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Products Liability Law Daily Jury must decide whether hunter's safety harness contained a fatal flaw
Jury must decide whether hunter's safety harness contained a fatal flaw
By Pamela C. Maloney, J.D.
Whether an unattached single-footed relief suspension device provided with a hunter's safety harness rendered the product unreasonably dangerous and constituted the proximate cause of a hunter's death when he fell from a tree stand raised a question of fact for the jury, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled, denying the manufacturer's motion for summary judgment. After concluding that the estate's two experts were qualified to testify with regard to the design defect issues, the court determined that the testimony proffered by estate's safety engineer was inadmissible as unreliable. However, a second expert who was a physician could offer reliable testimony on whether the harness was defectively designed, the availability of a safer alternative design, and the cause of the hunter's death (Vigneulle v. Tahsin Industrial Corp. USA, March 27, 2018, Proctor, R.).
A hunter who was wearing a Model #2013C-W harness manufactured by Tahsin Industrial Corp. USA, fell from the tree stand in which he was hunting and died before rescuers could remove him from the tree. A medical examiner determined that the hunter had died from positional asphyxia. His estate filed a under the Alabama Extended Manufacturer's Liability Doctrine (AEMLD) against Tahsin, alleging that the harness was defectively designed because it lacked an attached dual-footed suspension relief device or a device that would have allowed the hunter to lower himself to the ground. In support of the claim, the estate proffered testimony by two experts—one a registered professional safety engineer and the other a physician who also was a certified tree stand safety instructor and safety harness designer. The estate also alleged that the warnings included with the harness were inadequate. Tahsin moved for summary judgment on the defective design and failure-to-warn claims, and moved to exclude or limit the testimony of both expert's testimony on behalf of the estate.
Qualifications of experts. Turning first to the issue of whether the estate's experts were qualified to testify about alleged defects in the design of the manufacturer's safety harness, the court concluded that the estate's safety engineer was qualified through knowledge, experience, and training to testify competently as to whether the harness used by the hunter was defective. The expert was a certified safety professional, a registered professional safety engineer, and a fellow and member of the American Society of Safety Engineers. He served as president of a consulting firm that specialized in fall hazards for more than 30 years, and for 26 years he had served as president and chief executive officer of a safety equipment manufacturer that produced fall protection products, including harnesses. In addition, he had been involved in the assessment and development of industrial standards on fall arrest systems and hunting tree stands. Despite the manufacturer's argument that the expert was not qualified because he was not a mechanical engineer or an accident reconstructionist, the court concluded that the safety engineer's knowledge, experience, and training qualified him to testify in this matter.
With respect to the physician, the court concluded that although it was a closer call, he had sufficient specialized knowledge and experience to testify about safety harness design. The physician had designed patented safety harnesses, including harnesses with self-rescue descent systems and attached suspension relief devices. In addition, the physician was a certified tree stand instructor and a member of the Treestand Manufacturer's Association. He was a published writer on the topic of suspension trauma and had lectured on suspension trauma and tree stand safety before a number of industry professional groups. The fact that the physician had no engineering education and no experience in the narrow subfield of safety harnesses packaged with tree stands went to the weight to be given his testimony, not to his qualifications as an expert. The court also concluded that the physician's 20 years' experience as a medical doctor made him minimally qualified to testify as to the cause of the hunter's death.
Reliability of expert testimony. Turning to the question of whether the testimony proffered by the estate's experts was reliable, the court concluded that safety engineer's testimony was, for the most part, inadmissible. The testing methodology the safety engineer had employed in support of his opinion that the chest strap on the harness could strangle a hunter under certain circumstances was accepted generally within the relevant engineering community and was similar to that utilized by the manufacturer's expert. In addition, the safety engineer's testing took into account the manufacturer's alternative explanation for the hunter's neck abrasions and acknowledged the manufacturer's argument that the hunter's misuse of the harness by not tightening the leg straps was the cause of his accidental death. Thus, the expert's opinions regarding the efficacy of the chest straps were reliable and could be submitted to the jury. However, because there was no evidence that the chest strap had been the cause of the hunter's injury or death, the expert's opinions regarding any alleged design defect with respect to the chest straps were irrelevant to the claim and, therefore, were excluded.
The court also found that the safety engineer's opinions regarding defects in the unattached suspension relief device provided with the harness and about the lack of a self-lowering device were unreliable because he failed to offer reliable testing or methodologies to support his conclusions on those issues. In addition, his limited personal knowledge about suspension relief devices and his admitted reliance on the estate's other expert with regard to this matter rendered inadmissible as unreliable his opinion as to whether this part of the harness was defectively designed.
The opinion of estate's second expert who offered testimony with regard to the defective design of an unattached single-footed suspension relief device like the one supplied with the harness was reliable and admissible, however. This expert's opinion was based on more than mere speculation but was backed by his specialized experience and knowledge, his review of the physical evidence, and his own experience with single-footed suspension relief devices. He also possessed specialized medical knowledge regarding suspension trauma that informed his opinion about what features were a necessary part of a suspension relief device.
The physician's expert opinion regarding causing also was supported by the evidence. The expert had explained that the harness placed a significant amount of pressure on the hunter's upper body after he had loosened and moved the harness's leg straps. Although his conclusion as to the cause of the hunter's death was not the result of a differential diagnosis, it was based on evidence from the scene and observed conditions of the hunter's body. The physical evidence, along with the expert's personal testing of the harness, were sufficient to support the expert's conclusion that the hunter had died from suspension trauma. Challenges based on the expert's failure to explain how the harness would have worked if the hunter had followed the directions provided with the harness could be addressed during cross-examination, but had no bearing on the issue of reliability of the expert's causation opinion.
Design defect. In support of its motion for summary judgment, the manufacturer argued that the hunter's estate failed to prove that the harness was unreasonably dangerous. According to the manufacturer, the harness had been certified by an independent testing laboratory, it met applicable industry standards, it prevented the hunter from hitting the ground, and the suspension relief device, had the hunter used it, would have relieved any pressure in the hunter's legs. In response, the physician testifying for the estate provided substantial evidence that the lack of an attached, double-footed suspension relief device rather than a single-footed device rendered the harness unreasonably dangerous. In addition, an officer for the Treestand Manufacturer's Association testified that the standards only addressed the ability of the harness to withstand forces placed on it during a fall, not the ability for a wearer to survive extended suspension in the harness, as occurred in this case. Finally, there was no evidence that the manufacturer's engineering expert tested whether an individual could withstand suspension for any significant period of time by using the one-footed suspension relief device. In light of this evidence, the estate's expert testimony was sufficient to create a jury question as to whether the harness was unreasonably dangerous as designed.
Safer alternative design. The manufacturer also argued that the estate offered insufficient evidence of an alternative design, as required under AEMLD, and that the estate's experts failed to test their proposed alternative designs. According to the estate, one of its experts had designed, marketed, and sold full body safety harnesses with attached double-footed suspension release devices, and those harnesses had been tested extensively before sale. In addition, the proposed alternative design would, according to the estate's experts, be equivalent in cost to an attached single-footed suspension release device. The manufacturer's experts conceded this point, agreeing that an attached device would probably have been equivalent in cost to the unattached relief strap that had been provided. The court further noted that although one of the manufacturer's experts had identified design advantages in the single-footed device that had been included with the harness, those potential advantages were not enough to foreclose the factual issue presented by the estate's expert. Concluding that the estate's expert had provided sufficient evidence to establish the practicability and safety of an alternative design, the court denied the manufacturer's motion for summary judgment, stating that the issue must be decided by the jury.
Proximate cause. The manufacturer further claimed that there was no evidence that a defect in the harness wasthe proximate cause of the hunter's death. Instead, the hunter's misuse of the harness—specifically, his use of a different tree strap than the one provided with the harness, his failure to use the suspension relief device provided with the harness, and his failure to properly tighten the leg straps of the harness—proximately caused the hunter's death. However, the physician testifying on behalf of the estate offered substantial evidence that suspension trauma, and not neck strangulation, had caused the hunter's death, and that an attached suspension relief device could have allowed the hunter to survive for a longer period of time before succumbing to the suspension trauma attributable to the defective design of the harness. In addition, expert testimony supplied by both parties was enough to convince the court that a jury could find that it was reasonably foreseeable to harness and tree stand manufacturers that hunters would use substitute parts. Construing the evidence in favor of the estate, the court concluded that there was enough evidence for a reasonable jury to find that the alleged design defect was the proximate cause of the hunter's death.
Contributory negligence/misuse of product. The manufacturer also argued that the AEMLD claim was barred by the hunter's contributory negligence in failing to follow several warnings and instructions, and by failing to bring the suspension relief device included with the harness to the site of the accident. The manufacturer also argued that the hunter's misuse of the product by substituting a different tree strap for the one provided with the harness was the proximate cause of the accident. To show contributory negligence as a matter of law, the manufacturer had to prove that the hunter had put himself in danger's way and had a conscious appreciation of the danger at the moment the accident occurred. To prove that the hunter had misused the product, the manufacturer had to show not only that the hunter had used the product in a manner different from that intended by the manufacturer, but that the misuse was not reasonably foreseeable. Although the manufacturer might be able to prove contributory negligence at trial, the evidence in the record did not support a finding that the hunter had consciously appreciated the danger when he failed to bring the suspension device with him. Similarly, the record did not support a finding of misuse as a matter of law. The competing evidence presented by both parties' experts raised an issue of fact as to whether the hunter had misused the harness by using a different tree strap and whether that misuse was foreseeable to the manufacturer. Those issues could only be resolved by a jury, and, thus, the manufacturer was not entitled to summary judgment based on the affirmative defenses.
Failure to warn. The court granted the manufacturer's motion for summary judgment on the estate's failure to warn claim because it was not supported by admissible evidence. The only evidence provided by the estate in support of its claim that the warnings included with the harness were inadequate were proffered by the physician, who opined that both the printed and video instructions failed to provide information on the risks of suspension trauma. The court determined that although the physician had designed and written warnings for his own harnesses, he did not identify any other experiences he had with regard to warnings. Furthermore, the expert had admitted that he was not a warnings expert. Thus, because he was not qualified to testify with regard to the adequacy of the harness's warnings, the estate could not sustain this claim.
The case is No. 2:15-cv-02268-RDP.
Attorneys: R. Bruce Barze, Jr. (Barze Taylor Noles Lowther LLC) for Michael J. Vigneulle. Bishop A.L.E. Bartoni (Clark Hill PLC) for Tahsin Industrial Corp. USA.
Companies: Tahsin Industrial Corp. USA
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Wild Hare ~ lucky me, lucky you!
This post follows the dashing and daring Full Blue Moon in the sign of the Hare (grace) on August 31th and carries forward to the New Moon on September 15th in the Bird (virtue) sign.
Once in a blue moon sounds so romantic but perhaps only if you like unrequited love stories.
The general theme is that in only this one instance will two or more energies merge and flow like ships passing in the night.
Our blue moon is the lighthouse in the story. Its luminosity is doubled (blue) because it has happened twice this month. This allows enough light for things to see each other and know one another but perhaps only superficially and for a short time. It's not bright like daytime, this is moonshine "shedding" it's fullest light.
This can be a great time to transfer data, re-live experiences for new outcomes, to find clues and look for missing parts. Put the pieces of your life and dreams back together. There will be a way to see forward in the dark, the dark being the unknown.
The illumination of this moon brings things, people, objects, places and even nebulous concepts into view. Keep the tissues handy. Being in the sign of the Hare it mixes things up with a high, moral side. Let this blue moon be a harbinger of truth and beauty as a solution to life's confusion.
Full (yang) moons bring moods, feelings and energetic patterns to a peak or fullness leaving behind high-water marks in our lives whether we see them now or not.
The ball drops and the change-maker brings new shape-shifted realities into play and into being. Things may appear one way but they will actually go another. To predict the unlikely directions of new vitality and get ahead of the game (for success) you'll need a magic kaleidoscope to express variability.
To follow the leader (dogma) you may walk confident but you'll likely stroll off the cliff-hanger. What does that mean to moi?
It means to see beyond what is and use your own personal power to project ahead of where you are. This will help you find a groove that leads you in the correct direction.
Going in the correct direction leads to the location of your greatest good, it brings us collectively or individually to a solution or realization. If you stay locked in to your own or other peoples (worn-out) ideas about where to go and/or how to get there you may be on a conveyer belt that leads you in circles going nowhere.
We won't have this premium level of magnetism running such strong currents all the time. Please use this primal force to extend your connections and grow an olive branch. Use it like overdrive to power up that hill, make that move and blaze that trail. Muster your courage and assert yourself, boldly. This is not blind faith, so keep your eyes wide open.
Like all Hares the hospitality makers will be available along the way to give you a leg up or a furry, foot hold. Though it may not seem like you are supported when you step off into the the wild, blue yonder (the unknown) merging variables and colorful possibilities will unfold a bridge. These concurrences will greet you like a banner waving in the breeze to show you the way.
In a conscious way this moon can enhance our awareness of subtleties. Why subtleties? They are those invisible fibers that lead us to our destiny and for many humans that walk this Earth that is what we are really seeking.
How to harvest subtleties? Well the way I explain it is this, if you want an oak tree you'd better be looking for acorns since oak trees don't fall fully-grown from the sky. Subtle energy is the nuance akin to a planted seed, poised and ready to break free from it's dark hole.
This kind of seed is also a clue to finding a next step. The next step brings resonance.
Resonance is when you connect with your universe to cooperate in a larger plan called the divine plan, or life calling. A life calling is an awareness or knowing what moves and motivates us onward. As an anchor it holds us fast to our goals/moorings when we would otherwise give-up and drift away from our challenges.
Why does a plant grow, why do we long to love, why do we hope or hold on? I conjecture that this is a purely a feministic (not feminism) principle steeped in a larger mystery. A mystery that suggests striving (passion) rather than straining (drudgery) to get what you desire. This subtle change will leave you with a lasting impression instead of a stain.
A life calling is simply that. Life calls out to each of us and we either tune in on that vibration or try and stop the noise. We either give-in and follow it's leaning by allowing "it" to show us and take us completely to what it has to offer us or, as we so often do, we stuff and stifle this noise, we muzzle it. We stop the resonance so we can listen to other voices and other modes of conditioning to find our way in the world.
In extreme cases this becomes a noise sensitivity. Sound is a big concern in the industrial world. My interpretation is that people who have this sensitivity are intent on stopping their own internal type of resonance. They want to conform to and control their world from the outside in and when they can't the noise starts banging in their heads. They look outside, instead of in.
A good way to know if this is true about yourself is to ask this question, are you trying to take from the world what you want… or are you giving to the world what you've got? When you fully shift the paradigm it turns an internal conflict into eternal bliss.
This full, blue Hare moon ignites a transition phase in the seasons of our earthen souls.
A natural change is taking place and yet there is discomfort in leaving the old cocoon, in breaking free of the old skin of the former self. We may feel broken or blown away. But a plant does not grow until it brakes through the bark or soil. The leaves must drop. Without chaos we have no world. In pain there is gain if we look for it and reach for it in the dark like a light switch.
Ancient wisdom and truth (and quantum mechanics, i.e the Pauli Theory) tells us that no two things can occupy the same space in time, it's a universal law. Such as a shaft falls from the grain leaving the kernel naked and vulnerable we need to know that to be what we want to be, we can't stay who we are.
When I complete a series of feng shui changes for people (or things) there is always something that breaks or falls apart. This makes way for a new cycle of things to begin. Yes people try to stop it (fear based response) and in so doing lock (closing) in the pain instead of searching (openly) for the gain.
Another reflective and potent mystical saying is, Somethings got to give… In our modern myth and moral story telling this has a classical basis in the iconic and ironic story of Marylin Monroe, figuratively, literally and metaphorically.
"The star system has gotten way out of hand. We've let the inmates run the asylum, and they've practically destroyed it" was a statement issued by Peter Levathes in 1962 and in reference to artists like Marilyn just before she died. This thinking of ownership couldn't have been farther from truth or beauty. It seems this story is immortalized from only one side.
In simple terms the movie moguls of the day only tried to get what they wanted by using pressure and subterfuge. In contrast had they allowed themselves to see what they already had and then work with it they would have transcended into new realms.
The mysticism of this compelling story (on and off the set) illustrates the bittersweet and tantalizing opportunities lost by this grind-up, wind-up world. When we push with angst to make something happen or to get what we want, we often never get-it or have-it and in so doing, destroy the very nature of it's being.
In ancient lore this method is often called "killing the goose." In the carnage of this mindset we often find some wonder of beauty that was lost, forgotten or misused.
You, me, we – can't force mother nature.
But once in a blue moon you can coax her out of her shell, when she feels safe, when the water is warm and all the pending agendas are put away. We can skinny dip in the moonlight and be reborn.
Until the next post just let nature (or your nature) run wild and see where she goes, it might genuinely surprise you!
Stars & Signs: posting lucky stars for the Full (yang) Moon (moods) in the Hare (grace) sign up to the new harvest moon in the Bird (virtue) on September 15th. Good luck!
Intermission time. Lean back and lay low, keep your foot off the accelerator petal. Your pending luck stars are tangled in some thorny sticker bushes. You are going from full warp speed to a big show down. Allow things to cool off and take a break before diving in the pool. As temperatures drop air tight seals form around your desires. While this happens spend time listening and then objectifying new opportunities. When you come up from deep water (consciousness) and/or out of a dark space (unconsciousness) there is always an interlude to re-adaption. Stay in the compression chamber a few months to get your bearings before integrating your new ideals into to everyday life.
Up early and down late, scheduling has kept you buzzing and humming through this summer of love. Now, finally you will see more channels deliver steady streams of new data to your field of dreams. Or at least one. The trick here is repetition. Once you figure out the how just keep repeating it. Constancy is your lucky charmer. The stars roll in your favor with a wink, wink and a nudge-nudge. You have to blow on the candles to make a wish come true and rub that lamp to get a genii to appear. When summoning a genii be sure to have your request formulated and wait time is nil.
Finding and keeping is the Tiger's only really soft, tender sentimental side. Once they find what they want they like to have it, and to keep it near. There is a honeymooners tinge to your lucky money stars this month. Use the core concepts of sharing is caring and loving is giving. Show the ones you hold dear, that you like them here. Brandish nothing stronger than a pillow fight or you'll frighten the children into tears. Sure you can stay tough like a bed of nails. But then no one can lie down and roll around with you in the green, grass of home. Hold your own and let the good times jelly-roll.
Blue moon… in the Hare. Lucky in love and wealth stars are all a sizzle with one small caveat. Use them up now, don't wait. Expiration dates on the luck quotient lose potency quickly. You are currently aligned for maximum frequency of heaven luck and income streams a-plenty. Fortunately for you, you are also naturally gifted at foraging and gathering fruits and nuts at their peak season. Make haste on this work since the tide will pull out this month leaving your ships high and dry. Things may look bleak and bleary. But this is only a short lived condition. By the time you have cleaned off your rosy glasses everything will be crystal clear. Sometimes the water just needs time to settle. Go slow, don't push the luck stars this month and let things flow.
Stretch out your wings and and rip free from the chains that bind you. You are being tested in new flights of fancy and all you need to do is show up. Life as the dragon knows it, all-to-well, is a messy, scary business. Ye be monsters beyond here is oft the place marker for madness and ends-of-the-world inhabited by the dragon kind. You scratch your head and beyond wonder, why, and how on Earth do people come up with this stuff? But then before you even have time to really ponder, suddenly it dawns on you. All this unmarked and uncharted territory is yours to play in, it belongs to you, it's your birthright and yours for the taking.
Life is going to get sweeter and a newly, exalted position (or tack) you've taken is making a bad situation better. Luck stars look thrilling and willing, beyond belief to go the distance. Though to see you now it would not seem so, but strangely enough in the coming weeks a serious legal matter will go favorably for you. Put grist to the mill and apply another turn to the screw. Of course your own special brand of squeezing is legendary but if that fails your venom will paralyze them. The days to your crowning glory are numbered by few. Paupers awaken as a prince or princess in the morrow.
Feeling your oats is fine and dandy. However this is your best time of the year to beat a retreat. To be fully revived requires an extended, clandestine period. Stars are a funky lot in a mixed bag of what, knots. Things get tangled in brambles when we bite off more than we can chew. Choose your words and then swallow them whole, what's left unsaid no one will know. If this hand of cards were mine I'd toss them and push back the table. Stockpile your cupboards with fruity delights but don't burn candles or leave on the light. Hold your horses just a little longer, don't jump the gun. Rewards will come when your legs are stronger.
Bonus social luck brings back a gentler stride and a promotes wanderlust to take you back to a happier time. The peacekeeper and match-maker goat is the new uniform type. You are infinitely bound to the stories of the land so it's time to stop kidding around! One by one, three billy goat's gruff usurped a troll that wanted to devour their life. Like water under the bridge they moved past it to let bygones be gone for good. Climb higher and you'll find a new, brighter view on your horizon. This month will sparkle and shine be sure to shop and dine. Up next month is a long rest and respite from the intensity of this limelight.
Love comes to town and it's riding a horse upside down. Honey you have some pretty happy, snappy luck coming down your pike. But from the way you see it – it looks miserable, like something the cat dragged in. Out of your "former" fears and tears there is a truth in beauty that you have side-lined, avoided or isolated. Don't let your fame be a passing fancy. Au contraire …you would be wise to economize. Save your affections for a love (or script) that's really rare. On stage you are hopping and popping with flirtatious hilarity so let the good time roll, don't wedge them in.
Oppositions flare-up and thunder roars in the skies of the feathered kind. You are rarefied by these ripe conditions. This is the perfect time to cast out lines and make the ties that bind. Get into a new stride by marching to the drum of a higher mind. The bean counters will merge with the nitpickers to sort out all the details over time. The luck stars are a flyby the seat of your pants airline taking you to a conference in a wilder-nest clime. Hunt and peck to solve the crime. Income luck stays strong and goes long. If not, I suggest abruptly making an about face (all the way around to the other side) and go forward in that direction.
Super, double bonus luck has doggies barking and baying at the moon. But all this howling is a waste of a very, good vibe. Dog is the Hare's secret buddy so don't be afraid to reveal your innermost dreams to a sacred sole. Confide not deride. In so doing you may garner the prize of a new lifetime. Don't bat an eyelash about crossing your tee's. The white cross is a legendary symbol of power used to remove all iniquity. Be thou dissolved in preparation for the whole lot-a heaven luck coming your way. Like summer berries you get to pick your own prize.
The lucky pig has a dynamic-duo of star powers wielding fire and brimstone with an exaggerated effect. Below the pyrotechnics is a deep reservoir of constancy and continuity being dredged-up, out of this marshy swamp. Your olfactory senses will lead you to the destination of your dreams so keep sniffing around the forest. Trust your sensory perceptions above what you see in front of you. Set your whole heart on fire and watch it burn. When you do, it will melt away the dross. The big wheel is turning and you get a shot at the jackpot. Aim high and be mighty at the arc.


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Something that individuals find threatening about cooking Indian nourishment is the huge swath of Spices utilized — both entire and ground, which are frequently consolidated into complex zest blends. In any case, having shown classes on Indian nourishment, I find that when individuals can recognize and comprehend the Spices we utilize, at that point all of a sudden they discover this cooking isn't as difficult to make all things considered.
Here are the 11 Spices I go after frequently when cooking Indian sustenance and how I utilize them!
Most Spices, with a few special cases – eminently, nutmeg – are dry-broiled to discharge their fundamental oils previously being ground into zest blends. While a few Spices can be mixed utilizing a mortar and pestle, I ordinarily suggest the utilization of a zest processor or ground-breaking blender to ensure your blends are finely ground, particularly on the grounds that a few Spices, similar to cassia bark, are hard and intense to mix down to a fine powder.
There are two sorts of cardamom utilized as a part of Indian cooking: green and dark. Green is the more typical assortment, utilized for everything from flavor blends to lassis to Indian sweets. The flavor is light and sweet, with a mellow eucalyptus note. Green cardamom can be mixed entire when making flavor blends, as garam masala, anyway when utilizing them in desserts or pastries, you would pop the unit open and softly pulverize the fragrant dark seeds previously utilizing.
Dark cardamom, then again, is ground-breaking and smoky, and should be utilized with a great deal of alert. Typically just the seeds would be utilized, and if utilizing the entire unit, it's best to haul it out before serving the dish, as it can be extremely hot to nibble into.
Clove is a typical zest in Indian cooking and its anise notes are effectively unmistakable in numerous Indian arrangements. The solid, relatively therapeutic kind of clove originates from the centralization of basic oils. Cloves are actually blooms, and a great deal of their oils are squeezed out before they are dried and utilized as a part of cooking. Cloves can be utilized entire or mixed into flavor blends. They do should be utilized with alert, be that as it may, as they can have a tendency to overwhelm more sensitive Spices.
Cassia bark is a fascinating flavor. Otherwise called Chinese cinnamon, it is a family of the cinnamon tree. Cinnamon is somewhat not quite the same as cassia, and typically separated by being called "genuine cinnamon." Cassia is less expensive to create, and the dominant part of ground cinnamon is really produced using cassia bark. Indians utilize cassia rather than genuine cinnamon in their cooking, as it has a milder flavor and can be utilized as a part of bigger amounts.
Cassia can likewise be utilized entire or ground in zest blends. It is effectively discernable by its unpleasant, tree husk like surface, and the most ideal approach to check for freshness is to rub a little on your fingers. In the event that you can notice a cinnamon aroma, at that point the bark is new.
In the event that substituting cinnamon for cassia, utilize less, as the kind of evident cinnamon is more exceptional.
Dark pepper is really local to India, basically from the Western Ghats and Malabar area. It is a shockingly hard flavor to develop, as it relies upon numerous characteristic cycles, similar to a set measure of precipitation, which is the reason costs for new pepper differ a ton.
Like most Spices, dark pepper should be toasted before mixing. For the best flavor, notwithstanding, new dark pepper can likewise be ground specifically into dishes.
Cumin is utilized much of the time entire and in flavor blends to add a trademark smoky note to Indian dishes. It can be recognized by its particular furrowed dark colored seeds and extraordinary scent. It is at times mistaken for fennel, caraway, and anise seeds, however you can differentiate by taking a gander at its shading (darker, instead of green fennel) and taste (smoky, rather than a more grounded licorice taste).
Cumin is best utilized newly ground for the most serious flavor. One thing to remember while dry-cooking this flavor is that it consumes truly effectively, and consumed cumin tastes severe and will be extremely observable your dish. Toast this flavor until your nose just gets a whiff of smoke and scent (around 30 seconds max), and after that let it cool before mixing into blends.
Coriander is likely the most omnipresent of Spices in the Indian zest rack. It is one of the most established known Spices on the planet, and it's described by its brilliant yellow shading and tenderly furrowed surface. The seeds are exceptionally sweet-smelling with citrus notes.
Entire coriander is utilized as a base for some, zest blends, and ground coriander is a standout amongst the most regularly utilized ground Spices in Indian cooking. Like cumin, it should be dry-simmered until the point when you can begin seeing a light brilliant dark colored tinge to the seeds and they begin "moving" and flying in the dish.
Two of most loved Spices, nutmeg and mace, are utilized a ton in Indian cooking. Mace is the dim red external covering of the nutmeg. Crisp nutmeg is handled by evacuating the thick outside and sliding off the mace. It has an intense external covering that should be broken off before grinding.
Whenever dried, mace turns brilliant orange and includes indications of warm flavor. When nutmeg is dried, it keeps going practically perpetually, so it is best to get it entire and mesh as required into your dishes. I once in a while ever utilize ground nutmeg, as it is one of those Spices whose flavor corrupts quick once it is ground. Nutmeg should not be toasted before mixing into Spices, as toasting wrecks its sensitive flavor.
Mustard seeds can be yellow, dark, or darker and are utilized reciprocally in Indian cooking. The kind of mustard seeds is discharged when they are pounded or cooked in oil. Their smoky, nutty flavor is a staple in curries and curry powders, and mustard oil is usually utilized as a part of the North of India.
Fenugreek is the zest which gives Madras curry powder its exceptionally trademark, gritty, musky "curry" flavor and scent. The seeds are yellowish and look like little wheat bits. Fenugreek leaves are likewise dried and utilized as a zest (they are normally called kasuri methi) and are what make spread chicken novel.
Fenugreek seeds are firmly fragranced and ought to be utilized with alert, much the same as cloves. They are likewise utilized as a part of conventional medication, and for some odd reason, to make counterfeit maple syrup.
Turmeric is another normal Indian flavor. Developed as a rhizome, it can be utilized crisp (like ginger) or dried. It has been known to have a large group of medical advantages and is utilized as a part of a considerable measure of flavor blends and curries. The kind of new turmeric is marginally more grounded than dried, and it recolors effortlessly, so ensure you are watchful with your garments and utensils while utilizing it.
It has a sharp, gritty aroma; I utilize it in little amounts to give my curries a lovely brilliant shading.
The most costly zest on the planet, saffron is in reality more profitable by weight than gold, because of the way that it is a standout amongst the most work escalated Spices to deliver. Saffron is the shame of crocus blooms and should be picked by hand.
The best saffron is dull red in shading and originates from Kashmir, Iran, or Spain. The fresher the saffron, the more profound the shading. The kind of saffron is extremely one of a kind, with everyone encountering an alternate part of its aroma. I generally see botanical and nectar notes when I notice my saffron.
Saffron is an exceptional zest, and is utilized as a part of little amounts, typically broke up in warm water or drain before being added to dishes.


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Indigenous Name: Warren Roger Whiteley
Position: Number 8
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Place of Birth: Durban, South Africa
Schooling: Glenwood High School
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Round 2 CHF - LIO 8 1 0 1 6 2 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Round 3 HGH - LIO 8 0 0 0 9 0 5 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Round 4 LIO - CHE 8 0 0 0 4 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Round 6 LIO - CRU 8 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Round 7 SHK - LIO 8 0 0 0 5 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Round 8 LIO - STM 8 0 0 0 6 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Round 9 KIN - LIO 8 1 1 1 7 1 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Round 10 LIO - HUR 8 0 0 0 9 0 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Round 12 LIO - BLU 8 1 0 0 3 1 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Round 14 BUL - LIO 8 0 1 0 1 2 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Final HUR - LIO 8 0 0 0 1 1 8 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
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Download Cosmology of Kyoto
Cosmology of Kyoto
Windows - 1995
Also available on: Windows 3.x - Mac
Alt name
京都千年物語
Yano Electric Co., Ltd.
SOFTEDGE Inc.
1st-Person
4.56 / 5 - 16 votes
Download 262 MB
Description of Cosmology of Kyoto
One of the most unique and thought-provoking games ever made, Cosmology of Kyoto is a fascinating tale of religion, history, and superstition that ranks among the least-known underdogs of all time.
The game is set in the 10th and 11th centuries AD, during the Heian period in Japan when Kyoto was known as Heiankyo. The game includes episodes drawn from a large body of tales, legends and illustrated literature produced during or after the Heian period. These vignettes are edited into interactive, experimental forms, to allow the user to realistically sense the worldview and lifestyle of an ancient time.
The game was inspired by The Tales of Genji and similar Japanese folktales. Your character in the game is a no-name male traveller, an ordinary human being who is faced with opportunities, driven by desires, and is bound to die. Your actions determine your path through this world, and many reincarnations to come. You may meet troublemakers, and demons, enter Paradise or Hell, be reborn, and re-enact the story of a scholar who played the devil in a high-stakes game of backgammon. In addition to very well-drawn authentic backgrounds, the game includes an excellent database of over 400 screens of text and pictures that gives background information for the time and place where you are in the game.
Calling Cosmology of Kyoto a "game" is a bit misleading-- you don't get to solve any elaborate puzzles in traditional point-and-click adventure sense. Any item you carry with you will be used automatically when the time comes, so you can't really get "stuck" in the game. Cosmology of Kyoto is better described as an interactive story that lets you interact with the game world at your leisure, similar to choose-your-own-adventure books. And what a world it is. The designers spare no pretense, no illusion that this is a "politically correct" or "family" game. Heiankyo comes alive before your very eyes, with all the gory details and harrowing images that its inhabitants truly faced or believed. You will come across a dog eating a corpse's entrails, long-winded old farts, a monk leading a prayer meeting, kids playing ball in the streets, a maiden with an obscenely phallic tongue, and many more true-to-life characters. And when you get to the underworld (yes, you must die in this game. Several times, in fact), you will find hellish scenes populated with sharp-toothed demons and tormented souls that are so effective as to churn your stomach.
These characters are drawn with vivid facial characteristics, a cross between the cartoons of medieval Japanese art and the exaggerations of modern Japanimation. The speaking voices are filled with personality, often taunting, teasing, or sexy. They all speak Japanese (in the ancient tongue, no less), but all speech is subtitled in English. What makes Cosmology of Kyoto truly remarkable is that as you enter the town and interact with its inhabitants, you have only two choices. You can, in your arrogance, remain as you are, a contemporary Japanese or American, for example. And you won't get very far. The structure of relations that are the real art of the work won't let you. It does not allow this nonchalance with meaning. A more interesting choice is to try and understand the world as it would have appeared to a person of the time. Then you start to make your decisions, when you meet the guard, or the priest, or the gambler, according to someone else's meaning making map of Kyoto, and indeed of the world. You work within the constraints the artists have placed in the matrix of relations that are the art of this work. The look and feel of it are just window dressing. They are not art, they are design. The art is the in the relations.
Follow along the line of those relations, and you learn what it means to be in the world as the world appears from the point of view of Pure Land Buddhism. As Roger Ebert concludes in his review, "There is the sense, illusory but seductive, that one could wander this world indefinitely. This is a wonderful game."
This truly wonderful, delightfully twisted path to enlightenment is well worth the honor of being one of the few full CD-ROM games on the site (yes, that big zip file contains the whole CD). A must-have, especially for anyone looking for a mature, meditative game that is a far cry from today's superficial releases.
TrynaplayCOK 2022-09-28 0 point Windows version
Whenever I try to click the launcher it says it can't find dosbox.exe. But I downloaded that application as well. what am I missing?
2 GvM/2k9-UCrest 2021-07-14 -1 point Windows version
Hey GvM/2k9-UCrest, thanks for the tip, that really helped. However, running this game on Win7, it seems that it takes a long time to get through the cutscenes, maybe I'll need to look into somehow skipping the frames or smth. Also the game sometimes doesn't show the cursor correct and has a typincal mouse pointer instead of triangle. Overall it's kinda choppy, but I see how it could be fun if all ran well.
GvM/2k9-UCrest 2021-05-16 3 points
A gem of the point and click adventure genre and visual novels. Highly recommended.
Here are some files. Feel free to add them to the portal.
1.- version prepared with Windows 3.x and emulated in DosBox by the Infinity Lives group. Link: https://mega.nz/file/CR5VSCZD#CVrnSfY7LiN1_jwcTIrd3W87hmp6A1n6dUb2FHrQ7Qg
2.- I have created a launcher. Just add it to the game folder and run it from there. In case you get a notification from Anti-Virus say that it is a False-Positive. Don't worry, there are no bugs or strange things. Link: https://mega.nz/file/OMojFASB#3vaUjzccxg3AVtuK4H1F41YbJpvAEfe-Dpua73cL0xo
3.- User Manual (Japanese). Link: https://mega.nz/file/rAx3jQgB#t_QNIVGYuZqY9LWPXNSxc2FUcNBeZITrzcvwuxnmmd4.- Hybrid CD-Rom version for both MAC and Windows 3.x. Link: https://mega.nz/file/eJp1CYKA#BpUPg-HkdM5xE949mWknMIpZ8Oln7g95WiAVy2oFYKU
the_uninvited_guest 2020-06-02 0 point
Where's the pc version?
Kevin ''Kevdog'' Foor 2017-03-25 1 point
I can't wait to try this classic out! It's gonna be a scary gaming experience.
Arindam 2015-04-02 0 point Mac version
An exceptional and informative point-and-click game; not for the faint-hearted.
Share your gamer memories, help others to run the game or comment anything you'd like. If you have trouble to run Cosmology of Kyoto (Windows), read the abandonware guide first!
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Sports Desk | Updated: June 11, 2018 9:01:39 Ajinkya Rahane will lead India against Afghanistan.
Ajinkya Rahane has been handed over India's captaincy for the game and the right-hander has said that it's a privilege to be leading the team in their maiden Test match.
"It's a privilege to be playing in Afghanistan's first Test match.
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Article about our Adventure Golf course at Hälla Golf Club in "Dagens Nyheter" - a Swedish daily newspaper - published 30th April 2015.
>> Read the article here in Swedish
...or here in English:
Forget about moth-eaten, trampled felt carpets. Miniature golf courses like you've never seen before are springing up all over Sweden. Lukas, Wilmer and Emil tested the Pirate Adventure Golf course in Västerås and roamed across streams and through giant skulls.
Did you think that mini golf courses only consist of greens with holes? Think again. In recent years a lot has happened in the branch and so-called "adventure golf" is the latest trend, a mixture between miniature golf and mini golf that is played on courses with different themes. The imaginative content knows no bounds. In the US, for example, hard rockers can play at a Kiss-themed course which ends by playing the ball up the extended, long tongue of bassist Gene Simmons and into his mouth. In Cancun, Mexico, there is an indoor course that is more reminiscent of a laser disco where all the holes are illuminated in neon-like colors.
In Sweden adventure golf - also known as "fantasy golf" - courses can be found from the north to the south. Just outside Västerås, we visited a pirate-themed course adorned with a large skull, which is inspired by the superhero film, The Phantom. But there is something else on the course that grabs the attention of our three test players of 8 and 10 years:
"A raft! … a raft !!... a raft !!!
The raft traverses a stream in the middle of the course. It turns out that it is just as much fun playing on the raft, as playing on the course itself.
"Old-fashioned mini golf is not nearly as much fun, just grass and maybe a tree here or there. Pirate Golf lets you play and have fun at the same time! There are loads of great things to do between holes" says Lukas Nilsson.
In Västerås there were previously a dozen ordinary mini golf courses with felt carpets, but these are progressively being replaced with more enjoyable alternatives, reflecting the growing trend and popularity of adventure golf. Pirate Golf is in its fourth season and attracts anything from kids' parties to loudly guffawing women battling their way through the twelve holes, which includes an outside wc whose door springs open when the ball rolls under the house to reveal a seated skeleton intent on doing his business. But on the day we were there, we ran into a strict looking man who asked us to be quiet every time he played the ball. He had obviously confused the discipline that prevails on a standard 18-hole golf course with this playful place.
The Pirate Golf course is adapted for the disabled, and each hole can be played in an easy or hard way. Next to the course are a small ice-cream / coffee shop, and restrooms. We advise you to bring a change of clothes, including shoes, because for most children it is irresistible to jump in behind the two waterfalls flowing out through the eyes in the giant skull and get soaking wet.
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To dream of giving birth represents the beginning of a new situation, relationship, or phase of your life. It may also reflect new ideas or projects. A change has occurred in the dreamer's life. People who are graduating, starting a new career, starting or ending a relationship or moving often dream of giving birth. Ask yourself what is new in your life?
Alternatively, dreaming about a birth may reflect an awakening or new era of your life. Graduating to a new level of responsibility.
Negatively, giving birth may reflect the beginning of a new problem or fear. A negative situation is coming to life. Feeling powerless to stop yourself from making a situation worse. Growing pains.
Example: A woman dreamed of having an unpleasant birth. In waking life she started to chastise her teenage son for his growing disrespectful behavior and it began to blow up in her face. The unpleasant birth reflected her feelings about herself graduating to a higher level of motherly responsibility as her son grew into an unpredictable teenager requiring more tough love.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of giving birth to baby. In waking life she fell in love with a new man after years of being divorced.
Example 3: A a woman dreamed of worrying about a birth that ended up surviving, but wasn't important. In waking life she was having issues with worrying about impressing people at work with an idea she had, but ultimately her idea wasn't a priority for her boss.
Example 4: A woman dreamed of giving birth to a baby and then preparing to give birth to a second shortly after. In waking life she was working on to get a good job while also preparing to earn a civil service certificate.
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Forwarded to the Union Minister of Law and Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India by Dr. Justice AR. Lakshmanan Chairman, Law Commission of India, on February 5, 2008.
Sub: Proposal to amend the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 as amended by Act 39 of 2005.
I am forwarding herewith 204th Report of the Commission on Hindu Succession Act, as amended by Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 (39 of 2005).
The aforesaid Amending Act was passed to give effect to the recommendations made by the Commission in its 174th Report on Property Rights: Proposed Reforms under the Hindu Law. This subject was taken up by the Commission suo motu in view of the pervasive discrimination prevalent against women in relation to laws governing the inheritance/succession of property amongst the members of a joint Hindu family.
While going through the Amending Act, the Commission noticed certain legislative inadvertences which need rectification. In pursuance of its terms of reference, which, inter alia, enjoin upon the Commission to make recommendations for the removal of anomalies, ambiguities and inequities in the law, the Commission undertook this study suo motu with a view to remove anomalies that have afflicted the Amended Act.
We hope that the recommendations in this Report will further the objects underlying the constitution of the Commission.
"The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 has amended and codified the law relating to intestate succession among Hindus. The Act brought about changes in the law of succession among Hindus and gave rights which were till then unknown in relation to women's property. However, it does not interfere with the special rights of those who are members of Hindu Mitakshara coparcenary except to provide rules for devolution of the interest of a deceased male in certain cases. The Act lays down a uniform and comprehensive system of inheritance and applies, inter alia, to persons governed by the Mitakshara and Dayabhaga schools and also to those governed previously by the Murumakkattayam, Aliyasantana and Nambudri laws. The Act applies to every person who is a Hindu by religion in any of its forms or developments including a Virashaiva, a Lingayat or a follower of the Brahmo, Pararthana or Arya Samaj; or to any person who is Buddhist, Jain or Sikh by religion; or to any other person who is not a Muslim, Christian, Parsi or Jew by religion. In the case of a testamentary disposition, this Act does not apply and the interest of the deceased is governed by the Indian Succession Act, 1925.
2. Section 6 of the Act deals with devolution of interest of a male Hindu in coparcenary property and recognizes the rule of devotion by survivorship among the members of the coparcenary. The retention of the Mitakshara coparcenary property without including the females in it means that the females cannot inherit in ancestral property as their male counter-parts do. The law by excluding the daughter from participating in the coparcenary ownership not only contributes to her discrimination on the ground of gender but also has led to oppression and negation of her fundamental right of equality guaranteed by the Constitution, having regard to the need to render social justice to women, the States of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra have made necessary changes in the law giving equal right to daughters in Hindu Mitakshara coparcenary property. The Kerala Legislature has enacted the Kerala Joint Hindu Family System (Abolition) Act, 1975.
3. It is proposed to remove the discrimination as contained in section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 by giving equal rights to daughters in the Hindu Mitakshara coprarcenary property as the sons have. Section 23 of the Act disentitles a female heir to ask for partition in respect of a dwelling house wholly occupied by a joint family until the male heirs choose to divide their respective shares therein. It is also proposed to omit the said section so as to remove the disability on female heirs contained in that section.
4. The above proposals are based on the recommendations of the Law Commission of India as contained in its 174th Report on "Property Rights of Women: Proposed Reform under the Hindu Law".
5. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objects."
1. Chapter II on Instestate Succession, containing section 5 to 29.
(b) secondly, if there is no heir of class I, then upon the heirs, being the relatives specified in class II of the Schedule; 1 Chapter II on Intestate Succession, containing Sections 5 to 29.
Son; daughter; widow; mother; son of pre-deceased son; daughter of a pre-deceased son; son of a pre-deceased daughter; daughter of a pre-deceased daughter; widow of a pre-deceased son; son of a pre-deceased son of a pre-deceased son; daughter of a predeceased son of a pre-deceased son; widow of a pre-deceased son of a pre-deceased son [son of a pre-deceased daughter of a pre-deceased daughter; daughter of a pre-deceased daughter of a pre-deceased daughter; daughter of a pre-deceased son of a pre-deceased daughter; daughter of a pre-deceased daughter of a pre-deceased son]1.
1. Added by Act 39 of 2005, Sec. 7(w.e.f. 9-9-2005).
II. (1) Son's daughter's son, (2) son's daughter's daughter, (3) brother, (4) sister.
IV. (1) Brother's son, (2) sister's son, (3) brother's daughter, (4) sister's daughter.
VI. Father's widow; brother's widow.
IX. Mother's brother; mother's sister.
Explanation:- In this Schedule, references to a brother or sister do not include references to a brother or sister by uterine blood.
A bare perusal of the aforesaid two classes reveals certain anomalies that seem to have inadvertently crept in. For example, daughter's daughter's son and son's daughter's daughter find mention in both the classes. Further, whereas mother is included in class I, father's widow is included in class II. There is apparent ambiguity that needs clarification. The reading of class I ex-facie is quite complex and cumbersome. The terms of reference with which the Commission has been set up, inter alia, enjoins upon it to revise the Central Acts of General Importance so as to simplify them and to remove anomalies, ambiguities and inequities. In view of this, the Commission considered it appropriate to take up further revision of the amended HSA with a view to simplify the two classes and remove the anomalies resulting from legislative inadvertences.
2. Daughter of a predeceased daughter of a predeceased daughter (i.e. daughter's daughter's daughter).
Though both the above entries in Class-II prima-facie seem to be different due to the use of the word "pre-deceased" in Class-I for the same, actually meaning wise, both relations are same and will only come into picture if their legal ascendants died prior to the opening of succession i.e. before the death of the Hindu Male dying intestate, with respect of whom all the above relations are derived. Hence, in our opinion, a definite correction is required in Class-II of the schedule and the relations provided under the same, which are already covered in Class-I, must be deleted.
As already stated, the four of the descendants included as Class I heirs are listed as Class II heirs as well. The confusion caused by this repetition requires correction. The repetition is perceptibly obvious and requires elimination to restore clarity and to avoid unnecessary litigation.
Two of the male descendants in the daughter's line are not listed as Class I heirs while their female counterparts are so listed. There is no basis or justification for this omission.
The omission is not based on principle, but creates a reverse discrimination against the male descendants and this has to be rectified.
Thus "son of predeceased son of a predeceased daughter" as well as "son of a predeceased daughter of a predeceased son" of the intestate are not added under Class-I by the said amendment of 2005. The said relations are also derived through daughter and granddaughter of the intestate. On the basis of the same logic used for remaining insertions made in Class-I u/2005's amendment, the said relations too should have been included in class I heirs. Daughter of a predeceased daughter of a predeceased son who is i.e. number 2 of Entry 2 in Class II has been elevated as a Class I heir under the amendment. However, son's daughter's son i.e. son of a predeceased daughter of a predeceased son is retained in Class II though both of them are in the same degree of relationship to the intestate.
Daughter's son's daughter who was formerly in Class-II has been elevated in Class-I as daughter of a predeceased son of a predeceased daughter. While daughter's son's son namely Entry 3 in item 2 is retained in Class II though both of them are in the same degree of relationship to the intestate, and, therefore, in our opinion above said 2 relations, which are mentioned as "daughter's son's son" and "son's daughter's son", under Class II – 2nd and 3rd items (Entry) respectively, be omitted from there and be added in Class-I.
In our opinion, the mistake we have noticed while scanning through the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 is definitely the result of a legislative inadvertence. We therefore suggest that son's daughter's son as well as daughter's son's son may be added in Class-I, deleting them from Class-II, based on the same logic used for remaining insertions in Class I under the 2005 amended provisions. We therefore request the Law Department to take appropriate steps to rectify the defect pointed out by us as above.
"Father", who is certainly a very close relative rather than any one coming in the Class II Entry 2 and 3 list, assumes more importance in view of the recent enactment of the Parliament to provide maintenance to parents in "The Senior Citizens (Maintenance, Protection and Welfare) Act, 2007" wherein it is now made mandatory that every person should maintain his parents and failure will result in punishment. While so, it is but natural and logical to expect that a father should be given the right of inheritance of the property of his son like a mother. As such pushing "Father" beyond a III generation "Daughter's daughter's daughter" etc., has no meaning. Why a preference to the more close relatives should be given-up, in place of 3rd generation relatives who in our society may not have any contact with the person dying intestate – is not known.
Further, we have to see one more point that is almost all (Class I heirs) sons, daughters and grand children have the duty to maintain the parents or grand parents as per the 2007 Act. There is no duty cast upon the great grand children to look after their great grand parents, whereas they have been given equal right to share as Class I heirs. This is certainly an anomaly. This can be rectified only by including the "Father" in Class-I.
As suggested earlier, we have to consider that the desirability of elevating the father as a Class I heir with the mother was that he may not be the lesser heir than a daughter's daughter in the list particularly when we are now thinking of enforcing, by law, of obligation of the children to maintain their parents.
Entry VI in Class II heirs specifies Father's widow along with brother's widow and is placed below grand father and grand mother of the deceased male coparcener dying intestate. It may be noted that the term father's widow' include 'mother' in its ambit. But 'mother' has already been included in Class-I heirs. Thus, father's widow in Class-II, Entry-VI, will logically refers to step-mother only and not real mother. However, the related Entry does not expressly say so. It may be relevant to note Rule 1 and Rule 2 in Section 10 of HSA in this regard. According to Rule 1, the intestate's widow, or if there are more widows than one, all the widows together shall take one share. The Indian Law provides for monogamy and prohibits bigamy and polygamy as a general rule. The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 too prescribes that neither party has a spouse living at the time of marriage as a condition for Hindu marriage. Thus, there is remote possibility for some one to have more than one widows. The provisions of HSA seem to be more by way of abundant caution. Rule-2 in Section 10 provides that the surviving sons, daughters and mother of the intestate shall each take one share. Thus, it may be seen that if mother of the intestate takes her share as Class-I heir, then nothing will remain for the step mother, if any, to succeed.
The expression 'father's widow' therefore needs to be clarified as referring to step mother (s) and not real mother, i.e. father's widow other than real mother. But this entry may be upgraded to the level of Entry 2 and father's widow other than real mother be placed after 'brother and sister' in Entry 2 under class II in the Schedule.
Rule 1.- The intestate's widow, or if there are more widows than one, all the widows together, shall take one share.
Rule 2.- The surviving sons and daughters and the mother of the intestate shall each take one share.
Rule 3.- The heirs in the branch of each pre-deceased son or each pre-deceased daughter of the intestate shall take between them one share.
(ii) among the heirs in the branch of the predeceased daughter shall be so made that the surviving sons and daughters get equal portions."
From the aforesaid, it follows that the surviving sons and daughters of the intestate take one share each. If any son or daughter dies before the intestate, then his, or her children, as the case may be, will take between them one share that would have gone to the predeceased son or daughter, as the case may be, had he or she been alive at the time of intestate's death. In other words, if any of such child pre-deceased the intestate leaving his or her children alive at the time of intestate's death, the children of such child as aforesaid will take between them the share which the said child would have taken if living at the intestate's death. This rule is also embodied in Section 16 in respect of order of succession among heirs of a female Hindu. This is percolated down the line of succession and is inherent in the scheme of Section 10 read with Class I heirs in the Schedule.
Besides, the widow of a pre-deceased son will also take one share.
Accordingly, the law in these provisions can be suitably revised with a view to simplify it further as follows. The following Rule shall be inserted in Section 10.
Rule 2. The mother and father, if both survive at the intestate's death, shall take between them together, one share.
Mother shall be deleted from existing Rule 2.
The existing Rules 2 and 3, 4 shall be renumbered as Rule 3, 4 and 5 respectively. The words "and so on in succession" shall be added at the end of renumbered Rule 4.
The Class I heirs in the Schedule may be revised as under.
1. Son, daughter, widow, mother and father.
2. Where any son or daughter pre-deceased the intestate, then children of such pre-deceased son or daughter, as the case may be, and widow of a pre-deceased son, if any.
3. And so on in succession among the heirs of the descending branch of successors pre-deceasing the intestate.
1. The following entries should be deleted from class II (as these have been elevated to class I) in the Schedule.
2. The following entries should be deleted from class II and be added to class I heirs in the Schedule.
Entry (III) (2) daughter's son's son.
3. 'Father' should be deleted from Entry I under class II and be inserted in class I after 'mother'.
4. Father's widow be deleted from Entry VI and included in Entry II after 'sister' as father's widow other than real mother.
Rule 2 – The surviving parents at the intestate's death shall together take between them one share.
(2) The following Rules 2, 3 and 4 shall be renumbered as Rules 3, 4 and 5 respectively.
(3) Mother shall be deleted from existing Rule 2 and renumbered Rule 3.
(4) The words "so on in succession" shall be added at the end of renumbered Rule 4.
6. Amendments recommended at Serial No. 1 to 3 above except to the extent to which these relate to the deletions in Class-II will not be necessary, if the alternative recommendation of revising class I heirs in the Schedule as follows is accepted.
1. Son, daughter, widow, parents (or mother and father).
2. In case any son or daughter dies before the intestate's death, then children of any such pre-deceased son or daughter, as the case may be, and widow of the pre-deceased son, if any.
3. And so in succession, among the heirs of the descending branches of successors being grand children and great grand children and widow of any grandson or great grandson, and so on, as the case may be, in the case of their pre-deceasing the intestate.


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State considers land purchases to expand Nokuse Plantation
Tom McLaughlin @TomMnwfdn
FREEPORT — The state of Florida is considering two land purchases that would "fill in gaps" within Walton County's Nokuse Plantation conservation area and further the dream of its founder, M.C. Davis, to establish a long leaf pine forest extending "as far as the eye can see."
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet will consider proposals at their Tuesday meeting to purchase conservation easements in Walton and Putnam counties.
In Walton County, two deals are being considered that would add just under 2,600 acres to what is known as the Seven Runs Creek Final Phase Florida Forever project. The total price for the state to obtain the two parcels is approximately $2.7 million, according to the Cabinet agenda.
The first easement, of 2,436 acres, would be turned over to Nokuse Education Inc. and the second, of 2,133 acres, would be managed by the Stella Davis 2015 Plantation Trust. Stella Davis was the wife of M.C. Davis.
Matt Aresco, the director of Nokuse Plantation, said both easements would be contained within the plantation and run along Black Creek, which he described as a "just beautiful creek" that drains into the Choctawhatchee River.
"This is a beautiful creek system that features very old trees and provides habitat to black bears and a whole lot of other species," Aresco said.
One other prominent species offered protection by the conservation easements is the gopher tortoise, Aresco said.
Another portion of the easement property features a sand hill ecosystem providing wetlands habitat for ducks and other birds, he said, and wetlands on the tract should provide important groundwater recharge.
An important feature of the conservation easements is their service in tying the Nokuse Plantation to the Eglin Air Force Base reservation and Blackwater River State Park to the west and Choctawhatchee Wildlife Management Area to the east to create a contiguous forest area, Aresco said.
Likewise, the conservation easements "will enhance the Eglin AFB mission by providing undeveloped buffer land under Special Use Airspace for level aircraft training," he said.
Dr. Richard Hilsenbeck, a Nature Conservancy retiree, said if the easements proposed at Nokuse by the state are anything like two others within the confines of the plantation recently approved by the Cabinet, "they will provide excellent protection to the natural and hydrological resources of the property."
"The land is also being ecologically restored through a multi-level plan that includes replanting of long leaf pine and reintroduction of prescribed fire on the upland portions of the property," Hilsenbeck said. "I strongly support the purchase of these conservation easements by the state."
Nokuse Plantation itself will grow to over 55,000 acres with the addition of the two parcels. The plantation's website states that close to six million long leaf pine seedlings have been planted on the grounds.
Long leaf pine forests once dominated the landscape of much of the southeastern United States, but the vast acreage was decimated by loggers who found the wood of the long leaf ideal for construction purposes.
Conservation easements are designed to protect land while at the same time allowing private property owners to retain their rights and live on and use the grounds.
"The conservation easement will permanently limit development, while allowing the landowner to harvest timber," the Cabinet agenda said in describing the easement proposed for the non-profit Nokuse Education Inc.
Nokuse Plantation maintains its E.O. Wilson Biophelia Center, a non-profit environmental educational center, on property just south of State Highway 20 near Bruce.


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A Drinking Guide to Psy's "Hangover"
We're talking about Psy's "Hangover" which just came out today for this week's Kpop Music Monday. Yes, we're talking about it instead of other Kpop videos, because – don't deny it – Psy's a lot more important than most Kpop artists. Stop denying it! And, hey, we like Psy's video a lot more than everyone else's video. If you haven't seen it yet, check it out here:
So, this video here isn't in our typical Kpop Music Monday review style. We thought it'd be a good opportunity to explain a lot of the scenes for those of you who aren't really familiar with Korea's drinking culture. While Gangnam Style was pretty far out there, Hangover is – for us – more of a documentary than a pop video. Well, except for the flaming destruction at the end, of course.
What we didn't really talk about, though, is our thoughts on the song. Err, well, let's just say it's our least favourite of Psy's songs. It's still really fun, but not as high energy as what we're used to from Psy. And, really, it seems more like Snoop Lion featuring Psy, rather than Psy featuring Snoop Lion. Snoop coulda done this song with someone else and it woulda been ok. Psy couldn't have done this song without Snoop, though.
But that's just our thoughts on the song. We freaking LOVE the video, though. Oh man! This is what we're looking for! We were so disappointed with CL's bizarre "The Baddest Female" which is nothing like Korea whatsoever. Psy's video, though, is very much Korea. These are scenes from our lives, people! This is a FAPFAP for alcohol, just with a bigger budget and better soundtrack and cooler people. But the idea is the same! Psy's video shows what makes Korea cool. CL's video shows what makes CL seem cool, though we can smell through it. It's almost like Psy makes videos for, you know, Korean people, while so much other Kpop tries so hard to emulate Western Culture, Batoost's Beautiful Night and Troublemaker's Now being the prime examples. Psy, we like your videos.
One major thing we forgot to mention in this video is how it depicts 1cha 2cha 3cha, which I don't think we talked about in any of our videos before. Basically, it's Korea's version of barhopping. You go to one place, eat some food and drink, then go to another place and eat food and drink, then another place and do the same, then noraebang, then something else, until you pass out or give up. You see that a bit with Snoop and Psy, when they go for Chinese food, then to the noraebang, then to the amusement park, then for some more food, and then it's sunrise. Interesting info on this video: we just watched the interview of Psy and Snoop on Kimmel, and Snoop said how they shot nonstop for 18 hours. Kinda fits the vibe of the 1cha 2cha 3cha, but it's mostly just because that's how music video shoots in Korea usually are. Drink till you pass out, work till you pass out.
Also interesting to note: G-Dragon's singing in the Noraebang wasn't weird for weirdness' sake. He's emulating the trot lounge singer style. Kinda like a jazz singer, almost. There are lounge bars in Korea where people sing like this, and throw the mic around like that as well. It's not common to see for people in our demographic, but it's out there. We've seen it, fleetingly :D
And, I gotta say, this is probably the best crossover collaboration I've seen in Kpop. G-Dragon's song with Missy woulda been better if Missy was back in her prime. Instead, it kinda felt out of place and just a paid for verse, like JYJ's Ayy Gurl with Kanye. Both seemed forced. Psy doing a song with Snoop about substance abuse: now that's something that makes sense. Though, I will admit, Snoop rapping about being in Korea…did seem a bit awkward to me.
Anyhow, those are our thoughts on the video. The song's growing on us but it's still not fully hooked in. I'll give it a week once every freaking store in our neighbourhood plays it all day everyday. OH WAIT! We're going to LA on Wednesday! We should be safe! Well, we'll see.
We've got some bloopers from today's video as well, if you're interested in seeing us fumble at pool, check it out. Hot damn that game is difficult!
And, lastly, if you like this video, here's an awkward product placement telling you to click on the bottom button right here for more! Aww yiss!
SEE MORE: Kpop Music Mondays, Psy, YG
sunshinedaisy
The video made me laugh so much! But the song wasn't too great. It felt like the song was by Snoop Dog and featuring Psy. Psy was hardly in it. But I did like how Snoop Dog rapped a little in Korean.
The only part of the video I did not like was the dancing women. Whenever an artist runs out of ideas their failsafe is to put a bunch of half naked women gyrating. It's just laziness.
wow I absolutely did not like this song AT ALL. I couldn't really pay attention to the video much because I was too busy cringing at the song. I've never particularly loved Psy's songs, but I still think Gangnam Sytle was the best
katibear
I think the collab with Snoop.. Lion (is he still a lion? lol) was great! Not really my style of music, and I agree that Gangnam Style was way better, but the collab seemed pretty smooth. I was also impressed by how much this video showed off Korea!!! :D
The video said Snoop Dogg…..IDK? lol
klynb
He's a Dogg when rapping and a Lion when performing reggae.
He actually said on his twitter that the snoop lion thing was a stupid idea and he's officially snoop dogg again.
kiwicki
Sad that this got pushed into Music Monday instead of what was voted… ): Psy's a cool guy, but still.
abzzsh
This was popular in facebook. Which is kinda true here in Manila, Philippines :)
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1.0-9/150705_10150757961683119_527968405_n.jpg
oops. wrong thread :))
spudgyfan
I think many are missing the irony of the video. Psy was quoted by the Sunday Times Magazine about his drinking habit saying, "If I'm happy, I'm drinking, if I'm sad, I'm drinking. If it's raining, I'm drinking, if it's sunny, I'm drinking." asked when he isn't drinking? "When I'm hungover." Is PSY promoting Korea's drinking culture in the video or mocking it. (LOL) Like all of PSY's work it is double edged, kinda brave for a guy who is sponsored by an alcohol company. As always PSY is spot on! Go PSY!!
qtlollipopper
I was also disappointed you didn't do UKISS.
I'm pretty sure Eli didn't a NASTY shout out.
did*
Kilala232323
I know I was really hoping for Ukiss as well
I personally didn't like this song, but I loved the video.
To me, the song didn't have that Psy feeling. Psy was in it, but not IN it.
I just gotta bear it when the song is going to be played at the next Pep Rally when the school year starts…
Or someone plays it during summer school.
Also, New Single "Daddy" Coming [out] this summer/
I took that the "right" way.
How did I know the k pop charts were going to be ignored for psy again. Am I they only one that cannot stand his songs? As a person he seems like an ok guy. Very nice and friendly but his music soooo not my thing. I was soo disappointed this morning. Set up of the music Monday was interesting but defiantly not my favorite kmm sorry.
thisisjustforfunval
Oh shots in beer. Reminding of my youth because we would go across into Mexico and drink because you only had to be 18…but we were younger… uhm anyways our favorite was Flaming Dr. Peppers. A cup of beer and shot glass with amaretto and 151 proof rum. Take the shot, light it on fire, drop it in the glass of beer and jug baby jug. We got drunk pretty darn fast.
Your video/review was great. It was informative, shed some light on the happenings of the video. As for the MV/song. Uh I'm just not a fan of either at all. My friend who's from Korea isn't a fan either. Choosing I like the MV over the song and actually I like both over CL's Baddest Female (that's odd). The overly dominate presence of Snoop Dogg has given me the desire to listen to my old Snoop Dogg/Dr. Dre albums.
BeckyandEsah
I remember those drinks but never tried them
capnemem98
I'm actually pretty sad that this song was chosen for music Monday. I was hoping for Taeyang or VIXX perhaps. Psy has never really been my favorite and this song didn't help. I do like Psy but this song honestly seemed like a Snoop Dog song featuring Psy instead of the other way around. Kinda disappointed :/
….its actually growing on me….damn lol
Sarawr
Haha, I had the same reaction to the song. Hated it my first listen, then watched it again was like dammit I sort of like it now…
Lacrima Laeta ~~
I actually like the video ^^ but I don't like the song itself…
I've to say that I didn't like Gangnam style at the beginning (I didn't really knew Psy back then) but after some Interviews and Shows I really started to like Psy. I think he has a great Humor and by now I'm a big fan of him as a person/ artist. I think his songs are quite catchy but I don't consider them as (how do I say this…) really high quality songs. Don't get me wrong… I think they're good songs, I know every song needs much work and I think every artist is free to do what he likes but they sometimes seem a little bit effortless to me :/ I like the different between Psys songs and MVs and it's funny to watch the videos and Interviews :))
Nice KMM :) I really liked that kind of format… Thank you for another great Video and Blog-post ^.^
unicornsgalaxy
I'm pretty sure that almost everyplace has some version of dropping shots into bear or another version of some alcohol. Many of bar-hopping trips have had at least 1 JagerBomb (with beer not an energy drink) and I don't even like beer…
I actually like Hangover best out of Gangnam style, Gentleman, and Hangover. But the video seemed.. a little low key I guess.
Anyways, I liked this KMM. It was an interesting format. I enjoyed it and wouldn't mind if you do similar types of formats (and less skits cause I'm sure we all know that I'm not big on KMMs that have tons of skits).
Well, since I live in ktown L.A., I've done a bit of the 1cha 2cha 3cha stuff. I've never gone to the pool halls. They weird me out here, but I've pretty much done everything else in this MV. Even sneak in alcohol into a noraebang.
As a someone not in Korea, but in a neighborhood with a lot of Korean establishments, a lot of the MV was like… OMG, I've seen that. OH WAIT, I've done that. From food to hangover drinks to the swishy swing of the soju bottles… yeah.
I think I need a juice cleanse after watching it.
BTW, my bestie and I agree Chum Churum is better. WOOOO! It's funny because I used to drink it as the Lee Hyori soju and had no idea what it was and when that bottle was phased out, I went with Chamisul. I should have learned the name back then. Chamisul is for desperation use only. haha!
AlbieDoll
I didn´t like the song :( Gangnam Style was absolutely great, Gentleman was hilarious, but this… the MV is just ok (beer´s brand advertising everywhere); also, I know PSY songs are not the meaningful ones, but they are chatchy and funny: the only thing I can hear here is "hangoverhangoverhangover…". Is it autotune? (I´m unaware about music stuff), because I think it´s too much.
However, I acknowledge the drinking guide was interesting.
I was expecting you to review "Quit Playing" :,(
Same! I freaking hate this song as much as I am disappointed by the MV for Quit Playing, but I'd still rather have seen U-Kiss get reviewed. I found this MV amusing at best.
xuan6793
I read an article on Koreaboo stating that some people(korean, specially) are kind of bashing PSY for a depiction that isn't showing the right side of Korean Culture, and I was put off by that kind of comments. I also felt like it was a clear depiction of what Korean drinking culture is, and in a way poking fun at it.I highly respect Psy for doing that. I think it's best when an artist show both good and bad sides, but I also feel for PSY and all the pressure he has to go through because of Gangnam style, he didn't expect it to be HUGE, but it did, and somehow people are expecting more and more of him, such as portraying a "beautified" version of Korea, to be viral as well, and to be the same crazy dude having a signature dance.As for the song, well, not my cup of tea, but something I can get down to if it's played around me.
greengiraffe
In Poland we've got similar drinks to this 'domino shots', we call them u-boots (like this german submarines). But instead of putting whiskey to he beer we put a shot glass of some flavored vodka, and I must admit it's pretty good :D
It's not my favorite Psy song either, but it's growing on me and I had "hangover hangover hangover hangover" stuck in my head all day xD I loved the video it looked like they had a blast :D
To me this song and video looked like a fun-project something that doesn't need to be the deepest & best thing ever, but something that's just a lot of fun to create.
Really liked your video & blogpost as well. I didn't know some of the things you talked about, like gd's dancing, so it's nice to know what it's all about :D
ewie
Okay, saw this last night (my time) and I thought it was kind of catchy but not really my style. Then I went to sleep and had a weirdest dream ever. I had a dream that I was Snoop Dogg's best friend and we went to eat burgers together O___O so weird…
wow, my post contained where I used to dream that Snoop was a big brother/friend of mine. lol
After reading the blog post, I watched Psy's video thinking I'm not going to like it at all. Surprisingly, it wasn't bad. I agree it's not as high energy like Gangnam Style. That scene where Psy was so drunk that he mistook the ahjummas for hot girls was funny. I think one of the ahjumma is a comedian? Or at least she looked familiar. And I do agree that Psy could have made this video without Snoop.
Angelspatience
I've only listened to it once and at first I wasn't stuck but the more the song played the more it kind of grew on me. I still don't think it's as good as Gentleman or for that matter Right Now which is my favorite Psy song, but I think it will definily migrate to my playlist.
I am hoping that the song does get some air time in North America, no where on Gagnam Style please God but I would like to hear it on the radio occasionally =D
Ahahahaha great video! But I wonder, did you see the video before it was released? It just seems unreal that you managed to watch the MV, script it, film it in all the different locations, edit it, and upload it in less than 24 hours. But if you did, wow, you must be super humans and I bow down to you.
OatmealCreamPie
hmm, hmmm. eyebrow wriggle. I want to know, too.
Yama-pyon
This song is just meh to me, though the video is quite entertaining I'm not a big fan on the auto tune style.
FloYuki702
Honestly, I don't really like the song. As much as I love Snoop and Psy, this doesn't really seem like their style. Sure the video is crazy and it involves alchohol, but it's the beat that really sucks the fun out of it. I feel that it should have had a different vibe. Then again, I am one to blare old Snoop Dogg, so I may just still be stuck in the 90's:p
Anyways, thanks for the cool video! I feel like I learned something new (even though I dislike alcohol) and it was very entertaining. I hope you guys get some rest though 'cause fimling and posting this right after it came out must have been so tiring. Also, have fun getting ready for L.A.!!!!! And if you're craving desert heat, take a trip down here to Vegas. We got plenty to spare :p
Lala9167
i LOVED this version of KMM!! you learn something new everyday!! =) one small thing though… i dont quite understand why you mention CLs baddest female; as someone who lives in the US i never got the impression that she was trying to represent Korea in that video but rather herself and how badass she is. Hangover on the other hand I do see how it represent a night out for some people in Korea. But speaking about CL i was kinda disappointed with her cameo, was hoping for more comedy than diva lol
I have also just scrolled through the comments and so far no one has said they really like the song – that's interesting actually. I thought, because I don't drink, and I don't really know about Korean culture – drinking or not – I just wasn't understanding the music. But maybe it's more than that after all – I don't know ¯\_(ツ)_/
I loved this video! I really didn't like Psy's video at all when I saw it – it just seemed like really repetitive dub step about drink, the same as what about 100 million other singers are doing, and I was so disappointed. I'd been waiting for it to come out for ages. But now I've seen your video I think I'm gonna be patient with it, because I understand more what it's trying to talk about. It's definitely steeped in Korean culture, in a way which is oddly subtle because once you know what you're looking for, you can't miss it. Sorry that made no sense XD I guess people mostly presume culture is like, art and temples and history. But every country's got their own special way to get smashed too – and that's just as unique and just as special as the art :) I hope more people see this video so they understand more about what Psy was talking about!
I liked Gentleman and Gangnam style, I thought they were funny and catchy. I saw hangover just this morning before I saw this music monday posted and I didn't care for the song at all. I thought it was boring and not catchy at all like Psy's other songs.
LoveLikeWhitney
I liked that you guys combined KMM with a culture lesson on Korea <3 I found it really interesting and informative.
As far as the song goes, I liked it a little but it felt really disjointed for me. Like this is my "I Got a Boy". I feel like it could've been made into two or three songs- 1 Snoop Dogg song, 1 of that "hangover hangover hangover hangover" part and 1 of that "drink it up" part at around the 1:30 mark. Also, just a question: Is that fountain he's in towards the beginning supposed to be alcohol? It kind of looks like Mountain Dew.
pheonix74
I actually liked the video. It's catchy, classic Psy, and just plain fun. Aside from the fact that it does depict heavy drinking. I would have so much fun in Korea. The food, activities, different cafe's, nightlife, All of it!!!!!
TeriArchibbles
CHUCHURUM FOR LIFE. But I actually love me some somaek when I go out for meats.
We have to try to somaek thing at the bar! *SOON*
YES. Also Chumchurum** Got a lil excited about our soju preferences for a sec there.
MooliR
"Drink till you pass out, work till you pass out."
You guys seem to have adapted to the Korean style of video shooting as well.. It's not easy to make a kmm about a MV that came out so recently, while having to pack and prepare for a very soon trip! so THANK YOU, but get some rest! :)
tsoul
The song is just meehh for me, it lacks Psy's craziness but the Mv is full of it!! After I watched the MV I wanted to go out to drink hehehe!! I like the fact that he shows parts of Korean culture that anyone else does (except for few exceptions) and all the crazy badass drinking was a plus for a good laugh. I especially like the part when they look at the ajummas and imagine them as young beautiful girls that ladies and gentleman is what ALCOHOL CAN DO TO YOU!!
On a side note: I think snoop's and psy's rapping together was kind of awkward , for me their voices don't fit well together … is it just me??
All in all the MV Great!! Song … not so much
I didn't really love the song. I think it's just because I'm not a drinking person. I prefer not to get a hangover or get wasted. The song was fun at parts but maybe needed more Psy in it. I didn't understand all the drinking references so thanks for explaining! The video makes a lot more sense now. This might be one of those songs I dislike at first but then I end up jamming out to it. Who knows, maybe I will change my mind.
misohappy
I actually really liked Eat Your Kimchi Style and Eat Your Kimchi Like A Man over this one. :/ But that's just me. X3 Can we expect a new single from the amazing idols at the EYK Crew, maybe a new song called, Come Over (For Kimchi)? :D You know, like 'come over come over, come over come over (and eat your kimchi)~' XD
I don't like the song much. The music video was kinda good though. I am already hearing about how this video is a criticism of Korea's drinking culture, but if it is a fairly accurate portrayal…
Sweetangelmiaka
I dislike the song and the MV, nothing really interested me except the alcohol domino and the kaaroke with GD's cameo…
Apart from that I'm just terribly disappointed by this, I hope daddy is way ebtter than this. I can't raelly exlain it, but it's just bad, sorry for sounding rude, I'm just telling my opinions here and I noticed a lot fo people disliked this song
CadetRemi
Definitely not a fan of the song, but the video is hilarious, I will admit. My mum showed it to me last night, and then proceeded to laugh at the face I made. Fun, right? I noticed some of the things you pointed out though, like the hangover cure, which surprised me that I recognized it x3 I just hope the song doesn't start to get played everywhere like Gangnam Style did… because that's painful… Yeah.
myfirstwasmblaq
Hate the song. But I like your video. Thank you for explaining things to us.
By the way, has anyone else stopped voting for KMM? I just think it is meaningless at this point.
I stopped voting for Music Monday quite a while ago. It just got too frustrating and I felt I was just wasting my time.
Hmm… I wonder if Simon & Martina can shed some light on how they pick songs for KMM? I noticed the one week, Jun Hyosung's song was number one at the time the voting closed, and I was like, AW YEAH Hyosung's gonna get reviewed! But the week after that, something else was number one (I can't remember what it was) and Hyosung's song never was reviewed. :/ I'm curious as to how you guys pick what songs to review! Shed the light for us oh mighty kimchi warriors?! (hoo!) <3
Yeah, They have a "policy" but they frequently ignore it when they want to do something else. I understand that they have their desires too, but I didn't find this KMM very interesting…
ctlha
They did a video on it some time back I think. Story is they pick between the top 3 (usually), unless there is something else "spectacular" or stuff they want to talk about (like the "not title tracks" one) :)
I really didn't like this song. The vibe is bad and yuck the flow is so…. non-flowy. Yeah, that's the word. Hopefully this won't be a viral song… because I.. won't handle it. [starts crying at the thought of it].