's. You know the song, "Rock and Roll is Here to Stay" came out in 1958? Back then it might have been considered wishful thinking, but now all of your wonderful Big Band Orchestra Elevator Music is all gone, and Rock and Roll is all that's left. Nice try, though, but you seem to be living in a cave that's been long forgotten by now?
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Chi-Chi Lounge: Oakland's The Kon-Tiki Goes Overboard
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Volcano bowl (Photo by Patricia Chang)
"I was trying to put a chi-chi on the menu, but I'm not a huge fan of vodka," says Christ ("krisst") Aivaliotis of Oakland tiki bar The Kon-Tiki. "I want all the flavors. I decided to use rum, so it's a piña colada with macadamia-nut liqueur.
"When I was trying to think of a name, I was thinking of why they call it a 'Chi-Chi,' " he adds, "and I looked up the Hawaiian word for breast, and that's 'uma uma.' "
This is totally unrelated to Oumuamua, the bizarrely shaped asteroid that's the first known rock with interstellar origins to pass through the Solar System. (Its name, which means "scout," also happens to be Hawaiian.) In any event, Aivaliotis' method rests on taking the tiki vibe — which he calls the "goofiest possible bar" — to its limit, then going beyond. There are Fog Cutters and Volcano Bowls, and lots of kitsch on the walls and ceiling. There are also not one but two dudes behind the bar rocking mullets on a recent Wednesday night. But instead of trotting out just the same old rum-orgeat-and-pineapple drinks that typify this occasionally controversial faux-Polynesian aesthetic, Aivaliotis wanted to switch things up.
Take the Crab Rangoon, a mid-century appetizer consisting of seafood and cream cheese stuffed in a wonton. After arguing with the kitchen over whether they should serve it at all, it's now a dip. (Sometimes, Aivaliotis says, he gets it on a burger, calling it the "secret menu." Additionally, drinks that might once have evoked a helpless maiden being hurled into a caldera to appease the fire god, now have subtle tweaks. The combination of tequila, mezcal, lime, passion fruit, pineapple gum, and spicy chili isn't a Virgin Sacrifice. It's a Virgin's Sacrifice. This lady has agency, damnit.
"I love having these drinks on the menu that have the word 'virgin' in them that aren't virgin," Aivaliotis says. "To me, that's hilarious. Why do we call them virgin drinks? Because they haven't been fucked by alcohol? It doesn't make sense. It makes confusion for people and we have to have that conversation. This is one of the two virgin drinks that aren't virgin — plus I love the name Virgin's Sacrifice. It's a joke."
The Kon-Tiki took over the space that for the last three years housed Longitude, a tiki bar in its own right. That meant something of a smaller investment and more room to play. For the Zombie, Aivaliotis riffed on the classic recipe but added a homemade grenadine and velvet falernum — falernum being a more heavily spiced cousin to orgeat, or almond syrup — plus a Hamilton Demerara 151 rum, to get that over-proof kick. Made with mango puree, the Tropical Itch is "basically a boozy mango lassi" — and Aivaliotis plans to roll out a proper back scratcher garnish, the decorative bamboo utensil that towers over the actual hurricane glass.
Aivaliotis is a veteran of James Syhabout's Hawker Fare, having begun Holy Mountain along with Troy Bayless, the Jodorowsky-inspired bar inside it. In his years of research, at least some of which appears to have consisted of arguments with scornful know-it-alls adamant about this and that, he learned that there used to be a chain of tiki bars called Kon-Tiki, itself a nod to Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl's voyage across the Pacific Ocean in a raft built by hand. Those bars began as a project by a "sleazy Hollywood layabout" named Joseph Stephen Crane, who'd also been Lana Turner's ex-husband. They were not well-regarded, and in some quarters, neither was Aivaliotis' choice of a name — which, incidentally, happened not to be trademarked.
"I've taken some flak about naming it for a chain of bars," he says, adding that Heyerdahl's expedition was "a perfect mirror of what happens in tiki culture.
"You have these people creating an idea of a culture based on their own idea and that's what Thor was doing, I would argue," Aivaliotis says. "He decided he knew better than the history. All tiki bars should be derivative. … I'm not trying to pretend to be a cultural ambassador to Polynesia, 'cause I think that's shitty. It's about referencing the tiki bars of the past, and I gave it a lot of thought."
If there's one thing a tiki bar should not do, he says, it's refuse to stock enough rum. Noting that tiki's origins owe themselves to the relative cheapness of excellent rum versus excellent versions of other spirits, Aivaliotis says the Kon-Tiki Grog is a riff on the Trader Vic's version, made with Jamaican pot-stilled rum. He has something neither Trader Vic nor Don the Beachcomber had, however, which is passion fruit syrup made by local producer Small Hands.
"I really like what" Small Hands is doing, Aivalotis says. "I couldn't make a better passion fruit syrup or pineapple gum or orgeat."
With grilled trumpet mushrooms tossed in miso butter and furikake and a buttermilk fried chicken, this bar has more than grandma's rumaki on the food menu, too.
"All the battered stuff is made with rice flour for better crunch," he says. "There's a papaya slaw that's almost like a som tum salad. It's my Hawker Fare roots."
So is Hawker Fare basically a tiki bar bursting to get out?
"Exactly!" Aivaliotis says. "James would love that."
The Kon-Tiki, 347 14th St., Oakland, 510-823-2332 or thekon-tikioakland.com


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Elmore seeks new term
By Corey Saathoff on June 19, 2019 at 1:52 pm
The current chairman of the Monroe County Board of Commissioners announced over the weekend that he will seek a second term of office in 2020.
Bob Elmore, a Republican who narrowly unseated Democrat Mike Kovarik in the 2014 election, said his decision to run again was made after careful deliberation.
"After a lot of thought and consideration about whether or not to continue to serve in our wonderful county as a commissioner, I have decided to seek another six-year term in 2020," Elmore stated in his official re-election announcement on Facebook.
Elmore, 81, of Waterloo, said some of the board's accomplishments since he's served as a commissioner include courthouse security improvements, an Oak Hill expansion, creation of an economic development corporation and creation of a task force working on the possibility of a four-lane highway from Waterloo to Murphysboro.
"Not only have I enjoyed the years served on various committees and boards, etc., I especially will have fond memories of the individuals (including other board members of both parties) who have supported and assisted me along the way," Elmore stated. "Monroe County is definitely not lacking in hard-working, sincere, absolutely wonderful people."
Other Monroe County commissioners include Vicki Koerber and Ron Schultheis, making up an all-Republican board.
In fact, Republicans currently hold all elected county government offices with the exception of longtime Monroe County Circuit Court Judge Dennis Doyle.
In addition to Elmore's seat on the county board, other offices up for re-election in 2020 are coroner, state's attorney and circuit clerk. Those offices are currently held by Bob Hill, Chris Hitzemann and Lisa Fallon, respectively.
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Hyaluronic Acid for Acne: Does it Help?
A successful acne treatment regimen should deliver comprehensive results that provide relief from acne as well as its side effects. This is where the use of hyaluronic acid as a topical treatment comes in to play.
Read on and discover how to use hyaluronic acid for acne.
What Does Hyaluronic Acid Do For Your Skin?
Does Hyaluronic Acid Get Rid of Acne?
What about hyaluronic acid supplements?
Does hyaluronic acid help fade acne scars?
How can you use vitamin C serum and hyaluronic acid?
Found naturally in the human body, hyaluronic acid is mostly located in the skin and connective tissue. As one of the most effective skin hydration tools available, hyaluronic acid plays a vital part in many skin care routines. This naturally-occurring acid boasts an incredible ability to seal in and replenish a massive amount of moisture. By boosting the hydration levels of the skin, the outer layers of the skin will immediately look fresher and brighter.
The wonder of hyaluronic acid is that it is able to deliver the moisture that your skin needs without overhydrating it. As the gold standard in moisture delivery, hyaluronic acid revitalizes the outer layers of skin to boost its appearance. The anti-aging properties of hyaluronic acid work to restore firmness and pliability to the skin.
Unfortunately, hyaluronic acid cannot get rid of your acne. However, its moisture-enriching qualities deliver much-needed hydration to counteract the drying characteristics of many acne products. Common acne fighting ingredients such as salicylic acid, benzoyl peroxide, and retinoids strip the skin of moisture as they work to reduce breakouts. Because hyaluronic delivers critical moisture back to the skin, the appearance of acne-prone skin may be improved and less irritated.
In no particular order, these are the best hyaluronic acid serums.
This cult favorite instantly delivers critical moisture to the skin with each use. Not only does it replenish moisture, but it also locks it into place so that skin does not dry out over the course of the day. The lightweight formula goes on easily and is suitable for all skin types, making it a good choice for anyone who wants to treat their skin kindly.
This economical serum provides up to 24 hours of hydration. In addition to the powerful hyaluronic acid, the serum also boasts three essential ceramides to calm irritated skin and guard the skin's natural protective barrier. The gel-cream formula also includes soothing vitamin B5 and a patented technology engineered to keep skin hydrated long after application. This serum can be used alone or in combination with other moisturizers.
This unique formula contains a concentrated amount of hyaluronic acid working in tandem with panthenol and ceramides to deliver moisture and then lock it in. A little goes a long way with this powerful serum. Use it alone or add a few drops to your favorite moisturizer. In addition to smoothing out skin tone, the serum can also visibly plump the skin to improve overall texture. Dull skin will come alive with the help of this skin-replenishing serum.
Additionally, adding a few drops to your favorite moisturizer can also be helpful.
In order to determine if the hyaluronic acid treatment is working for you, be sure to document the progress with before and after pictures. Give the treatment at least seven days before you begin to judge its effectiveness.
In addition to topical form, hyaluronic acid is also available as an oral supplement. However, the acid in supplement form has not shown the promise that the topical use has demonstrated. Because few studies exist on its efficacy, it is better to stick with the acid in topical form when looking to hydrate skin.
For all of its benefits, one of the things that hyaluronic acid cannot do is help to fade acne scars. While the acid may provide a temporary moisture boost that improves the overall complexion of the skin, the permanent removal of acne scars is not a benefit of using this product. Fortunately, there are many alternatives that help get rid of acne scars.
After applying your favorite vitamin C serum, wait at least 30-60 seconds for it to set and then apply the hyaluronic acid serum. Used in tandem, these two serums will deliver the most noticeable results.
Although the inclusion of the word "acid" might seem daunting, the product is considered to be extremely safe. Because it is naturally occurring in the body, hyaluronic acid is not seen as a foreign invader, making allergic reactions extremely rare. As a skin care treatment, hyaluronic acid side effects are not common and it is generally safe to use in a variety of situations.


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Williams has 5 TDs; Almond's FG lifts BYU over Toledo 55-53
BY foxsports • October 1, 2016
PROVO, Utah (AP) Jamaal Williams ran for a program record five touchdowns and a career-high 286 yards, and Rhett Almond chipped in a 19-yard field goal as time expired to lift BYU over Toledo 55-53 on Friday night.
There were eight lead changes in the second half.
Logan Woodside matched a career-best with five touchdown passes and a school-record 505 yards passing to lead Toledo (3-1). Jon'Vea Johnson caught three scores and finished with nine receptions for 182 yards.
Woodside threw an interception to Kai Nacua with the game tied at 45-all to set up Williams' 14-yard go-ahead touchdown. On the ensuing series, Kareem Hunt ran for a 7-yard touchdown, Woodside connected with Michael Roberts for the 2-point conversion and the Rockets led 53-52 with 1:11 left.
Taysom Hill, the BYU (2-3) quarterback, led an 8-play, 71-yard drive highlighted by his 33-yard completion to Colby Pearson, and a Toledo face mask penalty before Almond kicked the game winner.


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Astros Sign New Lease at Ballpark That Spurred Downtown Growth
| Houston 101 |
Jeff Balke | July 10, 2018 | 5:00am
The Astros signed a lease to remain in Minute Maid Park through 2050 on Monday.
On Monday, the Astros agreed to extend their lease at Minute Maid Park through 2050. The lease signed with the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority created little in the way of fanfare, but was critical not only in keeping the Astros in Houston beyond the 2030 season, but in continuing the revitalization of downtown that began, at least in part, with the opening of the ballpark in 2000.
It's ironic that this news barely registers on the sports landscape considering the contentious battle that led to the building of not just Minute Maid Park but Toyota Center, BBVA Compass Stadium and, to some degree, NRG Stadium.
We'll spare you the long, sad history of the relocation of the Oilers to Tennessee and skip right to the Astros, who threatened to move to Northern Virginia in the early 1990s. This led to a referendum to build a new stadium in downtown which narrowly passed in 1996 and was followed by the Brimer Bill, legislation that allows groups like the Sports Authority to collect hotel occupancy and car rental taxes to pay for stadiums.
Within 20 years, we had four new stadiums in Houston, three of which were in downtown.
This may not seem like all that big of a deal right now, but in the early '90s, downtown was not exactly a great place to hang out. In fact, when the Houston Rockets held a referendum that would eventually lead to the building of Toyota Center, one of the chief arguments from opponents was that no one would go downtown to see a ballgame and stadiums would have little or no impact on development in the areas where they were built.
Wrong on both counts, it turns out. From Discovery Green to new living spaces to the development of EaDo, much of downtown's east-side development can be traced almost directly to the Astros stadium, which happened to be timed with a nationwide movement out of the suburbs and back into urban areas. Minute Maid Park was the lynch pin in a plan that, at one point, few believed would work. All former Oilers owner Bud Adams wanted was a retractible roof stadium on the east side of downtown. Sound familiar?
So, the Astros signing a lease that will keep the team in Houston and continue the upkeep of the stadium and the development surrounding area may not seem like a big deal considering the ongoing success of the team. For those who remember a time when downtown was a ghost town after 6 p.m. and all of our professional sports teams nearly bailed for other cities, extending the Astros lease feels like a pretty big deal.


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Meet the Cast of Sandra Bullock's OCEAN'S EIGHT
Posted by Kyle Anderson on August 10, 2016
Since it was first announced that Sandy B would be remaking Georgie C's Ocean's E for you and me, after the knee-jerk response that comes with any reboot/remake announcement, people have been speculating which actresses would join the all-female cast for director Gary Ross' heist film, said to be in the same vein as Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven trilogy. Ocean's Eight, as the new film will be called, has some very familiar faces and names joining Bullock, as Deadline reported on Wednesday.
And who, you wonder, will partake in the heist of the century? Along with Bullock and Cate Blanchett, who'd previously been announced, we also got word the movie has added Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling, and Awkwafina. (I may or may not have had to look up who Awkwafina is, because I'm an unabashed troglodyte when it comes to music the kids are listening to.) They're clearly trying to run the gamut of the kinds of actors to appear in such a movie, with three Academy Award-winners, one Academy Award nominee, a multi-Emmy nominated writer and actress, a huge music superstar, and a revered and lauded rapper. That's some pedigree right there.
Now, those of you who can count will recognize that that's only seven names, which means at least one more actress will be named before too long. We don't know who any of these actresses will be playing, so one of them could be a villain, filling the role played by Andy Garcia in Eleven. So, more announcements will definitely be forthcoming.
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Éric Dufour (né le ) est un philosophe français contemporain qui travaille sur la philosophie du cinéma et la philosophie allemande (le néokantisme en particulier). Il a été maître de conférences à l'université Toulouse II-Le Mirail, ensuite professeur à l'université Grenoble-II. Aujourd'hui, il est professeur d'études cinématographiques à l'Université Paris-Cité.

Éric Dufour a fait ses études en philosophie à l'université de Rennes I, et a été reçu à l'agrégation de philosophie en 1988. Il a soutenu sa thèse de doctorat en 1995, à l'Université de Paris I, puis son habilitation à diriger les recherches en 2006 (à l'université de Toulouse le Mirail). Avant de travailler à l'Université, il a été enseignant dans le secondaire (1985-2003).

Ses premiers travaux sont consacrés à la philosophie allemande néokantienne et la philosophie sociale, ses travaux récents portent davantage sur le cinéma et la philosophie.

Eric Dufour dirige la collection "Philosophie et cinéma" chez l'éditeur Vrin.

Publications

 Hermann Cohen : Introduction au néokantisme de Marbourg, Paris, PUF, coll. Philosophies, 2001.
 Les Néokantiens, Paris, Vrin, 2003.
 L'Esthétique musicale de Nietzsche, Lille, Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, coll. Musique et sciences des arts, 2005.
 Qu'est-ce que la musique?, Paris, Vrin, 2005.
 Le Cinéma d'horreur et ses figures, Paris, P.U.F., coll. Lignes d'art, 2006.
 David Lynch : image, matière et temps, Paris, Vrin, coll. Philosophie et cinéma, 2008.
 Qu'est-ce que le cinéma ?, Paris, Vrin, coll. Chemins philosophiques, 2009.
 Les Monstres au cinéma, Paris, Armand Colin, 2009.
 Paul Natorp, De la psychologie générale à la Systématique philosophique, Paris, Vrin, coll. « Bibliothèque d'Histoire de la Philosophie », 2010.
 Le Cinéma de science-fiction : histoire et philosophie, Paris, Armand Colin, 2011.
 Qu'est-ce que le mal, monsieur Haneke ?, Paris, Vrin, coll. Philosophie et cinéma, 2014.
 Le Mal dans le cinéma allemand, Paris, Armand Colin, 2014.
 La valeur d'un film, Philosophie du beau au cinéma, Paris, Armand Colin, 2015.
 Leçons sur Nietzsche, Héritier de Kant, Paris, Ellipses, 2015.
 Dans la tête de Woody Allen, Le cinéma, Dieu, le sexe et le reste, Paris, Armand Colin, 2017.

Ouvrages collectifs
 Analyse d'une œuvre : « La mort aux trousses » (A. Hitchcock, 1959), sous la direction de J.-J. Marimbert, en collaboration avec L. Jullier et J. Servois, Paris, Vrin, coll. Philosophie et cinéma, 2008.
 Analyse d'une œuvre : « L'Homme à la caméra » (D. Vertov, 1929), sous la direction de J.-J. Marimbert, en collaboration avec L. Jullier, Paris, Vrin, coll. Philosophie et cinéma, 2009.
 Analyse d'une œuvre : « Casque d'or » (J. Becker, 1952), en collaboration avec L. Jullier, Paris, Vrin, coll. Philosophie et cinéma, 2009.
 Une anthologie du rythme (direction du volume en collaboration avec. G. Mathon, maître de conférence à l'université Paris Est-Marne la Vallée), Filigrane n° 8 (2009).
 Analyse d'une œuvre : « Lola Montès » (M. Ophuls, 1955), en collaboration avec J. Servois (dir.) et L. Jullier, Paris, Vrin, 2011.
 "Histoires et définitions de la philosophie sociale", co-direction avec Franck Fishback et Emmanuel Renault,  Recherche sur la philosophie et le langage, n° 28, Paris, Vrin, 2013.
 La philosophie sociale de Natorp, en collaboration avec Julien Servois, Paris, J. Vrin, coll. « Bibliothèque d'Histoire de la Philosophie », 2015.
Analyse d'une œuvre : « Mort à Venise » (Luchino Visconti, 1971), en collaboration avec L. Jullier, Paris, Vrin, coll. Philosophie et cinéma, 2018.

Traductions
 Wilhelm Windelband, « Qu'est-ce que la philosophie » et autres textes, Paris, Vrin, 2002.
 Paul Natorp, Psychologie générale selon la méthode critique, Paris, Vrin, 2008.
 Noël Carroll, La philosophie des films, avec Laurent Jullier, Anna C. Zielinska & Julien Servois, Paris, Vrin, 2015.

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Naissance en octobre 1964
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Philosophe français du XXIe siècle
Théoricien du cinéma
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Q: Error after upgraded to Meteor 0.9.1 After upgraded Meteor from 0.9.0.1 to 0.9.1, I got the following errors in console:
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'registerHelper' of undefined
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'T9n' of undefined
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'AccountsEntry' of undefined
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It seems that the changes are not backwards compatible.

A: It sounds like you have a package that is not compatible. To check what this is look at your server console.
If you want to brute force your way into getting it to work, git clone the offending package into /packages and it should get it to work (also add it with meteor add xx where xx is the name of the directory in /packages
Additionally rename the following (even though you would not yet have to) to bring it up to date:
UI.registerHelper -> Template.registerHelper
Handlebars.registerHelper -> Template.registerHelper


The ability (function) to set the limit for the number of ad impressions shown to a particular user during a certain time period. Such function helps to restrict the number of impressions for a certain advertisement and for the whole group alike.
Such restriction is used in order to avoid the ad burnout - an ad overexposure when the visitor gets irritated and the response decreases.


The latest KDnuggets Poll examined How long analytics/Data Science professionals stay at their jobs.
How long do you expect to stay (from time you started) in your CURRENT analytics/data science job?
had a median answer of about 3 years, and an average of 4.5 years.
Among job types, we see big pull from industry and increase in self-employed, and decline in academia.
Also, 13% had no previous job and majority of them went to the industry as well.
Next we examine how long Data Scientists stayed at their job by job type.
We note that industry median length of stay at a previous job was around 2 years,for academia around 2.5 years, for Govt/ non-profit around 3 years, and for Self-employed/ Consultants ~1.5 years.
Next figure looks at how long Data Scientists plan to stay at their current job, broken by job type.
and for Self-employed/ Consultants goes up to 4 years.
Next chart compares the previous and current job stay for industry and academia - we see a lot fewer industry people planning to leave current job in less than 1 year, and a lot more planning to stay 4-8 years.
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For Syrian bus drivers mayhem, danger, and making a living
By Nigel Wilson | 09/03/2013
As the US considers a strike on Syria and allegations of a chemical weapon attack fly, drivers continue to ferry Syrians around the war-torn country and back and forth across its southern border with Jordan.
For the estimated 1.3 million Syrians living in the safety of Jordan, the trips are perilous, but considered essential. Many return home temporarily to see family members left behind, others to check on property or business assets.
For the drivers, who are mostly Syrian, the job is a financial lifeline in a desolate economy. Syrians who have fled to Jordan aren't allowed to work officially and jobs are even harder to come by at home.
The crossing point is subject to closure from either side's border guards and had previously been shut to buses for six weeks due to fighting on the Syrian side. After it reopened in early July, just before the holy month of Ramadan, demand was such that up to four buses left Amman for Syria daily. Today the numbers prepared to travel fluctuate depending on security reports from friends and family in Syria.
One Syrian driver, who requested anonymity, has carried passengers from Jordan to Syria and back for 10 years. His family remains in Syria but he stays in Amman. He continues to drive his bus from the Jordanian capital of Amman, 55 miles from the Syrian border, through the volatile Syrian province of Daraa, where the uprising began, to Damacus. Before the uprising, the route used to be popular with tourists and day-trippers.
"I go to Damascus every four or five days and return the same day. It's normally fine but sometimes there are problems at the checkpoints," he says.
The trip from Amman to Damascus used to last two to three hours, but now take eight due to the countless checkpoints in Syria. Ghassan Zaza, the office manager of an Amman-based travel company, says that he used to take 40 dinars from each passenger in order to pay off the checkpoint soldiers.
"As a driver, you're helpless. Sometimes we had to sit and wait at the border for five hours. We were stopped at Army checkpoints and had to pay. The regime soldiers take money and mobile phones from passengers, anything they want. Even rice, lentils, cigarettes – they take whatever they want," says Mr. Zaza, who used to shuttle people between Amman, Damascus, and Beirut in a private taxi.
He says his drivers and passengers are frequently robbed at gunpoint and the buses have been fired on many times as they traverse contested areas.
The man who continues to drive his bus to and from Syria said the price of a ticket has increased because he has to pay off soldiers, but he still takes home the same money as he did before the conflict.
"I've never thought about stopping. I have a family in Syria. If I quit, they would starve. I'm not worried about my safety – death is death, it's written."
Faith of this kind is rare among the drivers at Zaza's Alia Travel, which runs buses and private taxis from the Jordanian capital to Damascus and Aleppo. He said that 50 drivers have changed routes away from Syria since 2011, instead driving to safer destinations in Saudi Arabia or Iraq.
"Our buses and cars have been shot at. We've lost five drivers in the last two years. The latest death was just before Ramadan. The motorway to Daraa can be very dangerous," he says.
Until recently, his drivers had no other option, because the alternative safer route through Sweida, a Syrian town that has largely avoided the fighting, had been closed by the Free Syrian Army for strategic reasons. It was reopened a week ago but the viability of the route remains unpredictable.
He ended his trips after witnessing the Syrian Army's takeover of Khirbet Ghazaleh, a town on the main route linking Damascus to Jordan.
"It was the worst time of my life. The Syrian army were attacking the town and had taken control. They were burning houses, destroying everything. I saw soldiers leading families from their homes. Soldiers were dragging half dressed women into their vehicles. They kept me there for two hours and eventually I got out. I already knew that every time I left Amman that there was a possibility I wouldn't come back. After that day I stopped driving," he says.
Still, the buses continue to run. On Wednesday about 20 Syrians boarded the midnight bus to Damascus, while a small crowd lingered on the pavement, saying emotional goodbyes. Among them was a young Syrian man who was going home for the first time in two years.
"I know it's dangerous but I want to see my mother and brothers. I'm a bit scared because I posted anti-regime things online but I'm not worried by reports about chemical weapons and the Americans preparing attacks. I just need to get home."


Értékeld ezt a cikket There are so many reasons to like one particular game. In this case, why should you play My Horse?
There are so many reasons to like one particular game. In this case, why should you play My Horse?
My Horse is an exciting horse breeding simulator that gives you plenty of reasons to enter into its universe, never to emerge until you've become tired and have decided to rest for a while. We kid you not - you'd really find this game quite immersive.
So what does it have in store for avid horse simulator fans like you? Here's a rundown on what the game's plethora of offerings are.
First, as a horse breeder, you have lots of content to play with. There are lots of opportunities to groom your horse, to train it for various events, and to beautify them as well as their barns. The store is quite huge, with lots of equipment and adornments that you could purchase for your horse using in-game cash.
Of course, the breed ecology here in My Horse is immense! Whatever breed that you have in mind to take care of, you can find it here in the game. It even includes an encyclopedia that you can browse through if you want to learn more about each horse, and how they fare well in certain events in real life. This gives you a lot of options and considerations when it comes to choosing which breed of horse to add to your stables.
Document your journey with the camera feature. After giving your horse a bath, take a screenshot so you can boast to your friends how your horse looks like.
Interested in events? Well, the game will not fail you. There are various events that you can enter your horse in here. Best thing is, you'll be competing against other players so the challenges vary with each match that you enter. This is your chance to show everyone in the game that your horse is the best and, if you do fail, this is also an opportunity to identify what you need to improve in your horse's training and then get on to it.
Good news for beginners! The game features a very lengthy but very informative tutorial at the start. You'd do well to explore this tutorial to the fullest, because it provides you a means to learn how the ropes work here in the game. It may take some time, but this is an investment in time and effort that you should very well put in to browsing.
Best of all, My Horse is 100% for free! It could take a bit of your time to download the installer, but once you do, you got a game that you can play for a lifetime without having to spend some cash. Except, of course, if you want to avail of the optional in-game purchases that include special gear, rare horses and many others.
Give My Horse a try now! You won't go wrong with that decision.